Chapter 679.

When they were about a few hundred meters away, both sides stopped unanimously.

Everyone needed to reorganize their formation, not only had the human army been in disarray, but the orc army as well.

The period was filled with scoldings and whips from officers at all levels, making a huge mess.

After nearly another hour, the humans and the orcs were able to formally take up their positions and face each other from a distance.

At this time, Catherine and others saw the formation of the orc army.

They formed the first line with light cavalry, splitting into three formations on the left, center, and right.

Most of the orc light cavalrymen were wearing weak leather armor or simply no armor, and their weapons were long knives or long swords, but everyone was carrying short bows.

Behind the three military formations were stone throwers and crossbows, and further back were cavalrymen in armor, which were supposed to exist as a reserve.

The formation of the orcs was roughly in the shape of a “T”.

Many of them, such as Catherine and Duke Ousmane Aramburu, had experience in the Watcher’s Fortress.

They did not take the orcs’ light cavalry-based formation lightly, but carefully observed it with cautious eyes.

These terrifying riders that came and went like the wind were quite nimble when it came to battle, and would turn into sharp blades that stabbed at the enemy at any time.

On the other hand, those Aldo generals who had seen the orc army for the first time were somewhat disdainful of the orc light cavalry.

In their eyes, those light cavalry could only be counted as a team of horses, how could they compete with the Ordo knights holding mounted spears and wearing armor?
The gap between the two was as big as an egg and a stone, and the consequence of running into them was that the egg was crushed by the stone.

Those heavy cavalry at the rear were a bit of a threat, but from the orcs’ deployment, their commander did not intend to use the heavy cavalry as the main force of the battle.

From past experience, two armies in battle, once the balance of victory began to tilt toward one side, then it would continue to tilt, at that time then let the heavy cavalry on the battlefield can still be salvaged?
At this time, the orcs who had finished their formation began to shout and curse, and half-baked Ordo profanities kept coming out of their mouths.

The orcs’ voices were very loud, and all kinds of unpleasant and indecent words were clearly transmitted to the side of Aldo’s army.

The knights and officers at all levels could still endure it, but the soldiers at the lower levels were furious at the sound of their voices, and nonchalantly cursed back.

For a time, the middle zone between the two armies was filled with foul language and obscenities.

Long range units such as stone throwers and crossbows from both sides were the first to start firing, but with their numbers and accuracy, they could only inflict sporadic casualties on each other, and both armies insisted on enduring it.

“Your Highness!”

The sharp sound of hooves rang out as Montreat Tavares rode up to Catherine.

This Sir’s dress was dazzling, he wore a superbly crafted, all-over gilt, silver and white plate armor, trimmed with intricate ornamentation that dazzled the eyes, and the size was quite fitted, and it looked like it was specially tailored to fit his body type, setting off his young master even more valiantly.

The sergeant bowed to Catherine from his horse.

“Allow me to lead the attack first! Use the infantry to lure the orcish cavalry to come to the attack and stall them, then the cavalry on the left and right flanks will attack together and pinch them like a vise!”

At the election of the local lords of the Plains of Black Stone, Montreat was assigned the duty of commanding the infantry of the center army.

Just now, a heavy crossbow that came flying almost grazed his body and nailed into the grass behind him, which irritated Montreat enough to suggest so.

But Catherine shook her head and refused the request.

“The opponent’s light cavalry is far more maneuverable than ours, and the infantry cannot pester them! We shouldn’t take the initiative, instead we should stay quiet and look for opportunities to defeat them in defense!”

“Your Highness! I beg to differ!” Montreat was a bit anxious, “All the military texts I’ve come across since I was a child emphasize the need to fight for the initiative in battle, how can you give away the opportunity to make the first move? Not to mention the fact that we are outnumbered!” Some of the generals around the princess huffed slightly.

Duke Aramburu opened his mouth to rebuke:

“Montreat, obey orders! You have no idea how terrifying those steppe riders are. Let me tell you, they practically grew up on horseback, and the bodies of their masters and mounts are as strong as if they grew together!”

“Yes, Your Highness, and Lord Duke!”

With a disconcerted look, Montelit leapt back into the infantry square to continue his command duties.

On the opposite side of the orc army, Commander-in-Chief Callum frowned slightly as he rubbed his chin and said, “It seems that this Princess Catherine’s stamina is quite good!”

After saying this, he waved his hand and summoned the messenger, “Let our men launch an attack!”

Woo-woo-woo!
The dull and long conch sound rang out over the battlefield.

“Heave!”

The orc cavalrymen located in the center of the army began to urge their mounts, and the horses raised all four hooves, carrying their masters on their backs as they charged towards the human army.

“They’re coming!”

The Austrian army from top to bottom saw the other side’s movement as well as the smoke and dust raised.

The scene of a large number of cavalry launching a charge together was so spectacular that the smoke and dust even covered the sky above the cavalry.

Montreat looked straight ahead with both eyes and involuntarily gulped a mouthful of saliva.

On the side of the Austrian army, along with the clattering sound, the archers at the front set up their bows and arrows, pointing their arrows diagonally towards the Heavenly Palace in unison.

“Release!”

The commander let out a roar, and countless arrows shot into the sky, swooshing.

After experiencing a parabolic trajectory, the arrows turned into a deadly rain of arrows pouring down from the heads of the charging orc cavalry.

The sharp arrows shot into the skin and flesh, toppling each and every orc cavalryman under their horses.

However, this did not slow down their attack, and a large number of cavalry still came in like a flood that broke the dike.

After four rounds of parrying, the archers had to retreat into the infantry approach to find cover.

At Montreat’s command, the infantrymen holding lances immediately pressed their hilts against the ground, their sharp spearheads pointing diagonally forward. The infantry square instantly became like a hedgehog.

However, after arriving at a certain distance, the orc cavalry stopped charging forward and turned their horses around, at the same time, they took out their shortbows and bent their bows and arrows to shoot towards the Aldo infantry.

The orcs’ arrows were very accurate, even on horseback, not to mention that their target was in a dense formation.

The arrows drilled through the gaps in the lances, and there were constant screams of people being hit by the arrows.

The Austrian archers who were protected by the infantry in the center were ordered to counterattack, and the sky above the battlefield was dotted with arrows fired by both sides, and the whooshing sound was unceasing.

The orc light cavalry were like waves, rushing up to the beach and retreating quickly.

But soon they came back up again, and so on and so forth.