Chapter 14: Breaking the Formation Alone!

The journey is much easier with a guide.

Deng Ken's group spent three days crossing the war zone to Upper Germania. The geographical location here is roughly the middle reaches of the Laiyinhe, western Switzerland, and parts of France. It has always been a contested area. Although the empire did not abandon Lower Germania, it could not fully control it, and it would be attacked and looted by the barbarians of Greater Germania from time to time.

(In 410 AD, the Roman Empire withdrew the last legion from Britain, and then the British province was abandoned. During this period, the defense system of Lower Germania was already stretched thin.)

Greater Germania is east of the Laiyinhe, including Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, etc.

After the Romans conquered Lower Germania, they divided it into two provinces, Upper Germania and Lower Germania, and stationed troops on the border to defend against the attacks of the northern barbarians.

Severus was originally of barbarian origin, and he is a Druid, having his own connections in Gaul and Germanic regions. With him as a guide, Deng Ken and the witch avoided many unnecessary troubles, and even crossed the contested area of Raetia through a hidden route.

Now the entire European map has been reduced to chaos, with barbarians, rebels, bandits, Hunnic raiders, Gothic mercenaries, Frankish mercenaries, etc., everywhere.

The situation can be compared to the period of the Five Barbarians' chaos in ancient times.

"This is an era where human life is truly like grass!"

Deng Ken stands on the mountaintop and overlooks the plain in the distance. He can see two armies fighting in the open plain. The scale is not very large, that is, a battlefield of one or two thousand people, belonging to a local war. It is estimated that the imperial army wants to recapture parts of the Laiyinhe region.

"My cheat is very strong, but I am really powerless in the face of the army."

"If it weren't for the fact that all of Europe is in chaos, I could have brushed up on bandits, rebels, and Hunnic raiders to improve my strength in the early stage."

Deng Ken has rarely encountered lone enemies since he crossed over.

He only encountered three stragglers at the beginning, and the enemies he encountered later were basically in double digits. It is really very risky to fight ten alone with his current ability, and the situation will be very passive if he is slightly injured.

If you want to fight, you must strive for no injury. Once you are injured and crippled, it's over.

When talking to the Druid, he did hear rumors about "trolls." It's just that he doesn't know if he can run into one. The trolls in Severus's mouth are man-eating monsters in Norse mythology, possessing very strong vitality and the ability to "regenerate."

This ability has extremely high strategic significance for Deng Ken!

In the dense forest, Severus's figure appears. His expression is solemn: "The news just received is that Lower Pannonia has fallen."

"Shortly after you left, the Hunnic vanguard troops captured that place."

"Attila, the Scourge of God, led an army of 500,000 to march west!"

500,000?

Deng Ken naturally knows that ancient armies have exaggerated components, but no matter how much it shrinks, there are still 100,000 combat soldiers. On such a large-scale battlefield, running into a scout unit would put himself in danger. The safest way is to avoid the core areas where various forces are fighting before he has fully grown.

The Raven Queen, Te Lisi, is silent, and she doesn't seem surprised at all by the Hunnic invasion.

Deng Ken looks at the battlefield in the distance and says in a deep voice: "Shall we wait for them to finish fighting before continuing?"

Severus says seriously: "Now the border is blocked, and the empire intends to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. We probably have to pass through the no-man's land."

Deng Ken ponders for a moment and says: "You wait nearby, I'll find a way to get some good horses."

This is a very risky behavior.

The Raven Queen, Te Lisi, stands up instantly upon hearing his words, her eyes gazing at the man before her, saying softly: "No, this is too risky!"

Severus also frowns, looks at the battlefield in the distance, and is shocked: "You intend to rob their horses?"

Deng Ken says calmly: "Don't worry, I have confidence."

"If there is no chance, I will retreat immediately."

The Raven Queen, Te Lisi, has a very worried expression, and Severus also has a solemn expression, but looking at Deng Ken's expression, he feels that this man is bold and skillful.

Ultimately, the two still couldn't stop Deng Ken from acting willfully.

The witch walks to Deng Ken and hands him a rune stone that looks like a moon, saying softly: "Be careful!"

——Diana's Badge 【Curio】 【Unknown】!

Hmm?

Under the God's Eye view, Deng Ken curiously examines the rune stone before him. This is the first item he has seen named a "Curio."

——Diana's Badge 【Curio】: The badge of Diana, the goddess of the moon and oak worshipped by the Romans. It is blessed by the high priestess and can receive Diana's favor in the dark. Additional ability "Heroic Luck." 【Note: The heroes of the mythic age were all protected by gods in the dark.】

A curio that adds luck?

Deng Ken is not polite and puts it close to his body.

He waves to the witch behind him and enters the dense forest without looking back.

Damn chaotic times.

Deng Ken and the witch only went into the mountains for two days to find the Druid living in seclusion, and their two mounts were forcibly conscripted by the imperial army.

The other side symbolically paid the inn that took care of the horses 5 denarii, and also led away the cattle and sheep livestock near the village of the foothold.

The empire's finances are now close to collapse.

Of course, large manors and large landlords have already appeared in the empire, possessing large tracts of land and serfs, and are moving towards the direction of medieval feudal nobles. However, the empire's tax collectors dare not ask them for money and can only make the common people suffer more.

The common people here are treated equally. There are fewer and fewer free citizens of Rome, and the barbarian common people are also oppressed to the point of rising up.

The empire's equal, unsustainable fishing and marrow-sucking of all the lowly people.

"Expand the battlefield map!"

Deng Ken doesn't have to consider too much when acting alone. Fight if he can win, run if he can't. See if he can shoot a few cavalrymen in the cold, or find some horses of riders who died on the edge of the battlefield.

The empire robbed his mount, so he naturally has to settle this account.

The composition of the army fighting in the plain area ahead is quite complex. Deng Ken sees many soldiers from different factions through the God's Eye view.

——Imperial Field Army 【1 Star】.

——Imperial Garrison Army.

——Frankish Foreign Mercenary Army 【1 Star】.

——Visigothic Kingdom Riders.

——Germanic Foreign Mercenary Army.

This side is the troops of the imperial faction, which seem to have been reorganized after being scattered. There are cavalry units of about a hundred people fighting in the battlefield, belonging to local wars. It is estimated that the imperial army wants to recapture parts of the Laiyinhe region.

The composition of the hostile faction's troops is also quite complex.

——Alan auxiliary army.

——Ostrogothic auxiliary riders.

——Frankish mercenary army 【1 Star】.

——Hunnic elite riders 【1 Star】.

——Germanic barbarian auxiliary army.

There are not many Hunnic troops on the battlefield. Most of them are other barbarian armies conquered and enslaved by the Huns. Among them, the most capable is undoubtedly the Frankish mercenary army. Their equipment is not much different, and they are very fierce on the battlefield.

After the Huns invaded the empire, they accepted the surrender of the Ripuarian Franks. Attila, the Scourge of God, had always hated the pro-Roman Franks and wanted to swallow them in one bite.

"There are not many Romans on the battlefield."

The Franks are barbarians, the Visigothic Kingdom is a country established by barbarians, the Germanic foreign legions are all barbarians fighting for the empire, the imperial garrison army is mostly composed of border barbarians, and the most capable imperial field army is also more than fifty percent barbarian-born.

The imperial field army is famous for its high military pay, with salaries two to three times that of the garrison army. Later, because the empire went bankrupt, it self-destructed, and it was only in recent years that a small part was re-conscripted.

But the situation on the battlefield is not optimistic.

Those imperial field armies with the best equipment, all scale armor and shields, holding short swords, carrying javelins, armed from head to toe, can be said to be standard heavy infantry imperial field armies, were actually suppressed by a group of barbarian auxiliary armies on the front battlefield, and even the right flank showed signs of collapse.

"Is this morale too poor?"

Deng Ken observes through the God's Eye view and finds that these legion units have extra marks, among which the imperial field army has a very eye-catching "low morale" mark.

On the contrary, the Frankish foreign mercenary army on the side has "high morale," the Germanic foreign legion has average morale but believes the enemy can be fought, and the Visigothic Kingdom has always been good at fighting, and the king died in the charge on the battlefield, so the morale is not bad without looking.

On the entire battlefield, the imperial field army and garrison army clearly have poor morale.

"It seems that the God's Eye view has strategic functions."

Deng Ken tries to focus his attention on the troops, and soon extra prompts appear. The imperial field army has a "salary arrears" mark, the garrison army is "reorganization chaos," and the Frankish foreign legion with the highest morale has a positive state of fighting "to protect the homeland."

This area already belongs to the France of later generations. In the late empire, the Franks established their own kingdom.

"This morale is not even as good as the youth army of the ancient Roman period!"

Deng Ken bypassed the rear of the right flank of the battlefield. The imperial field army with the best equipment was timid and dared not move forward. The front battlefield basically relied on the Frankish foreign legion to hold off the enemy's offensive. The Visigothic Kingdom's cavalry clashed with the Huns, and they suffered heavy casualties just after the collision. The Hunnic elite riders were really too fierce.

"The Han Dynasty also suffered heavy losses when fighting the Xiongnu in those days."

Ancient nomadic peoples started learning to ride horses before they learned to walk. As soon as the cavalry clashed, it could be seen that the Hunnic riders were very powerful, whether it was mounted archery or mounted combat, the Huns occupied a very obvious advantage.

Of course, there are some exceptions.

For example, there is a unit marked as "Visigothic Noble Knight" on the battlefield, a one-star silver-gray mark, and one charge picked the opposite Hunnic rider off the horse.

This was transformed from the barbarian chieftain's guard at the beginning, and the barbarian warrior class became the new nobles of the Visigothic Kingdom.

Deng Ken puts his thumb and index finger into his mouth.

A loud whistle!

Soon, on the edge of the battlefield, a warhorse that had lost its rider and was wandering on the edge of the battlefield raised its head. It trotted towards Deng Ken's direction, and then Deng Ken jumped up and flipped onto the horse, moving agilely like an elite rider of a nomadic nation.

——Call Warhorse 【Riding Branch】: You can call nearby ownerless warhorses by whistling. There is a certain chance to let the warhorse approach you. The higher the riding skill, the higher the success rate. (Druid-type abilities can additionally strengthen this skill.)

This is the ability of the Hunnic Eagle Shooter, which has been looted by Deng Ken.

Deng Ken immediately flipped onto the horse and approached the direction of the cavalry melee on the right flank of the battlefield. If the right flank is completely defeated, the imperial army will definitely collapse completely.

Since I'm here.

How can I not kill a few people and not come in vain!

Deng Ken directly nocked an arrow and aimed at a Gothic auxiliary rider. The sharp arrow broke through the air, and the enemy was shot off the horse on the spot, and then trampled to death by the chaotic cavalry.

One kill!

The battlefield was in chaos, and not many people noticed Deng Ken's existence. The imperial mixed army also thought he was a helper.

In this situation, he just happened to fish in troubled waters.

Two kills!

The sharp arrow broke through the air, and the Alan auxiliary rider fell off the horse and was seriously injured, and was directly stabbed to death by a Visigothic cavalryman.

Deng Ken wandered in the way of mounted archery, while constantly guarding against the Hunnic archer units on the large map. He shot an arrow directly and shot an imperial armored cavalryman who wanted to escape off the horse.

Three kills!

This one was half accidental, because the opponent's head just happened to enter the crosshair of the crosshair, and Deng Ken subconsciously headshot him.

Who told him to collapse and want to escape.

Anyway, the battlefield is chaotic, and no one knows where the stray arrow came from.

Deng Ken's main attack targets were still the Huns and barbarian troops. Occasionally, he accidentally shot and killed one or two imperial cavalrymen, which were all accidents.

But his appearance undoubtedly changed the right flank of the imperial side. More than ten Hunnic riders chased him, and Deng Ken ran away without saying a word, directly escaping out of the opponent's range.

"The Eagle Shooter's improvement to me is too obvious!"

Deng Ken's riding skills are no less than those of the Hunnic elite riders. He calculated the distance.

——Parthian Shot!

A forty-five-degree parabolic shot, the arrow hit the Hunnic rider's chest at an incredible angle, and the enemy soon fell off the horse and died directly.

"Eagle Shooter!?" (Hunnic language)

This term is used to describe a sharpshooter. In the Hunnic Empire, the status of an Eagle Shooter is very high.

Four kills!

Deng Ken is not slow, controlling the warhorse through consciousness, as if he were an arm, and shot another arrow. The Parthian Shot stably aimed at the crosshair and headshot a Hunnic elite rider on the spot.

This made the Huns a little scared, and they drove a small team of Gothic auxiliary riders to chase him.

"Isn't this sending heads to me?" Deng Ken was overjoyed.

The Ostrogothic auxiliary riders are equipped with shields and long spears, rarely carrying bows and arrows, and their riding skills cannot catch up with him. Under the God's Eye view, Deng Ken absolutely cannot run around on the battlefield. Other riders might get lost, but every head of the enemies near him is clearly counted.

One arrow headshot the warhorse, and the second arrow directly shot the fallen Gothic rider to death.

Five kills, rampage!

Deng Ken became more and more handy, but he had to waste a few more arrows to kill the Gothic auxiliary riders holding shields, and occasionally the fallen riders were trampled to death by their own people.

Six kills, godlike!

Seven kills, intimidation!

Eight kills, horror!

Nine kills, collapse!

This team of Gothic auxiliary riders went from high morale at the beginning to low morale. By the time Deng Ken reached seven kills, they had already appeared in a state of intimidation, and then another rider fell off the horse, and they immediately became horrified. Finally, at nine kills, they directly "collapsed." Although there were more than ten riders, they fled in panic on the spot.

This is too scary!

Not to mention the Gothic auxiliary army, even the Hunnic elite riders appeared with a "horror" mark.

Ten kills, fleeing!

About thirty seconds per head.

Deng Ken completed an amazing record of ten kills on the battlefield in just a few minutes. Those Visigothic cavalrymen exclaimed repeatedly, shouting "Warriors of the Lord," and suddenly their morale was high.

Some of the Goths who moved west converted to Catholicism, and there were many barbarians in Germania who were believers of the church.

"Almost there!"

Deng Ken is not in a hurry to defeat these Huns and auxiliary troops, because he touched his hand and found that there were not many arrows left.

He carried two quivers with him, but he didn't expect to shoot them out so quickly. (Leather quiver 12 arrows, but easy to carry, and easy to take out, not hindering activity at all. Large quiver 24 arrows, the largest 36 arrows, but all affect activity, usually only foot bows carry more than 60 arrows.)

"Franks!"

"Barbarian elite warriors."

Deng Ken must take a few important heads, one is the Frankish elite infantry, they are good at using Frankish throwing axes, and the second is the barbarian elite warrior, there may be special abilities on them.

He began to wander on the edge of the battlefield, trying not to approach the enemy's archer units.

Chance!

Deng Ken soon marked several Frankish elite warriors conquered by the Huns through the large map. He pulled the reins fiercely, the warhorse neighed, and the horse's hooves were raised high. At an almost vertical angle, Deng Ken aimed at the target through a better perspective.

——Parthian Shot!

The arrow crossed the battlefield.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Pfft!

One arrow, headshot.

The Frankish elite axeman conquered by the Huns died on the spot.

Eleven kills!

Deng Ken continued to gallop on horseback. He noticed that enemies on both sides were unwilling to give up and surrounded him again. If there was no God's Eye view blessing, he wouldn't be able to notice the overall situation of the battlefield at all, and he might have been flanked by the enemy.

"It's time to test the technology!"

Deng Ken took a deep breath, pulled the reins fiercely, and the warhorse leaped up. In the moment of half-suspension, Deng Ken locked onto a marked target.

——Barbarian Chieftain Warrior 【1 Star】.

——Parthian Shot.

On the battlefield, the barbarian chieftain warrior just roared and wielded a two-handed battle axe to split the head of an imperial field army soldier. The next second, the arrow broke through the air, and the sharp arrow directly pierced his neck.

Twelve kills!

Deng Ken's quiver was empty.

His figure suddenly sank and fell to the side of the horse. In an instant, he hung on the horse and picked up a knight's spear that had fallen on the ground. This is a riding technique that only Huns are good at. Most knights in Europe do not have such high-level skills.

Clamp the spear under the armpit.

Deng Ken took a deep breath, looked at the stamina bar that had consumed more than half, and directly faced the Ostrogothic cavalry who wanted to surround him.

——Lance Charge!

Pfft.

In an instant, sparks flew. At the moment of crossing, Deng Ken's lance pierced the enemy's body on the spot. He released the long spear in an instant, and even had the energy to rely on high-level riding skills to pull out the enemy's long knife when they crossed.

Thirteen kills!

Run!

Deng Ken didn't hesitate at all. He killed all the way from the right flank of the battlefield to the left flank, and then went away without looking back.

The stamina bar was almost exhausted.

He could feel the arms of the body he was controlling trembling slightly in the Dimensional Space.

The seventh day of crossing.

Heads: 37.

Wait until I finish looking for the horses left around the battlefield, and then go back and write it down in the small notebook.

On the mountain peak outside the battlefield.

The Raven Queen, Te Lisi, was full of shock, to the point of being a bit dull. Severus couldn't see the situation on the battlefield, but she could see it clearly through some kind of witchcraft, with the help of a bird's eyes.

She witnessed the whole process of Deng Ken killing through the entire battlefield and then going away.

This scene made her delicate body tremble slightly!

Among thousands of troops and horses, Deng Ken killed more than ten people in a row, finally shot and killed the barbarian chieftain warrior, and went away.

……………… ===== CHAPTER 15 =====