2501 Falcon Down (XI)
"The courage of these guys is really ......"
The wind blowing from the plains on the opposite side blew the red tassel of the general at the top of Varisian's helmet, like a flame ignited, and after a day of onslaught, he went south, and sure enough, the 300,000 coalition troops who originally occupied the home field were dragged to the battlefield of the imperial army, and the initiative at this moment has fallen into the hands of the imperial army, and the situation is naturally different.
In order to receive the 300,000 coalition troops that followed, Varisian was specially arranged to arrange the strongest killing array of the Imperial Army, the crossbow wing sniper array, which is an imperial crossbowman with 100,000 imperial front-line combat troops as the skeleton, five hundred people as a queue, scattered along the defense line layer by layer, like a huge wing covering both sides of the main formation of the Chinese army, the space between the staggered crossbowman queues, four hundred imperial heavy ballistas are like bone boils on this huge wing, constituting the most terrifying part of this killing array,
And the coalition army, in the face of this huge bow wing, which has been tightened, is obviously too confident in its own advantages, and the imperial army without Thor has indeed made the perception of the southern coalition army have a huge deviation, the strength advantage of 100,000 people, and the terrain that meets on a narrow road, do you still need to hesitate? Although the sudden turn of the imperial army caught the southern coalition forces by surprise, but in terms of time gap, that is, a short half a day, the southern coalition army followed south, and it has been confirmed that this time, the imperial army did not carry a thunder god, in such a field terrain, everyone has the most troops, and naturally it is the most dominant.
"Forward, press up!" The sound of the battle shook the earth, and seeing the silence of the imperial army on the opposite side, the camel cavalry of the 60,000 Aden army attacked even more vigorously. The bright scimitar in his hand was like a storm that swept up, and the camel that was striding in all directions was running with the momentum of running. It was like pushing a pile of yellow earthen walls, and the earth trembled slightly under its majesty,
But the self-confidence of the Aden camel cavalry did not last long, and when the opposite Varisian raised his right hand, the three huge wings composed of 100,000 skilled crossbowmen of the imperial army broke out in an instant. Countless cold lights covered the sky at once, and the density was so dense that even the bright sunlight dimmed at this moment.
It was the crossbow arrows of the Imperial Army! 100,000 skilled crossbowmen of the Empire were fired at the same time, and the density could definitely be described as covering the sky and the sun, and countless clusters of arrows flew out, like a large black cloud. The high speed obscured the colors of the sky as it should be. , The dark clouds turned into raindrops in an instant, and the metal waterfall immediately roared in the sky, going straight to the earth and suddenly descending, the black layer of shadows that covered everything, with countless arrow clusters falling suddenly, the camel cavalry under the shadow seemed to have suffered a natural disaster, and countless arrow clusters were like a pair of huge black hands slammed down from the sky. The scene at that moment made the breath of the entire battlefield pause. The camels tumbled to the ground in a rain of arrows, and smashed to the ground with the cavalry above,
"Raise your shield, rush over!"
The Aden people almost desperately fought for their lives, and shouted at all the cavalry in a hoarse tone, they were only less than a hundred meters away from the imperial army front in front, and the most skilled flying knives had not yet been thrown, and they were smashed on the dust and blood by this terrible rain of arrows, and the place where the arrows fell, it was like a large piece was dug out alive, and even the people and camels were like being suddenly filled with white feathers, which were the tail feathers of the arrow clusters, the essence of the empire's excellent military work, the Mitsubishi arrows of the front-line combat units of the empire, which were deeply pierced into the armor of these camel cavalry, and were firmly inserted into the ground with their flesh and blood, with a range of one hundred meters, Even the heavy cavalry will begin to show losses, not to mention the Aden camel cavalry wearing medium armor, in fact, if you use the imperial ballista, the visual impact caused will be even more terrifying, but for the sake of concealment, the four hundred lurking imperial ballistas took a silent position, "Forward, they need to load their arrows, kill them, kill them all!"
A general of Aden wearing a gorgeous helmet on his head shouted frantically, holding the arm shield of the Aden people, and commanded his subordinates to rush forward in the rain of arrows, according to the convention, after the first wave of arrows, the shooter will have a pause of a few seconds, and the distance of a hundred meters, according to the speed of the camel, that is, seven or eight seconds, as long as the camel cavalry rushes into the array of the imperial army in front and tears the gap on it, the defensive line of the 200,000 imperial army will collapse, but the shout of the general of Aden has not yet been fully released, and it is interrupted again by the rain of black arrows that follow, "Ahh The cluster of arrows came so suddenly, the interval between the two was less than five seconds, some of the camel cavalry who had just been lucky enough to break out of the circle of death, suddenly the camel rolled on their backs, and the smoke and blood exploded in front together, and the camel cavalry who struggled forward was also like hitting an invisible wall of air, and they rolled down from the back of 1 camel, and the arrow victim did not stand up, but he was shot through by the third wave of falling arrow clusters, and his knees knelt on the ground, and the body of the arrow was jolted and trembled, and the tears brought by countless arrow clusters into the flesh made these corpses like hedgehogs fall to the ground, and there are large pools of blood flowing on the ground, "What's going on!"
The general of Aden, who was wearing a gorgeous helmet, looked at the countless casualties in front of him in disbelief, and the whole person was stupid, all the coalition generals who saw this scene were a little stunned at this moment, and their minds were blank, what was the situation, but when the fourth wave of arrows followed, the generals of the southern coalition army already felt their scalps tingle, and when this deranged nerve had not fully recovered, the terrible thing happened again, the arrow cluster fell, and the camel cavalry just opened their posture, and before they could take care of expressing their feelings, the arrow cluster wiped away a splash of blood in the cavalry group, "Rush down, rush ......" The Aden camel cavalry moved forward tragically, being cut into a rain of blood by countless arrow clusters, and a camel cavalry almost threw the machete in his hand with all his strength before he died, "He didn't get close to the front of the imperial army fifty meters at all, and he fell weakly, "There is no way to fight like this!" "It's too terrifying, the crossbow arrows of the imperial army are too dense!" "The general of the Aden cavalry, who escaped with his life, muttered and looked at the sky. He was a little puzzled as to why the opponent's arrow cluster was able to achieve such a fast round of fire. If the defense of the Imperial Army had always been like this, then who would have been able to rush over and see the miserable situation of the Aden camel cavalry in front. The coalition infantry behind slowed down,
"Shield"
With a command, the array began to shrink, and rows of shields were raised towards the sky, rolling towards the Imperial Army like waves, and the attack line of 300,000 people could not be shaken by a little setback. The shield that turned like the waves of the sea made the crossbow arrows dropped by the Imperial army useless, but the clusters of arrows that shot straight from the front. Still let the coalition infantry fall one by one, countless spears condensed with cold light and dew filled the fallen peacocks in front of them in a blink of an eye, a command sword with a delicate pattern fell to the ground with its master, and the other soldiers in the queue went straight forward. Dense crowds surge. Anyone in such a scene, life and death can no longer follow themselves, even if you don't want to move forward, you will be pushed by the people around you, this huge line of attack can be said to be overwhelming, flooding the Imperial army less than a hundred meters in front of the area, all the areas where you can see the land, piles of Southern Coalition infantry. Countless cold light spears placed flat forward, shield arrays like mountains!
"Ready. Shoot!" Thousands of imperial crossbowmen had their bows flat, looking at the crowded scene in front of them, their faces were calmly pulled, they were the elite of the empire's front-line combat troops, and they had participated in many tragic battles, but such a large-scale frontal battle was definitely the first time, when the infantry cluster of the southern coalition began to press, the shooting strength of the imperial crossbowmen began to be limited, and the imperial crossbowmen at the front had begun to retreat, and the imperial hoplites with heavy shields and spears in their hands, with their red helmets as red as flames, pressed down the metal covering, and with an order, they were neatly blocked on the first line"Steady!
In the sloping woods, the Imperial crossbow riders were staring at the enemy in front of them like a tsunami, and the crossbowmen captain next to them was still shouting loudly, "Shoot closer!"
Four hundred Imperial heavy ballistae were finally pushed out of the ranks of the Empire's wings and shot!"
"Bang, Bang, Bang!" The soldiers of the Southern Coalition Army who were compressing the dense array were as if they were suddenly pushed flat by a large piece of silver scythe. Suddenly trembling and falling a large piece. The screams also sounded uncontrollably, all over the place, there were people rolling all over the ground, blood bursting apart, like rolling up a layer of smoke and dust on the earth, "Attention, vertical shields!" The coalition officers who had not yet come back to their senses were like suddenly being struck by violent lightning among the lightning and flint, and their bodies were struck in the air by a heavy blow, and half of their bodies fell to the ground, and the command sword in their hands twisted unnaturally, turning around in the air a few times, and then falling heavily on the ground flowing with blood," No, if we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid that before we rush in front of the Imperial Army, more than half of our people will die, and we must retreat!"
Clusters of arrows from both wings of the empire, seized the opportunity at this moment, and frantically poured into the dense crowd of coalition troops, one by one overwhelming arrow clusters flew out, huge casualties were increasing, and also made the faces of the coalition generals extremely ugly, at this time, in a moment of delay, hundreds of people were dying, the scene was extremely miserable, and the coalition generals did not expect the result of the first battle with the imperial army
"Bastard, don't care, order everyone to withdraw!" A general of the Harvey Kingdom angrily smashed the trunk of a tree with his fist, a pair of bloodshot eyes, looking at the recessed frame of the imperial heavy ballista in the distance, and still shooting arrows of death frantically, he saw the imperial ballista like an enlarged crossbow, the body shook heavily backwards, and the flesh and blood in the coalition crowd, relying on the shield protection, Immediately, it was like a series of balloons that had been burst, but the color of the balloon was red, even if it was a heavily armored shield, under such an attack, it was as fragile as paper! The blood mist was no longer splashed in clusters, but in clusters, as if gushing. Fragments of the human body that had been hit by the half-moon-shaped front flew in all directions, and flesh alleys were ploughed out of the crowd. A large amount of blood gushed out almost simultaneously. As a result, the ground has even lost its ability to absorb blood, and the red liquid flows like a stream from the adobe!
The trumpet sounded on behalf of the entire army's withdrawal, and the chaotic coalition forces began to retreat, revealing a bleak area of engagement
After two hours of fighting, the entire coalition attack line was already like a lute leaf hit by a torrential rain, pierced by thick steel arrows, and the hadron held on, which would only bring more casualties, and the attack from the imperial ballista was still carrying the blood of the people in front of him, creating death in the retreating coalition army columns, from the cut half of the corpse, deep into the body of the second person, so that the flesh and steel of countless people were mixed together! The pure white armor of the Templar Army was already soaked in red blood, and the hot human blood flowed out of the corpse, smashing into a trickle between the ground, and the entire battle area was like a blood-red waterfall, which was shocking
"My lord, do you need to pursue?" said Deputy Legion Commander Kenneth from behind, asking Varisien
"No, you don't!"
Varisian rarely rejected this proposal, staring at the broken queue of the coalition forces, his short flaxen hair stood up like stubble, the outline of his face exposed on the side of his helmet was resolute and bursting, and the red general's cloak hung down from the shoulders of the armor to the waist of the war horse, seeing Kenneth's confused look, he smiled and said, "This is His Majesty's order, just ask to block!" Blocking the return of the coalition forces to the south, rather than requiring the 300,000 coalition troops to be wiped out on the spot, in fact, according to our current strength, it is impossible to annihilate the coalition forces, although the coalition forces have suffered heavy losses because they are not familiar with the combat methods of our army, but it is only two hours, at most 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the number of coalition troops on the opposite side still has 2670,000 troops, and there is also a large number of mobile cavalry combat power"
Varisien's voice paused, and he continued, "And don't forget, the coalition forces still have 150,000 troops in the direction of Istanbul, if they fight too hard, and attract those 150,000 people together, it will lead our army into a stalemate and bitter battle, once that happens, it will be dangerous, and the reserve reinforcements of the coalition army will arrive in more than ten days! At that time, we will be in a situation where we are attacked by the enemy in front and ...... behind!"