Chapter 123: The Battle of the Two Heroes (6) Glory
In previous years, thundershowers would fall in August, and in the midst of loud thunder, heavy rain would pour down on the mainland, and small pools of water would appear everywhere. Look at 1 gross 2 lines 3 Chinese net
This year, the weather is exceptionally dry and the rain is scarce, George understands that this kind of weather is definitely not a good thing for farming, his army is consuming a lot of grain and grass every month, if this year's harvest is not good, then will he be able to support such a huge army next year?
"Brother George, Sister Lanya said that she thought of an idea and wanted to see you! Brother George, have you been worrying these days? You may not have noticed yourself, you have started to grow gray hair!"
"Won't you? Help me pull out my white hair! Hey, during this time, I have been thinking repeatedly about how to crack the opponent's giant crossbow position, but Sha Liwan's old guy is very well defended, and he can't find a flaw!"
"Alright, Brother George, let Sister Lanya come to Bonnie to figure it out together! I'm going to call her!"
Lan Ya came to the council hall with a drawing, spread the drawing in front of George and said: "George, Alixai said that you have gray hair, I can't do it yet, it turns out to be true, don't worry, we will always think of a way! George, look, how about this I draw now?"
George looked at the drawings carefully, it should be a trebuchet, but it was not the same as the previous trebuchet, and asked, "Lanya? Is this a trebuchet?
"George, it's like this, unlike the traditional trebuchet, this is what Ivan's and I worked on, relying on gears to wind the trebuchet, you see here, at this time, a very tough metal rod!
"Metal rod? Lanya, even with the help of gears, is it too laborious to use a metal rod, and will the manual operation be too slow?"
"George, this is what I want to say, this trebuchet is not operated by man, it is operated by a magic summoning creature, and the ammunition used by the trebuchet is also a magical creature, we use this giant trebuchet to launch a lava ball of a magical creature, and the lava ball will explode after hitting the opposite position, igniting the surrounding flammable materials. George, how do you think this is the solution?"
"Lan Ya, then let's test it first, if there is no problem, then this will be a pioneering feat, and we will finally have a chance to destroy the other party's giant crossbow!"
In the field, George saw the first giant trebuchet that Ivan had ever built, the trebuchet was unusually heavy, most of the delicate parts were made of hard iron, the trebuchet was maintained and operated by 20 soldiers, and two summoners were responsible for loading and winding.
After a loud roar, George saw a circle of flames explode on a hillside in the distance, and the radius of ten meters was covered by flames, George felt very satisfied, but the fly in the ointment was that the giant trebuchet was too heavy, and the attack distance was not much farther than the giant crossbow, not as far as the traditional trebuchet, but the focus was on the attack range, although the mage's burst fire bomb was similar to this effect, but the attack distance could not reach that far, it seemed that this was the only way to crack the opponent's giant crossbow position.
George secretly mobilized Milou's Bloodrose Mage Regiment, and let Rodina lead 10,000 archers and Blood Rose Mage Regiment to ambush in the hidden valley near Copper City, George asked Sirian to lead the Silver Eagle Mage Regiment and 10,000 Lance Knights to ambush in the rear of Copper City on the way back to the hinterland of the Golden Lion Kingdom, and finally mobilized more food and grass supplies from Ammesvalon to prepare for a decisive battle with Shaliwan.
It was still a sunny morning, George put on the silver hungry wolf armor, raised the crescent flag, and began the first decisive battle that would decide the fate of the continent.
On the plain between Gale Plains and Snail City, a few wild dogs occasionally pass by, and the buried carcasses are feasted on, and the wild dogs that eat the meat have extraordinarily blood-red eyes and let out a piercing low roar, and vultures are constantly flying in the air, competing for the wild dogs' food.
Suddenly, as if seeing something, the vulture flew away in terror, and the wild dogs stopped roaring and fled with their tails between their legs.
Two armies slowly appeared on the plain, and the armies were divided into several neat formations, forming a confrontational situation.
Sha Liwan looked at the lineup on the other side, this army is different from the last war, the mental state of the troops and soldiers is completely different, they are elite soldiers! If you are not mistaken, the troops dispatched this time are all elite in a hundred battles, it seems that these horse thieves are going to fight a decisive battle with themselves! But can such an elite army be possessed by horse thieves? It is very puzzling!
George made the parts of the giant catapult slowly move forward with the Great Shield's protector, and this time, George also dispatched a number of mages who could unleash defensive spells to form a guardian force to protect the giant elephant trebuchet.
Saliwan sent 5 phalanxes, each consisting of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 light crossbowmen, with the giant crossbow position covering in the rear, and 5,000 light crossbowmen and 5,000 heavy armored cavalry firmly guarding the giant crossbow position.
The two wings were guarded by 5,000 spear knights, and there were 20,000 cavalry in the formation.
George looked at the turtle shell in front of him and was a little dizzy, the opponent's elite troops were protected layer by layer, and tens of thousands of troops were consumed, and it was very difficult for him to eat the opponent's army at one time.
George looked at the five phalanxes slowly advancing in the distance, and thought for a moment, merging the previous two infantry phalanxes into one, the core of the phalanx was 2,000 longbowmen, then the large shieldmen, and the periphery was the heavy infantry holding shields.
Shalivan's five phalanxes of infantry gradually surrounded George's troops, and ordered the rear of seven thousand lancers to attack and cut off the support of George's rear troops.
George ordered Basel to lead 5,000 Scimitar Knights to meet Salivan's Lance Knights, and after the two cavalry forces were killed, George's Scimitar Knights were strong and routed the Lancers head-on.
Salivan sent 10,000 cavalry to continue the attack, and had the light cavalry on both flanks surround the 5,000 scimitar knights.
George dispatched 10,000 scimitar knights to block Salivan's two spear knight troops in two parts, and 5,000 pikemen to block the opponent's 10,000 cavalry.
After Shaliwan's 10,000 cavalry collided with the pikemen's formation, they were stopped and began to die in a large area, and Shaliwan was shocked when he watched from a distance! The pikemen of the other side were a little strange, no matter how they practiced the cavalry's large-scale charge, they could block it, and there was a faint tendency to restrain the cavalry! It seems that the main general of the other side is a little level! Not a waste!
George was in a hurry! Why didn't the other side's heavy cavalry move, could it be that he didn't invest enough? George gritted his teeth and dispatched 10,000 scimitar knights to attack the opponent's infantry position in two groups.
Sha Liwan saw that the two groups of cavalry began to raid the infantry position, and his eyes shot a fine light: "Order, the infantry position bites the opponent's cavalry, dispatches four thousand heavy armored cavalry, and annihilates the opponent's cavalry!"
Although the scimitar knight was brave, he was obviously powerless in the face of the heavy armored cavalry with all men and horses wearing armor, and the killed were defeated and retreated, and the other cavalry followed behind the heavy cavalry, and the scimitar knight was defeated.
The Scimitar Knight began to rout, and the pikemen flowed through the gaps, allowing the Scimitar Knight to escape, and all of Salivan's cavalry rushed towards the pikemen.
George saw that only more than 4,000 armored cavalry rushed over, and felt that the strategic goal was only half achieved, but at this time, he could not hesitate, George immediately sent 5,000 Changge soldiers and 5,000 pikemen.
The Changge soldiers emerged from the gap where the Scimitar Knight had retreated, and formed a new formation with the pikemen, and Andammons took over the command and began to command the companies to fight together.
"The first three platoons of pikemen pierced their spears into the earth to defend themselves against the onslaught of the opposing cavalry, the spearmen attacked the opposing horses through the gaps in the pikemen, and the spearmen in the rear stabbed the cavalrymen who had lost their mobility. ”
Sha Liwan saw the change of the opponent's formation, and the scimitar cavalry retreated, and then a lot of Changge soldiers appeared? It was actually Changge soldiers? As a general who had fought for most of his life, how could Sha Liwan not know the role of Changge soldiers, and the other party made such a big move in order to eat his own heavy armored cavalry? The kid on the other side had a set!
Hmph! Horse thief boy, you are still too naïve! It seems that grandpa has to teach you how to behave! Sha Liwan began to command the giant crossbow position to move, preparing to use the giant crossbow to kill the opponent's infantry indiscriminately, and then use the advantage of strength to surround the opponent's pikemen and long soldiers, and then use the strong crossbowmen to suppress the opponent's cavalry.
As the Giant Ballista position moved, the giant catapults of George's infantry position began to assemble, and ten huge semi-steel structure catapults were gradually assembled.
Sha Liwan felt a little strange, why would the other party use a catapult? This kind of machine with an odd difference in accuracy can only be used to siege the city, and if you can hit a few bullets with a few hundred bullets, it is considered to be a good target, and you have to consider the tolerance of the wooden structure, otherwise it will be broken if you use it, but what the hell is the opponent's steel structure? Can manpower pull the strings? Is it nonsense?
The Giant Crossbow had already begun to inflict casualties on George's infantry array, tearing a hole in it, and Salivan's infantry began to kill George's infantry on a large scale with the help of the Giant Crossbow.
At this time, only listening to the loud roar, I remembered that the giant trebuchets began to invest in shells, and the range of these trebuchets was not far, about the same distance as the giant crossbows, and the range of the giant crossbows and trebuchets was to be thought of.
Shaliwan saw the smoking objects smash into his giant crossbow position, and then a large area of fire began to appear in the giant crossbow position!
"Oh no! Where did these horse thieves get this kind of thing! Quick! Order the crossbow position to retreat!"
George saw the opportunity to have 1,500 Magical Crossbow Knights raid the Giant Crossbow position and kill as many Giant Crossbow Operators as possible.
After the giant lava balls were bombarded, there were serious casualties, and a large number of crossbows were ignited by the destruction fire, and the soldiers left their posts and scurried around to avoid the lava balls flying in the sky.
The crossbowmen who were in charge of guarding the surrounding area also began to stir, and although they were not directly hit by the lava ball, the flames around them made these soldiers palpitate.
A light crossbow soldier was suddenly hit by a feather arrow, and then more soldiers were shot down, it turned out that 3,000 archers and 1,500 magic light crossbow cavalry rushed over and began to raid the giant crossbow position, these soldiers did not do grappling, and after a few waves of arrows rained down and killed a large number of giant crossbow operating soldiers, they immediately retreated.
Although Sha Liwan was angry, he did not dare to pursue, the mobility of the opposing troops was strong, and his own troops could not bargain when pursuing.
The Magical Crossbowmen did not retreat, but began to shoot the crossbowmen in the Salivan's infantry phalanx, and after a large number of crossbowmen were killed, the strength of Saliwan's infantry phalanx was greatly reduced, and the progress of the attack also stalled.
George dispatched 20,000 archers and swept towards the Salivan's infantry position.
Now there are two choices in front of Shaliwan, the first is to retreat immediately to preserve strength, and the second is to dispatch all the troops to lose the battle.
Sha Liwan closed his eyes and rubbed his temples with difficulty, and after a while, Sha Liwan opened his eyes and said, "All the strong crossbowmen are on their horses, and all the heavy cavalry are dispatched to help the infantry break through!"
After the crossbowmen got on their horses, their accuracy was greatly reduced, but they also barely forced back George's archers, and the infantry phalanx sent by Shaliwan before rescued three, except for the dead or 20,000, and the crossbowmen still had 2,000 people.
Shaliwan waved the command flag, reorganized the army, and formed a phalanx, and began to kill in the direction of George.
Sha Liwan tidied up his armor, put on a helmet that he hadn't worn for many years, rode up a batch of heavily armored war horses, lifted a very heavy cavalry spear and shouted: "Sons and daughters of the Golden Lion Family, we have died many years ago, we have lost the glory of the Golden Lion, we have spent countless wasted time in the northern country all these years, and now most of us have become useless old men! But the glory of the Golden Lion Family will never fall! Everyone rush over with me! Kill the other party's main general!" Although the current situation of the battle is not in our favor for the time being, no army can stop the wrath of the golden lion! Kill! Kill the opponent's main general! Cut down the crescent moon banner! We will win!"
Shaliwan led all the remaining armies, opened the way by the heavy cavalry, and killed George directly!
As a powerful cavalry general, Shaliwan's strength is undoubted, and at the same time, Shaliwan is also an intermediate magician, after releasing the magic shield to himself, Shaliwan cut down all the objects in front of him like a heavy chariot, and the heavy armored cavalry is as unstoppable as a torrent, breaking through the layers of military formations and gradually approaching the Crescent Moon Banner!
George was also shocked when he saw the brave Shaliwan! I wiped it! Shalivan, this old thief was so fierce! Alixai didn't tell himself? What a hard thing to do!
George shouted: "Warriors of Ammaxvalon, all of you have followed me through countless battles, constantly hovering before the line of life and death, but no matter how strong the opponent we have sent them to hell, today! Since we will be victors! We will kill all the invincible army of Saliwan here!
All the soldiers are crazy! The Duke will take the lead in a decisive battle with many parties! This time it will be a decisive battle between cavalry and infantry! It will also be a decisive battle that will decide the fate of the country! Fight! For the sake of Amesvalon's relatives, for his own children and grandchildren! For the sake of the Crescent Federation!
With that, George dismounted his horse, picked up his spear, and sent out all the pikemen and Changge soldiers to form a triangular military formation, and collided with Salivan's army.
George's spear and Salivan's cavalry spear slammed together, George's spear broke, George quickly drew his sword, and a whirlwind slash killed Salivan's horse.
Shaliwan jumped in the air, and the cavalry spear fell heavily on George, George clenched the long sword with both hands, stabbed the cavalry gun on the barrel of the cavalry gun, stabbed the cavalry spear crookedly, and then slashed at Shaliwan's body, unexpectedly, the long sword did not pierce Saliwan, but stuck in the armor,.
"Old thief, you turned out to be a magician?"
"Silver-armored wolf head, you are the Grand Duke of the Crescent Moon?"
"Old thief!, what else do you have to do to hurry up, right?"
"If you and I are not enemies, grandpa, I will definitely make friends with you! You are also a rare general! It's a pity that grandpa can only kill you today!"
"Old thief, don't talk nonsense! Can you kill me, it's still two words!
Sha Liwan suddenly condensed the strength of his whole body and used the Cold Star Chain Punch, and the fist bombarded George's body, shattering George's armor, but in the next second, Sha Liwan was stunned, the other party was unharmed?
"Old thief, you actually stole the magic of a melee mage? Unfortunately, if you fight magic, you are not my opponent! If this is the strongest blow, then you will die here today!"
George Cohesion unleashed a dazzling red beam that pierced Saliwan's heart!
Under the banner of the crescent moon, the pikemen held their positions with difficulty, restraining the charge of the heavily armored cavalry, and the Changge soldiers hooked down their horses, and the soldiers in the rear followed closely after the knights who stabbed to death the fallen knights.
The crossbowmen fired from behind, killing the pikemen, but while the arrows were being fired, George's magical crossbowmen were also shooting the crossbowmen. And the archers on the periphery are constantly moving to kill the enemy, harvesting the lives of the Shaliwan soldiers.
When the sky gradually darkened, Shaliwan's army was defeated, all the heavy knights were killed, all the elite crossbowmen were killed, the position of the crossbowmen was destroyed, 10,000 troops of 50,000 escaped, 10,000 cavalry fled, all the spear knights were killed, Shaliwan's lieutenant general snatched Shaliwan's body back in the chaos, and led 2,000 elite guards to flee to the Gale Fortress in embarrassment.
George looked at the hellish battlefield and sighed in his heart! This battle was finally won! An opponent like Saliwan was too strong to almost let himself be defeated, and if it weren't for Lanya's giant trebuchet, I'm afraid he would have been killed by Saliwan in Snail City, right? This stop has paid too much, countless elite soldiers have died here, but their sacrifice is great, so the Crescent Federation has recaptured Gale Fortress again, laying a solid foundation for future wars!