Chapter 468: The Battle Is Fierce

Du Dalei rushed over with more than 500 guards, and also brought ten assembled ballistas, as well as a large amount of ammunition.

"Da Lang, the boss has already begun to land, he asked me to tell you, let's all be careful, withstand this attack of the rebels, and then don't rush in, wait for the boss to bring people up, and then attack the rebel camp in one fell swoop."

"Well, what my brother said is very reasonable, let's line up on the spot, let me meet this Qian Hongxin."

With an order, more than a thousand guards formed three military formations. The three formations were in a zigzag shape, one of them protruding slightly, and the other two were a little behind to protect the flanks.

Between the three military formations, two dozen ballistae were lined up. The personnel operating the ballista were quickly ready for launch, and the ballista was filled with explosive~bombs and burning~burning~ shells next to the ballista.

After the last attack on Hangzhou, the General Staff Department made a serious post-war summary. According to the reaction of the front-line combat troops, in the course of the engagement, the bed crossbow and the divine arm bow did not play a big role, because there were too few people to operate the bed crossbow, and it took a long time for the bed crossbow to be wound, and there was no ballista to fire quickly.

And the number of crossbowmen trained by Nanami Company is not large enough, and a small number of Divine Arm Bows cannot have a large-scale killing effect, so this time there are no bed crossbows and Divine Arm Bows. I only brought a ballista, ready to fire bombs ~ bombs and burn ~ burn ~ bombs. Some crossbowmen were also trained to throw bombs~ bombs, and became temporary bombardiers.

The wind was strong in the spring, and the flag of Nanami Company was whirring.

The guards all held their weapons in their hands, staring silently at the approaching enemy.

The rebel formation on the opposite side quickly advanced to more than seventy meters away, and came to a halt in a haphazard manner.

Qian Hongxin, who was under the big sword, looked at the immovable military formation on the opposite side, and couldn't help frowning.

These bandits are really difficult to deal with, a few months ago, it was these people who broke through the city of Hangzhou and let themselves escape like lost dogs.

Qian Hongxin was very afraid of these bandits in his heart, and he felt that his troops were still a little insufficient, so he immediately asked the captain around him to give an order, and then bring thousands of men and horses over to attack the bandits on the opposite side together.

After a while, An Dalang saw that the military formation on the opposite side did not move, and felt a little puzzled.

"Big Thunder, why didn't you say the guy on the other side didn't attack? Could it be that we have been scared out of our hearts? ”

"Well, let me see, these guys are in a tight formation, as if they are putting on a defensive posture, waiting for us to attack."

An Dalang understood a little: "Haha, I know, they are afraid that they can't do us, and they are waiting for reinforcements." Anyway, we don't have to be in a hurry, just wait for these rice buckets and let them come with more so that we can catch them all. ”

Du Dalei took out a handful of dried dates from his arms and gave some to An Dalang, and the two chatted while eating.

After waiting for about half an hour, Zhao Zizhong and Boris rushed up with more than a thousand people.

"Yo, you two are very idle, how is the situation on the other side? Why didn't they go on the offensive? Zhao Zizhong asked happily.

"Hehe, boss, the guy on the other side is probably scared, thinking that four or five thousand people can't beat us, and is mobilizing people."

Boris raised his binoculars and took a closer look at the rebels on the other side.

"Boss, I saw that thousands of people came out of their camp again, and there were almost 10,000 people together."

Zhao Zi waved his hand: "Attack immediately, you can't wait for them to assemble." We must fight quickly and eliminate Qian Hongxin's rebels as soon as possible. ”

With An Dalang's order, more than twenty ballistas began to fire.

From a distance, more than 20 black dots flew into the rebels' formation, and then explosions rang out one after another.

Seeing this, Qian Hongxin, who was in the rear, immediately launched an attack order. He knew that his army could not resist the opponent's long-range attack, and only by rushing forward and relying on the superiority of numbers in hand-to-hand combat, exchanging life for life could he have a chance to defeat the opponent.

When Qian Hongxin's rebels heard the officer's order, they all picked up the weapons in their hands and rushed towards the opponent's military formation in a swarm.

This time, the military formation of Nanami Company formed three hollow phalanxes in the shape of a zigzag.

Each formation was roughly square, with a row of large shields at the outermost, pikemen behind the shieldmen, and sword and shield guards the pikemen's flanks, and in the middle of the hollow phalanx, crossbowmen ready to drop bullets.

At the junction of the three phalanxes, the heavy infantry armed with Mo knives blocked the gap, and looked indifferently at the rebels who rushed up and were killed.

More than two dozen ballistae were mounted with *, ready to be fired at maximum elevation angles to deal the most heavy blow to the rebels.

"Launch!"

An Dalang pointed in front of his sword, and the ballista quickly fired a sparkling burning ~ burning ~ bullet.

Burning~burning~ flew out about a hundred meters or so, and rushed headlong into the middle of the rebels' large array.

The fire spread rapidly, and because the Ordnance Research Department of Seven Seas added some sticky substances such as gum to the burning~burning~ bombs, the paste mixed with whale fat splashed everywhere, and no matter what it touched, it quickly burned.

The clothes, armor, and even bare skin of many of the rebel non-commissioned officers were stained with these burning pastes. The flames spread rapidly over the man, quickly turning the man into a desperate torch.

In the midst of the dense crowd, these burning men howled and rushed left and right, igniting others around them.

Qian Hongxin's Daxu was only about ten meters away from the nearest fire point, and his guards nervously used huge shields to protect him from the boss from being attacked by this terrifying weapon.

Looking at the tragic scene in front of him like a hellfire burning, Qian Hongxin's heart was full of fear.

He shouted in horror: "Stand back, stand back!" ”

His guards heard the order and hurriedly protected him as he retreated.

At this time, the first wave of rebel soldiers who attacked the Nanami Company's military formation had already rushed to a distance of more than ten meters from the military formation.

"Bomb dropping!"

With the shouts of officers at all levels, the bombardiers in the hollow phalanx quickly ignited the fuse of the bomb~bomb and threw the bomb~bomb into the surging crowd in front.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The sound of continuous explosions sounded among the rebels more than 30 meters away, and if you look down from the air, you can see that more than a dozen potholes have appeared in the crowd of rebels, and a group of rebels are lying down in them.

But the number of rebels was too many, and the soldiers who came up from behind quickly filled these potholes and continued to rush forward.

"Boom ......"

The rebels' front-row sergeant slammed into the shield in the front row of the Seven Seas Company's military formation, armed with swords and axes.

The shieldbearers tried their best to hold on to the large shields, but some of them were knocked down. The rebel soldiers crowded desperately into it from the collapsed shields.

The pikemen of the Seven Seas Company kept stabbing to stop the rebel soldiers from rushing in.

An Dalang's face changed in an instant, because there were very few soldiers on his side, if he fell into a tragic hand-to-hand combat, not to mention the huge casualties, if the other party continued to attack, the army formation was very likely to collapse.

"Heavy infantry attack!"

"Ballista fires as fast as you can!"

"Bombardier, speed up the bomb!"

An Dalang shouted and gave a series of orders, and after receiving the order, the guards who controlled the ballista desperately fired ~ burning ~ bombs, and the bombardiers in the hollow phalanx also threw bombs ~ bombs into the crowd of rebels as if they were dead.

The skyrocketing fire ignited among the rebels, blocking the pace of the subsequent rebel onslaught.

The explosions of the ~ bombs came and went, blowing up holes in the rebels.

The hoplites put down their armor and rushed out of the gap in the phalanx with firm steps, slashing through with their swords.

The rebel soldiers kept knocking down their shields, then killed the shield-bearers with their weapons, and squeezed through the gap into the Nanami Company's formation. Then the soldiers began to chop the pikemen.

Unaccustomed to this kind of hand-to-hand combat, the pikemen clumsily wielded their spears to resist, and were soon knocked down by more than twenty of the rebel non-commissioned officers with heavy weapons. The sword and shield men in the back row hurriedly rushed forward and fought with these rebel soldiers.

Du Dalei's eyes turned red when he saw this, "Boss, let me bring someone to support!" ”

Zhao Zizhong didn't move: "Don't worry, it's just the beginning, and you can't easily use the reserves." I'm sure our guards will stand up. ”

The ballistas continued to fire ~ burn ~ shells at their maximum rate of fire, forming a wall of fire a hundred meters away from the battle line, preventing the onslaught of the rebels' follow-up personnel.

The bombardier desperately threw the bomb~ bomb out, and the deafening explosion continued to sound among the rebel soldiers, bringing down pieces of soldiers.

The hoplites quickly slashed with their swords, quickly clearing a large area. Then they began to attack on both flanks, slashing the rebel soldiers who were attacking the formation from the flanks.

An Dalang looked back and forth on the battle line, and kept giving orders, dispatching people to plug those gaps.

The fierce fighting continued, and the number of rebels was constantly decreasing under the blows of the burning~burning~bombing, bombing~, and heavy infantry on the three fronts, and the attack became more and more weak.

The Seven Seas guards also suffered heavy casualties, especially the shieldmen and pikemen in the front row. Although they wore plate armor, they suffered heavy casualties under the blows of heavy weapons.

Dressed in white, paramedics shuttled back and forth across the battle line, constantly dragging the wounded back for treatment.

The accompanying folk men desperately transported large wooden boxes containing burning~burning~ bombs to the ballistas, and also transported more explosive~ bombs to the bombardiers in the hollow phalanx.

At this time, An Dalang saw that the rebels' soldiers were getting weaker and weaker, so he shouted loudly:

"All attack!"

"Tick-tock."

A clear horn sounded, and the guards immediately raised their weapons and took a step forward.

The pikemen were stabbing in front of them, and the heavy infantry was strangling the rebel soldiers. The sword and shield men continued to rush out from the pikemen, and several men worked together to kill the lone rebel soldiers.