Enemy Chapter 332: Fierce Battle
"Whoosh!"
There was a burst of sound in the air, and the eight hundred Denlenburg archers poured out the arrows from their quivers with their powerful recurve compound bows. Fastest updates
A series of miserable wails rang out, and more than 400 of the enemy's infantry were hit by arrows, and almost without exception, they fell straight down holding on to their own arrows.
The recurve compound bow is different from other ordinary standard bows or hunting bows, its power is far greater than other bows, basically as long as the arrow is hit, it is a fatal injury.
Not to mention that these enemies wearing decent leather armor or iron armor were all shot with such deep wounds, if the enemy did not have armor, it was even possible to be shot through.
In this way, a round of fire caused the enemy to kill about 200 people, but this casualty figure was inconspicuous in the enemy's camp, which was more than 30,000 trained and armed soldiers, and 300 were not obvious.
In fact, this round of shooting is like tickling the enemy.
Immediately afterwards, the Denlenburg archers fired two more rounds of arrows, and after inflicting about 500 casualties on the enemy, the enemy finally rushed closer.
And the huge base of the enemy's army had already determined the number of enemy archers, and more than 7,000 archers who did not participate in the battle against the king's army pulled away their standard bows and arrows.
Their sharp arrows were tied to the bowstrings, waiting for the order from their superiors to fire.
"Ready!"
With the order, the seven thousand archers made a creaking sound in order to increase the string of the standard bow in their hands in order to gain strength.
"Launch!"
With a shout of rage, the enemy archers let go of their hands pulling the bowstring almost simultaneously.
The rebound of the bow and arrow made the bowstring tremble slightly, and the sound of the arrow cutting through the air was also very dense.
Seven thousand arrows flew in the direction of the Denglenburg infantry like a dense swarm of bees.
This kind of formation is much more than the scene of the Denglenburg archers shooting just now, the Denglenburg archers have a long range and great power at most, but the number and density of arrows are indeed far inferior to the enemy.
The 7,000 arrows almost had to block out the sunlight from the sky, and the Denlenburg infantry and Denlenburg archers were also trying to defend it.
Fortunately, although the armor that William equipped the soldiers with has been upgraded and the grade of the helmet has become higher, the specific style has not changed very much, in addition to the entire head cover, the iron brim on it is still there.
This brim can provide a more effective defense against arrows from the sky.
The sword and shield infantry with large shields are even more terrifying for the defense of arrows, not to mention the defense of the large shield in their hands, and even the armor on their bodies is as good as that of pikemen.
The only danger was the archers, oh, and the light infantry.
The armor on their bodies is not very good, the archers of Denlenburg only wear a combination of chain mail and leather armor, and they are not equipped with open-face pot helmets for fear of affecting their vision, and they are not good at the defense of arrows.
And the light infantry, the so-called fast-moving unit, of course, they can't wear heavy iron armor like the Denglenburg infantry.
A light chain mail and a pot helmet are all they have to defend themselves.
"Ping Pong Ping Pong"
With the sound of metal clashing, the iron arrows of the arrows were mounted on the armor of the Denlenburg army.
The Terlenburg infantry were so well armoured that almost most of the arrows were bounced off by their armor, and only a few of them were able to shoot through the chain mail around their necks at an extremely tricky angle, killing them.
Not to mention the heavy infantry and knights who followed William, their armor was stronger than that of the Denlenburg infantry, and in the face of this ferocious rain of arrows, they simply threw themselves down and put their shields over the eyes of their horses.
The horse armor on the horses is also quite fine, most of the arrows can only be stuck on them or bounced off, and the only weak point is their eyes.
The light cavalry, on the other hand, was a little overwhelmed by the overwhelming array of arrows, although they had armor on them, their protective ability was not very strong.
Even if they have a round shield to protect themselves, the war horses under their crotches are different from the knights, they have no horse armor, and their defense against arrows is almost none.
In this way, under such a blow, dozens of light cavalry died, and nearly a hundred war horses fell to the ground and lost their combat capability.
The archers also lost more than a hundred men, and the lightly armored infantry was even more miserable, losing them almost two hundred men in just one shot.
However, the infantry, heavy infantry and knights of Denglunburg did not suffer many casualties, although the enemy's arrows basically rushed towards them, and the rest were only incidental, but under their excellent armor, they still did not cause much damage.
The losses of the Denlenburg infantry were only a few dozen men, almost a drop in the bucket of the 2,400 Denlenburg infantry.
Most of the Denlenburg army was clothed in the face of arrows, but the other two armies probably didn't have the ability to do so, and their armor wasn't enough to allow them to ignore enemy arrows like the Denlenburg infantry.
Therefore, after a round of arrows, they lost more than 120 soldiers on both sides, and this is the reason why the enemy aimed at the infantry of Denlenburg, otherwise the casualties would have been even greater.
"Quick! Speed up! We must engage the enemy as quickly as possible, or our casualties will be greater! ”
William commanded loudly in the back, and the soldiers who were waving flags on the high platform beside him were also helping William give orders.
In this way, the drumbeat of the Terrenberg infantry became noticeably faster, and the pace of their advance became more frequent and faster with the beat of the drum.
However, even in this situation, the Denlenburg infantry was able to maintain a tight formation and advance towards the enemy.
As for the armies of the other two counts, they had already begun to become a little chaotic.
In this way, the enemy archers fired another round of arrows, inflicting some damage on William's side, and finally retreated to the rear.
"Speed up!"
With William's order, the column commander and the officers also gave orders to the soldiers in charge of themselves, and the soldiers began to trot.
In this way, the soldiers can have a certain impact to fight the enemy.
Infantry battles do not want to fight cavalry, they just need to wait for the enemy to charge, but they need some shock to bless themselves.
As the drumbeat became more frequent, the soldiers began to trot, and their running was quite characteristic.
Shoulder to shoulder, almost with the front chest holding the front chest, the pikemen behind put the spears on the shoulders of the sword and shield soldiers in front of them, forming a tight whole.
They are in unison, their tactics are the same, and this is what they are capable of after four or five years of training
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