George VI's pontoon bridge was built in a hurry, but with the support of 50,000 troops, it took a morning to complete the pontoon bridge. A pontoon bridge that can accommodate four people running side by side at the same time is firmly erected on both sides of the Luo River.

George VI and John found a small slope on which they could see Allen's army. But because they don't have Allen's travel benefits, telescopes, they can only make a rough judgment about Allen's army. And the result of the judgment is undoubtedly shocking.

Whether it is the neat array, the solemn military organization, or the golden eagle flag fluttering in the wind. All of them brought a round of violent visual impact to George VI and John at the first time.

Allen's army was definitely different from the traditional feudal army, without the messy family overalls (Allen's vassals were driven to the back), and there was no chaotic army array. Each phalanx was like the stars and the moon, orderly surrounding Allen. The shield and cloak were all dyed red, and from a distance they looked like a red dragon, entrenched on the other side of the Luo River.

"This is the elite, this is the elite. I'm afraid that only the army of the Sun King's era can do this. George VI sighed involuntarily, and then became puzzled again. Why didn't there be any news about such an army before? It stands to reason that it should have been famous in the mainland a long time ago. ”

John was also shocked by Allen's army, and originally thought that LeBlanc just didn't find the right person, and just looked for it. I didn't expect it to be so surprising. At this time, John suddenly remembered that there was news that the Duke of Ouranos of the Kingdom of Ammuxi had defeated Prince Gavin. Originally, John scoffed at the news. Now it's time to take a fresh look at this Alan Ouranos.

"Lord Duke, the other party has begun to cross the river." Augustus watched George VI's army nervously, and reported to Allen about George VI's situation at any time.

"Let them come." Allen, of course, also found out about the other party's actions. But at this time there is no point in stopping the other party at all. Even if he prevented the other side from crossing the river, Allen's goal was to destroy the opponent's military power with local superiority, rather than fighting a war of attrition with an army of 50,000.

George VI looked at Allen's actions, and when he saw that Allen did not stop him, he asked John suspiciously.

"Mr. John, why didn't the other party stop us from crossing the river, could it be that they have some trickery?"

John smiled. Reassuring George VI, he said: "Your Majesty is relieved, if the other party must know that you can't stop Your Majesty's army, it is obvious that the other party does not want to fight a war of attrition." Rather, they want a decisive battle. ”

"A decisive battle? Ten thousand against fifty thousand?" George VI was surprised and said, "The other party is not so stupid. ”

John looked at Allen's military formation from a distance, and said in an inexplicable tone: "If the other party is not stupid, then there are hole cards."

The pontoon bridge was built as soon as it was built. George VI immediately ordered the troops to pass. Due to the need to forcibly occupy the beachhead, the cavalry was placed last. The first to come ashore were a thousand hoplites.

"Lord Duke, are you going to attack?" Augustus asked, obviously unable to hold back the battle intent in his heart.

"Tell Robin Hood, the archers attack!"

Receiving Allen's order, Robin Hood quickly led a thousand archers to the front of the army.

Robin Hood surveyed the opposing position, raised the compound bow in his hand, and opened the bowstring. Look up at the sky at a fifteen-degree angle to the west. The fingers let go of the bowstring, and Weng snorted. The arrow flew through the air in an arc before landing behind the heavily armed troops.

Robin Hood took a closer look at the opposing position and recalculated the distance between the two sides. Finally, he raised his hand and shouted.

"Forty degrees of elevation! Full strings! Ready!" When a thousand archers heard the command, they raised their bows and arrows in unison, and the bowstrings were straightened and made a sound of debilitation.

"Put!" With Robin Hood's order, a thousand arrows broke away from the bowstring and quickly rose high. Then it reaches the apex and falls under the influence of gravity.

Whoosh, the bow and arrow cut through the air current, leaving a series of breaking sounds. Although the heavily armed soldiers on the opposite side raised their shields in advance to defend under the command of the commander, in the face of the rain of arrows in the sky, there were still many bows and arrows that slipped through the gap and hit the soldiers' bodies.

Robin Hood nodded and continued to shout, "Second round of preparation!"

Although the 1,000 hoplites were the first to go ashore, they could not ignore the attack on Allen's archers, because their task was to capture and protect the beachhead so that the follow-up troops could cross the river without hindrance, so they could only rely on the unreliable shields in their hands to withstand the rounds of Allen's archers' shots.

Fortunately, the heavy soldiers of the second thousand-man squad went ashore in time, and the commander immediately ordered the second squad to replace the soldiers of the first detachment. Because the first thousand-man team had already lost a third of its troops under Allen's three or four rounds of arrow rain. If he doesn't replace him, even if Allen doesn't attack, the archers alone can shoot the opponent back.

"Lord Duke, the archers of the other side have begun to cross the river." Augustus reminded.

Alan nodded, the archers had already released seven or eight rounds of arrow rain, and for archers, after seven or eight rounds of arrow rain, both the bow and the archer's physical strength were affected to a certain extent.

"Tell Guy to start the action now!" The guards beside him received Allen's order and immediately galloped upstream.

"Augustus, with two thousand legionnaires, surround them from both flanks! Leonardo, I order you to rush through the middle and give me a penetration of their formation!"

"Obey!" Augustus and Leonardo clenched their fists at the same time.

Soon, the whole formation began to move, and the two Essis legionnaires of a thousand people, one on the left and one on the right, bypassed the front of the other party, trying to pinch each other from the two loaves of bread. In the middle were Leonardo's thousand-strong Essis assault troops, armed with chain hammers, charging at George VI's army.

"Your Majesty, the other party has begun to attack!"

George VI, who had been alerted by the guards, looked at the battlefield, and George watched Allen's actions.

"Immediately remove the third team of archers and send a thousand heavily armed soldiers to reinforce them!"

"No, Your Majesty!" John hurriedly stopped George VI and said.

"Oh, why not, Mr. John?" George VI asked, confused.

"Your Majesty, if you withdraw the archery team at this time, it will not only take time, but also block the crossing of the river by the follow-up troops. Now the only way to do this is to let the archers continue to cross the river, and then send reinforcements. John knew very well that the other party was going to take advantage of this embarrassing time to launch an attack, so that his side could not advance or retreat. But this didn't mean much to John, as long as the beachhead was not lost, then sooner or later more reinforcements would repel the opposing side.

"But the archers don't last long in the melee."

"Your Majesty, it's just a loss of a team of archers, and if the army on the other side loses reinforcements at this time, then the beachhead position will probably not be able to hold it. More losses when the time comes!" John saw that George VI seemed reluctant to give up his troops, and explained helplessly.

George VI hammered his palm, and finally said in pain, "All right."

At this time on the beachhead, Leonardo's assault team was already very close to George VI's army.

I saw Leonardo charging in the first place, shouting in his mouth: "Kill!"

"Kill!" The 1,000 members of the commando team shouted at the same time, and suddenly the battlefield had not really started fighting, and they were instantly murderous.

The commander of the opposing side immediately gave the order to raise a shield for defense!

Finally, Leonardo took the lead, throwing the hammer into George VI's array like a shot put, and the soldiers in the first row following Leonardo did the same. At the same time, smash the chain hammer in your hand at the opponent.

Hundreds of chain hammers, with immense force, swirled and smashed into the array of heavily armed soldiers. Even so, it was almost impossible to kill a few people. But George VI's hoplites were not Allen's Essis phalanx infantry after all, and they were too far behind in maintaining the line.

Just one round of hammer attacks smashed the heavy soldiers of the first column to the ground, and the originally neat battle line instantly became pitted.

Leonardo pulled out his spare mace, howled and jumped over one of the hoplites who had been smashed to the ground by the hammer, and frantically smashed into the formation, the same happened in many parts of the battle line, and in just this round of attacks, George VI's thousand hoplites showed faint signs of retreat.

Alan nodded with satisfaction, affirming the combat effectiveness of the Essis Assault Soldiers, and did not waste his investment of thousands of gold coins.

On the contrary, George VI was amazed at the combat effectiveness of the Essis assault troops, and his 1,000-strong heavy soldiers who had been beaten in just one charge did not have the strength to fight back, and still relied on another group of heavy soldiers who had been shot and killed by archers before to barely resist.

"Quick, order the archers to abandon their bows and arrows and block them in close combat! Don't let the other side succeed. Another group of heavy spearmen, be sure to block them!" George VI hurriedly gave the order, and he felt that if the troops on the other side did not have reinforcements, the moment of destruction was really not far away.

After all, the Luo River was only a few tens of meters wide, and the thousand-man archers crossed the river in just a few minutes, while the fourth team of heavily armed spearmen followed closely behind, seizing every minute and every second to cross the river.

However, the archers received orders from George VI to rely on melee combat to flank Allen's flanks. But what did these archers, armed only with rudimentary leather armor and daggers, use against the infantry of the Assis legion with thick shields and sharp swords?

Augustus looked at the dagger-wielding archers who charged towards him, and coldly shouted, Javelin ready!

Put!

Before the poor archers could even get close, they were shot straight away by a round of javelins.

The barrier caused by the archery team was only the time of one round of javelins, and after one round of javelins, the thousand-man archery team directly retreated.

Damn it! George VI slammed his fist into the void. (To be continued.) )

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