Chapter 177: Dumplings under the wall
The lion soldiers knew that war might break out in the near future, so they wore plate armor when they went out.
It's just that the horses don't wear heavy armor, and now it takes about ten minutes to lead the horse back to the stable and tie the heavy armor for the horses
The city lord didn't expect that Tomorrow Town would be wanton for so many days, and he only brought a team of four hundred people to attack the city.
Siege the city, attack the city, tomorrow the town army saw that the gate of saltpeter town was destroyed, and stood stupidly outside, lined up not to attack.
Murphy breathed a sigh of relief, many merchants rumored that Tomorrowtown had powerful ranged weapons, but he waited for five minutes, and the enemy still didn't move.
It seems that the weapons of Tomorrowtown are nothing more than that, and it will take a long time to prepare for one fight.
It doesn't matter if it's a long time, they are equipping the horses with heavy armor on their side, and when the time comes, three hundred cavalry will drive straight in, no matter what kind of awesome weapons they have, the distance of more than a hundred meters will be there in a few seconds, kill and kill.
However, after a few minutes, there was a commotion in the enemy's neat formation, which made Murphy's heart nervous, thinking that Tomorrow Town was going to charge.
It's funny to think about it, the armorless cat people charge on foot? I don't even know how to write dead words!
After more than ten seconds, he finally saw something that made the cat people commotion—four giant black iron-shaped long tubes!
The four were huge, as tall as the Cat Clan, and the base was made of huge wheels cast from metal, and there was a rumbling sound between the slow pushes, which showed how heavy the thing was.
"It's a cannon!"
"Master Murphy, that thing is a cannon, and it is the murder weapon that destroyed the city gate just now!"
There was a lion man who screamed loudly, his face frightened and angry, recalling the scene of the roar of the cannon barrel 500 meters away.
There were archers with strong bows chilling all over, they had done nothing before, they could only watch the cannonballs smash through the city gates, and countless defenders of the city were so frightened that they ran down the city walls, and did not dare to stand at the gate as targets.
Because the soldiers of the city wall retreated, the cat army family in Tomorrow Town dared to stand boldly in front of the city gate to confront each other.
There were originally more than a dozen archers in Saltpeter Town, and during the war, Orion was also stuffed into the army, and the number of archers increased to fifty, but there were only fifteen soldiers who could use war bows, and their ranges were more than 100 meters.
"Lord Murphy, send the archers to test those cannon soldiers first, they are too arrogant!" The lionman, known for his strength, took out his powerful bow and tried to shoot the enemy.
Most of the Lionheart's archers are sent to the border to beware of the Minotaurs, and his side does not pay much attention to archers, and usually a team of cavalry can stab the enemy through the enemy.
Besides, the training cost of archers is very high, and only after practicing a bow and arrow for several years can they be considered qualified combat power.
He didn't have much to do in this war, and he didn't pay much attention to the archers.
"You go and try it, can that distance be effective?" Murphy calculated the time it would take for his horses to be reloaded, and let the archers drag their feet.
"If the soldiers of Tomorrow Town wear armor to fight, the distance of more than a hundred meters is really a bit hanging, and the power of the bow and arrow is difficult to penetrate the people wearing armor, but it is different without armor, I can use high throws to shoot through them." The good hand in the army who pulls the bow smiled.
With that, fifty archers walked up to the wall, drew their bows, and took a preview.
Of the fifty archers, only fifteen were real archers, and the rest of the Orions were full to create momentum.
Unexpectedly, the hunters were sad, they had just drawn half of their bows, and they didn't even aim, when suddenly they saw all the green armor muskets glow white at the same time, and then their bodies were in severe pain in their abdomen, and they were thrown backwards by a strong impact.
Under the city wall, the old god was there, and the city lord of Murphy sat on horseback, staring at the row of archers, waiting for them to send good news, but he didn't expect a row of archers wearing chain mail to fly backwards like dumplings, pulling out blood fluids on the way to the ground.
Boom, the archers in their close-fitting chain mail crashed to the ground, and the blood in their chests shot again.
The archer did not die immediately, but curled up with a distorted face and a very painful expression.
This range is not a few tens of meters, but about one hundred and fifty meters, and the neat shot of the flintlock pistol does not guarantee a 100% headshot, or even a 100% hit to the body, so there are still five soldiers on the city wall who are fine.
However, the five survivors were afraid, and when they saw their companions fall for no reason, and there were bright red blood holes on their bodies, they sweated on their foreheads, and jumped off the city wall screaming loudly, for fear that they would be killed in seconds if they were a second late.
At this moment, the orcs finally knew the horror of Tomorrowtown.
This time, the linear array of Tomorrow Town had a row of fifty people, and the number of people who fired was the first four rows, that is, two hundred people fired at the same time, and the two hundred muskets were aimed at the fifty orcs at the head of the city, with an accuracy rate of about two percent.
"Lord Murphy, the hoplites are ready to send troops!"
When the orcs were desperate, the hoplites were already dressed, and Murphy's face changed, and he still couldn't get up.
"Lord Murphy, their muskets need to be reloaded, according to the information of the merchants, it will take twenty seconds at the earliest, let's hurry up!" The cavalry still wanted to fight for that bit of life.
Murphy's body trembled, and when he heard the information of the twenty-second reload, he suddenly felt that there was still some hope, and hurriedly pulled out his big sword and shouted: "Rush! ”
It takes twenty seconds for the opponent's two hundred people to change ammunition, and now they have ten seconds to rest, leaving them not much time, I am afraid that the enemy will have replaced the ammunition after leaving the city.
But he wanted to gamble, betting that the enemy would panic when he saw the cavalry charge.
Another point, the opponent's two hundred people can penetrate fifty people, tomorrow town has a total of about four hundred people, and the all-out salvo can only penetrate a hundred people, while the cavalry has three hundred people, taking advantage of the reload gap, his cavalry team can definitely crush the enemy.
It's only a 150-meter distance, just a sprint!
The hoplites had already begun to accelerate in the distance, and it was the light cavalry who came to report it, and Murphy ordered the infantry guarding the gate to get out of the way, allowing the hoplites to charge at the front, and then the light cavalry on both flanks followed the hoplites' butts and charged together.
"Rush!"
"Lean down, keep your horse's back close, and watch out for bullets!"
Murphy's lion's roar sounded behind him, and the heavy cavalry understood in seconds, clinging to the back of the horse, holding a spear in his hand, and the eye hole of the plate armor helmet revealed two eyes, and his eyes were firm and powerful, and he looked at death as if he were at home!