Looking at the battlefield from the air, you can see the changes in the whole battle situation more clearly, and the beastmen take advantage of the interval between the artillery reloads to run on the soft ground, and their eyes affect their speed, which is also not conducive to cavalry charges. Zhang Hao, who descended from the sky, immediately gave the command to the steam tank troops, and the steam tank loaded with the hell-level wind cannon was heavy enough to compact the land, and while the enemy cannon fodder was still there, the death knights should strengthen their strength.

Marshal Robert also led the cavalry to the front line, although the artillery eliminated a lot of enemies, but most of them were just cannon fodder, even if they were engaged, they were not lethal, except for the griffin knights led by Teucer who were ready to charge with the army, the other cavalry mended the harpy one by one to ensure that some of them did not wake up and cause unnecessary trouble to the army.

The formation changed, the steam tank came to the middle of the inverted word, the cavalry followed, the musket troops and mages were ready to attack, and the Imperial captains and battle priests checked their weapons one last time. In order to increase the Steam Tank's melee defense, Zhang Hao asked the Melee Affairs Officer to accompany the Steam Tank to ensure that the Hell-level Wind Cannon could exert its maximum attack efficiency when it was under siege.

As the Beastmen warriors approached, the Light Mages had begun to chant spells, and the Light Magiors hidden in the crowd were also secretly aiming at their own targets.

"It's still five hundred meters away from the limit cast distance! 400 meters!! 300 meters!! Two hundred meters!! Attack!! Marshal Robert gave an order, dozens of magical light nets, opened from the air, and slowly fell, and the beastman warriors who had not dodged were all firmly trapped in place, and at the same time, all the musket troops, crossbowmen, hell-level wind cannons and steam tank shells fired directly at the front at the same time, and the dense barrage directly beat these lucky ones who dodged the artillery fire into a sieve, and in the face of the near, medium and far three-layer long-range attacks, only the smaller and most flexible chaos mastiffs and bayonet beasts that could finally run to the front of the emperor's ** team line, The reinforced shield walls and sharp halberds that greeted them, coupled with the pistols of the officers around the neatly arranged tanks, turned what was supposed to be a tragic battle into a shooting scene.

The increase in the number of artillery and muskets has directly increased the combat effectiveness of the empire by n levels, and the victory or defeat of previous wars ultimately depends on melee combat, long-range troops and artillery units have always been only auxiliary, but now because Zhang Hao has expanded the number of troops again and again, the combat effectiveness of artillery can be truly reflected, in the face of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, dozens of artillery pieces have a fart use, long reload time, small coverage area, more cannon belts are not enough damage to soldiers, more hell rocket artillery belts, not enough damage to large units, The arc range of the mortar cannon was too slow and easy to be injured by mistake, so in the past, the battlefield preferred to bring an extra group of cavalry than an extra artillery, which led to the slow development of the imperial artillery and the old and backward strategic policy. Although Zhang Hao was only a medical student before, the recent history of his country before he traveled told him that without long-range weapons and tactical use with enough cash, then he would only end up losing power and humiliating the country with land reparations.

In this world, not everyone has the opportunity and talent to learn magic, but everyone can learn to pull the trigger. No matter how strong the mage is, he will be knocked down with one shot, and no matter how strong the soldier is, he will be shattered with one shot, except for the battle of the legendary level and above, the current artillery cannot become the main force for the time being, and the artillery and guns will eventually replace the cavalry and become the meat grinder of the future battlefield.

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A day and a half away from the south of Cologne, the army of Carcassonne is seizing the time to march quickly to Colony, and the army that joins along the way makes Carcasson's army soar directly to 200,000, but the army is divided into three parts, the first part is the vanguard of the Pegasus Knights and the Horned Eagle Knights, they keep a distance of kilometers in front of the army and around, and be alert for the presence of enemies around, the second part is the main force composed of 150,000 infantry and cavalry, of which 50,000 are local infantry regiments, they are armed with spears, On the periphery of other troops, defensive formations were always ready to be formed. In the middle are the Carcasson's devotees, dressed in beige devotee robes with hard armor inside, carrying red striped shields and swords, guarding the nymphs of the lake and a chariot covered in sackcloth.

The flanks and tail of the main force were guarded by cavalry, and the last part was the baggage troops and siege troops, which consisted of poorly equipped Ming soldiers, carriages, and catapults, and in order to keep a distance from the main force, they had to rest three-quarters less than the troops in front, but although everyone was exhausted, they still persevered, and the Grand Duke of Albertic told them that this battle was a battle of national fortune, and if he won Batonnia, he would be alive, and if he lost, he would be annexed by the empire sooner or later, and he would persist for the sake of his country and his faith, no matter how hard and tired he was.

"Your Highness the Fairy, Grand Duke! Charlie Leo Cornwall comes from the battlefield of Cologne to ask for a meeting! A Pegasus knight flew from the front and asked the Lake Fairy for advice in mid-air.

"Your Highness, Charlie has always followed His Royal Highness the Prince, and he should not be controlled." Archduke Aborik immediately explained when he saw the somewhat hesitant expression of the lake fairy. They already knew about the great battle of Carcassonne, and if King Laune was controlled, then the sons of Cologne would not be much better, and the best outcome would be the death of Cologne. And Charlie has been outcast, not knowing his whereabouts, even if he led Zhang Hao into Carcasson, he did not show up in front of everyone, so it is understandable that the fairy of the lake looked vigilant.

"Let him come, just to ask how the situation is in Cologne, and the army continues to advance!" After the order was given, the fairy of the lake replaced himself with a unicorn and Archduke Albertique stepped out of the army and waited for Charlie by the side of the road.

Moments later, Charlie was in; The escort of six Pegasus knights descended to the fairy of the lake.

"Charlie Leo Cornwall has seen Her Highness the Nymph of the Lake." Charlie dismounted, knelt down on one knee and saluted the fairy of the lake.

"Let's talk less nonsense, how is the situation on the battlefield of Cologne?"

"Back to Your Highness, now there are more than 100,000 beast armies fighting against the emperor's ** team, and there should be no problem with the prince taking him to the town, and Cologne should be empty at the moment." Charlie and several Pegasus knights walked in a straight line and crossed the Grey Mountains directly, so it only took a few hours to find the location of the army.

"Who is the Beastman general who fought against the Emperor ** team?"

"Uh...... Before I left, the battle had not begun, and the leader of the beastmen was hidden in the army, unable to tell the difference. ”

"Charlie, follow the army......." Just as the lake fairy was about to let Charlie advance with the army, there was a sudden violent vibration from the ground. Before everyone could react to what was going on, they saw that the ground around the army suddenly bulged, and some dirt bags were even at the feet of the army.

"Ready for battle!!" As soon as Grand Duke Abric's words fell, those dirt bags instantly cracked, and countless huge worms appeared from the dirt bags, each of which was more than ten times larger than what he had seen in the national forest. The sharp teeth in the worm's mouth opened one after another, and countless monsters fell from the worm's mouth into the middle of the soldiers below.

The monsters rushed towards the carriage in front of the lake fairy as soon as possible, and the prophetesses who had no time to escape were torn to pieces in an instant, if it weren't for Charlie's arrival, the lake fairy, a female mage who didn't know how to fight in close quarters and had no armor, could have ended up in a hurry.