Chapter 152: The Growth of a Soldier
Seeing that Harvey didn't want more, John turned to Malone and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”
Ma Long also looked serious, glanced at John and said, "If you really want to bring the Knights to victory in the future, you still have to read books on war." ”
"Okay, I will." John said helplessly: "But can you do this first, why is it bad?" ”
Shaking his head, Marlon explained: "Archers are also human beings and will be tired. ”
"Rotation, we're not the only archers!"
"Do you know how many archers we have?"
"About a thousand, right?" John said with some uncertainty.
"Well, it's not specific, but it's not much different."
He explained: "In order to suppress the opponent, the archers we have can only be rotated in three shifts.
"If you count more, each person can shoot dozens of arrows per round, how long do you think we can hold out?"
"Huh?" John bowed his head and pondered, "One day? Seeing Ma Long's unhappy face, he hesitated and said, "Half a day? ”
Ma Long said angrily: "Do you think everyone else is you?"
"Three hours, in order to ensure the suppression of the barbarians, they can only hold on for three hours, which is still more."
John exclaimed, "All of our archers combined can only hold for so long?" ”
Nodding, Ma Long said: "After a long time, the arms of the archers become weak, and the frequency naturally slows down." ”
John looked outside the wall, there were too many barbarians, and they were extremely fierce, and many of them were still charging with arrows stuck in their bodies.
Looking at this dense crowd, he couldn't help but gesture with both hands, and said to Ma Long: "There are so many people, you don't have to be an archer, ordinary soldiers can shoot it, right?" Why not give the bow and arrow to the ordinary soldiers and let them shoot? ”
Ma Long glanced at him and said: "You really think, without special training, they can't do it, whether it is the frequency of shooting or the lethality is far worse, they can't suppress the barbarians at all, whose army have you seen do this?" ”
John touched the old spoon in embarrassment, in fact, as soon as the words came out, he knew that he was wrong, and it was okay to be a human soldier below.
These barbarians are not only vigorous, but also fierce and abnormal, as long as they are not critically hit, most of them can continue to charge.
"And we don't have many arrows, if it were a human army, it would have retreated a long time ago, many of these barbarians have several arrows in their bodies, but they are fierce!" Malone sighed.
"What then?" John asked with some urgency.
Ma Long said a little helplessly: "I can only prepare for close combat." ”
"Isn't that the same as before? When I saw Harvey's constipated look, I thought ......"
Fortunately, Harvey was in charge of the command and didn't hear him, otherwise......
"So you just see him on the face...... What's that? Marlon forced a smile and finished his words, "without panicking." ”
"Okay, so it's the same as the previous battle?"
Nodding, Malone confirmed: "Maybe it's easier, it's just not as good as expected!" ”
As he spoke, the archers on the wall had completed their first rotation, and the barbarian army had taken the opportunity to get closer.
The Grand Canyon is not wide, the battlefield contact area is limited, and the wall is curved, which can accommodate a large number of archers.
If they can maintain their condition, and have enough logistics, they can directly block the barbarian attack without a large number of berserkers appearing.
It's a pity that if it's just if, they will get tired, and the arrows are not infinite, and there are really a large number of berserkers among the barbarians, but they haven't appeared yet.
It wasn't three hours yet, and it wasn't until all the archers were tired.
The barbarians took advantage of several rotations, relying on the gap in the large number of corpses, to get close to the wall and throw their weapons.
The battle has changed, and the human side can no longer shoot with impunity.
Once the opponent can attack him, the archers on the wall will no longer be able to distract, and the frequency of shooting will naturally decrease.
This becomes a vicious circle, the more barbarians approach, the greater the threat to the wall, and the greater the threat to the wall, the more powerless the archers are to suppress the barbarians......
In the sound of the whining wind, seeing that there were more and more spears and other weapons shooting at the wall, the archers were gradually suppressed and played more and more roles.
Below, the barbarians, who had been prepared for a long time, carried ladders and slammed wood, and with the help of the passage paved by the vanguard with corpses, they had already come to the wall.
"Kill ......," the barbarian roared, climbing the rudimentary ladder and charging the defenders on the wall.
On the wall, most of the archers had been withdrawn and replaced with melee spearmen and swordsmen.
"Kill, for the sake of the lord......"
In the face of the fierce barbarians rushing forward, the soldiers who had already had similar experience were not afraid.
They understand that even if they die, the lord can bring them back to life, and now they just need to kill the enemy and behave well.
For a while, the roars and screams on the wall rang out.
Although the soldiers of the Black Stone Collar did not have an advantage in physique, they were well-equipped and systematically trained in fighting skills, and after previous battles, they were more skilled in cooperating.
And the barbarians, although they are stronger individually, climb up by ladder after all, and are always at a disadvantage in numbers, and cannot seize the advantage for a while.
"Kill ......"
The entire wall is full of soldiers, both human and barbarian, all doing their best to survive.
The fear of life and death makes people forget about everything else, and only the instinct to survive is left, killing the enemy on the other side, no matter what method is used.
Ma Longpan Dragon Halberd slashed in the air, and a white sword qi came out, slashing past a barbarian who had the upper hand.
"Scorn...... blood splattered, and while the barbarian died, the human soldiers who were bound by his neck also regained their freedom.
Got up, rubbed his throat, lowered his head and coughed a few times, showed a grateful look to Ma Long, and then faced the next enemy again.
Ma Long smiled faintly, slightly relieved, although these soldiers are still very weak in his eyes, but with combat experience, they already have the appearance of battlefield veterans, at least they know what to do on the battlefield, and they have not wasted their training!
Carrying the dragon halberd, Ma Long walked left and right on the wall, he didn't take the initiative to take action, and when there was an emergency, he would support in time......
The battlefield is the best way to sharpen a soldier when having resurrection, especially if there is a panel that provides experience points.
As long as these soldiers can keep alive, their strength will continue to improve, and they will be infinitely close to the knights, if it is a coincidence, it is not impossible to break through in one fell swoop, and Malone does not want to rob the soldiers of the opportunity.
Due to the big gap in strength, he has little experience in killing these ordinary barbarians, but for ordinary soldiers, each of them is a big supplement.