Chapter 81: The Battle of Nakajima
The plains of the Nakajima state are not large, only more than 10 kilometers from north to south, and there are many farmlands and villages on the plains of more than 10 kilometers, and the Phuket River also passes through the Nakashima Plain and reaches the mountains in the south.
At this time, at the northern end of the Nakashima Plain, thousands of soldiers had been assembled, and more than 30 trebuchets stood tall behind the soldiers.
Only a hundred cavalrymen were running around the army, delivering orders and arranging formations.
The Five Hundred Rocket Corps stood behind the shield soldiers, hiding the canister launchers. The rest of the infantry and archers covered the flanks and prevented enemy raids.
This formation actually didn't have much defensive power, and it was improvised by Karl.
Carl had never fought, and his life's work was to defend the city of Boogie, and was later transferred by Luo Lan to guard the west coast.
Frightened and excited, the veteran stood on a chariot carried from a peasant's house and craned his neck to look south.
All the soldiers were like him, panicked and excited.
None of the soldiers here have ever fought. If it weren't for the 500 rocket troops, they wouldn't even have the courage to meet the enemy.
Looking at the five hundred rocket army again, many of them are also trembling, although they know that the rocket is the killer of the cavalry, but they can't help but be afraid when the matter comes.
The trebuchet group in the rear of the army was the safest, and here were Mead's trained operators, who had prepared their bombs and waited for the enemy to come one by one.
Luo Lan and Charles are behind here.
The two stood on horseback, talking while looking south.
"Your Highness, what do you think are the odds of winning?" Charles wasn't nervous, he was just thinking about the gains and losses.
Luo Lan smiled: "If the Rocket Army plays well, we have a ten-percent chance of winning." ”
Charles nodded and asked no more.
An hour later, a black line appeared in the south, a very short black line, no more than a hundred meters long.
Everyone looked blank, and more than 100 cavalrymen came to the front under the leadership of Barrett, all of them with their swords unsheathed and making a charging posture.
In the south, Gargo led two thousand elite soldiers on a long journey, and they were all a little out of breath at the moment.
They were in a hurry and wanted to slaughter Luo Lan before the weapons of the Nanshan Kingdom returned.
But they made it all the way to Nakajima, and then they encountered only a small force of cavalry, which gave them a war letter.
"This prince is waiting for you to fight to the death in the northern plains."
This is Luo Lan's battle book.
Gargob couldn't do that, and his generals burst out laughing.
"He's going to fight us to the death? Just in the Nakajima Plains? ”
"This fool doesn't understand war at all, and if we three hundred and fifty iron horsemen fight on the plains, one charge can defeat their 1,000 peasant army."
The generals were very disdainful and anxious, and they wanted to deal with Luo Lan as soon as possible.
Gargo was even more energetic, he was a little suspicious in his heart, Luo Lan was obviously a smart person, how could he choose to fight to the death with him in the plains? There must be a conspiracy.
So along the way, Gargo had been on guard until he actually saw the army from the north.
That army of more than a thousand peasant troops.
Not only Gargo, but even the soldiers couldn't help but laugh, what a shabby army.
Thirty trebuchets, what role can they play in a cavalry charge that arrives in the blink of an eye? Can you shoot a hundred stones? Can you hit 10 people?
As for the archers, there are so few of them, and it is completely useless to be killed in the face by the cavalry after firing two rounds.
The infantry and shield soldiers are even more ridiculous, fighting on the plains, no matter how many infantry and shield soldiers there are, it is difficult to defend against cavalry, not to mention that Luo Lan's infantry and shield soldiers are so few.
A grim smile appeared on Gargo's face, and at this moment he finally believed that Luo Lan was a fool who didn't understand war.
"Kill!"
Gargo roared, his sword raised.
The three hundred and fifty cavalry immediately sped up their speed, wanting to take Luo Lan's army in one fell swoop. The infantry in the rear also exerted their strength, roaring and charging.
To the north of the plain, tension prevailed.
The Barrett cavalry regiment at the front had their cheeks tense, and their hands holding their swords were shaking.
The soldiers in the rear were even more unbearable, many of them had been plowing the fields not long ago, but now they had to face elite cavalry.
Three hundred and fifty iron horsemen, extremely fast, you can see people's faces in the blink of an eye.
At the front was Gargo, who was fierce and fearless to lead the charge.
This kind of power was very shocking to the peasant army, and the ground trembled with the three hundred and fifty iron horsemen, and the murderous roar of the cavalry made the average person really frightened.
Karl, who was leading the battle, yelled from the side: "Points! ”
The Barrett cavalry regiment immediately split into two and rushed to the flanks. They didn't need to go to the battlefield immediately, and the purpose of standing at the forefront was to confuse Gargo.
Now they suddenly separated, revealing the Rocket Army, protected by shield soldiers.
The soldiers on Gargo's side were stunned for a moment when they saw this, and then even more disdainful.
"They didn't dare to fight our cavalry, and tried in vain to resist our charge with shield soldiers, and cut them down!"
The morale of the three hundred and fifty cavalry was great, because they scared away Luo Lan's cavalry regiment.
"Bomb ready!"
Karl whipped his horse and rode to the rear of the group.
Thirty trebuchets were in operation, and with a creaking sound, thirty explosive bombs were loaded into the catapults.
Ordinary trebuchets are used to defend the city, firing stone cones or stones, which of course are coated with grease and ignited.
In Plains Campaign, it is not uncommon for people to use trebuchets because of their inefficiency.
"They've upgraded the trebuchet, don't care, just rush!"
General William followed Gargo's ass and howled. The elite iron riders behind him were not afraid of trebuchets at all, and continued to charge brainlessly.
Karl ran back and forth to look around, and when the opponent's cavalry was still more than 400 meters away from his side, he shouted violently: "Fire!" ”
Suddenly, thirty explosive bombs carried a fierce wind and slammed into Gargo's iron horseman.
In the sky, a dense wave of "stones" slid through a long arc and fell down, with a range of 300 to 400 meters.
When the bomb fell, Gargo's cavalry happened to be in this area.
However, the elite Iron Riders disdain stone, and some of them have more experienced dodges.
However, when the stones fell to the ground, they suddenly exploded.
What a violent explosion, a huge crater appeared in the ground, and puffs of black smoke rose, and in the black smoke, countless blocks of iron and sharp stones burst out, piercing the horses and knights.
The impact of the explosion and the fragments carried by the bomb itself caused a large area of lethality.
Even more terrifying was the loud sound of the explosion.
It's like walking alone at night and suddenly encountering the roar of an evil spirit.
Both the knights and the horses were so shocked that their ears ached and they screamed in fear.
The cavalry tumbled, the horses rammed, and half of the three hundred and fifty cavalrymen were lost in just one round of explosive bomb attacks.
Of course, many of these half of the cavalry did not die, or even be injured, they were just frightened, and the horses were scared away.
Gargo stared in shock at everything in front of him.
He ran the hardest, and the bombs exploded behind him, and by the time he looked back, there was a terrible scene behind him.
Soldiers with their bodies shattered, horses with their bodies blown to pieces, wounded people wailing all over the ground, corpses whose faces could not be seen clearly......
General William and some elite cavalry managed to hold on to the horse's rope and moved away from the explosion point in terror.
"Crunch", the trebuchet sounded again.
The operators operate the trebuchet again.
Gargo's body trembled uncontrollably, and he was completely stunned by the explosion. General William's face turned pale, and he suddenly roared: "Keep rushing, it's coming soon, everyone is out of the range of the trebuchet!" ”
William deserved to be a general, and he thought of a countermeasure in horror.
The remaining nearly 100 cavalry also understood when they heard this, and charged with all their might.
Gargo's eyes were red, and he screamed and sprinted.
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was no more than 100 meters.
"Shield soldier, retreat!" Karl yelled.
The shield soldiers standing in front immediately retreated into the ranks, revealing the five hundred rocket troops that had been waiting for a long time.
"Three-stage strike, attack!" Carl's voice was heard far away.
The first stage of the rocket army, which had been prepared for a long time, got down on one knee, adjusted the angle of the launcher, and then ignited.
The Gargo cavalry was fast in the blink of an eye, but the canisters were faster, and the sparkling rockets shot out like goshawks.
The first stage of the transmitter, there were more than 30 and a total of 1,000 rockets, and they swarmed out with a strange sound.
"Ahh
Countless knights screamed, shot in the eye, shot in the stomach, shot off the horse......
The galloping horses could not stop, and rushed alive into the sea of arrows, and were shot through.
"Second paragraph!"
A dense sea of rockets swept away, and the sound of the gunpowder cartridge burning was like the scythe of death.
"Third paragraph!"
Gargo's cavalry rushed in front of the army and rammed into the rocket army, but it was a dead cavalryman.
Dozens of horses crashed into the formation, knocking the rocket army to pieces, and the third stage failed to fire, but the charging cavalry was all out of breath, and they were carried by the half-dead horses to complete the charge.
Gargo fell in a sea of blood and black smoke, his whole body covered in arrows, and he lay on top of the two rocket troops.
There were screaming rocket troops all over the ground, and even more rocket troops who were killed by the collision, and all their internal organs were smashed.
"Trebuchet, prepare!"
Karl was still roaring as the infantry behind him was also approaching.
Barrett raised his sword: "Cavalry regiment, charge with me!" ”
Bombs fell, with tongues of fire, and bombarded Gargo's elite infantry, the infantry was defenseless, and the soldiers fled in panic with their armor thrown away, and the ground was full of bows and spears.
When the bombs stopped, Barrett's cavalry regiment slaughtered in, reaping the mess like chopping melons and vegetables.
"It's over?" Behind the army, Charles asked.
"It's over." Luo Lan responded, "It's not much to look at, I want to fight Barron." ”
Carl, who was rushing over, stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"Temple...... Your Highness, do you mean the second prince? ”
"Yes, he's more handsome than me, I'm not convinced."