Chapter 146. Iron, Blood, Fire!! (4) (2nd Update!) )
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On the city wall, accompanied by the hysterical shouts of the artillery officers, the black shells were quickly filled in, and then ...... Light drowns out darkness. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The battle between the two sides had only just begun, but the attack launched by Chopin's soldiers was like a dream for Conrad's hoplites and archers, a scene that had almost never been seen before in this era.
They had never seen and could not imagine how the black and pressed iron balls could erupt from the long bronze tube, and how could they erupt with such amazing power.
If the previous volley of flintlock pistols had made the group of hoplites who had survived by chance retreat and unwilling to continue the struggle, then the thunderous anger at this moment was the last straw that overwhelmed the thousands of people.
When the shadow of death was like a dark cloud overhead, when unprecedented fear surged into their hearts, these wide-eyed hoplites, after witnessing the tragic death of a companion beside them, this group of soldiers, who had been fierce before, were now like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and a huge look of horror appeared on their faces.
They are also human beings, they have the same fear of death, they have the same inner weakness, and they are wolf-like beasts when faced with enemies who are weaker or more evenly matched than themselves.
But at this time, when they encountered an enemy more terrible than the lion and tiger, the cowardice hidden under the seemingly brave force was ruthlessly torn apart.
As the first stumbling figure ran backwards like a frenzy, the wave of rout inevitably swept over, and the heavy infantry that had been swarming were now desperate to hug their heads.
The roaring cannonballs mixed with the wild dancing lead bullets were like a group of demons dancing again, and under this terrifying power that was enough to engulf everything, the rout was inevitable.
Hundreds of figures roared, pushed, and tore at each other, and the soldiers who had been working together to attack the city together drew their swords against each other in the blink of an eye, all in order to escape from this nightmare battlefield as quickly as possible.
Black and gray smoke mixed with splashes of blood and dark red, constantly wafting through this chaotic battlefield, the bloody and seeping breath like a bone-eating poison, constantly enveloping in all directions.
How could that battlefield commander imagine that such a big change would suddenly occur, and they all looked at each other.
The scarlet glow of the fire loomed in the black smoke, and the billowing black smoke leaped into the clouds in mid-air, as if to erase the pure white.
"No retreat, no retreat!"
And after the initial stunned, these commanders were also blood-red one by one, although they didn't know what was going on with this scene in front of them, but for them, there was no way out.
Even though their hearts were filled with that great fear, at this time, they had no choice but to draw the sharp scimitars in their hands and slaughter the several fleeing heavy infantry beside them.
The originally neat and clean robe had been splattered with a lot of blood at this time, and the face that was still calm before had been occupied by the hideousness and ugliness that was almost crazy at this time.
As the commander of the heavy infantry, the prestige of a few people, coupled with the cold corpses that had just been cut to the ground, still made the camp that had fled like a tide stagnant for a moment.
However, at this moment, with the roar of the gods, the hundreds of figures that were originally dead and silent became noisy again.
"The devil, the devil is here again......"
"If you can't beat it, run away......"
"Ahh
"Don't retreat, rush up, fight with them! Fight! ”
Looking at the figure in front of him that fluctuated again, the face of an officer was also gloomy to the extreme, and while his mouth let out a crazy howl, the blood-stained scimitar was also swung out wildly, but the roar they let out was drowned in the roar of artillery in a blink of an eye.
The queue of nearly 1,000 people was silent for a moment, but there was no sign of a counterattack, and one after another, like bloodthirsty wolves, pounced on the officers who stopped in front of them.
As the commanders of thousands of people, in addition to strategy, these people must naturally have enough strength to be believed.
It's just that those dazzling white lights have just stirred up like the sun's rays, and then after a few breaths, they have completely dimmed again.
Behind, Conrad stared blankly at the scene in front of him, and there was great fear hidden in his shocked look.
Roman took a deep look at the hellish scene in front of him, and couldn't help but take a hard breath at the moment, I don't know how long I haven't had emotional fluctuations in my heart, and a trace of fear is slowly rising.
However, as one of Fordes's most trusted henchmen, Roman has been fighting everywhere over the years, and he has encountered a situation of death and death many times, and he forcibly suppressed the restlessness in his heart at the moment, and then frowned at the hundreds of heavily armored infantry and archers who rushed towards this side like lost dogs.
Before, he was counting on the other party to be able to consume those warriors standing on the city wall, but what he didn't expect was that these guys would be so useless.
On the city wall, the bronze pipe mouth of the previous gate that kept spewing tongues of fire has fallen silent at some point, and as for the reason, it is natural that the other party has escaped from the shooting range.
However, for these hoplites who had panicked and only wanted to escape, they obviously did not notice this.
"Kill them all!"
Roman, with a cold gaze, glanced at the soldiers who had fled in the desert, and then said slowly.
Conrad, who looked extremely depressed on the side, heard this, his face suddenly turned cold, and he wanted to say something out loud at the moment, but he was glared at by Roman fiercely and retreated quietly.
It's just that this group of heavy infantry is pitiful, they really just got out of the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den.
The rain of arrows thrown from the strong bow fluttered down like locusts, and before the soldiers could react to what was going on, the warriors who had been allies of their own side did not hesitate to aim at them and waved their butcher knives in their hands.
In less than a quarter of an hour, accompanied by a noisy "clanging" sound, the entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence.
And then, the real bloody war is about to begin.
"Crunch-"
With a screeching sound like metal rubbing, the originally thick city gate was also lowered.
And with the paving of the thick wooden planks, more than 300 cavalry figures also came out of the bee chrysalis.
More than eighty guards cavalry rushed out first, followed by two hundred and forty cuirassiers.
"Cuirassiers: First appeared in Europe in the late 15th century, cuirassiers with heavy swords and strong armor that could be used in bloody battles once they invaded enemy groups, and their cuirass and heavy helmets protected them in battle."
"In many ways, cuirassiers followed many ancient traditions of conquest, and they were always armed with heavy armor, until the widespread use of muskets made them realize that iron armor was a heavy burden."
"Number of people : 120."
"Recruitment price: 350 gold."
Unlike ordinary cavalrymen, cuirassiers had to give up speed and mobility in order to gain great strength, they were by no means quick and agile, on the contrary, they were "heavyweight" killers.
And following the more than 300 cavalry figures were two spearmen and a line of infantry, nearly 800 figures, and they charged towards the 2,000 soldiers under Roman's control!
Looking at the hundreds of figures in the distance who took the initiative to charge, Roman couldn't help but have a sneering look on his face.
If the other party chooses to stick to the city wall, there is a cannon as a deterrent, even if Roman thinks that he is leading the elite soldiers under Fordes, and he still has a lot of hole cards in his hand, he will definitely not dare to forcibly attack the city, but for now......
"Charge!"
With Roman's order, five hundred cavalry figures also quickly diverted out of the queue of two thousand people, and then stabbed forward like an incomparably sharp blade.
The collision of cavalry and cavalry was never fancy, but only a mixture of blood and blood, and when the two horsemen were wrong, someone would fall from the galloping horse.
And Chopin, who had been hiding in the shadows to observe the changes in the situation in the field, couldn't help but raise his heart at this time.
The five hundred cavalry under Roman came like flowing water, and the monstrous momentum reached its peak in only an instant.
"Long live France!"
However, in the face of this unprecedented group of enemies, these royal guards cavalry still raised their sabers in their hands and shouted, and with the undulating bodies, the faces of this group of elite knights still had a solemn face.
With the whimpering horn and the drums falling to the ground like raindrops, the two sides also collided fiercely like cold steel.
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While the navy under Twill's command was still confronting and entangled with the enemy on the opposite side, several armed merchant ships carrying hundreds of imperial elites quietly circled from the other side of the sea to the rear of Roman's area, and then invisibly completed the blockade of the enemy's retreat.
Long before the start of the battle, Roman sent dozens of scout-like beings to scout the surroundings in case any ambush suddenly launched a surprise attack.
It's just that what the other party never expected was that the enemy would appear in ...... Behind.
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