Chapter XXIV

Eventually, the day agreed between William IV and Lee Youqian arrived, the day of the decisive battle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Swadia army gathered 34,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry. There were 1,200 rich soldiers, 2,000 remnants of Viscount Paul's soldiers, and 2,500 bandits under Dorothy and Cook.

A male lion accompanied me to sleep in the endless night, in the lush forest, at the bottom of the deep ocean, a roar called me to open my eyes, and the day-like dazzling meteors in the mountains pierced the sky and reflected in my eyes, and I lit a fire in my heart, lighting up the sky full of bright stars. It's dawn......

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Swadiya army launched the first wave of attacks, a total of three corps, 4,000 infantry, and 2,000 cavalry launched an assault on Li Youqian's position! The infantry marched forward with an indomitable momentum, and they were greeted by waves of muskets.

In the Middle Ages, war horses were valuable, equipment was valuable, and human lives were not valuable. As long as they have equipment, the lords can recruit new soldiers to fight at any time. These 4,000 infantry are cannon fodder, attracting fire and consuming ammunition.

Four thousand infantry, on their way, were slaughtered by muskets. The cavalry charged when there was not much infantry left! The cavalrymen had to face not only musket fire, but also other threats.

The rich army laid a large number of traps in front of the position, and from time to time cavalry fell into the trap. The cavalry that had escaped the trap was about to face the resistance of the rejecting horses, and their speed was greatly suppressed. The Swadia cavalry was either killed by bullets, trampled to death by horses, or lost control of their horses, and there was chaos. The first wave of cavalry was thus exposed to the fire of the rich army, suffering heavy casualties.

At 9 a.m., the commander of the Swadia cavalry, Mingjin, withdrew his troops, and the first encounter ended, and the Swadia army was defeated. The infantry was wiped out, and less than 300 cavalry returned.

At 10 p.m., the second wave of the offensive of the Swadiya Army began. The second wave was still three legions, 4,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. The second wave was not as aggressive as the first, and the Swadia cavalry had reservations, as if testing the range of the rich army's weapons. The Swadia cavalry was always on the edge of range, constantly consuming the bullets of the wealthy army, and they did not suffer much damage themselves.

At 11 o'clock at noon, the fire of the rich army was noticeably weaker, and the commander of the second wave of the Svadia cavalry decisively launched a surprise attack, and the Svadian cavalry, holding their shields, began to charge at the longest distance, followed by four thousand infantry. The Swadia cavalry is a level 20-29 cavalry, and the shield is only a simple shield. But even so, it is still troublesome to break the shield with firepower. Manid also did not expect this to happen, the cavalry marched too fast.

"Everyone, retreat to the second position." Manid gave the order to retreat.

Li Youqian is on the city wall and keeps an eye on everything on the battlefield! "If you cling to one thought, you will be trapped in one thought; When you let go of your thoughts, you will be at ease in your heart. Signal soldiers, send a message to Manid, shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief and capture the king first. ”

"Yes!"

Manid, who had arrived at the second position, received a hint and began to shift his aim from cavalry to war horses. After the horses fell to the ground, they would block the teams behind, and the casualties of the Swadia cavalry began to increase significantly, and the infantry were blocked by the horses, unable to advance or retreat. By 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Swadia cavalry did not capture the second front, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses and could not continue to advance.

The opportunity could not be lost and never came again, Li Youqian led the melee troops to launch a fierce attack, taking the opportunity to recapture the first front. The offensive of the 2nd Bosvadiya Army failed.

At 2 p.m., the third offensive of the Swadia cavalry began! Most of the soldiers in the third wave were high-level troops, whether it was combat power, defense or speed, there was a significant increase, and the offensive was extremely fierce, and at the beginning of the battle, the Swadia cavalry launched a fierce attack in a desperate posture. Unless a soldier hits the vital point, he will remain strong even if he is shot several times. Soon the third wave of attacks broke through the first and second lines.

The third wave of the offensive was fierce and remarkable, but at the same time, the casualty rate was ridiculously high. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Swadia Army sent a fourth wave of assault to break through the gap in the third wave, and the rich army began to rout.

At 5 p.m., the third position of the Qian army was lost, the soldiers retreated to the last line, the fourth wave of cavalry had also been lost, and the fifth wave of Svadia offensive was ready to attack.

"Fatty, organize the soldiers to carry the empty ammunition boxes to the city wall."

"Boss, what to do?"

"The first row is not placed, the second row is empty ammunition boxes, the third row is two rows of empty ammunition boxes, and so on, do you understand?" Li Youqian took out the drawings and began to sketch them, which looked like the location of an opera house or an arena.

"Understood!"

"Manid, all musketeers on the walls. Dorothy, it's your turn! ”

"Okay, don't worry!" Dorothy led her men out of town.

The bandits are all old fritters, and they may not be good at fighting, but they are definitely good at fishing in troubled waters.

Two thousand five hundred bandits began to fight in front of the town gates. On top of the city walls, the musketeers ascended the steps made of ammunition boxes and attacked condescendingly.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's firepower is too strong, are we ......" Marshal Craggs was a little distressed, this is not a war, but a death!

"Order, go up to three more infantry corps and take the gate of Yongning Town!"

"Ahh Marshal Craggs is a little at a loss, what kind of trouble is this?

William IV stared at the battlefield, "Montville, get ready!" ”

"At your command, my majesty." Montville bowed and stepped back.

At the moment when Montville left the watchtower, the hearts of all the lords relaxed, "Finally, when Montville appears, the battle is probably over......"

Montville led his troops out of their camp and headed toward the town of Yongning.

General Montville had only five hundred men under his command, but no one dared to underestimate them. The legendary top class, the Royal Knight of Swadia, the undisputed king of the field. Swadia Royal Knight is a class of 60 or above, with the speed bonus of the cavalry, he has a very high output, in the plains field battle, a group of Swadia Royal Knights collective charge can bring a devastating blow to the enemy, high health and sophisticated equipment can ensure that low-level troops can hardly cause effective damage to it, the protection and life of war horses and military horses are very thick and will not be easily killed by infantry or archers.

"Boom," the earth trembled.

In front of the city gates, soldiers and bandits were fighting fiercely, and no one noticed the approaching knights in the distance.

"What's going on, is there an earthquake?" The fat man cried out in alarm.

"Not an earthquake, but something more terrible than an earthquake, Royal Knights of Svadia!" Manid looked into the distance.

Undaunted by the muskets, the torrent of steel trampled all those who stood in sight, whether it was their own or their enemies.

Viscount Paul hurriedly gave an order, "Nord guards, quickly block the city gates!" ”,

Li Youqian silently took out Fang Tian's halberd, "Prepare for battle, the city gate will be broken, it's too late......"