"Ahhhh

A big man had just stepped on the bridge, and a crossbow arrow flew "whoosh", and a white dot was lightly printed on the big man's black coat. The big man looked down at the white spot on his chest, smiled bitterly, and had to step back and give up the offensive position to his companions behind.

In this short canyon, in front of several pontoon bridges, a group of attacking soldiers, spears and mhetes in hand, rushed towards the defenders on the other side of the pontoon bridge. The defenders, relying on the fortifications at the bridgehead, greeted each other with horned bows and crossbow arrows, and the recruits of the New Sixth Army, led by experienced officers, felt the atmosphere of the battlefield for the first time.

On the hill far from the canyon, General Calvin's command post is located here, and Koster and several of his battalion commanders are here, as well as several of General Calvin's deputies.

"Ahem, ahem!" Rickon muttered as he coughed quietly behind Kester, "Who came up with this idea, why did you use lime powder (Note 1) to choke me to death?" ”

Koster glared at him complainingly, and then explained to General Calvin, "I, the battalion commander, have been pampered in the earl's house since I was a child, and I can't see the dust. Once the ash is big, he will cough constantly, and he probably can't stand these lime powders. ”

General Calvin also turned his head to look at Ricken, who were all nobles in the royal capital, and it was estimated that he had never met Ricken's elders in ordinary times, and he said to Rickon with a blank face, "Chester, in our past, when we met this kind of person, we all poured a bucket of lime directly on him, let him soak in it, cough and cough, and get used to it." ”

Rickon exclaimed, "Ah, what do you mean to get used to coughing and coughing..."

Jon, who was old and serious, quickly pulled him to prevent him from continuing. Actually, it's okay, Commander Kester and General Calvin are attracted by the fierce battle in the distance, and no one pays attention to Rickon's small movements.

The 12th and 14th regiments were the first to conduct the exercises. Commander Duncan of the 12th Regiment led the defense, while Commander Clark, who was active in the 14th Regiment, led the attack.

The level of offense and defense is actually not very well organized. Unlike the recruits, Duncan and Clark are quite experienced, Duncan scattered the soldiers as much as possible in several bridgeheads, using cut down trees to build a wall more than half a person high, and the experienced battalion commander led his men to garrison a camp respectively, just concentrate on guarding the direction of the bridgehead.

And for Clark, it was a bit difficult. This bridge, unlike the bridge of the real Grand Canyon, is a bridge that can run horse-drawn carriages, and the wooden bridge that was once more wide can only arrange two soldiers to lead the way forward at a time, so Duncan can easily block Clark's attack as long as he arranges a group of skilled archers.

However, although the 14th Regiment was suffering "huge" casualties at every turn, it was extremely easy to take a small step forward. However, the soldiers of the 12th Regiment were also uncomfortable, because the feather arrows used in the exercise were all "bare-rod arrows" with dismantled arrows stained with lime powder, and the soldiers of the 14th Regiment had a reaction time every time they were hit by an arrow, and they would take advantage of this reaction time to secretly move forward two steps.

Finally, a few bridges were breached, but in the face of the ramparts that were more than one man high and the spears sticking out of the ramparts, the already small attacking force of the Fourteenth Regiment dried up more quickly.

A rapid whistle sounded to mean the end of this round of attack and defense, and before the whole team could leave, all the soldiers present, including a small number of officers, fell to the ground from exhaustion.

Koster noticed what General Calvin had instructed his clerks to remember, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and General Calvin seemed to feel something, and as soon as he looked up, he met Koster's eyes.

"Don't be curious, I'm taking notes. For example, you see, the soldiers went to the battlefield for the first time, they were excited, they didn't know how to allocate physical strength, this round of attack and defense was not long, and both sides almost ran out of physical strength. In this case, you can't cope with the high-intensity battle at all, you say, Captain Koster. ”

Kerry nodded, indeed, physical strength is the foundation of everything, and without physical strength, you can't hold on for long. And the rational distribution of physical strength is a science. Behind him, Rickon hurriedly took out a pen and recorded it, which made Jon dissatisfied, "Is there anything to remember, can you understand?" ”

"Alright, Caster, the second round of the battle, get your men on. General Calvin commanded. Kerst answered, and headed down the mountain with Jon, Rober, and Rickon.

After a period of rest, the soldiers of the XII and XIV regiments have regained their strength. In this round, the thirteenth regiment will be defended, and the twelfth regiment that was defended just now, Commander Duncan, will lead people to attack.

Kester stood in front of the canyon and looked carefully, three wooden bridges, each more than 300 grams apart, the wooden foundation of the 12th Regiment was still there, but it was covered with white lime powder, it seemed that when the last round of attack and defense was fierce, the soldiers of the 14th Regiment also rushed over the bridge. However, Duncan's wall in advance played the last role of protection, otherwise, the casualties might not be small.

"Well, Duncan is worthy of being a regimental commander with actual combat experience. Kester nodded, "Jon, Rober, Rickon, the three of you are going to take advantage of the walls they left behind, just put a wing behind each wall, and everyone else will be on standby." ”

"Ah, Commander, just put one wing. Rickon asked, confused. Just now they all watched the process on the mountain, Duncan put a full 800 people behind each wall, that's it, and almost broke through, a wing, okay?

Jon on the side smacked Rickon, "If you want to listen, you can listen, are you so questioning the commander's orders!" Jon is older than Rober and Rickon, so usually, what Jon says, the other two will listen more.

"Oh. Ricken whispered yes, a little reluctantly.

Kstra walked past Jon, "Keep the pace in check, if the wing suffers more than a quarter of the casualties, you can consider pulling back and resting." I see that your bridge is on the edge, and I doubt Duncan will choose your one as the main point of attack. ”

Because he has already experienced a wave of defense, Duncan's understanding of the situation on this battlefield is a little deeper than it was in the first round of offense and defense. Looking at the soldiers of the Twelfth Regiment who had already rested, Duncan selected the most agile and skinny soldiers of each team and equipped them with hand shields and machetes. Then he selected a group of tall and strong soldiers, and directly issued a black iron heavy shield to each of them.

The Black Iron Heavy Shield is rarely used in infantry charges, and the Black Iron Heavy Shield, often jokingly referred to as the Tortoise Shell, moves too slowly.

"Listen, don't think so much, take the shield, just rush me to the bridge, even if you are hit by an arrow, give me two more steps, hear it, don't think about fighting back, it's not your business. After finishing the Regimental Commander Duncan, he also explained a few words to them, you must know that most of these people were even noble officers of the 12th Regiment (Note 2).

"Drip~Drip~Drip~" three long whistles, representing the beginning of the battle. As expected, the Twelfth Regiment, having learned the lessons of the Fourteenth Regiment, concentrated its most elite soldiers in front of the bridge in front of Jon's battalion, and the other two bridges, but arranged a feint with a small number of troops to prevent reinforcements from elsewhere.

At the beginning of the attack, only a roar could be heard on the other side of the bridge, and a row of strong soldiers, carrying several huge shields more than a person high, ran towards the bridge.

The black iron shield is too heavy, once it is on the bridge, the original shaking wooden bridge will be pressed to death, and the subsequent infantry will not suffer from shaking when they go to the bridge.

"Good way!" Jon at the bridgehead couldn't help but admire, "Alright, ready!"

However, the previous preparations were somewhat useless, and Jon's battalion brought a small number of Divine Arm Crossbows and placed them on the camp, but unfortunately after looking at the Black Iron Shield, Jon ordered them to put it down, "Okay, give up the Divine Arm Crossbow and prepare for melee combat." Spearmen, listen to my orders and raise your guns!"

Rows of spears, sticking out from above the barracks, formed a line of guns, "Crossbowmen, all to the side, all to the side, cut off their back for me." ”

Dozens of crossbowmen, quickly carrying crossbow arrows, ran out of the barracks, came to the side of the wooden bridge, and shot a row of crossbow arrows behind the black iron shield man, and the soldiers on the bridge, like cutting rice, immediately fell to a piece.

At this time, the black iron shield men had already arrived at the bridgehead, and they put down their shields to protect the side of the bridgehead, covering the vision of the thirteen crossbowmen. The rest of the soldiers quickly ran across the last section of the bridge, and at this time, the group of commandos chosen by Duncan took advantage of their agility to the extreme, and before Jon could react, the "enemy" of the three squads had already approached the camp.

Fortunately, the daily training of the 13th Regiment was not in vain, before hearing the order of the wing commander, the soldiers in front of the camp kept calm, and thousands of training sessions made them form the instinct to listen to orders.

"Listen to my orders!Ready!" the Wing Commander shouted the order, "Thorn, stab, stab, stab, stab, shack!" Following the Wing Commander's order, the spearmen in the first row mechanically stabbed their spears and then withdrew them, and although there was no blood to be seen, the white powder flying in the sky still told the owner of the spear that the spear had not missed.

Occasionally, a few soldiers dodged their spears and climbed up the wall nimbly, but before they could react, a row of crossbow arrows, with a "whoosh", stabbed them to the ground.

This group of defenders of the Thirteenth Regiment actually arranged a row of crossbowmen behind the spearmen!

Duncan, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt a burst of tooth soreness, this thirteenth regiment looked like a hard bone that was not easy to gnaw.

In addition to Jon's defense line, Rober and Rickon were much more relaxed, Duncan only arranged two feints here, and the crossbowmen of the Thirteenth Regiment only hurriedly released a few arrows, and they retreated.

"Battalion Commander Rickon, the order of the regimental commander, transfer three wings to the regimental headquarters. In the distance, Rickon heard an order from the herald.

Note 1: Lime powder, a powder made from a special stone, white. The army often uses lime powder for marking.

Note 2: Because of the good living conditions of the nobles since childhood, many of them have practiced martial arts all year round, and they are generally much taller and stronger than the commoners.