Chapter Seventy-Four: Cutting the Thorns
Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoNo one will be indifferent to Lan Dun's last malicious curse, the demeanor of the nobility is not good, and the kindness of human nature is also not good, not to mention that Leo crosses and lives in a relatively equal society with developed information, and even if he is just over thirty years old, he will inevitably be angry......
"I want you to cut off Lan Dun's proud tentacles, I don't want to hear their names after this war with the Knights of Thorns, Finn, can you do that?"
Back in his array, Leo pulled the innocent whip hard, and several of his subordinates were also gloomy, and the king's inaction was to deprive and trample on the honor and dignity of the knight
Without any hesitation, Finn, Case, Anthony, and even Aldalyan all pounded their chests
"Only blood can wash away the stain imposed on us by the enemy, and by your will, the Knights of Thorns will be removed from this battle, and we will let that arrogant bastard finally prostrate at your feet!"
"Very well, I'm here looking forward to your continued victory, start preparing, friends, and let the southerners know how wrong they were."
Nodding, under the protection of his personal guards, Leo retreated to the rear of the array with Trinas, in the face of an enemy of this size and weakness, there was no need for him to experience the battle himself, although Al Andrésters was still leading the Chinese army, but Fein and those junior officers and skilled veterans were more than enough to deal with everything in front of him......
As Lan Dun's army was finally barely organized, tens of thousands of archers had opened the array and planted feathers in front of them, and began to raise their bows diagonally to the sky under the command of the officer
Grass clippings were flying, dirt was splashing, and tens of thousands of people were a little messy even if their steps were a little messy, but they also brought out a dignified and dull momentum, as if on the eve of an earthquake, the earth began to tremble, and even the principality camp in the distance could clearly feel the shaking tremor
After the formation began to change and opened, Leo also roughly estimated the number of the other party, the size of 70,000 people, which should be the largest number of troops that the wealthy southern lord could mobilize, I am afraid that at this time, in the territory of Lan Dun and other nobles, only a poor number of soldiers were stationed, which strengthened Leo to completely break the backbone and dependence of the southern lord with a war
Thoughts flashed, after the opposing two armies advanced to a certain range, the banner of the other party's archer corps took the lead in falling down, with the sound of the bowstring that was so dense that it was impossible to distinguish, the next moment, the clear battlefield sky seemed to be drifted through a thick dark cloud, tens of thousands of arrows and locusts covered the sky and the sun, and even collided with each other because of the excessive density
This makes the scalp tingle of people who are not dense phobias, but it does not cause much panic in Leo's army, most veterans who have experienced several wars understand that the more afraid people on the battlefield will die faster, a clear mind and a reasonable response is the right thing to do, of course, there will always be accidents, the rest can only go to the prayer sincerely......
"Shield!!"
Hundreds of soldiers in charge of the herald shouted the latest orders at the same time, in addition to the eternal shield wall of the champion swordsman, even the soldiers of Stormwings immediately put down the heavy crossbow in their hands and took off the round shield on their backs, although the Knights of Punishment and Dawn still put up their shields, of course, they were more to protect their mounts
After more than ten seconds, the arrow that finally climbed to the highest point began to fall suddenly without resisting gravity, and the accelerated potential energy brought out a terrifying roar, and the cold and sharp triangular arrow looked beautiful and hideous under the reflection of the sun......
In order to slaughter their own kind, humans have created terrifying long-range weapons that show their sharp fangs!
"Royal!"
The new order was heard loudly, and at the moment when the rain of arrows fell, all the soldiers who raised their shields were almost simultaneously short and half-crouched, which would reduce the amount of exposed area to the extreme while mitigating the continuous impact
"Knock ~ Knock ......"
From the sporadic beginnings to the dense moments later, the business of arrows and shields striking each other has rendered a person's hearing useless, and then, no amount of strong defense can prevent casualties
"Puff~Puff......"
The sound of arrows inserting into the human body began to be remembered in this metallic sound, and soldiers continued to let out a miserable howl and fell heavily, and a slight collapse began to appear in the tight array, but fortunately, the defense was done to the extreme, and among the hundreds of casualties caused by the first wave of arrow rain, only a dozen people really lost their lives and were seriously injured, and most of the others were hit by arrows in their limbs, or were hit by arrows after being shot through the shield
However, it is clear that the other party will definitely not just throw a wave of arrows before the infantry makes contact, and during the short pause, Leo's side still maintains its defense, and a few reckless recruits have just removed their shields before they can see what is going on, and they are brutally pulled back by the veterans around them, otherwise there will inevitably be some additional unnecessary casualties
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Three waves, the projectile of more than 30,000 arrows caused the army on the Duchy's side to pay some small losses, and by this time the opposing infantry had marched to the center of the battlefield, and as the pace began to pick up, in the last half they were ready to charge, and the queue that had been complete before must inevitably be scattered
At the same time, the archers had to recover, and the ultra-long-range projectiles had already started to numb most of their arms, which is why the cost of training and recruiting relatively vulnerable archers far exceeded that of infantry
Keen to find the rest of the opponent's long-range strike weakness, under the commander's roar, the crossbowmen of Storm Wings took the lead in throwing away their shields and picking up the crossbows from scratch, and the slightly scattered queue was quickly adjusted, and the short and thick crossbow arrows that were swarming towards the enemy were flat, and the first wave of counterattacks would be made under the strong impetus of several ox tendons
Their faces were so calm, even if some of them were surrounded by their companions who were wounded and wailing in a low voice, and their fingers were so steady that even those recruits gritted their teeth and stared at the approaching enemy, and they couldn't help but be the first to shoot......
"Three hundred steps...... 200 steps...... One hundred and fifty steps! ”
At the moment when he reached this terrifying distance that could make the crossbow kill, Itsev, who was at the front of the queue, roared wildly and pulled the hardwood trigger hardwood
"Launch!"
"Launch...... Launch...... Launch! ”
A continuous shout burst out of the mouths of every officer almost instantly, and fifteen thousand Stormwings crossbowmen, fifteen thousand, finely crafted and costly crossbows, roared at the same moment
Unlike the lightness and sharp whistling of the feathered arrows, the sound of the crossbow strings made of three ox tendons is thick and huge, and the crossbow bolts fired horizontally, although they do not have the acceleration of gravity, have relatively less loss in potential energy, and the range of the short bow and arrow is enough to release the power it deserves
Good training allowed the crossbowmen to try their best to control a sector when shooting, increasing the range of strikes and reducing the chance of hitting each other, in the face of the opponent's long-range counterattack, the commander of the infantry of the southern army roared with a pale face, and under his order, one shield was raised a little chaotically, and the speed of the rush began to stop
As the Blue Shield soldiers slammed into each other and shouted and cursed, the Grim Reaper's scythe slid through a short distance and space......
Even if they didn't use the steel crossbows brought back by Leo, these conventional sharp weapons did not disappoint the crossbowmen of Stormwings, and the moment they made contact, the sound of shield shattering and screaming filled the entire battlefield, except for the metal shields of some hoplites that could effectively block them, the remaining ones, even the heavy shields with three layers of hardwood hoops together, could only be helplessly shattered under continuous hits
The chain mail and metal cuirass, which Lan Dun and the southern lords and nobles spent a lot of money on for their soldiers, could not be well protected under the triangular arrows, just like cutting wheat, and the first round of shots almost flattened the first three columns of the opposing infantry
After the blow, the officers who survived were stunned to see Stormwings lean down again, stomping on the crossbow with his feet, and the crossbow arrows were sent into the grooves before his hands began to pull the heavy strings again
"Nope! Damn bastards speed up the charge, run, run, or we'll all die here......"
In the face of hysteria and the threat of death, the enemy soldiers, who had been frantically kicked and beaten by the officers, began to charge again with interruptions, only this time the pace was more messy and hesitant, and even quietly flashed behind their companions, who had lost the bravery they should have......
In this case, the soldiers of Storm Wings completed the second round of shooting with a little ease, as they did in training, and the results were even better than the first round with the cooperation of the other party, with at least more than 5,000 casualties, because of the limitation of distance, they were a little unwilling to retreat from the reserved passage to the rear, of course, this does not mean the end, even if they enter the melee in the later stage, they can also play a relatively good role in suppressing and blocking
After the last crossbowman retreated, the reserved passage between the champion swordsmen was completely closed by the soldiers, like the array of steel fortresses tending to perfection, facing the enemy dozens of steps away, the corner of the mouth of the leader of the champion swordsman corps led the team cracked a touch of disdain, and the long sword swung down heavily
"Champion, forward!"
"Boom!"
In stark contrast to the chaos of the other party, the 20,000 champion swordsmen took a step in unison at the same time, and the momentum of condensing and stabilizing into the mountain completely gushed out at this moment......