At the moment when this phalanx entered the firing range, a look of joy flashed in Cheng Yan's eyes, and he shouted: "Shoot!" ”

As the words fell, I saw a rain of arrows and the sound of firecrackers, and a smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and on the opposite side, the sound of vocal music in the phalanx also changed suddenly, and I saw a large shield erected.

With the sound of a thunderclap, most of the arrows were in vain, and even the lead bullets fired by the fire bolt hit the shield and could hardly hurt the soldiers behind the shield.

Behind the phalanx, Governor George and Earl Harry rode on tall horses, dressed in military uniforms, watching the battle between the two sides through a clairvoyant mirror.

I only heard Governor George say with a solemn expression: "Count Harry, this Ming soldier is very brave, much stronger than the natives we have seen before. ”

Count Harry took it for granted and said: "That's nature, don't forget, even hundreds of years ago, Marco Polo recorded this oriental country in his travels, if this country is really as ignorant as the natives we have seen, how could it be possible to give birth to a splendid civilization, make such gorgeous silk, and fire such exquisite porcelain." ”

Saying that, Earl Harry said with a confident look: "No matter how powerful this Ming is, it can't be our opponent. ”

Whether it is the Netherlands or Portugal, the navies of the two countries have almost never encountered any opponents, and the victories have already made these people mentally forge the belief that they will win.

Therefore, after hearing the news of Dalicis's defeat in the naval confrontation, Earl Harry's first thought was to unite with Governor George to mobilize the people.

During this period, Portugal had already surpassed the Netherlands and had the potential to become the number one maritime power, especially its invincible armada.

A detachment of troops was defeated by such a mistake, at least Earl Harry could not accept this defeat.

If it weren't for the defeat of Dalrich, which caused the Portuguese fleet to plummet militarily on the other side, Count Harry did not even intend to unite with the Netherlands and rely on the strength of the Dutch.

Now the combined forces of the two countries, the army alone has dispatched as many as 5,000, almost hollowing out the strength that the two countries have accumulated in the East over the years.

A hurried trumpet sounded, and immediately the great shields parted, and a long group of archers appeared.

There were about a thousand longbowmen, who were always in the middle of the phalanx, and their faces and ears were wrapped in cloth, their shoulders were chained, their wrists were protected by leather ropes and leather blocks, their finger joints were covered with protective holsters, and their belts were hung with short swords and leather bags. They wore a variety of armor, some of which were just plain padded tights.

The most eye-catching thing is the longbows on these people's bodies, which are very eye-catching compared to ordinary longbows, nearly two meters long.

Such a longbow that is far more than a man tall is extremely rare in the East, but in the West such a longbow is so famous, it is the Scottish longbow.

The Scottish longbow's lethality and rate of fire are extremely amazing, and with the war between Britain and France, the Scottish longbow performed extremely amazingly, and then the Scottish longbow became famous throughout the Western world.

Although Portugal said that the army strength was average, with the strength of Portugal, it was not difficult to spend a lot of money to build a Scottish longbow team.

And this team of almost 1,000 Scottish longbows is one of the thousands of Scottish longbows in the Kingdom of Portugal.

Earl Harry's expedition against the Ming Dynasty brought this team with him, and regarded it as a big killer weapon that decided the outcome of the war at the bottom of the box.

At this time, seeing the bravery of the Ming soldiers, Earl Harry and Governor George knew very well that their biggest disadvantage was to fight across the ocean, if their corporal suffered too many casualties, even if they could win a war, it would only be defeat.

If the Great Ming Soldier was about to collapse at the first touch, then Earl Harry would not have used the English Longbow, but just looking at the firepower and the distance between the two sides, the Great Ming Soldier showed no signs of confusion, which made Earl Harry realize the difficulty of his opponent.

Cheng Yan didn't expect these opponents to be so difficult, whether it was fire guns or arrows, although they said that they would bring some damage to these soldiers, relatively speaking, these injuries were not enough to hurt the muscles and bones, and they couldn't stop the coalition phalanx from continuing to move forward.

In the port, Cheng Yan can also choose to retreat, but in this Qingtian Town, Cheng Yan has the responsibility of defending the land, either dying in battle or escaping.

Cheng Yan is not the one who is greedy for life and afraid of death, naturally he will not choose to escape from the battle, but now just as soon as he fights, Cheng Yan realizes that this enemy from nowhere is very tricky.

Taking a deep breath, Cheng Yan suddenly drew his knife in his hand, and shouted at the soldiers around him with a long roar: "All the soldiers, dare to kill the enemy with this general!" ”

"Ming Wansheng, Daming Wansheng!"

With a shout, I saw a famous soldier's eyes flashing with excitement, like a tiger coming out of the box, following behind Cheng Yan towards the front coalition phalanx.

At this moment, I saw that in the phalanx, the thousands of Scottish longbowmen had swam to the front of the phalanx, and with the sound of drums, they suddenly became urgent, and the soldiers who were originally well-equipped instantly took out the arrows behind them.

A long arrow burst through the air, and suddenly the air was black and pressing, and a rain of arrows actually covered the Ming soldiers who rushed into the battle.

Cheng Yan, who was galloping on his horse, was suddenly startled in his heart, and suddenly saw a rain of arrows covering from the phalanx.

"Not good!"

Cheng Yan secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, and shouted: "Everyone disperse, disperse quickly!" ”

At the same time, Cheng Yan turned over on the horse, and the whole person turned over from the horse's back to the horse's belly at once, poof, poof, the sound of arrows entering the body came.

Cheng Yan, who was in a bumpy body, only felt that the figures around him suddenly became sparse, and a terrible wail came, even if he didn't need to look at it, just by imagining, Cheng Yan could imagine what kind of damage this wave of arrow rain had brought to his men and horses.

Nearly a thousand soldiers rushed into battle, but after a rain of arrows, at least hundreds of soldiers were nailed to the ground by arrows.

The arrow is much longer than any other arrow, and if it is nailed to the ground by such an arrow, it can be said that unless it is a big fate, there is only one way to die.

With a long hiss, I saw that Cheng Yan's mount had no less than ten arrows inserted into his body, and these arrows entered his body, and the originally galloping war horse could not afford to fall to the ground.

Cheng Yan's shoulder was directly pierced by an arrow, and the moment the war horse fell to the ground, Cheng Yan, who was hiding under the horse's belly, rolled on the spot, and rolled out several meters away with the arrow on his shoulder, only a few feet away from the Portuguese and Dutch coalition phalanx.

Grabbing the arrow stuck in his shoulder, Cheng Yan's forehead was full of cold sweat, and he snapped off, and pulled out the arrow raw, bringing out a piece of flesh and blood.

Cheng Yan's shoulders were blurred with blood, blood stained most of his body, and he was very embarrassed, so it seemed that Cheng Yan's situation was very bad at this moment.

Instantly sealed the acupuncture points above his shoulders, Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up and looked ahead, it was a neatly arranged team.

Keeping up with Cheng Yan, the soldiers who narrowly escaped a wave of arrows are now only a few dozen, but as for the other soldiers, they are stunned one by one, looking at their companions who fell in front of them in disbelief.

A famous companion was pierced through the body and nailed to the ground by a long arrow, especially the arrow penetrated the body and was nailed to the ground without being killed on the spot, and could only scream to vent the pain, such a scene was definitely a great impact and test for the soldier's will.

Obviously, these soldiers were suppressed for a while, to be precise, they did not expect that there were such terrible arrows in this world.

If it is an arrow such as a bed crossbow or an eight-ox crossbow, then it is fine, after all, such terrible arrows are very difficult to launch, and they are more of a deterrent on the battlefield.

But no one would have imagined that such a long arrow, so powerful, and so fast to shoot, as an ordinary soldier, may not be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of longbow, but its lethality is the most intuitive.

Hundreds of companions were killed and wounded almost instantly, and it was reasonable for these soldiers to be suppressed, after all, these soldiers were living beings, not puppets who were not afraid of life and death.

The current situation is that dozens of soldiers rushed to the front of the coalition phalanx behind Cheng Yan, but at the same time, there was a fault behind him, and within a distance of at least ten zhang, except for hundreds of soldiers who fell to the ground and wailed, there were no other soldiers in sight.

Cheng Yan and dozens of other soldiers appeared in front of the coalition formation, as the commander of the coalition army, he naturally noticed Cheng Yan and the others, after all, Cheng Yan and the others were so close to the phalanx at this time, if they really charged, a few breaths of kung fu could add up the sword.

One by one, the fire guns were aimed at Cheng Yan and the others, and when they were locked by the fire guns, Cheng Yan also reacted, his eyes narrowed, and he jumped almost instinctively, and the long knife in his hand waved violently.

"Kill!"

If you want to survive, you can only avoid the threat of firearms and longbows by rushing forward and rushing into the phalanx in hand-to-hand combat. Otherwise, even if you want to escape, you will definitely not be able to escape the fire and longbow.

Cheng Yan reacted very quickly, even if his shoulder was injured, but he crossed a distance of several zhang between his body, and in a flash of the knife, he saw several heads flying up, and between the blood splattering, more than a dozen coalition soldiers who witnessed this scene were shocked, and looked at Cheng Yan in horror like a bloody man. Fupin Chinese