It was not a problem to wait like this, so the cavalry could only continue to let the horses move forward, while circling horizontally, screaming and observing the shape of the enemy's position and the distribution of troops. But unfortunately, they still found nothing, because the people were hiding in the trenches, and he couldn't tell how many enemies there were, but the things in the center and rear of the position were wrapped in camouflage cloth, which looked mysterious...

"What should I do?"

The soldier next to him also shouted tiredly, and in desperation, he asked the commander while pouring water. The captain gritted his teeth and said, "Then try to get closer! Keep scolding!

With that, he rode forward, and the other soldiers who were with him hurriedly followed—this group of scout cavalry was originally originally born as horse thieves, and because of their high skills on horseback, they were specially favored by the bishop of the "Pit Viper Cross", and finally accepted them as a reward for their whitewashing status. And now seeing that the enemy is not moving, this group of guys, who usually bully the weak and fear the hard, have become more and more emboldened, brandishing their sabers and beginning to gradually get closer around the position, from a distance of more than 100 meters to 80 meters, 70 meters, and even someone from a position of 50 meters.

There was still no reaction in the trenches.

This emboldened them, and a squad of more than twenty people in total even began to draw their bows directly at this distance, trying to shoot at the soldiers in the trenches. However, the soldiers in the front row did not pay any attention to their attacks, and when they bent down, the arrows could only poke at the trench, and did not cause any damage at all.

This group of pit viper crusaders was not arrogant enough to directly attack the position, but just as they entered a horizontal line 40 meters in front of the line, there was a sudden movement inside the position.

"Ready—"

"Shoot!"

The sound of the crossbow snapping suddenly came from the trenches, and the captain who was parading in front of the formation suddenly shouted: "Hide!"

They were so skilled at riding that the twenties were already running sideways, and they all bent down to the side of the saddle en masse - this was the so-called "hiding in the stirrups". When faced with a rain of arrows, they often use this method to avoid the damage of arrows.

The scout cavalry who came out to call for battle was already a high-risk profession, so they were also mentally prepared to be shot by stray arrows. But they apparently forgot about one fact ... He was no longer a hundred meters away, but only forty meters away from the front.

At this time, the soldiers using crossbows in the forward positions were within sixty meters of them, so this wave of concentrated firing was easier for them than the usual shooting training.

Hundreds of crossbow bolts fell on the horsemen and horses that were not fast. At this moment, the power of the machine crossbow produced in Elson is fully revealed... While the royal crossbowmen were using foot-operated winding crossbows, Elson's machine crossbows had been updated to the level of hand-cranked pulleys. This means that the crossbow arm of Elson's heavy crossbow also has more than three times the energy storage of ordinary hard crossbows.

And at a distance of about sixty meters, the power of these crossbows is comparable to the spears in the hands of the infantry - the felt blankets of the cavalry horses against arrows did not play any role, and the crossbows of astonishing length nailed more than a dozen war horses through the body on the spot, exaggeratedly, and even shot through the people on the side of the horses!

More than half of the twenty-three knights fell on the spot. Most of them were thrown out because the war horse fell to the ground suddenly, and some were directly crushed to death on the spot by the rolling body of the war horse. The luckier ones were still galloping, but the horse's crossbow bolts almost pierced its body, and it ran out, falling to the ground in agony not long after.

This team did not expect to encounter such a powerful arrow strike, and after this round of fire, the entire position returned to its previous calm, and there was no normal feeling of being about to charge. The three surviving cavalrymen struggled to get up, gritted their teeth and cut off the crossbow arrows on their bodies, and tried to flee far away step by step.

Such a target is really not difficult for Elson's crossbow arrows, which are extremely accurate. A squad got the order of the company commander, got up and aimed directly, three people with one arrow each, and only a pile of corpses remained in front of the position.

Such a scene was seen by the cavalry of Enrique City, which was approaching from a distance, and they immediately retreated into the distance, which had already approached two hundred meters. The group from the Pit Viper Cross was wiped out, and when the news was returned to the Viper Crusaders, it naturally made Pope Dazzle's eyes narrow.

Such a thing is not uncommon on the battlefield, it can only be said that the knight who leads the team is too careless. But a team failed to bring back any news, which made Dai Ze feel a little unhappy after all. At this moment, the infantry array of the Pit Viper Cross had entered two kilometers from the position of Ivta, and one bishop was coordinating the whole group, and the "fanged chariot" hidden in the team had also removed the fishing nets and rags that had been covered for camouflage.

Although it can be called a "chariot", this thing is actually an elaborate trebuchet.

The craftsmen of Moss have improved the structure of the trebuchet, and compared to the bulky siege equipment originally used by the Karen Kingdom, the "Fanged Chariot" can be operated by only three people. When there are no livestock to pull, four people can easily use this light chariot with a weight of just over 400 kilograms.

Because of its delicate structure, this kind of "trebuchet" has a range of up to a kilometer, although it is not large, and the disadvantage is that it cannot project large stones, but the advantage is also obvious: the rate of fire is fast.

As long as it is skillfully operated, it can deliver 2-4 rounds of dedicated live ammunition in one minute. The reason why it is called "fangs" is that the "cannonballs" it uses can release a highly toxic poisonous mist after shattering.

The Pit Viper Cross had been making these stone projectiles for two years, but the production had been slow due to their inefficiency. However, in this campaign, Dai Ze brought all his hole cards with him, in order to be able to make a contribution with one blow!

"Enrique City is planning to defend it, and they have no intention of going out of the city to meet it until now. ”

An elder next to him analyzed the situation in a low voice, and Dai Ze nodded and replied, "Charles II is not brave enough after all, but this is our chance. ”

The gates of Enrique were closed, and if he was planning to fight outside the city, he should have pulled out the infantry and cavalry at this time. But now there were only three scattered cavalry squads roaming back and forth on the periphery, and the battle-experienced Dai Ze knew exactly what this meant.

He glanced up at the calm Ivota position, squinted his eyes and said: "The team is now starting to rest, and we are in the upper hand at noon when we are close to a kilometer position, so after the battle begins, we will directly let the 'Poison Fang Chariot' bombard the position! All the cavalry are ready to chase and kill, it is estimated that these guys will not know how to die." ”

Dazzle was very confident in this, because the power of the gas bomb was more terrifying than the direct bombardment of spells. The trenches can withstand the impact and flames, but they cannot stop the spreading poisonous fog, and the "fanged chariots" are definitely called "weapons of mass destruction" in this kind of war, and the army of Ivota is no more than 10,000 people, as long as the gas bombs are dropped into the positions, within five minutes, the war can enter the final stage.

"Your Majesty, Charles II's expression will be wonderful at that time. ”

"That's natural, and I hope he's pleasantly surprised and doesn't forget to agree to our terms. ”

Dazzle said as he clenched the scepter in his hand, "I wish the Duke of Evta was here, so that he could take the scepter back as well..."

The "Viper's Kiss" was the most painful scar in Dai Ze's heart, and the scepter that he had worked so hard to awaken had become the wedding dress of the Rosicrucifix, a feeling that made him almost vomit blood every time he thought about it.

But as long as you defeat these current enemies, sooner or later the scepter will be in your pocket!

Dai Ze thought of this, waved his hand and gave the order—the transmission of complex military orders in the pit viper cross system was more efficient and swift than that of ordinary aristocratic armies, and soon, the hundreds of "fanged chariots" in the ranks began to line up horizontally, and the infantry formed a protective formation. The cavalry units gathered on both sides, and the knights of the Saint Army in full armor looked at the positions in front of them with blazing eyes, as if they had seen the enemy fleeing.

The wooden wheels of the fanged chariot creaked and creaked, the carefully packed black gas bombs swayed on the wooden cart, and the saints in white uniforms kept shouting scriptures and slogans, and tens of thousands of troops were marching forward.

Noon, approaching.

At the Ivota position, which Roddy called "The Battery", Sodrol had already had a final mobilization meeting with the battalion commanders. Although everything was ready, the young men of the staff team were constantly surveying the distance and number of troops between Enrique City and the Viper Cross force. They held in their hands the image that the falcon had just sent back, and in the midst of it, the distribution of troops in the city of Enrique was clear at a glance.

"Commander, such a war will definitely make us famous in history!"

"Perhaps... It's also infamy. ”

Sodrol looked at Enrique City, which was facing outside the tent, and said with some inexplicable emotion: "In fact, the result of such a battle is the same as that of a face-to-face charge." But such an ending, for them, maybe the meaning of fear is stronger. ”

The staff members are also under a little pressure in their hearts, because such a war is about the life and death of tens of thousands of people, and they can't calm down even if they change their bodies. One of them whispered, "Commander, let's go and stay in the bunker." ”

"Oh, that's the rule. Let's go. ”

This war was different from the previous ones, and Sodrore ordered all soldiers to stay in cover at all times when they were not ordered to attack. The soldiers were strange, but obedience to orders had become instinct, and the Iron Army had now become a veritable "war machine", faithfully carrying out the orders of its commanders.

Sodrol and his staff were all in armor, and they also carried a protective scroll on their bodies, which was the standard equipment for everyone above the company commander, and after walking out of the central tent, from this angle, they could see hundreds of hedron barrels on the left and right that were uncamouflaged and camouflaged, as well as the trenches extending layer by layer in front of the position.

Shovel-dug steps down the way down the trench, but before he could enter, he glanced back at a corner of the tent area, where there was only a circular clearing, but where he saluted.

He then stepped down into the magically lit underground command room.

My mother came to Beijing to see me, and I have been shopping with me for the past few days, and the update time is unstable, forgive me.

(End of chapter)