How does the body of blood (ròu) compete with cannonballs made of metal? Armor? Even the strongest plate armor could not withstand the bullets of a musket (shè), let alone a cannonball the size of a lead ball!

Of course, steel plates that are thick enough can withstand the impact of artillery shells, most typically tanks and armored vehicles. However, the thickness of the common plate armor is only 0.5 mm, and even in order to reduce weight, the thickness is only 0.3 or 0.2 mm. And to withstand the blow of a bullet, you also need at least 1 cm thick armor to make a shell? At least 5 cm thick armor.

What would a normal person look like if he wore a 5-centimeter-thick armor on (shēn)? It's probably like lying in a metal coffin, and it's hard to even climb! What's more, the impact of the cannonball alone is enough to cause internal injuries, not to mention the secondary damage that the armor deformation may cause to the human organs!

Therefore, wearing armor in front of muskets and cannons is simply an act of looking for death! If the armor is hit, the shattered, deformed metal pieces are likely to be embedded in the (ròu), causing the wound to worsen further!

"Spread out, spread out! Don't stand together! The experienced Saxon knight shouted at the top of his throat.

Indeed, making the formation looser can help reduce casualties from ranged attacks. Unfortunately, his voice was drowned out by the chaotic neighing of men and horses, and the soldiers could see his mouth opening and closing, but not a single word.

One thing that must be explained, the war horses of the Napoleonic era were trained for firearms, and animals will instinctively fear loud noises and fires, not to mention horses, even if they are people, let you cross a fire circle, many people dare not ah! But this instinct can be overcome, as long as they subconsciously think that what is in front of them is not dangerous and not threatening! The easy way is to let the cannons and muskets sound around the horses, and at first the horses will run in a panic, but gradually they will start to adapt until they finally turn a blind eye. This is actually the same as the story of the wolf!

Unfortunately, the horses of the knights in the Saxon army were not trained to target, so in the face of the rumbling cannons, the horses made a mess, carrying the knights on their backs around, these panicked horses obviously did not know what "civilized courtesy" was, they forced to squeeze through the array of the Saxon army, and even more rudely crashed into the soldiers of the Duchy of Saxony.

Well, the whole Saxon army was completely chaotic, the soldiers did not know the generals, the generals did not know the soldiers, and there were constantly round shells whistling, and a salty and bloody mist rose from the places where they passed.

Han Xing looked at the human tragedy in front of him, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his heart, and he comforted himself in his heart and said: "Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself!" These people are invaders, if they don't come back in time, the corpses will be strewn all over the field, and the people who will be killed will be their own people, and the war will be your death! ”

He gritted his teeth and took out the notebook with the red leather cover—Napoleon's artillery tactics, held it high, and used [Break One by One]. In an instant, a purple light flashed, and both the Dongfang and the Running Wolf were covered with a layer of purple light. The Vostok began to intensify the shelling, and the only four guns on the Running Wolf roared and roared.

The outcome of this war was predestined from the very beginning! When the warm wind blew away the smoke and the true face of the battlefield was once again revealed in front of Han Xing, the original green fields on the opposite bank were dyed dark red, and the corpses of men and horses were piled on top of each other, and the blood turned into a stream, staining the originally clear surface of the Lena River red. If the Lena River just now looked just muddy, at this time it was like a pool of blood in a slaughterhouse, and it was a terrible dark red, and a strong smell of blood came to the face.

A rough estimate is that the Saxon army lost at least a thousand men, while the rest of the army scattered like a frightened herd of deer.

What to do in such a situation?

Pursuit! Han Xing didn't have enough cavalry? No, don't forget the riding training class pioneered by Lyanna and Hassan. Although the inhabitants of the [Seaside District] are still a little average in horsemanship, they do not require much skill to pursue the enemy's rout.

Han Xing immediately opened the door of space on the other side of the Lena River, and thousands of light cavalry (shēn) dressed in eighteenth-century gentleman's clothes, muskets in their left hands, and sharp blades in their right hands rushed out, and the thin sabers in their hands could be described as a sharp weapon for harvesting life. What surprised Han Xing the most was that Lyanna actually went into battle in person, and as soon as she came out, Rhaega had to follow closely behind. Han Xing is also happy to see this, with Rhaegar leading this cavalry, there should be no need for his own (cāo) heart!

Amid the earth-shattering cheers of the defenders in Göttingen, Han Xing returned to the castle, and Baron Bird greeted him first, kneeling down on one knee to greet Han Xing.

He was accompanied by the upturned German gentleman Hu, a middle-aged man wearing a nose guard, "Lord Count, you are back in time!" Oh my God, what an amazing weapon it is, it can send lightning and spit fire! ”

"That's called artillery! By the way, who are? Han Xing pointed to the middle-aged man with a German gentleman beard and asked with a suspicious expression.

"I am the captain of the castle guard you have appointed, O Ernst! Or did you personally make me a knight! The bearded middle-aged man said earnestly.

"Ernst?" Han Xing scratched his ears and cheeks, obviously not remembering this person.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind (shēn), and Lyanna was seen riding a white horse, dressed in a decent black velvet gown, (shēn) draped in a black cloak with lace trim, her brown hair was tied into a neat ponytail, and her little face was even more red from strenuous exercise. "Behind her (shēn), the remnants of the defeated Duchy of Saxony were being driven towards Göttingen by the cavalry.

Rhaeggar, who was half a horse's head behind Lyanna, did not blush and his heart was not beating, and he looked at Lyanna with a doting smile. Obviously, anyone with a discerning eye can see that our Raygar classmate is well versed in the "way of getting along with men and women", and it is clear that he is deliberately losing. He pretended to be out of breath and laughed breathlessly: "I will definitely win you next time!" ”

"2 to 1, according to the best-of-three system, I have already won!" Lyanna smugly stretched out her shallots and shook her fingers. In Han Xing's view, this posture is like a scissor hand symbolizing "yes~".

"Miss Lyanna!" I saw the middle-aged man named Ernst go up and take the reins of Lyanna's horse.

Lyanna hesitated for a moment, then suddenly her eyes lit up and she said, "Sir Ernst, it's you!" The young lady, known as the "centaur", jumped from her horse and grabbed Sir Ernst by the hand.

"You know?" Han Xing was completely stunned, and he said with an incredulous expression.

"When Lyanna and I met that villain in Wetzlar, if it weren't for the help of Sir Ernst, the captain of the guard, we probably wouldn't have waited for you to arrive!" Rhaegar said lightly.

"Oh~" Han Xing finally remembered, it turned out that this Sir Ernst was the captain of the guard who helped Lyanna and Rhaegar get out of danger, and later Han Xing easily canonized him as a knight and served as the captain of the guard of his castle.

It was through the communication with Baron Bird and Sir Ernst that Han Xing learned the whole story (qíng).

Yesterday morning, the army of the Duchy of Saxony was under Göttingen, and there were only a few dozen guards in the city, and these guards were Sir Ernst's colleagues who had been brought in from Wetzlar and some of the local inhabitants who had been recruited. Fortunately, there is still a lot of food in the castle, and even if you can't pay your salary, a discerning person can see that it is easier to show the castle to the nobles than to deal with trivial things all day long in the town, right?

What's more, Paderborn is still Han Xing's territory, since Han Xing became the Earl of Paderborn, the villagers instantly felt that there was a big mountain missing from their heads, because Han Xing did not appoint many lords, and there was only Roy, a landed lord in the entire Göttingen region, and he couldn't see anyone for ten days and half a month. The only two aristocrats are crawling around in the world of drama (qíng), and without the exploitation and bullying of the aristocratic lords, the residents of the Göttingen region have greatly improved their sense of well-being. As soon as they heard that the Duchy of Saxony was coming back, seven or eight villages around Göttingen immediately organized troops to defend Göttingen Castle.

Baron Bird, who rushed to hear the news, stopped the restoration project of the castle in his hand and brought the workers who built the castle with him, which greatly improved Göttingen's defense, and of course, the consumption of food was also terrifying! If Han Xing had come back a few days later, the defenders in Göttingen would have tightened their belts!

None of Saxony's troops escaped, not even the Diettrick? Udaneng was also driven back by the light cavalry led by Lyanna like a sheep, he lost his horse, his face was still stained with mud, his bright armor was splashed with shocking blood, and his head hung down.

Han Xing felt a burst of pride in his heart, "Make you look more handsome than me!" Then he said in a gloating tone: "Isn't this Sir Dederick?" Didn't I tell you? I asked you to go, but you didn't go, and now it's hard for you to go! ”

"Hmph~" Sir Dedrik just snorted coldly and glared at Han Xing with a cannibalistic fierce eye. He was accompanied by a dozen knights of the Duchy of Saxony.

"I'm not convinced, you have firearms! I ask you to protect me and my subordinates (shēn) as nobles, and (yǔn) to allow us to ransom (shēn) with gold coins! Sir Dederick said with a proud expression.

"Yes!" Han Xing replied with a smile, "Give these people pen and ink!" After this battle, Han Xing has already sketched a plan in his heart, and a very important part of this plan is this Count Ditrick!