Chapter 64: Shek O
Shek O, born in a civilian family in Huangsha City, joined the army as a teenager, and gradually promoted from an ordinary soldier to a captain by relying on his rich combat experience. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
As a commoner, even if he was meritorious, he failed to rise to the rank of knighthood, and for several years he was obscure, and finally forgotten.
But a few months ago, the nobles of Huangsha City found him, handed him 500 men, and appointed him to advance and subdue the occupied Huangsha Town.
In order to accomplish this task, Shek O used the proposed seed dealers to confuse the enemies of Huangsha Town and carry out a night attack, but unfortunately failed.
Although he failed, he managed to keep most of his soldiers alive.
But he was still dismissed, and he was already disheartened, but he didn't expect those nobles to find him again a few months later.
This time the nobles did not take any of his proposals, and only asked him to take 1,000 soldiers and lay in ambush not far from the town of Eri.
It was his last chance, and he vowed never to fail again.
"Why haven't the spies sent out have come back yet?"
Shi Ao was a little strange, according to his estimate, he should have come back a long time ago.
"Rest easy." Shi Ao's adjutant said disapprerovingly.
Shi Ao was a little displeased, the reason why the adjutant dared to talk to him like this was because he was here to supervise himself, and in the end, the nobles had not completely believed him.
The spies who had been sent out again in a little time ran back and hurriedly shouted, "Oh no, there is an enemy attack!" ”
Before he could finish his words, an arrow flew and pierced his chest.
Not far away, a group of soldiers chased after him.
"There's an enemy attack!"
The soldiers who were ambushed here reacted, and Shi Ao, who was in the back, didn't care why the other party would find out, and immediately mobilized his troops to face the enemy.
Prepared well, the soldiers quickly set up their formation, and as soon as the enemy got closer, they would launch a fierce attack.
"What's that?" A soldier shouted.
Shi Ao looked serious and said, "Is that artillery?" ”
There were many soldiers who fled from the front, and the nobles of Huangsha City also learned that the enemy had artillery, but they basically thought that the deserters were making excuses.
Artillery is only owned by the royal family of the Kingdom of Middleearth, how can it be possible that a small group of enemies who don't know where they come from also have artillery.
Even if the enemy has artillery, they only need to wait until both the opponent and the new nobles' forces are defeated, and they can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
For this reason, the nobles of Huangsha City also sent a large number of archers, as high as 500.
Having such an archer is also the reason why Shi Ao is so confident, but now that he sees the opponent's artillery with his own eyes, he is a little worried.
"Did they stop?" Shi Ao was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Seconds passed, and only a few loud noises were heard, and several pitch-black orbs flew quickly, three of which smashed into the archers' formation.
The bodies of the attacking archers in the front row were directly shattered, and a large number of them fell into pieces, not many of them died, but many of them were injured.
Shi Ao's face was ugly, and he ordered: "Full speed ahead!" ”
"Do you want the soldiers to die!" The adjutant shouted, in his opinion, the other party used such a powerful weapon, and if he did not retreat, he would be sent to death.
If these precious archers were to die, even if Shi Ao was guilty, he would not be able to escape his responsibility as an adjutant.
"They have cavalry, we can't run away!" Shi Ao explained that most of the luck that could run away last time was not good this time, and most of them were archers, so they couldn't outrun the cavalry, and even the infantry couldn't outrun.
The adjutant didn't listen to Shi Ao's words at all, and said, "No, I can't let you take the soldiers to die!" ”
The adjutant was about to have a seizure, and Shi Ao immediately ordered: "Suppress the adjutant!" ”
Several soldiers came over, but they didn't dare to make a move, Shi Ao said angrily: "Disobey the military order, and the military law will deal with it!" ”
The soldier's body shook, and then he pressed down the lieutenant who was about to escape, and he struggled and shouted, "Shi Ao, you will pay for your actions!" ”
After such a delay, a few more shells came and smashed the archers into one piece.
However, Shi Ao's order was quickly passed on, and the soldiers were a little puzzled, so they still ran towards the enemy.
Because the firing speed of the artillery was relatively slow, the soldiers in the middle of the earth had already run dozens of meters before launching the third wave, killing nearly 40 archers.
Towards the time of the 4th wave, the range of the archers had been reached, but the enemy did not do nothing.
Many soldiers with tons in their hands blocked the front, and the archers also shot the first wave of arrows.
Human archers have a longer range than mid-earth archers due to their size, strength, and the fact that they use a much larger bow and arrow than a mid-earth archer.
This was something that Shi Ao ignored, and he was slightly annoyed, and began to regret his order a little.
But he knew that if he ordered a retreat, he would basically not be able to avoid the pursuit.
Now that he has lost so many soldiers, he can only apologize for his sins with death when he goes back, so he can't take a step back.
A rain of arrows covered it, and nearly a hundred soldiers from the Middle Earth were hit by arrows, but they also launched a counterattack at the same time, and a rain of arrows shot over.
All of them suffered losses, but 10 shells were fired, knocking down the mid-ground infantry in front of them, and greatly damaging their morale.
Due to the fact that some of the human archers were sent out, and a large number of mid-earth infantry were in the front, they couldn't fight each other.
The infantry of the two sides also officially fought in close combat, although the number of human infantry was lower than that of the infantry in the middle of the earth, but their battle was stronger, and they actually had the upper hand for a while.
The current situation of 10 artillery pieces is a bit awkward, if they shoot, they will not hit the enemy, but their own people!
Lin Xiao hesitated, but the battle situation was still in his favor, and now his side only lost nearly 100 people, even if the other party's losses were 5 times that of them.
What is strange is that this group of soldiers is about to lose half of them, and they have not yet collapsed!
The reason is also very simple, as an officer of this group of soldiers, Shi Ao personally went to the battlefield, and his status as a civilian made him a hero of these soldiers.
The hero himself went to battle, which also gave the soldier great courage!
But Lin Xiao's cavalry troops had already arrived, and as soldiers, they naturally knew what they should do now, outflanking the flanks of the Central Earth soldiers, and launched a charge towards the Central Earth archers' positions!
If the infantry still has a shred of combat power, and they are afraid of the cavalry, then the archers are a nightmare against the cavalry.
The cavalry directly killed it, and the archers in the middle of the ground suddenly lost more than half, and the number of people who could fight again was less than a hundred, and the remaining archers could not continue to shoot with peace of mind.
Without the threat of archers, Lin Xiao sent out the few line infantry brigades behind him and walked straight from the flanks.
With an order, a shot of lead bullets was fired, and a large area of the infantry in the middle fell down, which was more terrifying than a bow and arrow, as long as one shot, it would definitely die.
The small number of soldiers in the middle of the earth had already collapsed, and they either turned and fled for their lives, or threw down their weapons and fell on their stomachs in surrender.
The rest of the soldiers, when Shek O was killed, finally collapsed......