Chapter 898: The Counterattack Begins
In the early hours of the next morning, the attack on the Iliad tribes finally began. Liu Qingshan saw that the thirteen siege catapults, at this time, had all been stationed in the designated position. On either side of the thirteen siege catapults, the hoplites and hoplites were ready to attack the enemy forces that might attack. At the same time, dozens of pikemen, formed into three squares, were deployed in front of the thirteen siege catapults, as the main combat force of the hoplites that might rush over from the defense fund, and they were at that time shouldered the main responsibility for the safety of the siege catapults in Kobe.
The preparations were completely ready, and at this time, with Liu Qingshan's order, General Baras, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, put the handsome banners in his hands and moved forward, so I saw that the thirteen siege catapults immediately threw huge stones one after another towards the Iliad guard towers in front.
For a moment, huge stones fell from the sky, whistling and whining with a sound of breaking the sky. Those huge stones, with great force, fell from the sky and pierced them precisely into the guard tower at the front of the old Iliad. So, a roar continued to sound, and under the crash of the raining boulders, the enemy guard tower that was attacked was soon billowing black smoke.
Coax, coax, coax...... The siege catapult, at this time, looked like a beast of war, roaring, throwing angry stones one after another. In the sky, at this time, it seemed so dense that it shot through, covering almost the entire sky, and it was impossible to even see the sun. You must know that those huge stones, each piece of weight, is at least more than one Beijing, and in addition, under the projectile of the project at the same time, the speed is extremely fast, and it can be imagined how much lethality it will cause when it hits the target.
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Finally, at this time, in this situation, after about ten minutes of attack, the guard tower that contained the attackers of the Iliads finally collapsed with a bang. And the soldiers stationed inside, after driving out of the protection of the guard tower, were powerless to resist at all, and in the face of the huge stones that fell like rain, they were naturally the most difficult cannons. Yes, the sky is full of huge stones falling from the sky, where are they going to run to escape this fate?
As a result, at the moment when the guard tower collapsed, huge stones rained down, killing all those helpless soldiers without exception. And knowing that at this time, the Iliad side found out that although the other party had used such a number of siege catapults! Yes, more than a dozen siege catapults began to fire at the same time, but the attack power was quite terrifying. If this continues, the remaining few powerful ones will quickly be killed under the attack of the opponent's powerful engineering car. Therefore, under such circumstances, the commander-in-chief of their former enemy ordered a cavalry attack squad of about thirty hoplites to brave the attack of the raining boulders and charge at Liu Qingshan's respectful thirteen siege catapults. In their hands, some of them held sharp spears, some brandished shining sabers, and some held bows and arrows, shouting and shouting, and rushing like a whirlwind.
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It should be said that on the side of the Iliads, their former enemy commander-in-chief, the vision is still very vicious. He naturally saw the crux of the problem, that is, the thirteen siege catapults on Liu Qingshan's side were extremely powerful, and if they were not destroyed, this battle would show a one-sided trend.
However, the question is, how to deal with the thirteen siege catapults? That's the real point of the matter. Although, the thirteen siege catapults, it is reasonable that their positions are not very far, and it will not take too much time to send heavy cavalry to attack them. Moreover, he also knew that this kind of siege catapult was only used as a long-range attack weapon, and it was extremely powerful. Especially for buildings, and even more so for military facilities.
Therefore, in this case, it can be assessed that as long as their Chinese cavalry rushes past and rushes to their side as fast as possible, then this siege catapult can only become a live target for their own heavy cavalry, and its power is completely useless.
However, the problem is that although from a distance, the thirteen siege catapults of the other side are only deployed there in such isolation, it is certain that things will not be so simple. This is a minimum of common sense, the opposing team will not allow their combat units to charge over. They must have deployed defense forces to protect the safety of their vehicles at the same time as the project.
However, if Lao Tzu also has a certain number of siege catapults, then Lao Tzu can shoot at each other, so that at least the opponent's siege catapults will not pose a fatal danger to himself. But ...... "the former commander of the Iliad, seemed to be very reported. Yes, before the Great War, he had kicked a catapult at their tribal leader, that is, to let the ship's guns hit the siege catapult a few more times. After all, this siege catapult eats the farthest range of attack weapons at the current stage. If the opponent is equipped with a considerable number of siege catapults, he will suffer a big loss. However, his own construction was not adopted by the tribal leaders. As a result, the situation on the battlefield is very unfavorable to him.
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However, despite this, the former enemy commander of the Iliad finally made a plan to forcibly send his own heavy cavalry to attack the enemy's siege catapults. Yes, in this case, it should be said that there is no better way. Rather than waiting to be stoned to death by the rain of huge stones projected by the opponent's siege catapults, it is better to go all out and rush forward to fight to the death with the opponent, and maybe there is still a chance of survival.
So, at this time, in this situation, the dozens of Iliad hoplite cavalry combat units, with the sudden sound of the horn behind them, rushed out one after another like arrows from the string. Yes, for them, the trumpet is the order to advance, the order to charge. And there was no turning back from the bow. They resigned, and they could only move forward, not backward. Or rush to the destination, cut the target down, destroy the target, or be killed by the opponent to repay the country with death.
However, just as they had just rushed to the mainland, they saw that from the left and right sides of the thirteen siege catapults, dense arrows were fired one after another. Yes, these were the arrows fired by General Barras's hoplites who had been lying in ambush on either side of the thirteen siege catapults. These arrows, because they have been modified, are faster and more penetrating after they are shot out, and each arrow has barbs on it, and once it hits the target, you don't even want to pull it out.
Although there were also a lot of hoplite archers on the side of the hoplites that attacked from the Iliad, in the face of the archers on Liu Qingshan's side, who had a clear advantage in numbers, they looked extremely weak!
Soon after, the Iliad's cavalry charge finally rushed forward. However, just as they showed their weapons and were about to start attacking the siege catapults not far ahead, all of a sudden, the piercing spears of dozens of pikemen suddenly stabbed out, some stabbed the throats of the soldiers on the back of the enemy horses, and some directly stabbed the horses below!
"Boom~~~~" The attacked war horse immediately let out a burst of neighing, and then, regardless of the owner on his back, desperately fled around. At the same time, Liu Qingshan's heavy cavalry archers, the falling arrows, looked like rain, shooting the heavy cavalry of the enemy army who still insisted on charging directly under the horse!
"Heavy cavalry, attack!" Finally, seeing the remnants of the enemy army of less than twenty men remaining, General Barras gave an order, and the fifty fully equipped hoplites rushed straight out like arrows from the string, and then rushed into the enemy formation, and then there was a fierce sound of weapons clashing, and the sonorous sound was endless! At the same time, it was accompanied by bursts of screams! After a short while, the remaining enemy cavalry was completely wiped out.
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So, in this case, while the other party had not yet taken the next move, Barras gave an order and ordered his heavy cavalry (including melee heavy cavalry and long-range heavy marksmen) to rush to the front of the opponent's guard tower that had just been destroyed, cover the engineers who followed behind, and immediately start building his own guard tower there!
This step is naturally very important, in a sense, as long as this first guard tower is built, then it means that Liu Qingshan's attack force will finally wedge an important wedge to the opponent's key position. Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, General Barras almost tried his best, even losing some heavy cavalry, he also had to build his first guard tower.
At this time, Liu Qingshan was in his own Chinese army, witnessing this qiē with his own eyes. He knew that it should be said that Barras should be completely correct in this approach. It's just that the other party may not be willing to let him build the guard tower there so lightly. Next, the other side will definitely send more combat forces to try to prevent the construction of that guard tower. At this time, the combat forces in his hands have all been pulled to the front, once the Iliad side, the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, gathered all the troops, and fought hard, if he had to prevent himself from building that guard tower, at that time, he had no other troops, and used it!
It should be said that this idea of that guy from Barras is indeed quite good. On top of his own forward position, on the ruins of the guard tower on the enemy side that he had just destroyed, he rebuilt a guard tower of his own, which is not only very powerful in reality, but also has great symbolic significance.
Because that means that he has successfully stationed his troops in the opponent's forward position! In this way, all the soldiers will rejoice, their morale will be doubled, and their confidence will be greatly increased, so that they will invisibly maximize the combat capability of their troops.
Therefore, no matter what, it must also be guaranteed that the guard tower will be built. For this reason, Liu Qingshan decided that now, immediately send people to the Aryan tribe and ask them to attack the Iliad tribe immediately. Yes, as the saying goes, "raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while". Now, it's time for the Aryans, on their part, to do something for themselves and repay themselves!
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So, after thinking of this, Liu Qingshan called over one of his own soldiers very heroically, and at the same time, ordered more than a dozen of his own light soldiers to protect it, and then, in the direction of the Aryan tribe, quickly drove away.
At this time, in the great tent of the Aryan tribes, the great leader of the Great Varisi, was holding a grand celebration banquet for all the soldiers who had made great achievements in the battle to defend the tribe not long ago. At this time, the leader of the Varysi was already drunk, but the extremely bold Varysi still poured the highly strong wine into his stomach one by one.
At this time, General Barras gave an order, "All the hoplites and hoplite archers, all of them will be pressed on me, and I will resolutely ensure that the guard tower will be built smoothly!" "
Obviously, in this case, it is a big joke for a soldier to shrink his hands and feet. Only by letting go can it be possible to really make a mistake in the sharpness of the place. Yes, in many cases, in many cases, it is not only the military strength of the two sides that is contested, but sometimes, it is the courage of the commander.
Immediately, with the order of General Baras, including the two pikemen and all five hoplites, all stepped forward, and quickly formed a defensive line, and the deep guard tower under construction. At this time, the Iliad side naturally knew the other party's strategic intentions very well, so they gathered all their combat forces and attacked them. The other party's intention is very obvious, that is, to break through this line of defense on Liu Qingshan's side, and then, no matter what, not let Liu Qingshan build them to bid him under their noses. In that case, it will not be far from the final defeat for them.
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Thus, for a time, all the mobility and combat forces between the two sides were almost completely melee. On the one hand, the Iliad, based on breaking through the line of defense organized by Liu Qingshan, tried their best, and even did not hesitate to use their old book. On the other hand, under the command of General Baras, almost all of Liu Qingshan's elite combat forces were thrown into the battle of the defensive front. At the same time, in Weiwei, the long-range attack weapons of both sides also began to attack one after another. For a moment, in mid-air, intensive inspection, roaring through the air. Countless tendencies, preparing for the siege of the city catapults laid out into the sky, it seems, raindrops in general, weak opponent's position. For a while, people turned on their backs, and the screams continued one after another. Throughout the battlefield, the battle was quite fierce.
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At this moment, all of a sudden, another force was rushing towards here like a whirlwind. At the front, there were hundreds of cavalry combat units. Most of these cavalry combat units were lightly armoured, as evidenced by their equipment and speed. Behind, they followed closely a few pikemen, although the formation was a little scattered because of the running all the way and the long-distance running, but the momentum they carried was very strong. Yes, it is the soul of a troop, a spirit, a desire to kill the enemy. A unit with this spirit is definitely a very good unit. No matter what kind of equipment he is, just because of his momentum, it is enough to be able to judge.
Many people have already guessed at this time, yes, this force, the one sent by the Aryan tribe to reinforce Liu Qingshan is a combat unit. This team, from the very beginning, immediately entered a state of rapid march, because, according to the information sent by Liu Qingshan, the other party already knew that Liu Qingshan's side had launched an attack on the Iliad, and at this time, the battle between the two sides had entered a white-hot state. Once in this situation, every minute counts extraordinarily important.
And for Liu Qingshan, for General Baras, at the moment when the station was approaching, this reinforcement sent by the Aryan tribe was simply a relief in the snow. It's so important. It's timely, it's great! Whether it was Liu Qingshan or General Baras, at this time, when they saw the reinforcements of the Aryan tribe finally coming over, they were so excited that they could hardly express it in any words.