Volume 2 Wild Ambition Chapter 80 The Crossbow of Mockery (I)

The white-haired general Guillermo had already noticed the appearance of a combined force of the Church League in the lower reaches of the river, as well as another 10,000 Kingdom infantry under his command, and he also began to order to continue his march in the direction of the central army in the core of the East Oguna Empire. The cavalry of the East Oguna Empire, who had been hiding far away, stood thousands of kilometers away from the Kingdom's infantry and watched, and did not intend to go around to the rear of the infantry phalanx to attack.

"Captain, is it really good for us to do this, I feel that it might be good to flank them at the tail of those infantry phalanxes. "The Imperial Cavalry Squad Leader suggested.

"Hmph, don't you see the walking posture of those Sallins bandits? You think it's the tail of the phalanx, but in fact, the head of this rectangular infantry phalanx is the tail, and the tail is the head, and no matter which direction you approach the attack, you will be devoured and consumed by them like you did just now. The cavalry captain insisted on watching from a distance, and many of the cavalry around him agreed with him.

It's just that the soldiers of the East Oguna Empire did not take the initiative to attack, which does not mean that the people on the side of the Church Alliance did not take the initiative to move forward. The soldiers up and down the river bank were getting closer and closer to the Chinese army of the East Oguna Empire, and the church forces under the command of the deputy commander Rashad had also wiped out the Imperial troops who had successfully crossed the river, and they all stood on the other side of the river, confronting the Imperial soldiers on the opposite side and firing with bows and crossbows.

Most of the Imperial soldiers were armed with steel shields, and although the shield area was not large, it was still no problem to block the weapons and arrows thrown by the Church Alliance. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Church Alliance and the mercenaries of the Tearing Mercenary Group did not have thick armor, and they gradually fell behind in such a battle where they used long-range attacks against each other across the river.

"Sharp Claw" immediately let his subordinates leave the line of fire first and retreat to a safe area, and he also ran into Fidel who was coming this way, "Hey, why can't you be seen by the chief regiment all the time!"

Fidel replied, "Me too." โ€

Talon didn't have time to chat with the other party, so he flung the blood from his steel claws to the ground and walked with his nearly 1,000 mercenaries in a direction that could bypass the river, leaving the frontal riverbank battlefield to the armed soldiers of the Church Alliance.

At this time, shouting, commanding, and roaring everywhere were everywhere, and the deafening shouts made Fei realize that the soldiers of the East Oguna Empire divided into two wings had exchanged hands with the soldiers attacking from the upper and lower directions. Suddenly the sky was dark, and the soldiers at the front scuffled and fought together, and after their weapons were knocked out, they simply gouged out the enemy's eyes and tongue with their fingers; after their weapons were inserted into the enemy's body, they could not take them out, so they simply pierced their weapons directly through the opponent's body and pulled out with the internal organs.

Other soldiers were knocked to the ground, still stabbing their enemies in the lower body with their weapons that had not been lost, and a large pool of blood was spilled on their faces. The brutal fighting made the river turn crimson, and the soldiers who had been squeezed into the river also slashed and tore each other in the river, and none of the soldiers dared to turn and run away.

The cavalry squadron leader Avi was reconnoitring on the perimeter, and he saw that the steel collided with each other and crushed the flesh, and the infantry of the Kingdom of Salins who had been in a clear formation were not spared. Under the brave onslaught of the imperial soldiers, they had long lost the unity of the phalanx, and turned into hand-to-hand combat with you and me, and I with you. The phalanx of 30,000 Kingdom infantry brought by Guillermo was slightly better, and they spread the formation to the left and right, turning it into a horizontal rectangular infantry phalanx, pressing towards the soldiers of the Empire. But even so, in the face of the attack of the ballista car, these infantry with thick shields still had no way to stop the ballistae that ricocheted one after another. The shield burst open as soon as it came into contact with the ballista, and even the soldiers holding the shield were knocked off their internal organs and heads, turning into a puddle of minced meat and falling to the ground.

It was also because of the strict rules of the Salins infantry formation of the white-haired general Guillermo, which gave the siege catapults of the Eastern Oguna Empire a chance. These large siege weapons were not intended to hit the enemy accurately, so they were generally only used to attack the city walls. However, the orderliness of the phalanx became a weak point at this time, and it was easily targeted by trebuchets and became the target of huge logs and stones. The large rocks and wooden bars fell from the sky, and the clumsy and heavy infantry of the Kingdom of Sallins could not dodge, and they were hit by stones thrown from the air, suffering heavy casualties.

Guillermo had no choice but to abandon the phalanx advance and instead attack the enemy line at full speed to reduce the damage from the airdrop weapons.

In this kind of battlefield on the plains and river banks, the key to victory is the troops, after all, no matter how you encircle and encircle, or use other long-range weapons to consume, the effect is really limited for the two sides of the formation that is not very mobile. Fid also saw this, now was not the time for them to cross the river to attack the Imperial army of East Oguna, and they still needed to wait for the next round of depletion of troops, and then a better opportunity would appear.

At this time, from the direction of Crafi City, the Knight Captain Kiro and Riley brought a small group of soldiers, including both knights and mercenaries of the Church Order. The soldiers and mercenaries on foot, with huge planks in their hands, were approaching in the direction of Rashad

"Listen, all the soldiers! Hold your ground! The plank bridge that crosses the river will soon be far here!" Rashad saw the large planks as if he were the sharpest weapon. You must know that they can neither leave this riverbank position and let the soldiers of the East Oguna Empire cross the river, nor can they cross the river and attack the enemy. Now I can't do anything useful except being attacked by the opponent's crossbow. In addition to the large planks that Kiro and Riley had brought, there were also a number of field meds following them, preparing to move this way.

"It's time," Fylde glanced at Avi and the other cavalry, "Avi, you and your men catch up with the chief knight Selena, she shouldn't have crossed the river yet." โ€

"What are you going to do to catch up with her?" Hughes asked.

"You have to convince her to seize the siege weapons, i.e., trebuchets, that are far away," Fidel had been watching on this side of the river for a long time, until the invisible trebuchets almost hit him by throwing huge stones and pieces of wood at him, "and then use the trebuchets to attack the positions of the Chinese army in the East Oguna Empire. โ€

"But we won't use those trebuchets?" continued Hughes, the leader of the cavalry squad.

"You don't need to hit them very accurately, you just need to seize the trebuchet and cause chaos, so that the leader of the East Oguna Empire thinks that his troops are being attacked from all four directions at once. โ€

When Marcus heard this, he immediately said: "Great! In this case, all the imperial armies will be wiped out! The archbishop and the pope will definitely reward us heavily!" The one-eyed captain kept watching the approaching army and the soldiers of the East Oguna Empire fighting in the upper and lower reaches of the riverbank, although they had a slight advantage in numbers, but they could not pose the slightest threat to the leaders of the East Oguna Empire, who were still in the middle of the army.

And at this time, Lord Martin, who was in the middle of the Imperial forces, had already sensed a bad atmosphere. The cavalry around him had already reminded him that the Imperial Army of East Oguna, which was now surrounded by three sides, was likely to break through the defensive line and attack them. Lord Martin's mission today was mainly to declare war on the archbishop Arthur Auerbach who had come to sign the secret agreement, and the reason why he was still by Juan's side was only because he wanted to see for himself whether these Imperial reinforcements sent from Glynco were really as powerful as they had been rumored.

The regular army of the East Oguna Empire was indeed extraordinary, but in the face of suppressed numbers, it was impossible to win this battle between the rivers. So at this time, Lord Martin was considering whether to withdraw his troops immediately, withdraw his men and the cavalry of that part of the river area to the castle first, and then report this to his uncle Viscount Hollisโ€”in fact, he and Hollis also prepared another hand, if these reinforcements from Glyncoe were defeated by the Papal States, they would immediately send cavalry messengers and crows to surrender to the Holy Virgin Goliath of the Western Oguna Empire to show their allegiance. This plan had been discussed before the arrival of the Papal States, but the Eastern Oguna Empire, separated by the Divided Mountains, was only the third option, after all, far water could not save near fire, and the two bordering countries were the better choice.

Martin glanced at Juan, the commander-in-chief sitting in the carriage, the son of Duke Popo and Lady Purple looked very calm and not the slightest flustered. In addition to directing his army to advance and retreat, Juan chatted and laughed with Kionis, the leader of the shock mercenary regiment, without taking the number of Imperial soldiers in mind at all.

It didn't take long for Avi to find Selena, who had not yet joined the melee, and obtained the approval of the other party's plan to seize it. Selena immediately circled the more than 1,000 church knights she led and ran in the direction of the trebuchet troops of the East Oguna Empire. At the same time, the planks brought by the knight captain Kiro and Riley also reached the riverbank, and immediately built a plank bridge to cross the river, allowing the armed soldiers of the church in the north to rush towards the Imperial army to the south.

Lord Martin had noticed the Knights of the Church who had circled behind, but Commander Juan had apparently not noticed anything. But at this moment, Juan said to the man in control of his carriage: "It's time, you take me to the front." The big fat man wiggled his ass, then found a more comfortable and half-lying position, and looked ahead with a smile. The heavily armored guards around him also began to move closer to the carriage, protecting him in a tight layer of defense.

Both Martin and Kionis were outside the carriage, watching Juan slowly move towards the front line, the riverbank, and all the Imperial soldiers of East Oguna who had been in the way of the front also got out of the way.

Feid, who was standing behind the armed members of the church, suddenly felt the strange feeling emitted by the moon shield before, and this feeling was even stronger than just now!

At this time, both Rashad and Kiro saw that under the protection of several layers of heavily armored guards, a large carriage was slowly approaching the direction of the riverbank, and was about to enter the attack range of the church soldiers who had counterattacked on the other side of the riverbank.

From a distance, Martin saw Juan get up from the carriage, then took out what looked like a crossbow from a large bag around his waist, aimed it in the direction of the sky of Crafe City, and pulled the trigger.

An extremely shrill cry pierced the sky, like countless hummingbirds merging into one, and let out a mocking chirp together!

It's just that after the sound ended, everyone who heard the sound became extremely manic, their eyes were bloodshot, as if the blood in their whole body was boiling, and they just wanted to bite and tear the enemy in front of them apart!