"Hmph, you want to bully people with heavy armor?"

On Luo Ming's side, a squad leader snorted coldly and waved the order flag in his hand, and at the same time, he shouted: "Shoot!"

His squad, a total of ten soldiers, all held up a heavy arquebus as long as a man in a bracket, and peeked out of the firing holes left by the earthen wall.

Originally, his squad was also experimentally equipped with steel crossbows, but some time ago he found that they were mediocre to use, and finally replaced them with heavy arquebuses.

The muzzle of the black hole was big enough to fit a thumb into it, and it was capable of firing about forty grams of buckshot.

The total weight of the gun is nine kilograms, which can almost be said to be a miniature artillery, but this is still at the level that a single soldier can carry and use, although it is difficult to hold it firmly without a bracket.

Luo Ming once experimented, as long as this musket can hit the enemy, it can penetrate the "heavy armor" in the hearts of people in this era at a distance of 80 meters, and then cause effective damage to the enemy behind the armor, as for dealing with light armor or no armor targets, as long as it is hit at 200 meters away, it is also a serious injury or death, and the lethality will be sharply reduced at a distance, but it is generally not necessary to shoot at such a long distance.

Even Luo Ming himself, if he didn't use the power of the Heavenly Power Sword Soul, he would feel his hand hurt if he took such a shot.

Even if someone really wears super heavy armor to block this shot, it is estimated that they will be broken or fall off their horses by this powerful blow.

And the accuracy of such a heavy arquebus is actually quite acceptable - the barrel itself has been processed with a primitive boring machine, which is relatively smooth and straight - according to calculations, as long as it is practiced, the probability of hitting an enemy the size of a human within sixty meters is still very high.

The enemy was less than fifty meters away from Luo Ming's musketeers, and with a burst of gunfire, seven people fell to the ground, and one knelt down with his thighs covered, blood gushing out in large quantities, no doubt losing his combat effectiveness, and maybe not surviving after the battle.

The musketeers did not see if they had hit, and directly began to reload, because Lockin used a paper case to pack the bullet and a fixed amount of gunpowder together, which effectively saved time, and after only twenty seconds, the reload was completed, and then the second round of fire began under the order of the squad leader.

A large steel crossbow with the same level of lethality, due to its great power, has to be wound with a winch, but in fact, it is not faster than this musket.

By this time, the vanguard of the enemy had broken through that little swamp and rushed towards the front of the coalition formation, and in the blink of an eye they had rushed in front of the wooden fortifications.

Some of the able-bodied soldiers wielded axes or carried them with their hands, and began to dismantle the wooden fortifications.

Of course, this also makes them better targets, and at such a close distance, the bow and arrow can already shoot through most of the armor, and some that can't be shot can also pick the opponent's unprotected legs or face to shoot.

Several mages and priests in the coalition also took advantage of this opportunity to throw lethal spells, but their level was average, and it was impossible to defeat many soldiers with a single blow, so it could only be said that it was better than nothing.

Obviously, it has been emphasized that it is necessary to save mana, mainly use war spells to weaken the enemy or bless the coalition forces, or throw lethal spells when temporary rescue is needed, why do these elm heads start to throw fireballs as soon as they come on the field?

Looking at those spellcasters from a distance, Luo Ming's face hurt, and he quickly called someone to remind them again.

In any case, the wooden fortifications were still fragile in the face of the axes, and after a while, many of them had been chopped up or moved aside.

However, the heavy infantry of the Beran army also fell quite a bit.

Exchanging the lives of enemy soldiers with lifeless arrows, projectiles, and wooden fortifications is actually profitable no matter how you look at it.

Next, according to common sense, it is time to enter the link of hand-to-hand combat, although there are trenches, earthen walls and other fortifications, but in essence, the weapons of the soldiers on both sides can already reach each other.

But Luo Ming insisted on relying on his traverser's insight and years of painstaking management, adding a short but important link to the traditional battle!

This link is not an artillery bombardment - you must know that the artillery will overheat after frequent fire, and it will be easily damaged if it is used again after overheating, after all, the enemy is powerful, and it is not good to expose such hole cards too early. Luo Ming was ready to hold back the artillery and wait for the enemy to invest in more precious cavalry.

Rather, it was an attack from the grenadiers.

To be precise, Luo Ming's subordinates did not have a full-time grenadier, or rather, the most powerful part of his soldiers, who also served as a grenadier, and usually had more training than others.

A total of ten soldiers picked up iron balls with strips of cloth on them, grabbed them and spun them twice, and then threw them out of the earthen wall.

These heavy iron balls flew an average of eleven meters away, and some of them were even eight meters away, and they were not fast, so they could be easily dodged, and if they were used as a simple throwing weapon, they were basically like waste.

However, they are not simple iron balls, but grenades, which are area-killing weapons containing a large amount of gunpowder and iron sand and crushed lead!

Unlike the modern grenades on Earth, Luo Ming's grenade is a heavy thing of three and a half kilograms, and only in this way can it have enough lethality when only black powder can be used!

Not long after landing, the fuse burned to the end, and ten grenades exploded, and a large number of enemy troops fell in an instant.

For a moment, not only were the enemy troops within the blast range either killed or wounded, but the enemy troops in a large circle behind and next to them also hesitated - if a batch of such iron balls smashed over, any of them would be sent to death.

In the rear of Beran's army, several generals also began to discuss.

"How dare they use such a lethal magic at such a close distance, not afraid of hurting themselves?"

"You see, they dug a special earthen wall, and if they have an earthen wall to block it, they can't hurt it, so it doesn't matter how short the range is. ”

A young lieutenant pointed at the position on Luo Ming's side with a horsewhip and said: "This is the allied army of the nobles of Van Shee County, the good and the bad are mixed, and it is not surprising to occasionally encounter rich and elite enemies. They can't take care of the whole front anyway - wouldn't it be nice to bypass their section and break through from the side?"

"It seems that the attack can't go far, why don't you let the mage regiment bombard?" said another lieutenant.

"Not for now. The middle-aged master general waved his hand, "Since they are rich, then they may also have good spellcasters who can survive a round of bombardment." Wasting mana will also expose the strength of this mage group, which is not worth it.

As Ivitauthas said, give the order to go down and let them go around. ”

The young lieutenant smiled modestly, ignoring the jealous glances of his colleagues, and complimented the chief general again.