Chapter 44: The First Encounter
Serfs were the main force of production for the feudal lords, although in the war, the lords did not care about the life and death of these serfs. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but once there are too many deaths, it will affect the production and construction within the territory, so although the lords use the serfs as cannon fodder, they will not let their cannon fodder have too many losses.
When the army of the Knoyes family pressed up with all the well-equipped mercenaries, the vassals of the Anjitan army had the idea of withdrawing their serfs from the battle line, but the war had already begun, and temporary changes were completely impossible.
The serfs would not flee without contact under the threat of the Warlords behind them, but do not expect them to be able to fight by then.
At the same time, field ballistae were pushed forward in the battle formations of the Knoyes side, and skilled soldiers had begun to load the massive killing machines with large ballistae.
The fangs of the huge war machine have been displayed in the eyes of everyone, and both the serfs at the bottom and the private soldiers of the lords have fallen into panic. A large number of ballistas, if a salvo is fired, the army on the Angitan side will definitely cause a large number of casualties.
"Order the trebuchet in the rear to attack those ballistae immediately!" Alain immediately gave the order to the herald mage when he saw the other party pushing the ballista to the front line.
"Shireen, go to the rear right now. At the same time, he did not forget to remind his daughter on the side, "It's safer there." ”
"No, you don't. Shirinya flatly refused the other party's order, "I can keep myself safe." ”
Seeing his daughter's determined face, Alain stopped saying more useless words, but moved his gaze to Dalefield on the side: "Protect Shireen." ”
"Got it. ”
The fixation, aiming, and reloading of the ballista all take a certain amount of time to complete, and it cannot pose any psychological threat to the enemy in a short period of time.
The first armies of the two armies engaged each other and turned into a one-sided massacre. The morale was almost zero, the serfs with almost no weapons and equipment were massacred by the mercenaries, and as soon as the front line was contacted, the serfs turned into a rout, and the serfs, who had no morale to speak of, ran to the rear in large numbers.
The Warlord's swords had been reduced to blood-stained blades, but they did not affect the serfs' escape in the slightest.
"Turis, you lead two thousand men up and hold on. Disappointed, Alain looked speechlessly at the results of his own army.
The casualties at the front did not cause Alain the slightest heartache, because these serfs were not his own, but his vassals.
Cold Creek Castle in the rear is an excellent bird's-eye view of the battlefield, and the slightest move of the Knoyell family's army cannot hide the eyes of Alain's men.
"It's brutal. "Count William bit his quill and crouched over the parapet at the top of the castle, watching every move on the battlefield. As a vassal of the Knoyes family, he didn't have the slightest worry about his lord at the moment, but just hoped to record the experimental data of his alchemy products in the next battle, so as to provide sufficient reference for future follow-up experiments.
The operators of the catapults carefully reload the treults with ammunition. They would never have been so careful with their normal stone ammunition, but as witnesses of the battle seven days ago, they clearly understood the power of the ammunition in their hands.
"Lord Earl. Seemingly completely unreassured about his own steps, the commander asked Earl William, who was looking at the battlefield, "Do we really order the ammunition on it?"
"Of course. Earl William just glanced at the sweaty commander and returned his gaze to the battlefield of the battle, "I've calculated the explosion time above, just click on the lead on it and throw these things out." ”
"Finally, don't throw it on your own head. "With a vague definition of his own people, the Earl William assassins didn't know which side they were.
With the addition of Alain's immediate forces, the balance of war was rebalanced. Mercenaries with no superiority in equipment are unlikely to inflict any damage on hoplites.
The heavy armor worn by hoplites, also known as dismounted knights, perfectly protects against all physical and magical attacks. And their bodies are almost sealed, and it is difficult for them to find any weaknesses by the enemy.
Backed by a huge metal shield and a short sword that was constantly thrusting, this was their single effective way to attack. It's like a moving Great Wall, but it's a thorny Great Wall, and the thorns of the Great Wall are constantly harvesting the lives of the enemy while pushing your own front forward.
The mercenaries, who had slaughtered the serfs without disadvantage, were defeated by the advance of the hoplites, and although they were constantly replenished by the many soldiers behind them, they all fell to the stabbing of the opponent's short swords.
"Standard for the Imperial Heavy Armor Legion. Ian could easily identify the monsters that the mercenaries were facing at the front, and the legend had it that these heavily armored soldiers were monsters that could push the line against the orcs' jumps.
A mercenary leader, riding a horse to Ian's side, panting and speechless, explained how dangerous the front line was.
"My lord, I ask to use the ballista to attack those monsters in front of me!" the hoarse mercenary leader made his request to his employer.
The assembly and reloading of the ballistas has come to an end, and within a few moments, dozens of your ballistas will be tilting their powerful bolts towards the enemy.
No matter how powerful the hoplites on the battlefield were, they could not withstand the fire of a ballista. Moreover, the scarcity of these well-armed hoplites could not guarantee security in every part of the wider and wider fronts.
Alain is very satisfied with his soldiers showing their might to their vassals, and it is inevitable that some vassals will make some small moves when they are fighting outside all year round. The contrast between the front and back frightened the vassals, and at the same time hoped that their lords would not pursue the offenses of ordinary days.
The title of 'Cruel' Alain is not well spoken, it spreads in the actions against the enemy and against the enemy.
The enemy's ballistae have been assembled, and the thick bolts mounted on the strings are ready to rain down their ferocious firepower. But the stone thrower that he asked for was slow to fire, why?
Shilinya looked worriedly at the Cold Creek Castle behind her, and through the Eagle Eye Technique blessed on her body, William, who was lying on the railing like a jumping building, was in her eyes.
"Is it possible for William to kill the soldiers above?" and an unreliable idea of just skimming his head and abandoning it, Shilinya would never believe that a helpless dead house could perform such an amazing miracle.
As Shilinya watched, five huge fireballs with long, smoke-filled tails shot out from the top of the castle and galloped toward the enemy's ballista position. Through the blazing flames, Shilinya saw that the shells of the ammunition she had helped to create were peeling off and finally turning into ashes in the air.
At the center of the fireball is the alchemical product of Count William, and it is also the hard work of the other party for several years.
Faced with a large fireball that flew in, the ballista operators inevitably fell into confusion. But the guards who were farther away picked up their crossbows and warned the soldiers when they needed to do their job.
Although Ian hadn't experienced as much of the war Alain had experienced, her subconscious still made her feel the threat of the five fireballs above.
"The two mages, immediately organize people to intercept those five fireballs. Ian immediately commanded the two expert mages behind him.
As the family mages of the Knoyes family, they faithfully carry out the orders of their master. Even though the family didn't have such an order, their conscious hunch drove them to intercept the five fireballs that came at them.
The ballista line is so wide that it doesn't take five fireballs to cover it.
Powerful telekinesis control was constantly blessed on top of the two fireballs, and the huge inertia slowly deviated from its own trajectory under the action of man. Both mages were doing their best to minimize the damage dealt by the two fireballs, but it would be nonsense to completely eliminate the damage.
Although there are unscientific things such as magic and gods in this other world, Newton and his theories also have their own place in this world, but no one can discover them.
Two huge fireballs turned in an incredible arc in the air, and Shirinya saw the change. This was the first time that Shilinya had seen how powerful the expert mages were, and neither Kane, who was a court mage, nor her mother, who ran an alchemy shop, had ever shown her such an incredible ability.
Despite this, Shilinya would not worry that the other party's two expert-level mages would be able to stop the true power of the fireball. Because I've experienced the shocking power of it myself.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Five huge explosions shook the entire battlefield, the power of the blast and its shock wave and the large number of fragments on the fireball caused a large number of casualties and psychological shocks to the enemy camp, and even the two fireballs that were deflected from the orbit caused a great impact on the enemy troops in the edge area.
The sound of explosions spread from the enemy's formation to Alain's army, and the frightened horses writhed restlessly, and those who were less equestrian were even thrown off their horses by the crotch.
Shilinya hugged Dalephil's body tightly, and forgot to use Yaxi to control the horse in the real power of watching the fireball just now, and as a result, the horse was completely out of control.
"Detonating as a core can be even more powerful. Earl William watched the damage caused by his product and immediately recorded the details of what he saw with a quill in his hand, "because the fragments in it can inflict great damage on a dense crowd when it explodes." ”