Chapter 349: The Sixth Battalion (Part I)

The legations had an army of three thousand guards. In order to reassure Balde, Salin sent the sixth battalion to follow. Finally, there was a reason to let his army enter and leave Qin Yin, and of course Salin would not let go of this opportunity.

It's just that Salin didn't expect that his sixth battalion would really come in handy.

The movement of large legions cannot be hidden from the eyes of magicians. The army dispatched from Side Star City was divided into two groups, and the first batch was more than 10,000 people. The troops of 10,000 men attacked the envoys from the flank, and scattered very far across the plain. It's just that there are magicians in the envoys, and ten miles away, the army of the envoys has begun to be on alert.

Phoenix's cavalry, magic equipment is not good, after the rebellion of the black mage, some powerful mages were disappointed in the nobles of Phoenix, and simply left Phoenix and went to Qin Yin. After that, Qin Yin invaded, and a group of magicians ran away, and now Phoenix's army is completely eating the old book.

The Magic Cavalry actually blesses magic when charging, and does not have its own skills on its own equipment. Lack of great magicians, cavalry are blessed with magical knowledge of low-level wind speed arts. Although this low-level magic lasts for a long time, it also requires a high level of physical strength on horses and soldiers, so the cavalry does not accelerate until it is close to a mile.

The advance of the envoys was also not fast, and there were many vehicles. Phoenix's main roads were not repaired in a timely manner, some sections were narrow, and the queues were long.

Therefore, even if they were prepared, the envoys could not immediately put on a favorable formation to counterattack.

The 6th Battalion carried hundreds of carts, and in just two minutes, these carts were lined up in two lines, and the infantry dismounted, took out their heavy crossbows, hid behind the carts, and set up a weak defensive formation.

Of the three thousand troops of the Legates, 1,600 were pure Royal Swordsman Battalion troops, obeying only two magicians. These 1,600 men were real cavalrymen, and the armor on their bodies was worth a thousand gold. After Tiffany's alert, the 1,600 men quickly left the road and formed a triangular formation.

Of the 1,400 men who defended Bald, there were 400 infantry. The four hundred infantrymen dismounted their horses and hid behind the carts, but they took out their heavy shields and stood on the flanks so that they would not be bypassed by the enemy's cavalry and attacked with bows and arrows.

The sixth battalion has two flag regiments that are cavalry, and it is not easy for Salin to get together a few thousand war horses, and these two thousand cavalry are the most elite mobile troops under Salin. Their reaction was - they all took out their metal masks, put them on their faces, and then bent over in front of the stirrups. A small riding crossbow was installed.

The range of the mounted crossbow is not close, and the accuracy is very poor, generally within ten meters, so that it can be aimed according to the experience of the cavalry. But this thing is fired in three consecutive shots, and it doesn't need to be operated by both hands. After the cavalrymen of the 6th Battalion had installed their crossbows, they took out three steel pipes from behind them, twisted them together, and combined them into cross guns.

The cavalry of the 6th Battalion retreated more than 200 meters, which was the ancient times they were equipped with, and they could increase their speed to the highest within 200 meters.

More than 10,000 people quickly changed their formations, without the intention of defending to the death, and the cavalry was ready to attack, and they were not even in a hurry to start. The only one who was a little panicked was Viscount Pijak, the permanent envoy appointed by Saleen to the Holy Rock City.

Of course, the viscount didn't think it was a good errand to go to Shengyan City, but he didn't expect that before he entered Qin Yin, he would encounter the trouble of killing his head.

"How good is this, how good is this!" muttered Viscount Pijac, but a senior swordsman beside him pulled the reins and placed him behind the second row of carts.

Pijac was on his horse with a straight waist, and if you didn't look at his somewhat distracted eyes. The demeanor is not bad.

"Viscount, if you really can't do it, you can run away. The senior swordsman beside him said with some sarcasm. This high-level swordsman was a newcomer to Saleen, and only entered the sixth battalion after being reviewed by magicians. Seeing Piac's appearance, he was very disdainful.

"Fart!" Viscount Pijac suddenly burst out, he drew his long sword, waved it vigorously, and said, "Who are you and me? If I escape, the whole world will laugh at me!"

"Lord Viscount, you are quite brave, then, please go to the back and let the soldiers change into a suitable armor for you. ”

The senior swordsman stopped sneering, waved his hand, and let his own soldiers drag the viscount away. He returned to his position and commanded a regiment of infantry.

Pijak is heroic, his son is in the hands of Sareen, and his future is in Sarin's hands. If he escaped, even if Salin would not kill him, his status would plummet in the future, and the nobles would not want to be the nobles, and his property would be confiscated. It's better to die than that.

Pijak was so excited that he calmed down after being dragged away by his own soldiers.

Survival is the first thing, Salin asked 10,000 people to protect the envoys, and Mars City is not far ahead, so he should be safe. And he is not an incapable person himself. At least the horsemanship has not been lost, and when he puts on his armor and weapons, he is not weaker than an ordinary soldier.

By the way, I can shoot arrows myself, and the accuracy within fifty meters is okay.

The Phoenix cavalry slowly increased its speed from a distance of five hundred meters, and their riding skills were quite exquisite. The commander of the cavalry noticed that the target was lined up in a chariot formation, and immediately had the cavalry split into two arrows and attacked on both sides.

It's just that Salin's army, how can it let the enemy attack calmly, and the alchemy crossbow added to the cart began to send **** when the enemy approached five hundred meters.

It is not difficult for the strongest alchemy crossbow to shoot a mile away, and it is even accurate. The alchemy crossbow installed on the cart is much smaller in size, and it is not controlled by a magician, but it only emphasizes a ruthless word.

The crossbow bolts, more than a meter long, with ×-shaped metal spikes on the arrows, flew out with a whistling sound. Although there was a gap of several meters in the middle of the cavalry's charge, the range of this alchemy crossbow was far more than five hundred meters, and the blind cat could also hit a dead mouse.

Hundreds of crossbow arrows fiercely pierced through the horses, cavalry, and cavalry......

The penetration is amazing, and every target that is shot. They were all taken away by the ×-shaped metal spikes on the arrows, and a lot of flesh and even bone chips. This round of attacks caused heavy losses to the 2,000 cavalry who tried to attack.

The damage caused by these more than 300 alchemy crossbows reached 400, and everyone was destroyed. The cavalry charge in the first round was only 2,000 people in total, and the direct reduction of 20% of the troops made the Phoenix cavalry feel shaken. It's just that there are tens of thousands of troops behind him, and it is impossible for the vanguard cavalry to retreat at this time.

The cavalry that rushed in front dodged the edge of the alchemy crossbow and went around to the sides, in fact, without a magician, the alchemy crossbow could only be fired once. But go any further. It's within the range of the heavy crossbow. The lethality of a heavy crossbow is not as terrifying as that of an alchemy crossbow, but it is also enough to penetrate the heavy armor of cavalry.

The heavy cavalry can resist the longbow, and the arrows thrown cannot resist the heavy crossbow with a range of 200 meters. The forward cavalry was divided into two wings, and on the sides of the chariot formation, shields up to two meters high were seen. It's just that the cavalry's prepared pedal crossbows had to be fired, and a fierce sound of breaking through the air sounded, and more than a thousand crossbow arrows were fired at the infantry of the sixth battalion.

The infantry shield of the sixth battalion is wrapped in metal on the outside, and the inner layer is a thousand-year-old wood, which is attached to the side of the soldiers, and is an animal skin. The cavalryman's foot crossbow was shot at it, and the pure metal arrows broke through the first layer of wrapped metal strongly, but they were blocked by the wood inside.

The shield's two layers of different materials form a bizarre physical structure, and the powerful penetration of the crossbow bolts is blocked.

Although it was not a magic shield, it was also designed by a magician, and the infantry of the sixth battalion was originally a little frightened, but it suddenly calmed down a lot.

The Phoenix cavalry was a little scared, their foot crossbows fired at a distance of less than a hundred meters, and they did not penetrate the enemy's shield!

Qin Yin's standard pedal iron crossbow must be able to reach the level of armor penetration at a distance of 100 meters. Because on the battlefield, there is only one round of shooting. These crossbows are also the most elite equipment of the Phoenix cavalry.

The infantry of the 6th battalion did not have too good equipment on the flanks, and the rear row was covered with small shields and only open hand-issued crossbows. If this kind of hard crossbow wants to break the heavy armor of the Phoenix cavalry, it has to go at least fifty meters to have some hope. The alchemy crossbow on the cart that was mounted could not be lifted by the soldier's hands, let alone used to aim and shoot.

The carts assigned by Saleen to the 6th Battalion were designed specifically for combat. Blocking the enemy's charge head-on, the retreating cavalry finally began to charge.

The two thousand cavalry suddenly began to accelerate from the standstill, and the twenty cavalrymen in the first row were all double heavy armor, skeleton war horses, and the weapons in their hands were disposable cavalry spears. This was designed by Saleen to imitate the Warcraft swordsman of Yunliu, and the riding spear had to be discarded after a single impact. The powerful impact of the skeleton warhorse. It cannot be supported by soldiers, and the ends of the weapons are attached to the skeleton horses with iron rings.

The cavalry on both sides collided violently, making a rumbling sound that only trebuchets can have.

In the first platoon of the Metatrin cavalry, twenty cavalry spears were shattered, but they also directly tore a hole in the ranks of the Phoenix people, and the strength of the skeleton war horse was several times stronger than that of ordinary horses.

The cavalry shattered, and the Metatrin cavalry calmly drew its heavy scimitar and slashed it horizontally. The enemy who passed by was cut in two by the scimitar.

The second group of Phoenix cavalry assault arrived at this time, and on the large cart in front, the alchemy crossbow was being unloaded and replaced with a large heavy crossbow. The soldiers of the 6th Battalion had also experienced the Battle of Metatrin and had fought against the soldiers of the Holy See. They started nervous because they were unfamiliar with the soldiers of Phoenix.

As a result, in the first round of counterattacks, Phoenix's soldiers were not at all as brave as the Papal soldiers. The wounded Phoenix people will not continue to get up and charge either. The sharp contrast greatly increased the confidence of the soldiers of the 6th Battalion.

It's not that they are not elite enough, but when they were just formed, the enemy they encountered was the Holy See Expeditionary Force, those fanatical believers, and the way they fought had no resemblance to normal people. Although Metatrin was victorious in the end, the soldiers also had some shadows in their hearts towards the believers of the Holy See.

The Phoenixes, apparently, are much weaker.