Chapter 61: Screaming

In the acrid black smoke in the sky and the deafening loud noise, the distance of 50 meters became an absolute limit that a group of Arab soldiers could not cross. The two thousand musketeers continued to shoot as they had in their first battle, with a thousand in front and another thousand behind them, handing their loaded muskets. In this way, a thousand musketeers could use a full 4,000 early muskets. In order to achieve the purpose of continuous shooting

-- In the sound of the orders of the musketeers of the centurions, the orders to prepare, and the sound of the musket volleys was mixed with the continuous, drum-like sound of organ cannon fire. The barrels of the guns attached to the trolley fired one after the other, increasing the fire output at the fixed point to twelve times that of a normal firearm. The Arabs who charged at these seemingly rudimentary, but in fact powerful carts, would be torn to shreds in an instant by the large-caliber projectiles shot by these firearms.

The attack lasted nearly ten seconds - by the time all four thousand muskets and forty organ cannons had been fired, the row of Arabs who had rushed to the front had been beaten beyond recognition. The musketeers stopped firing, relying on their sturdy early plate armor to pick up a thick firearm that could be used as an armor-piercing hammer, or drew their swords and launched a counter-charge against the Arabs. Behind them, the Norman infantry, four thousand, and the hundreds, at the front, also scrambled to throw their axes. These axes streaked a parabola and flew over the heads of the musketeers, further weakening the Arab front line.

"Knights, charge with me!"

At the same time, the royal knights of the four centurians on both flanks of the position also launched a charge. Dressed in the composite armor of the plate chain, the burly Norman No. 3 war horse under the crotch and the knights wearing the plate chain composite armor used for the war horse also charged towards the two wings of the opponent. In one attack, the array of the opponent's two flanks was weakened by one layer.

Under such a sudden, powerful, and overwhelming offensive, the Arab Jihadist Army tried its best to resist. But the Normans, who were still rushing down from these high positions, effortlessly tore the line. A carnage ensued. Wielding a tomahawk. The Norman soldiers with long-handled axes slaughtered the Arabs in a frenzy, and this slaughter reached ** when the wave charge of the royal knights completely destroyed the enemy's two wings. Every second, hundreds of Arabs die under the Norman tomahawks. The incomparably terrifying battle loss ratio, the crushing situation, the terrifying Normans and the previous volleys of firebolts that were not inferior to any magic, one by one, were all terrifying scenes that the other party had never expected.

Under the dual effect of extreme panic and cruel reality, the brain that had been brainwashed by religious teachings was filled with fear again. As Alpha had imagined, the Norman army had only been shooting for twenty minutes. The Arab forward army, which numbered about 8,000, completely collapsed. After losing a quarter or so of their troops, the remnants turned around and were relentlessly pursued by the Normans, who drove them towards the last of the positions of the Jihadist Army, where Chauhair was.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! You scumbags!Waste, rice buckets!Damn it—shoot me, shoot! Don't let these scum break up the formation!!" Seeing your own troops rushing towards their positions. Zhao Haier was furious. Ruthless, such an order was given immediately. Let the crossbowmen who retreat first release their arrows and kill the routers.

At the same time, on the left flank of the Arabs, Basil II, with his light cavalry, charged at the unlaid flank positions, which had not yet been arranged. Although the archers under his command were not as impactful as the professional heavy cavalry. But a cavalry is still a cavalry after all. Not to mention the fact that the positions of the Arabs have not yet been fully arranged. Thereupon. At Basil II, he spearheaded the charge. After wielding swords and swords against sparse bows and arrows, the Greek army was demoralized. With just one charge, it almost broke up the Arabs' formation. Seeing this, Zhao Haier couldn't care much, and personally stepped forward to kill the defeated soldiers one after another. Shouting desperately. At the same time, the soldiers on the other side were sent forward to support. Only then did he gradually stabilize the formation. ...,

"Is it going to end?"

Although barely stabilized the front. But the opponent's offensive is wave after wave. There are three battlefields, but there are setbacks on two sides. And on the most stable side, Zhao Haier did not dare to take it lightly. It was the famous hussars of the Norman army. If you don't move, you will do, and if you move, it will be like a raging wind and waves, unstoppable. It's just that this is the time when things are urgent. He couldn't take care of so much, so he had to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. Pull part of the soldiers to the other side.

In fact, at this time, Zhao Haier did not have a single soldier in his hands. Although the matter was urgent, he actually had an elite mobile force at his disposal - a total of two hundred horses mounted on the finest Arabian horses, dressed in full suits of light leather armor, armed with scimitars, and round shields. Elite cavalry with spears and compound bows stood by Zhaohaier's side from beginning to end—none of these soldiers left his side. Zhao Haier also had no intention of letting them go to war. Because these people are his personal subordinates, he himself pays for the support, builds the equipment and trains himself, the last insurance of his life. He was counting on this army to escort him away after his defeat, as he had done the last time he was ambushed by the Normans in the desert.

And it seems. The time is almost up.

The sun set slowly and unswervingly below the horizon. However, the Normans did not seem to want to let him go. Zhao Haier was already desperate to see a lot of torches prepared by those guys in advance. Looks. The other party is determined to fight and destroy it.

"Damn it. Zhao Haier scolded in a low voice again

Ahead of the Arab position, although Zhaohail had given orders for the crossbowmen to design to disperse the rout. But when facing these people from the same camp as themselves, even from the same village and tribe, the soldiers must have compassion. Most of the arrows and crossbows of the few who carried out the order seriously went to the side, or in front of the routed soldiers. On the contrary, there were many people who beckoned the rout to go in their direction. The angry Zhao Haier only wants to kill.

So, in the end, the front of the last Arab position was dispersed by the rout driven by the Norman army. In the midst of the chaos, the Norman sergeants slashed and slashed, and corpses were strewn all over the field. And almost at the same time, the Greek cavalry, under the command of Emperor Basil, broke the array on the left flank of the Arabs. At this moment, Zhao Haier could no longer find a single reinforcement to send. On the other side, the soldiers defending against the Norman hussars also panicked, and many of them acted on their own, either rushing towards the chaotic left flank, the frontal battlefield, or dragging their spears backwards.

"All right! Hussar assault!" At this moment, Egil clapped his hands, knowing that the time for a general attack had come, and immediately gave the order. The knights of the surrounding guards immediately came up with a good idea, one long, two short, and one long. But it was the cavalry - the hussars - the attack. That's what it means. After hearing the order, the hussars were immediately in high spirits - as real soldiers, they could not participate in such a battlefield with such a shouting and killing voice. It's nothing short of mentally tortured. Every hussar had a fire in his heart. This moment just vented out.

"Charge, charge, kill all the wretch, cut off their heads!!" the hussars roared excitedly, howling like wild beasts, and brandished their scimitars and rushed towards the scattered, already frightened Arabs. Just as Zhao Haier imagined before, it was like thunder, torrents and tsunamis!

At this moment, on the battlefield, the cry of "Run!" has replaced the cry of "Allah", which is heroic and forgetful. The Arab Jihadist Army eventually lost all courage to resist. Although the number is still more than 20,000, the army with zero morale will not be able to do anything earth-shattering under any circumstances. There was no other way out but to flee in all directions, screaming, being killed, or surrendering on his knees - and at this moment, Zhao Haier had already fled as fast as he could, escorted by his guards. This cautious - or rather cowardly general did not live with the army Yaxing. ...,

The post-battle hunt was in full swing, and the Norman hussars were extremely excited to chase after the enemy, who had lost their ability to resist. Because they did not fight for a long time in the middle of the war, they were able to conserve their physical strength, and they could even fight until dawn on cooler nights. In contrast, the cavalry of the Greeks was so the battlefield that they were almost all tired at this moment. So there was no chance of this pursuit.

After this, in the darkness of the night, the hussars gradually received orders from Egil. His Majesty the Emperor praised the bravery of the hussars and gave such a cruel order: "Leave no one alive". At the same time, the hussars were asked to "kill all the way to the bottom of Jerusalem" and "tie the prisoners of war to the cross and plant them outside the holy city". Such an order, in line with the brutal character of the hussars, was carried out to the maximum extent possible by the hussars. They split into small groups and took turns chasing down the enemy. Those who did not have their turn nailed the captured prisoners of war to the crosses brought by the baggage soldiers who rushed from behind. If so......

Eventually, the hussars reached Jerusalem at midnight. Torches were held alof, shouting and mocking at the city, while nailing half-dead enemies to the crosses with sharpened wood, waking the slumbering Holy City with terrifying screams...... (To be continued.) )