Chapter 349: The Sixth Battalion (B)

The second round of cavalry charges. There were only more than a thousand people, Phoenix couldn't organize too many cavalry, and Side Star City was not an important town, and most of these soldiers had only undergone simple cavalry training.

The equipment of the 6th battalion, apparently, exceeded the enemy by too much. After the large heavy crossbows were erected, the soldiers calmly watched the enemy get closer and closer, and at a distance of five hundred meters, they rushed towards the two wings.

The mood of the soldiers guarding the car formation became calmer and calmer. The quality of the enemy's cavalry is good, but if you can't charge head-on, you should send light cavalry to attack only from the side with bows and crossbows, and the speed is faster, these cavalry wearing heavy armor attack with bows and arrows on both sides, and the speed is much slower.

The strength of the war horse, after the first outbreak, can last for a maximum of an hour, and if the inferior horse with a bad bloodline can't hold out for even ten minutes. If the cavalry charge does not tear through the enemy's formation, it is considered a complete failure.

The formation of the 6th battalion was very complete, with a frontal car formation and a large shield on the side. Behind it was the envoy corps of Holy Rock Castle.

The envoys of Holy Rock City ran to the rear, also to see the quality of the soldiers in Metatrin City, but they really can't do it, they can also use a powerful impact to regain the disadvantage. Unexpectedly, the enemy's impact did not shake the formation of the sixth battalion in the slightest, and the defense of the sixth battalion was like an iron bucket. The soldiers in the center were in a neat formation, sitting on makeshift shelves on the ground, ready to stand up and rush out of the shield array.

"This should be Saleen's most elite troops, right?" Duke Balder muttered to himself as he watched the battle calmly. There are two magicians beside him, and he won't take the initiative to ask, for fear that people will refuse to answer, which will be very embarrassing.

Tiffany was obviously not so indifferent, and she spoke: "It's not bad, it's about the same as Qin Yin's main force." Equipped, it's better. ”

Tiffany was obviously talking about the three hundred alchemy crossbows that could shoot five hundred meters away, this kind of thing was contraband in Qin Yin.

"It's not the same, master, not to mention the battalion general, the flag commander of Saleen, he has no respect for Viscount Piac. "Duke Balde has observed carefully, he is also a person who has practiced swordsmanship, and his eyesight is excellent.

"It was the custom of the Fourth Dynasty that the royal family or the royal family's descendant army had a status above the nobility. Archmage Tiffany said casually. Because the surname Metatrin did exist in the Fourth Dynasty. She didn't think much of it, and naturally thought of Saleen as the relic of a royal family of the Fourth Dynasty.

"This is the most terrible ah, Salin only needs to build the main army, and the rest of the army is raised by the nobles, and the nobles dare not betray, so Salin can make the army equipped with unlimited strengthening. It is also easy to use these elite control nobles to fight for him, Metatrin City, and raise 100,000 soldiers. Balde did not forget to remind.

"Your Majesty has your own plans, Balde, you have too much to do. Tiffany replied coldly.

The cavalry of the sixth battalion was like a bamboo, and slammed into the front of the Phoenix cavalry, and the difference in weapons between the two sides was immediately reflected, and at close range, once there was no one in front of them, the cavalry of the sixth battalion immediately fired the crossbow under their feet, and it was invincible within ten meters.

Except for the twenty soldiers on skeletal horses with huge scimitars, the rest of the cavalry were all cross spears.

When the cavalry was hedging, the spear was obviously more advantageous, but the spear was pierced into the enemy's heavy armor. It's easy to pull it out. As soon as this happened to the cavalry of the 6th battalion, they immediately discarded their cross guns and drew their long knives from behind their saddles. Phoenix's cavalry, after losing their spears, was armed with heavy swords.

The swords intersected, both sides were wearing heavy armor, and with the impact of the war horses, the weapons flew wildly. Only a strong swordsman can hold a weapon.

Most of the Phoenix cavalry were dismounted by crossbow shots, and on average more than two cavalry could fight one cavalry of the 6th Battalion. Their numbers were originally smaller than those of the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion, and after the violent collision, only more than two hundred people of the Sixth Battalion were knocked off their horses, and the more unlucky ones were not without them, but most of them were only wounded.

The Phoenix cavalry was killed and wounded more than 500 people, and this time, there were less than 1,000 people left, although they were heavy cavalry, but the sixth battalion was the same.

The Phoenix general, who was the leader, had no choice but to blow a sharp metal whistle and lead the cavalry south, trying to get rid of the cavalry of the 6th Battalion. The speed of both sides had slowed down, and even if their horses were inferior to those of the Sixth Battalion, they could temporarily throw off the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion.

The cavalry of the sixth battalion did not pursue, because a thousand cavalry appeared in the rear, but it was the men of the royal swordsman battalion. Tiffany gave the order, and directly released two group buff magic with Stephanie, and the thousand cavalry rushed out at twice the speed of ordinary cavalry under the light of magic, shining with huge runes.

This kind of group magic can't last, the problem is the distance between the two sides. Less than two miles, more than double the speed, the cavalry of the Royal Swordsman Battalion quickly approached and raised the crossbow barrel in their hands.

This kind of crossbow fired with a machine spring is not powerful enough, the problem is that the crossbow arrows of the Royal Swordsman Battalion are all alchemy arrows, and the sharpness of itself can make up for everything.

Behind the shield array, the infantry of the 6th Battalion took the opportunity to rush out more than 500 men and dragged the wounded cavalry back. And that's not even counting that, another five hundred soldiers also came out of the shield array, came to the wounded Phoenix cavalry, drew their triangular swords, and stabbed them in the weak spots of the wounded's armor.

Qin Yin's armor protects the whole body, and the armor of the heavy cavalry does not have any gaps at all, but for the flexibility of the cavalry in battle, it is inevitable that it will be weak in some places. These weak points are all made of more than two pieces of metal sandwiched between the skin of the demonic beast, but the triangular sword specializes in breaking heavy armor, and it is even easier for the wounded who have no ability to resist.

Originally, only a hundred of the Phoenix cavalry were killed on the spot. The remaining more than 400 people were all injured and fell off their horses. If it is snatched back, it will not die under the treatment of the magician's potion.

The battalion of the sixth battalion will sit firmly in the middle of the army, watching all this coldly. The enemy's infantry had approached a mile of distance, dismounted, and were ready to attack. At this time, it was impossible for the 6th battalion to take any prisoners.

In the last Qin invasion, the Phoenix army did not encounter this situation, and most of the wounded were treated. And this time, Salin's army killed all the wounded on the spot.

When the soldiers of the 6th Battalion do this, they have no psychological pressure, because if they encounter the enemy for the first time, they will continue to fight if they are not completely killed. The Holy See's expeditionary force, as long as one finger can move, may pull the crossbow and kill an enemy when he is dying.

Balder was not surprised to defeat Phoenix's cavalry with a countercharge, the cavalry of the sixth battalion seemed to him to be of good quality and well-armed, and if they couldn't defeat the Phoenix, there would be no need for them to exist.

But this uniform slaughter sent a chill down his heart.

If Saleen's army is like this, the future war will be extremely cruel!

The envoy group of Holy Rock City, two thousand of the three thousand soldiers joined the battle, and only a thousand were left, defending Balde, the two mages did not move, the number of enemies was not large, there was no need for the mages to come forward. Moreover, on the battlefield, a mage of this level will basically only release auxiliary magic on the side, and unless the enemy directly attacks the magician, the magician will not slaughter ordinary soldiers.

There is also a security factor in this, because of the popularity of alchemy equipment, once the mage encounters a powerful weapon in the army, it may also fall under siege. In the Chinese army, surrounded by soldiers, the magicians are almost the safest.

The frontal chariot formation made the Phoenix people very depressed, and they had no choice but to approach the infantry and cavalry. Expanding to both flanks, the forces were scattered. In fact, the vehicles of the 6th Battalion can form a ring to protect all the soldiers, but that is what only happens when encountering an enemy who cannot fight hard.

Now there is no disparity in the number of troops, and the frontal chariot formation diverts the enemy, looking forward to the enemy's hand-to-hand encounter.

The idea of the Phoenix was somewhat simple, they wanted to disrupt the formation of the 6th Battalion with heavy cavalry, and then attack with infantry. However, their own cavalry was defeated, and if these infantry wanted to win, they were completely hard-hitting, and there was no tactic to speak of.

The battalion commander of the 6th Battalion also did not count on any tactics, the terrain was flat and there was nothing to take advantage of. And the enemy is also well prepared, and all the conspiracies are not as good as a head-to-head confrontation.

When Rex trained these soldiers, he didn't have people specifically teach advanced swordsmanship, but focused on discipline. At that time, the officers did not understand, and now everyone is very happy about it.

There are no flaws in the command of the 6th Battalion, because the soldiers are trained in brutal discipline and react instinctively to many things.

Officers at the level of flag regiments only need to issue simple orders, and the entire army will be coordinated. No matter how nervous the soldier was, he executed it perfectly. On such a battlefield, individual capabilities are shrunk and collective power is expanded.

"Forward!"

Suddenly, with a high-pitched shout, accompanied by a fierce drum beat, a banner regiment of infantry crossed the shield array and rushed from the flank towards the cavalry of the second round of attack. The thousand cavalry did not divide their troops, but tried to disrupt the pursuit of the retreating cavalry by the royal swordsman battalion in the south, and no one expected that the infantry of this banner regiment would actually attack the cavalry at a distance of two hundred meters.

On the legs of a thousand heavy armored infantry, the magic light flashed, and the infantry of this flag regiment rushed out at a high speed, and the distance of two hundred meters was originally very far for the infantry, but these heavy armored infantry instantly burst out with a terrifying impact under the effect of magic equipment.

The distance they were able to run was only 500 meters, but it was enough. A flag regiment, a thousand people, divided into five brigades, each with two hundred people, and the infantry in the front row, all strong men with axes and halberds.

Heavy and sharp axes destroyed the hopes of the Phoenix cavalry from the flanks. Before they could abandon their cavalry, they were cut off by the hoplites.

Everyone knows that if the cavalry encounters hoplites, they must be careful, and it is best to rely on the advantage of speed to attack, but who would have thought that the hoplites of the 6th Battalion, with the posture of cavalry, launched an attack on the enemy. The cavalry's counterattack was somewhat weak, attacked from the flanks, and the long swords drawn by the cavalry slashed at the armor of the hoplites, and without the advantage of speed, they could not break the armor at all.

The second infantry regiment rushed out, but the infantry of this regiment had no heavy armor and could not keep up with the speed, so they picked out the enemy's wounded and stabbed at the wounded on the ground with their short guns.

Incomparably brutal battles, cut the grass to the roots!