Chapter 30: The Resurrection of the Kingdom (25~26/60)
"Rush over! Rush over and melee with them, then their ranged attacks won't work!!" Barion's order boosted the morale of Tedus's entire army, and they clearly understood how powerful the ranged firepower of the Pullon Kings was, as they had been subjected to a rain of arrows from Pullon just two minutes earlier. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
I have to say that the black iron arrows stuck in the ground are really terrifying. Their arrowhead parts are mixed with human flesh and internal organs, and they go deeper than a dozen centimeters into the ground. The forward line of the Tydes completely collapsed, and more than a thousand shieldarmourers were nearly wiped out in just five minutes of bombardment.
The Tides are very scared, and to be honest they are neither regular nor very strong elite troops. They were a group of refugees who were dying of starvation, saved by the Tydes, and then died for them.
Under the command, the Tydes ran desperately, stepping on the blood flowing from the corpses of their compatriots, splashing drops of blood in all directions.
Tydes's third, fourth, and fifth legions were again regrouped to launch an offensive charge, led by Barrian and Gaufrey himself, respectively.
Barian redistributed the forces of the completely disabled Third Corps to the Fifth and Fourth Corps, so that they could form two corps of 3,000 men to attack the British Corps on the left and right flanks. In the middle, the Pullen-heavy Changjian phalanx was overlooked.
Barrian's judgment was wise, and he considered the heavily armored Changjian troops to be difficult to move at high speeds and maintain their physical strength for long periods of time. Therefore, it is best to put down this big, hard and difficult bone to deal with the escort troops on both wings first, and then find a way to join forces to exterminate this group of iron cans.
In addition, Barian also drew a group of soldiers from each of the two legions, and asked them to form a skirmisher to constantly harass the phalanx of Pullen, preventing the enemy from trying to support the flanks on foot. The soldiers used brick throwing and other means to attract the attention of the Long Warriors, and Barian took the opportunity to lead his troops to break through and go straight to the location of the Holy Lancer on the right flank.
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"Give up the central breakthrough, do you plan to destroy the two wings of the guards before outflanking my Changjian troops?" Char put down the binoculars in his hand and grinned. This is really an interesting idea, the first time I have seen such a general who wants to defeat the enemy in such a frenzy regardless of the cost of casualties, but is this a little too impatient and loses his cool?
It doesn't hurt to let them break through the central defense belt and fall down like this, after all, the legions of Great Britain are just a group of miscellaneous soldiers, and there is no need to feel sorry for how many people die. However, after all, they are all legionnaires brought out by Artoria herself, and even for Artoria's sake, they can't let them lose too much strength here.
"The enemy still has about 6,000 remaining troops, but unlike the Phries, they do not have the characteristic of fighting to the death. Judging from their movements and expressions, they are just a group of fierce and ruthless mobs, and they do not have the basic qualities of a regular army. Rating reduced from E to F, a complete cannon fodder army. Char's eyes narrowed slightly.
"But having said that, if you can unite this group of scattered troops, and you can also change formations in battle, divide troops and reinforce tactical actions, the commander should be a rare talent, if he can be captured alive, let him join the city of Puron. But if you refuse to give in, you will be beheaded on the spot......"
Raise your arms, and then swing down vigorously! Char ordered the troops of the Second Front to start the attack with all their strength, concentrating on the target and shooting the enemy's left flank troops two hundred meters ahead.
At the same time, the mortar units of the Third Front were ordered to bombard, targeting the enemy's right flank at a distance of 320 meters in front. Select Ammo Mode - Explosion (Burning Fish Oil Canister) mode.
"The long-range troops of the Third Front, two bursts of fire!" shouted the herald with an oily face when he saw the flag order, and overtook the mortar unit behind him with a black face. "Equip a canned fish oil and give the enemy a barbecue feast!!"
"Prin King!!!Glory Roses!!" The engineers shouted excitedly. The next second, they immediately became nervous and busy. The first step is to place the fish oil in the porcelain jar, which is completely enclosed, into the muzzle of the mortar, and aim the bottom of the jar at a soft cushioning cloth like cotton in the middle of the catapult being fired. This is to prevent the spring from being too powerful when ejected, and the fish oil canister will be blown directly inside the launcher.
"Ignite the fire!" torches lit the strips of cloth soaked in fish oil at the mouth of the altar. And by this time the procedure for preparing the mortar for firing was completed.
Now they are waiting for the final confirmation of the launch order............
Knock knock! Knock knock! The drums of war are sounding in unison, and a hundred flags are fluttering.
Behind the reloaded Changjian phalanx in the Puren Royal City, hundreds of swaying black shadows suddenly rose on the grass. Hundreds of invisible-clad archers appeared! their faces painted with green herbs and their hands holding the Sun Bow.
To the beat of drums, more than seven hundred archers of the second front began to bend down to shoot their arrows.
The first row of ragged archers were the archers of the British Legion, dressed in rudimentary leather and linen clothes, with only a thick bow made of wood and short-feathered arrows. The firing range is short, the lethality is not great, and most importantly, it is necessary to rely on numerical superiority to exert a long-range suppression effect.
Behind the British archers stood a completely different army. They wore uniform clothing and were armed with uniform weapons. The Solar Bow is a compact and delicate forge, and it is extremely powerful, allowing it to fire many different types of arrows. This time, the first choice of the Pullen archers was the "Heart-Piercing Arrow", one of the most lethal arrows in the Pullen Castle.
"The second front has removed its camouflage, and the whole army has been preparing to shoot repeatedly!!" the commander ordered, and all the archers of Pullen acted in unison, and the work of drawing arrows and building bows was completed in an instant. The whole process is just like what they have trained thousands of times every day, the movements are not fancy, and the proficiency is as smooth as flowing water.
The sound of bows being opened sounded one after another, and hundreds of heart-piercing arrows flashed with cold light aimed at the sky. The archers of Pullen stared resolutely ahead, their faces grim and unsmiling, their eyes glowing with coldness and bloodlust. Their thick arms and strong hearts give them the strength to keep this movement going from day to night, but with a single command, they can also turn day into night covered by arrows!
"-Archers!!" the Tides spotted the Pullen archers who had removed their disguises, and a scream of surprise exploded through the legion.
Gao Frei was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly raised his head and looked forward. Sure enough, behind the group of heavily armed soldiers, I don't know where another group of archers appeared, and the number seemed to be nearly a thousand!
"Bastard!!!How many soldiers is that damn bastard hiding?!!" The angry and corrupt Golflet scolded angrily, angrily accusing King Pullen of being a despicable villain who would not dare to fight the battle with dignity. Always hide everything like a!
"Archers?!From there?!"
"I don't know!!
"******! Could it be that there are gods on the other side to help them? There are nearly a thousand more people in broad daylight for no reason?!"
"They just came out of nowhere behind the hoplites!!We didn't even notice it!!"
The left flank of the Tydes was half frightened to death by the sudden appearance of the archers, who were now all dressed in cloth, and few of them even picked up their shields except for the weapons in their hands. The smarter ones also know how to pull a shield or weapon from the shield armor soldier when they run, but more people are stupid and run all the way, and they don't think of this at all!
In addition, the Pullen Legion's covert tactics also seem to have been very successful. The strategic idea of using a masking net to achieve a hidden goal and then popping up when the enemy is careless to perform a one-hit kill is correct.
Moreover, many of King Pullen's ideas and tactics are far beyond the scope of understanding in this era, and his strength and strength are based on a huge amount of information, which means that if there is no equal amount of knowledge and information storage as King Pullen, then it is difficult for the enemy to defeat King Pullen and his army head-on.
"-Rush!!Don't stop!!"
Gao Frei was covered in a cold sweat, but years of battlefield experience made him make a decision that he had never made so quickly in his life. Obviously, Gao Frey knew very well that his group of thousands of men was a target without the cover of the shield armourers, and the only chance to win was to rush over and fight the archers before they could play!
When the Tydes heard the order, they suddenly woke up like a dream, and they ran away in shock and anger! This time they charged up with a momentum compared to the previous one, if they ran like an ordinary family car in the last second, then now each of them is a professional F1 driver!
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"Naive, do you still want to run for your life now, and being buried under the rain of arrows in the royal city of Pulon is your only destination. Welcome to the royal city of Prun, and welcome to your group of maggots in the ditch of Great Britain. Char stood on the high platform with his head held high in arrogance, and said as he looked at the group of Teddes who fled in all directions like an anthill collapsing.
"Order all ranged troops to attack, and not to shoot for the time being after the third front is pressed. Char said coldly: "Since you choose to charge and fight, it means that the enemy general has no cards to play." It's a shame to expose your limits so early on the battlefield. Originally...... You should be better and bring more experience to me and the army of King Puron, but it's a pity. ”
Soon, the battle flag fluttered again on the high platform.
At this moment, all the ranged troops entered the offensive stance, and all of them fired their weapons under the command officer's command.
The archers of the Pulon Legion who were the first to strike. The Sun Bow has a range and accuracy that ordinary bows and arrows can't match, and the battle flag over there has just been ordered, and after the five hundred Pullen archers here shoot arrows every one hundred and fifty people, the second wave will follow two seconds later. This was followed by the third and fourth-and-a-half waves.
"-Arrows are coming!!" there was a cry of fear from the left-wing Tydes' legions.
The two major components of the Arrow Feather Array, which will become famous all over the world, the first part of the giant crossbow phalanx, and the second part of the archer phalanx, have all appeared. Although there were still the third and fourth phalanxes, they had only appeared more than a year after today, and now the primary arrow rain array in the royal city of Puron was only giant crossbows and archers.
At the beginning, there were only more than one hundred and fifty arrows, but the key was that the rain of arrows in the Puron King City adopted a continuous shooting and continuous attack mode. Although the base of each wave is not large, it can't withstand its continuous continuous shooting without intervals!
The arrows of the Puron broke through the air, and some of the people with shields rushed out and raised their shields in a vain attempt to block them. However, although the Sun Bow is not as powerful as the Giant Crossbow, it is also a heavy Far Bow. In addition, the Heart-piercing Arrow is also a heavy arrow in nature, and the combination of the two still kills ordinary wooden shields in seconds, unless it is wrapped in a layer of iron sheet, it is really impossible to shoot through.
"-Block!!Block--Pss
Brush brush brush - !
Wave after wave of arrows burst through the air, ploughing the left flank of the Tydes into disarray, and the momentum of the charge was stopped in one go, and six rapid rounds had already killed hundreds of enemies.
The battlefield on the left flank was littered with arrows stuck in the ground, and at a cursory glance it looked like a sea of arrows gathered on a large scale.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Fries quickly ordered the team to send out a straggler. But in this way, the power of their charge will be reduced, and even if they rush through, it may not be possible to pose a great threat to the British Right Wing Army, which is waiting for it.
But if you don't rush, you will definitely die! There is no doubt about that.
Barrian's right-wing corps also noticed the predicament of the Friesian legion, but at this time they were also unable to protect themselves. Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy did not attack them from a distance, the legion led by Barian had already broken through the six-hundred-meter distance limit and rushed to the left flank of the Lancer's defense.
“...... Didn't the king order the mortar units of the Third Front to attack?" the Holy Lancer was dressed in elite iron armor and rode his beloved horse "Elistek" and stood at the forefront with a cool-shaped spear.
The long red cloak fluttered in the wind, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes were staring at the back of the Holy Lancer with envy. Not only fascinated by his demeanor, but also because he was willing to take the lead in the front of the team and fight with them even though he was the commander of an army. There is nothing more recognizable and embraced by the soldiers.
The Knights of the Holy Lance stared at the Tedus forces that had already been killed, the enemies were outnumbered but no different from their own. The division of troops to contain the Changjian forces in the city of Pleon caused their two flanks to be drastically reduced in numbers, although the British side was still double the difference of 1,000 men versus 2,500 men.
More than 100 meters ahead, a man riding a black war horse was leading the charge. Judging by his equipment and armor, he should be the leader of the enemy. At this moment, he was leading an army of more than 2,000 people behind him to rush straight ahead, and his eyes were red and obviously murderous. If you don't stop it, you'll probably do a lot of damage to your side.
At this point, it is pointless to consider why the king did not order the Third Front to open artillery bombardment. The Holy Spear Knight thought with a grim face that the enemy was right in front of him, and it was his mission to follow the king's order to defeat all of his remaining troops!
"--The whole army obeys the order!!"
The dragon-shaped spear head that rose into the sky waved a gust of wind and smoke downward!
The Knights of the Holy Lance shouted: "Now is the time for us to show our loyalty to the king! Here we will use the sword in our hand, the shield in our hand, and indulge in the glory of the king on this battlefield!!!!
"Assault Forward-!!" The Lancer took the lead, riding his horse and rushing towards the enemy's main general, Barrian. The British soldiers behind him shouted slogans even more feverishly, drew their swords and enthusiastically followed the figure of the Holy Lancer.
At this moment, they have nothing to fear! At this moment! Their blood is boiling-!!
"For Great Britain!!"
"For Tedes!!"
The legions of the two forces finally came together in close quarters, and an extremely thrilling battle broke out immediately as soon as the two sides came into contact. Between each other, you come and go, and the sound of killing is earth-shattering!
The Knight of the Holy Lance galloped his way through the crowd of enemies, and pointed his spear at Barrian, who was also riding a horse!
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"Hmph, did the last desperate run break through my defensive line?" Char looked at the left and right wings that had been mixed not far from the high platform, although the archers of the Puron King City had inflicted great damage on the left flank of the Tydes, but they still couldn't stop the group of people from desperately breaking through the defensive line in one go, and mixing with the troops led by the Knights of Songs stationed on the left flank.
However, Char not only did not have any dissatisfied and anxious expressions about his defensive line being breached, but instead showed a look of real regret.
"The order was given, the Fifth Front was activated, and all this was resolved in one fell swoop. Char slowly closed his eyes, then waved his hand and gave a command.
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It is about 400 meters behind Point A.
On standby here are the Knights of the British Guard, one hundred and fifty, the Knights of the Round Table of Great Britain twelve, the Knights of the Elite Praetorian Guard of the Prien King City of October 150 men, the Glory of the Glory Hussar Regiment of the Prin Kings of Pleon 600 men, and the King of Great Britain, King Arthurian Artoria Pendragon!
Of the nine hundred cavalry, three hundred were Heavy Praetorian Knights, and the remaining six hundred were long-range light cavalry.
At this time, suddenly there were bursts of drums from the front line, and there was a clear sense of rhythm in the frenzy, which was obviously the transmission of some kind of signal.
In the woods, a young knight with long sky-blue hair raised her head at the sound.
Then, she turned her face to the blonde king, who was closing his eyes on his horse. Even when she was resting, she rode a war horse in full armor, ready to go to the front line to support anytime and anywhere. Obviously, Char told her to allocate her physical strength and rest well, after all, after the start of the war, it was a high-intensity combat mode for three consecutive days, and it was not over after today's battle.
But Artoria apparently ignored Char's advice again, just as Char had ignored her so-called tax orders every time. The two have a very tacit side to each other, but they also have their own very stubborn side.
"Wang ...... The signal is coming. ”
"Ah, I know. I heard Char's signal, thank you for reminding Akuya. ”
King Arthur slowly opened his eyes, revealing the big emerald eyes that were crystal clear with a hint of cold light. She responded in a soft voice to the only female knight among her knights of the Round Table, a 16-year-old genius knight girl named Akuya. She is also the weakest of the Knights of the Round Table, ranking twelfth.
At this moment, a certain long-haired Purlen Guardian Knight, wearing a mask-covering helmet and an arrogant body, also appeared.
"Did you hear the signal, so you rushed over?unknown mysterious silver knight who didn't know his face or even wanted to speak. King Arthur glanced back at the knight who was known as the most trusted knight in the city of Pullon, codenamed Moon Moon, and ranked second among the guardian knights.
As before, she neither responded nor expressed her words. The guardian knight named Under the Moon ignored King Arthur's scrutiny, and waved his hand behind him, and suddenly there was a sound of iron armor colliding.
October's elite Praetorian Knights, as well as six hundred long-range cavalry, were all ready to attack. The knight's spears, which rose straight into the sky, stood as dense as a forest. The moment they galloped and pointed their rifles at the enemy, I don't know how many people were frightened.
"Looks like you're ready. At this time, King Arthur also stood up behind his elite guards, as well as the Knights of the Twelve Round Table. Except for Lancelot, who stayed in the royal capital, all of them, including Bedwell, have arrived.
"Then - !!! departure"
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