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Upon hearing the report that a large group of cavalry was approaching in this direction, Dimatt immediately ordered all the fighters of the Guard Banner to quickly prepare for battle. The Shouyang Army www.biquge.info was notoriously well-trained, and at the sound of Dimat's order, all the soldiers of the Guard Banner immediately formed two rows on either side of the Heavy Weapons Wing to form their own defensive line, and those hoplites also formed a line of defense in front of the magic spearmen to prevent the enemy from attacking.

All preparations for battle were in such order, and by the time the formation was arranged, the dust raised by the horses' hooves was just being seen on the horizon.

The strength of the Shouyang Army was not to be taken lightly at all, so even though it was the first exploratory attack, it was also carried out jointly by the two wings. The eight thousand cavalry of the two wings, led by their respective captains, intended to attack from each flank, and their target was the big and bulky ones.

The Durrants thought very clearly, these big guys were not easy to transport, and they had no ability to fire at all during the march, so it should be relatively easy to attack. Once these heavy weapons reach the city, they will inflict maximum damage on the Durrant soldiers, and their elimination will also be of great benefit to the Durrant army's subsequent defense of the city.

The cavalry of the two wings charged from two directions, and the captain of the squadron was confident that this attack would be a must-have. As long as the heavy weapons wing of the Shouyang Army is eliminated, the casualties of their own defense of the city will be greatly reduced, and with such outstanding combat exploits, the two of them are enough to jump to the position of division commander.

What the two wing captains didn't expect was that they were not attacked by each other's longbows from a distance of four hundred meters. The surprise of not being attacked made the Durrant cavalry more relieved, they thought that the other side was not prepared to prevent a sneak attack, and even did not have a longbow in the heavy weapons wing, which would greatly reduce the difficulty of their sneak attack, so the Durrant cavalry pushed their horses faster.

Faintly, they saw those hoplites with dragon spears erected, although these infantry were difficult to travel in normal times when they were fully equipped, but fortunately, they still used the combined armor designed by Fang Ruitao, these armors can be carried on their backs in normal times, and they are combined when they go to the battlefield, which is very convenient to use, and it will not get in the way in peacetime. By this time, the well-trained hoplites had already put the plates into the card slots, connecting their armor into a sturdy heavy armor, and the chests containing the armor had been transformed into huge rectangular tower shields.

Faced with the steel line, the Durrants were relieved. Although these steel fortresses are difficult to pass, the Durrant army is now also equipped with semi-heavy cavalry, and it will not be too much of a disadvantage to fight against them, and their own side can gather superior forces at a point and quickly cut through the opponent's formation, which will bring great trouble to the hoplites, after all, although their armor is strong, it is indeed difficult to move positions.

The Durrant cavalry fell to the ground, raised their cavalry guns horizontally, and at the same time increased their horses and charged towards the line of heavy infantry. When the Durrant cavalry rushed to a distance of two hundred meters from the defense line, a long pipe suddenly stretched out from behind the hoplites, and soon red magical energy flew out and hit the Durrant cavalry.

The reason why they didn't attack at a distance of four hundred meters just now was because the attack power of the magic spearmen was strong, but the effective range was only two hundred meters, so they would keep forbearing. Now that the Durrant cavalry was in effective range, Dimatt immediately ordered an attack.

The two rows of Magic Lancers take turns attacking, and although their Magic Guns take five seconds to recharge, they are still much faster than the Longbow, and the Magic Lancers don't have to struggle to pull the longbow, which greatly reduces physical exertion and greatly increases their long-lasting combat effectiveness.

Under the intensive attack, those Durrant cavalry were shot one after another, and the magic spears could even penetrate the earth dragon beasts, and these ordinary cavalry were even more useless, although the distance between the two sides was very close, but the two rows of magic spearmen took turns to shoot to the extent that they were continuous, and the Durrant cavalry was blocked a hundred meters away, but they couldn't take a step forward.

The corpses of the Durrant cavalry quickly covered the ground, which made it even more difficult for the subsequent cavalry to attack. Just when the captain of the Durrant army didn't know what to do, a huge bowstring suddenly sounded, and a powerful throwing spear flew out, and after completely penetrating the two cavalry, it fell to the ground with all its strength, and the two cavalrymen were also thrown off their horses with the throwing spear, and they lost their breath at that time.

Under the cover of hoplites and magic spearmen, the hoplites quickly completed the combat readiness of the ballistas, and they even turned the ballista around after assembling it on the carriage, delivering a fatal blow to the Durrant cavalry. More and more hand-pushed ballistas turned around and began to rain arrows at the Durrant cavalry, and many Zhuge crossbows, which were difficult to move because they had no wheels, were also turned around to join the attack. In the face of increasingly dense blows, the Durrant cavalry finally had no choice but to retreat.

After nightfall on this day, Fang Ruitao sat on the chair of the Chinese army's tent and looked at today's battle report. Just two days after the army set off, Fang Ruitao received a lot of battle reports. There seem to be as many as nine batches of Durrant cavalry attacking the marching army today, and although only one of the waves was successful, it caused little damage to our side, but it seriously slowed down the march of the army.

Fang Ruitao knew that Snow Wolf Pass was too far away from Dima City, and if he wanted the army to have enough supplies to attack the main force of the Durant army stationed there, he had to take Kun Gong City as a logistics supply point. Fang Ruitao, who knew the speed of his soldiers, knew that although he had raised the level of vigilance, so that the whole army would not suffer any losses under the sneak attack of the other party, but after all, this would slow down his marching speed, and once the other side replenished enough troops in Kun Gong City, his attack would become very difficult.

Fang Ruitao paced back and forth, according to his calculations, Durrant's cavalry stationed in Dima City would complete all combat preparations tomorrow morning, and then send troops to Kun Cheng City. Since the Durrant army was entirely cavalry, it only took them a day and a night to reach the city of Kun, and if he did not reach and capture the city in a day, he could be attacked from both sides.

"Xianggong, we should speed up our march and strive to arrive at Kun Gong City as soon as possible. Zhu Yunmei looked at the sand table and said.

"The fourth lady is right. Gou Jinguang nodded and said: "But once we speed up the march, it is easy to cause the queue to be disjointed, and if we let the opponent's sneak cavalry take advantage of the loophole, we will suffer great losses." ”

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