Chapter 16: It's Called Violent Aesthetics!
The horn of the attack sounded, and the Hun cavalry in the front row also began to slowly move forward, and the black flag of Hannibal began to move forward on the left.
Following the crowded crowd of horsemen, Hannibal's crotch began to increase his speed a little, and as far as the eye could see, there were crowds of human heads in front and behind, the sound of horses' hooves resounding across the earth, and the heavy wheezing of the Viking warriors could be faintly heard, they were warlike but also cherished life, and if they were unlucky, this might be the last battle in their lives.
As the speed of the horses under the crotch of the Viking warriors increased little by little, they heard the familiar sound of wind passing by their earsγγγγγ
Soon they were within range of the Ottoman archers.
No less than a hundred thousand longbows squeaked nervously as they were pulled apart.
Then, under the shouting and reprimand of the officer, a cluster of sharp arrows pointed at the sky at an oblique angle, and the officer gave an order, and a wave of arrows flew up in an instant, intertwined into a dense rain of arrows in the air, and then fell fiercely from the sky with a scream of death.
With the powerful inertia of falling from a height, the sharp arrow clusters can shoot through even sturdy iron armor with ease, not to mention the leather armor that ordinary Viking warriors are equipped with!
Hannibal's eyes narrowed slightly, indifferently looking at the arrows that kept accumulating from the air, two sharp arrows even passed against his cheeks, the feathers at the end of the arrows swept his facial muscles faintly painful, just a fraction of a second, these two sharp arrows could shoot through his face, the situation was so dangerous, Hannibal did not even blink an eye.
Hannibal felt that these two arrows did not need to use a shield, and soon he understood how correct the statement that Lou came to tell him that he was an arrow magnet, and the leather armor of the other Viking warriors was sewn from calfskin, yellowish gray, and the color of the grass on the wasteland was basically the same as that of this season, and it was estimated that from the eyes of the archers on the opposite side, the metal heavy armor he was wearing was shining!
A few more black dots galloped towards him, Hannibal subconsciously bent down this time, raised his shield, and protected his head and upper body under the shield, after a few crisp sounds of metal collision, Hannibal showed his face, just now, Hannibal's metal shield inserted more than ten arrows, all pierced into the buffer layer of the metal shield, did not pierce.
There are constantly unlucky Viking warriors who are shot by stray arrows, and fall dying in a pool of blood, while also wailing before death, but the people around them are deaf to this, and can cross the horse and cross it, and step on it if they can't cross it, and they don't have the meaning of stopping to save people, whether it is killing or being killed, death has always been the theme of war, and people have to die when they fight, which is nothing to make a fuss about.
Arrows rained down, and people kept falling, and although they were threatened with death, none of the Viking warriors who had been poured into a string of mare's milk wine when they were young stopped or flinched.
The rain of arrows seemed to be endless, and I don't know how long it took, after paying more than 30,000 dead and wounded, the two armies finally met in close arms.
The two armies advancing opposite each other were like two streams of iron colliding together, and in an instant they collided with brilliant blood, the sound of flesh and shields, the wails of soldiers, the loud sound of horses falling, the soft sound of spears piercing into fat and muscle, and the long sound of horns and the heavy breathing of soldiers on both sides on the battlefield, which were about to exceed a million, all played a melody of death......
At this moment, life is as humble as a weed on the side of the road.
Hannibal held his saber in his right hand and his shield in his left, staring indifferently ahead of him through the gap in his shield.
Several spears stabbed at Hannibal were cut off by him at the first time, but the corners of his mouth were still opened by the sniper arrows shot by the cold in the back row, and Hannibal instantly felt that his mouth had become bigger, and it was still wet!
Although the two armies have been in close arms, only the hoplites in the front row and the Viking warriors in the second row are really fighting in blood, because few Viking warriors in the first row have survived, the light cavalry on both wings of the Ottomans and the Byzantine heavy armored iron cavalry in the rear have not yet participated in the battle, and the mammoth cavalry of Da Danyu and more than 10,000 royal court guards have not participated in the battle.
Although the mammoth cavalry is not well-equipped, they have higher morale and the most tenacious will, and they are the masters of the battlefield!
Da Shan Yu slowly raised the dragon bone scepter in his hand, and the sharp bone spurs pointed to the Chinese army banner (a flag printed with the symbol of the Ottoman Empire - the crescent moon) in front of him, Da Shan Yu raised his head to the sky like a fierce tiger and roared: "Mammoth cavalry! Half a century! They have forgotten the fear you brought him, and they have forgotten the feeling and pain when they were turned into powder by your effortless trampling under your feet, now! It's time for them to reminisce!"
After speaking, he patted the building next to him on the back and shouted, "I am old!
"Square Array!
The big order is drunk at the last time!
The more than 35,000 Viking warriors riding on the mammoth responded violently and divided into two teams, each team lined up in a neat rectangle, which was the most suitable formation for the mammoth cavalry to charge, and they followed closely behind the building, like a pack of hungry wolves that found their prey, and covered the Ottoman light cavalry on the opposite flank and the Byzantine heavy iron cavalry.
A Viking warrior who was in front of the battle was taken aback when he saw this, and shouted excitedly: "Brothers! Da Danyu's mammoth cavalry has charged!
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The Viking warriors who were charging into battle raised their heads to the sky and let out a wolf howl. The voice carried the ** of the enemy's flesh and blood and the naked desire to kill.
The 35,000 mammoth cavalrymen who were rushing into the building with their swords raised their swords turned their heads sideways when they heard the sound, and continued to charge with a bold smile at their compatriots.
The Ottoman light cavalry on the front of the two flanks of the formation felt that the pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and the frequency of their hearts was beating higher and higher, and the terrible beasts of the desolation on the opposite side were moving from far to near, and the closer they were, the more they could see the terrifying size of the mammoth beasts, and they began to curse their commanders, why not put those "iron cans" in the front row.
The heralds of this formation roared, and finally reached the poor group of Ottoman light cavalry, and the order was: Charge!
Although the Ottoman cavalry was very afraid of the mammoth cavalry in front of them, they did not dare not carry out the order, because disobeying the military order would definitely die, and they might survive by rushing over and fighting these giant beasts. They understood that their duty was only to send them to their deaths, to give the Byzantine ironclad heavy cavalry behind them time and distance to assemble and charge.
The Ottoman light cavalry drew their swords, closed their eyes tightly, clamped their horses' bellies, and rushed towards the terrible storage zΓ i on the opposite side.
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A squad leader of the Ottoman light cavalry stepped forward, raised his sword and slashed at the neck of the building, and the corner of the building's mouth suddenly bloomed with a cold smile, and the sparrow also deserved to compete with the eagle...... The saber is lighter and quicker than the sword, and the right amount of arc is able to cut through a larger area of flesh in the shortest amount of time (this is what I studied, I studied).
A knife kills, the floor to the knife will never stay, a pull the reins, the crotch of the war horse will be crushed by the corpse of the other party on the ground, the building is like a tiger down the mountain to drive the horse forward.
The two Ottoman light cavalry with red eyes and the idea of death, raised their swords and stepped forward, trying to block the footsteps of the building, before they could split the sword in their hands, the strong body of the building trembled, and used the greatest strength to clamp the horse's belly, the crotch of the war horse was painful, and suddenly accelerated, and it was already with a violent momentum from the gap between the two Ottoman light cavalry.
At the moment of passing through, Lou Lai quickly drew another saber from the side of the saddle with his left hand, and slashed the two Ottoman light cavalrymen from their horses with one hand.
After two muffled sounds, the two Ottoman light cavalry had shrunk to the ground, the expressions on their faces were sluggish, and there was red blood gushing from the corners of their mouths, eyes, nostrils and ear holes.
And that's just the dead men who crashed into the building and the dead men around him who were responsible for protecting him, and the γγγγγγγγγγ those who crashed into the mammoths
8 Ottoman light cavalry with fear and restraint, rushed to the front row of mammoth cavalry, the first to shoot is the mammoth cavalry on the back of the Viking archer, he held three arrows in his mouth, condescending, an arrow shot in the eye socket of an Ottoman light cavalry, close shooting, great stamina, after shooting him directly to death, he was knocked off the horse.
The other archer missed, a look of reluctance and resentment.
But the two spearmen began to exert their might, and they took them from behind, and they were also condescending, and the spears in their hands trembled under the arms made of steel, and with the coldness of bloodlust and weapons, they pierced into the heart of one of the Ottoman light cavalrymen who rushed forward.
The force was so great that it pierced through the poor Ottoman hussar's body, leaving a large hole that was transparent but slowly beginning to turn red.
The castration of the spear continued unabated, and continued to stab the neck of the Ottoman light cavalry in the back row, this Ottoman light cavalry was obviously much more agile, felt the wind, jerked his head, crooked his neck to dodge, and continued to gallop forward.
But wait, and soon he felt a chill on his body, more and more numbness from his shoulders down, almost unconscious, and the reins of his horse and his sword in his hands became heavier and heavier.
Stretched out his hand and touched his neck, he dodged just now, but how to say, it was the spear that flew by, and cut off a piece of flesh about half a catty on his neck, which contained the vocal cords and esophagus of the Ottoman light cavalryγγγγγγγ
In the end, only four Ottoman cavalrymen rushed to the feet of this mammoth cavalry, and when they saw this scene, the two axemen on the back of the mammoth with a 3-meter-long hand and a very thick wooden handle laughed, and the smile was very bloody, like a shark that smelled blood, showing the sharp teeth of Moribai.