"Have all the archers light up the rocket, and when they get closer, focus their fire on it!"

Duke Andia confidently turned his head and shouted to the adjutant behind him, the meat grinder of the Fiya Dynasty is not a completely invincible tool of war, the meat grinder is large and slow, which is destined to be the first target of the enemy's trebuchet as long as it appears on the battlefield, and the meat grinder has a heavy flaw, that is, it is afraid of fire, as long as it is ignited, then the meat grinder and the soldiers behind the meat grinder will fall into chaos

But as soon as his words could fall, he saw the adjutant facing him change his face,

"Bastard, did you listen to me!" Duke Andya thought that the adjutant didn't understand what he meant, and said angrily, "Didn't you hear my order! That thing is afraid of fire, as long as it has a fast enough rocket, it can destroy it before it gets close! Immediately pass on the news, as long as you find an opportunity, fire and ignite it!"

"Your Excellency. I think you may be mistaken, it seems that the Istanians have improved it!" The adjutant's face turned pale, and he cautiously stretched out his finger and pointed behind Duke Andya behind him,

Andya turned his head, and the words that he was about to curse were blocked in his mouth, Siege Meat Grinder! How could the Istan people know this!" Duke Andya was stunned when he saw it, gasped, and the fingers holding the reins of the war horse gurgled, it is said that during the Fia Dynasty, the real battlefield meat grinder was also known as the War Mobile Fortress,

At that time, the meat grinder barrier had two functions: field and siege, when fighting in the field, the meat grinder would be covered with a layer of fireproof felt, and advance with the synchronous team to crush and cut the enemy array, and in siege warfare, the large and slow meat grinder was the preferred target of the enemy's trebuchet, so the strengthening of the meat grinder was not only added with fireproof felt. There were also enough baffles to withstand enemy rockets and catapults, and these baffles were made of the strongest iron wood, which was the best material for the construction of naval warships, and was as hard as iron, even if it was soaked in the sea for a hundred years, there would not be the slightest crack

I saw that the five huge chariots of the Iraqi people like mobile fortresses stopped at a distance of about 100 meters outside the range of the archers, and the light infantry queue behind began to cover up, and the light infantry with small round shields in their hands quickly cleared the barricades in front of them, paving the way for the advance of the meat grinder, behind the meat grinder. The Iranian infantry were forming a line with their wings spread out, and the sappers were putting the finishing touches on the meat grinder, only to see two fireproof felt baffles slowly rising on both sides of the meat grinder, and the skin of the baffle was densely packed with metal spikes, like a giant hedgehog

The top is also covered with a layer of wooden panels, which are covered with metal skin, and in the middle of the side panels are a row of small round holes, which are supposed to be used for ventilation insiders

"Advance! Ural!" the Iranian army shouted slogans, and the infantry behind them began to cling to the meat grinder in front. Everyone began to push with all their might, the thrust behind the meat grinder began to expand, the wooden wheels rattled again, and the sound of crushing stone rattled. The heavy body of the car dragged out two deep retreats on the ground, and the dull sound was like a kind of suppression in the hearts of the soldiers.

"Your Excellency. What shall we do now?" the adjutant's tone was visibly flustered,

Don't mess around, the more nervous you are, the more you can't mess with yourself. We'll have a way!" Andya said angrily, he didn't know where the Istan got these meat grinders, but it was clear that they were the product of the last days of the Fiya dynasty

Because at that time, in order to cope with the ambitions of the princes in various places, the meat grinder, which had always been used as a siege weapon, began to be used in field battles with the enemy's army, and the meat grinder at that time was already the pinnacle of land warfare machinery.

As seen now, not only the front end of the meat grinder is added with a more deterrent giant scythe and a three-bladed blade, that is, on the side of the baffle, the craftsmen also added a row of pikemen's bayonets, the wide rear compartment can accommodate twenty to thirty soldiers to enter, the open opening of the mobile fortress is designed at the safest tail, the top baffle is thickened to three layers, and the bayonet muzzle on the side of the baffle is the most terrible part of this war fortress, once this big hedgehog penetrates the array of the enemy army, the long bayonet spear lurking inside will give a large number of casualties to the dense enemy outside from the muzzle

Such a meat grinder, called a mobile war barrier is worthy of its name, not only can withstand the blow of the general trebuchet, but as long as the infantry is not the escort is defeated, the rest is not a problem for the meat grinder, the rebels who resisted the suppression of the Fiya Dynasty at the beginning, is to seize the weakness of the side of the meat grinder, the design first defeated the escort infantry group, only to lead the largest corps of the Fiya Dynasty to defeat, more than 130 meat grinders were burned in the battle, the war that led the Fiya Dynasty from strength to decline is called" The Battle of the Meat Grinder!" is a very famous example of war in Central Europe and Barrow

Will you be able to replicate that battle yourself?

No way! Duke Andya was very sure of this, the Istan were not the proud and arrogant Fiya army, their infantry clusters were close behind the meat grinder, there was no trace of a zone to break through, and the lancemen on the flanks, parallel in a cross line, were enough to give a devastating blow to any enemy who tried to approach, and behind the enemy's army, the enemy's newly withdrawn heavy cavalry was resting, like a cheetah lurking in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to give himself the most fatal blow, the other party was a very vindictive and conceited person, from the fierce pursuit of himself, all the way to more than six hundred miles, he ambushed the other party with heavy cavalry in the Fukodil area, which made the other party hate him to the core, and the conceit of the other party will definitely use this way to save face!

"Rocket ready!"

Gang Fei ordered the cavalry to fly fast at the front end of the archer array ran over, although he knew that it might have little effect, but at present the only thing that could threaten the opponent was the rocket, the whole row of Gang Fei archers with a stern expression pulled out the arrow cluster from the arrow sac, used a convenient burning oilcloth to protect the metal arrows in front, and then lit them with torches inserted at their feet, countless front-end burning arrow clusters began to slowly lift towards a forty-five degree angle, the archers held their breath, there was only a crackling and popping sound from the burning of the front-end oilcloth in the air, and their eyes were firmly fixed on the front slowly approaching"Behemoth"

"Shoot!"

With a loud command, countless fingers released the tail feathers of the arrow cluster, like countless meteors crossing a gorgeous arc. Suddenly flew into the sky from the horizon and quickly fell at a certain height

"Attention!"

The Iranian infantry raised the shield in their hands, close to the rear flank of the five large meat grinder fortresses, and "snapped" countless arrow clusters fell like a storm, hitting the shields with a dense sound like a torrential rain, and the top of the five meat grinder walls as the main target of the arrow clusters was filled with dense arrow clusters, just like a hedgehog that suddenly exploded, but when the arrow clusters fell, the five mobile war barriers did not even hurt a single hair, and still continued to move forward unhurriedly. Dumbfounded, the Istan raised their shields full of arrows and let out cheers

"Roan, can your cavalry take out those things?" Andia angrily called out to his cavalry commander,

The general, who wore a crossed lion helmet on his head and wore a majestic shuttle scale armor, glanced at the strong gunners of Istan on the side of the meat grinder rampart, those pitchers were the nemesis of the cavalry troops, and his cavalry were southerners, he gritted his teeth and said, "Istan throws guns quickly and accurately." And I can pierce through the chain mail of our cavalry, and if the adults can help me get rid of the opponent's spearman, I might be able to give it a try!"

"Okay, the gunman will give it to me. I'll leave those things to you!" said Andya after a moment's hesitation

"As your lord wishes!" Roan knelt down on one knee in front of Andya, stood up and turned away, he came to his cavalry unit, his gaze swept over his men with stern expressions. He drew his sword, pointed at the five meat grinders in the distance, and shouted, "Did you all see it? There is no way for the infantry and archers to do so, now we have to rely on our cavalry! Behind you is the southern part of the empire, and we are all very eager to return alive, but if we can't stop the enemy's pursuit here, the war will burn to the south, to your homeland, think of what the Istan are doing in the north, would you like to see that outcome?"

"Give the order, my lord!" a cavalry captain put his hand on his right chest and patted him hard, "We have already failed once in Focodil, and this time, even if it is our lives, we will fight for our honor!"

"Okay! all of them, have torches and porcelain weapons ready, we may attack at any time!" Luo An nodded, Fucodil battled, he led the cavalry to attack the Iraqisans, but was defeated by the Iraqi in the middle line, and the whole battle became a laughing stock, and the cavalry has always been humiliated.

"Yes!" the sound resounded through the sky, and all the five thousand cavalry raised their spears like clouds. An array of delta wings was formed. They held their spears in one hand and torches in the other, and the distant rays of the setting sun shone on them, reflecting a beseemous light, and a breeze gently lifted the straps of the cavalrymen's helmets. Like a battle flag fluttering,

Luo An's horse was lined up in the front row of the phalanx, and he calmly looked at the moving barrier in front of him, and his right hand began to slowly rise. The queue behind him was solemn, and only the sound of rough breathing and the low neighing of war horses could be heard

Receiving a report that the cavalry troops were ready to attack, Duke Andya also ordered to change the target of the attack at this time: "Order the archers to attack the enemy's spear troops!

The aiming target of the archery unit was replaced, and countless Gangfei battle bows were neatly offset to the left by about fifteen degrees, "Shoot!" Three minutes later, countless arrow clusters burst out from the direction of the Gangfei army, like a wide black cloth bag flying into the sky, dyed red and quickly falling towards the array of spearshooters on the flank of the rampart.

"What is this?"

An Istan spearman raised his head, his glazed gaze, looking incredulously at the cold light of arrows overhead that obscured the sky, like countless stars twinkling in the night sky,

The Istan gunners didn't expect that the target of the non-archers suddenly became their own direction, and it was not until this moment that they realized that it was too late, and the Istan gunner, who found the landing point troops, turned around and ran in a panic, but the arrow cluster fell faster, like lightning, and pierced his body at once, "Attention, the arrow ......!"

The fierce shouts of the Istan shooter had just been heard, and they immediately stopped abruptly with the sound of brushing like a rainstorm falling to the ground.

Countless clusters of arrows pierced his body, his whole body was shot like a hedgehog, his front feet went weak, and his whole body fell to the ground.

Like him, many of the Iraqi spear-throwers were caught off guard by countless clusters of arrows, and their corpses were like targets filled with straw. There were no screams, no wailings, only the popping sound of arrows piercing through flesh, blood staining the ground beneath their feet,

The throwers of the Iranians belong to the light infantry, and the protective weapon in their hands is only a small round shield with an area just the size of the chest tied to the left hand, which is completely unable to resist this explosive long-range counterattack.

Clusters of arrows swept through the line-like queue like rain, and the soldiers on the entire road were shot over in an instant, and blood flew everywhere. Everywhere there were screams one after another, countless arrows flew up, and shiny metal waterfalls could be seen flying from above.

"Leave the gunmen alone, order the war ramparts to move on!"

The Governor of the East, Hayala, rode on a standing horse, wearing a silver-white chain mail and a wide robe that was also white, and looked like a chubby white fox, and he watched with a blank face as the slinger troops suffered a heavy blow, and asked them to move on

The war bulwark was the name he gave to the five meat grinders. In fact, the five meat grinders were obtained by accident by excavation, as the Battle of Focodil was stubbornly resisted by the Gangfei people, so much so that the battle plan to join the emperor and besiege Kongfei Kyoto was missed. Annoyed, Hayera, knowing that the tomb of the first king of Gangfei was nearby, brazenly ordered the soldiers to dig up the tomb of the king of Gangfei, only to accidentally find these five huge meat grinders in the huge tomb, although somewhat damaged and eroded by time. However, thanks to the repairs of the craftsmen, it can barely be used.

"Attack!"

Luo An also let out a roar at the same time, suddenly. The raised hand pressed down hard,

The cavalry behind him raised their spears and lit torches, and let out a deafening roar, "Forward, glory belongs to us!" The five thousand cavalry of the whole army saddled and jumped on their horses, and the torrent of iron cavalry rushed towards the war barrier that was only less than fifty meters away, the sound of horses' hooves roared like thunder, rolling up the smoke and dust in the sky, and the black cavalry rushed forward like an avalanche,

"Steady!"

The Iranian army, which was behind the meat grinder war barrier, had three teams and 37,000 men.

They are all veterans with extremely rich combat experience, because of the closest, they are the most able to feel the terrifying momentum of the oncoming team, the Iraqi people followed the military formation behind the war barrier suddenly changed, countless pikemen quickly moved forward, three vertical guns, the whole area of rapid orders, uniform movements, the front spearmen suddenly crouched, the tail end of the spears in their hands was deeply inserted into the soil, the spears were raised at an oblique angle of forty-five degrees, the second row of spears pressed the spears in their hands on the shoulders of the pikemen who squatted in the first row, and the third row of spears pressed on the shoulders of the second row of pikemen, but it was only a dozen seconds, the dense gun forest in front completely locked the possibility of the cavalry approaching the war barrier

"The first team is with me!"

Luo An shouted, and the entire platoon of cavalry pressed down like crazy beasts.

Bang bang, the spear of the Iranian infantry pierced into the vest of the war horse, and was also broken by the strong reaction force, the front position of the "boom" collision was like a sudden explosion of an indescribable red blood tide, the nemesis of the three-stage spear formation cavalry impact of the Iranian spear, the war horse stabbed by the spear did not fall immediately, but continued to move forward because of strong inertia, or kicked wildly under severe pain,

The knight on the horse was thrown down and fell into the array of spears erected in front of him, turning into a cloud of blood that exploded in the air, or he was slammed to the ground, and then trampled to death by the chaotic horse,

And the first two rows of the Iranian infantry, their blood and flesh, also like a huge hammer and iron felt burst between the sparks, almost inevitable by the swarming cavalry horses, the second row of cavalry in the back took the opportunity to throw the torch in their hands to the battlefield meat grinder less than twenty meters away, their goal is not to ignite the meat grinder, countless squeaky and burning arrow clusters are still inserted in the scene has proved that this method is not feasible, they just threw the torch densely, soon, just below the battlefield meat grinder, the torch ignited the dead grass on the ground, forming a fire belt, it was the early spring season, the fire took advantage of this wind to ignite the wooden planks under the battlefield meat grinder, where there was no fireproof layer, plus the kerosene on the torches, almost a little ignited

"Whew" the flame once the gap is opened. Immediately it turned into a huge fire snake, the flames first burned from the bottom of the battlefield meat grinder, and then spread upwards, the tongue of fire burned out from the inside of the fireproof felt, the huge battlefield meat grinder was like a super torch that was quickly ignited and flaming,

"Bastard, how can this be!" Hayala, the governor of the East, slammed his slam on the saddle with an indignant expression, a total of five battlefield meat grinders, and one was reimbursed at this time, this kind of thing is very difficult to replicate, even the best craftsmen in the army dare to say that they can only repair some small parts

"Well done. Roan!"

In the rear, Duke Andya watched excitedly as his cavalry was deeply embedded in the ranks of the Iraqi like a sword, and the Iraqi troops were forcibly squeezed away.

Infantry and cavalry melee combat, there has never been a cheap at all, this is not an empty phrase, cavalry is the king of melee arms in this era, even the best Northland infantry, can only achieve a ratio of 2:1.5 battle damage,

And the average infantry can keep three infantry in exchange for one cavalry when the formation is complete.

Most of the infantry were directly crushed by the cavalry onslaught, and in the midst of the sore sound of flesh and bones, the Iranian infantry were like clusters of green wheat seedlings, frightened in the face of the huge scythes wielded by the Grim Reaper, who had suddenly switched to farming, and they were like dominoes to separate and lie down, the only thing they could do was with the glaring blood. To indict the fragility and lightness of life. (To be continued......)