Chapter 9: The Harvest
"Steady, steady, don't just let the arrows go, let a little more in."
"Don't panic, there's a big car in front of you! Those little things can't jump. ”
"Even if you jump over, don't run around, there is an uncle, this kind of little thing, the uncle is definitely a sword, he didn't run, your uncle and I have slaughtered more goblins in my life than the cattle and sheep slaughtered, this kind of little villain who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, as long as you are more fierce than him, even if it is three together, I will turn around and run when I see you."
Although it was only the middle of the night to prepare, Zalanda arranged it in more detail than Gavin's plan.
Except for the twelve regular cavalry and twenty hoplite militiamen who remained with her, the remaining thirty-two middle-armor militiamen were scattered by her, scattered among the civilian crossbowmen.
The benefits of this are threefold.
First, as a temporary captain, convey the orders from above in a timely manner.
The second is to appease the morale of the military and use his rich experience in the war to dilute the tension of those civilians in the first war.
The third is to play a favorable protective role, and even if there is a fish that slips through the net and rushes into the civilian crossbow team, they will be quickly resolved.
Although Zalanda has never read a military book, he does things in a way that responds to military books everywhere.
"Free arrows!"
The crossbowmen behind the walls of Nott all stood up, and nearly two hundred arrows and crossbows were sent out in one round, and twenty or thirty goblins who were charging outside the city fell in an instant.
The people of Feiren are different from the leisurely and casual people of the earth, the environment in which they live, the number of monsters is far more than that of humans, and everyone will be trained by the militia to a greater or lesser extent, even women and children.
Shooting with a bow and arrow, for them, is commonplace, and it is nothing more than a matter of accuracy.
"Spear stab!"
"Spear receiving!"
Behind the half-arc wall, there was an orderly command, and countless spears stabbed out from behind the wall, and then they were retracted in an orderly manner.
As soon as this thorn was harvested, more than a dozen unpaying goblins were harvested.
The goblins who were still crowded behind didn't react at all, and countless spears poked out again, and another round was harvested.
Most goblins don't see the shadow of the enemy before they die.
"Humanity is treacherous, it's a trap, withdraw ...... Withdraw ......"
A murmur of goblins came from the green-skinned dwarfs who had rushed into the caves.
Even people who don't know goblin language can roughly guess what they're talking about.
Another well-known trait of goblins is that they are timid, and when the number of people does not have the upper hand, they turn around and run, and they do not have any psychological burden.
Honor! Liability!
In their minds, they don't have these concepts at all.
Saving life is always at the top of their life philosophy.
But the problem is that the goblins who rushed in knew what was going on, and the goblins outside the city, limited by sight and distance, couldn't hear what was being said inside, and they screamed one by one, rushing inside the hole in the city with all their might.
Neither Zalanda's regular cavalry nor twenty hoplites were dispatched.
These goblins themselves were squeezed into stoppers in the gates of Fort Nott.
The goblins inside can't rush out, and the goblins outside won't be able to rush in for a while.
Seeing this situation, Zalanda would not easily dispatch heavy militia to clean up the goblins who rushed in, but only ordered the spears behind the car wall to poke regularly, and only killed those goblins who dared to get too close, and ignored the others for the time being.
The arrows and crossbows on the head of the city were splashed vigorously on the heads of the goblins outside, and by the time the goblins outside the city reacted, at least three or four hundred goblin corpses were dropped outside the city.
The charging goblin team is obviously much looser.
At this time, even the stupid goblins sensed that something was not quite right.
One rushes forward, that's very stupid.
Those who hesitate in place are stupid and incomplete.
Sneakily drill back, that's smarter.
"All the troops are attacking!" Zalanda waved his hand heavily and rushed out first.
The spear in Zalanda's hand seemed to come to life, fluttering flexibly, and in the blink of an eye, the three goblins in front of her were picked up and sent flying, remembering the vital point in their chests, and before they could hit the ground, they were killed on the spot.
"Kill!" The first to respond to Zalanda was not the twelve regular cavalrymen behind her, but Gavin, who had only recently obtained a war horse from Zalanda, still in a patchwork suit, holding the same spear in his hand, and his proficiency in wielding it was only stronger than Zalanda.
It didn't take three rounds for both sides to pick up all the goblins in their way and meet in the middle of the small square in Northumbr.
"Follow me!" Zalanda didn't say any nonsense, just a word of advice, and turned his head to kill in the direction of the cave.
Even if Zalanda didn't tell him, Gavin would have done so, a horse behind her, like a knight, guarding her side.
At this time, the twelve regular cavalrymen of Nott Castle also killed in a conical formation.
These twelve regular cavalrymen are professional soldiers in Fort Northumbr, who have followed Zalanda for many years, and they all have professional ranks, and the worst ones are also second-class soldiers.
Zalanda and the twelve regular cavalrymen can also be seen as a large spear.
Zalanda was the spearhead that stabbed out, and the twelve cavalrymen were shaking their guns back and forth, frantically expanding the killing area, and the goblins swept away wherever they passed.
Because of Gavin's addition, the gun head became two, but his extraordinary spear skills and riding skills did not become a spoiler, but became an excellent escort, helping Zalanda reduce the resistance of the charge, making it faster and easier, and the gun behind him naturally followed faster and easier.
Then twenty heavily armed militiamen followed steadily, they were complete scavengers, even if they were goblins lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, they would not let go, as long as they saw that they were still embarrassed, they would cut a sword first.
Subsequently, under the leadership of thirty-two Zhongjia militiamen, more than 100 spear-armed civilians, lined up in a neat array of guns, slowly followed.
They are more powerful than killing, and they are also a backup means for Zalanda to prepare, and after a while, they will half stay in the city, guarding both sides of the city gates, and half going out of the city to respond.
In the event of a failed attack, Zalanda can also lead his team to retreat to Fort Notte again.
A bloody battle that was originally waiting for Zalanda at the city gate was much easier because of Gavin's accession.
They picked up seven or eight goblins in a row, which frightened the little goblins who continued to rush forward behind them, and the goblins who were driven out by them naturally broke through the encirclement together, running back frantically while shouting frantically, spreading fear to their companions.
Zalanda and Gavin ignored the goblins who had fallen into a state of panic, and only picked the stupid goblins who were still stupid enough to rush forward.
It didn't take a few rounds for a peculiar sight to appear.
Zalanda and Gavin rode upstream, and the goblins where they passed all turned around and ran towards their companions, and some even brandished their weapons at the companions who stood in their way, as if the two of them were leading a group of goblins against the other goblins.
This is the second step in the counter-attack strategy - driving sheep.