Chapter 229: Battle (3)
The phalanxes of the two sides finally collided, but the soldiers of the King's army soon found themselves in the upper hand, and the pikemen generally held a shield in one hand and a gun in the other, as did the King's army. However, the pikemen on Savin's side were two-handed, as their spears were much longer than normal spears, so they could only hold their guns in both hands.
Without a shield, the pikeman's defense would drop significantly, especially in the face of a volley of archers, but now that the Savan army has a wall of water, not only does the archers have no use, but also cuts off the enemy's rear route, which has a serious impact on the morale of the enemy.
Coupled with the advantage in the length of the weapon, the current Sahain army has the upper hand, relying on the advantage in weapons and morale, constantly forcing the opponent's phalanx back.
"Kill!" the spears pressed down on each other like a wall as the soldiers shouted in unison. The soldiers of the king's army were suffering and could do nothing but defend themselves with their shields. If you want to fight back, the length of the weapon on your side is not enough, and once you counterattack, it will definitely be flawed, and you are likely to be the first to be poked by the opponent's spear.
As the Savan army continued to press, the phalanx of the king's army finally retreated under the water wall, and if it retreated, it would have to crash into the water wall. Some of the soldiers at the back of the phalanx tried to pierce the wall of water with their spears to see if they could break through. However, as soon as the spear touched the wall of water, it was immediately bounced away, and it was simply wishful thinking to break through.
The king's army on the other side of the water wall was also anxious, and they couldn't shake the water wall several times, and when they collided with it, they were bounced off without exception, and for a while, this water wall became an insurmountable moat in front of the king's army.
"Kill, kill, kill!" The morale of the Sahain's side is getting stronger and stronger, once they know that the other side has no way to retreat and it is difficult to fight back, these soldiers have nothing to fear, round after round of stabs have already caused many soldiers of the king's army to be seriously injured, and if it continues, the phalanx of the king's army will collapse sooner or later.
Due to the existence of the wall of water, it was difficult for the orders and instructions from the rear to reach the front of the battle, and although the soldiers of the King's Army who had been cut off from retreat still had the advantage in numbers, they were already on the verge of collapse psychologically, and the thought of having no way to retreat made them more worried about behind them than the threat in front of them.
However, the king's army was not full of straw bales, and the mid-level officers in charge of commanding the phalanx were aware of the danger, and if the soldiers collapsed and the formation broke up, they would be greeted with a massacre. Some experienced officers knew that in such a situation there was no other way but to fight to the death, so some officers boldly ordered: "Give up the spear and hit it with the shield!"
Now the only way they can fight is this, relying on the protection of the shield to meet the opponent and fight close to each other, there may be a chance of survival. As the orders were passed down layer by layer, one of the soldiers of the phalanx began to move, only to see them throw their spears and raise their shields and rush forward without their lives.
The charge of the first few rows of soldiers was tantamount to moths to a fire, and before they could reach the opposing army's formation, they were stabbed into a sieve by the extra-long spear, but the round after round of the attack still had an effect, and some soldiers finally rushed to the front of the opposing position, and then the spear was difficult to use to the advantage of length.
"Okay, everybody, keep rushing! rush, rush, rush up, you have a way to live!" shouted a young officer, holding his sword aloft. At his call, more and more soldiers abandoned their spears and pounced on each other with shields. Despite the heavy losses, the goal was achieved, and at this time the military formations on both sides finally became entangled and turned into a hand-to-hand fight.
Seeing this, Sawan immediately ordered: "Heavy armor swordsman give me a flank!"
I saw that the phalanx of heavily armored swordsmen who had been hiding behind the spear phalanx and had not joined the battle group began to act, and the heavy armored swordsmen were divided into two, bypassing their phalanx from the left and right sides and attacking the enemy flanks. The addition of the heavily armored swordsmen suddenly made the battle even more intense, this heavy armor army was equipped by Sawan at great expense, everyone was a strong man, and his combat effectiveness was far from comparable to that of ordinary pikemen.
With the addition of the heavy armor soldiers, the situation of the battle immediately tilted to the side of the Savan army, the armor defense of the heavy armor soldiers is far better than the pikemen, the pikemen wear leather armor, and the iron armor of the heavier armor soldiers is more vulnerable than the attack, not to mention that the weapons used by this heavy armor army are all made by dwarves, whether it is sharpness or tenacity, they are not human weapons can be compared.
The flanks of the pikemen phalanx were themselves a weak underbelly, and at this time, they were fiercely attacked by the heavy armor, and the entire phalanx immediately showed signs of instability. The soldiers of the king's army were equipped with only a short sword as a weapon of self-defense, and when they encountered the long swords of the heavy armor soldiers, they immediately suffered from it, only to hear the screams one after another, and the rows of pikemen were cut to the ground by the heavy armor, and then trampled by countless feet.
"Help, I don't want to fight!" Some of the soldiers' spirits were completely shattered by the bloody battle, and they fled behind them desperately. These fleeing soldiers immediately disrupted their own formation, and those soldiers in the back row were pushed to the ground by their own people, and the entire phalanx became a mess.
"Raise your sword, slash!" On the other hand, on the side of the Savan army, the morale of the soldiers is getting stronger and stronger, and the heavily armored swordsmen continue to raise their swords and then slash down under the orders of the commander, each round of slashing can harvest a large number of lives, blood is splattered, stumps are all over the ground, and the whole battle has become a one-sided slaughter.
Savin watched the situation on the battlefield intently, and to be honest, he didn't expect this battle to be so easy, just using a wall of water to achieve such an effect, which would not scare these people to death if he put a few fireballs. Savin shook his head and sighed, years of peace had made the country's army extremely mediocre, and the morale of the slightly fiercer fighting was broken.
Seeing that the soldiers on the other side had completely lost the will to fight, they all shrank in front of the wall of water, their faces turned pale with fright, and it would be simple killing to continue at this time. The result of Sahain was not to kill all the people, but to completely tame the aristocratic forces, so the slaughter of soldiers did not make much practical sense.
Sawan sighed and said to Main, "Please remove the wall of water from the master and let these soldiers retreat." ”
Confused, Main asked, "Aren't you going to wipe out all the local troops?"
"There is no need for this, there is no point in mere slaughter. Sawan said.
"But......" Main wanted to say that mercy on the battlefield was not a good thing, but Sawan interrupted, "Master need not persuade me, I did not let them flee out of mercy or sympathy, for keeping them would be a heavy blow to the morale of the enemy, and once the frustration spreads, the whole army will be infected." ”
Main nodded, he understood what Savan meant, these soldiers would definitely find all kinds of excuses to excuse their cowardice when they returned, once such emotions spread to the whole army, the next battle would probably only become easier, which was indeed much more useful than slaughter.
Main gave the order to his magicians to remove the water wall, and a moment later, the water wall suddenly fell, and the soldiers who were cowering by the water wall couldn't believe their eyes, many people thought that they must be dead today, but they didn't expect that there would be a sudden life.
The frightened soldiers saw that they had a chance to flee for their lives, and where did they still have the heart to continue fighting, only to see these defeated soldiers desperately fleeing towards their rear like a raging tide. The armies who were blocked by the wall of water saw that the wall of water was gone, and they originally planned to rush forward to join the battle. Who knew that at this time, a large number of defeated soldiers of our army suddenly came, and the complete phalanx was suddenly rushed into chaos.
But these are their own people, so they can't kill them, since they can't kill their own people, then they can only let them scatter the phalanx. The officers were helpless in the face of such a rout, and they did not dare to order the slaughter of their own men without orders from above, so that the whole army would probably collapse.
In desperation, the intact phalanx could only retreat with the defeated soldiers, and tens of thousands of troops scattered towards their barracks like a receding tide. Logaris sat on the back of the horse and his face was blue with anger, if he followed his previous method, although he could not win, at least he would not lose so ugly, and now the army is defeated, I am afraid that he will have to bear this black cauldron himself in the end.
(End of chapter)