Seeing countless clusters of arrows coming towards him, the captain of the Gangfei infantry shouted tearingly "Attention, raise the shield" The cold light in the sky flickered, rapidly expanding in the pupils of the Gangfei soldiers, and the Gangfei soldiers raised their shields neatly, and the luster of metal carried a steel-like defensive line

"Bell! bell!"

The arrow cluster was like raindrops, falling violently on the head of the Gangfei Eighth Army on the riverbank, and the suppressed Gangfei people couldn't even lift their heads, even the heavy infantry wearing heavy armor couldn't resist the Xiting shooters' hurried arrow cluster piercing, and the specially processed triangular arrows, like a whip like a storm, struck violently on the Gangfei army formation, and pierced into the weak point of the heavy infantry armor with a whistling sound, "Ah" Blood splashed, screams continued, Gang Fei people were able to face it calmly with high morale at first, but as their companions went down one by one, the morale of the infantry quickly disappeared, and there seemed to be no end to the rounds of fire, tormenting the nerves of all Gang Fei infantry, the arrow clusters were like headless flies, roaring in from the gap between the shields erected by the queue, and densely inserting the flesh and blood behind the shields, after a few rounds, the troops of the Eighth Army of Gangfei, who suffered such a dense blow for the first time, began to be irrepressibly frightened and retreated unconsciously,

The white lines brought up by the arrows were constantly shot in through the gaps in the shields, and the casualties of the heavy infantry were expanding, and the first to be unable to bear it were the shooters of the Eighth Legion, who quickly retreated into their own army formation after the wolf bèi's shot shot the arrows, but at this time they found that they had no special protection from the shield, like the grass growing in the wheat field, and were quickly harvested by the terrible marksmen on the opposite side, the situation was too chaotic, most of the Gangfei soldiers were frightened, and everyone was seeking to protect themselves, and there were also these extra archers

The main combat force of the Eighth Army of the Congo was the excellent heavy infantry, and the number of archers as auxiliary troops was only 3 squadrons, totaling 3,000 people

The first squadron was placed at the forefront. Several encounters had long since died, and the second squadron was placed on the right slope of the river bank, originally deployed as a way to block the opponent's crossing of the river, because it was out of range, their light arrow clusters fell before they could fly across the river bank, and were quickly swept away by the rapids in the Toronto river.

The archers of the third squadron, who were in the rear, saw the tragic situation of their colleagues in front of them, and before they could go up, they began to panic, looking from the other direction of the riverbank. The queue of black light armor archers of the Falcon Army on the opposite side is as dense as a dense forest growing along the river, with each upward lifting of the bow handle, the arrow clusters, like dense stars flashing in the fog on the opposite side, the difference in strength is too great, without the protection of the shield, whoever passes is dead! Without the cover of the archers, the steel array formed by the gang non-infantry is like a bloody mouth that has been torn apart and begins to bleed. "Everyone, hold on! The enemy's attack won't be long!" said an infantry captain with a heavy shield, half-crouched, skillfully hiding behind his shield, in a tone that he didn't even believe. Loudly encouraging the morale of his subordinates, the arrows clanged into his infantry shields, or plunged directly into the ground near his feet, the infantry ranks behind him. Explode in the middle of a rain of arrows,

A young infantryman next to him, because the shield was slightly raised at an angle. A cluster of arrows fell from a strange angle, piercing the scales on his knees deeply, "Ah" The soldier half-crouched down in pain, and several clusters of arrows shot through his weak armor back as he bent over, "Poof!poof!" The bloody arrow pierced through the infantryman's chest, and the soldier didn't even have a chance to snort, and was quickly pierced into a bloody hedgehog by countless falling arrow clusters,

The glazed-eyed corpse collapsed straight in front of the stunned infantry captain

"Captain, when will the enemy attack!" This tragic picture made the faces of the Gangfei soldiers of the same team pale one by one, and everyone hid behind the shield and didn't even dare to show their heads, but the casualties continued to appear, one, two...... The queue became more and more sparse "Bastard, what kind of battle is this......" The infantry captain subconsciously turned his head, wiped a handful of blood splashed on his face with an ugly face, and said angrily in a voice that only he could hear, In this short half an hour, the entire river beach was like a continuous rain of arrows washed back and forth, and the Gangfei Eighth Army, which had never suffered such a dense long-range attack, was brutally nailed to death on the river beach, and on the opposite bank, it was another passionate scene "Vertical bow!" The number of 10,000 Xiting shooters is using a special rotation tactic, like a shuttle, to clean up the stupid targets on the opposite river bank piece by piece, "First team, shoot!" "Second team, shoot!" "Third team, shoot!"

The whole column of round-robin firing based on 3,000 Western Court archers was staggered on the riverbank, the bowstrings shook the air, making a whistling sound, and the white arrows were divided into three batches, and flew into the sky like dense streamers in turn, and then hung upside down like a waterfall, crossed the wide river, and densely formed a covering three-stage saturation shot at a certain section

This is the tactic adopted by the steppes specifically against dense infantry formations! At a position of 30 meters in front of the entire rotation queue, the specially selected Xiting marksmen aimed at the opposite target with their own unique techniques, and the cold light brought by each arrow was an unbelievable fall of a non-shield soldier, without the cover of the shield, the heavy axe soldier behind was a meat target, even if he was wearing heavy armor, he would still be injured in such a dense oversaturated arrow attack, bleeding, until he died, and the blood flowed out of the armor on the heavy axe soldier who fell to the ground, which looked particularly bloody!

The commander of the eighth legion, Good, looked at the opponent's archers with an annoyed look after shooting a round, and quickly another pair of shooters came up, and the cold light and arrow rain that came from the continuous projectile, his eyes flashed with a trace of bitterness, he began to regret choosing to fight in the river, this is an unfair battle, the river that was originally used to block the opponent's cavalry, but at this moment it has become the best protective belt for the opponent's archers, the advantage of the terrain is completely reversed, with a fifty-meter-wide river, the opponent's large number of archers who make people's scalps tingle, are completely unscrupulous to this side to launch projectiles, round shots, accurate point shots, and slaughter！

And the only thing he can do on his side is to stare dryly, even if he has participated in tragic battles many times. But this was the first time this had happened to Commander Goode

In his mind, the so-called long-range shooters are just something used to spice up the atmosphere in the early stage of the main battle, especially for the Obarro region, where heavy infantry engagement is the main way, the influence of long-range shooters is almost negligible, thick armor and strong shields form an iron-like military formation, advancing forward like a mountain of mountains, pikemen tearing through the opponent's defenses, and cavalry launching a sweeping death charge from the flanks, or death. Either victory, this is the main theme in the continental war, and it is in line with the contest between soldiers.

And now the battlefield he is facing is a dense cluster of arrows like a swarm of locusts rising from the horizon, a continuous fall of death from the sky like a natural disaster, a bitter depression that can only wait to be shot, not to mention the soldiers who are suffering these strong blows, can be imagined. Even with a shield in hand, a thick armor, and bathed in this gorgeous rain of death, all his subordinates could have was horror!

The smug smile of the Eighth Legion, Good, disappeared during the fourth round of arrows. He watched his proud subordinates look like toads crucified on the riverbank. The casualties of the troops increased sharply from 274 at the beginning of the confrontation to 1,143 and 2,149. Several of the most elite hoplites gradually thinned out in the killing of the other side, and the eighth round of arrow rain. The smug smile on his face was completely replaced by a look of indignation, the number of casualties exceeded 3,000, and the corpses flowed all over the riverbank,

The remnants of the troops were in a commotion, and the entire queue seemed to be pushed backwards by an invisible hand, which was absolutely impossible for the Gangfei Eighth Army Corps, which had always been known for its fearlessness of death, in the past, and his subordinates were timid! The morale of the troops was hit hard, the morale of the army was fluctuating, and the strong Imperial soldiers could not stand this kind of hellish torment! "The fifth squadron leader, Lord Naguri, was killed!" "The seventh squadron leader, Lord Portu, was seriously injured!"

"The Ninth Squadron suffered heavy casualties and broke up!"

One by one, the reports of battle losses from the front line made the Eighth Army Commander Good's insistence pale and pale, looking at the entire column of archers on the opposite side who were shooting in rotation like a killing machine, he finally snorted with a blue face and a muffled snort: "At most, he is an opportunistic coward, a barbarian who has no sense of military glory! Why should he fight with such a character! In this situation, it is really stupid to support the façade even if he dies and does not retreat!"

"Come, immediately order the squadron in front to withdraw!" Goode shouted angrily, like a rabbit that had just found out that his tail had been ignited, his eyes were red, in order to avoid the casualties of the troops from continuing to expand, even the famous hard-fighting faction Goode among the generals of Gangfei could only temporarily order the infantry queue at the forefront to withdraw back from the riverbank,

"Woo" represents the trombone of retreat, ushering in the moment of the end of the first battle, on the bank of the river where the Gangfei army is located, the dense rows of corpses stained the pebbles on the river beach red, like a large huge canvas deliberately splashed with red dye, the queue of the Gangfei army, the slow retreat of the strict formation, the table xiàn out of very good army discipline,

About 5,000 men of rigid and non-hoplite lined up again a hundred meters behind, looking at the river bank with fierce eyes, "How is the preparation of the crusade legion of Remchat!"

Gude gathered the stragglers who were withdrawn from the front line, and anxiously asked the heralds behind him, he suffered a crushing defeat before he officially engaged in the battle, the casualties of his own side were secondary, and the losses in the hearts of the army were even more severe, he could see from the eyes of all the soldiers that a feeling called fear was flowing, these soldiers were not recruits, but veterans who had participated in battles many times, it was really the other party's way of fighting was too shocking, the soldiers couldn't accept it for a while, the soldiers who withdrew were listless in the east and west, and the morale was low like a condensed freezing point, and no one spoke,

The enemy was not only cunning but also tough, and the fiasco in the first battle was like a resounding slap in the face to his unruly subordinates! There was no need to fight, just a bow and arrow from a distance, and the other side made everyone on this side lose the fighting spirit to continue fighting

"Terrible opponent, but for the whole strategy, he is the real victor" Goode made his rounds, asked the sergeant to recount the battle damage report, and comforted himself in his heart, and thought that although his losses were heavy, he stubbornly prevented the opponent from advancing into the north of Putao, of course, if the other side forced to cross the river, with the strength of his Eighth Legion of 30,000 men. Just give the enemy's troops crossing the river a head-on attack: "Come on, cross the river, let's fight with dignity like soldiers!" Goode even had some small expectations in his heart, but the low morale of the army made his newly raised fighting spirit disappear, so it was better to hold on! As long as the other party did not forcibly cross the river, there was no need for him to fight to the death with the enemy on this river

In this battle, to hold the north is to guard the door of victory for His Majesty the Emperor!

"Lord Remshat is building a defensive line at Villaburg, fifteen miles behind, and it will take about a day!" replied the herald cavalry, "a day?" I got it!"

Goode nodded to the herald, and then glanced at the opposite bank with a solemn face, he wanted to know who the formidable opponent was, but there were too many military flags on the other side, red, blue, gray, white and red, it was so chaotic that it was dizzying, and it was impossible to distinguish which one was the real one

No way. In addition to the fat man's golden falcon flag, there are more than a dozen tribal flags in Xiting, plus the fat man deliberately ordered to create more than a hundred flags of various family emblems to confuse the enemy, the military flag of this sortie. It can be described as gorgeous and colorful, like a sea of smoke,

Don't say that Goode, who is a non-human being, can't read it, but is someone who is familiar with the Falcon Army's banner. I have to be stupid to see these improvised military flags

The fierce fighting had stopped, and Goode saw that the other side had sent a group of light cavalry to sweep the battlefield along the riverbank, presumably to confirm the safety of the riverbank. This made Goode's nervous heart finally relax a little, it seemed that the other commander was indeed a mediocre talent, and completely ignored such an excellent opportunity to cross the river

On the other side of the riverbank, the Xiting archers who won the first victory neatly put down the strong bows in their hands, and the continuous high-intensity shooting was also a burden for the archers, in fact, the thousands of cavalry commanders on the Xiting side also couldn't figure it out, obviously they could cross the river, why there was no order to cross the river, a thousand cavalry commanders wearing gray fur hats rode horses from the direction of the riverbank, and reported to the fat man who was watching the battle behind with excitement, "King Khan, the enemy's block has been repulsed, do we need to cross the river?" No, of course we ...... Don't cross the river! And you have to be stationed on the spot" The fat man rode on his war horse and waved his hand to the respectful-looking commander of the thousand horsemen, "Tell the commander of the thousand horsemen of Zamuk, send scouts, pay close attention to the situation within twenty miles of the surrounding area, and camp along the river on the spot!" "Your Majesty, why don't we cross the river?"

Philanthonya, who was dressed in grassland makeup next to him, blinked, and asked unexpectedly, "If the enemy lets go of the riverbank, it is an excellent time for the army to cross the river, as long as we rush to the opposite riverbank, with the combat strength of our Xiting cavalry, we will definitely be able to break through the enemy's blockage and open a way for the army to break through to the northern part of Putao?" If this opportunity is missed, the enemy will have time to breathe, and if we take the opportunity to establish a solid defensive line on the other side of the river, it will not be so easy for our army to break through to the northern part of Putao!" "The reason for not crossing the river is because of ......" The fat man glanced at the beautiful and moving Philantonya, stopped talking with a mysterious face, and suddenly smiled and said, "I don't want to cross the river at all, you see what a good battlefield this is, if the other party takes the initiative to cross the river to attack, our army can just give a head-on attack!" How is this possible......" Philanthonya's delicate body riding on the horse was shocked, his hand clenched the reins of the horse, and he didn't believe it, this side can not take the initiative to attack it, the other side is already thankful, after such a fierce rain of arrows, the other party will not risk crossing the river to attack even if he is stupid, but it is the Vekia Falcon who said this, then it is basically certain that the other party will definitely take the initiative to attack!, this is just a kind of Philanton Ya can't understand, what is the plan of the Via Falcon! The so-called transfer to the northern part of Putao turned out to be a smoke that confused the Gangfei people, and I never thought of breaking into the northern part of Putao! My goal from the beginning to the present is actually only one, that is, to lure out all the forces of the Gangfei people on the battlefield of Putao!" The fat man tugged at the reins of the war horse, "It's just such an obvious purpose, maybe even Gangfei himself doesn't believe it!" According to the intelligence, the strength of the Gangfei people in the Putao area has two legions, this is one, and the other should also be nearby, the Gangfei people thought that I wanted to turn into the north of Putao, and then wave the army into the rear of the main force of Gangfei in the Pupu Plateau,

"But I didn't think that if these two legions were annihilated, the impact they could have would be far more terrible than killing the Lipu Plateau" The fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth, his voice stopped, he raised the horsewhip in his hand, and looked down condescendingly at the land in front of him that was divided into two because of the river, and said domineeringly, "Without the control of the forces of the Putao side, the entire Qianli land from Kyoto in the hinterland of Gangfei to the rear of the Lipu Plateau will be completely exposed to the front of our cavalry!" There is no need for even redundant siege battles, and it is directly looted all the way to the towns on the outskirts of the city.

"I see!"

A hint of admiration flashed on Philanton's face, only by personal experience did she know the splendor and variety of this battle, and now she finally knew why the Vichia Falcon did not fight at its fingertips, and now it released the smoke of marching into the northern part of Putao, but pretended to be blocked in the unfavorable terrain of the river, and the war has been transformed into a pleasing art in the hands of the Vekia Falcon, the imperial god of war. (To be continued......)