1 vol. 2 sub vol. 5 - the enemy's infantry is also not to be underestimated
The enemy, who had lined up in several rows, stood there, facing the soldiers of Rotiriño Sedilli.
They pointed their peculiar-looking short spears at their shield swordsmen and tortoiseshell formations.
"It's useless!" said one of the soldiers in the tortoiseshell formation.
"They don't even have armor!" said another man next to him.
"There are no shields, and they look like a bunch of new recruits. One soldier then added.
From the point of view of the Ceduri people of Rotiri, the enemy's equipment, compared to the heavily armed shield and sword soldiers in the tortoiseshell array, seemed to be much worse on the surface!
These Rotiri's Sedilians were fearless, even looking a little lighthearted—they felt that the enemy was easy to deal with, maybe just some enemy engineers who were improvised with short spears.
The entire tortoiseshell formation, amid the sound of neat footsteps and the collision of armor metals, continued to move forward, advancing at a relatively slow speed - only in this speed could the entire tight formation be maintained - and maintaining a tight tortoiseshell formation was the key to the combat of these shield swordsmen.
The steps before the battle seem to be carried out in this calm and order.
It seems that this battle will soon end directly after a wave of attacks by the Rotiri Hidden Sedilians in an orderly manner.
However, something unexpected happened to the soldiers of Rotiri's Sedili - the soldiers in the front row of the enemy, suddenly, brushed and squatted down.
"Hmm?...... What are they doing here?"
"This ...... How can a spearman fight like this?"
These shield swordsmen were puzzled, but they continued to move forward with the tortoiseshell formation.
"Everyone, keep in formation!" shouted the centurion of the phalanx, commanding
The centurion of the phalanx did not intend to let the tortoiseshell formation charge directly - if the tight tortoiseshell formation was allowed to charge directly, then the entire formation would be broken up, and the defense of the tortoiseshell formation would be directly invalidated.
"Ready...... Speed up your walk!Prepare to meet the enemy!" the centurion of the phalanx continued to command loudly.
However, as soon as the centurion of the phalanx finished speaking, at this moment, before the doubtful soldiers in the tortoiseshell formation here could react, in front of the enemy's unknown "short spears", suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and at the same time, there was a crackling sound, like artillery fire, but it was lighter.
The projectiles in the opponent's "short spear" crackled against the shield and the armor of your own soldiers, and the various screams and screams of terror of your own soldiers were mixed together!
"That's artillery!That's small artillery!Charge directly!Charge!Close combat them!" shouted the centurion in horror - in such an emergency, the centurion could no longer care about keeping the soldiers in tortoiseshell formation.
Soon, it didn't take long for the line in front of the enemy to be filled with smoke and dust!
Immediately after, in the smoke and dust, there was another burst of fire.
The soldiers who were about to rush to the enemy, and the soldiers of Rotiri, who were engaged in the battle, were shot and fell to the ground in large numbers.
All kinds of chaotic shouts became more chaotic and noisy.
"Hurry, retreat, retreat!" shouted the centurion of the shield swordsmen, realizing that just charging was simply giving away fame and fortune, "their firepower is too strong! We are afraid that we will not be ......able to fight like this."
The centurion of the shield swordsman phalanx in the front row had not finished speaking, and suddenly, there was a sound of "dang" - a frightening round hole appeared on the centurion's helmet, and the centurion of the shield swordsman phalanx, as if his whole body had lost his strength, his limbs were weak, and he fell to the ground with a "poof".
"Hundred...... Centurion ...... Centurion, he ......" A soldier next to him looked in horror at the centurion who had fallen to the ground motionless.
Another local sound - the soldier also fell to the ground with a thud, covering his wounds, in pain!
The soldiers who had just begun to charge immediately followed the order of the centurion of the phalanx just now and began to retreat quickly and piecemeal.
However, the decision of the centurion of the phalanx just now did not seem to be wise - if these Rotirinon Sedili shield swordsmen had charged directly, they might have been able to disrupt the rhythm of those enemies' firing, and now, the soldiers began to retreat quickly, which was tantamount to giving the other side good firing conditions.
"Run!"
"Retreat to the side!
......
A retreating soldier who had been grazed by a bullet followed his companions and staggered to the edge of a small dirt slope, panting tiredly and nervously.
"They'll be here soon!"
"What do we do now?!......
The soldiers on the side just shook their heads in fear and helplessness.
At this moment, the situation on the battlefield seems to have changed somewhat!
In the rear of the battlefield, a battle cry sounded.
The retreating soldiers looked in the direction of the battle cry—it seemed that they saw a glimmer of hope in this battle.
The horses' hooves kept treading the sand, and the cavalry shouted loudly.
Amidst the dense sound of horse hooves and battle cries, the cavalry in charge of reconnaissance also began to charge quickly towards the enemy infantry - this was not their task originally, but now the situation on the battlefield has changed a little, and they must find a way to help!
No one of Rotiriño Sediri knew if their cavalry charge would be effective against an enemy with such terrible weapons......