The color on Duke Balder's face became even more ugly. If the first killing of the cavalry was just to increase morale, then the second massacre of the wounded was a habitual behavior of Salin's army. wWW,QuANbEn-XiAoShUo,comOrdinary armies would not do this because it would arouse the enemy to resist to the death.
Saleen's army didn't care about this at all. They had soldiers who were dedicated to doing this kind of thing, and they were coordinated and clearly received strict special training. If those heavy armored cavalry don't have targeted weapons, it would be very difficult to break through the armor immediately and kill them. "Do you want to stop them!" Duke Balder asked Tiffany. "Why stop it?" Tiffany asked strangely.
Duke Balder was speechless. Tiffany was an eighth-level mage. These soldiers meant no mercy to her. Asking a mage whether he should kill a prisoner is even more stupid.
Because those who offend the mage will not end up well.
"Balder, we will have a more intense battle. At this time, what are you thinking about?" Stephanie said to Balder in a lecturing tone.
Balder suddenly realized that this attack was definitely not an accident. Something happened to Phoenix. He was able to assemble tens of thousands of troops and more than 3,000 cavalry. This was not done by one or two nobles.
Balder was originally a militant in the House of Commons, and he didn't have a good impression of the Phoenix people. He also knows a lot about the situation in Phoenix. When Stephanie said this, he immediately thought of the cause of the matter.
The scattered cavalry were pursued by the cavalry of the Royal Swordsman Battalion, and the long arrows fired from the crossbows were filled with orange flames. This is truly magical equipment, unique to the Royal Swordsman Battalion. The tapered arrow penetrated the iron armor, and the orange flame immediately penetrated into the armor and burned violently.
People who have practiced swordsmanship have a very high tolerance for pain, but the burning of the magic flames, unlike kerosene, directly penetrates into the bone marrow.
Cavalry Phoenix screamed and fell off his horse. Without the magician's treatment, he would not have survived.
The Sixth Battalion was still injured in the battle with the Phoenix Cavalry. The cavalry of the Royal Swordsman Battalion pursued them, and it was a massacre. The cavalry who were forced to kill hurriedly opened their short bows and turned around to shoot, but they were heavy cavalry, and their archery ability was dozens of times worse than that of the light cavalry. These short bows were only weapons that were used occasionally. He went out and shot at the armor of the soldiers of the Royal Swordsman Battalion, and they all bounced off.
When Balder saw this scene, his heart suddenly stirred up a storm. He had never seen the battle of the Royal Swordsman Battalion. When he suddenly saw it today, he thought of his own private soldiers.
The Duke can maintain more than a thousand private soldiers. These private soldiers are all close associates of the nobles. "They are extremely tough. But compared with the people of the Royal Swordsman Battalion, the gap is obvious."
After a short battle, except for the Phoenix Cavalry in the north, the rest of the cavalry were annihilated by soldiers from the 6th Battalion and the Royal Swordsman Battalion. The cavalry in the north didn't know what was happening here, but they lost more than 200 people in the battle and found that the weapons gap was obvious. The cavalry simply turned north and circled back to their infantry position.
The cavalry on the south side lost most of it after being attacked by the heavy armored infantry of the Sixth Battalion. When they wanted to escape, the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion also rushed up and entangled them completely. The cavalry, which had lost its speed, had no advantage over the long weapons of the infantry. One can only rely on individual bravery to fight.
But at this time, the shield array on the south side moved forward slowly, and the infantry of the Sixth Battalion took advantage of the enemy's cavalry to lose speed and pressed forward.
The remaining more than 400 cavalry were surrounded. At this time, the crossbowmen and archers in the infantry camp began to shoot accurately. They took out their treasures. The alchemical arrows shot the heavy armored cavalry off their horses one by one.
The number of crossbows in the sixth battalion exceeded the reasonable proportion of an army. Almost all of the 100 large vehicles and more than 200 small vehicles accompanying them were equipped with bows and crossbows. Supplies were scarce, and the 6th Battalion originally planned to resupply on the spot after entering Phoenix. As for the Phoenix people who attacked the envoys, their intelligence was not accurate enough. They only assumed that the target had at most 5,000 troops and horses, so all 20,000 people from Side Star City were dispatched to annihilate the envoys.
If Fenike and Jin's army approaches in an oppressive manner from behind and drives the troops of the Envoy Corps closer to Mars City, and there are 50,000 troops in front of them, attacking from both sides, the more than 10,000 people in the Envoy Corps will suffer great damage.
In fact, Phoenix and Jin's army in the north is not elite. There are 70,000 people inside and outside, and the core strength is only about 10,000. Most of them are concentrated in Mars City, trying to remove Rex's nails from Phoenix. .
Tactical mistakes caused the Phoenix rebels to suffer heavy losses. Of more than 3,000 cavalry, they only managed to return less than 500. The effect of the infantry charge that followed was naturally greatly reduced. The attacking infantrymen of the sixth battalion retracted their shield formation and prepared their crossbows again.
Ordinary crossbows also have high physical requirements on soldiers. If a soldier can shoot twenty-four arrows in a row, he will basically be considered an elite. Saleen's requirements for soldiers cannot be that high, and training crossbowmen requires no less time. However, he has gloves designed by a magician that can increase the number of times the soldier can open the string.
Three hundred alchemical crossbows were disassembled and put into boxes. The main weapon of the sixth battalion is now the heavy crossbow. The heavy crossbow also has a killing range of two hundred meters. It is mounted on a vehicle and a skilled crossbowman can fire one round per minute. Phoenix's rebels ran head-on into the Sixth Battalion's strong bows and heavy crossbows.
The 300-weight crossbow is smaller than the alchemy crossbow, and the iron arrows fired can also have a lethality of 200 meters. But for a distance of two hundred meters, even a poor mercenary could run in less than a minute.
The Phoenix charge killed more than 400 people in the first round of attacks. Because those in front were not heavy infantry, heavy crossbows could sometimes penetrate the enemy and cause continuous damage.
The Sixth Battalion did not have weapons such as foot-operated crossbows, but used two-handed arm crossbows. This kind of crossbow attacks farther than a single-arm crossbow, with an attack range of one hundred meters. It’s just that there is no fixed vehicle, and the requirements for crossbowmen are higher.
At a distance of one hundred meters, thousands of iron arrows were fired from three hundred large and small vehicles. The Phoenix soldier held up a small square shield and ran forward desperately. If you don't get close to the enemy formation, they will all be shot to death.
It's just that the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion were only averagely accurate in shooting. They couldn't aim at the vital point at a distance of a hundred meters. Thousands of iron arrows were basically scattered.
The Phoenix infantry armed with broad-bladed swords rushed to a distance of more than fifty meters in the blink of an eye, and the losses were similar to the first round of heavy crossbow strikes. A distance of two hundred meters cost nearly a thousand casualties, and every Phoenix officer had red eyes.
The soldiers of the Sixth Battalion were no longer nervous, because they saw that this time the enemy was much more fragile than the Holy See Expeditionary Force. Those injured by iron arrows basically lost their weapons and would not continue to move forward. "Prepare, launch!"
The lieutenants of each flag regiment gave orders one after another, and the soldiers put down their crossbows, took their bows and arrows, and lined up to step forward one after another. Thrown out from behind the car.
Only then did the general of the sixth battalion believe that his army had gained an advantage. Because of the enemy's counterattack, the soldiers behind the convoy were not injured at all. The enemy's crossbow arrows are blocked by the formation of vehicles and can only be fired at random. However, throwing the crossbow arrows requires skill and the lethality will be reduced. The armor of his own army is completely able to withstand this kind of counterattack.
The cavalry of the Royal Swordsman Battalion withdrew. The cavalry of the Sixth Battalion on both wings did not try to attack the enemy's infantry flanks, but retreated backwards. The cavalry hung up their weapons, reinstalled the crossbows in the crossbows, and cocked them.
The ten-meter killing range of a mounted crossbow should not be underestimated. No infantry weapon can reach ten meters, but there are large guns that are eight meters long. The cavalry still has a headache when encountering such a large gun, and can only rely on personal skills to solve it. Therefore, in addition to the enemy's long weapons, using the cavalry crossbow to strike first will reduce the damage of the cavalry during the charge.
"It seems there's no problem." Balder let out a long breath. He is not a military general, but he has read a lot of books and is no stranger to the theory of marching and fighting. If he is given a chance and given more training, he will become a qualified officer.
The Phoenix used cavalry incorrectly, allowing the cavalry to be strangled first. The infantry arrived too late, and the possibility of victory was lost. The Sixth Battalion had too many crossbows, which were unreasonable. However, just because of the number of crossbows, the Sixth Battalion's casualty rate was very low. So far in the battle, the Sixth Battalion has suffered less than 500 casualties. 咚一 一r一 一 一 咚一 一 一 一 一 一
The sound of war drums sounded in the center, and Phoenix's soldiers had turned around and tried to attack again on both wings. The frontal chariot formation is difficult to overcome. Everyone has studied Qin Yin's military system and understands how powerful the chariot formation is as a means of defense. If the envoy regiment did not have so many bows and arrows, the Phoenix rebels would still try to attack from three sides, but it was obvious that the number of crossbowmen in the envoy regiment was terrifying.
The vehicle array can provide powerful damage, and the soldiers behind can be free to attack, so the Phoenix people have to bypass the front and repeat the cavalry's attack route.
The sound of war drums kept changing. The soldiers of the 6th Battalion, hiding behind the car formation and surrounded by shield formations on both sides, quietly changed their weapons. All the crossbows were put away, leaving a thousand archers. "The rest of the soldiers, all changed their weapons." They gathered their own equipment and prepared meat.
Balder watched the changes in the battle situation from behind and couldn't help but ask: "Master Tiffany, if the enemy has large equipment or can control powerful monsters, how should the Metatrin army defend it?"
He was a little confused. The Sixth Battalion had indeed gained an advantage and would expand to victory. The problem was that this victory was based on the enemy's insufficient equipment. If the enemy had large puppets or magic ballistas, such The advantage may no longer exist. The 6th Battalion General saw that the enemy had formed their formation and was about to launch an attack, so he gave the order. "The whole army is ready... to attack!" He actually gave the order to counterattack before the enemy launched the attack. . . mF! ~!
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