Huge siege beasts that looked like prehistoric beasts began to slowly press towards the Black Banner Army camp. These terrifying and strange giant beasts seemed to carry an unstoppable power. They are too tall, too impressive. And to move these siege beasts, the manpower required is even greater.
Since it is impossible to fit wheels on this construction, it can only be moved by rolling logs. Such a heavy and huge siege beast needs thousands of people, or even more, to move along the logs. Countless soldiers of the Opuru Empire lined up in a square line, pulling the siege beast forward with ropes.
There were strenuous shouts, one after another.
It would take at least several hours to move these siege beasts from the camp of the Opru Empire army. So at the beginning of the war, fighting had nothing to do with these siege beasts.
Lyman sat on a temporary high platform, watching the battle ahead with clairvoyance.
The middle-aged general Hurons sent to take over the army is already there, and now his lieutenant is in command at the front. An Opuru man who looked to be about fifty years old, with gray hair and beard. His figure is a bit fat, so the figure galloping back and forth on a war horse looking a little funny.
"fire!"
Following the order from the general named Beketuo, the Opulu's artillery began to fire.
This is to prevent the countercharge of the Black Banner Army. Before the siege beasts move over, the cavalry of the Black Banner Army can have enough time and space to form a counterattack. The light cavalry, which is as fast as the wind, cannot destroy the siege beasts. , but at least it can harass the foreign soldiers who pull the siege beast.
Therefore, from the very beginning, the troops invested by the Opulu people were extremely huge.
A few days after Lehman arrived here, his brigade and Fang Xie's cavalry arrived almost in no particular order. At this time, the first to attack was the Opulu army originally stationed outside the Phoenix Terrace, while Lehman's direct army did not move out.
Buick didn't want to die, so he knew he only had one chance.
If today's performance was not enough to impress His Majesty Lyman, he was sure that his life would end before dark. Even if he managed to survive on the battlefield by chance, he still couldn't escape the punishment of His Majesty the Emperor. A person who has reached his position will always have more reluctance than ordinary people.
Power and status, rich clothes and good food.
These things make people nostalgic.
Amidst the roar of artillery, puffs of thick smoke rose from the position of the Black Banner Army. In this era, the firearms of the Opru Empire represent the most advanced level of firearms. Although the artillery and muskets equipped by Fang Jie's Black Flag Army Firearms Battalion are not weaker than those of the Opuru in terms of power and range, they cannot be compared in scale.
The dense shells are frightening.
The troops of each battalion had already made preparations for the battle. When the first artillery fell, the soldiers of the Black Banner Army at the forefront and the heroes on the green forest road in Dongjiang entered the trenches dug in advance. . It is not uncommon for the fortifications that appeared in modern warfare to appear on the land of this era.
Since the war with the foreigners, the Han people have gradually mastered a set of methods to defend against the attacks of the foreigners. In fact, this is also thanks to the Chu people, who brought a lot of useful experience to the Han people at the cost of destroying the country.
The cannonballs of this era are far less lethal than Fang Xie's previous life.
Therefore, as long as the soldiers lying in the trenches are not particularly unlucky, the casualties will not be too heavy. However, the density of shells still exceeded the expectations of the soldiers of the Black Banner Army. After several rounds of salvos, every soldier lying in the trenches of the Black Banner Army was covered with a layer of soil.
War cannot be without casualties.
Wishing to win without firing a single soldier is just a good wish. As long as there is a war, people will die.
Sitting on the high platform, Leman's expression changed slightly. Fang Jie didn't send anyone to him last night, which was beyond his expectations, and the reaction of the Black Banner Army at the beginning of the war today was beyond his expectations, so his heart was gloomy. It's getting stronger and stronger.
Opponents become unpredictable, which is definitely not a good thing.
"No counterattack..."
Lyman frowned.
Augusta, who stood by his side, was a little puzzled. According to intelligence analysis, the best tactic of the Black Banner Army was to charge back with light cavalry. This tactic was brought to the extreme by the Black Banner Army when Mox and Hurons attacked Malanshan Pass. Every time the Opuru people attack, they will meet the countercharge of the Black Banner Qingqi.
But today, Fang Jie was obviously not in the mood.
Lyman was a little worried in his heart, he always felt that Fang Jie would make some unexpected moves.
Lehman was worried about this, but Buick, who was commanding at the front, was not in the mood to think wildly. All he needs to do is to show his fearlessness in front of Lehman.
After several salvos of artillery fire, Buick drew out his command knife.
"attack!"
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In order for the siege beasts to reach the battlefield safely, at least 30,000 Opuru soldiers began to attack. They had to attack to suppress the Black Banner Army and prevent the Black Banner Army from coming out. Calculated according to the advancing speed of the siege beasts, they must maintain pressure on their enemies for at least two hours.
For the offensive side, this is by no means an easy task.
While putting pressure on the enemy, you are also putting pressure on yourself. Sometimes, before the enemy is overwhelmed by the pressure, he will lose because he cannot bear the loss.
In terms of the current military strength comparison, the Opulu people have an absolute advantage. In the comparison of weapons, the Opuru people also have a huge advantage.
In particular, the attacking Opulu soldiers knew His Majesty's attitude.
They must forget about death and just put pressure on the enemy.
The density of the bullets was indescribable, and the dust kicked up by the bullets on the soil slope of the trench became one piece, as if a layer of faint yellow thick fog suddenly appeared on the side of the Black Banner Army's position. The archers of the front battalions were so suppressed that he couldn't raise his head, and the enemy was downwind, and the range of the bullets was greater than before. But for the Black Banner Army, the headwind... had a greater impact on Yujian.
A hard bow that could throw feathered arrows two hundred paces would be greatly reduced in headwind conditions. Feathered arrows are too floating, and when the shooting range exceeds sixty steps, the strength will weaken, and they will be scattered by the wind. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the pressure on the Black Banner Army was indeed great.
There is no doubt that Lehman is definitely an excellent general.
He knew the climate in Eastern Xinjiang, and it was impossible for there to be no wind for ten days. And as long as there is wind, he can take a strong initiative.
"The catapult!"
Nalan Dingdong had already come down from the city wall, giving orders loudly.
Cannon and gunfire shattered his shouts, and the clarion call to convey orders was clearly useless. At this time, it depends on the semaphore.
The messengers started waving huge battle flags, and each battalion had soldiers who were responsible for observing the flag language, and quickly conveyed Nalan Dingdong's order.
Behind the array, dozens of riprap vehicles were at the ready.
The huge stone was lifted up by several people, the noose was loosened suddenly, and the big arms were swung back, and the stone was sent into the sky immediately.
Although the range of the catapult is also affected by the wind, it is not affected much because of the gravity of the stone. This kind of counterattack was just to break up the platoon formation of the Opuru people, and give the archers of the Black Banner Army and the soldiers operating the ballista a chance to counterattack. Catapults are not nearly as fast to reload as cannons, and are too heavy to move once installed.
Therefore, the scope of the attack is almost fixed in such an area.
Therefore, catapults are generally used to attack cities and are rarely used in field battles.
For the attack on a fixed target, the catapult may not be accurate for the first time, and it may not be accurate for the second time, but after several times of debugging, it can basically cause a devastating blow to the city wall. However, in field battles, there is no fixed target to fight. Those huge siege beasts were far from within the range of the catapult.
fierce
Indescribably intense.
In the contest of long-range weapons between the two sides at the beginning, the Opuru people had the advantage.
Nalan Dingdong has been running on the ground, giving orders non-stop. He now knows what Fang Jie's counterattack plan is, but it's not yet time.
After fighting like this for more than an hour, the pressure on the Opuru people obviously began to weaken. Continuous firing of muskets in this era is very dangerous. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the team. Of course, the front team and the rear team can switch seamlessly, but after an hour, when most of the soldiers' muskets start to heat up, it is necessary to mobilize the second echelon from the back. This is the black flag. Opportunities for a counterattack.
Nalan Dingdong has a lot of experience in fighting the Opulu people, so Fang Jie handed over the control of time to him.
"Move!"
Nalan Dingdong immediately issued an order after feeling that the Opuru people's shooting was starting to thin out.
Following his military order, all the archers of each battalion came out of the trenches, completed the formation in the shortest time, and then began to counterattack. The feather arrows were distributed to them suddenly last night, not their own feather arrows before. The feather arrows distributed to them were mobilized by the cavalry of the Black Banner Army. As for these feather arrows, the cavalry spent two days modifying at least dozens of them each.
aggravated.
It's that simple.
But such a simple method can greatly reduce the influence of the feather arrow by the wind.
Throw!
What kind of magnificent scene was the counterattack of nearly 20,000 archers? The density of feather arrows can almost cover the color of the sky. In the gap between the front team and the back team of the Opuru people, the Black Banner Army launched a strong counterattack.
not only that!
To the surprise of all Opuru people, the counter charge of the Black Banner Army was not done by cavalry, but by archers!
This is unreasonable!
No one uses troops like this!
Therefore, many Opulu generals were surprised.
The neat array of arrows began to move forward, maintaining the firing density of the feathered arrows. This level of counterattack started at one point, and then the Opuru people were passive for a long time. When the muskets fired intensively, they suppressed the archers of the Black Banner Army, and when the archers fired intensively, they could also suppress the opponent.
The formation of the Opulu people immediately became a little chaotic.
"let's start!"
Nalan Dingdong gave an order.
A large flag with a special color was waved, and the entire position immediately became dusty!
It wasn't the Opuru's artillery firing again, but the countless soldiers of the Black Banner Army who began to dig the ground with their shovels!
Lyman who was sitting on the high platform stood up abruptly, his face became a little ugly. Holding up his clairvoyance, he looked at the dust flying across the Black Banner Army's position, his eyes were already widened to the extreme.
"Fang Jie..."
The name came out of Lyman's throat, full of anger.
No one expected that the Black Banner Army's counterattack would be in such a way.
The archers began to retreat in an orderly manner after being suppressed, and there was no sign of a Black Banner soldier in the dusty place!
"Are they... are they digging trenches forward?"
Augusta lowered his clairvoyance, with a look of incredulity on his face: "This... this is so rascal..."
On the city wall of Phoenix Terrace, someone was laughing.
He has a different experience from everyone in this world, so... he can always surprise people.