Riding on the horse, I slowly followed the army forward. I was not in a hurry. I was not ready to break through the cavalry's blockade in the rear, but to deal with the infantry with only two legs. As long as I did not enter the opponent's attack range, I did not need to worry about anything.
I was also worried about the enemy's magician unit. Yaruo and the 200 sniper archers were in front of the team. If the enemy's magicians entered the 800-meter attack range, Yaruo and the 200 soldiers would definitely make them feel the taste of death. How many people were there in the enemy's magician unit? Only 2,000 people! And how long would it take for the enemy's magicians to stop and chant spells after approaching us? Hehe, they couldn't even cast P without 20 seconds for the first spell...
But my sniper archers, supported by their fighting spirit and martial arts, are fully capable of firing more than 6 arrows within these 20 seconds. . . . . . Moreover, the magician cannot be interrupted when he is chanting a spell, otherwise not only will the magic fail, but in serious cases, it may even backfire and kill themselves and the people around them.
In this case, my archer troops can completely wipe out more than half of their magicians in a short period of time. Moreover, in this case, the surviving magicians of the other side will definitely not wait to die on the spot. Their best option is to escape. After all, I have never heard of any scenes of magicians bravely killing the enemy and serving the country. They are nobles. As long as they are not killed in the war, they will not be tortured or sent to various kilns or mines like ordinary soldiers. As long as they pay a sum of money, they can still come back and become an excellent imperial noble.
"Sir, it's getting chaotic back there..." Matthew muttered to me in a low voice and glanced back.
Slowly retreating to the back of the army, I raised my telescope to observe the cavalry units that were beginning to come into contact with the Red Moon City defenders. Poor, poor Red Moon City's defeated troops. After they could not get shelter at the military station, they rushed towards those cavalrymen who were obviously not from the Imperial Army. What a good end it would be? Look, the enemy showed a flag embroidered with crossed swords and shields... The flag of the Mocast Empire... God bless them!
At the same time, the Fire Phoenix Army also began to make contact with the enemy. Three rows of heavy infantry were in front, followed by magician troops protected by light infantry. When the Fire Phoenix Army sent out troops to test the enemy, the magicians simply set up a large magic shield in front of the heavy infantry, which completely eliminated the Fire Phoenix Army's desire to send troops for a test attack.
Here, a heavy infantry corps and a light infantry division in front of me also began to form their battle formations. The heavy infantry in the front row squatted with their shields, holding their bodies tightly against the tower shields; in the second row, there was a heavy infantryman holding a pure steel shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand. Their bayonets were all supported on the tower shields of the first row of heavy infantry, forming a line of guns. Behind them, there was a heavy infantryman holding a bayonet. They stood a few steps behind the heavy infantry in the second row, but they all held their guns with both hands, ready to thrust at any time...
Behind the heavy infantry were the light infantry holding steel shields to protect the magician troops. Each magician was protected by a soldier holding a tower shield in front of him and on both sides.
Damn, turtles, an absolute turtle shell formation! Now these soldiers, including the magicians, as long as they retreat behind those tower shields, my longbowmen will be unable to do anything. And my sniper archers, although they have magic-breaking arrows, are just some jokes in front of the opponent's tower shields.
What should I do? Should I just waste time with them? If it were a normal battlefield, I wouldn't be afraid of wasting time, I would just waste time. But now it's not possible, I'm still in their encirclement, if they mobilize cavalry or other troops from behind, I will be the one who suffers in the end.
"All longbowmen, install the fixing rod and add a second bowstring to the longbow..." Out of desperation, I decided to test the opponent's reaction from a distance.
After installing a bowstring fixing rod on the longbow, I can let the soldiers use the longbow as a crossbow, and by installing a second bowstring, I want the soldiers to shoot arrows farther. After installing the bowstring fixing rod, the soldiers can string the two bowstrings twice and buckle both bowstrings on the bowstring fixing rod to increase the range of the bow and arrow.
Of course, this move still has its flaws, that is, the soldiers' shooting frequency will be greatly reduced, even less than half of the previous frequency, but the range will completely exceed the attack distance of those magicians.
"The entire army is divided into five rows, and five armor-piercing arrows are fired at 2-second intervals, targeting the magician unit in the middle of the enemy position..."
At my command, 2,000 arrows in each batch, a total of 10,000 arrows, flew like locusts. When our arrows rose from the ground, the enemy troops responded immediately. All the heavy infantry in the second row placed their steel shields on the tower shields in the front row and tucked their heads into the protection range of the steel shields. The heavy infantry in the third row did it even simpler. They put down their guns directly, stepped forward and squatted down.
Behind them, the magicians immediately retreated behind the tower shields, and the light infantry also squeezed behind the tower shields. . . . .
The clanging sound of arrows and shields colliding made both sides feel frightened. But after the rain of arrows, the reactions of both sides were completely different.
Seeing that even the steel shields were dented by countless arrows and even many armor-piercing arrows were directly inserted into the steel shields, all the soldiers of the Mocaster Empire were extremely excited. They had finally defended against the arrows with extremely long range and terrifying penetrating power, which undoubtedly boosted their morale.
But this was a big blow to our army, both in terms of morale and fighting spirit. The battle in front of our military camp was won by us with overwhelming advantage, with the enemy's heavy infantry not posing any threat to us. But now, when the enemy got serious, we found helplessly that our previous tactics and methods could not do anything to their weak shells. . . . .
But will I be stumped by the turtle shell in front of me? The answer is of course no. . . . . .