The opposite side was about 400 meters away, and the Norton family armed forces put up an extremely weird formation. The silver armored infantry of the three phalanxes lined up in a horizontal line, and the cavalry on the two wings also formed three phalanxes on each side. It is in the shape of a vertical line.
Even though the second prince had fought battles for a long time, he was also confused at this moment. The cavalry formations on the two wings followed the rules and could be attacked or defended. But isn't it too thin for the Chinese army to line up with three infantry phalanxes? Moreover, the distance between the three infantry phalanxes is too far away, and if they are compact, another infantry phalanx can be squeezed.
There are nine phalanxes, and each phalanx is estimated to have the strength of a brigade, which is more than 20,000 people. It seems that the Norton family has indeed suffered a lot in resisting the attack of the wave of monsters, but with such a small force, why does the Norton family still go out to fight in the field, and put all their eggs in one basket? Or is the dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, breaking the jar and falling, ready to fight with himself to the detriment of both sides, dragging himself into the water when he is dying, and catching him as a backstop
Thinking of this, the second prince immediately decided to stand still, and his kingdom's first army to maintain a defensive position. If the Norton family's armed forces have not moved after a while, they might as well order the Earl of Kenmes or Baron Shaheen on both sides to dispatch some troops to fight against the enemy. Some testing. Anyway, the Norton family has only this little force, and their own army is 100,000. With a five-to-one force comparison, the Norton family can't turn the world upside down.
At this moment, the second prince is already thinking about whether to pull the private army of the Northland nobles who lined up behind the Kingdom's First Army to confront the Norton family in an armed confrontation, so as not to damage the strength of his Kingdom's First Army in battle. .
"Your Majesty, the Norton family seems to be really rich. Look, their soldiers are all wearing brand-new bright silver armor, which covers the whole body and provides comprehensive protection. Tsk tsk tsk..." It was Iberia who said this. The enshrinement of the royal family is nominally Ke Qing's great swordsman Lu Yinsi who actually served as the second prince's personal bodyguard. If it weren't for him, Baron Shaheen Henned, who was originally a golden knight, would not have been obediently coerced to follow the second prince for so long.
Only then did the second prince turn his attention to the soldiers of the Norton family, and he was immediately filled with jealousy and hatred. An ordinary soldier of the Norton family wore defensive armor that was even more comprehensive than that of some knights under him, and looked more upscale. Beautiful, each one is full of shiny human-shaped cans.
"Hmph! The Norton family has nowhere to spend their money, so they can only spend it on the armor of the family soldiers. After all, they have to rely on these soldiers to resist the tide of monsters. The stronger the protection, the stronger the soldiers of the family are willing to fight against those ferocious monsters." But it doesn't matter, these shiny silver armors will be mine soon, and I will use these captured silver armors to form a guard army to follow me..." The second prince clenched his hands in resentment The horsewhip in his hand flicked in the air, as if the silver armor in front of him would soon fall into his palm.
"Your Majesty, look quickly, what is that? A chariot?" Great Swordsman Lu Yinsi reminded the second prince that changes had reappeared on the battlefield.
The second prince came back to his senses, looked up, and saw a scene of cars and horses running around the Norton family. Countless black chariots passed through the gap between the three infantry phalanxes, and came to the front of the position, lined up. They didn't seem to pay attention to the formation of the phalanx, so they lined up one after another, even blocking the front of the two-winged cavalry phalanx, and continued to spread to both sides.
The style of these chariots is like a large open wooden box. At the front is a coachman in silver armor, and behind are two soldiers holding bright silver kite-shaped shields and spears. It seems that there are two more soldiers behind. indivual. One chariot, two horses, five soldiers.
"Haha, this is the trump card of the Norton family?" The second prince laughed wildly: "With these chariots, do you think you can fight against my 100,000 army? This stupid bear in the North regards us as monsters ? The brain is really messed up... Haha.....This is really stupid, have they been separated from the human world for too long?"
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Great swordsman Lu Yinsi didn't quite understand what the second prince was laughing at.
"My dear Lu Yinsi, as a great swordsman, you put all your focus on the way of the sword, so you don't know much about military affairs. Obviously, the Norton family wants to take advantage of the openness of this battlefield Heping, give us a surprise with the tank troops. They want to use the two characteristics of the tank's strong defense and fast movement, use the tanks to break through or enter our defense line, and then the rest of the troops will cover up and kill us. A victory will be You can get it at your fingertips..." The second prince explained.
"Is there any problem with this?" The Great Sword Master still didn't understand.
The second prince felt very tired, especially explaining tactical issues to military idiots: "My dear Lu Yinsi, you don't understand that human beings abandoned such impractical things as chariots on the battlefield hundreds of years ago. No matter how high it is, how fast it moves, the horse pulling the cart within the reach of the longbow is the best target.
As long as the horse pulling the cart falls down, it will hinder or block the sprinting of the left and right chariots behind it. Often, one overturned chariot can cause a series of car accidents. An extremely rare scene. To avoid such a result, the distance between the chariots must be increased, but in this way, the impact on the defensive formation will be lost...
Moreover, the chariot has extremely high requirements on the terrain, and a trench half a meter deep can block it and prevent it from sprinting. The most important thing is that we have a large number of cavalry. As long as we turn around to the back of the chariot, the soldiers on the chariot will become fish on the chopping board, and they can be cut as they want. So I laughed at the Norton family for treating us as monsters. Using chariots can indeed deal with monsters, because monsters can't attack from a distance, and they don't have tactical detours. If you want to use chariots to deal with us, go ahead and dream. "
"It turns out that the chariot still has so many inconveniences. I still think it's very majestic to sit on the chariot. Your Majesty, you will win later and get me one to play... Uh... Your Majesty, look over there, those two are so huge Is it also a chariot?" The great swordsman watched with great curiosity two huge chariots appeared on the side of the Norton family, pulled by more than a dozen pack horses and slowly drove into the space between the three infantry phalanxes, and then stopped. down.
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Well, all of this is to be blamed on Lorist, because he knew the outcome of this battle well, so Lorist didn't make too many demands on the family knights under him. The tactic he arranged was that the Steel Crossbow Chariot would launch a few rounds of violent storm-like attacks to break down the enemy's will to resist until they collapsed, and then the other battalions of the family would start chasing and killing them, and it would be over.
It wasn't that Lorist looked down on the 100,000 Northland noble coalition army led by the second prince, but that the steel crossbow chariots in his hands were too heaven-defying. There were five chariot battalions, each with 500 chariots, and the entire chariot corps 2,500 steel crossbows with a direct shooting distance of 320 meters. The only thing Lorist is curious about is how many rounds the Kingdom's First Army formed by the second prince can last under the steel crossbow fire...
Therefore, Lorist was careless and underestimated the war-seeking mentality of his family knights. As soon as the horn sounded, Bodfinger's three armored battalions, Tiger Ross's three Lancer battalions, Terman's Knights, Yuri's Ranger battalion, and Josk's Archer battalion all swarmed like a swarm. He rushed out of the Rock Castle, but left the chariot corps that was going to be the main force behind. Lorist, who hadn't expected this scene, jumped up angrily in the back.
Fortunately, those guys didn't go crazy, and they knew how to wait in formation, and didn't rush directly into the enemy's formation. Lorist hurriedly ordered the chariot commander Malek to command the chariot battalion to go into formation.
El made a fuss again, and insisted on pulling the two huge super steel crossbows made by Master Falin to the front of the formation to see the blood. He directed the guards to push and pull the two huge flat-bed chariots across the city gate drawbridge, and finally pushed them onto the battlefield.
"Lock, it's not that I'm dead-headed, but I want to try the extreme range of these two super steel crossbows. Master Falin said that they can shoot straight to a distance of more than 500 meters. Think about it, let's shoot two shots at the enemy's command center , Then the excitement will be great, maybe it will work in one fell swoop, just like the beheading tactic you mentioned, the enemy will collapse without a fight without a commander..." El said.
Forget it, let him play as he likes, anyway, the victory of this battle is certain, Lorist is too lazy to argue with El.
"How did you get it out? How can you get it back after you've beaten it?" Lorist yawned. Last night, he had a lot of trouble with Miss Teresty, as if he hadn't gotten enough sleep.
"Okay, Malek, let's start the chariot corps once they are in formation. You go to command, finish the fight early and go back to rest early, and then we have to develop the black mud swamp." Lorist said to the accompanying horse said Malek, who was riding a flatbed chariot.
"Yes, my lord." Malek gave a knight's chest salute, and steered his horse forward.
Lorist sat down on the flat chariot bored, and listened to El gesticulating there: "It's the big flag in the middle, the one with the crown badge on it represents the second prince. The guy must be under the flag, just aim there...”
"My lord, I really can't see clearly." The shooter of the super steel crossbow complained.
Also, the one that can be seen clearly at a distance of 500 meters is not a person, but an eagle.
"You idiot, what kind of eyes are you, you can also be a shooter? Change someone, get someone with better eyes." El scolded dissatisfied.
After finally getting it done, El jumped out of the car and ran to another super steel crossbow. Before leaving, he pulled a guard to command instead of him: "I waved my hand and ordered the launch, and your side will also launch immediately. Do you understand... "
The horn sounded, and the steel crossbows of the tanks in the forefront moved forward for more than ten meters and stopped, followed by the second row, and then the third row. This is the chariots arranged in three rows adjusting their shooting ranges.
The drums sounded, and the attack began. Before the drums stopped, all the steel crossbows of the chariots could only fire. Unless the steel crossbows failed, they could not stop firing.
The two shield-holding guards standing in front of all the chariots squatted down, revealing the steel crossbows of the chariots behind them...
"Boom boom boom boom boom...."
The continuous sound of the vibration of the steel wire bowstring sounded...
Countless black arrow shadows swept across the space of nearly 300 meters, and plunged into the camp of the Kingdom's First Army, which was waiting in full force. There was a scream, and the soldiers in the front all fell to the ground, with black arrows stuck on their bodies. Iron crossbow arrows, and many soldiers were strung into blood gourds...
The Kingdom's First Legion also reacted very quickly. With the sound of the horn, the two ranger regiments on the two wings charged forward. It was obvious that they wanted to take advantage of the slow and complicated operation of the crossbow to rush into the formation of chariots and make the infantry formation in the middle Immune to the second slaughter shot from the crossbow...
Lorist, who was sitting on the huge flat-panel chariot, curled his lips. The Second Prince's Kingdom's First Legion was indeed well-trained, but he underestimated the advanced nature of the steel crossbow on the chariot. From firing to rewinding, he would never More than forty seconds, and the time for the shooter to aim must also be counted.
Thanks to the pulley and lever-like winding combination designed by Lorist, after firing the steel crossbow, one only needs to grab a steel handle next to the crossbow body and pull it, just like the old-fashioned air gun loaded in Lorist's previous life. The principle of leverage can rewind the steel crossbow, and the assistant next to him can put the iron crossbow arrows, and then he can aim and fire again.
"Boom boom boom boom boom...."
This is the second round of chariot steel crossbows being fired, and the two Ranger regiments who had just rushed to the front of the battlefield were turned on their backs, their corpses...
Except for a few tenacious arrow horses still hissing, the entire battlefield suddenly became silent, and even the follow-up troops of the two ranger regiments stopped charging. They didn't know what to do. The two armies were separated by more than three hundred meters. If you continue to rush over, you will have to withstand at least four or five times of arrow rain. This is not a battle, but a massacre...
The horn sounded abruptly again, and with the sound of urging, the longbowmen of the Kingdom's First Legion rushed up. They stood beside the dead comrade's body and launched a lob with anger.
Perhaps the quality of the longbows equipped by the Kingdom's First Legion was lacking. Thousands of feathered arrows fell from the sky and filled a large area of land at the front of the chariot array. Only a few feathered arrows fell into the chariots. In the formation, but the horses pulling the carts were covered with arrow-proof horse armor, and the steel crossbows of the chariots were protected by guards with shields. Except for one unlucky pack horse being shot in the buttocks, the lobbing of this round of longbows Only get this one and only result.
"Boom boom boom boom boom...."
The third round of launch began. The dense array of longbowmen who were about to go forward for another distance because of the lack of range seemed to be punched in the face, and more than half of them collapsed in one fell swoop. The longbowmen on both sides looked Trembling at the sight of dead bodies strewn across the field, he suddenly uttered a cry, throwing away his bow and arrow, turned around and ran away. they crashed...
"Boom... boom..." Two loud bowstrings sounded, and this guy El finally let the two super steel crossbows launch, and this time there were two more shooters shaking like rain-drenched quails.
However, something unexpected happened to Lorist. After the two super steel crossbows were launched, the flag representing the Iberian royal family with the crown emblem painted fell down, causing chaos behind the Kingdom's First Legion...
Baron Shaheen, who was placed on the left of the Kingdom's First Legion, the two family armies of Knight Henned and Baron Felim also moved, their flags were facing backwards, and they began to leave the battlefield. . The armed forces of the Kenmas family on the right retreated two hundred meters, and then began to set up camp, posing in a neutral posture.
"Boom boom boom boom boom...."
This is the fourth round, three short horns sounded, and the drums continued. This is the time for the chariots to advance to the front thirty meters and continue to launch...
"Boom boom boom boom boom...."
"Boom boom boom boom boom...."
After the fifth and sixth rounds of the chariot crossbow were fired, the enemy troops on the opposite side who were still alive had all turned around and started to flee...
At last the drums stopped, and the shrill horn sounded, which was the order to pursue the enemy.
"Norton!..." The cheers sounded, and the Lancers, Rangers, Horse Archers, and Knights launched a pursuit to the fleeing enemy.
El jumped down from the flatbed chariot next to him, jumped onto a waiting horse, and shouted: "All guards on horseback, rush, and capture the prisoners!"
"This guy is going crazy! Why are you so excited? Also, shouldn't he shout a more easy-to-talk slogan like kill them all? How could he shout to capture the prisoners?" Lorist turned away with a puzzled look on his face. I saw Reddy suppressing a smile.
At the age of sixteen, he began to follow Lorist. Four years have passed. As Lorist's first disciple, Reddy was just promoted to the silver rank more than a dozen days ago, and was accepted by Lorist as a family knight. Now he is the most senior member of the Norton family. young knight.
"What are you laughing at?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, you forgot what you said. You said that in the Norton family, only criminals and captives can serve hard labor..." Reddy reminded.
My day! Lorist suddenly realized, and immediately understood why the knights of his family were so eager to fight. They were so excited when they heard that the war was coming, and they were all suffocating because they wanted to capture more prisoners instead of them to develop the Black Mire Swamp. . No wonder Bodfinger expressed his resolve on behalf of the knights of the family and said to capture more prisoners, even El's slogan for attacking was to capture prisoners.
Lorist laughed and cursed: "These guys..."
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