Chapter 98: The Ballista Shows Its Power
After picking up the hand axe, a group of orcs stood on the slope again, standing there in a daze, waiting for Xiao Yu to give orders.
And all the cavalry over there were completely killed.
That commander doesn't know what to do now. If you continue to charge up like this, you will definitely die, but if you don't charge head-on, the other sides are all raised terrain, and you can't charge up at all.
When Xiao Yu set up camp, he had already taken a good look at the terrain.
The cavalry commander's expression was very ugly. He also knew about Xiao Yu's classic duel in the Colosseum in Benghazi City, but he thought it was just a coincidence. He has 3,000 cavalry. Could it be that he can't defeat the opponent's 500 orcs
In any case, he would never have imagined that this time the ambush would be so twists and turns. First, he waited left and right for no one, and then finally found them. As a result, so many people died in the first encounter. Moreover, there is no way to attack now.
"Master Commander, if this goes on, it may be very difficult for us to attack." Beside the commander, the adjutant couldn't help but said.
The commander said coldly: "Do you have any suggestions?"
The adjutant looked at the obstacles in front of him and said: "Those obstacles have completely restricted the performance of our cavalry. If we want to attack, we must give up the horses and attack with short weapons. Ten people form a small team. The siege formation of ten people was used to siege those orcs at close quarters. The throwing ax they just used was really powerful, but once we leaned forward with the shield, used those obstacles as cover, and slowly killed them, they The throwing axes are not so effective. Although those obstacles greatly hinder us, they can also provide them with cover. As long as they are close, their long-range weapons will not be able to play. We will train like this Excellent soldiers, are they still afraid of five hundred orcs? The ten-man siege tactics we usually train are designed to deal with powerful individual units like orcs and fighters."
After listening to the adjutant's suggestion, the commander nodded. In fact, he also saw that the horses were completely useless here. However, he was a little unwilling to give up the horses, after all, they were cavalry.
However, they are also elite fighters, even in foot combat, they are not afraid of anyone.
Even if 500 of them died just now, there are still 2,500 of them, and the other party is only 500 orcs, so what are you afraid of
Five to one, still can't beat the orcs
They are not unorganized soldiers, but are usually well-trained, and a small team of ten people will form a small square formation to attack and kill. They are the best nemesis of this kind of orcs.
If he had time, he could adopt delaying tactics to trap Xiao Yu to death here. After all, although Xiao Yu occupies the terrain now, it is still an isolated terrain. Let them come out to buy supplies, and sooner or later they can be surrounded to death.
But he didn't know that if he adopted such a tactic, Xiao Yu could have many ways to deal with him.
Therefore, the commander ordered everyone to dismount, and then picked up shields and daggers, ready for melee combat, and those spears were ready to be thrown, causing damage to the orcs.
You have axes and we have spears.
Xiao Yu saw that they all got off their horses and were about to fight on foot, his eyes narrowed immediately.
"Battle on foot? Think foot fighting is enough? Prepare the ballista."
The cavalry has now become infantry, holding a shield in their left hand, a spear in their right hand, and a dagger hanging from their waists. When they reach a suitable distance, they can throw their spears, and then take the opportunity to charge up and engage in melee combat.
With the experience of last time, these infantry are scattered relatively widely, and try not to gather together, so as not to suffer the destructive blow of the flying axes again.
Moreover, they have already selected the location of the obstacle, and they are going to find the obstacle to hide it as soon as they rush over, so that the opponent's throwing ax cannot hit it.
The obstacles were made too large, and they did resist the charge of their horses, but they also provided good cover.
The first echelon, already near the obstacle, began to charge, got under the obstacle, and then prepared for close combat.
However, at this moment, when they thought those orcs were about to start throwing axes again, they found that they suddenly retreated to both sides.
They were slightly taken aback, not understanding what these orcs were doing, but soon, they discovered that after the orcs in the first row had evacuated, what was revealed was a row of orcs holding a huge crossbow, with five thick and long The crossbow bolts were aimed at them.
For a moment, their hearts beat violently.
The next moment, these crossbow bolts pierced the sky with a sharp whistling sound, like the cry of a strange bird.
Puff puff…
Waves of blood dances exploded, and many soldiers were directly shot in half by the thick and long crossbow arrows, and then the crossbow arrows continued to penetrate through several people in a row before stopping.
In such a face-to-face meeting, dozens of people all died unexpectedly, and the death conditions were extremely horrific.
"Charge, rush up and cut off their crossbow arrows, otherwise, we will all die." At this time, a centurion shouted loudly. His judgment was correct. The range of the crossbow was too far. If they escaped, they would all be penetrated before they escaped.
Now, instead of rushing up quickly, the distance is closer, which can effectively prevent the orcs from continuing to attack.
However, what they didn't expect was that the orc's launch speed was much faster than they imagined.
After the first row of orcs finished shooting, they turned around and ran back from both sides holding these huge crossbows, while the second row of orcs had already held up the huge crossbows and started shooting.
Puff puff…
Their shields couldn't withstand the powerful power of the ballista at all, and they just pierced through it. The orcs didn't care about some soldiers who hid under the obstacles.
In fact, they didn't aim at all. They just followed Xiao Yu's order to shoot in a range-covering manner. They shot as soon as they could. If they couldn't shoot, they fell down.
If it is an ordinary ballista, it is very troublesome to operate, and it needs two people to push it. It is definitely not so flexible. However, the orcs can easily switch positions, let the back come up, and the front Withdrew and loaded arrows.
Xiao Yu set up a total of five rows for them, ten ballistas in each row. After the first row finished shooting, they immediately returned to the back to reload, and then the second row kept up with the shooting. After the second row, the third The platoons keep up, and by the time the fourth platoon is shot, the first platoon is basically filled.
The shooting accuracy of the ballista with five slots is indeed not that high, but the coverage area is very wide. Ten crossbow carts can shoot out fifty crossbow bolts at once, and as long as this kind of crossbow bolts are hit, they can penetrate several of them.
"Ah...they still have them, why do they have so many ballistas?" These soldiers are all panicking now, either hiding under the obstacles and not daring to show their faces, or retreating quickly to get out of the range of the ballista.
Now, every soldier's psychological defense has collapsed again. The power caused by this giant ballista is much stronger than the deterrent power of the throwing ax just now.
Because the shooting speed was very fast and the density was very high, those fleeing soldiers were pierced one after another. By the time they were out of the range of the ballista, more than 500 people had died.
At this time, Xiao Yu ordered the other orcs to rush down and kill all the soldiers hiding under the obstacles. If people from a distance dared to come to support, they would shoot with ballistas.
As a result, those soldiers hiding under the obstacles were all killed again.
In the blink of an eye, in just two waves of attacks, the opponent had already killed more than a thousand people. They are only 3,000 cavalry. If things go on like this, if there are two more charges, they will basically die.
The commander looked at the corpses all over the ground, wanting to cry but not crying.
(end of this chapter)