The fourteen Artillery Company's Artillery bombarded the enemy troops marching in a dense formation continuously until the barrels were hot to the touch before they stopped and poured cold water on them to cool down.
Kent Army was beaten into chaos at first, and Soldiers kept running away despite the warnings from his superiors.
Supervisory Team, composed of cavalry, chased and killed them everywhere, and finally stabilized the situation by borrowing more than a dozen deserter heads.
"This is not a solution!" Jia Ais frowned.
Although the entire army had been notified the day before, the other party had the legendary Thunder Hammer, reminding the officers and soldiers to be mentally prepared. But after personally experiencing the blow of Thunder Hammer, most people still feel scared.
In fact, the casualties caused by Artillery at this distance are not large, mainly because the power is too scary.
"Can our ballista hit them?"
"Sir, I'm sorry..."
The officer in charge of long-range weapons spread his hands helplessly.
"Keep going!"
Jia Ais waved his hand impatiently, but he believed that with his own numerical and equipment advantages, he would definitely win as long as he could get close to the enemy. Although Alarda Army's thousand men were very troublesome, they were too small to play a decisive role.
Kent Army regained his composure and continued to move forward, but this time the formation was much sparser to avoid Arda Artillery's long-range killing.
But it was impossible for them to regain the high ground. After the Kent Army fell into chaos, Earl Parker saw this through Telescope. He immediately seized this opportunity and ordered the entire army to run forward.
Kent Army When they reorganized their formation, the coalition forces had already set up a formation on the slope. If their chaotic state continued for a while, the coalition forces would take advantage of the opportunity to rush over.
"Are those Alarda People on the left?"
Jia Ais carefully observed the opponent's formation and adjusted the deployment of some troops in time.
The coalition forces were also observing the enemy troops from a distance.
"They have a lot of archers, more than 1,500 at least... Well, they moved to the right wing."
The coalition generals discovered a new situation that had not been detected before.
Everyone vaguely thought of a possibility. Could it be that the other party's previous proposal to fight in two days was just to wait for the arrival of these archers? Is Derrick's guess correct?
Kent Army There are more than 8,000 infantry and archers in total, divided into four square formations, three square formations are located on the front line, the rear square formation is Reserve Force, and a cavalry team of more than 500 people is located on the left wing.
There are nearly 7,000 people on the coalition side, and they are also divided into four square formations. The deployment is the same as Kent Army, but the cavalry team of nearly 400 people is located on the right wing, far opposite the opponent's left-wing cavalry.
When Kent Army was about 400 meters away from the coalition forces, Earl Parker looked around at everyone, saluted and said, "I'll leave it to you all next."
"Take care, Lord Count!"
All the generals returned the salute and then rode back to their troops.
Bryce also returned to his own army. Alarda Army was located on the left wing of the coalition, facing Kent Army's adjusted archers.
"Woo——"
Earl Parker ordered the horns to be blown, and the various phalanxes of the coalition forces walked towards the Kent Army.
The first contact was with the cavalry teams of both sides. Although Kent Army had more cavalry, Artillery Company paid special attention to the Kent Army's cavalry. Under the attack of artillery fire, Kent Army's cavalry was never able to assemble a dense charging formation, and had to use a loose formation to charge towards the coalition.
The coalition forces did not have this concern. They formed a dense formation and rushed towards the enemy.
When the cavalry of both sides first came into contact, each Kent Cavalry who approached the enemy would face several lances at the same time. If he dodged one, he would not be able to dodge the other, and then he would be stabbed off his horse.
As soon as they made contact, the coalition cavalry caused heavy casualties to Kent Cavalry.
But Kent Cavalry occupies the numerical advantage after all. After the two sides melee together, the coalition's formation advantage no longer exists.
Viewed from the coalition side, the infantry phalanxes of both sides also faced each other from right to left.
It's just that the infantry of both sides generally marched to about 200 meters away from each other, then shouted and rushed forward, as if they had discussed it in advance. After the melee came together, it became a mess, and the previously orderly formation no longer existed.
The only exception was Alarda Army. They stepped on the drums step by step and slowly approached each other.
Followed by the Heller Family's infantry. After Derrick led the team to send off a wave of troops two days ago, the remaining soldiers were gathered afterwards, leaving less than a thousand infantrymen. Since Alarda Army in front didn't charge, they didn't charge either, because someone was blocking them anyway.
Facing Alarda Army was Kent Army's archer. It seemed that they were specially deployed to the right wing to deal with muskets.
As Alarda Army was marching, bursts of arrows were thrown at them. Some people fell down after being hit by arrows. Soldiers behind them stepped over their fallen comrades and continued to move forward, always looking ahead.
When the infantry passed by a place, someone immediately ran over with a stretcher and carried the injured person to the rear, where the wounds were treated by medical soldiers. These people are civilian husbands recruited by Bryce. In order to make some money to support their families, there are still many bold people who dare to venture into the battlefield.
The Potri infantrymen who followed were shocked by the perseverance of the friendly forces. The depression of the defeat two days ago was swept away, and an indescribable feeling arose in their hearts.
They felt strange before: Alarda People Why do you beat drums when fighting? Now their steps were subconsciously tapping the drum beat, and the formation they started out miraculously maintained.
It's not that the quality of the Potri infantry is high, but more because the enemy's bows and arrows are basically "taking care" of the Arda infantry in front, and few of them fall on their heads. If they had been in the front, they would have been able to rush over in a swarm like other armies.
The officer in charge of commanding the Kent Army archers was very surprised. The distance was already close enough. Why didn't Alarda People launch the fire crossbow? According to people who have come into contact with the Fire Crossbow, this weapon can hit people at a distance of about 100 meters. Master Jia Ais ordered the archers to shoot at Alarda People, entangle them, and never allow them to support other troops.
But now Alarda People is still moving forward, letting the arrows fall on his head without any intention of fighting back.
As the distance between the two parties became closer and closer, Kent Army could clearly see what was in the opponent's hands. The shining Bayonet on the top of the "Fire Crossbow" caught their attention.
Could it be that Alarda People wants to fight with them, but their "fire crossbows" are too short. Although the archers are generally only equipped with daggers, there is a row of spearmen in front of them to protect them.
With such doubts, the officer directed the archers to shoot twice more, causing considerable casualties to the opponent.
Finally, when the distance between the two sides was about 50 meters, Alarda People stopped.
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