"Father in Heaven!"
Anqiluo and others who stayed in place were stunned. Less than half an hour after the battle started, two of their four teams collapsed. In their shock, they forgot to send archers for reinforcements.
They couldn't see clearly what weapons the other party used from this distance. According to the description of those who came back to ask for help, Alarda People used a powerful "fire crossbow". As soon as the fire flashed, countless projectiles rushed towards them. The power was ridiculous. Those Militia who were not wearing any protection would die if they were next to each other, and would be injured if they touched them.
As soon as Soldiers asked for help, the lords saw another group of people in the front team fall down. The Soldiers people fled around one after another. Then several large holes were "opened" in the third square formation, and they watched the entire team collapse instantly.
The most difficult thing now is Bairdin's second square formation. The troops in front have collapsed, and the troops behind have also collapsed. I am alone in the middle. If I continue to move forward, I will end up with the same fate if I don't keep it together. If I retreat, I haven't received the order from the lord. For a while, everyone from the commanding knight to Soldiers below is in a tangle.
The knight commanding the fourth phalanx saw the people in front hesitating and stopped advancing, standing still and watching.
According to Paul's original plan, the musketry company should launch a wave of Salvo Fire followed by a charge by spearmen to completely defeat the first square formation. However, the chargers were almost gone before the charge. Being cautious by nature, he instructed Bryce not to pursue the defeated troops. He did not want the various units to be too far apart, which would be troublesome if they were outflanked by the opponent's cavalry.
Paul then ordered all the troops to move forward as a whole, the marching drums were beaten, and the two battalions moved forward slowly on the beat of the drums.
Aibute turned blue. "We can't go on like this!"
Anqiluo said anxiously, "Let's gather all the knights and Militia and defeat them with one charge!"
The two barons were shocked and begged with grimaces.
"Sir, please think carefully! What you bring this time is almost all the labor in our territory."
"If they all die here, there will be no one to work in our territory, and all the old, young, women and children will starve to death!"
Alarda People's terrifying weapons have frightened them. In their understanding, only the legendary evil magic can have such vicious power.
Small lords like them had a small population in their territory. This time they brought all the young men they could recruit. One was to please the two Viscount, and the other was to grab more things and share more loot when they defeated Alarda Territory.
Judging from the confident expressions of the two Viscounts, I originally thought it was an armed march that would end within a few days and would not delay the farm work in the fields. Who would have thought that they would hit a big snag before they even started.
Anqiluo was furious. "Go to hell with the territory! Go to hell with the old, young, women and children! Don't forget what we did to Old Garnard. This is not an ordinary dispute between lords! If After being defeated by Greiman, you think you can just pay him a sum of money and you think you can continue to be a lord in peace? We all have to go to jail, we all have to be hanged, and our property has to be taken away!"
He threatened the two little lords with a ferocious face. "Your family will be demoted as slaves, and your wives and daughters will be played with by Greiman, but by that time you will already be hanging on the gallows."
The two barons were frightened by the horrific scene described by Anqiluo and fell silent.
Aibute is somewhat calm. "Look at the effect of the opponent's weapons, charging head-on will inevitably end up being destroyed again!"
Anqiluo was furious. "Then what do you think we should do?"
He is good at government affairs and only knows a little bit about military matters. Despite the vehemence with which he threatened the two barons just now, in fact, he is already in a state of confusion in his heart.
You were full of confidence before the war started, but after the war started, you discovered that the opponent was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. The feeling of falling from the clouds was not pleasant.
Aibute said to Soldiers who had just asked for help, "Ride a horse and tell the people in the remaining two teams to spread out as much as possible and not to be so crowded."
He was deeply annoyed in his heart. The opponent's weapons should be similar to bows and arrows. If they had not used such a dense formation when advancing before, so many people would not have been killed instantly.
In order to defend against cavalry attacks and create a greater weapon attack density on the same frontal width, the infantry are very close to each other on the left, right and front. This just enhances the killing effect of the Alarda Army firearm.
He hated the knight commanding the army in front. "Greiman has no cavalry, and we have more people than them. Why are we lining up so densely?"
Now that there was no use in being upset, he said to the other three lords, "Send the archers to follow behind to suppress their long-range weapons, and let the people in front spread out to entangle Alarda People to attract their attention. I will lead all the knights from the right side to go behind them and charge!"
Everyone agreed and ordered all the knights around them to assemble and follow Aibute in the charge. Orderly also ran forward to convey the new order.
The knights gathered much faster, and soon they set up an attack formation and urged their mounts to gallop.
On weekdays, knights from several neighboring territories would get together from time to time to hold martial arts contests or group hunting. The martial arts contest was to compete with each other to improve their personal martial arts, while hunting was to improve the knights' team combat capabilities.
Although the team fighting ability honed in this way is not as good as those regular knights who stay together for many years to train, but in rural places like the northwest, once they gather together, they are an unparalleled force.
With the help of the cover of the infantry still on the battlefield, Aibute led the knights to make a big turn and ran towards the Alarda Army's formation from the right.
The Bairdin people's formation changed, and the knight in charge shouted, "Spread out, spread out! After spreading out, the opponent's weapons can't hit you."
Soldiers people pulled away from each other in a noisy manner, and the two square formations gradually connected together to form an indescribable formation. From a distance, it looked like a large number of people standing there sparsely.
This also brought difficulties in command. When the knight ordered to move forward, many people could not hear it at all and stood there blankly at a loss.
On Arda's side, the musket company and Artillery Company fired again, but the effect was not very satisfactory, firstly because the distance was too far, and secondly because the opponent's formation became loose and the hit rate plummeted, but it still caused another panic among the enemy.
Paul ordered, "It's time for our spearmen to come on stage. Tell Artillery Company to fire two rounds with shotguns, and then the two battalions will rush over to defeat them."
Since Artillery and Solid Shot are not effective against the enemy's loose formation, replace them with shotguns to increase the killing area.
At this time, Soldiers discovered the enemy knight trying to rush from the side and rear, and quickly issued an alarm.
One of the staff officers shouted in a panic, "Your Majesty, the other knight has come around behind us!"
Paul was shocked and paid attention to the infantry in front of him. Unexpectedly, the opponent's knight went around behind and touched it.
"Two rows back, turn back! Be prepared to withstand the impact!"
Fortunately, he discovered in time that there were still a lot of enemy infantry in front of him, and he did not intend to display Hollow Square.
Another order was sent to Artillerymen: "Quick! Let Artillerymen turn around Muzzle and bombard the enemy knights approaching us!"
When Artillerymen received a new order from Paul, they had just finished loading shotguns...
Isn't it a bit exaggerated for one count to gather two thousand young men? Last night I used "Epic War Simulator" to simulate this battle. Although two thousand people didn't sound like a lot, at first glance it was a large, dark mass of people.