The Final Battle

As Reiner was the commander coordinating the entire battle, he did not need to issue precise tactical orders to every army. That was the responsibility of their respective commanders. All Reiner needed to do was place each unit in the right position and seize the right moment.

As a strategic commander, his duty was to direct the battle on a broad scale, not to concern himself with the skirmishes of a few soldiers or one or two regiments.

Count Reiland also issued orders to the warriors under his command. The crossbowmen and archers all moved to the very front of the formation, extending their firing range as much as possible.

The distance between the two sides continued to close. More than sixty thousand soldiers stood at the very front of the Holy War Coalition, preparing to engage Reiner. In other words, they had only around ten thousand troops in reserve.

Five hundred meters...

Four hundred meters...

"Fire a volley straight ahead! Winter Crossbowmen, fire!"

At Count Reiland's shout, the crossbowmen's commander also roared. Four hundred bolts were then unleashed in an instant.

Speaking of ordinary crossbows, aside from being simple and easy to operate, they had no real advantages over bows.

But the crossbows used by the Winter Crossbowmen were completely different. First, their prods were made of spring steel... After all, the era they lived in had nearly reached the Renaissance.

Besides that, the pulley mounted on the bowstring effectively reduced the difficulty of reloading, so the Winter Crossbowmen did not have to use their thighs to draw their crossbows.

The pulley crossbows in their hands had immense range and power. There was nothing unscientific about it, either. The presence of the mechanism and pulley allowed them to draw crossbows with enormous pulling force.

Converted into an equivalent draw