Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 314 Endgame

   On the west side of the battlefield, the left wing of the Tiefeng County Army.

  The dying warhorses were screaming, and the warm blood even made the earth a little muddy.

  The strong-armored Terdun Guards were extremely difficult to kill. Even if they were dragged off the saddle, they continued to wield their machetes and roared to fight.

During the    melee, no one was bothered to find the gaps in the leaves.

The    militiamen swung barbs and flails at random, and beat the barbarians to death.

   As a result, most of the Tordun armoured died by bludgeoning.

   Although the skin of their corpses was bruised, it was intact and almost no sharp injuries could be found. The underlying cause of death was massive bleeding from subcutaneous tissues and organs.

   This is a painful and slow way to die, the problem is that it is too inefficient.

   And the sharp knives of the Teldun people fell on the bodies of the militiamen who lacked the protection of armor, and a single blow could make people incapacitated.

  Monkey and two other militiamen pressed a strong barbarian like a drunken fight, but had no idea **** each other.

  Because just by holding down the barbarians, they have already exerted their strength to suckle. The barbarians struggled desperately, and they dared not relax.

   Sergeant Lu Xirong's violent shout came from his ears: "Go away!"

   Immediately afterwards, the monkey riding on the barbarian was kicked over by the sergeant.

  I saw Lu Xirong swung a blunt logging axe and slashed down at the barbarian's head.

The    axe failed to pierce the helmet, but the barbarian's nose and eyes were overflowing with blood, and he stopped struggling immediately.

  Roussillon took another axe and slashed at the barbarian's neck to ensure that the latter would not come back to life.

   The Turdun cavalry attacking the left flank has been divided into two parts:

   Most of them were trapped between the two trenches; the smaller half were kept out of the first trench.

   It was the cavalry led by Anglo who cut off Teltown's wing.

  Angelo's saber has long been thrown away by him - the curved-edged saber is good for slashing, but it is not as good as the straight-edged sword against armored soldiers.

   The gleaming machete slashed diagonally, and Anglo, who was replaced by Guduo, fought back against the opponent's blade.

The moment the    weapons collided, the machete was knocked out of position.

  Anglo hit the opponent's arm with a bone, and the Terdun armor screamed and drove away.

   didn't have time to chase down the enemy, Anglo tugged at the reins, and Redmane hissed and charged towards the other savages.

  The situation is not very good, the Iron Peak County Riding Team is gradually falling into the disadvantage.

   In terms of horse warfare, the Iron Peak County riders are far from the opponents of the skilled Heards. It's just that the timing of the charge was just right, and many Terdun people fled in a panic.

   Now, the psychological advantage that comes with raiding is rapidly eroding.

   Many Turdun cavalrymen who escaped saw that the battle was not one-sided, and turned to kill again.

   "Aim for their horses!" At the edge of the battlefield, a rider from Iron Peak County waved his flag and shouted as hard as he could: "Fire!"

   "Dong dong dong dong."

   A series of dull gunshots made it impossible to see how many Turdun cavalry had been shot.

   "Reload!" The squad leader holding a small flag was on the verge of shouting: "What are you looking at? Reload!"

  The riders who were still looking for the victory were awakened, hurriedly took out their ammunition, and hurriedly reloaded.

  The horsemanship of some Iron Peaks was really bad, so Anglo let them carry muskets and dismount to fight.

   As soon as the gunshots rang out, the Turdun cavalry immediately noticed a small group of people on the edge of the battlefield.

   A red feather shouted loudly, and rushed out of the melee zone, followed by a dozen Turdun cavalrymen.

   The mounted musketeers of Iron Peak County were killed and scattered by the Turdun cavalry before they could get back on their horses.

When   Anglu saw this, he immediately got out of the melee, and led his nearby subordinates to bypass the battlefield and go to the rescue.

  …

   On the east side of the battlefield, the right flank of the Tiefeng County Army.

   "Everyone! Listen to the password! Stand at attention!" Hoarse shouts rang out from all over the second front: "Back-turn!"

  The Tiefeng County militia faithfully implemented this password, although some people turned counterclockwise, some people turned clockwise, but they turned around anyway.

   As a result, under the stunned gaze of the Turdun light cavalry, the second front of the Iron Peak County Right Flank Army completed a standard tactical move—[turning back].

  There was no chaotic scene expected by the people of Teltown, and the companies and battalions turned back and forth neatly.

   In an instant, the roundabout back attack turned into a head-to-head confrontation, and this time it was the turn of the Terdun people who were accelerating their charge to hesitate.

  The leader of Terdun [White Bull] gritted his teeth and urged the horse to speed up: "[Hedde] kill it! Overwhelm them!"

   How about turning around? Wasn't it still being pinched back and forth?

   Bai Mu Niu led his followers around an unknown distance, and lost countless horses. How could he allow himself to be frightened like this?

  The white bull desperately raised the high flag and shouted loudly: "[Hede] The gods are watching you and me!"

   The hoofs roared, and the soldiers couldn't hear the leader's cry at all, and only the flags were guiding them.

   Then, the horse of the white bull stepped into the pit.

   To be precise, it was a group of trapped horses that stretched behind the Tiefeng County army formation.

As a substitute for the caltrops, Winters arranged the trap horses strictly according to the code: each pit was one foot in diameter, two feet deep, with sharpened wooden stakes at the bottom; the spacing between adjacent pits was one meter; the overall pits were in a checkerboard pattern Staggered arrangement.

The depth of the   sinking horse pit group is currently 50 meters. If the fire roaster does not move, it will continue to strengthen.

   The horse's back fell sharply, and the white cow was thrown off the saddle. He instinctively hugged his neck and curled his body, so as not to break his spine. But the head was still broken and blood was thrown, and the flag was thrown off his hands.

   The Terdun people who followed closely behind the leader also stepped into the pit one after another, and the horses that broke their hoofs and wrists screamed one after another.

  Terdun light cavalry, who was lucky enough to pass through the group of pits, looked back and was surprised to find that the clan did not keep up, so they stopped the horses and the patrol shuttle did not dare to move forward.

   "[Hede] is not allowed to stop!" Bai Mu Niu grabbed the flag, stood up with great effort on the flagpole, and shouted in despair, "[Hede] rush! Kill!"

  What happened next, in a sense, fulfilled the wish of the white bull.

   Although his followers did not dare to forcefully rush into the army formation of the two-legged men, the army formation of the two-legged men rushed towards them.

The    flag was lowered three times, and the snare drums played like hail.

   The battalions of the second front on the right flank were fully deployed, and regardless of the still fighting ahead, they shouted and charged towards the roundabout Turdun light cavalry.

  …

   In the center of the battlefield, the Tiefeng County Army is in the middle.

  The man on the black horse finally said, "It's time."

  Real hand-to-hand combat does not last long and is extremely uncontrollable.

   The fall of a flag, the escape of a soldier, a strange silence… any small sign can trigger a chain rout.

   Once the battle has entered this stage, it is not the ability to kill, but the tenacity of the will that supports the two sides to remain on the battlefield.

   But the will is invisible, and no one can tell when it will break—maybe never, maybe in the next second.

   Right now, the left wing of the Tiefeng County Army has not won an overwhelming victory.

Although the   Telltown cavalry was divided and surrounded, they were still fighting stubbornly. The two sides are at a stalemate, and no one dares to judge who will collapse first.

The right flank of the    Tiefeng County Army showed two trends at the same time.

   The heavy-armored cavalry dispatched by the Burner at the last moment was sweeping across the first front on the right wing.

  The heavy cavalry with cavalry and horses in armor is simply invulnerable monsters. As soon as these cavalrymen broke through the trench, they immediately rushed the formation of the "young soldiers" into pieces.

   In the face of armored cavalry, the militia was helpless. Every time a fence is breached, one and a half battalions will be completely defeated.

   On the second front on the right wing, the battalions of the middle-aged soldiers were also slaughtering the Terdun people who had fallen from their horses.

   Knowing that there is a pit ahead, it made the roundabout Turdun light cavalry not dare to move casually.

  The Terdun people who were stranded behind tried to bypass the pit zone, but found that the pits dotted all the way into the woods.

  The Terdun people, who lost their horses, were forced to fight on foot with the Iron Peak Militia. The latter had an absolute superiority in force and quickly drove the former back.

   The most powerful central army in Tiefeng County was entangled by more than a thousand Turdun light cavalry.

  What the fire roaster is thinking, anyone with discernment can see clearly.

[Bad horses vs. excellent horses, excellent horses vs. Chinese horses], the firefighters used part of the main force to crucify the left wing of the Tiefeng County Army, used the weakest troops to contain the Tiefeng County Central Army, and finally used the strongest troops to destroy Tiefeng County. right wing of the army.

   Once the first front on the right flank fell into total collapse, the young soldiers of the second front were also unable to support themselves.

   As long as the right flank of the Tiefeng County Army is defeated, there is essentially no difference between [flanking the left flank] or [flanking the middle army].

  The tide of battle is tilting irrevocably in the direction of Tertown, unless... there is another new force.

   "What are you waiting for?" the man on the dark horse asked again, his tone became stern: "Your right wing is about to collapse completely!"

   Winters stared straight ahead, north to the north, that little hill.

   Several riders were galloping along the ridge, and eventually they stopped and took out a yellow flag and waved it vigorously.

"The Teltown people have used up their reserves." Winters finally confirmed this fact, he looked at the dark horse rider: "If there is a final moment in this battle to decide the outcome, it seems that That's it... Colonel Geisa."

   Colonel Geisa Adonis lifted his visor, revealing his horribly scarred cheeks, and laughed happily: "I'm here for it."

  Good Luck Gold brings good luck to Winters, only this "good luck" has no hair.

  The military tents behind the Central Army were dragged down one after another, and cavalrymen in gorgeous uniforms filed out with their horses.

From the ridiculously large bearskin hats, brightly embroidered blouses with horizontal stripes, and rebellious looks, they were hussars—not OEMs like Andre, but the real Pala Figure hussars.

   In addition to the hussars, there are also a small number of lancers wearing half-armor.

  This cavalry is a good luck brought by Gold, a reinforcement sent by Colonel Bode, a force that should not have appeared here, and the fundamental reason why Winters dared to take the initiative to fight with the Teltown Department.

   "Tell your subordinates to get out of the way." Gaisa re-buttoned his lower armor: "I'll go meet the enemy chiefs."

   "No." Winters shook his head gently: "You should go to the left wing—leave me fifty more good hands."

  Gesar's face was hidden under the helmet, so he couldn't see his eyes, and could only hear him answer heavily: "Okay."

   The two battalions arranged on the left side of the central army quickly gathered together, leaving a gap.

  The soldiers jumped into the trenches holding the planks, used their bodies as bridge piles, and built several bridges that could allow the cavalry to pass.

   Needless to say, Gaisa raised his sword high and rode his horse to the front of the cavalry: "Come with me!"

   "Uukhai!"

   "Uukhai!"

   "Uukhai!!"

   The Palatine hussars responded with three deafening battle cries.

  Gaisa jumped out of the trench first, followed by warriors from Leiqun County, Bianjiang County, Baishan County and even further afield.

The general arrangement of the   Tiefeng County Army enabled the cavalry attacking from the central army to charge from the flanks and rear of the enemy troops attacking both flanks.

   The sharp-edged saber is like a steel storm. Where the saber points, the Teldun people are invincible; wherever the war horses pass, only the mutilated corpses of the Teldun people are left.

The right flank of   Telltown Corps—that is, the troops that attacked the left flank of Iron Peaks—had finally surpassed their limits.

   Like a broken string, like the collapse of a domino, the right flank of the Teltown Ministry ushered in a total collapse.

"Ha, that's how it is." The old translator on the hill was not angry or surprised, but slapped his palms and laughed, leaning forward and backward: "Where is this array of arrows? These are clearly two placed together. Slash formation!"

   Tiefeng County Army's middle army, Winters asked in a soft voice: "Can you teach me the battle cry of 'Break the enemy's army' that the Telton people shouted before?"

  The old businessman who has been in the wasteland for many years did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly repeated word by word: "[Herde] broke the formation...breaks the formation."

   Winters chewed several times, nodded, and buckled his helmet.

When   Ciel saw this, he immediately grabbed the reins of Winters, his face red with anxiety: "No! Lieutenant Bud said! You can't go into battle! The victory or defeat is not up to you..."

   Winters took a deep look at Ciel, who stopped talking.

   "I have a personal grudge with the enemy chief that I want to settle." Winters asked the fifty good hands left by Gisa: "Would you like to come with me?"

The cavalry headed by    replied arrogantly: "You can't let you kill all the enemies."

   "Then come with me." Winters drew his lance, and the voice of the power of magic resounded through the middle army: "All battalions! Get out of the way!"

   The arrow front of the central army made way for the owner of the voice, the crimson battle flags rang out, and a group of cavalry came out of the formation and went straight to the place where the flags of the fire roasters were.

The cavalry led by    roared the battle cry of the Hurds: "[Hede] Break the formation! Break the formation! Break the formation!!"

   His voice pierced through the clouds, and he heard the battle cry that belonged to his own side, but the people of Teldun were separated like the Red Sea.

  Meanwhile, Mason finally arrived at the battlefield.

   The Gervoudin cavalry and the horse-mounted infantry group followed Mason up the hill, and the sight they saw made everyone's chest tremble unconsciously.

  Thousands of human beings and war horses have been fully deployed, fighting desperately at the foot of the mountain, like an unprecedented huge oil painting.

   The left flank of the Tiefeng County Army was turning its direction, with a group of brightly dressed cavalry acting as the blade, rushing towards the melee on the right flank in a giant turn.

The formation of the    middle army has also completely disintegrated, and the ant-like villain rushed out of the trench and killed the same ant-sized barbarian light cavalry.

   "This... where is the tribune of Montagne?" Demon Anse also lost his calm: "Where should we go?"

   There were enemies everywhere, and friendly troops everywhere. The four hundred cavalry Mason brought into the battlefield was like a glass of water pouring into a water tank. No one knew what to do for a while.

  Mason squinted his eyes, looked down carefully for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Damn it! It's too late! This battle is over!"

   "What? Finished?"

   "Don't worry about it!" Mason picked up a hand mortar, looked back and shouted to his subordinates: "If you see a barbarian, fight it!"

   After saying that, he rushed down the hill on his horse.

   [T-shaped trench with passages, two diagonal arrays, using the Chinese cavalry as the decisive assault force, flanking left and right…]

   [There are book friends who should see it, the underlying concept of this battle refers to the [Battle of Dara]]

   [The battle of Dara was the first major victory of the "King of Bad Soldiers" Belisarius, who defeated a Persian army of about 50,000 with about 25,000 cavalry]

   [Belissalius's big tactic is to "empty the two wings, let the two wings meet the enemy first, and when the Persian cavalry goes through the trench to chase down the routed soldiers, then the central army will launch a flank attack on the enemy"]

   [In the battle of Dara, the Persians launched two charges on the left flank and one charge on the right flank, all of which were defeated by Belisarius in the same way]

   [The tactical thinking of Belisarius is somewhat similar to that of a diagonal array, that is, by changing the order in which the enemy is approached, to seek to concentrate troops to fight "time difference" fighters]

   [This book [Battle of Iron Peaks-Telltown] has many differences with [Battle of Dara]. For example, Winters is not fighting against the city, and he has more troops - albeit worse]

   [So the formation of Winters is not the T-shaped formation in the battle of Dara, but the inverted T-shaped formation: that is, the wings are retracted, and the central army is forward]

   [However, in terms of the underlying concept, we still seek to annihilate the enemy's wing by changing the order of engagement]

   [That's all I can think of for now, we'll add the rest later]

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   (end of this chapter)