Rise of the Empire Total War

"In the name of God, we shall prevail!"

The encouragement of the officers restored the morale of the soldiers a lot. Looking at the dark enemy formation opposite them, they took a deep breath and showed resolute eyes. Richard watched all this, but he couldn't help thinking about the importance of chaplains accompanying the army. He made up his mind that after the war was over, he must recruit a few priests and let them go out with the army. Inside, the religious consolation represented by priests was especially needed by soldiers.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the coalition stragglers marching at the forefront entered the range of the artillery, and the commander of the firearms battalion, Sandro, immediately gave the firing order. With a series of deafening roars sounded in the artillery position, Eighteen black iron solid artillery shells whistled and flew out thick gunpowder smoke, making a shrill sound of tearing the air. A few seconds later, eighteen artillery shells fell into the coalition army formation one after another, turning the advancing coalition stragglers on their backs. Some shells continued to plow a bloody path, and then flew into the tight formation behind.

The terrible power of the artillery made the coalition infantry who had never seen such a formation tremble with fear. An infantryman of the Lasik Principality saw with his own eyes that a high-speed flying iron ball instantly smashed the body of a straggler to pieces, and then It hit the ground heavily and turned into a ricochet. The ricochet bounced high and fell into the army formation where he was, directly smashing the head of a soldier not far from him, like a bursting watermelon. Usually, brains and blood are splashed everywhere...

Less than a minute after the first round of shelling, the roar of the second round of artillery salvo sounded again. Accompanied by this thunderous sound, the black iron ball roared and tore through the sky again, charging towards the advancing coalition forces. fly. The target of the shelling this time was not the skirmishers walking in the front, but the coalition melee infantry who followed behind in a tight phalanx!

"what--"

The deadly iron ball quickly fell into the crowd, smashing the bodies of the soldiers along the way to pieces, and the broken limbs and arms were flying in the air. When the artillery shells rubbed against them, they would lose the limbs they touched. For a while, screams resounded over the entire coalition army formation, and the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke from the shells filled the air.

It was several rounds of violent shelling. Under the pressure of the officers and generals, the coalition infantry did not collapse amid the roar of the artillery, but gritted their teeth against the shells and rushed into the range of Richard's crossbow. Before the stragglers of the coalition army could make a move, the thousands of crossbowmen deployed at the front acted first, sending deadly arrows into the sky amidst the roar of the officers. The rain of arrows shot by thousands of soldiers almost covered the sky, and when the rain of arrows rose, the officers' roars were heard in the formation of the coalition army, and then the shields were raised above their heads , defend against the dreadful rain of arrows from the enemy!

In just a few breaths, the rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun fell into the formation of the coalition forces, almost covering the shields they held up high, and the sound of jingling was endless, and it was mixed with the pain of many soldiers who were shot by the arrows They screamed, and those stragglers who rushed to the front suffered from the lack of armor and shield protection, and suffered heavy losses from being shot.

After the rain of arrows, the ground was covered with blood from the soldiers of the coalition forces, and the corpses that had been hit by several arrows fell on the ground, which was horrific. Shout and moan.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrow rain hit again. Looking at the arrow rain that covered the sky like locusts crossing the border, the faces of the wounded soldiers who fell on the ground showed despairing expressions. In the next second, countless arrows It fell from the sky and almost covered the coalition army formation. Those wounded soldiers who lost their shield protection were directly shot into hedgehogs. Those infantrymen who held their shields were also uncomfortable. The surface of the shield was also filled with dense arrows, making the shield heavy. , Some people's shields even shattered on the spot because they couldn't bear the blow of the arrows, and the soldiers hiding below were shot to death immediately.

The roaring artillery combined with the sharp rain of arrows caused heavy losses to the advancing coalition infantry. If it weren't for the suppression of the officers and generals, they would have collapsed on their own. Looking at the unscrupulous Winster crossbowmen who unscrupulously released their arrows, the high-level coalition forces finally Unable to bear it, they sacrificed the large number of cavalry they had hidden!

Rumble——

There was a thunderous roar from the sky, and the ground began to tremble slightly. This was accompanied by the movement brought about by the artillery bombardment. Some veterans in Richard's army quickly understood what this meant. Their expressions changed and their eyes died. Staring at the distant horizon, as expected, in their eyes, the black rebel cavalry rushed to the horizon, rushing towards the crossbowmen who wantonly vented their firepower in front of the army formation!

"Allied cavalry! Allied cavalry! Retreat! Retreat!"

The hissing and shouting of the officers soon followed the running pace of the coalition cavalry. The archers and crossbowmen quickly gave up shooting and turned and ran to the front line. However, the speed of thousands of soldiers retreating at the same time was obviously not very fast. When they entered the battle line, the coalition cavalry rushed into the retreating light infantry roaringly, brandishing their long swords and lances to slaughter the defenseless archers and crossbowmen. At the same time, the previously frantically suppressed The stragglers of the coalition forces finally found the enemy, drew their bows and arrows, and shot arrows full of anger at the enemy.

Seeing the light infantry being slaughtered by the cavalry, the officers at the forefront of the front line were extremely anxious, wishing to lead the soldiers to support immediately, but the military order prevented him from leaving the front line without authorization, and he could only watch the friendly casualties.

They are all looking forward to it in their hearts, looking forward to their own cavalry attacking and defeating the enemy cavalry.

However, Richard has his own considerations. The enemy's cavalry is huge, far exceeding his own cavalry. Even if they are sent out, they can only contain the enemy. In the end, they will fall into a long cavalry battle and cannot defeat the enemy. It is better to wait for the right time. Then let the heavy cavalry attack.

However, this does not mean that he will let the enemy's cavalry slaughter his own soldiers wantonly. Following his order, teams of arquebus soldiers in strange costumes rushed to the front line, passing through the heavily armored soldiers. Formed a shield wall, spread out their positions, raised their muskets, and fired at the most obvious target of the coalition cavalry in the crowd.

bang bang bang—

A series of popping beans sounded from the front of Richard's army, and then the gunpowder smoke filled the air, enveloping the soldiers who were shooting. With the sound of the gunshots, some cavalrymen who were wielding their weapons to massacre the enemy only felt severe pain in a certain place on their bodies. , The whole person fell off the horse, and what they saw before they fell off the horse was the white smoke that gradually dispersed.