Chapter 54 The two sides fight against each other
The artillery, protected by the strong shield of the heavy shield soldiers, moved to the front of the front line and prepared to fire directly.
Because the hills on both sides of the road are not very high or steep, the distance for ambushing is not too far.
This led to the artillery moving forward to the front of the front line, only two hundred meters away from the enemy!
At this distance, it is also within the attack range of the enemy's bows and arrows, so the coordinated combat of infantry is required.
The cannon is close to the enemy, and the shotgun is the best weapon. No matter what kind of defensive formation it is, as long as it is not in a high wall and a shield alone, the armor cannot defend against the attacks of small bullets!
The navy is equipped with grape bullets. The difference between the shot bullets is the size of the shells fired. Because grape bullets are used to attack enemy ships, they make larger scattering projectiles, so that they can attack farther and have stronger armor-breaking ability.
The shotgun is equipped with an infantryman, and it launches some small projectiles, with a larger number and a wider strike area, but the range is closer.
In short, shotguns and grape bombs are both scattering shells used for surface strikes by artillery, only regardless of the different specifications of scattering projectiles.
Now all the field artillery that advances the enemy's army formation is filled with shotguns, and they will let the enemy know that the era of fighting simply on the body is over!
"Fire the cannon~!" With the order, all the artillery fired filled shells.
With a "boom~", the sound of cannons echoed between the two mountains, and it spread from afar!
All the shields in the front row of the enemy were bombarded, revealing other soldiers behind who were fragile defenses.
Immediately afterwards, the Xia Kingdom's long-range infantry had been waiting for a long time, and the defensive loophole against the enemy was a rain of arrows, causing another group of enemies to fall down.
The enemy is not just beaten but not fight back, not to mention that their troops are at least seven or eight thousand, which is more powerful than the Xia Kingdom.
"The fire-breathing weapons that the archers attack the enemy!"
"The shield warrior comes out to fill the defense loopholes, and the gun warrior follows the shield warrior!"
"Tomahawk warrior, heavy sword warrior keep up!"
"The whole army has it, fight back, rush forward, fight back~!"...
The enemy's commander was not a fool. After seeing the power of Xia's artillery, he also launched a counterattack.
"The heavy shield soldiers focus on protecting artillery!"
"The sword and shield soldiers come out to defend themselves, and the spear soldiers line up behind them!"
"The heavy infantry is ready to rush into the formation!"
"Strong crossbowmen, archers strengthen their attack!"
"The crossbow soldiers are ready to defend and counterattack!"
"The artillery speeds up the filling speed!"...
When Di Qing saw the enemy launching a counterattack, he immediately responded.
In less than a few seconds, the second round of shotgun was launched, and a large number of enemies in the charge disappeared instantly.
However, the enemy behind was still charging and did not stop moving forward because of the tragic situation of his comrades in front.
Because they knew that if they didn't quickly destroy the enemy's big fire-breathing tubes that would cause them to lose more.
So the soldiers of Xia Kingdom watched the scene where the enemy rushed up even if they fought for a lot of losses.
Seeing that the enemy was less than a hundred meters away from him, even standing in the enemy's hideous appearance could clearly see. Di Qing issued a counterattack order!
"Heavy infantry attacked the enemy's formation!"
"The crossbow soldiers came out of the shield wall to shoot!"
"Strong crossbowmen, archers suppress enemy archers!"
The heavy infantry was wearing armor all over his body, a helmet with a face-clad armor on his head, a battle halberd with both hands, and two battle knives were inserted around his waist. In this way, they lined up in an orderly manner and launched a counter-charge towards the enemy that was charging towards him!
Immediately afterwards, the crossbow soldiers came from the rear of the battle formation to the front of the sword and shield soldiers, and began a continuous attack on the enemy within the range. It was not until the two crossbow casings on their bodies were used up before they returned to the rear of the battle formation.
Each crossbow soldier has two spare crossbow cassettes. Including a pre-made crossbow cassette, there are a total of thirty crossbow cassettes.
After a wave of explosions, except for the defensive enemy troops, they could stand, and all the others were caught and fell to the ground, making it seem like a rice field with crossbow arrows planted within a range of 100 meters in front of the battle formation.
The powerful crossbow soldiers and archers have already suppressed the enemy's archers when the crossbow soldiers come out of the shield wall, so that the enemy's long-range attacks cannot cause damage to their own soldiers.
The heavy infantry charged forward and began close combat against the enemy who still had the power to fight!
These heavy infantry armed to the teeth held the war halberd and attacked the enemy with both hands, swept away the enemy's shield, and then another stab. The sharp blade of the war halberd pierced into the enemy's chest.
If the battle halberd is damaged and knocked down to the ground, the heavy infantry will pull out the battle knife at his waist, and turn into a human-shaped meat grinder on the battlefield!
In less than a moment, the enemy's counterattack was repelled, but the heavy infantry did not return and just waited on the spot.
This is because the other Xia Kingdom soldiers behind also rushed down.
Because the enemy was attacked from both sides by Xia soldiers, the enemy's counterattack was also carried out to both sides.
Moreover, the enemy's counterattack was repelled by the Xia soldiers. After losing a large amount of troops, the number of enemies was not large.
So Di Qing ordered the entire army to suppress the enemy troops that formed formations on the road!
According to Lu Su's estimate, after this counterattack, the enemy lost at least two or three thousand troops.
In addition, the reason why Di Qing ordered the entire army to advance was that the cavalry led by Zhang Wei also arrived.
"Cabinet charge~!" Zhang Wei heard the sound of artillery behind the curve from afar. After rushing through the curve, he looked at the two armies that were fighting fiercely, and he issued an order to charge.
The "rumbling" cavalry charge caused another riot in the enemy. They would face three attacks. Seeing that the defeat was decided, the enemy's commander issued an order to break through.
"The entire army has it, the first team is responsible for cutting off the rear, and the rest of the people break through to the fortress!" The Knight's order made the military formation at the fortress very riot.
The other military formations all launched a desperate charge in the direction they came, because this was their hope for survival!
"Order, the whole army attack!" Di Qing's order was much simpler. When the enemy broke through, all he had to do was to leave more enemies as much as possible!
The cavalry battle formation led by the heavy cavalry launched an attack on the enemy army that was beginning to be in chaos.
After a series of people and horses overturned, the cavalry battle formation seemed to cut tofu with a quick knife, and on the narrow road, they divided the enemy into two halves!
Lu Su and Di Qing stood on a mountain, looking at the battlefield below, Lu Su sighed: "It would be great if the open space here was wide enough!"
Di Qing also looked at the battlefield where the overall situation was decided and said without looking back: "How can we occupy all the good things in the world?"
"Yes! It's good to have such a result in haste!" Lu Su nodded, touched the beard on his chin and sighed.
Chapter completed!