Chapter 571 Holy Gun Cavalry
The Imperial Order Company is, after all, an Imperial Order Company.
They formed three 90-man triangle formations, connected by more than 20 knights wandering around the periphery, and the three triangle charge formations formed a large charge formation.
In their eyes, the scattered horse archers were like little babies with their bare butts exposed.
Murat and his horse archers kept spinning and firing, but just halfway through the turn, they heard a ground-shaking roar: "Imperial Company! Charge with me!"
The spears and knight's swords cut the archers led by Murat into two pieces in the blink of an eye.
"Run, retreat!" Murat was drowned in the crowd of horse archers, and his voice was spread among the attendants and the cavalry squad leader.
"Humph, you want to escape? Just what I want." The charging Edmund sneered and chased after these horse archers.
This method of warfare is very common. It mainly uses the scattered light cavalry to attack the enemy's cavalry position, and then takes advantage of the chaos to attack again.
The arrows flew overhead, and occasionally one or two hit the weak points or vital points of the armor, which could indeed shoot down a few unlucky knights. The rest of the knights didn't matter even if their backs were filled with arrows.
Four hundred meters, three hundred and fifty meters, three hundred meters... The horse archers slowed down, and the enemy cavalry position was right in front of them.
"Quickly, charge!" Edmund put the lance under his arm and roared loudly, while Gallian on the other side was also on standby, ready to charge towards the Salvation Army infantry on the mound.
The horses' hooves are rushing, the leaves are swaying, the distance is 300 meters, and there are horse archers in front of the opponent, so the speed is definitely not as fast as them.
Edmund looked at the fluttering dome helmet in front of him, and the joy in his heart was indescribable.
But just when he was proud, his eyes suddenly flashed, and the horse archers suddenly dispersed to both sides in an orderly manner.
Obviously, the fake retreat just now was just for Edmund to see, but under Murat's skillful command and training, these horse archers pretended to be too similar.
These North horse archers are also mercenaries, and no one knows "retreat" better than them.
After all, Edmund was relatively junior and eager to win. He didn't react to Norn's common tactic of feinting back, and accidentally fell into it.
After getting out of the way, they were met by the Holy Gun Cavalry led by Jeanne.
As the founder of the Holy Gun Cavalry, Jeanne's main imaginary enemies are the Imperial Knights, so her tactics are evolved for the Imperial Knights.
Following what Horn said, "Don't use a clockwork gun as a crossbow, but a ten-meter invisible spear." Jeanne reorganized and refined the tactics of the Holy Gun Cavalry.
The first thing she asked for was to line up in a neat horizontal formation of three to five rows according to the terrain when charging, so that the wind-up guns could exert maximum wind power.
Secondly, you are not allowed to use the archer-type revolving shooting, but you have to charge straight into the enemy's position for close combat like the lancer.
The first two rows can only fire their guns when they can clearly see the whites of the enemy's eyes or feathers, and then draw out their maces or stabbing swords to charge.
The third row is not allowed to fire guns, but in close combat, they can take out their cold weapons from time to time and shoot at close range.
And Edmund was the first lucky person to taste the new tactics.
"Salvo! Praise the holy wind!"
Pulling out the spring-loaded guns from their boots, the holy gun cavalry in the front row pulled the triggers one after another.
The air pressure balance hole made a screaming sound, sucking in all the dust kicked up by the horses' hooves in front.
The firing rod pushed the lead stumbling forward in the barrel.
Then it pierced the air, pierced the armor, and burrowed into the flesh and blood of the knights like poisonous insects.
The blood was squeezed and thrown outward from both sides of its round body, shooting out a blood arrow on the knight's body.
The dozen or so flag knights who were rushing to the front fell down in response, and the formation of the command company instantly became a little chaotic.
Before they could react, an echoing shout sounded.
The flash of thunder spread out on Jeanne's sides like wings and quickly passed over the knights' horses.
Four or five war horses on both sides twitched and overturned at the same time, throwing the knight on their back to the ground.
The Holy Gun Cavalry from the rear immediately rushed in through the gap, hitting the heads of the fallen knights with heavy maces, and bursting plasma even spurted out from the gaps between their eyes and armor.
Slender horses' hooves trampled chaotically in this small area, and countless smoke and dust rose up, mixed with the crisp sounds of bayonet swords piercing the knight's armor and lances knocking away the Holy Gun Cavalry.
Screams, horses neighing, and the thud of human bodies falling to the ground came and went.
In the rising smoke, you can often see the sudden appearance of holes, which are the tracks of lead penetrating the smoke.
What followed was a scream of pain from a certain knight.
At a close combat distance, even if Jeanne and the others were using a one-meter-two-meter light wind-up gun, it would be enough to break the armor of the Order Knight.
The knights of the Order did not have the money to replace the white crystal steel armor, so they only installed a white crystal steel inner plate in front of the heart.
Jeanna and other holy musket cavalry would first bypass them, then turn around and use the horse musket behind them from a distance of four or five meters.
The most unacceptable thing for them is that because the horses of Qianhe River Valley are smaller than the horses of the Imperial Company, these holy gun cavalry all regard the horses as priority targets.
There were at least five or six horses who fell to the ground because their necks were pierced by swords. Edmund swept across with his lance and knocked a Holy Gun Cavalry off his horse. When he turned his head, he saw two Holy Gun Cavalry aiming their guns at him in the distance.
He subconsciously shrank his head, and a ball of sparks exploded from his helmet.
A lead bullet bounced off the arc-shaped helmet, and the huge impact caused Edmund's head to jerk up.
Embarrassingly grabbing the reins, Edmond hurriedly stabbed the horse's ribs with his spurs, staying away from these holy cavalry. He was angry and pointed his lance at Jeanne, who was surrounded by lightning in the distance: "Witch! You are so despicable. ! ”
However, cavalry engagements are always short-lived, and most of the time they do not stop and sit on their horses to fight hand-to-hand like infantry.
After a charge, following Jeanne's Holy Grail flag, the remaining 200 or so Holy Gun Cavalry broke away from the battle one after another, passed through the Order Company led by Edmund, and rushed out from behind them.
According to the traditional rules of cavalry warfare, this time should be a continuous figure-eight turning charge. Both knights should constantly charge according to the "8" trajectory, colliding and impacting at the intersection.
When the distance between the two parties is farthest, it is usually when the speed is the slowest. This is what Jeanna knows best.
The golden bird battle flag representing Prince Condai was waving, and Edmund reached a position where he could charge again.
His eyes were hawk-like as he stared at Jeanne who was turning in the distance. These despicable guys were not easy to deal with.
They were actually able to achieve almost a one-for-one battle with the Imperial Order,
While his body was rising and falling with the horse's back, he ordered the attendants on both sides: "Assemble, triangle formation, lie down when you get close..."
"Ah——" The scream interrupted Edmund's order. He looked up in shock, only to see a long black line flying from a distance.
Damn it, it's a volley from a wind-up gunner!
Where did they come from? !
"Lie down!" Edmund screamed hoarsely, and then he was pushed on the horse by the knight. At a distance of sixty or seventy meters, the lead balls hit these living flesh in a hurry. .
In the burst of armor and flesh, at least twenty knights fell off their horses.
Jeanne had long expected that Edmond would prepare to charge her in a figure-eight like a traditional knight. How could she let him succeed?
Even before the war started, she had already mobilized two holy gunners from the fifty-man team, wearing Skitarii robes over their armor, specifically waiting for the Imperial Order Company to take the bait.
At this moment, Edmund didn't even have time to be angry. He pushed away the knights who were accompanying him and stood up in stirrups: "Gather, gather, the devil's wind has passed, and the witch is coming."
But how could the knights who had just been attacked by the lead recover so quickly? The knights with the order were able to assemble quickly, but some of the square flag knights and attendant knights were still running around holding their horses' necks.
"For freedom! Long live Thousand Valleys!"
The chaotic formation of the Order Company collided head-on with Jeanne's Holy Gun Cavalry, and was met with another volley of head-on fire.
Earth-shaking shouts came, and the blazing white light once again illuminated the front row. The two sides passed across, and from time to time, knights fell on their backs from their horses.
"Retreat, retreat quickly, let Gallian come to respond!"
Embarrassingly shrinking his head to avoid the lead, Edmund retreated and rushed towards Galien on one side.
The North horse archers and Kush knights on both sides immediately stuck to each other, and the Holy Gun cavalry just wanted to pursue them, but Jeanna yelled and called them back.
Their wind-up guns are basically used up, and they need to re-wind and reload. They can just let the Kush knights and North horse archers do the chasing and killing of the remaining enemies.
Horse hooves passed by the wailing knights on the ground. The Holy Gun Cavalry just woke up from a dream. They still couldn't believe it.
They actually defeated the Order Company head-on in a cavalry battle, causing nearly a hundred casualties to the Order Company led by Edmund at an almost one-for-one exchange ratio.
Although they borrowed a clockwork gun from the infantry regiment on the side, this can still be considered a victory!
With Gallian's support, the Kush knights slowly retreated, using melee weapons to clear away the prince's knights who had fallen from their horses on the battlefield.
Taking off his flat helmet, Edmund stood in front of Lacuneo with his head lowered in shame.
At this moment, La Cunho's face was sinking. He discovered an important problem. They seemed to be no match for the Salvation Army in terms of cavalry and infantry.
In other words, given the current situation and terrain, it should be the prince's side that should fight defensively.
"Ven, I didn't crush you to ashes. It's really... it's... alas -" Lacuneo was halfway angry, but he turned off the fire in frustration, "Tell the soldiers to rule the Shire, we are here We have been defeated for a while, so we will withdraw ten miles first, regroup and continue fighting.”
So what? Wayne gave him a chance, but Demon Horn seized the opportunity and couldn't blame anyone else.
"As you command, Your Excellency."
A knight squire rushed out of the team in response and ran towards the riverbank area. La Cunho turned his head and was ready to comfort Edmund.
But he saw that the attendant who had just run down ran back with a look of horror on his face.
"Why are you back?" Lacunio had an ominous premonition in his heart.
The knight said incoherently: "The prince sent news that His Highness needs five high-level monks, and called Elad to come. Elad temporarily took over the third order company of Alfors!"
"What's wrong with Alpheus?" Edmund's voice trembled slightly.
"Captain Alfors charged forward and was entangled by blood-sucking vines and barbarian sword and shield soldiers. Shorthair fired a connecting rod bullet with a falcon blunderbuss, which just hit the neck of Captain Alfors. Although he was snatched back, the company was still alive. Your Excellency, Captain, is seriously injured and on the verge of death!”
(End of chapter)