Chapter 70 Battle of Butua 2
“Father in Heaven!”
Angelo and others who stayed in the same place were stunned. Less than half an hour after the battle started, their four teams The two teams collapsed. In shock, they forgot to send archers to reinforce.
They couldn't see clearly what weapons the other party used at this distance. According to the descriptions of people who came back to ask for help before, the Alda people used a powerful "fire crossbow". They could only see a flash of fire. Countless projectiles rushed towards them, and they were so powerful that the militiamen who were not wearing any protection were killed or injured when they hit them.
As soon as the soldiers asking for help finished speaking, the lords saw another group of people falling from the front line. The soldiers ran away in all directions, and then the third phalanx was "opened" There were several big holes, and the whole team was watched helplessly collapse in an instant.
The most difficult thing now is Bailding's second phalanx. The troops in front have collapsed, and the troops behind have also collapsed. I am alone in the middle. If I continue to advance, if I don't keep it together, I will end up with the same fate. If I retreat, , and did not receive the order from the lord, for a time everyone from the commanding knight to the soldiers below fell into a tangle.
The knight commanding the fourth phalanx saw the people in front hesitating and stopped advancing, standing there and watching.
According to Paul's original plan, the musketry company should have fired a volley followed by a charge by the spearmen to completely defeat the first phalanx, but now they have almost run away without the chargers. He is cautious by nature. He instructed Bryce not to pursue the defeated troops. He did not want the troops to be too far apart, which would be troublesome if they were outflanked by the opponent's cavalry.
Paul then ordered all the troops to move forward as a whole, the marching drums were beaten, and the two battalions and one company moved forward slowly on the beat of the drums.
……
Abt's face turned blue: "We can't go on like this!"
Angelo said anxiously: "Let's gather all the knights and militiamen and defeat them with one charge!"
Two The barons were shocked and begged with grimaces.
"Sir, please think carefully! What you brought this time is almost all the labor in our territory."
"If they all die here, there will be no one in our territory. If you don’t survive, the young, old, women and children will all starve to death!”
The terrible weapons of the people of Arda have frightened them. In their understanding, only the legendary evil magic can have such vicious power.
They are small lords who have a small population in the territory. This time they brought all the young men they could recruit, firstly to please the two viscounts, and secondly to fight against the Arda territory. You can grab more things and share more loot.
Looking at the confident expressions of the two viscounts before, they originally thought it was an armed parade that would end within a few days and would not delay the farm work in the fields. Who would have thought that it would happen before they even set off? A big nail.
Angelo was furious: "Go to hell with the territory! Go to hell with the old, young, women and children! Don't forget what we did to old Canard. This is not an ordinary feud between lords. Dispute! If Graiman wins, do you think it will be over after paying him a sum of money? Do you think you can continue to be a lord in peace? We will all have to go to jail, and we will all have to be hanged. They all have to be deprived!"
He threatened the two young lords with a ferocious expression: "Your family will be demoted as slaves, and your wives and daughters will be played with by Grayman, but at that time you are already here. Hanging from the gallows ”
The two barons were frightened by the horrific scene Angelo described and fell silent.
Abut was somewhat calm: "Look at the effect of the opponent's weapons. If you charge head-on, you will inevitably be destroyed again!"
Angelo was furious: "Then what do you think we should do? "
He is good at government affairs and only knows a little bit about military affairs. Although he threatened the two barons with a strong voice just now, in fact, he is already confused in his heart.
Before the war started, I was full of confidence. After the war started, I realized that the opponent was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. The feeling of falling from the clouds was not pleasant.
Abt said to the soldier who had just asked for help: "Ride a horse and tell the people in the remaining two teams to spread out as much as possible and not to be so crowded."
His heart was deep. Regrettably, the opponent's weapons should be similar to bows and arrows. If they had not used such a dense formation when advancing before, they would not have killed so many people instantly. In order to defend against cavalry attacks and create a greater weapon attack density on the same frontal width, the infantry were very close to each other on the left, right and front. This just enhanced the killing effect of the Arda army's firearms.
He hated the knight commanding the army in front: "Grayman has no cavalry, and we have more people than them. Why are we lining up so densely?"
Now that there was no use in worrying, he said to the other three lords: "Send the archers to follow behind to suppress their long-range weapons, and let the people in front spread out to entangle the Arda people and attract their attention. I will lead All the knights go around from the right and charge behind them!"
Everyone agreed and ordered all the knights around them to assemble and follow Abt in the charge. The messengers also ran forward to convey new orders.
The knights gathered much faster. After a while, they set up an attack formation and urged their mounts to gallop.
On weekdays, knights from several adjacent territories would get together from time to time to hold competitions or group hunting. Competitions were to compete with each other to improve their personal martial arts, and hunting was to improve the knights as a team. combat capability.
Although the team fighting ability honed in this way is not as good as those regular knights who stay together for many years to train, in rural areas like the northwest, once they gather together, they are an unparalleled force. .
With the cover of the infantry still on the battlefield, Abt led the knights to make a big turn and ran towards the rear of Arda's army from the right.
...
The formation of the Baildings changed. The knight in charge shouted: "Spread out, spread out! After spreading out, the opponent's weapons will not be able to hit you."< br>
The soldiers pulled away from each other in a chaotic manner, and the two phalanxes gradually connected together to form an indescribable formation. From a distance, it looked like a large number of people standing there sparsely.
This also brought difficulties in command. When the knight ordered to move forward, many people could not hear it at all and stood there blankly at a loss.
On Arda's side, the musketry company and the artillery company fired again, but the effect was not very satisfactory, firstly because the distance was too far, and secondly because the opponent's formation became loose and the hit rate plummeted. However, it still caused another panic among the enemy.
Paul ordered: "It's time to put our spearmen on the field, notify the artillery company to fire two rounds with shotguns, and then the two battalions rush over together to defeat them."
Since the artillery's solid shells are loose to the enemy If the formation effect is not good, then replace it with shotguns to increase the killing area.
At this time, some soldiers discovered the enemy knight who was trying to rush from the side and rear, and quickly issued an alarm.
A staff officer shouted in a panic: "Your Majesty, the knights of the other side have come around behind us!"
Paul was shocked and paid no attention to the infantry in front of him. Thinking of the other knight, he went around to the back and touched him.
"The last two rows, turn back! Be prepared to withstand the impact!"
Fortunately, he discovered in time that there was still a large number of enemy infantry in front, and he did not intend to form a hollow square formation.
Another order was issued to the artillery: "Quick! Let the artillery turn its muzzle and bombard the enemy knights approaching us!"
When the artillery received Paul's new order, they I just finished loading the shotguns...
Is it a bit exaggerated for a county to gather two thousand young men? Last night I used "Epic War Simulator" to simulate this battle. Although two thousand people didn't sound like a lot, at first glance it was a large, dark mass of people.
(End of this chapter)