Chapter 249: The Battle of Bido Fort, 5 people lined up to shoot
Chapter 246: The Battle of Bido Fort, 5 people lined up to kill
The fourteen artillery pieces of the artillery company continued to attack the enemy. The enemy troops marching in a dense formation bombarded them until the barrels were hot to the touch before stopping to pour cold water on them to cool them down.
The Kentish army was beaten into disarray at first, and soldiers continued to escape despite the warnings of their superiors.
The supervisory team composed of cavalry chased and killed them everywhere, and finally stabilized the situation by borrowing more than a dozen deserter heads.
"This is not a solution!" Jiais frowned.
Although the entire army had been informed the day before that the other party had the legendary thunder hammer, the officers and soldiers were reminded to be mentally prepared. But after personally experiencing the blow of Thunder Hammer, most people still feel scared.
In fact, the casualties caused by artillery at this distance are not large, mainly because the power is too scary.
"Can our ballistae hit them?"
"My lord, I'm sorry..."
The officer in charge of long-range weapons spread his hands helplessly.
“Keep moving!”
Jaais waved his hand impatiently, but he believed that with his own numerical and equipment advantages, as long as he could get close to the enemy, he would definitely win. The Arda army Although the one thousand people were very troublesome, they were too few to play a decisive role.
The Kent army regained its composure and continued to advance, but this time the formation was much thinner to avoid long-range damage from Alda's artillery.
But it was impossible for them to regain the high ground. After the Kent army fell into chaos, Earl Parker saw this through his telescope. He immediately seized this opportunity and ordered the entire army to run forward.
When the Kent army reorganized their formation, the coalition forces had already set up a position on the slope. If their chaos continued for a while, the coalition forces would take advantage of the opportunity to rush over.
"Are those Arda men on the left?"
Jaais carefully observed the opponent's formation and adjusted the deployment of some troops in time.
The coalition forces are also observing the enemy from a distance.
"They have a lot of archers, at least more than 1,500 archers... Well, they moved to the right wing."
The coalition generals discovered a new situation that had not been detected before.
Everyone vaguely thought of a possibility. Could it be that the other party's previous proposal to fight in two days was just to wait for the arrival of these archers? Is Derrick's guess right?
The Kent army has more than 8,000 infantry and archers, divided into four phalanxes. Three phalanxes are located on the front line, one phalanx behind is a reserve, and a cavalry team of more than 500 people is located on the left wing. .
There are nearly 7,000 people on the coalition side, and they are also divided into four square formations. The deployment is the same as that of the Kent army, but the cavalry team of nearly 400 people is located on the right wing, far opposite the opponent's left-wing cavalry.
When the Kent army was about 400 meters away from the coalition forces, Earl Parker looked around at everyone, saluted and said, "I'll leave it to you next."
"Take care, Earl!"
The generals returned the salute one after another, and then rode back to their troops.
Bryce also returned to his own army. The Arda army was on the left wing of the coalition, facing the adjusted archers of the Kent army.
"Woo--" Earl Parker ordered the horn to be blown, and the various phalanxes of the coalition forces walked towards the Kent army.
The first contact was with the cavalry teams of both sides. Although the Kent army had more cavalry, the artillery company paid special attention to the Kent army's cavalry. Under the attack of artillery fire, the Kent army's cavalry was never able to assemble a dense stormtrooper force. They had to rush towards the coalition forces in a loose formation.
The coalition forces did not have this concern. They formed a dense formation and rushed towards the enemy.
When the cavalry of both sides first came into contact, each Kent cavalryman who approached the enemy would face several lances at the same time. If he dodged one, he could not avoid the other, and then he was stabbed off his horse.
Just after contact, the coalition cavalry caused heavy casualties to the Kent cavalry.
But the Kent cavalry had a numerical advantage after all. After the two sides fought together, the coalition's formation advantage no longer existed.
From the coalition side, the infantry phalanxes of both sides also faced each other from right to left.
It’s just that the infantry on both sides generally marched to about 200 meters away from each other, then shouted and rushed forward, as if they had discussed it in advance, and the melee became chaotic. Even the orderly formation no longer existed.
The only exception was the Arda army. They stepped on the drums step by step and slowly approached the opponent.
Following them were the infantry of the Heller family. After Derrick led the team to send off a wave two days ago, he gathered the remaining soldiers afterwards, leaving less than a thousand infantrymen. Since the Arda army in front did not charge, they did not charge either, because someone was blocking them anyway.
Facing the Arda army were the Kentish archers, who seemed to have been specially deployed to the right wing to deal with the muskets.
As Arda's army marched, bursts of arrows were thrown at them. Some people fell down after being hit by arrows. The soldiers behind stepped over their fallen comrades and continued to move forward, always looking ahead.
When the infantry passed by a place, someone immediately ran over with a stretcher and carried the injured person to the rear, where the wounds were treated by medical soldiers. These people are civilian husbands recruited by Bryce with money. In order to make some money to support their families, there are still many bold people who dare to go to the battlefield.
The Portree infantrymen who followed behind were shocked by the perseverance of the friendly forces. The depression of the defeat two days ago was swept away, and an indescribable feeling arose in their hearts.
Before, they were wondering: Why did the people of Arda beat drums when they fought? Now their steps were subconsciously tapping the drum beat, and the formation they started out miraculously maintained.
It is not that the quality of the Portree infantry is high, but more because the enemy's bows and arrows are basically "taking care" of the Arda infantry in front, and few fall on their heads. . If they had been in the front, they would have been able to rush over like other troops, unable to restrain themselves.
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The officer in charge of commanding the archers of the Kent army was surprised. The distance was close enough, why didn't the Arda people launch the fire crossbow?
According to people who have come into contact with the Fire Crossbow, this weapon can hit people when it is about a hundred meters away. Lord Jaais ordered the archers to shoot at the Ardas, entangle them, and never allow them to support other troops.
But now the people of Arda are still marching forward, letting arrows fall on their heads without any intention of fighting back.
As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, the Kent army saw clearly what was in the opponent's hands. The shining bayonet on the top of the "Fire Crossbow" caught their attention.
Could it be that the people of Arda wanted to fight them hand to hand, but their "fire crossbows" were too short. Although the archers were generally only equipped with daggers, there was a row of spearmen in front of them to protect them.
With this question in mind, the officer directed the archers to shoot twice more, causing considerable casualties to the opponent.
Finally, when the distance between the two sides was about 50 meters, the Arda people stopped.
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(End of this chapter)