Chapter 360 Battle of Black Mountain (First Battle)
Standing on a black rock hidden by trees, Horn held a lookout glass in his right hand, closed his left eye tightly, and looked at the chaotic formation not far away.
On both sides of the country road, even the half-harvested wheat fields shone brightly golden.
The morning sunlight stretched out the shadows of the chaotic people and horses for a long time, extending from the soles of their feet to the raspberry bushes on the roadside.
The night watch guards held the three-meter spear in the palm of their right hand and held the lower part with their left hand. The slender spear shaft protruded from above their heads, as dense as a forest.
However, since the Salvation Army is a bit far away, to ordinary war monks, these large square formations are like a huge miscellaneous shoe brush moving forward.
A group of colorful knights with various flags were mixed in, like rags next to shoe brushes.
According to the battle process with the regular army, the knights must first wait for the enemy to appear or wait for the infantry to resist the line before launching an attack from the side.
Unlike the knights of the Order who are willing and able to break through the enemy's formation head-on, these country knights do not have the ability and courage to break through the enemy's formation head-on.
The knights of Ibe said they were farmers and peasants, but when it came to a critical moment, their bodies still honestly chose the regular army's tactics.
Compared with the Salvation Army, which has regular training, this chaotic and rigid formation change is really eye-catching.
Had the two sides not been too far away, Horn would have had the urge to let the Holy Gun Cavalry attack first.
The plain in front of the Black Mountains. According to the reconnaissance results and calculations, the battle between the two sides will most likely take place on this battlefield that is 2,500 meters long and 1,000 meters wide.
Eight regiments of the Salvation Army and 5,400 cavalry troops are forming up along the ridge. Between the teams, engineers are running quickly, digging and installing temporary fortifications.
The northwest side of Montenegro with the gentlest terrain is the right wing of Horn's position.
Horn deployed two mortar low wall fortifications, 150 archers and two Black Hat Legions of 1,000 people, under the unified command of Jeshka.
The right wing army is flanked by reeds and groves on the tributaries of the Ibe River, making it difficult for the cavalry to speed up.
As for the Chinese army, it was personally commanded by Horn, with a total of four legions of 2,000 men.
Two Guards regiments were deployed at a height of about 10 meters. About 200 meters in front of the Guards, two Black Hat Army regiments were deployed at a level with the ground.
The left wing is the steepest part of the ridge, where the Salvation Army deployed two black hat regiments commanded by Hakuto.
On the right side of the two Guards is the cavalry unit commanded by Jeanne.
The cavalry force consists of two parts. The first part is 250 horse archers composed of North knights and some masked Kush knights, and the second part is 300 holy gun cavalry.
On the front side of the Chinese Guards, four wizards, with the help of engineers, nervously assembled the fireball crossbow.
The legions commanded by Hakuto and Jeshka are basically parallel, located approximately 90 meters to the left and right in front of the Guards.
According to the "Holy Code of War Monks", every two legions move in teams. The battle width of each legion is about 100 meters, and the battle width of two legions is about 220 meters.
It is said that there are three armies of the left, center and right, but in fact it is only the scope of command.
Unlike the Ibe knights who advanced separately so as not to interfere with each other, Horn's left, center and right armies were connected together.
Looking down from the air, it looks like a diamond shape.
Horn, who was observing the battlefield through the lookout glass, suddenly wiped the lens in front of him with a handkerchief.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Das stood under the big rock and raised his head and asked.
Horn's facial muscles twitched, and he turned around and handed the observation glass to Das: "See for yourself."
Just now he clearly saw that the scattered hussars suddenly gathered like duckweeds Come together.
The Ibe knights who were originally on both sides of the Chinese infantry square suddenly cheered regardless and rushed out behind the hussars.
Have you fallen into this crude tactic of luring the enemy? You are not human!
"Huh?" At the same time, Das next to him made the voice that Horn expected.
"Get ready, let the holy guns on both sides assist in defense."
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The sound of hoofs rumbled, and the saucer-shaped helmet in front kept shaking.
Although it was only the morning sun, Victor could still feel that his iron helmet was getting a little hot from the sun.
There were heavy breathing and prayers held in the throat.
Although they had accumulated a lot of combat experience in previous fortress advance battles, it was the first time for many recruits to fight the knights in the wild.
"Lancer, move closer to the center!" Victor shouted the command according to the "Holy Code".
Thunder footsteps stepped on the ground, and under the command of the division captain and brigade captain, the pikemen began to move closer to the center until they were almost shoulder to shoulder. Setting up this formation means that hand-to-hand combat will begin.
"Lancers in the front row, put down your spears!" Victor could vaguely hear Coleman, his old partner next door, shouting the command.
He coughed and shouted the same command in a hoarse voice.
The spearmen in the first three rows on his right lowered their erect spears one by one and pointed them diagonally forward.
The morning light fell on the gun blade, making his eyes sore.
Everyone in the gun formation swallowed, and there was a gurgling sound in their throats. Because they were so close, they could smell the smell of sweat coming from the front, back, left and right.
"Holy Gunslinger..." Before Victor could finish shouting, several arrows flew towards him and pierced his feet.
Some of the other arrows were so soft that they couldn't even penetrate the clothes of the war monks, leaving only a small blood spot at most.
Zelanken was quite smart. Seeing that he could not stop the knight from charging recklessly, he ordered the archers to release arrows to cover.
It's a pity that the range of the bow and arrow is simply out of reach, which just prevents the war monks from taking the initiative to attack.
After regaining his composure from the flowing arrows, Victor continued to shout: "Holy Gunslinger! Ten steps forward!"
"First Holy Gunslinger, ten steps forward, Let’s go!”
"Second Holy Gunslinger, take ten steps forward, let's go!"
"Third..."
In order, the captains of each division loudly issued the order.
The sound of neat steps sounded, not only the sound of horse hooves in front, but also the steps of the holy gunmen on the left and right wings.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!”
The mechanical footsteps hit people's hearts, causing everyone's hearts to beat violently.
Smoke and dust appeared at the end of the road, and hundreds of Ibe knights followed behind the hussars.
They wore colorful woolen tights and painted their armor in various colors.
The bright feathers and the long sword decorated with gems are completely different from the simple and pragmatic black armor of the Imperial Order Company.
The hussars headed by them held high the battle flag of the Fierce Huo Sange. On the spear tip of the battle flag, the three beast-turned-gods opened their mouths in a roaring posture.
But no matter how you look at it, it looks like a spear has been pierced through three heads.
In the lycanthrope empire, the Horror Huo War Flag is equivalent to the Ayr Eagle Flag and must not be discarded.
"Holy gunman, prepare!"
The command to prepare means to check whether the gun barrel is loaded and start to twist the orichalcum spring.
The position was filled with the sound of creaking gears for a while. This sound made many lycanthropes shudder and speed up.
On the contrary, the Ibe knights of Jinhe Township still held high the swallow-tailed or square flags with their family emblems printed on them, and let out chaotic war cries.
Their faces were red, and it seemed that they had drunk Khan potion or Fire potion in advance, and they were instinctively charging forward under the influence of stimulants.
The sound of gears turning on the battlefield stopped, and the eerie silence made many lycanthropes who were familiar with the holy guns so anxious that they could speak fluent Leia: "Don't fire the guns, we haven't run away yet!"< br>
"Go both ways, go both ways!" Coleman, who knew a few orcs roughly, shouted.
Grush had long shouted for those holding the fearsome eagle-headed eagle flag to turn, and the rest of the orc hussars began to turn accordingly.
"Holy Gunslingers, kneel in front and stand behind, aim!"
The Holy Gunslingers in the first row all knelt down half-kneeling, and placed the gun tubes on the shorter Y-shaped bracket.
The holy gunman in the second row straightened up, holding the bracket in his left hand, and placed his right index finger next to the trigger instead of on the trigger.
"Pikemen, prepare!"
When the knights rushed past the branch tied with a red cloth strip, Victor waved the feather spear in his hand heavily.
"Launch!"
"Praise the Holy Wind!"
(End of Chapter)