Chapter 361 Battle of Black Mountain (End of the First Battle)
“Praise the Holy Wind!”
The whistle of the air flowing through the balance hole spreads from the left wing to the right wing, wherever the whistle occurs , you will see a holy gunslinger's body suddenly shake and lean back.
The firing rod and the blunderbuss tube rubbed violently, and sparks even came out of the blunderbuss mouth.
80 projectiles in the front, 40 projectiles crossing on the left and right sides, 120 projectiles galloping in the air. Due to the use of kneeling in front and standing in the back, the barrage is thicker.
The crackling of lead and the clanging of armor made the knights, both men and horses, panic.
The long line of knights who were still running at full speed suddenly paused.
The knights in the front row let out horrifying screams, their horses stood up wailing, and a shower of blood rained down one after another.
These knights seemed to be hit by an invisible heavy hammer, and some even seemed to be blown away in an exaggerated way.
The knights in the back row hadn't noticed yet. Some of them couldn't stop their horses and tripped over the horse's corpse. Some of them rushed past the other knights who had fallen to the ground in a daze before reining in their horses and turning around to watch.
Nearly twenty extraordinary knights were lying on horseback on the ground. They were covering their chests or arms, and their wounds revealed broken armor and squirming flesh.
The remaining knights looked around in panic, looking for the enemy.
"Is it the devil's wind? Avoid it!"
"It's all blown away, why are you hiding?"
"Hurry up, the Holy Lord will protect us."
"Let the priest cast a spell. What are we charging for?"
Just as the extraordinary knights were trying to regroup from the chaos, Victor began to give orders again: "The holy gunner fired backwards, retreating to the spear Behind the phalanx."
In fact, regardless of whether you shoot backward or forward, you are still in place, so Victor has to add a sentence to order the direction of the holy gunners.
Amidst the sound of clothes and breastplates rubbing against each other, the holy gunslingers in the first row stood up with short stands, hung the short stands around their waists, turned around and walked back through the gap in the column. .
The Saint Gunslingers in the second row behind him put away their gun racks and followed the Saint Gunslingers in the first row towards the back row.
After the holy gunmen in the first two rows walked through the passage, the holy gunmen in the last three rows took five steps forward.
When the holy gunners who had finished firing were reloading and using the awakening smelling salts, the holy gunners in the first two rows once again stood one by one and aimed at the knights in front.
On this slope with an inclination of about 5°, while these Ibe knights were still hesitating, the second round of gunfire had already begun.
With a "pop" sound, the branch hit the helmets of the Ibe knights.
The whizzing bullets passed through the bushes, the crackling sound of popping beans sounded again, and the armor shattered and people wailed.
Since the target was a fixed target this time, a full twenty people were hit because they stood still.
When they came up, they encountered nearly 20% casualties. This was a situation they had never encountered when suppressing the mob.
When the effect of the potion gradually weakened, the suppressed fear and fear came to my heart again.
They came here to serve and get trophies. They died here without even being given a chance to pay ransom. They suffered a huge loss.
I don’t know who started it and quietly moved a few steps back. In just a few seconds, the psychological defenses of these Ibe knights quickly collapsed like an array in reality.
The hussars cheered and protruded from the side of the battle formation, chasing the Ibe knights like a tide.
Their main targets were the knights who fell off their horses with minor injuries and the knights who were trying to leave with the seriously wounded.
These knights with extraordinary human bodies are too difficult to kill, and they run extremely fast. If it weren't for the hussars, it is estimated that after these two rounds of killing, not even one-third of the knights were actually killed.
For the slow-moving infantry, in addition to reconnaissance and harassment, an important role of the hussars is to pursue and last hits.
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In front of the hillside, arrows flew back and forth, sometimes rising from the bottom of the slope and falling to the top, sometimes rising from the top of the slope and falling to the bottom of the slope.
The green grass was full of broken arrows, and the Kush knights fired volleys back and forth, hurriedly and vigorously.
On the high ground two to three hundred meters away from the Kush knights, 150 archers composed of old rangers and hunters were shooting at the Kush knights.
But until now, no one has been injured since they shot.
"Retreat?" Domenico shot an arrow towards the towering slope. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the smoke and dust of the Chinese army, and immediately turned back to ask the attendant knights.
Although Domenico led his knights to follow the charge, they did not attack the center together, but instead rushed towards the right wing (i.e. Horn's left wing).
Maybe because they were attacking the relatively steep right-hand high ground (Hakuto's left-wing army), their speed was not fast.
The Ibe knights are all at war with the Salvation Army. They are still shooting arrows at each other on the mountainside and on the high ground with the archers.
“Well, I have withdrawn.”
"Did the Salvation Army pursue us?"
"No."
"Okay, family!" Domenico shouted to a group of relatives around him, "Fire three arrows before the battle." , I’m worthy of Lord Zelaken and Niedersall, let’s go.”
“Let’s go?” Several young Kush knights who were stabbed by several arrows because they rushed too far said in shock. asked.
They rushed to Domenico with their war horses: "Fourth uncle, we haven't charged yet, why are we leaving?"
Domenico pulled out an arrow from their armor and stuck it in the gap of his shoulder armor: "Why don't you leave? Are you waiting for a banquet?"
"No, why? "A stubborn young Kush knight grabbed Domenico's reins, "I won't leave until you tell me clearly."
"I've betrayed you, let go!"
"You must make it clear, this is about the honor of the knight."
"Tsk!"
Domenico clicked his tongue and explained to these stubborn Kush knights: "Think about it, we have four situations in total.
The first one is that the Ibe Army wins, and we We worked hard, but a lot of people died and suffered a lot of injuries.
But ask your family, can we get any credit in this situation?"
The young Kush knight still wanted to defend himself, but he probably fell silent later when he remembered the chat between his father and brother.
“The second way is that the Ibe army won, we did not contribute, we could not get any credit but no losses, which is the best.
The third situation is that Ibe's army loses. This situation is the worst.
We have done our best, lost a lot of people, and suffered injuries. When the time comes, who do you think they will blame?
It can’t be Lord Niedersall’s fault, it can’t be Archbishop Jinhe’s fault, guess whose fault it is? ”
“Don’t guess, it’s us. "A middle-aged Kush knight with a slick air said as he walked, "Whoever was not brave when he was young, it's not that I was weak, it was that bravery was useless. "
"The fourth is that the Ibe army lost. We made no effort and lost nothing, but the Salvation Army has said that the Kushites will not fight the Kushites..."
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Domenico chuckled twice: "Our people are doing well in Castle Joan. Many other knights have been hanged. Even if they lose their knighthood, they can at least save their lives.
Even if it saves the world, The army can't succeed, we have preserved our strength, they have suffered heavy losses, but they have to rely on us. We will not be fish on the chopping board by then!"
These Kush knights who are on the battlefield for the first time seem to have a three-dimensional view! Everything was refreshed, and after a while, he still followed Domenico's steps in silence.
Just like their father and brother, the knights under Domenico basically look like this.
"Fourth uncle, did you come up with all this yourself?" asked a young Kush knight.
Domenico didn't answer at first, but then he got tired of being asked, and then said dullly: "The old grandmother told me, can you rest assured now?"
The Kush knights followed from Slowly coming down the hillside, when we arrived at the battle formation, we saw the Chinese army messenger running towards us.
“What are your orders from Lord Zelaken?”
“It’s Lord Niedersall.” The messenger corrected, “He ordered you not to attack the high ground after you reorganize your formation. , attack the enemy's left wing from the side without delay!"
"Where is Mr. Niedersall?" After receiving the order, Domenico grabbed the hand of the messenger who wanted to leave.
"Lord Niedersall has discovered the fighter plane and is attacking the enemy's right wing from the side!"
(End of this chapter)