"In the name of God, we will eventually win!"

The motivation of the officers restored the morale of the soldiers a lot. They looked at the opposing enemy army, took a deep breath, and showed firm gazes. Looking at all this, Richard couldn't help but think about the importance of chaplains with the army. He made up his mind that after the war is over, he must recruit a few chaplains and let them go with the army, in the boring and depressing atmosphere of the war. Inside, the religious consolation represented by the priest is especially needed by the soldiers.

Finally, under the gaze of everyone, the marching coalition skirmishers entered the range of the artillery, and the firearms battalion commander Sandro immediately issued the firing order. Following a series of deafening roars, the artillery position sounded. Eighteen dark iron solid artillery shells roared out of thick gunpowder, making a scream of tearing the air. A few seconds later, eighteen artillery pieces fell into the coalition army formation, turning the advancing coalition skirmishers on their backs. Some artillery shells remained unabated after plowing a **** path, and then flew into the tight army formation behind.

The terrifying power of the artillery made the coalition infantry who had never seen such a formation shuddered. An infantryman of the Principality of Lasik saw with his own eyes, a high-speed iron ball instantly smashed the body of a skirmisher, and then Smashing heavily on the ground turned into a ricochet. The ricochet bounced high and fell into the army formation he was in. It directly smashed the head of a soldier not far from him, just like a watermelon bursting open. Normally, brain plasma and blood are splashing...

Less than a minute after the first round of shelling, the roar of the second round of artillery salvo sounded again. With this thunder-like sound, the dark iron ball once again whizzed through the sky and moved forward to the coalition forces. Fly over. This time the target of the shelling was not the skirmisher who was walking in the front, but the close combat infantry of the coalition who followed closely behind!

"what--"

The deadly iron ball quickly fell into the crowd, smashing the bodies of the soldiers along the way to pieces. The stumps and broken arms were flying in the air. The blood was sprinkled on this land like no money. Anyone was just flying at high speed. When the shells were rubbed, they would lose the limbs they touched. For a while, the screams resounded over the entire coalition army, and the smell of blood and the smoke from the shells filled the air.

After several rounds of fierce shelling, under the pressure of the officers and generals, the Allied infantry did not collapse in the roar of the artillery. Instead, they gritted their teeth and rushed into the range of Richard’s crossbow. Before the coalition troops started to move, the thousands of crossbowmen deployed at the forefront were the first to attack, sending deadly arrows to the sky amidst the roar of the officers, and rounds of black and heavy rain of arrows from Richard's army formation. Thousands of soldiers shot up into the air, and the rain of arrows shot by thousands of soldiers almost obscured the sky. When the rain of arrows rose, the coalition army also roared with the roar of officers, and then a shield was lifted above the head. , Defense from the terrible arrow rain from the enemy!

In just a few breaths, the rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun fell into the coalition army formation, almost covering their shields high up, and the clanging sound was endless, and it was mixed with the pain of many arrows soldiers. Screaming, and those skirmishers who rushed in the front suffered from the lack of armor and shield protection, and suffered heavy losses from being shot.

After the arrow rain, the ground was sprinkled with blood from the coalition soldiers. The corpses with several arrows fell on the ground. It was terrible. The soldiers who were lucky enough to not die on the spot were holding their wounds and giving out embarrassing tragedy. Screaming and groaning.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrow rain struck again. Looking at the arrow rain that covered the sky like a locust passing by, the faces of the wounded soldiers who fell on the ground showed desperate expressions. The next second, countless arrows. It fell from the sky and almost covered the coalition army. Those wounded soldiers who lost their shield protection were shot directly into hedgehogs. Those infantrymen who held up the shield were also uncomfortable. The surface of the shield was also filled with dense arrows, making the shield heavy. , Some people's shields even shattered on the spot because they couldn't withstand the blow of arrows, and the soldiers hiding below were shot and killed.

The roaring artillery, combined with the fierce arrow rain, caused heavy losses to the advancing coalition infantry. If it were not for the bombardment of the officers and generals, they must have collapsed on their own. Unable to bear it, sacrificed the large number of cavalry they had hidden!

Rumble--

There was a thunderous roar from the horizon, and the earth began to tremble slightly. This same movement caused by artillery bombardment. Some veterans in Richard’s army quickly understood what it meant. Their faces changed and their eyes died. Staring deadly at the distant horizon, as expected, in their eyes, the black rebel cavalry rushed to the horizon, and rushed towards the front of the army, the bowmen who wanted to vent their firepower!

"Allied cavalry! Allied cavalry! Retreat! Retreat!"

The hissing of the officers soon followed the running pace of the Allied cavalry ~lightnovelpub.net~The archers and crossbowmen quickly gave up shooting, turned and ran towards the front, but the speed of the retreat of thousands of soldiers at the same time was obviously not very high. Soon, just as they withdrew into the front, the coalition cavalry rushed into the retreating light infantry, brandishing long swords and lances to kill the archers and crossbowmen who were unable to resist, and at the same time. , The coalition skirmishers who had been madly suppressed before finally found almost, shooting arrows full of anger at the enemy with their bows and arrows.

Looking at the light infantry slaughtered by the cavalry, the officers at the forefront of the battle line were extremely anxious, and they wished to lead the soldiers to support them immediately.

Their hearts are all looking forward to their cavalry attack and defeat the enemy cavalry.

However, Richard has his own consideration. The enemy cavalry has a huge number, far exceeding his own cavalry. Even if sent out, he can only contain the enemy. In the end, he will fall into a long cavalry battle and cannot defeat the enemy. It is better to wait for the right time. Let the heavy cavalry attack again.

However, this does not mean that he will let the enemy cavalry wantonly slaughter his own soldiers. Following his order, a group of matchlock pistols in strange costumes rushed to the front line and passed through the heavily armored sergeants. The formed shield wall, scattered positions, raised muskets, and fired at the most visible coalition cavalry in the crowd.

Bang bang bang ——

A series of bean popping sounded from the front of Richard's army, and then the gun smoke filled the soldiers, which enveloped those shooting soldiers. With the sound of gunfire, some cavalry soldiers who were wielding weapons to slaughter the enemy only felt severe pain in a certain position on their bodies. , The whole person fell off the horse, and what they saw before they fell off the horse was the white smoke that gradually dispersed.