Chapter 246 Battle of Bidoburg 5 Line up and Shoot

The fourteen cannons of the artillery company bombarded the enemy troops marching in dense formation continuously, until the barrels of the guns were hot, and then stopped to pour cold water to cool them down.

The Kent army was beaten into disorder at the beginning, and soldiers continued to flee 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 no way!" Jayce frowned.

Although the entire army had been notified the day before, the opponent possessed the legendary thunder hammer, reminding the officers and soldiers to be mentally prepared. But after experiencing the blow of Thunder Hammer, most people still feel terrified.

In fact, the casualties caused by the artillery at this distance are not large, mainly because the power is too scary.

"Can our ballista hit them?"

"My lord, I'm sorry..."

The officer in charge of long-range weapons spread his hands helplessly.

"Keep going!"

Jia Aisi waved his hand irritably, but he believed that with the advantages of his own numbers and equipment, as long as he could get close to the enemy army, he would definitely win. Although the 1,000 people in Arda's army were very difficult, they were too small to stand up decisive role.

The Kent army, which regained its composure, continued to advance, but this time the formation was much sparser to avoid long-range damage from Arda's artillery.

But it was impossible for them to regain the high ground, and Earl Parker saw this through his glass after the Kentish army was in disarray, and he immediately seized the opportunity and ordered the whole army to run forward.

When the Kent army rearranged their formation, the coalition forces had already set up their positions on the slopes. If their confusion continued for a while, the coalition forces would take the opportunity to rush over.

"Are those Ardaans on the left?"

Jia Aisi 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, more than 1,500 at least... Well, they moved to the right wing."

The generals of the coalition forces discovered a new situation, which had not been detected before.

Everyone vaguely thought of a possibility. Could it be that the other party proposed to fight two days later just to wait for the arrival of these archers? Is Derrick's conjecture correct?

The Kent army has more than 8,000 infantry and archers, divided into four square formations, three square formations are located on the front line, the rear square formation is used as a reserve team, 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 phalanxes. 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, facing the opponent's left-wing cavalry.

When the Kent army was about 400 meters away from the coalition army, Earl Parker looked around at the crowd, saluted and said, "I'll leave it to you all."

"My lord, take care!"

All 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 located on the left flank of the coalition army, facing the adjusted and deployed archers of the Kent army.

"Woo-"

Earl Parker ordered the horn to be sounded, and the phalanxes of the coalition army walked towards the Kent army.

The first contact was the cavalry of both sides. Although the Kent army had more cavalry, the artillery company took care of the Kent army cavalry. Under the attack of artillery fire, the Kent army cavalry was still unable to assemble a dense stormtrooper. Form, had to use a loose formation to rush to the coalition forces.

The coalition forces did not have this concern, and they rushed towards the enemy in a dense formation.

When the cavalry of the two sides first came into contact, every Kent cavalry who came into contact with the enemy would face several cavalry guns at the same time, avoiding one but not the other, and then being stabbed off the horse.

Just after contact, the coalition cavalry caused heavy casualties to the Kent cavalry.

However, after all, the Kent cavalry has a numerical advantage. After the two sides fought together, the formation advantage of the coalition forces no longer existed.

Looking from the side of the coalition forces, 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, and rushed forward with a shout, as if they had discussed it in advance. After the melee, it became a mess. The previous formation was actually orderly also no longer exists.

The only exception was Arda's army. They stepped on the drums step by step and approached each other unhurriedly.

Followed by the infantry of the Heller family, after Derrick led the team to send a wave two days ago, he gathered the remnants afterwards, and there were less than a thousand infantry left. Since the Arda army in front did not charge, they did not charge, anyway, someone blocked it.

Facing Arda's army were the archers of the Kent army, who seemed to be drawn to the right wing specifically to deal with the muskets.

When Arda's army was marching, arrows rained down on them one after another. On the way, some people were shot and fell down. The soldiers behind stepped over the fallen comrades and continued to move forward, always looking ahead.

When the infantry passed a place, someone immediately ran over with a stretcher, and carried the wounded person to the rear, and handed it over to the medical soldiers to treat the wound. These people are civilian husbands recruited by Bryce~lightnovelpub.net~ In order to earn some money to support their families, there are still many bold people who dare to go to the battlefield.

The Portree infantry who followed were shocked by the perseverance of the friendly army. The frustration of the defeat two days ago was swept away, and an inexplicable feeling emerged in their hearts.

They were still very surprised before: Why did the people of Arda beat drums in war? Now their footsteps are also subconsciously beating the drums, and the formation when they set off is miraculously maintained.

It was not so much the quality of the Portree infantry, but more because the enemy's bows and arrows were basically "taking care" of the Arda infantry in front, and few of them fell on their heads. If they were in the front, they would have rushed over like other armies.

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The officer in charge of commanding the archers of the Kent army wondered, it was close enough, why didn't the people of Arda fire their firebolts?

According to the descriptions of people who have been in contact with the fire crossbow, this weapon can hit people when it is about 100 meters away. Lord Jiaaisi ordered the archers to be responsible for shooting against the Ardas, entangle them, and never allow them to support other troops.

But now the people of Arda are still walking forward, letting the arrows fall on their heads without any intention of fighting back.

As the distance between the two sides got closer, the Kent army could clearly see what was in the opponent's hands, and the shiny 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 archers were generally only equipped with daggers, there was a row of pikemen protecting them in front of them.

With such doubts in mind, the officer commanded 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.