Black Iron Crown - Chapter 693

Earl Leyland is a qualified frontline commander. Even though the archers and crossbowmen suffered huge losses, he still did not give the order to retreat.

When the archers of both sides are shooting each other, once one of them chooses to retreat, they will have to withstand two or three more rounds of arrows. This means that in the subsequent battles, their archers will attack the enemy infantry. The attack is minimal, and the enemy’s archers can keep a certain number of arrows to strike at their own infantry.

　　 In this case, the infantry who loses the support of the archers will inevitably suffer. Reiner has explained his tactics to all the vassals and commanders before the war begins.

　　 That is to use the absolute combat power of Reiner’s main formation to defeat the enemy’s middle army, which leads to confusion in the enemy’s middle army, and then supports other vassals, double-sided flanking and defeating the enemy in one fell swoop.

In essence, such tactics are very simple, even clumsy, but Reiner has enough confidence in his own army. Sergeant Merland is the strongest infantry in the array, and the soldiers behind have also experienced enough strength. The training of time and time is honed in blood and fire.

　　 These are all first-class elites. If this can’t defeat the enemy, then Rainer has nothing to say.

　　 The huge flanks of the two sides fought much earlier than the Chinese army, and the armies of some lords in the jihadist coalition had already rushed to the front of the imperial army.

　　 At this time, the shortcomings of insufficient coordination of command and coordination between the coalition forces were instantly exposed.

　　 Some fighters rushed into the imperial army under the leadership of their lords, while some lords ordered their troops to advance slowly, emphasizing the formation.

　　The uneven formation directly affected their offensive. It was supposed to attack a square formation of the Imperial Army with superior forces.

　　 But when the soldiers came in front of the enemy, they were shocked to find that the number of enemies far exceeded their comrades.

　　 In contrast, the Chinese military on both sides seem to be much more tidy.

　　 The archers on both sides set off a new round of shooting.

　　Liner’s archers did not collapse after suffering a huge loss. The crossbowmen began to pull the steel crossbow in their hands, and the archers once again took out their arrows from the quiver and put them on the bowstring.

　　 After everything was ready, Earl Leyland roared.

　　 “Volley!”

A more powerful rain of arrows flew into the sky. The distance between the two sides was only about 150 meters, which is the best shooting distance for a recurve bow. Under this distance, crossbowmen can also give up throwing and choose power. More powerful flat shot.

　　 The crossbow bolt flew out instantly under the push of the steel crossbow arm with a pulling force of six hundred pounds, and more than three hundred crossbow bolts instantly came to the enemy’s archer.

　　 The arrows followed closely behind the crossbow arrows, and more than 1,200 arrows and crossbow arrows fell on the enemy’s archers.

　　 And the arrows of the enemy also came to the top of the Imperial Archers.

　　 For a time, the sky above the front battlefield was almost enveloped by a rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun.

　　The power of the crossbow shot from a pulley crossbow is not comparable to that of a bow and arrow. Basically, as long as it hits an enemy, it will be a tragic penetrating wound.

　　 Arrows fell, and hundreds of archers from both sides fell almost at the same time. Because of the existence of crossbow arrows, the casualties of the Imperial Army archers, who accounted for a small number, were on the same level as the enemy, and all fell to the ground with more than 400 people.

　　 After three tragic rounds of shooting, Rainer’s long-range force has only left more than 600 people, and nearly two-thirds of them were lost in the previous shooting.

　　 However, they have withstood such a loss. Excellent logistics and comfort, as well as a firm psychological quality tempered on the battlefield, allowed them to unswervingly maintain order.

　　Even the archers drawn from the hunters in the territory, they also suffered such casualties, but they showed no signs of defeat.

　　 After several years of training and fighting, their morale and tenacity are no longer weaker than those produced by the system.

The same is true for the archers of the Crusaders, but they are already chaotic compared with the Imperial Army. Some people watched their comrades fall one by one, and the arrows or the arrows were inserted into the eye sockets and splashed with flesh and blood. The entire head is pierced by crossbow arrows.

　　 The blood splattered and the warriors who had not yet died on the ground, struggling and wailing in pain, put tremendous pressure on the rest of the archers.

“Hold on! This is nothing! Your hard work will be rewarded! Glory is with us! Long live your majesty! Fight for your majesty!” Earl Leyland was not afraid of danger, and rode his horse to the archers’ court. Behind them, they touched the helmets of the archers one by one with their long swords, shouting loudly.

　　 “Long live! Long live! Long live!”

　　 Although the archers and crossbowmen were not defeated, they actually started to tremble, not because of fear, but because of the sharp rise in adrenaline caused by tension.

“Enough! Enough! Retreat the archers! Retreat!” Pope Rosa had originally intended to be the commander-in-chief of the overall situation like Reiner, but he looked at the losses suffered by the archers ahead. It is really unacceptable.

　　 Every **** confrontation between the two sides seemed to pinch his heart fiercely. Now, like the archers, he couldn’t bear it anymore.

　　Earl Leyland watched the enemy’s archer retreat, so he also gave his archer an order to retreat~www.mtlnovel.com~ because the distance between the two arrays was less than 50 meters.

　　 The Golden Lion Guards opened the shield wall, and the archers and crossbowmen filed along the gap back to the rear of the infantry array.

　　 After the archers evacuated, the Golden Lion Guards, like an iron tower, exuding a sturdy atmosphere, then erected their large shields again to form a shield wall.

　　 The archers and crossbowmen withdrew back to the queue, just behind the three rows of Sergeant Merland, and reorganized the team.

　　 The distance of fifty meters is very close, and the soldiers of the modern Imperial Army can see the hideous expression on the enemy’s face.

　　 The Golden Lion Guards at the forefront were already prepared, the one-handed battle axe in their hands was ready to move, and Sergeant Merland also secreted adrenaline sharply, making the final preparations.

　　The soldiers of the jihadists rushed up with spears in their hands. Their fighting style was completely different from the swarms of the other jihadist coalition forces. They could only barely maintain some formations and cooperate with them.

　　 With a spear in his hand, their tactics of advancing side by side with their comrades are quite similar to those of Lena’s army.

The Golden Lion Guards also dare not go wild in front of such iron hedgehogs. They put their shields in front of them to guard against the enemy’s spear attack. Their first task is to maintain the front line and protect the soldiers who use spears in the rear from the enemy. Given close hands, they choose to perform priority tasks.

　　 The soldiers in the front had already been in contact with the Golden Lion Guards, but they suffered casualties in an instant.

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