Chapter 88 How to Lose the Flying Dragon Riding the Face!?
In this era, what is the force structure of a normal 10,000-man regiment?
The lord is the supreme commander, and has a group of knights of about two to three hundred people (including knights' retinue), and then no more than five hundred archers. The rest depends on the financial resources of the lord.
There are usually about 1,000 heavy infantry, wearing at least iron helmets, breastplates and shoulder armors, and leather armor in other parts, equipped with large shields, short swords, battle axes, etc.
There are also about 3,000 light infantry, which is much shabby. The basic configuration is leather armor, a shield and melee weapons.
What's left?
A common man!
The kind where the flying dragon troops hit a fireball and immediately scream and run around.
What about the legions brought by Rivendell?
The equipment is so luxurious that even Lordaeron's Imperial Guards would envy and hate it!
In the cavalry regiment of 500 people, there don't seem to be many knights, only 50, but they are all third-generation holy knights, with 450 knights promoted by the line of fire, and 500 people are in clear water thorium silver armor. Inside
Each person also wears a set of [Excellent] quality fire-resistant cloth armor.
Among the five thousand infantry, there are three thousand heavy infantry, full-body helmets, shoulder armor, upper body armor, arm guards, wrist guards, leg armor, and combat boots, all made of stainless steel, equipped with large iron-clad kite-shaped shields, short swords and infantry spears
, the whole set weighs 45 kilograms. These infantrymen are all transferred from miners, and they are tall and strong.
Two thousand light infantry, all wearing leather armor inlaid with iron plates, equipped with small shields and infantry spears, were trained by farmers after three months of training.
In addition, there are three thousand crossbowmen, each man has two crossbows, one is the ordinary infantry crossbow that is pinned behind the back, and the foot-operated crossbow that is usually placed on the carriage. This kind of crossbow must be stepped on with the foot and the bow string is stirred by the winch.
The pedal crossbow is similar to the Qin crossbow, except that the pedal crossbows in the Qin Dynasty were mostly strung with waist force. This type is strung with a Western-style winch, which is more labor-saving and more sophisticated.
The effective range of this pedal crossbow is 400 meters!
These crossbowmen were previously garrison troops in various villages and towns. They have certain fighting skills and have better morale.
Cultivating an excellent archer requires months and years of training. Most lords don't have time to train them slowly and often recruit hunters directly.
For crossbowmen, three months of firing line training is almost enough.
Of course, you can shoot fixed targets, but moving targets requires prediction and experience. At this time, you need a team leader who is a real hunter to serve as the "lead shooter".
The flying dragon knights of the Dragonmaw Clan, who were hit one after another, had not noticed that each time the arrows hit, they actually happened in sequence.
The crossbow arrow shot by the first hunter was coated with [Enchanting Material Residue] similar to fluorescent powder. This thing acted as a machine gun to pull the light bullet, providing guidance for other crossbowmen who were slow to pull the trigger.
In the same way, the light ballistae in a group of 4 is similar. There are 12 ballistae in a group. Anyway, they don't care about anything. They follow the lead and shoot over, forming a covering fire. There is always a chance of hitting.
In this way, three thousand crossbowmen and 360 ballistae formed the extremely terrifying [Phalanx] in the fantasy era!
The whole camp looks like a hedgehog, and any flying dragon that dares to get close will probably be shot into a porcupine (an Ankylosaurus covered in spikes?) in one encounter.
"No! Impossible! This is not true!" The Dragonmaw Orc who led the team really didn't believe in evil. He blew a whistle and drove a large number of baby dragons to swoop down without hesitation and attack the human archers who were shooting crossbows.
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He firmly believed that once timid humans were on fire, they would immediately collapse on the spot together with the archers around them.
This scene is destined to be quite brutal!
That is, the contrast between arrow rain and flesh and blood.
The young dragons, which are only the size of a husky, are only a few days old, and even the dragon scales on their bodies are soft. As cannon fodder, they can't even withstand the arrows of ordinary archers, let alone the extremely penetrating power.
A powerful crossbow.
Please note, it is a Thorium crossbow.
This thing is the armor-piercing arrow among arrows!
Even if it touches it, it will bring out a string of dirty blood beads in mid-air, causing a bloody storm.
The young dragon screamed and fell to the ground. Before it fluttered a few times, the swordsman and spearman who had the courage to rush over picked up the dragon's head.
At the same time, many crossbowmen were hit by fireballs and began to "be themselves in the fire."
Contrary to Commander Dragonmaw's expectation, many crossbowmen did not become adults.
The secret lies in that mysterious cloak.
The cloak was soaked in molten aluminum.
After melting the aluminum ingot, quickly soak the cloak in it and pull it up to form a layer of aluminum film with varying thicknesses and not too perfect. This thing is the same as the fire suit of modern firefighters on earth, but of course it is weakened.
version.
After being hit, the crossbowman will not be instantly killed.
After the crossbowman caught fire, he rolled around desperately on the ground. The civilian husband and firefighter next to him, who had been trained for a long time, went out with a broom to fight at the urging of the team leader. The paladin smashed [Holy Light Flash] over for free. How much could he save?
How many.
The real reason that made them more courageous was that the money they received from McDonald for selling their bodies, as well as the pension they received in case of emergency, were twice that of other lords.
The power of money is so terrifying!
In contrast, almost no young dragon had the chance to pass through the five hundred meters of airspace surrounding the camp.
"No! How is this possible!?" Commander Dragonmaw's eyes turned red: "The task assigned to me by Chief Zuluhid, I must complete -"
He roared and tightened the reins in his hands. The red dragon under him was even bigger. It was a young red dragon with a wingspan of more than 12 meters, and its size was already quite close to that of an adult dragon.
The Dragon Clan has a law - except for those old dragons who are so old that they are about to return to the Dragonblight Wilderness to die, generally speaking, the older they are, the higher their combat power is.
The scales of the young dragon are as strong as iron armor and can still be penetrated by crossbow arrows.
When it comes to the young dragon, the defensive power brought by the thick cuticle and hard scales is no less than the 2cm thick mithril armor. Normally, unless it is a large bed crossbow, ordinary crossbow arrows cannot penetrate the young red dragon.
Dragon's defense. Even if it is shot from the front, it will only cause pain and basically no damage.
He led the charge.
After flapping its wings more than a dozen times in a row, the giant dragon first climbed to a height of a thousand meters, and then swooped down in one breath.
This is the theoretical dead end of the ballista!
"Lok'Tar-Ogar!"
As soon as he finished yelling, he suddenly felt something brush against his cheek, and then he lost consciousness.
The one who hit the head with one arrow was of course... Windrunner's arrow!
No one knows where this arrow came from or where it went.
Such a big head seems to be just an inconspicuous midpoint on the path that this arrow must pass.
Even after the arrow entered from the eye socket and came out from the back of the head, all the blood on it was shaken off after a few turns.
right!
This green arrow just appeared in the right place at the right time!
This is an instant kill!
Everything happened - wind! light! clouds! light!
"Good archery skills!" Rivendell praised him heartily.
"Thank you!" Alleria responded calmly: "The real test is coming."
"It's okay, this is much easier than training."
If it were another race, if the commander was killed in battle, morale might collapse and they would collapse on the spot.
However, most of these Dragonmaw Clan riders have consumed the blood of demons, and there is no word 'fear' in their hearts at all.
The death of their companions only aroused their anger.
"revenge!"
"Kill them!"
As the saying goes [How to lose when flying dragon rides on the face]?
