Upon hearing Zhou Chi's order, Lin Feng turned around and started running in the direction of Ma Chao. Zhou Chi took the remaining troops and horses and continued north to investigate the situation in Heldvar.
Taishi Ci's Tiger Army, as the most elite unit, was in the first batch of landing sequence. At this time, all 20,000 Tiger Army soldiers had landed, and were relying on the water fortress to set up defenses.
"We found the enemy cavalry, numbering about 20,000, and they are about to kill them."
Taishi Ci was also a military general, so naturally he would not sit still and wait for death. As early as the first landing, he sent scouts forward to explore the enemy's situation.
"Cavalry, haha, order the navy to line up and load all the shotguns. In addition, the whole army will return to the river. The skirmishers will return to the river, the troop ships will return, and the Hengye army will prepare their crossbows. I want to see what your cavalry has.
It's so hard that it can eat my 20,000 Chinese elites."
When he heard that the enemy's 20,000 cavalry were coming, Taishi Ci smiled slightly. The reason why he sent the Tiger Army to land first was because he was suspected of being a bait, but he also wanted to rely on the elite Tiger Army to withstand the opponent's attack. For this reason
Jia Xu specially sent all the crossbows to restrain the cavalry.
"promise."
Soon the Tiger Army began to set up defenses with their backs to the water stronghold. The soldiers of the Hengye Army above the water stronghold were armed with a repeating crossbow and the crossbow box was loaded. The Chinese naval forces above the Ganges River were also lined up, with trebuchets scattered.
Load the bag and be ready to fire.
Hertos led 20,000 cavalry and advanced at great speed. The horses stepped on the wild sand in the sky and rushed towards the water village.
"Trebuchets form a barrage to suppress the enemy's cavalry attack."
Seeing the enemy cavalry coming, Taishi Ci directly ordered the Chinese fleet on the water to release the trebuchets.
"put."
"put."
"put."
The commanders on their respective battleships directly ordered the trebuchets to attack.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
A series of bullet bags ejected, spraying the enemy cavalry with a hail of bullets that drifted away like dark clouds.
"The whole army spreads out, speeds up, and rush over."
Seeing the enemy's scattered bullets coming, Hertos had nothing to say. Now all they could do was speed up and speed up, rushing through this rain of death bullets.
The 20,000 cavalrymen did not hesitate. They leaned on the horses one after another, and then charged forward at the fastest speed. As for whether they would be smashed into pieces, it depends on God's favor.
There was a crackle, a rain of bullets fell, like rain hitting banana trees, the dead bodies of the Kushan cavalry were everywhere.
"Regroup, keep moving forward, and charge."
After the shotguns fell, Hertos glanced at the dead bodies behind him and directly ordered the cavalry to assemble and continue charging.
Upon hearing Hertos's order, the remaining cavalry immediately began to assemble towards him, and then formed a cluster to attack the tiger army in front of the water village.
Facing the charging cavalry, the trebuchet had only one chance to attack. In the blink of an eye, the enemy's cavalry rushed within a distance of more than 200 cloths from the Tiger Army.
"The crossbow is released."
Seeing the enemy's cavalry charging with no fear of death, Taishi Ci smiled slightly and directly ordered his infantry and crossbows to attack.
In one moment, thousands of crossbows fired in unison, pushing across the space and shooting at the Kushan cavalry in front of them.
In an instant, the heads of the front row of cavalry were cut off, and the ground was filled with tragically dead horse corpses and torn Kushan knights.
"Forward, forward."
I have to say that Hertos was really lucky. The trebuchet didn't kill him, and the crossbow didn't hurt him at all.
With Hertus as the front row, the Kushan cavalry gathered again, like evil beasts from ancient times, opening their bloody mouths towards the fierce tiger army in front of them.
"Ready your shield and prepare your repeating crossbow."
Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, Tai Shici's smile became more and more unrestrained. The opponent may not know the power of the serial crossbow yet. Let these remote wild people see China's elite weapons later.
"Liannu, let go."
Taishi Ci gave the order, and the crossbows were already ready and he started an explosive attack. The flying short arrows fell from the sky like a heavy rain, attacking the Kushan cavalry in front of them.
Hertos was hit by several arrows, but he remained fearless and continued to direct his soldiers to attack.
But he obviously thought a little too much. The repeated crossbows fired by Lian Nu did not give the opponent a chance at all, and rained down on the Kushan cavalry in front of him like a violent storm.
Hertos was as fierce as he was fierce, but he was the first to bear the brunt of the repeated crossbows. Countless crossbow arrows directly shot the opponent's men and horses into hedgehogs. Not only him, but also the soldiers who charged with him were not lucky.
He was nailed to the ground.
"The general is dead, the general is dead."
Seeing Hertus being shot to death by the Chinese, the morale of the Kushan cavalry collapsed instantly. The general was killed. What should they do?
"The general is dead. Our mission must continue. We must continue to charge forward and drive the enemy away."
A commander's eyes were full of anger. Before he could even get in front of the opponent, the general died. It was so humiliating. He would never allow himself to be defeated by the enemy in such humiliation.
"Charge, the Kushan army is invincible."
"Charge, the Kushan army is invincible."
"Charge, the Kushan army is invincible."
The captain's words also aroused the arrogance of the Kushan cavalry. They are the kings on this land. They have never fought so hard. They wanted to push the enemy into the water to feed the fish. Unexpectedly, the clown turned out to be himself. No matter what
No matter what, it is something they cannot accept.
The Kushan cavalry no longer cared about their formation. Like a rushing wave, they rushed through the attack range of the serial crossbows and launched a charge towards the waiting tiger army.
"Hold them off, throw short spears."
Seeing that the enemy's formation had been scattered and they were rushing towards him, Taishi Ci smiled slightly. The cavalry's attack power was gathering. Now that their formation was scattered, trying to break through his own defense line would be like shaking a tree.
Countless short spears shot out instantly, like a curtain of rain, pinning all the cavalry in front of them to death, but the following cavalry continued to charge without fear of death, vowing to tear the enemy in front of them into pieces.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
Continuous crashes resounded on the shields of the Tiger Army, but the charging cavalry could only break through one or two layers of defense at most. They were exhausted when they charged in, and were picked off their horses by spears.
The Kushan cavalry were considered elite, but they were still unable to cope with the powerful Tiger Army. After suffering numerous casualties, they had to give up temporarily and retreat with nearly 10,000 remaining soldiers.
"The enemy has withdrawn, do you want to pursue him?"
A school captain came to Taishi Ci.
"The whole army is on guard. We can only hold on and not attack. We only need to hold the water village here and protect our soldiers to land smoothly."
Seeing the enemy retreating, Taishi Ci shook his head. He wanted to pursue him. First, he lacked the strength. Second, his current task was to stabilize the base on the shore and create opportunities for subsequent troops to expand.
"promise."
After hearing Tai Shici's order, the captain could only retract his eyes and pay full attention to the situation in front of him.
The Tiger Army set up defenses outside the water stronghold, and the troop transport ship docked again and continued to transport troops and horses.
The battle here is over, and Heldvar's troops are also gathering over there, but it is still impossible to leave the city in a short time.
"Hide them all and see if the other party will continue to send troops."
After looking at the city in front of him, Zhou Chi directly ordered the soldiers behind him to hide and see if the enemy would make any follow-up moves.
"promise."
Several cavalry scouts dispersed and hid themselves to observe the developments in Heldvar City.
Now the entire battlefield has become a little calm. The enemy's cavalry has just been repelled at Shuizhai, and the Kushan cavalry over there is also resting in the distance.
Regardless of Ma Chao's side, it is simply impossible for 20,000 cavalry to capture the water stronghold guarded by heavy troops, so his current task is to transport all the cavalry under his command over as soon as possible.
Jia Xu had nothing to say on his side and transported his troops to the other side of the river in an orderly manner.
As time went by, the number of soldiers in the water village increased from more than 20,000 to 40,000. Two elite troops, the Hengye Army and the Tiger Army, used the water village as a base to deploy defenses.
"General, the troops are ready."
After such a long period of preparation, the soldiers and horses in the city were finally ready, and a general came immediately to report to Hariwan.
"Command the army to leave the city."
Now that everything was ready, there was nothing more to say. Hariwan stood up directly and went to the army to fight out of the city under the protection of his personal guards.
"General, the cavalry is reporting urgently."
Just as Hariwan was leaving the city, a group of cavalry came running like the wind, saw the army, and rushed inside.
"What's wrong?"
Looking at the scout covered in blood, Hariwan couldn't help but frown.
"General Hertos led his troops to attack the enemy's water fortress, but was killed by the enemy's long-range attack. Then the army charged, but failed to break through the opponent's attack. The army suffered heavy losses and had to retreat."
The scout directly told the situation there.
"Is the enemy's defense so strong?
Twenty thousand cavalry didn’t break through the opponent’s defense?”
Harriwan was also stunned when he heard the scout's words. He originally thought that the strength of the 20,000 cavalry was enough for the Chinese army to drink a pot. Unexpectedly, instead of breaking through the opponent's defense, even Hertos was killed by the enemy.
This is too damn fantasy.
"The enemy's bows and arrows are too powerful, and there are naval warships firing trebuchets on the water. It's really difficult for us."
The scout glanced at Harivan, his eyes full of horror. The scene of thousands of arrows being fired was a fear that he would never forget in his life.
"Ignore them, the whole army will advance and we must capture the enemy."
Although the cavalry did not achieve its strategic purpose, then it is up to you to decide whether your army of 100,000 people will make the other party drink a pot of it.
