Only then did many players realize that Chu Ge was right.
The previous victory did make many players a little confused, and they had the idea of taking the initiative to go out of the city to fight.
But now think about it, if we really went out of the city to fight and consumed a small amount of manpower, then when the west gate was unexpectedly breached and faced with the barbarian heavy cavalry rushing in, how could we resist it?
Now, at least with the support of the reserve team, the players can still hold on with a high probability.
The leading warrior player raised his hand: "Immediately form an array as mentioned before!
"Use your spear at the front to fight the enemy, while the musketeers, gunners and archers will shoot according to the situation at the rear!
"Scribe players, please protect yourself."
The players quickly took action and formed an array according to the command.
Rows of warrior players hold long spears to form a dense formation, insert the tail end of the spear into the ground to form an angle, and point the tip of the spear forward.
From a distance, the players seem to have transformed into a giant hedgehog, with the tip of the gun flashing with a cold light.
The players holding muskets, blunderbuss, bows and arrows, as well as the scribe players, were a little confused and didn't know exactly where they should stand.
Some players were still thinking about standing in the array of spears. After all, this would allow them to better attack enemies or buff other players. But as soon as they wanted to move forward, they were sternly stopped.
"The number of spears is not enough! Keep coming for more players! Musketeers, archers and scribe players stand on the flanks and high up. Don't mix with the spearmen, otherwise once the cavalry breaks through the defense line, you will be sent away!"
Everyone turned around and saw Chu Ge and Zhao Haiping running down the city wall in a hurry and arriving at the west city gate.
"Isn't this enough?" The captain at the head was a little surprised.
At this time, the warrior players had already formed an array from the entrance of the West City Gate, stretching for more than ten meters in a dense formation. Their spears were like a forest, and they were shining coldly. In the view of the commander in charge,
This should be enough to deal with cavalry.
From a common sense point of view, the spearmen formed in a square formation are definitely a great weapon for the cavalry.
In a field battle, infantry has no chance of winning when encountering cavalry. Even forming a spear formation will not help. This is because the cavalry is very flexible and can choose any time and place they like and start fighting in the way they are good at.
In field battles, the cavalry can continue to harass and attack. After the infantry is exhausted, they can then calmly launch an attack on the weak positions of the gun array.
But now we are fighting a city defense battle, and the quality of the players is by no means comparable to the low-quality soldiers in ancient times.
Since there is currently only one gap in the entire Orderer Fortress, the west gate, and players will not be hungry or tired, so for the monsters, if they want to capture the Orderer Fortress, they can only use heavy cavalry to charge into the spear formation.
In this particular case, it seems that the player side has the advantage.
Chu Ge shook his head: "You must be too optimistic.
"The cavalry cannot gain any advantage by charging into the spear formation. This is based on several premises.
"The first premise is that the cavalry horses will be frightened and will panic when they hit the spear point, which will affect the cavalry's formation; the second premise is that the infantry's spears must be long enough so that they can hit at a long distance.
Cavalry to minimize your own casualties.
"In addition, the loud noise of muskets may frighten the horses, so that we can gain a certain advantage in the face of cavalry charges.
“But now, we actually don’t have these advantages at all.
"First, these cavalry are now controlled by demons. They are not afraid of death, and the war horses don't know fear, so it is impossible to expect the war horses to cower. Second, the spears of our warrior players are simply not enough.
long.
"If we put it in ancient times, this would be considered an ordinary short spear at most. Even if it could hit the enemy's cavalry, our own casualties would be huge.
"Li Weiyi has brought a group of players to find craftsmen to hurry up and produce the horses. Before these horses are delivered, we must be prepared to block the west city gate with human lives!"
The captain was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't quite understand some of the details of what Chu Ge said, he could still feel that what Chu Ge said made sense, so he continued to direct more soldiers to enter the array.
At the same time, all warrior players should pay attention. Once there is a gap in front, they must immediately cover it. No matter what happens, they must not retreat.
The shaking became more and more intense, and the warrior players in the front row could already see the Northern Barbarian heavy cavalry charging at the front.
Even some players' hands holding the spears trembled a little, not sure whether it was because of nervousness or because of the tremors transmitted from the ground.
The players in the front row began to understand why Chu Ge said that the players' spears were not long enough.
What the players were holding at this time was the standard long gun used by ordinary soldiers. The length of the gun body was about two meters to less than three meters.
Such a long gun is actually a little inconvenient to use in ordinary battles.
As the saying goes, an inch long is an inch strong. The spear was recognized as the king of cold weapons in ancient times. Because of its long attack range, even a soldier without much professional training could dismount a general if he was lucky.
But long weapons also have their own problems, that is, they cannot be used once they are close to you.
Therefore, most warrior players holding long spears are basically unable to use shield cards at the same time, because it is really difficult to understand the use of long spears with one hand.
Except for a few fierce men like Fan Cun.
The spear, which is more than two meters long, is already a bit inflexible for players to use.
The game "Dark Sand" pays more attention to the player's individual combat ability, so the soldier players are given standard long guns, which have the best versatility.
But in fact, whether it is the long spear in General Deng's formation or the long spear specially used to deal with the cavalry square formation, they are all real "long" spears, and the actual length should be more than 5 meters.
In other words, the size of the spear used by the player and the actual spear used to deal with cavalry are exactly twice the size.
If it is not long enough, then when the heavy cavalry charges, even if it is stabbed by a spear, it will continue to maintain inertia and crash into the player's square formation.
If the players are not mentally prepared in advance, fail to withstand the first round of attacks, and the players in the back row fail to withstand the gap immediately, then something might really happen.
It was precisely because Chu Ge was worried about this that he ran down to take command. Because Li Hongyun was responsible for the defense on the city wall, it was no longer a serious problem. The key now is that the west gate must not be breached.
The tremors on the ground became more and more intense, and soon, the Northern Barbarians' heavy cavalry had already rushed through the west city gate!
The West Gate is the largest gate in the Fortress of the Orderer. The northern barbarian captain who had gathered the power of demons previously hit a huge gap, so four or five heavy cavalry actually rushed into the soldiers at the same time. Players
of gun array.
The warrior players in the front row had already followed the instructions, stuck the ends of their spears on the ground, and faced the Northern Barbarian cavalry diagonally upwards. However, only after they actually collided with each other did they realize that it was indeed very different from the ideal state they had imagined.
Big gap!
The heavy cavalry of the Northern Barbarians were all armored, both men and horses. The war horses themselves were raised with refined materials, were tall and strong, and were full of muscles. All the weight added together turned into a giant iron-clad beast weighing half a ton.
Such a giant beast only starts to charge when it is close to the player's square, and by the time it rushes in front of it, it is already unstoppable!
A soldier player standing in the front row could clearly see that the war horse seemed to hesitate for a moment when it faced the tip of the spear, but soon, the demon with black eyes in its eyes suddenly clamped down on the horse's belly, and the war horse
That hesitation disappeared in an instant, and he just pointed at Rulin's gun formation and rushed over!
"boom!"
"Bang! Bang bang!"
The musketeers and musketeers opened fire, and the archers began to shoot arrows.
The scribes also activated Haoran Zhengqi one after another, either directly attacking the Northern Barbarian heavy cavalry controlled by the demon, or adding buffs to the soldiers to share the damage.
Haoran's righteousness did have an effect, temporarily dispelling the demonic energy from some heavy cavalry in the front row. After the musket pellets hit the cavalry, both the loud gunshot and the real damage from the pellets caused a huge fright to the horses.
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The few barbarian heavy cavalry who rushed forward were beaten to the ground by random shots before they even came into contact with the player's spear array.
But before the players had time to be happy, more cavalry had already rushed over!
It takes time for the players to reload, and the following cavalry has already hit the spear tip of the players in the front row.
A soldier player felt an indescribable huge impact from the gun barrel in his hand. Then, he saw the tip of the gun pressing against the armor on the chest of the war horse, and then the gun body arched to form an exaggerated figure.
radian.
With a "click", the barrel of the spear broke!
The charging horse was like a speeding tank, hitting him directly and knocking him backwards, even implicating the players behind him.
This player didn't even realize what was going on, he was already resurrecting and counting down the seconds.
At the same time, the spears of the players around him also pierced the body of the war horse from all angles. Some players were not very lucky. The spears pierced the armor without causing much damage, but some players were lucky.
, the spear pierced the war horse's soft body.
However, even if the war horse was stabbed into a sieve in an instant, its impact was still there, and the fallen war horse also slid for three to five meters before finally stopping.
Immediately afterwards, more heavy cavalry rushed in!
The commanding commander immediately shouted: "Players in the back row are on top! There can be no gaps!"
He now understands that Chu Ge is right. It is indeed an irrational behavior for the heavy cavalry to rush into the spear phalanx, but for the demon, so what if it is irrational? As long as it can overwhelm the defenders of the west gate, even if the heavy cavalry can be defeated
It doesn't matter if they all go in.
Demons, like the Orderer, can completely ignore reality to a certain extent. After all, the power of the Orderer and the power of the demon can elevate the soldier's fighting will, discipline and individual combat ability to the peak, which is also completely
There is no need to consider battle losses.
Thanks to the favorable terrain of defending the city, the players faced the impact of a row of four or five heavy cavalry, which greatly reduced the pressure.
If it were a field battle and a row of heavy cavalry rushed over at the same time, they would almost have to wait to die.
