Five hundred and twentieth chapters coward's excuse
Chen Bing ordered the four gates of Huomusang to open at the same time, and each army went out of the city to set up formations.
In fact, the main attack direction of the Qin army was east, while the other directions were just bluffs.
Otherwise, if the Qin army only attacked one side, the Seleuxi Allied Forces could easily reinforce eastward in other directions, and there might be a situation where the enemy's defense line overlapped and penetrated no matter how hard they attacked.
At this time, the Qin army attacked at the same time from all sides, and the Seleucid coalition was not clear about the reality and the facts were inevitable, so the dispersion of troops could occur, so that the Qin army could maximize its interests.
The main attack direction is east and has been fully considered.
The Seleucid command, Akevs, is located in the northeast, and you can quickly reach your destination from both the east and the north.
But the north had fought before, and the Roman legion was ready.
What's more, for muskets, the Macedonian Legion, which is heavily attacking in the east, is obviously easier to break through.
The reason is that the Matchback is undoubtedly the king of attackers of this era, and even the strongest shields and armor cannot block its attack.
Because of the huge shield and armor, these two layers of protection are about 100 meters, but they cannot block the mezzanine, but can greatly reduce the power of the mezzanine to a certain extent. The distance between 100 meters is about 100 meters. The soldiers were already very dangerous... If the Roman legion threw down the giant shield and sprinted with all their might, the distance of a hundred meters would not take half a minute, and the musketeers could only fire one or two bullets in half a minute, which was obviously extremely dangerous.
The Macedonian Legion is another matter.
They were holding a small shield and their main weapon was a super long spear.
It is difficult for the small shield to protect Macedonian soldiers, and musketeers can block them at least 150 meters away.
At the same time, the super-long spear is almost a waste to the musketeers... because the enemy cannot charge quickly if they hold the super-long spear, just like the Roman legion holding a giant shield.
However, the Roman legion could throw away the giant shield and charge quickly, while the Macedonian legion could not throw away the super-spray charge... In order to reduce the weight, the super-sprayers usually have only super-sprays, and even if they rush into the musket array, they are unable to fight with bare hands and bare hands.
More importantly, the Macedonian soldiers did not have any experience in confronting musketeers, so they did not know what tactics they used.
In Shen Bing's opinion, the method of fighting against musketeers, especially three thousand musketeers is actually very simple... directly use cavalry to rush forward.
You should know that the speed of the cavalry is the nemesis of the musketeers. Musketeers often only have time to shoot a bullet within the range and the enemy cavalry has arrived in front of them, and then they fight in close combat. At this time, the musketeers basically have no power to fight back.
This is why musketeers still have to be equipped with a certain proportion of spearmen in the early stage... In case of cavalry rushing into the formation, they can set up gun array cover in front of the formation.
Although Chen Bing developed a clamp, he did not get it out due to time... It is actually not easy to develop a supporting military baton, because it means that a bayonet support is needed to add a bayonet to the rifle.
The earliest military batons were actually installed directly in the muzzle, but this way the rifle could not be fired.
Of course, Shen Bing would not be so stupid that he told the enemy the weakness of musketeers, and the cavalry was not the head of the Seleusian coalition.
As soon as the Qin army moved, the Seleucid coalition became nervous. They sent troops to fight in a square formation, one after another, and as Akevs said before, they brought all the catapults up, densely packed. In the second echelon, there are trenchers moving forward one after another.
It is obvious that they want to use long-range equipment such as trenchers to suppress the firepower of the musketeers and take the opportunity to attack.
However, the Qin army did not attack.
To be precise, the Qin army in other directions did not attack, they just stood at the foot of the city wall and waited quietly.
The Qin army did not move, and the Seleucid coalition did not dare to move.
Because there are enemy catapults, archers, and terrifying artillery on the top of the city... Only when your mind is in the water will you attack such a city wall.
The Qin army to the east has already started fighting.
With Wang Ben's order, dozens of catapults fired stone bullets at the enemy.
Originally, I had to use the thunder fireball, but since I had a medley gun and the transportation was difficult here, I was so nervous that the gunpowder was once very nervous.
What's more, there is no need to use a thunderbolt fireball to complete the tasks that can be completed by a stone bullet at this time.
Although the torque catapult used by the Seleucid Allied Forces has the advantages of simple structure, easy to make, light weight, suitable for maneuvering, etc., its fatal disadvantage is its short range and low accuracy... As for the torque of the tendon, its size cannot be adjusted.
, the amount of production is all about luck, unlike the counterweight trenchers used by the Qin army, which can improve the accuracy by adjusting the counterweight, and can even be adjusted through pre-war test firing.
The stone bullet streaked over the heads of the Qin soldiers and fell into the enemy formation with perfect curves. In an instant, it smashed more than 20 catapults pushed up by the Macedonian Legion to pieces.
Wood chips flew everywhere and screamed repeatedly. The soldiers in charge of the trench were either hit by stone bullets or injured by the squirting wooden blocks, and they all fell into a pool of blood.
Hector, who was commanding in the rear, was stunned. How could he have thought that the Qin army would not play according to the routine at all, and the musketeers of the Silk Army would even be equipped with a catapult!
"Akevs, this idiot!" Hector cursed in anger: "He is going to kill us!"
Although Macedonia and Seleucid were both split from the Macedonian Empire, founded by Alexander the Great, the contradictions of countries that were often more prominent.
This is somewhat like "brothers play on the wall and guard the outside".
In fact, not only are brothers "playing" with the wall, they usually compare openly and secretly... There are too many people outside the house, and many of them are incomparable, but when they are closed, they must at least become the best in the family.
One of them.
Therefore, every festival or New Year gathering, we have to compare.
Hector was so mentally: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt was relatively weak due to geographical and climate reasons, so only Macedonia and Seleucid were left.
Hector always wanted to teach the arrogant, and he also taught him a lesson to Antioch III, who reproduced the glory of the Alexander Empire.
Now, he found out in a hurry and hatred that the Macedonian army might have to pay the price for Akevs' stupidity.
"This must be Akevs' trick!" Hector shouted: "He just wanted to see us defeated by the Silkmen and suffered heavy casualties! We were fooled!"
In fact, as a general, especially a general who commands combat on the battlefield, it is not suitable to say such words, because these words will make soldiers think that they are just scapegoats and are unwilling to fight.
"General!" the adjutant asked loudly, "So what should we do?"
Hector thought for a while and ordered: "Retreat! Retreat to both sides... Also, ask Akevs for help immediately!"
"Yes, General!"
Hector also found an excuse for his cowardly behavior: "If Akeves thinks that a trench can defeat the enemy, then let him try it!"