The muskets roared, and the Seleucid soldiers fell one after another. The entire Mar Hill was filled with muskets, gunpowder smoke, and the blood of the Seleucid soldiers.
But despite this, the Seleucid soldiers still moved forward step by step towards the Silk Kingdom army with their super long spears.
Because they know that their only chance is to approach the enemy and kill these invaders.
Akevus, who was standing on the hill watching the battle, felt quite comforted when he saw this. As the saying goes, "it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes a moment to use it." The combat performance of the personal guards was not in vain. He usually spent all his wealth and carefully cultivated them.
Then Akefus's worried heart slowly relaxed.
Because he discovered that although the Silk Kingdom army has not suffered any casualties until now... the Silk Kingdom army has the advantage of long-range weapons. They can easily knock down the Seleucid heavy infantry a hundred meters away, but the Seleucid army has nothing to do with them.
Method.
If there is anything that can threaten the Silk Kingdom's army, it is trebuchets and bows and arrows.
But all the trebuchets were transferred by Akevus to the infantry for attack, and there was not a single one on the hill.
As for the bows and arrows... I don't know what kind of armor the people of the Silk Kingdom used. The arrows flew down one after another, but they couldn't penetrate them.
However, due to the condescending hills and the good morale and strong physical strength of the personal guards, the Seleucid army's front line was approaching the Silk Army inch by inch.
Ninety meters, eighty meters...
Akevs knew that as long as they advanced a dozen or twenty meters further, the Seleucid army would be able to threaten the Silk Army.
This is because the Seleucid army also had another very lethal short-range weapon: the javelin.
Generally speaking, the throwing distance of the javelin is fifty meters.
However, because the Seleucid army is condescending, its range will be increased by more than ten meters.
At that time, the Seleucid army will only need a javelin to suppress the firepower of the Silk Army, and then the infantry will take this opportunity to speed up and rush down... Instead of posing a threat to the Mar Hill, the enemy will be surrounded and annihilated.
This doesn't even require reinforcements to arrive.
Just when Akefus was looking forward to victory in the near future, the reaction of the Silk Army made him feel powerless.
I saw that after the Silk Army lined up their guns at the front, they no longer loaded ammunition as usual, but directly divided into two sides and passed through the gap between the queues to line up at the end of the queue.
Instead, the second team raised their guns and fired, and then they also did not load their ammunition. After firing one round, they retreated to the back of the team with their guns in hand.
Akevus was so angry that his eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times.
Of course he understood why the Silk Army did this.
This roller-like rolling method allows the Silk Army to gradually increase the distance between the enemy and ourselves without affecting the battle.
As long as the Silk Army continues to "roll" like this, the Seleucid infantry will never be able to rush to the enemy and engage in close combat.
Seeing this, the Seleucid infantry also stagnated. They didn't know if there was any point in continuing to fight like this... They looked like targets for the enemy, but they themselves were helpless against the enemy.
Akevus noticed this immediately, and without thinking, he shouted at his subordinates: "Continue to attack, I will let the 2nd Guards Regiment outflank their rear! They are going to be finished!"
The Seleucid army shouted in response.
This is indeed a good idea. The Seleucid infantry in the front is advancing step by step, and another troops are sent out on both wings to outflank. In this way, even if the Silk Army retreats and fires like a roller, they will still be surrounded and have no way to retreat.
In the end, the only possibility is to be surrounded and annihilated.
However, at this time, Akevus only had 5,000 troops.
Three thousand infantrymen were thrown into formation with the Silk Kingdom troops from the front, and the only troops to outflank the two flanks were the Second Guards Regiment guarding the north slope.
Akaeves thought this would be no problem.
Because the northern slope is steeper, it is not suitable for the musket attack of the Silk Army... The reason is that once the slope is steep and the musket queue goes up, there will be a problem that the front row of soldiers are much taller and block the muzzle of the gun. Even if the front row of soldiers squat
The same is true below.
Besides, although the troops on the north slope have been emptied, if there is danger, Akevs only needs to change the rear group of the 1st Guards Regiment on the south slope to the front group, and the front group to the rear group, and climb over the top of the slope.
Killed back.
So Akevs didn't think much. With a wave of the flag, the 2nd Guards Regiment stationed on the north slope divided into two parts and went down the mountain to form a team and then outflanked the Silk Army from the left and right wings.
However, what Akefus did not expect was that this was exactly what Wang Ben wanted.
From the beginning, Wang Bending's main attack direction was actually the north slope rather than the south slope.
Because it understands that although five thousand enemies is not too many, it is still nearly twice the number of three thousand divine warriors.
It is not difficult for three thousand Shenwu troops to defeat five thousand enemies. What is difficult is to win and escape within two quarters of an hour, otherwise this assault will be meaningless.
However, it is almost impossible to achieve this strategic goal with a mediocre attack.
In this case, the only way is to implement the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain. First, move an enemy into the air and then launch a surprise attack.
Therefore, Wang Bencai pretended to attack the southern slope, which was flatter and easier to attack.
As expected, the enemy was deceived and deployed troops on the northern slope to outflank the enemy.
Wang Ben waited for a while, and when he saw that the two wings of the Seleucid army were gradually encircling him, he shouted: "Get on your horse and turn from the north slope!"
"Get on your horse and turn from the north slope!"
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The Shenwu Army put away their guns and ran down the mountain, each mounting their horses, with clean and orderly movements.
The Seleucid army and the Daosi army knew they were outnumbered and were about to flee, so they raised their guns and cheered loudly.
They had no intention of pursuing them, because everyone knew that with their heavy armor and a super long gun in their hands, they would not be able to catch up with the silk soldiers wearing rattan armor, not to mention they had horses.
But Akefus was not so optimistic, because he saw that the Silk Army's troops were in good order and not panicked... No army would escape or even retreat so calmly.
An ominous premonition arose in Akevs's heart, and he shouted in a hurry: "Second Guards Regiment, stop them!"
The messenger quickly waved the flag and gave the order.
The Second Guards Regiment on both wings were ordered to speed up immediately and prepare to close the encirclement.
This is difficult for these infantrymen. You must know that the average weight of these heavy infantrymen is about forty kilograms. If it is for protection or to carry more food, it may reach fifty kilograms, which is almost equivalent to carrying a person on his back to fight.
Although the Seleucid infantry were strong and well-trained, they were mainly able to carry out this task on foot. Once they picked up speed and started running, they were exhausted and out of breath soon.
However, even so, their movements were not as fast as the Shenwu Army.
In fact, it was not that the Shenwu Army was not as fast as the Shenwu Army, but that when the Shenwu Army's leading troops broke out of the encirclement, they threw several thunderbolt fireballs on both sides, blocking the encirclement of the Second Army.
Then, as soon as the Shenwu Army broke through the encirclement, they turned around and ran towards the north slope...