Chapter 571 The general will inevitably die before the battle [2 more]
The moment the phalanx entered the shooting range, Cheng Yan's eyes flashed with joy, and he shouted: "Shoot!"
As the words fell, a wave of arrows and the sound of firecrackers were heard, and a cloud of gunpowder smoke filled the air. On the opposite side, the sound of vocal music suddenly changed in the square array, and large shields were seen standing upright.
rise.
There was a crackling sound, and most of the arrows returned in vain. Even the lead bullets fired by the firecrackers hit the shield and could hardly hurt the soldiers behind the shield.
Behind the phalanx, Governor George and Earl Harry were actually riding on tall horses, wearing military uniforms and watching the battle between the two sides through telescopes.
Governor George looked solemn and said: "Earl Harry, these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are very brave. They are much stronger than the natives we have seen before."
Earl Harry said matter-of-factly: "That's natural. Don't forget that hundreds of years ago, Marco Polo recorded this eastern country in his travel notes. If this country is really like what we see,
If the natives who lived in the past were as ignorant as they were, how could they have given birth to a splendid civilization, produced such gorgeous silk, and fired such exquisite porcelain."
As he spoke, Earl Harry looked confident and said: "No matter how powerful the Ming Dynasty is, it cannot be our opponent."
Whether it was the Netherlands or Portugal, the navies of the two countries traveled across the sea and almost never encountered any opponents. Their repeated victories had already created the psychological belief in these people that they would win.
Therefore, after hearing the news that Dalikis had been defeated in the sea battle, the first thing Earl Harry thought of was to join forces with Governor George to mobilize troops.
During this period, Portugal had already surpassed the Netherlands and was on the verge of becoming the largest maritime power. In particular, the reputation of its invincible fleet spread throughout the world.
A squadron was defeated by the Ming Dynasty through such a strange combination of circumstances. At least Earl Harry could not accept this defeat.
If it were not for the defeat of Dalikis that caused the Portuguese fleet's military strength to decline significantly, Earl Harry did not even intend to unite with the Netherlands and rely on the strength of the Dutch.
Nowadays, the combined forces of the two countries, including the army alone, have dispatched as many as 5,000 troops, which has almost emptied out the accumulated strength that the two countries have accumulated in the east over the years.
A rapid horn sounded, and immediately the large shields were separated, and a group of captains of archers appeared.
There are about a thousand longbowmen in this pair, and they are always in the center of the phalanx. Each of these people has their faces and ears wrapped in cloth, and they have chains on their shoulders. Their wrists are protected with leather ropes and leather blocks, and their finger joints are protected.
Leather sheaths, daggers and leather pouches hung on their belts. They wore various types of armor, and some were just ordinary sandwich tights.
The most eye-catching thing is the long bows on these people. Compared with ordinary long bows, these long bows are very eye-catching and are nearly two meters long.
Such a long bow that is far taller than a person is extremely rare in the East, but in the West such a long bow is very famous, it is the Scottish long bow.
The Scottish longbow's lethality and rate of fire are extremely astonishing. Following the First World War between Britain and France, the Scottish longbow performed extremely amazingly, and the Scottish longbow became famous throughout the Western world.
Although Portugal's army is said to have average combat power, with Portugal's strength, it is not difficult to spend a lot of money to build a Scottish longbow team.
And this Scottish longbow team of almost a thousand people is one of the thousands of Scottish longbows in the Kingdom of Portugal.
Earl Harry brought this team with him during his expedition to the Ming Dynasty, treating them as a weapon that could determine the outcome of the war.
Now seeing the bravery of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Earl Harry and Governor George knew very well that their biggest disadvantage was fighting across the ocean. If their soldiers suffered too many casualties, even if they could win a war
victory, it can only be a defeat.
If the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were defeated at the first touch, then Earl Harry would not be able to use the English longbow. However, just looking at the firepower and the close distance between the two sides, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty showed no sign of confusion, which made Earl Harry realize
The difficulty of the opponent.
Cheng Yan did not expect that these opponents would be so difficult to deal with. Although the blunderbuss and arrows caused some damage to these soldiers, relatively speaking, these injuries were not enough to break their muscles and bones, nor could they stop the coalition formation.
Keep moving forward.
In the port, Cheng Yan could still choose to retreat, but in Qingtian Town, Cheng Yan had the responsibility to defend his territory and had to either die in battle or escape from the battle.
Cheng Yan is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so naturally he will not choose to escape from the battlefield. Now, after just one fight, Cheng Yan realized that this enemy who came from nowhere is very difficult.
Taking a deep breath, Cheng Yan suddenly drew his sword in his hand, roared and shouted at the soldiers around him: "Soldiers, do you dare to follow my general to kill the enemy!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious, the Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
Along with the shouts, a soldier with excitement flashing in his eyes followed Cheng Yan towards the front of the coalition formation like a tiger out of its box.
At this moment, in the phalanx, thousands of Scottish longbowmen were seen walking to the front of the phalanx. As the drumbeats suddenly became louder, the soldiers who were originally well-equipped instantly took out the arrows from their backs.
Long arrows shot through the air one after another, and suddenly the sky was filled with darkness, and a shower of arrows actually covered the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were charging into the formation.
Cheng Yan, who was galloping on horseback, was suddenly startled. He suddenly saw a hail of arrows covering the formation.
"not good!"
Cheng Yan secretly thought that something was wrong and shouted: "Everyone, leave, leave quickly!"
At the same time, Cheng Yan turned over on his horse, and his whole body suddenly flipped from the horse's back to the horse's belly. Puff, puff, the sound of an arrow entering his body was heard.
Cheng Yan, whose body was shaking, felt that the figures following him around him suddenly became sparse, and screams of wailing could be heard. Even without looking, Cheng Yan could imagine this just by imagining it.
A wave of arrows caused great harm to his men and horses.
Almost a thousand soldiers rushed into the formation, but after a wave of arrows, at least hundreds of soldiers were pinned to the ground by arrows.
The arrow is much longer than ordinary arrows. Being nailed to the ground by such an arrow means that unless you are lucky, you will only die.
With a long hiss, no less than ten arrows were inserted into Cheng Yan's mount. These arrows penetrated the body, and the galloping horse fell to the ground.
Cheng Yan's shoulder was directly pierced by an arrow. The moment the war horse hit the ground, Cheng Yan, who was hiding under the horse's belly, rolled on the spot and rolled several meters away with the arrow on his shoulder.
The Portuguese and Dutch coalition forces were only a few feet away.
Grasping the arrow stuck on his shoulder, Cheng Yan's forehead was covered with cold sweat. With a loud shout, he actually pulled out the arrow, only to bring out a piece of flesh and blood.
Cheng Yan's shoulder was covered in blood and flesh, and most of his body was dyed red with blood. In addition, he was in a very embarrassing state, so it seemed that Cheng Yan's situation was very bad at this moment.
After sealing the acupuncture points on his shoulders in an instant, Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief. When he raised his head and looked forward, he saw a neatly arranged team.
Following Cheng Yan, the number of soldiers who luckily escaped a wave of arrows was now only a few dozen. As for the other soldiers, they were stunned one by one, looking at their companions who fell in front of them in disbelief.
A famous companion was pierced by a long arrow and was nailed to the ground. Especially since the arrow penetrated the body and was nailed to the ground, but he did not die on the spot. He could only scream to vent the pain. Such a scene
It is definitely a great impact and test on the will of the soldiers.
Obviously, these soldiers were stunned for a moment. To be precise, they did not expect that there were such terrible arrows in this world.
If it's arrows like the Bed Crossbow or the Eight-Niu Crossbow, then that's fine. After all, those terrible arrows are very difficult to launch, and they are more of a deterrent on the battlefield.
But no one could have imagined that such a long arrow could be so powerful and shoot so fast. As an ordinary soldier, he might not be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of long bow, but its lethality is the most lethal.
Intuitive.
Hundreds of companions suffered heavy casualties almost in an instant. It is reasonable for these soldiers to be suppressed. After all, these soldiers are living beings, not puppets who are not afraid of life and death.
The current situation is that dozens of soldiers followed Cheng Yan and rushed to the front of the coalition formation. At the same time, there was a gap behind him. Within a distance of at least ten feet, except for the hundreds of soldiers who fell to the ground and were wailing,
Outside, no other soldiers could be seen.
Cheng Yan and other dozens of soldiers appeared in front of the coalition formation. As the commander of the coalition forces, he naturally noticed Cheng Yan and others. After all, Cheng Yan and others were so close to the formation at this moment. If they really charged, they would be in trouble.
With just one breath, you can add swords and swords to each other.
One after another, the fire blunderbuss was aimed at Cheng Yan and the others. When he was locked by the fire blunderbuss, Cheng Yan also reacted. He narrowed his eyes, jumped up almost by instinct, and sharply slashed with the long knife in his hand.
wave.
"kill!"
If you want to survive, you can only avoid the threats of firecrackers and longbows by rushing forward and fighting hand-to-hand into the square formation. Otherwise, even if you want to escape, you will definitely not be able to escape the firecrackers and longbows.
Cheng Yan reacted very quickly. Even though his shoulder was injured, he could still cross a distance of several feet in one leap. With a flash of the sword, several heads flew up and blood flew everywhere. More than a dozen people who witnessed this scene
The soldiers of the coalition army were shocked and looked at Cheng Yan who looked like a bloody man in horror. Rich Chinese
