Five hundred and eighty-eighth chapter has the upper hand
"Divine Mighty Crossbow!"
"put!"
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
In the first battle between the two sides, the Northland army made the Sea Clan army realize the huge gap in armaments between the two sides. This comprehensive and systematic armament cannot be made up by the Sea Clan smuggling and buying some equipment made by dwarves.
In just one minute, tens of thousands of sharp arrows were poured out on the left wing of the Sea Clan. Almost half of the Northland army was equipped with sophisticated crossbows. These elite Northland soldiers were basically equipped with two to three weapons.
In three battles, he is good at both close combat and shooting arrows from a distance.
As for the Sea Tribe, whose armor ratio was extremely low, they were stunned by the long-range attacks of the Northland army as soon as they entered the range of the crossbow. Not only the ordinary Sea Tribe warriors were shot to the ground in pieces, but also some patrols without armor.
The sea guards were shot by sharp arrows and fell to the ground like hedgehogs.
Only a small number of patrol guards wearing heavy armor made by dwarves can avoid being hurt by the dense rain of arrows. The quality of the dwarves is indeed very good. Even the longbows and crossbows in the North can hardly break through these arrows when they exceed ten meters.
Heavy armor.
Only a lucky few can get through the gaps in the armor and cause a little damage to the patrol guards protected in the armor.
But in long-range attacks, in addition to ordinary crossbows, there are more than two hundred Shenwei crossbows in the team, which are unreasonable. This kind of sharp weapon that can cause damage to the dragon is used to deal with the attacking sea tribe on the ground.
It feels quite like using an anti-aircraft gun to fight infantry in modern warfare.
Hundreds of huge crossbows flew into the Sea Clan formation, piercing the Sea Clan warriors into strings like candied haws. Even the elite patrol guards holding steel shields and wearing armor looked like a bunch of crossbows in front of these giant crossbows.
It was torn apart as easily as a piece of paper.
"ah!"
The elite patrol guards who were originally leaning on the front with armor also suffered heavy losses. The first one was skewered on the giant arrow. Most of them had strong vitality and did not die immediately even when they were nailed by the giant crossbow. However,
But he screamed because of the tremendous pain.
The elites of the royal court who were pinned by the giant crossbow no longer had the same arrogance as before. They screamed at the top of their lungs or begged their compatriots around them to save themselves. However, who on the battlefield had time to save their seriously injured companions who were about to die?
You can let them be nailed to the ground and struggle to death.
Ordinary lower-level sea warriors are fine. These weak sea warriors are basically just here to collect heads. Their combat effectiveness on land is not as good as that of kobold warriors who have been trained by humans. They are basically half as powerful when shot by a divine crossbow.
His body was gone, and his death was painless. However, because of his strong vitality, the patrol guard with a strong body was still able to scream even when a huge arrow opened a hole the size of a bowl in his body and his internal organs were destroyed.
Voice.
"Give them something fun."
Soon, the Bloodline officer leading the team reacted and did not let the wounded continue to suffer. Treatment was impossible. The only help that could be given to them was to use a sharper war blade to alleviate their pain.
The power of the divine crossbow made the attacking Sea Clan shiver. The Sea Clan warriors who launched the attack from the left wing suffered at least thousands of casualties, and the ranks of the frontline warriors were much thinner.
Seeing that the originally dense crowd of comrades around them suddenly became sparse, the attacking sea tribe seemed a little hesitant.
"Charge forward! Mixed with humans, they are just a group of cowards who can only use crossbows!"
Hesitation in front of the formation is the most dangerous situation for soldiers. The officers of the Royal Court finally had some reaction ability and immediately ordered the Sea Clan warriors to continue moving forward. In the highly hierarchical Sea Clan, it seems to have formed an inertia to obey the orders of high-level bloodline warriors. Just now
The sea warriors who were still hesitating were shouted at by several bloodline warriors. They immediately overcame their fear of human long-range weapons and continued to attack.
"Hey, this is a sparse formation."
On the other side, Richard, who was riding on a horse, looked at the performance of the Hai Clan with a look of disdain on his face. Apart from numbers and courage, the performance of the Hai Clan in the war was really stretched. The left wing attacked and stretched the front line.
Commander, in the eyes of Richard, a commander who is not a top-level commander, he only feels that there are flaws everywhere. After receiving a salvo, he was still stunned for a moment and didn't know what he was doing. If it were replaced by the human warriors from the North and the West,
Pawn, there is no hesitation when attacking under the rain of arrows. If you pause for a moment, you will have to suffer another round of shooting in vain.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Without any surprise, in the process of approaching the human front, the Sea Clan's army was once again subjected to two rounds of fire. The Northland's military training was excellent, and the main body of the Dragon Army who came here to support were veterans who had been trained for more than half a year, and all of them were
Having experienced two or three battles, for the Dragon Army who had endured the snow giant, the battle with the Sea Tribe could only be regarded as a small scene. The Sea Tribe all over the ground could not put any pressure on them at all, and they were still very skillful.
He cocked his gun and fired, and when the two sides were almost ten meters closer, he dropped the long-range weapon and quickly took out his own close combat weapon.
"gun!"
"kill!"
In the surprised eyes of the soldiers in the front line of the Sea Tribe, a row of spears suddenly stood up in front of the human army. The five- to six-meter long spears were pointed directly at the charging Sea Tribe. This made many Sea Tribes feel at a loss as to what to do.
I don't know if I should flush the sharp tip of the gun.
"Enter!"
"kill!"
The humans didn't give them much time to react. Under the commander's order, the human army that was originally on the defensive suddenly took neat steps and advanced like a forest.
"Chi!"
"Don't retreat, charge forward!"
From the perspective of the officers of the Sea Clan, their side has a huge numerical advantage, and there are so many patrol guards. Even if they rely on numbers to attack, they will be able to overwhelm the humans on the opposite side.
But in the eyes of the Sea Clan soldiers in the front row, their eyes were filled with densely packed sharp spears. As long as they took another step forward, they would be pierced by them. They subconsciously wanted to retreat, but with the pressure of the bloodline officers behind them, the Sea Clan soldiers
Unable to retreat, they were pushed forward by the people behind. They either waited for death on the spot or tried their best. Many patrol guards still showed a certain amount of courage and rushed in with their heads down. Then they were
Several long guns were drawn out at the same time.
A creature like a quasi-knight like a patrol guard, and wearing a suit of armor, was barely a trouble for the earliest Northland army, but now the dragon army no longer needs to specifically target this kind of quasi-knight.
The enemy. Thanks to the promotion of breathing techniques and the existence of training camps, the ratio of quasi-knights and knights in the Northland army is now high. Especially in the ace army like the Dragon Army, basically every ten-man leader has a quasi-knight.
Among the remaining soldiers, there are usually several who are close to the level of quasi-knights, and the hundred-man generals are basically knight-level masters. With the addition of battle formations and equipment, they are not afraid of a chaotic formation like the Hai Clan.
"Water Dragon Technique!"
"boom!"
Seeing that the attacking troops were at a disadvantage, the dozen or so sea priests who accompanied the army also began to take action. These sea priests were guarded in the safest position in the attacking team, and were surrounded by a circle of patrol guards holding large shields.
This treatment is quite high, and now they can be considered worthy of their high treatment.
A high-ranking priest was chanting a spell and formed a water dragon in the air. The water dragon, more than ten meters long, roared and crashed into the queue of human soldiers, causing more than ten soldiers casualties. But before the sea warriors could take advantage of it,
Seizing this opportunity to rush in, the human soldiers in the back row completely ignored the casualties of their companions, quickly took up their positions, and continued to use their formation to suppress the Hai clan in the battle.
"What does the left wing do for food? Are more than ten soldiers forced to be beaten by those few humans?"
At this time, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. The powerful Sea Tribe sent out more than 100,000 warriors in the first attack. They chose what they thought was the weakest point of human military strength. And the human army on the left
It is true that there are not many, there are only 30,000 to 40,000 people, less than half of the Sea Clan, but these 30 to 40,000 people not only suppressed the large number of Sea Clan, but even launched an active attack, causing those who were supposed to be on the offensive.
The Sea Tribe kept retreating, and the Sea King was extremely annoyed by this scene.
"Let General Falk bring 5,000 more patrol guards up there, and mobilize 50 more priests to support us. The first group must win."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Although after the encounter, the human military strength was much larger than he expected, but it was still within the acceptable range of Neptune. He still had full confidence in the battle, and immediately ordered the army to attack. With strong military strength
, seeing the obvious decline of the left wing, Neptune did not intend to withdraw his troops, but chose to continue to increase his troops, striving to win this first wave.
"kill!"
"clang!"
"boom!"
A human knight first blocked the two-handed sword in the hand of the patrol guard, and then attached his fighting spirit to the weapon, directly breaking the armor from the front, killing a patrol guard in one fell swoop. The patrol guard fell heavily to the ground.
On the ground, the surrounding human soldiers also formed into formations, continuing to maintain their advantage in the fight with the Hai Clan.
As the Sea Tribe continued to attack, the battle soon turned into an anxious melee. While continuing to suppress the Sea Tribe, many casualties began to appear on the human side. After all, the patrol guards had big hands.
The sword is not a decoration. Even if an ordinary soldier is wearing the best armor, it will be difficult for him to block this blow head-on.
The advantage of the sea clan is that the individual strength of the patrol guards is stronger than that of human soldiers, but the disadvantages are also obvious. After reaching the level of knights, the sea clan whose strength is determined by blood is very lacking. Among the thousands of patrol guards, there are
Without a bloodline warrior who can compete with the knights, there is no way such precious bloodline warriors can fight directly on the front line like the Dragon Army. There are not enough knight-level masters, and the cooperation between individuals is far inferior to that of humans, even for patrolling the sea.
The guards are not weak, but the Hai clan is always at a disadvantage no matter how hard they fight.
It wasn't until the support sent by the Sea King came in that the Sea Clan on the left turned the situation around. Not only did the support come from more than 5,000 patrol guards, there were also ten times the number of ordinary Sea Clan soldiers. They were like a wave of
The tide surged into the battlefield, shaking the originally stable human army slightly loose.
"Sir Richard, the Hai Clan has increased its troops, and the pressure on the left wing has become a bit strong."
"Um."
Although the left wing was suppressed by the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Hai Clan army and slightly shrunk its formation, it still stayed on the spot with no intention of retreating. The Hai Clan's fighting method was so rough that Richard felt that he would be sorry if he didn't teach the other side a lesson.
Sold so many flaws.
The flanks of an army of more than 100,000 people were completely unprepared. They all attacked with their heads down and surrounded their own army. Do you think they can eat the legions on the left wing in this way?
"Let the cavalry prepare to dispatch and defeat the enemies on the flanks in one fell swoop!"
"Sir, don't you need to mobilize the giant dragon? If there is a giant dragon, you will be more sure. Especially the fire rain that day..."
According to the normal battle arrangement, the giant dragon should be dispatched to cooperate. The lion should fight the rabbit with all his strength. However, at his subordinate's suggestion, Richard shook his head.
"Don't scare them away before the dragons are dispatched."
"Besides, it is enough for the cavalry to dispatch."
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, the rumble of horse hooves sounded, and a passage opened in the human army formation. More than three thousand tall cavalry showed their figures. Richard took the lead, riding a magnificent red flame horse at the front of the team.
...
The Northland cavalry is divided into two categories. One is the conventional cavalry trained by the knight hero Adelaide, which is the multi-functional light cavalry in the conventional sense. These cavalry are elites who can kill and shoot arrows on horseback, and can fight in formation when dismounted.
, one person and two horses are just for faster mobility, because the war horses do not need to wear armor, and they are not picky about the war horses. This type of cavalry has two entire legions in the North, with more than 50,000 people.
Although these conventional cavalry have good combat power, they are still within the normal range, but the other type of cavalry, which was completely forced by Richard's obsessive-compulsive disorder, gradually became outrageous.
The first to lead were more than 300 Red Flame Knights. As Richard's reputation continued to spread, more and more knights came to seek refuge, and many of them directly joined the Red Flame Knights under Richard. The three
More than a hundred Red Flame Riders are all composed of knight-level experts. They wear heavy armor and ride Red Flame Horses produced by the system. Every step they take on the battlefield is filled with a sense of oppression.
In addition to these 300 Red Flame knights, Northland also introduced many excellent horses from the Western Region, and selected elites to form an auxiliary cavalry of more than 2,000 people. Most of them have reached the level of quasi-knights.
This cavalry also wears armor. Only the seated war horse only wears some iron-inlaid leather armor in order to keep up with the speed of the red flame horse. It is a few points weaker than the red flame knight, but in any case, such a cavalry is placed in front of the enemy.
It can be used as a trump card anywhere.
In addition, there are some more terrifying champion knights and unicorn holy beasts in the team surrounding Richard. With such a mixed cavalry, there is probably no army on the mainland that can stop their charge.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sound of horse hooves is getting faster and faster, just like the thunder is getting closer and closer. Normally, heavy cavalry should not accelerate so fast when attacking, but this cavalry under Richard's command is not as mobile as most heavy cavalry. It has low mobility and insufficient endurance.
Shortcomings.
The first group of red flame horses were covered in heavy armor and could run faster than the light cavalry. The auxiliary cavalry also used the best horses from the West, and their endurance was the best among war horses.
Facing the iron hooves rolling forward, the Sea Tribe once again showed their weak experience in large-scale ground wars.
They had no experience dealing with cavalry at all...