Chapter 242 Hollow Square Array 2

Joss trembled as he loaded the ammunition, looking forward from time to time to see the enemy's movements.

In the few seconds before he fired, he experienced the most thrilling scene in his life so far. A javelin flew over at lightning speed and hit Jos's companion directly. The poor companion flew backwards to the open space in the middle of the square formation like a rag doll that was thrown out. Although he was immediately dragged down by the medical soldier, Joss estimated that this unfortunate comrade was in danger, because he clearly heard the sound of the javelin piercing the human body.

God bless, the knight who threw the javelin raised his hand a little bit, and it was him who flew backwards.

Not only one person was hit by the javelin, but there were many screams of pain on both sides. The officers shouted "Hold on" and "Hold on", fearing that the formation of the square formation would be destroyed. Fortunately, the enemy's attack only caused a small commotion. Thanks to the daily training, the soldiers' emotions quickly stabilized.

In the past, Jos had no intuitive understanding of the strength of the knights. He only knew that these people were very powerful. After a period of assassination training after joining the army, he estimated that he could at least go a few rounds in front of the knights.

Now he realized how wrong he was. Judging from the strength of the javelin just now, the knight's strength was probably enough to lift him up and throw him out like a chicken. If he faced him head-on, he would probably be killed instantly.

Fortunately, he was holding a musket now, and his companions were holding muskets.

After hearing the order to fire from the third row, Jos pulled the trigger immediately. After a crackling sound, the knight of the Kent family he was aiming at and the mount under his crotch sprayed blood mist all over his body. The knight's head fell to the ground, and the horse was dead.

The first wave of cavalry that rushed over died or ran away. There was no threat anymore. The cavalry behind stopped charging and wandered in the distance to watch the square formation.

But the soldiers at the outermost edge of the phalanx, the row where Sergeant Makarov was, still held the butts of their guns firmly on the ground, with their bayonets pointed diagonally into the air. After they finished shooting, they did not reload the ammunition and kept this posture. If the enemy continued to attack regardless of everything, they had to use their flesh and blood and the bayonet to block and delay the opponent's offensive.

Gunshots were also heard on the left side of the phalanx. The Kent cavalry was divided into two teams, one team attacked the right side of the front of the phalanx, and the other team rushed from the left side of the phalanx. After the cavalry attacking from the front was shot, the other team of cavalry, which was slightly behind, immediately pulled the reins hard. Although they didn't know what happened, the miserable situation of their companions made their brains make what they thought was the safest judgment.

But the high-speed running warhorses didn't stop at will. Some of them had already entered the range of the flintlock rifles. Joyce, who was in charge of commanding the left side of the phalanx, immediately ordered the two rows outside to fire together, hitting the leading part of the cavalry and knocking them off their horses.

When the banging sound sounded, Jaais felt the danger coming. He immediately tried to stop his mount. In the process, he saw the family knights who were in the front fall off their horses one by one.

Fire crossbow! Jaais immediately thought of this weapon.

It is said that Graman easily eliminated the pirates in the Northwest Bay with this weapon. Before, Jaais regarded this weapon as an exaggeration of the common people. He had been exposed to military affairs since he was a child and had seen all kinds of weapons.

Unexpectedly, this legendary weapon was real, and there were so many of them!

With the flash of fire and the rise of smoke, the deadly projectiles shot out at a speed that the human eye could not see, taking away fresh lives one by one.

This is how the rumor describes this weapon, and what I saw today is exactly the same as the description in the rumor.

What a terrible weapon! I underestimated the Graman family.

But he would not give up. As a nobleman who received elite education since childhood, when Jaais encountered difficulties, the first thing he thought of was how to solve them, not escape.

In his previous life, he had encountered many unexpected difficulties, but they were all overcome by his indomitable will. He believed that he could solve them this time as well.

The Arda army only had infantry, which had a natural disadvantage against cavalry, and formed a square formation with a hollow middle and facing four directions. This formation was not easy to move, and the initiative was firmly in his hands.

"Woo-woo-"

With a determined mind, Jaais blew the horn, and the cavalry wandering around gathered around him. They kept a safe distance from the Arda army while moving, and finally formed a large team, roughly 200 people.

Jaais led the cavalry to trot and slowly circled around the Arda army's square formation.

He observed the square formation while circling, trying to find the opponent's weaknesses.

But he found that with the range and power of the "fire crossbow", this square formation with enemies on all sides had almost no weaknesses. Even if they adopted a long-range harassment attack like flying a kite, they could not get too close to the enemy, and they would be knocked down by the "fire crossbow" before the bows and spears could play a role.

Although this hollow square formation had only three to four layers of soldiers on the periphery and looked very weak, Jaais could see that the Arda army's formation could maximize the firepower output density of the "fire crossbow" in their hands without making the soldiers feel lonely and helpless.

"Firepower?" Yes, this word that suddenly emerged in his mind is too suitable for the weapon in the hands of the other party.

If it is placed into a solid square array, the width of each face will be greatly shortened, and the output firepower will be greatly weakened. People who stay in the middle of the square array will not have any effects.

hateful! What strategies should we use to break this damn square matrix? The other party was so motionless, and it was not flawed. The general army couldn't sit around when they saw the cavalry running around them.

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

Just as he thought of meditation, Alida's army had a dismissal.

Jay was overjoyed, and the other party finally couldn't bear it. Come, come, chase us!

However, the other party did not disperse the formation as he expected! Just opened the mouth in the four corners of the square array, and some soldiers worked hard.

Jays's face turned white instantly, and he suddenly remembered one thing: Since the "fire crossbow" in the rumors is true, then there is another weapon with a huge power in the rumors ...

He raised his whip and pumped on his buttocks fiercely.

"It's all spread! It's a" lightning hammer "!"

The sound of his words fell, and the sound of thunder sounded, and there seemed to be something whistling in the air ...