Chapter 249 Battle of Bidoburg 5 People Lined up and Shot

Chapter 246 Battle of Bidoburg 5 Execution in a Line

The fourteen artillery pieces of the artillery company continuously bombarded the enemy troops marching in dense formations, and they stopped and poured cold water to cool them down until the barrels were hot.

The Kent army was thrown into chaos at the beginning, and soldiers kept running away despite the warnings of their superiors.

The cavalry supervision team chased and killed them everywhere, and finally stabilized the situation by borrowing more than a dozen heads of deserters.

"This is not a solution!" Jia Aisi frowned.

Although the whole army had been notified the day before that the enemy had the legendary thunder hammer, reminding the officers and soldiers to be mentally prepared. However, after experiencing the thunder hammer in person, most people still felt terrified.

In fact, the casualties caused by the artillery at this distance were not great, mainly because the power was too scary.

"Can our crossbows hit them?"

"My lord, I'm sorry..."

The officer in charge of long-range weapons spread his hands helplessly.

"Keep going!"

Jais waved his hand irritably, but he believed that with the advantage of numbers and equipment, he would win as long as he could get close to the enemy. The 1,000 men of the Arda army were difficult to deal with, but they were too few to play a decisive role.

The Kent army regained its composure and continued to move forward, but this time the formation was much sparser to avoid the long-range killing of Arda's artillery.

But it was impossible for them to take back the high ground. After the Kent army fell into chaos, Earl Parker saw this through a telescope. He immediately seized the opportunity and ordered the whole army to run forward.

When the Kent army reorganized its formation, the coalition forces had already set up their formation on the slope. If their chaotic state continued for a while, the coalition forces would take the opportunity to rush over.

"Are those Arda people on the left wing?"

Jais carefully observed the formation set up by the other side and adjusted the deployment of some troops in time.

The coalition forces were also observing the enemy from a distance.

"They have a lot of archers, at least 1,500 of them... Well, they moved to the right wing."

The coalition leaders discovered a new situation that had not been detected before.

Everyone vaguely thought of a possibility. Could it be that the other party proposed to fight in two days just to wait for these archers to arrive? Is Derrick's guess right?

The Kent army has more than 8,000 infantry and archers, divided into four phalanxes, three of which are located in the first line, and the rear phalanx is a reserve. There are more than 500 cavalry troops on the left wing.

The coalition has nearly 7,000 people, also divided into four phalanxes, and the deployment is the same as that of the Kent army, but the cavalry of nearly 400 people is located on the right wing, facing the opponent's left wing cavalry.

When the Kent army was about 400 meters away from the coalition, Earl Parker looked around, saluted and said, "I'll leave it to you next."

"Take care, Earl!"

The generals returned the salute and rode back to their own troops.

Bryce also returned to his army. The Arda army was on the left wing of the coalition, facing the archers of the Kent army after they adjusted their deployment.

"Woo--"

Earl Parker ordered the horn to be blown, and the coalition phalanxes went to meet the Kent army.

The first contact was the cavalry of both sides. Although the Kent army had more cavalry, the artillery company paid special attention to the Kent cavalry. Under the attack of artillery fire, the Kent cavalry could not gather a dense charge formation and had to rush towards the coalition in a loose formation.

The coalition side did not have this concern, and they rushed towards the enemy in a dense formation.

When the cavalry of both sides just came into contact, each Kent cavalryman who came into contact would face several lances at the same time. He could avoid one but not the other, and then be stabbed and fell off his horse.

As soon as they came into contact, the coalition cavalry caused heavy casualties to the Kent cavalry.

However, the Kent cavalry had an advantage in numbers after all. After the two sides fought together, the coalition's formation advantage no longer existed.

From the coalition's side, the infantry phalanxes of both sides also faced each other from right to left in turn.

However, the infantry of both sides generally shouted and rushed up when they were about 200 meters away from the other side, just as if they had agreed in advance. After the melee, it became a mess, and the previous orderly formation no longer existed.

Only the Alda army was an exception. They stepped on the drums step by step and approached the other side slowly.

Following behind were the infantry of the Heller family. Two days ago, Derrick led the team to send a wave, and then gathered the remnants, leaving less than a thousand infantry. Since the Arda army in front did not charge, they did not charge either, because there were people blocking them anyway.

The archers of the Kent army faced the Arda army, and it seemed that they were specially deployed to the right wing to deal with the muskets.

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When the Arda army marched, waves of arrows were thrown at them, and people were constantly shot and fell on the way. The soldiers behind stepped over the fallen comrades and continued to move forward, always looking forward.

When the infantry passed a place, someone immediately ran over with a stretcher, carried the wounded people to the back, and handed them over to the medical soldiers to treat the wounds. These people were civilians recruited by Bryce. In order to earn some money to support their families, there were still many brave people who dared to go to the battlefield.

The Porteri infantrymen following behind were shocked by the perseverance of their allies. The frustration of the defeat two days ago was swept away, and an inexplicable feeling arose in their hearts.

Before, they were still very strange: Why did the Arda people beat drums when fighting? Now their steps also subconsciously stepped on the drums, and the formation at the start was miraculously maintained.

It was not because the quality of the Porteri infantry was so high, but more because the enemy's bows and arrows were basically "taking care" of the Arda infantry in front, and few of them fell on their heads. If they were in the front, they would have rushed over like other armies.

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The officer in charge of commanding the archers of the Kent army was very strange. The distance was close enough, why didn't the Arda people fire crossbows?

According to the description of those who had contact with the crossbows, this weapon could hit people at about 100 meters. Lord Jaais ordered the archers to shoot at the Arda people and entangle them, and never let them support other troops.

But now the Arda people are still marching forward, letting the arrows fall on their heads without any intention of fighting back.

As the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer, the Kent army sees what the other side has in their hands, and the shining bayonet on the top of the "fire crossbow" attracts their attention.

Could it be that the Arda people want to fight them in hand-to-hand combat, but their "fire crossbow" is too short. Although the archers are generally only equipped with daggers, they still have a row of spearmen in front of them to protect them.

With such doubts, the officer commanded the archers to shoot twice more, causing considerable casualties to the other side.

Finally, when the two sides were about 50 meters apart, the Arda people stopped.

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