Chapter 1038

Time advanced to the second day of the battle of duanjieshan fortress, and the bloody battle between the two sides has completely entered the white hot stage.

After trying to break through the Azores elf front on the first day, but finally regretting the defeat, salika Jonah and dreisis finally figured out the key to the war:

Either the Empire took the lead in getting reinforcements, completely annihilated the invading elves under the fortress of duanjie mountain, and joined the defenders of blood skeleton valley; Or another enemy army completely annihilated the blood skeleton Valley garrison, and then captured the duanjieshan fortress before the reinforcements arrived.

In short, everything is time, everything is for time - the combat strength of both sides can not win immediately, so it depends on who wins the most crucial game first.

Dreisis believes that there is no doubt that he must be the most critical party in the face of the main force of the Azores; So he has been very confused and angry. Why hasn't Loren Turin, who sticks to the blood skeleton Valley, heard any news yet.

The supply line is cut off and there is no news from the rear - in this case, as the commander, shouldn't he take the initiative to try to contact the rear?!

If an accident is found, shouldn't we leave a small group of troops to resist the surprise attack and entanglement of the enemy's strange soldiers, and the main force should return as soon as possible to help themselves win the defense war of duanjieshan fortress first?!

What is this arrogant wizard thinking?!

But no matter how resentful dreisis was, in the face of the almost desperate defense of the Azores, the cavalry could not break through the enemy's front, and it was impossible to take the initiative to reach contact with Loren Turin.

So... The only thing he could expect was Brandon in East Saxony and the reinforcements left at the Byrne border.

"Hoo --"

Accompanied by the "creaking" ensemble of catapults and catapults, the "iron curtain of fire" like a hurricane sent out a scream of tearing the air and hit the head of the Azores elves.

"Shoot an arrow, shoot an arrow!!!!!"

Almost at the same time, the machete Archduke who led the army to sweep the array under the fortress roared at the Hussars on his side; These brave horseback people, with their flexible horses, turned quickly in the snow and waves, passing wave by wave from the front and flanks of the enemy's long gun array; He drew his bow and arrow and shot without looking.

In the dense square array, elf soldiers fell down continuously, but soon behind them, paoze stepped on their bones to replace their positions and continued to move forward.

Almost at the same time, many Elven warriors carrying full bags of arrows quickly shuttle through the center of the advancing front, then stand still and shoot quickly at the Hussars under the protection of robes on both sides.

In a round of confrontation, both sides left pieces of bones on the battlefield; The soldiers who fell in the mud and snow had no time to rescue, so they were trampled into flesh and mud by paoze, who was eager to fight, and the mounts who fought side by side with themselves, and could never get up again.

In the face of the approaching phalanx of long guns, Sally Ka had no intention of confrontation. She led the Hussars to detour quickly and quickly, retreating and shooting at the phalanx behind her.

The lesson of blood is always enough once - in this world, only Byrne's group of stupid knights can rush into the neat and uniform heavy infantry square!

What's more, the Azores didn't dare to get too close as long as they withdrew into the defense range of the fortress.

"Saxophone, move forward -!!!"

While the Hussars "circuitously entered", the legions of 3000 soldiers of six flag regiments had formed a long and narrow infantry array in front of the trench outside the Great Wall, and began to advance while the army array of Azores was still suppressed by cavalry.

These heavy infantry wearing heavy chain armour and holding halberds and Zheng shields form a dense horizontal line to protect the shields in front of them. The front row will hold the halberds flat, and the rear row will lean the halberds against the shoulder armor of paoze - because of their inferior strength, they have to form a very thin five row array in order to maintain the width of the front.

But when they began to move forward, such a thin queue was also impressive because of the consistent actions up and down and the sound of neat steps, as if it were a moving "wall".

"Boom --! Boom --! Boom --! Boom --! Boom --"

On the snow-white battlefield, these dark soldiers drew a straight "black line" in front of the city gate. While the cavalry retreated, they blocked the attack direction of the Azores.

"Shield wall -!!!"

While the officers roared, the arrow rain that covered the sky and blocked the sun had fallen on their heads like a dark cloud; In an instant, the stacked shields were full of booty, making the squatting Legion soldiers look like "live hedgehogs".

Bang -!

The tip of the spear collided violently with the shield, and soon the crisp sound turned into a dull storm - compared with the "black walls", the density of the Azor elf army was several times higher than theirs.

Close to the shield in front of them, the Legion soldiers almost used their whole body strength on their right arm, and then ruthlessly chopped down the halberd in their hands, barely cutting off the long gun they almost stabbed themselves into, but also let another long gun run through their lower legs.

The severe pain made the Legion soldiers in the front row stagger and almost kneel down. They finally stood on their knees by leaning against the paoze body in the back row. Then they kept poking out the halberd and hid behind the shield.

Facing the constantly waving halberd and thick shield wall, the elf soldiers neither dare to disperse the front and become the prey of the hussars, nor can they bypass the two wings; He had to keep the formation, stabbed the shield wall with his long gun and tried to break the formation head-on.

The density and thickness of the front line and even the length of weapons are almost omni-directional disadvantages for the Legion soldiers. This tactic of shrinking under the shield wall to fight for durability and endurance extremely tests the perseverance of the soldiers; It is unlikely to be stabbed, shot or hacked, but the probability of being killed by smashing, painful, bleeding and tired is very high.

This is also a helpless choice - in the face of an enemy several times his own, it is necessary to take defense as an attack; And the battle of eboden also proved that scuffle and solo fighting were the best skills of the Azores; In such a situation, a one-sided massacre will be inevitable.

But it doesn't mean that both sides will fight for endurance... Almost at the same time of the confrontation between the central army and the garrison infantry, the two wings of the Azores began to move closer to the inner line and put out an array ready to encircle;

Unwilling to be outdone, Sarika Jonah began to lead the circuitous Hussars to move to the two wings, forcing the enemy infantry to defend in situ, or slowing down the pace of attack, so that the elves could not threaten the fragile flanks and back of the infantry line.

"Move all the catapults and catapults to the East and west of the fortress and focus on bombarding the two wings of the Azores!"

On the city wall, dreisis, who was more able to see the war situation than the machete female Archduke, kept ordering the heralds behind him: "let the baggage soldiers speed up and send more oil and kindling agent up. Move quickly!"

"Commander... That batch just now is all the quantity today!"

The herald's expression was particularly embarrassed: "if we continue to spend so much, I'm afraid we can only keep the reserve for ten days..."

"Can't you see the battlefield? Are you blind?"

Gritting his teeth, dreisis pulled up the herald's collar and dragged his whole body to the wall pile like a rag bag: "show me clearly, the total strength of the enemy is more than three times that of us!"

"Once the enemies on both wings can launch a general attack without fear, all the troops out of the city will be destroyed, and the fortress will inevitably fall into the dilemma of blindly defending, and there will be no more initiative!"

"So we must ensure support, use fire to contain the enemy's attack, control the battlefield within the support range of the fortress, and make the other party attack continuously from one direction, okay?!"

"But..."

"Roll --!"

Dreisis kicked the heralds directly off the wall.

How could he not know that the consumption was serious - but if he had to defend, how long could he defend the duanjieshan fortress, which faced four times the enemy and would not receive reinforcements for a while and a half... It's really hard to say.

Dreisis believed in the courage of the imperial soldiers, the firmness of the fortress of duanjieshan, and that he could defeat the enemy - but when all these responsibilities and the key to the survival of the Empire were between his own thoughts, the original blind belief turned into doubt.

"The riprap machine prepares the ignition agent and launches a fixed-point fire at the outermost layer of the defense circle; the crossbow gun sets up an iron crossbow and aims at the enemy array - launch! Launch! Launch --!"

Boom!!!!

In the roar of the roaring sound, one after another, the raging fire rose in the chaotic battlefield. The fierce fire blocked the advancing front of the two wings of the Azores, and had to retreat back; And the Hussars who had just fought with them also circled in with long whistles.

Only flame is absolutely fair to both sides.

"Let the warriors on both wings go out and launch a fierce attack after the enemy cavalry!"

The elf warrior standing under the flag of the Chinese Army resolutely ordered: "spread out the array and charge across the line - if the enemy shows any sign of retreat, attack the gate of the fortress. Don't miss any chance!"

This time, the guard did not hesitate any more. On the contrary, Alexandra showed a hesitant expression on her face after seeing the other party leave quickly:

"Sir, if so, the casualties of our army are bound to..."

"No matter how heavy casualties, we can't miss such a good opportunity. Fighter planes are fleeting; the enemy's fire oil and crossbows and arrows can't be unlimited. It will be used up sooner or later, but it doesn't mean that we have to wait until then."

The elf warrior coldly interrupted - although he could understand, he was still very dissatisfied with the chief adjutant's last commando defeat:

"Instead of thinking about casualties, you might as well focus on your honor first - isn't it ridiculous to think about the life and death of other warriors as a captured man?"

Looking at each other's cold and piercing eyes, the fairy female warrior immediately blushed and suddenly knelt down on one knee in the snow: "if your excellency agrees, I can go now..."

"No... your fighting power should be put at a more critical moment, not now." she was interrupted without irony, and the elf warrior looked back at the battlefield:

"The real elite of the enemy... The sworn Knights have not been sent out until now; if they guessed correctly, they should be taken as the escort by the emperor who was afraid of death."

"Therefore, we must also keep the cards against these holy cross running dogs. We can't let four court warriors like you waste on the battlefield."

During their conversation, the two wings of the Azores elf army array began to change - the elf warriors who had always pressed behind the long gun array pulled out their long knives from their waists, rushed across the front and flames without scruples, and rushed towards the retreating Hussars.

"These rabbit masters... Are they crazy?!"

When the scattered Elven warriors raised their long knives horizontally and killed the Hussars from the side and back like a "Duel", it took almost a second for Sarika Jonah to wake up and order a counterattack.

But this is not necessary at all, because the horseback people under her command are best at "fighting their own battles" - waving sabers and spears, shouting and jumping on the elf warriors.

Dang -!

Accompanied by the note of sharp blade collision, the two opposing sides of the scattered battle completed the first round of the confrontation.

Some Hussars were cut off by the company and the horse, while others were Elven warriors who just parried the arrows from Yue and were shot through the throat by the cavalry; Some Elven warriors escaped the impact of cavalry with exquisite steps and knife skills, but did not escape an arrow flying behind them;

As soon as some Boyi warriors opened their bowstrings, they were jumped onto their horses by the opposite elf warrior, and several people lost their heads in succession.

In this bloody chaos, even if the Azores' charge was contained, the Hussars were completely restrained and could not retreat for a while and a half; The compressed battlefield space also makes them have no room for flexibility and mobility. They must fight with the enemy head-on.

Almost at the same time, dreisis on the city wall and Sarika Jonah under the city wall were relieved - if these thousands of Elven warriors were allowed to break the array, the fortress of duanjieshan, which is short of troops, would really have to stick to the city and have no other way to live.

After several attempts failed to penetrate the Hussars array, the enemy seemed to realize that this would only increase casualties and could not expand the situation, so he sounded the horn and asked the charging Elven warrior to withdraw from the array as far as possible.

On the contrary, many Hussars saw that the elves began to retreat. As a result, they charged alone regardless of dissuasion. As a result, they hit the long gun array on both wings. The casualties were heavy, which made Sarika scold directly.

On the Chinese Army battlefield, which is really related to the war situation, after nearly half a day of fighting, the imperial shield wall and the ELF's long gun array retreated silently and slowly, leaving a "blood line" covered with each other's bones in the middle, announcing the official end of today's battle.

The breakout plan of duanjieshan fortress failed again.

"When the hell will the reinforcements come?"

Sarika and dreisis shouted in unison.