As more and more New Kingdom troops emerged from the swamps and reeds; blue-shirted musketeers and white soldiers wearing halberds; they were like waves of silver and blue, quickly swallowing and destroying them.
Like a long dragon, the North Rhine Army spread out on the ancient highway;
Under the paving of pieces of pre-prepared wicker boards and wooden rafts, they were like solid iron felt, cooperating with the New Kingdom cavalry that rushed out of the mountain forest. The North Rhine army gathered their hard work to resist stubbornly;
Constantly squeezing, defeating and dispersing.
There were also groups of North Rhine soldiers, led by a few officers on horseback, who bravely charged and counterattacked towards them; but before they could get far, both men and horses fell into swamps and puddles, which were enough to submerge them from their knees to their bodies.
hit; and then became a target for progressive shooting.
And several New Kingdom Army cavalry regiments surged from the mountains and forests, led by the heavily armored knights, like sharp blades inserted into this winding and clumsy long dragon one after another; running back and forth, cutting through
The formation of the North Rhine Army trampled and destroyed the few morale.
Therefore, when Jiang Tian looked down from the hill, he could see that in the wilderness on one side of the road, which had been blindly charged and counterattacked by the North Rhine Army, large areas were covered with reeds, corpses and dyes trapped in the mud.
It was filled with red puddles and the surviving wounded who were moaning endlessly.
On the other side of the road, there were corpses lying on the pillows and bloody passages trampled and dispersed by cavalry charges; it was also like the long dragon lying on the North Rhine Army, which was constantly advancing.
A corpse that had been cut into countless pieces and segments, and was bleeding endlessly.
As for the largest fragment among them, it is the thousands of Aachen bishops gathered under the banner of the Ring Cross; it is like an isolated island surrounded by countless cavalry torrents; with each sprint and raid of the heavily armored knights,
, will be reduced to the next corner and become more and more lonely and weak.
Then as the bugle sounded again in the mountains and fields, several cavalry companies surrounding the Bishop's Army quickly changed their tactics; a group of cavalry suddenly came out and headed towards the densely packed remnants of the Bishop's Army and the militia.
, throwing smoking ball bombs one after another.
It hit their helmets, shoulders and shields hard, and exploded with a puff of fireworks among the enemy. In an instant, the surrounding enemy soldiers were knocked down, overturned, and rolled to the ground.
There were screams from the pool of blood and severed limbs. The tight formation was also shaken apart.
The next moment, more knights who had replaced their spears and guns rushed into these blasted gaps like mercury pouring down the ground... A moment later, the remaining cavalry in the bishop's army could only guard and climb out of the overturned carriage.
A figure emerged and fled to the other side of the reed swamp in embarrassment.
However, at this time, in the distant battlefield below the city, a rapid and sharp sound of bugles was heard. It was the armies of the Dutch princes who were fighting below the city, facing the "Silver Hands" and the "Silver Hand Regiment" in the melee.
The remaining members of the "Raging Tide and Gale Group" could no longer hold on anymore and began to call for help.
Then, the guard company waiting in line between the rows of boxes also instantly pulled the fuse of the box weapon. In an instant, thick gray smoke and dense clouds of smoke burst out from the rows of long tubes at the front of the box.
The fire light shot faint traces among the barbarian soldiers.
However, before he finished speaking, the soldiers of the guard company who were waiting in formation below the huge building that served as the commanding heights and temporary command post successively lifted the covering cloth, and immediately revealed the box-shaped thing that hit the wheel hub.
; And inside the box, several rows of long tubes extend.
As for the armies of the Dutch princes in the peripheral melee, they have never been able to break through the enemy's defense line; the overall offensive and morale have become low, and the general has fallen into obvious wavering and chaos because he was surrounded; on the edge of the battlefield below the city, a battle has begun
Scattered figures escaping appeared.
Jiang Tian also noticed that the heraldic flags of less than half of the princes and vassals of the Dutch princes' army deployed on the battlefield below the city had disappeared. Nisit and his Weir, who were appointed as the cavalry commanders of the princes' army,
Mang Junqi was even heavily surrounded because it penetrated too deep into the enemy's position.
Moreover, because of the use of high-quality forged steel and auger pipe technology, you can use fixed ammunition that is more powerful than ordinary guns. The loading process is also relatively easy, as long as you prepare a large number of prefabricated bullets with hundreds of rounds of ammunition in advance.
, and then just load and launch them in sequence.
At the same time, like wild beasts, they climbed over and through the mountains and forests, avoiding the rear of the Norman barbarian soldiers who were attacked by muskets and grenades; a group of strong soldiers were surrounding a rickety figure holding a bird-headed sword. Suddenly,
He screamed and fell to the ground with bleeding from his ears and nose.
In the blink of an eye, the barbarian warriors wearing animal head hats and fur coats roared out of the forest clearing; but some of them were covered in blood or scarred, with arrows inserted, but they seemed unaware.
It was swaying, dripping blood all the way, and rushed forward with a hissing and howling sound.
As a small group of cavalry, acting as messengers, galloped towards the city. Because they were far enough away from the North Rhine army at the end of the group, they were spared the frontal impact of the Free Army/New Kingdom Army cavalry; the Norman barbarian mercenaries
The "white flame" also started to move.
Immediately afterwards, more small shotguns and grenades/hand cannons arranged in the defense line around the boulders also bombarded the forest land where the barbarian warriors rushed out. They smashed and broke large leaves and branches.
At the same time, those barbarian warriors who were scattered during the period were also killed and wounded.
The moment they were hit by the trajectory, these barbarian warriors who were rushing forward in the face of swords, guns and arrows couldn't help but paused; then they were blown apart out of thin air. Some had their heads smashed, their organs pierced, and they were shot from the chest and abdomen.
It broke into two pieces, and the liver and brain were spilled and dragged on the ground.
Therefore, it is okay to fight with a tailwind when you have a big advantage; but when you encounter a relatively tenacious or stoic opponent, it is easy for various situations to arise due to complicated people's hearts. But Jiang Tian did not expect that they would be in chaos when faced with being partially defeated.
The enemy can actually be turned around and gain the upper hand.
And this scream was like some kind of invisible catalyst, causing the surrounding tribal soldiers to scream wildly. It also infected and affected more barbarian soldiers in the battle, and became more and more violent and fierce. They were almost scrambling to be the first,
Hitting the musket and halberd without hesitation.
"Okay!" Jiang Tian looked at him meaningfully and nodded: "But as long as you assign your most capable subordinates, you can continue to stay with me and watch the battle. Please also believe in my army and fully believe it.
Their battlefield deployment and adaptability.”
"Don't panic, don't be anxious!" Jiang Tian still said with a confident smile: "If they are just some wild beasts that lack reason and have no meaning in life and death, I have killed countless people in my battles... Of course, I agree.
You retreat first."
After a while, on the top of the hill where Jiang Tian was, one could already see the beast-headed hats of the barbarian soldiers looming among the trees. And Gismond couldn't help but become nervous again, and said quickly and in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please temporarily
Avoid the attack direction of these berserkers, I am willing to lead my people to buy you some time..."
"..." However, when Gismund heard these words, his expression changed several times in an instant, and finally he sighed heavily. Then he pulled out his exquisitely decorated sword and took a few steps forward in an attitude of responding to the enemy.
Standing in front of Jiang Tian: "Your Majesty, I hope you will not let me down..."
In the blink of an eye, the offensive of at least a hundred barbarian warriors turned into a mess of blood and flesh scattered on the ground. Because, unfortunately, they encountered the last line of defense. It was also the first new weapon of the Royal Army to be put into the battlefield, with box-type parallel barrels.
Honeycomb cannon that is loaded and fired in sequence.
This result was both unexpected and not very unexpected for Jiang Tian; because as a coalition of Dutch princes, there was a lot of internal discord between the good and the bad, and they could not communicate with each other. They only relied on the power of the Royal Army's repeated victories.
Bring them together to fight.
Just as the sound of firecrackers and cannons roaring, as well as the sounds of fighting and roaring, could be heard at the bottom of the mountain, Jiang Tian couldn't help but sighed: "Were they discovered so quickly? Or, in other words, they actually had something.
Some unexpected method of detection and investigation?”
Then, they entangled and dragged the Royal Army soldiers who had no time to change hands; they rolled and hit among the trees and rocks; even if they were knocked around, stabbed by the sharp point of the halberd, and the sword was slashed with blood, as long as they had a breath, they would not stop.
Let go. Suddenly, several gaps were made in the defense line in the forest.
Under the banner of the "Silver Hands", a small number of overturned flatbed trucks and livestock forcibly fixed between the vehicles were quickly used to form temporary defense lines and ring fortifications; the soldiers hiding behind these temporary defense lines often looked at each other.
When the crossbow was fired, an armored Dutch sergeant fell down.
However, these Normans who gathered together in a shrinking formation had no intention of supporting the North Rhine Army in front. Instead, they did not know when they came around to the forest on Jiang's side; they shouted loudly and quickly approached. In the blink of an eye, they came closer.
There was a battle with the cordon outside the mountain forest.
"Your Majesty! It seems that they can no longer hold on." Guismond, the current Duke of Brabant, who was also beside him, was also eager to try and quickly asked for orders: "Please also allow me to lead the Brabant Palace Guards who are on standby.
With the members of the Knights, quickly go to the city to meet and support."
"Guards, shoot this thing down!" The next moment, he suddenly raised his head and pointed at a raven lingering among the treetops above the hill: in a moment, muskets and guns were raised in unison.
The crossbow struck near the raven, knocking it away with a scream.
Immediately afterwards, more small shotguns and grenades/hand cannons arranged in the defense line around the boulders also bombarded the forest land where the barbarian warriors rushed out. They smashed and broke large leaves and branches.
At the same time, those barbarian warriors who were scattered during the period were also killed and wounded.
In the blink of an eye, the offensive of these Norman barbarians was disintegrated and reversed, leaving only a roar of people scrambling to flee away. And Guismond, who had just experienced this change and turning point, had an abnormally pale face.
Only then did he suddenly regain some color, but it was even more unbelievable.
"Your Majesty, is this your confidence and support? It is really a frightening and terrifying weapon!" At this time, the battle on the road at the foot of the mountain has basically come to an end; with the last bit of the bishop's army stubbornly resisting, in
After losing their leader, they all abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
More and more Royal Army cavalry, as well as musketeers and white soldiers coming out of the reeds, also turned their attention to the melee below Liege City, which had fallen into the disadvantage; but at this time, a sudden gallop in the distance came.
The coming of several rangers sounded the alarm that they were encountering an enemy.
That means there are new enemies that are about to arrive and enter this battlefield.