As the smoke gradually spread in the mountain forest, something rushed out of it. In the blink of an eye, the sergeants in the formation were vibrating and beating in the gravel to the east of their feet.
A thicket at the edge of the woodland fell away; from it protruded an ugly, twisted, deformed head.
Just like a gigantic deer with random growths on its head and full of forked antlers, it suddenly rushed out of the forest cover with large vine leaves, moss, gravel, and sand attached to its body; it ran rampantly.
The direct collision was diagonal, and the array of battle lines in the wilderness rushed eastward; and that was like a beginning.
Along with the movement of large trees being broken and overturned, beasts of all sizes and with mostly deformed bodies surged out of the smoke-filled forest in groups.
came out; and then rushed towards the wilderness, just blocking the forest-like defense line in front.
In an instant, the sound of drums and trumpets seemed to have stopped in the waiting battle line, and the flags also stopped flying and swaying in the wind; only the rapid breathing was left overhead,
There was a continuous stream of faint smoke, and when the body shook slightly, the weapon and the armor were rubbed and rustled.
The seemingly silent moment was completely broken by the roar of cannon fire that followed immediately. With the pre-arranged horses, barriers and wide trenches behind, people were scrambling to escape.
The large ball of fire and gray smoke burst out, tearing it apart in an instant and scattering the clouds in the formation.
The fine tracks fired by hundreds of cannons in the military formation were like falling meteorites; they bombarded among the running herds of deformed beasts, instantly exploding into large swaths of blood.
Spring and minced meat; or a large cloud of sand and gravel flying around like a fountain, shaking it over and knocking it down.
The herds of beasts at the forefront would also be disrupted and dispersed, becoming loose and sparse. But then more herds of beasts emerged from the mountains and forests like a tide, otherwise they would have trampled over them without any impact.
The monsters, with their limbs broken or their intestines and stomach rotted, were lying dead and injured: they were approaching with billowing smoke and dust.
At that time, the sharp sound of suonas resounded in the military formation again; and the firecrackers shot out in rows like exploding beans; in the roaring rain of bullets, the monsters in the front row were hit hard.
His body was bleeding, and he fell down or rolled to the side; he was knocked away and trampled by more monsters.
Just a few rows in front of the formation, there was a brief gap between the reloading of the gun legs; the deer-shaped monster, covered in tatters and bleeding profusely, had already smashed the heavy resistance horse at the forefront.
After climbing over the chain-wrapped barrier, he wailed and fell headlong into the wide trench dug from the outside.
The shattered Juma and the fragments of the barrier even fell into the musketry team that was loading nervously. They were immediately knocked down and overturned several figures; but they were dragged to the ground by the auxiliary soldiers who ran out of the formation.
On both wings, the rear musket legs silently filled the gap; they fired again at the place where the suona sound was triggered.
That time, another dozen monsters were beaten with blood all over their bodies, and they were knocked down dozens of steps away from the front of the formation. However, more monsters stepped on the corpses as springboards, and passed over those who had been hit.
Attacked, broken through, the barrier became incomplete, and the horses were blocked, and the smelly smell came in an instant.
In the third round of loading, there was finally some panic and commotion in the musket leg array; one after another, some people were trembling in fear, losing their legs and dropping the lead and gunpowder to the ground.
, or it was too late to press the igniting line of fire and flint; it was triggered by the conditioned reflex.
Therefore, there were more sparse radiating sounds, resounding in the uneven array. But the whistle sounded again at that time, otherwise it saved their morale in disguise.
Seeing a group of tall and stout heavy armored soldiers suddenly pouring out from the gaps in the horizontal array of more than a dozen fire cannons.
We saw that they were wearing scaly one-piece armor with shimmering cold light, with large plates of steel armor attached to their chests, abdomen, shoulders, waist, etc.; their legs were holding long shields or large shields that were over shoulder height.
Thick steel spears, like walking iron men, quickly completed the protection in front of the formation.
Then, they all shouted in a deep voice, raised their shields, bent down, and raised their spears diagonally. They were greeted by a violent collision from the leading beasts. There was a dull clanging sound, and a heart-wrenching sound.
The friction, twisting and popping punctures, fierce whines and roars intertwined together.
Those monstrous beasts that could have easily smashed and overturned the heavy barricades tied with horses and chains; in front of the hastily formed shield wall of armored soldiers, they seemed to be fluttering and impacting slightly.
The waves that loosened the soil bank were never able to tear it apart or break through it, scattering the line.
Although the armor soldiers retreated slightly due to the continuous impact, through their skillful cooperation and mutual support and transmission, they were able to resolve the waves of momentum and maintained their formation.
And the shield wall is basically intact, while the direction of the spear is slightly adjusted to cause more effective damage.
Although there were some armored soldiers who were accidentally knocked over their shields, took off their legs to pry the spears, or fell down in the formation; but they were quickly pushed back by their comrades in the rear row.
In the blink of an eye, there were piles of corpses piled up on pillows in front of them, forming a wall of corpses.
At that time, the team at the rear, acting as the pressure, once again threw out a row of ball bombs with sparks of coal; almost without interruption, they pounced and hit endlessly.
In the herd of beasts, there was an explosion of fire and air waves, and explosive fragments were scattered in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and the remaining limbs were scattered, creating a large bloody gap and empty space in the herd. And suddenly suffered such a series of intensive blows in the middle, it turned out that
For the first time, confusion and hesitation, dullness and sluggishness appeared in this fervent and restless beast tide.
There are even very deformed beasts, in the midst of the mutilation and the bloody pain, biting each other and devouring each other's flesh and blood. And with that brief appearance
The fighter planes were also overturned as they approached, knocking down many soldiers, and retreated eastward with the help of their companions.
It once again surrounded the reorganized blunderbuss leg array; it reorganized more than ten small hollow square formations based on the team; but it missed the loose herd of beasts that came forward again, revealing its side.
There was only a gap of a few steps to more than ten steps wide, so the beasts spontaneously rushed in and then crossed and stabbed to kill them.
At the same time, more smoke pillars rose from behind the small square formations, and exploded loudly among more beasts that were at a loss to advance or retreat. After a moment, the fire cannon array continued to emit.
The column was divided again, revealing the muzzles of multiple loaded cannons; it missed the group of animals and fired dense shotguns.
And the huge roar of that close-range shot also defeated and dispersed the remaining beasts, completely dispelling the remaining rage and bloodthirsty in them; they began to scatter in twos and threes and fled in other directions; only a few large ones were left.
, those who did not move quickly were rounded up and killed on the spot.
Seeing that scene, Pang Xun, the newly promoted lieutenant general who had been standing on the observation deck at the back, commanding and issuing orders, also let go of the sweaty whip handle and secretly let out a long breath.
Next to him, a Privy Council envoy in light purple official uniform also sighed with emotion:
"Then, is it that Jiang Jianxian of Xijingli Academy has been advocating and training the method of firearms formation combat and combined attack? Sure enough, there are some techniques and miraculous effects! But the most wonderful thing is
Otherwise, the formation of those fire cannons is much closer and more lasting than the original array of bows and crossbows!"
"What the (Privy Council) signature said is that it does not deny those benefits." Pang Xun also took advantage of the situation and complimented: "The advantages of firearms are that they come later and are continuous.
The bow and crossbow are in danger of being exhausted after firing rapidly; even after traveling a long distance, there is still strength left to form a formation to protect themselves."
"Therefore, it is not only necessary to defend the city fortress or to set up dangerous mountains and rivers, but also to be able to fight in the field after a long-distance attack. It is also necessary to have sufficient weapons and medicine; it is also necessary to be able to attack and defend freely, and even to decide the outcome. Of course, in the end
No matter how hard you work, it’s not too much of a waste to practice what you need.”
"Ask the imperial court to open the license and provide more equipment output. Then based on the existing foundation, we can easily expand the army several times, and even have more troops under its command." At that point, Pang Xun said carefully:
"Of course, if you want to fight monsters, you will also need more strengthened armor soldiers."
"Then I am a bit embarrassed." The special envoy couldn't help but chuckle after hearing this: "If not, I will teach the army. He can barely say a few words, but those special armored soldiers strengthened by blood will not only
They are not the exclusive members of Xijingli Palace, nor are they the pet peeves of all the ministers."
"Bu Nao, with my current record as verification, it can at least temporarily put an end to the dispute between the Privy Council and the General Office on the emphasis of Dangdong's offensive and defensive focus. To be honest, some people have suggested before this that monsters be placed everywhere.
At the source of frequent outbreaks, local people are mobilized to build walls to block them."
"But since Pang Zhonglang has successfully verified that even ordinary warriors, after being properly trained and equipped with firearms, can still survive in wild battles against beasts and even win at a relatively small cost. Presumably
Both the Government Hall and the Privy Council will have something to discuss."
"I beg you to be there. I would like to congratulate Pang Zhonglang in advance on his bright future. He will inevitably be put to great use in the next month." When the special envoy said this, he smiled meaningfully and said: "He has heard that some of those mutated beasts have experienced
After concocting it, can it be of benefit to the wrong person?"
"Signatures are a clear guide. If you have heard of something in the east, you really need people from the Xijing court to screen and appraise." Pang Xun also heard Xian Ge and said knowingly: "Later, in the east meeting
Let people clean up the battlefield carefully so that they can collect as much as possible for the use of the imperial court."
At the same time, on the top of another mountain, there was also a man wearing a mask of Yama, looking eastward at the mirror close to the battlefield; he sighed heavily and said to the other people around him: "The world has changed so fast.
, it seems that those people in the Qilin Society are becoming more and more hopeless."
"Beasts are still beasts after all. No matter how much they are domesticated and tamed, they still have insufficient potential, let alone the ability to resist the army. Coming to the east, he needs further legs and more strength. We will work with him.
They try to cut it as cleanly as possible and as close as possible to the source."