Chapter 1189 So fight back

Huge siege beasts like beasts of the desolation began to slowly press towards the side of the Black Flag Army camp, these terrifying and strange beasts, as if with an unstoppable might. They're too tall and too shocking. And in order to move these siege beasts, the manpower required is even greater.

Because it is impossible to install wheels in this construction, it can only be moved with rolling logs. For such a heavy and huge siege beast to move along the rolling logs, each one would require thousands of people, if not more. The uncountable soldiers of the Opru Empire lined up in a square line, pulling the siege beasts forward with ropes.

Laborious shouts, one after another.

From the Opluti ** team's battalion, it will take at least a few hours to move these siege beasts over. So at the beginning of the war, the fighting had nothing to do with these siege beasts.

Lyman sat on a makeshift platform, holding up his clairvoyance to watch the battle ahead.

The middle-aged general that Thurence had sent to take over the army was already there, and now it was his lieutenant who was in command at the front. An Opru man who looked to be about fifty years old, with a gray head and beard. His stature was a little fat, so the figure of galloping back and forth on his war horse to urge the attack was a little funny.

"Fire!"

With the order of this general named Buickdo, the artillery of the Opru people began to threaten.

This is to stop the Black Flag Army's counter-charge, before those siege beasts move, the Black Flag Army's cavalry can have enough time and space to form a counterattack, fast as the wind of light cavalry, although it can't destroy those siege beasts, but at least it can harass the foreign soldiers who pull the siege beasts.

So, from the very beginning, the forces invested by the Oprus were extremely large.

A few days after Lyman's arrival, his brigade and Fang Jie's cavalry arrived almost in equal order. At this time, the first to attack was the Opru army that was originally stationed outside the Phoenix Terrace, while Lyman's direct army did not move.

Buick didn't want to die, so he knew he only had one chance.

If today's watch was not enough to impress His Majesty Lehmann, he was quite sure that his life would end before dark. Even if he could survive the battlefield, he would not be able to avoid the punishment of His Majesty the Emperor. A person who has reached his position will always have more reluctance than ordinary people.

The status of power, the food and clothing.

These things are nostalgic.

Amid the roar of artillery, puffs of smoke rose from the Black Flag Army's position. In this day and age, the firearms of the Opru Empire represent the most advanced level of firearms. Although the guns and muskets of the Black Flag Firearms Battalion were not inferior to those of the Oprus in power and range, they were not comparable in size.

The cannonballs are frighteningly dense.

When the first artillery fell, the soldiers of the Black Flag Army at the forefront and the heroes on the green forest road in eastern Xinjiang entered the trenches dug in advance. It is not uncommon for fortifications to appear in modern warfare on the land of this era.

Since the war with the foreigners, the Han people have gradually mastered a set of methods to defend against the attacks of the foreigners. In fact, this is also thanks to the Chu people, who brought a lot of useful experience to the Han people at the cost of destroying the country.

The lethality of the shells of this era is far inferior to Fang Jie's previous life.

Therefore, as long as the soldiers lying in the trenches are not particularly unlucky, the casualties will not be too heavy. But the density of the shells still exceeded the expectations of the Black Flag Army officers, and after a few volleys, the soldiers lying on their stomachs in the trenches of the Black Flag Army positions were covered with a layer of dirt.

War cannot be without casualties.

The hope of winning without spending a single soldier is just a good wish. As long as there is a war, people will die.

Lyman's face on the high platform changed slightly, Fang Xie didn't send someone last night to surprise him, and the reaction of the Black Flag Army at the beginning of the war today was beyond his expectations, so the gloom in his heart became more and more intense.

It's definitely not a good thing that opponents become unpredictable.

"No ...... fight back"

Lyman frowned.

Augusta, who was sticking to his side, also didn't understand, according to intelligence analysis, the Black Flag Army's best tactic was to rely on light cavalry to counter-charge. This tactic, when Mox and Thurence attacked Malan Mountain Pass, was swung to the extreme by the Black Flag Army. Every time the Opru attacked, they would meet the counter-charge of the Black Flag Light Cavalry.

But today, it is clear that Fang Xie is not in this mood.

Lyman had some faint worries in his heart, he always felt that Fang Xie would make some unexpected moves.

Lyman was worried about this, but Buickdo, who was in command at the front, was not in the mood to think about it. All he needs to do is show his unwillingness to die in front of Lyman.

After several rounds of artillery salvos, Buick pulled out his command knife.

"Attack!"

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In order for the siege beasts to reach the battlefield safely, at least 30,000 Opru soldiers began to attack, and they had to attack to suppress the Black Flag Army and prevent the Black Flag Army from coming out. Depending on how advanced the siege beasts are, they are required to keep pressuring their enemies for at least two hours.

For the attacking side, this is by no means a simple matter.

While putting pressure on the enemy, you are also putting pressure on yourself. Sometimes, before the enemy is crushed by the pressure, he will be defeated because he cannot bear the losses.

In the current comparison of forces, the Opru people have an absolute advantage. In terms of the comparison of weapons, the advantage of the Oprus is also huge.

In particular, the attacking Opru soldiers knew the attitude of His Majesty Leman.

They must forget about death and put pressure on the enemy.

The density of bullets was indescribable, and the dust on the slopes of the trenches was connected by bullets, as if a layer of dense yellow fog had suddenly appeared on the side of the Black Flag Army's position. The archers of the battalions at the front were suppressed and he could not get up, while the enemy had a good wind, and the range of bullets was a little greater than before. But for the Black Flag Army, the headwinds ...... The effect on feathered arrows is greater.

A hard bow that could have thrown a feather arrow two hundred paces away would have been greatly diminished in the face of a headwind. The feather arrows are too floating, and when the range exceeds sixty paces, the strength will weaken, and they will be blown by the wind. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the pressure on the Black Flag Army was indeed very great.

There is no doubt that Lehmann is definitely a good general.

He knew the climate in eastern Xinjiang, and it was impossible to have ten days without wind. And as long as there is wind, he can take a strong initiative.

"Stone-throwing truck!"

Nalan Dingdong had already come down from the city wall and ordered loudly.

The sound of artillery and gunfire shattered his shouts, and the clarion call to convey orders had clearly lost its purpose. At this time, it is the flag language.

The heralds began to wave the huge battle flag, and each battalion had soldiers who were specially responsible for observing the flags, and quickly conveyed Nalan Dingdong's order.

Behind the array, several dozen catapults were ready.

The huge stone was carried up by several people, and the noose was suddenly released, and the big arm swung back at once, and the stone was immediately sent into the sky.

Although the range of the catapult is also affected by the wind, it is not greatly affected by the gravity of the stone. Such a counterattack was only intended to break the Pru's gun formation and give the Black Banner archers and soldiers operating the ballistas a chance to fight back. The Bullet Thrower was nowhere near as fast as the gun, and was too cumbersome to move once installed.

Therefore, the range of the strike is almost fixed in that area.

Therefore, catapults are generally used for siege and rarely for field battles.

For the strike of fixed targets, the catapult may not be accurate the first time, and the second time it may not be accurate, but after several times of debugging, it can basically cause a devastating blow to the city wall. However, in the field, there is no fixed target to fight. Those huge siege beasts are far from being within the range of the catapults.

intense

Indescribably intense.

In the battle between the two sides in the beginning of the long-range weapons, it was the Opru who had the upper hand.

Nalan Dingdong has been running around the position, constantly giving orders. He now knew what Fang Jie's counterattack plan was, but it wasn't time yet.

After an hour of fierce fighting, the pressure on the Opru's side was clearly beginning to wane. In this era, it was dangerous to fire muskets continuously. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the team, of course, the front team and the rear team can be converted without gaps, but after an hour later, most of the soldiers' muskets begin to heat up, and the second echelon needs to be mobilized from behind, which is the opportunity for the Black Flag Army to counterattack.

Nalan Dingdong had a lot of experience in fighting the Oprus, so Fang Xie handed over his grasp of time to him.

"Get moving!"

After sensing that the Oprus' shots were starting to thin out a bit, Nalan Dingdong immediately gave the order.

Following his order, the archers of the battalions all came out of the trenches, completed the array in the shortest possible time, and then began to counterattack. The feathered arrows were suddenly given to them last night, not their own feathered arrows before. The feathered arrows given to them were mobilized by the cavalry of the Black Flag Army. And these feathered arrows, the cavalry spent two days each transforming at least a few dozen.

Aggravate.

It's that simple.

However, such a simple method can make the feather arrow much less affected by the wind.

Ejection!

Nearly 20,000 archers counterattacked, what a magnificent scene it was? The dense array of feathered arrows can almost obscure the color of the sky. In this gap between the front and back teams of the Oprus, the Black Flag Army began a strong counterattack.

And that's not all!

To the surprise of all the Oprus, the counter-charge of the Black Banner Army was not done by cavalry, but by archers!

This doesn't make sense!

No one uses soldiers like that!

Therefore, many of the Opru generals were surprised.

The neat array of arrows began to move forward, maintaining the density of feathered arrows at all times. This level of counterattack starts a little bit, and then the Oprus are passive for quite some time. Muskets overwhelm Black Flag archers when they fire intensively, and archers can also suppress opponents when they fire intensively.

The Opru's formation immediately became a little chaotic.

"Let's get started!"

Nalan Dingdong gave an order.

A large flag with a special color was waved, and the entire position immediately became dusty!

It's not the Oprus artillery that is mighty again, it's the countless Black Flag soldiers who are starting to dig into the ground with their shovels!

Lyman, who was sitting on the high platform, stood up sharply, and his face became a little ugly. He raised his clairvoyance and looked at the dust on the Black Flag Army's position opposite, his eyes were already round to the extreme.

"Fang Xie ......"

The name came out of Lyman's throat, full of anger.

No one expected that the Black Flag Army's counterattack would be in such a way.

The archers began to retreat in an orderly manner after suppression, and there was not a single shadow of a Black Flag soldier in sight in the place where the dust and smoke were rising!

"They...... Are they digging trenches ahead? ”

Augusta put down his clairvoyance and looked incredulous: "This...... It's a bummer......"

On the wall of Phoenix Terrace, someone is laughing.

He had a different experience than anyone else in this world, so ...... He always surprises people.

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