" What?!"
Upon hearing Nangong Xiao's words, Badoran and Dita widened their eyes. Irene and the others also frowned.
"I'll send a letter now and ask my subordinates to bring the troops over…"
"No, I don't need it."
"Now is not the time to be stubborn!" After being rejected by Nangong Xiao, Liudmila was somewhat dissatisfied.
"I'm not trying to be brave, but there's no need.”Nangong Xiao patted Liudmila's shoulder confidently and said," There are only 20,000 people in total. Other than the four dragons, the rest are not a big deal. As long as the strategy is used properly, it will be easy to take down all 20,000 people.”
"Nangong Qing, although I admire your wisdom, there are 20,000 people. Do you want to rely on riding and archery to deal with them? " The battle report from the last battle must have fallen into Tynal's hands. They must have already thought of a way to deal with riding archery. In fact, as long as they use light cavalry to attack your troops, riding archery will not be effective. Such a simple method, the other party must have thought of it, so I think..." Before Lim could finish speaking, Nangong Xiao waved his hand to interrupt.
"Lim, I'm looking forward to the enemy using light cavalry to deal with my troops. "In short, you can all stay at the back and watch a world-shaking battle. A battle of 1,000 against 20,000, a classic battle destined to go down in history!”
……
Two days later, on a plain a few dozen kilometers away from Arthas, Steed led 15,000 soldiers and 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, as well as four strange-shaped earth dragons, slowly advancing towards Arthas.
Steed was a man of few words, and his fighting style leaned towards steadiness and calmness. He was not in a hurry to take down Arthas in one fell swoop, because he was waiting for an important piece of news, so his marching speed was not fast.
Originally, it would only take three or four days to travel from Tynal territory to Arthas, but he had walked for almost a week. However, today, he finally got the news he had been waiting for.
"General! It had been confirmed that the nobles who originally supported Arthas had not sent any troops to support Arthas because the Wright Meliz army had retreated. Arthas's ally, Mashas, was still in the king's city and could not send any troops to help. Now, Arthas had no reinforcements other than the temporary recruitment of more than 1,000 soldiers!”
Steed was still expressionless as he listened to his adjutant's report. However, he waved his hand and said," Let's go. It's time to end this farce."”
"Yes!"
After the adjutant gave the order, the army sped up because Steed had already obtained the information he wanted. There was no need for the army to delay any longer.
A dozen kilometers away, Nangong Xiao appeared on the plains with 1,000 light cavalry. Irene, Liudmila, and Lim followed him. The three women were worried. Although they didn't show it, they didn't think this battle would be a good one.
Seeing that the three women were silent, Nangong Xiao smiled confidently and said," Don't worry. As long as the battlefield is on the plains, we will definitely win."”
"Since you've said so, I won't say anything else. Xiao, remember, we're special. Just keep your life when you're in danger. As long as we stay alive, we have plenty of time to take revenge! Remember that!" After looking at Nangong Xiao seriously, Liudmila left on her horse.
Irene and Lim were baffled by Liudmila's words, but they didn't ask anything. After nodding at Nangong Xiao, they left on their horses.
They went to find a place to watch the battle, while Nangong Xiao ordered the entire army to advance.
Although it was one horse and two horses, Nangong Xiao and his troops were not moving fast. They had to conserve their power.
In less than an hour, Arthas 'troops finally met Tynal's troops.
Looking at the seemingly endless Tynal army, the Arthas soldiers were somewhat terrified. After all, they had too few people. However, after these days of brainwashing, these Arthas soldiers were still relatively loyal. At least there were no signs of them running away.
He rode his horse in front of the army. After looking at the formation of the Tynal army, Nangong Xiao knew that the other party's general was a capable person. The distribution of infantry and cavalry was very reasonable, and the logistics were well guarded. Moreover, there was a light cavalry of about 3,000 people wandering around to prevent the enemy from attacking. It seemed that the other party had analyzed the light cavalry's attack tactics very well.
After roughly observing the enemy's formation, Nangong Xiao took a deep breath, then turned around and shouted to his previously pale subordinates behind him," Brothers of Arthas! Are you afraid? Are your hands shaking? Are your legs weak?
Actually, my hands were shaking and my legs were weak.
However! These rebel troops are here to destroy our homes and kill our families. Can you tolerate this?! They're here to snatch our wives and daughters! Can you guys endure it? Our peaceful days were destroyed because of their leader's cruelty!
Tell me, can you all tolerate this?!!!”
"No!" "No!" "No!"
From the scattered shouts to the simultaneous shouts, the morale was finally raised. Nangong Xiao secretly heaved a sigh of relief and shouted again," Since we can't! Then let these thieves witness the courage and determination of the Arthans!
Use our longbows to pierce through the enemy's armor!
Use our swords to smash the enemy's shields!
Let's kill every single one of them until their blood stains a thousand miles!!!
Kill them!"
"Kill!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill!"
Hearing the roar of a thousand people in unison, as if it was going to suppress the aura of 20,000 Tynal soldiers, Steed, the general of Tynal's army, actually grinned, which surprised the adjutants around him.
However, this smile only flashed for a moment. Then, he waved his hand and signaled for the front troops to attack.
This was the first organized light cavalry unit of the Tynal army. There were a total of 3,000 people. In the last Battle of Arthas, Saan's troops had failed because of the problem of mobility. Therefore, Tynal and Steed, who had been in the army for a lifetime, immediately discovered the use and strength of the light cavalry. After receiving the detailed battle report of the Battle of Arthas, under Steed's leadership, they trained this powerful light cavalry unit.
Now was the time for the school inspection, and it was used on the inventor. Therefore, the soldiers of Tyner all smiled at this.
The three thousand light cavalry formed a goose formation as they galloped over. Although there was no such thing as a goose formation in this world, this formation was almost the basic formation of cavalry, so it was not surprising.
Looking at the approaching Tynal Light Cavalry, Nangong Xiao directly waved his hand to signal for them to set up the array.
As the adjutant, Badolan did not say anything else and shouted," Dismount! Three sections!"
Although it was the first time that the 1,000 soldiers of Arthas were on the battlefield, they had been trained well. The high-intensity training of Nangong Xiao had basically made it instinctive for them to change their formation. Therefore, the 1,000 soldiers quickly lined up into three rows, loaded their crossbows, and waited attentively.
On a hill in the distance, when Irene saw Nangong Xiao's troops dismount, she scolded unladylike," Bastards! Was this guy crazy? Wouldn't it be over if the cavalry charged?”
He was about to ride his horse down, but he was stopped by Liudmila.
"What are you doing? Do you want to watch that guy die?!”
"Eleonora! Calm down. Would that guy do something he wasn't confident in? If he was so stupid, you wouldn't have fallen for him, right?”
Hearing this, Irene calmed down." Maybe you're right. Nangong wouldn't be so stupid…"
"Milords, the battle is about to begin." At this moment, Lim also spoke.
Irene and Liudmila quickly looked at the battlefield, only to see Tyner's light cavalry charging over like a tsunami. Their momentum was like a rainbow, and they had even begun to draw their bows, as if they were saying,'I'll give you a taste of your own medicine!'
However, just as they were about to enter the firing range of the longbows, a batch of over a thousand crossbow bolts descended from the sky, nailing hundreds of Tynal's light cavalry to the ground in an instant, causing them to scream in pain.
Such a scene caused Steed, Irene, and the others who were watching from afar to widen their eyes. This was because the range of these strong crossbows was too far!
Although the Bruneians didn't like to use bows and crossbows, they were not bad at making them. Strong crossbows were common weapons, but they were mostly used by infantry to defend cities. Their range was also very average. Ordinary small crossbows couldn't match the range of ordinary bows and arrows, so the use of strong crossbows was needless to say.
But now, the Arthian army's crossbows had a much longer range than longbows, which made Steed, Irene, and the others feel incredulous.
And that was not all. After a few rounds of strong crossbows, because they were all light cavalry, they did not have any defensive equipment at all. At most, they only had some leather armor. Therefore, these few rounds of crossbows caused the Tynal light cavalry to lose four to five hundred people.
This wasn't the end. When the Tynal Light Cavalry entered the range of the longbow, before they could even shoot arrows, a series of arrows rained down on them. In an instant, miserable screams resounded through the entire sky. More than half of the 2,000 Tynal Light Cavalry had died before they could even charge 50 meters. Moreover, it was the kind of death that caused both men and horses to die. Such a scene made Steed's eyes widen, and he hurriedly ordered the light cavaliers to retreat.
However, when the order was given, only about 200 light cavalrymen who had actually retreated were left.
Looking at the corpses of the horses and soldiers in the distance, even the cold and calm Steed gasped.
On the hill, Irene and the other two girls were also in shock, unable to recover from their shock for a long time.
After a while, Irene smiled ecstatically and said," I see! I was wondering why he brought so many crossbow bolts. It turns out that the range and firing speed of Nangong's crossbow are so terrifying! No, there was also the firing method of three rows of arrows. This would ensure that the arrows would be continuous. Not to mention people, even armored horses would not be able to rush through such a dense rain of arrows!!
Good! Good! Good! Nangong! You really didn't disappoint me! Haha…"
That's right. Nangong Xiao had used the crossbow as a musket. He had used the three-segment shooting method invented by Mu Ying of the Ming Dynasty, which was the three-segment shooting method used by European muskets in the 19th century to restrain infantry.
This kind of three-stage attack was simple. The soldiers were divided into three rows and took turns to shoot, thus maintaining the density of the barrage. As long as the firepower was dense enough, not to mention the cavalry, even the heavy infantry might not be able to withstand it. Especially the crossbow blueprint that Nangong Xiao exchanged from the system was very advanced. Whether it was the range or the firing speed, it was faster and farther than the 19th century flintlock. Therefore, as long as they were trained properly, even if there were only 1,000 people, the lethality would be very terrifying.
And the corpses in front of him were the best evidence!
At this moment, the plains were deathly silent. Not to mention the Tynal army, even the Arthas soldiers were in disbelief. They could not imagine that they were the ones who had caused all this bloodshed. At the same time, their nervousness and fear had completely disappeared, replaced by excitement and endless worship for their lord, who sat coldly on horseback beside the formation and ignored everything!
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