Tang Qi Tan

As more and more New Kingdom troops emerged from the swamps and reeds; musketeers in blue shirts and white soldiers with halberds all over their bodies; like silver and blue intertwined waves, they quickly swallowed and destroyed Like a long dragon, the North Rhine Army scattered on the ancient highway;
Under the pre-prepared bedding of wicker boards and wooden rafts, they are like solid iron felts, coordinating with the cavalry of the New Kingdom Army rushing out of the forest.Gather its efforts to gather the stubborn North Rhine Army; constantly squeeze, crush and disperse.

There were also hordes of North Rhine soldiers, led by a few officers on horseback, who bravely sprinted and counterattacked towards them; but they didn't run very far, and even the men and horses fell into it, enough to submerge the knees to half of the body. The mud and puddles and then become a target for progressive shooting.

And several cavalry regiments of the New Kingdom Army rushing from the mountains and forests, led by heavy knights, seemed to insert sharp blades into this winding and clumsy long dragon one after another; The formation of the North Rhine Army trampled and disintegrated the morale of the few.

Therefore, when Jiang Tian looked down from the hill, he could see that the wilderness on one side of the road had been blindly charged and counterattacked by the North Rhine Army, and a large area was covered with reeds, corpses trapped in mud and dyed It was filled with puddles of bright red water and wailing wailing surviving wounded.

On the other side of the main road, after being trampled and dispersed by the cavalry charge, there are corpses lying on the pillow and bloody passages left behind; it also looks like the long lying dragon of the North Rhine Army, constantly A corpse that was reciprocally cut into countless pieces and sections, and bled continuously.

As for the largest piece of it, it is the thousands of Aachen Bishop's Army gathered under the banner of the Ring Cross; it is like an isolated island surrounded by countless cavalry torrents; , it will be reduced by the next corner, and it will become more and more lonely and weak.

Then, as the bugle sounded again in the mountains, several cavalry companies surrounding the bishop's army also quickly changed their tactics; a group of cavalry suddenly came out, facing the densely packed remnants of the bishop's army and militia , Throwing smoke balls one after another.

It smashed heavily on their helmets, shoulders and shields, and exploded a puff of fireworks among the enemy, knocking down and overturning the surrounding enemy soldiers in an instant, turning them into crawling and rolling on the ground. There were wailing in pools of blood and severed limbs.The tight formation was also dispersed.

The next moment, more knights who put on their spears again rushed into these blasted gaps like mercury pouring into the ground... A moment later, the remaining cavalry in the bishop's army could only climb out of the overturned carriage with their guards. A figure came out and fled to the other side of the reed in embarrassment.

However, at this time, in the battlefield below the city in the distance, there was a rapid and sharp sound of bugles.However, the armies of the princes of the Netherlands who were fighting under the city, facing the remaining troops of the "Silver Hands" and "Raging Tide and Gale" in the melee, couldn't bear it anymore and began to call for help.

Jiang Tian also noticed that the armies of the princes of the Netherlands who were deployed in the battlefield below the city had already lost the coat of arms and flags of less than half of the princes and vassals.Nisit, who was appointed as the commander of the cavalry of the vassals, and his Vermans flag were even heavily surrounded because they penetrated too deep into the enemy's line.

Under the banner of the "Silver Hands", a small number of overturned flatbed vehicles and livestock that were forcibly fixed between the vehicles were quickly used to form temporary defense lines and circular fortifications; soldiers hiding behind these temporary defense lines often When the crossbow was shot, the armored Dutch sergeant fell.

As for the Dutch vassal army 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 because the main general has been surrounded and plunged into obvious shaking and confusion; There were sporadic fleeing figures.

This result was both unexpected and not very unexpected to Jiang Tian; because as the coalition of the princes of the Netherlands, the internal forces were originally mixed with good and bad, and there were no mutual orders, and there were always suspicions.It was only by relying on the power of the Kingdom Army's repeated victories that they were gathered together to fight.

Therefore, it is okay to fight with a big advantage; but when encountering relatively stubborn or stoic opponents, it is easy to have various situations due to complicated people's hearts.It's just that Jiang Tian didn't expect that they would be able to gain the upper hand in the face of an enemy that was partially defeated and chaotic.

"Your Majesty! It seems that they can't hold on any longer." The current Duke of Brabant, Gismund, who was beside him, also eagerly begged for his life: "Please also allow me to lead the Brabant Palace Guard on standby. And members of the Knights, quickly go to the city to meet and support."

"Yes!" Jiang Tian looked at him meaningfully and nodded, "But as long as you assign your most capable subordinates, you can just stay by my side and watch the battle. Please also believe in my army and fully believe in their battlefield deployment and resilience."

And with a small group of cavalry as messengers, they galloped towards the city.Because the distance between the North Rhine army and the North Rhine army was large enough, it was protected from the frontal attack of the Free Army/New Kingdom Army cavalry; the Norman barbarian mercenary "White Flame" also moved.

However, these Normans gathered together in a shrinking formation had no intention of supporting the North Rhine Army ahead.Instead, he didn't know when he went around to the mountain forest on the side where Jiang Tian was; shouting loudly, he quickly approached.In a blink of an eye, there was a battle with the cordon on the outskirts of the mountain forest.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a sound of firecrackers shooting out, small cannons roaring, and the sound of fighting and roaring.Jiang Tian couldn't help but sighed: "Actually, they were discovered so soon? Or, they actually have some unexpected means of detection and investigation?"

"Guards, shoot this thing down!" The next moment, he suddenly raised his head and pointed at a raven hovering between the treetops in the sky above the hill: for a moment, the muskets and strong guns raised together The crossbow bombarded near this raven, sending it flying away screaming.

At the same time, like a wild beast, it nimbly climbed and walked through the mountains and forests, dodging to avoid the rear of the Norman barbarian soldiers who were attacked by muskets and projectiles; With ear and nose bleeding, he screamed and fell to the ground.

And this scream is like some kind of invisible catalyst, making the surrounding tribal soldiers hiss and howl; it infects and affects more barbarian soldiers in battle, and becomes more violent and fierce.Almost scrambling to be the first to hit the thorns and halberds without hesitation.

Then, he entangled and dragged the soldiers of the Royal Army who were too late to change hands; he rolled and crashed between trees and rocks; let go.Immediately, several gaps were opened in the defensive line in the forest.

After a while, on the top of the hill where Jiang Tian was located, the animal head hats of barbarian soldiers could already be seen looming among the bushes.And Gismond couldn't help becoming nervous again, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please temporarily avoid the attack direction of these berserkers. I would like to lead someone to buy you some time..."

"Don't panic, and don't rush!" Jiang Tian still smiled confidently: "If it's just some beasts that lack reason and have no sense of life and death, I've fought all the way, and I don't know how many have been wiped out...Of course, I agree. You retreat first."

"..." However, Gismond, who heard these words, changed his face several times in an instant, and finally heaved a heavy sigh.Then he pulled out his exquisitely decorated sword, and stepped forward to stand in front of Jiang Tian in the attitude of facing the enemy: "Your Majesty, I hope you will not let me down..."

However, before he could finish his words, the soldiers of the guard company who had already lined up under the giant tower, which was the commanding height and the temporary command post, lifted the covering cloths one after another, revealing the box-shaped things that hit the wheel hub. ; while in the box, several rows of long tubes are extended.

In a blink of an eye, the barbarian warriors wearing animal head hats and fur coats rushed out of the clearing in the forest roaring; but some of them were covered in blood or were scarred and stuck with arrows, but they didn't realize it. He swayed and dripped blood all the way, and rushed forward with hissing and howling.

Then, the guard company, which was waiting in full swing among the rows of boxes, also instantly pulled the fuse of the box weapons.In an instant, from the rows of long tubes at the front of the box, thick gray smoke and dense flames rushed to shoot out, shooting faint tracks among the barbarian soldiers.

And the moment they were hit by the trajectory, these barbarian warriors, who were brave in the face of knives, guns and arrows, couldn't help but pause; then they exploded into pieces out of thin air.Or the head was crushed, the internal organs were pierced, and it was broken into two pieces from the chest and abdomen, and the liver and brain were splashed and dragged on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, at least a hundred barbarian berserkers attacked and turned into a mess of blood and flesh scattered all over the place.Because, unfortunately, they encountered the last line of defense.It is also a new weapon that the Royal Army has put into the battlefield for the first time. It is a honeycomb cannon that is loaded and fired sequentially with box-type parallel barrels.

Immediately afterwards, more small shotguns and grenadiers/hand cannons were arranged in the defense line around the boulder, and they also bombarded the woodland where the barbarian soldiers rushed out.While smashing and breaking a large number of leaves and branches, they also killed and wounded the barbarian warriors who were scattered.

And, because of the high-quality forged steel and auger tube technology; it can use more powerful fixed ammunition than ordinary muskets.The loading process is also relatively easy, as long as a large number of prefabricated spring plates with hundreds of rounds of ammunition are inserted in advance, and then loaded and fired in sequence.

Immediately afterwards, more small shotguns and grenadiers/hand cannons were arranged in the defense line around the boulder, and they also bombarded the woodland where the barbarian soldiers rushed out.While smashing and breaking a large number of leaves and branches, they also killed and wounded the barbarian warriors who were scattered.

In a blink of an eye, the offensive of these Norman barbarians was disintegrated and reversed, and there was only the sound of howling and fleeing away.And Gismond, who had just gone through this change and turning point, suddenly recovered a bit of blood from his extremely pale face, but it was a bit unbelievable.

"Your Majesty, so this is your confidence and strength? It is really a fearsome and fearful weapon!" At this time, the battle on the road below the mountain basically came to an end; After losing the leader, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

More and more cavalry of the Royal Army, as well as the musketeers and white soldiers who came out of the reeds, also turned their attention to the city of Liege, which had already fallen into a big melee; but at this time, a distant gallop suddenly came The few rangers who came were the sirens of the enemy.

That means that there are new enemies who are about to arrive and enter this battlefield.