Chapter 127 withdraw
To capture the thief, to capture the king first, to shoot the man first.
To put it simply, it is quite difficult to get these newcomers who have hardly received military training to do this. In fact, the coverage shooting they have done now has already put a lot of effort into Caterano. As for the three-stage shooting - this move Caterano learned from the Xiqin crossbowman, he has not had time to master it with his soldiers.
The arrows were like rain. It was probably difficult for ordinary people to move forward with this kind of "rain" that made the backs cold, but the Burgundian cavalry were tough and drove a way with flesh and blood. The people in front covered the people behind with their bodies, and the people behind rode over the bodies of their companions in front and continued to move forward.
The cavalry was swift, allowing the Italian crossbowmen on the opposite side to shoot only one round of arrows.
"Heavy shield, top it up! The crossbowman retreated." Caterano's adjutant immediately ordered.
Due to the urgency of time, the Italians did not have enough time to block this pass, but they just temporarily lifted a few large stones from other places to block here. But the key is that the height of these stones could not stop the Burgundian cavalry leaping at all.
The heavy shield soldiers in their hands were actually originally heavy shield crossbowmen, but now they can't use the heavy shields they carry to shoot against the enemy crossbowmen. Instead, they need this wide shield to give their companions a sense of security. Of course, these precious Italian "elite" crossbowmen, Caterano, was reluctant to let them do the work of "cannon fodder", but just asked them to hand over the shields for other newcomers.
Perhaps because the wide shield gives people a sense of security, facing the whistling Burgundian cavalry, the new recruits hiding behind the shield did not flee. Perhaps, the more important reason is that there is a law enforcement team with a great sword behind them, which is specially used for the killing of deserters.
"Damn, the Western Qin people also have such a big shield? Isn't this the Italian turtle shell?" Eble, the officer of the Thousand-Man team, cursed. Just now, a group of rookies shot off his helmet. Now, he has a disheveled hair, and he is really a bit of life-desperate demeanor.
"bit|ch, brothers, rush for me! Break through these turtle shells!" Eble knew that he had no choice but to retreat now. Even if there was Daoshan in front of him, he had to rush forward with his teeth.
I think that the Burgundian cavalry who was rushing in the front did not want to just give their lives here. Facing the overlapping shield walls, they would be disabled even if they were hit by them. But the problem is that the cavalry behind them were also running at high speed, and they could not stop, so they could only jump up like crazy and rush up, and at the same time, praying like God, praying that they could kill their lives.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang" and "Bang" are also mixed with the writhing of war horses and the wailing of soldiers.
One man and one horse, the impulse generated during high speed marching cannot be shared by a few shields. The Italian troops prove this very well. Of course, if possible, they do not want to prove it just like this, because the price paid is life.
With just one charge, the entire shield wall defense line was washed away. No matter how anyone screamed, he could not return to his original appearance.
However, this place has become a "muddy", with people, horses, weapons and shields all placed here, and it is temporarily impossible for the cavalry to pass smoothly.
"Boundist, shoot!" Caterano shouted loudly again.
The crossbowmen placed on both sides of the mountain and the crossbowmen retreating to the rear were not affected much. Under the leadership of the veterans, although they were in such a bloody battlefield, their loading speed still reached the passing line.
Another group of Burgundians became the souls of the dead under the arrow.
"Damn it, let me get rid of my horse!" Eble saw the situation ahead and knew that the horses were unreliable. The corpses gradually covered on the mountain road made them unable to run even if they rode, but they did not walk as fast as the horse. What's more, such small-scale melee combat is not very convenient to ride a horse.
The Burgundian cavalry can only be regarded as light cavalry at best, but light cavalry without bows and arrows and round shields. If Bai Zhou was present, he would definitely compare them with the cavalry in the various games he remembered: there was no long-range strike method, that is, it was not archers or javelin cavalry; there was no cavalry or shield, except for a few officers wearing chain armor, the rest of the cavalry were all wearing leather armor and holding long swords that were not very easy to use than cavalry. It can be said that this is an ordinary light cavalry that is so standard that it cannot be standard. Compared with ordinary infantry, their ability to fight hand-to-hand combat is even weaker - cavalry with a "wide" area can also be attacked from more directions. In the game, Bai Zhou even disdains to create such ordinary cavalry because they can eat a lot of military pay, Bai Zhou really cannot find their actual role.
However, the situation is that when the Burgundian cavalry dismounted, they could still be considered an elite group of infantry, but the Italian troops were completely a group of rookies. Even the veterans among them were originally located, crossbowmen who had been hiding behind the back for a long time, and had almost no experience in fighting head-on.
Moreover, the Burgundian soldiers who had dismounted the horse were undoubtedly more flexible. In the midst of the rushing, it was often possible that three Italian soldiers (the Italian soldiers mentioned here only refer to their belongings, not to the nationality of these soldiers) could withstand the offensive of the two Burgundians.
Eble was like a crazy beast. Seeing that Caterano was dressed as an officer, he looked over.
Cotlano was not cowardly, and threw away the crossbow and drew out the sword. This was not to say that he could not use crossbow arrows to solve this problem more easily, but a sense of honor rooted in his heart, which made him disdain to end the life of a general in such a despicable way.
"Drink!" Eble shouted loudly, and the heavy sword in his hand slashed towards Catlano.
Caterano dodged sideways, and at the same time used the weapon in his hand to block most of the force on the opponent's heavy sword, then pulled the sword and turned around and stabbed. Ebel was old and could not block it, so he barely avoided the vital points. But Caterano's sword still cut through his left arm.
Eble was very brave. His injured left arm ignored the pain and clamped the sword, which made Catlano unable to pull it back for a while. Then he raised the heavy sword with one hand and wanted to chop it down again.
Caterano hurriedly released his weapon and barely avoided the powerful sword.
The two have fought for only a few rounds, but it can be said that the winner has been decided. Italian Caterano is not the opponent of Burgundy Eble. In fact, this is normal. The growth environment of the two is here. Although Caterano's mind is quite good, the swordsmanship at hand can be considered first-class among the Italian city-states. However, compared with some foreign generals who have fought for a long time, his enthusiasm for not being afraid of death is still much worse.
Just as Ebul was about to pursue the victory and slashed with a sword, there was a "skip" sound. Looking at Ebul's heart, a feather arrow was inserted at some point.
Caterano looked back and found that it was his adjutant, and the crossbow in his hand was empty.
"Hehe, you owe me another life." The adjutant ran forward two steps and helped Catlano up.
"Damn it, you're..."
"Okay, okay, I admit that this is wrong, but, to the tmd knight honor, I think your life is more important." After saying that, the adjutant pointed to various parts of the battlefield and said to Catlano: "Carter, withdraw, we can't beat the Burgundians."
Chapter completed!