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Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 166: Self-Defense War (Part 2)
“Go back and tell Duke Eddie that we will never surrender!”
Viscount Jarvis responded loudly.
“Hmph!”
The messenger snorted coldly.
“Then don’t regret it!”
After saying this, the messenger immediately pulled the reins, turned his horse around, and went back to report to Duke Eddie.
As soon as the people left, Viscount Jarvis immediately picked up a telescope to observe the situation on the opposite side and found that the enemy had entered the range of one thousand meters, which was within the effective range of artillery.
He immediately gave the order without caring that the messenger was still on his way back.
“Artillery team, fire freely!”
“Open fire!”
Blue quickly conveyed the order.
Five guns roared in succession, the roars resounded through the sky, and five shells flew towards the enemy.
The messenger’s mount was frightened and suddenly changed direction and galloped away.
What was even more tragic was the messenger, who accidentally fell off his horse and landed flat on his face. Perhaps he fell too hard and was unable to get up for a while.
Seeing this, Viscount Jarvis shook his head helplessly.
It is indeed a customary convention not to kill messengers when two armies are at war.
But the bombardment just now was not aimed at the envoy, but at the attacking army from Dongsheng Fortress. It was the envoy himself who failed to control his mount well, so Viscount Jarvis cannot be blamed.
In a moment, the iron ball fell into the opposing army, raising a cloud of dust as it bounced, causing a certain number of casualties and chaos within the enemy army.
After the first round of artillery fire, the other side still didn’t understand what had just happened. They were just startled by the sudden loud noise.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the artillery loaded the second shell as quickly as possible and fired a second round of artillery fire.
As long as Captain Blue did not order a halt to the bombardment, the five guns had to continue firing at the enemy.
The artillery’s main targets were knight troops and noble teams.
Wanting the mercenaries to take the lead, Duke Eddie ordered the knight troops and the noble team to stay in the acceleration area and wait.
Generally speaking, arrows cannot fly that far, so it is indeed safe to stay there.
However, the range of artillery far exceeds that of bows and crossbows. The opposing knights and nobles just stood there motionless and became fixed targets, which the artillerymen were happy to see.
The magician corps was handed over to the sniper team that the lord had recently established to handle. As long as the magicians could not concentrate on chanting spells, large-scale magic could not be performed.
As for those mercenaries, they are just a mob. When they see the situation getting bad, they will choose to run away. Don’t worry too much about them.
If the mercenaries really dared to rush over, the musketeers’ line-up shooting would be enough to make them lose face.
After the second round of artillery fire, the enemy finally realized that Bianshu Town had a new weapon with an extremely long range, and quickly ordered the knight troops to charge, and the Mercenary also blew the attack horn.
After receiving the order, the knight troops finally launched a charge.
However, not all knights could drive their mounts forward immediately. Many war horses were frightened and became difficult to control.
Only a few knights rode their horses and sped up towards Bianshu town. Other knights were still trying to calm their mounts, while another small group of knights sensed something was wrong and chose to turn their horses around and flee.
The group of mercenaries also reacted in various ways, but not all of them followed the knights forward.
The battle situation was so unfavorable from the beginning that most nobles did not dare to take the risk of joining the charge, and they were caught in the chaotic battlefield.
A knight’s charge is a gradual process. The first part is jogging, then gradually accelerating, and the last one or two hundred meters is a high-speed sprint.
Seeing the knights from the opposite side rushing over, Blue reminded the artillerymen to adjust the shooting angle and then started the third round of artillery fire.
Even though the knights were wearing sturdy armor, they were like paper in front of the cannonballs and were easily smashed to pieces.
Even if the iron ball just passes by your body, it will cause serious injuries, either death or disability.
On the battlefield, wherever the shells passed, there would be clouds of flying blood mist, which was unstoppable and invincible.
At this time, the attacking knights had gathered in the front and were initially preparing to charge.
Viscount Jarvis put down his telescope and gave new orders.
“Use shotgun!”
“Quick, load the shotgun shells.”
Blue immediately instructed the artillerymen.
“Those who have already loaded the shells, quickly adjust the firing angle and ignite and fire.”
Then he said to the soldiers carrying the shells.
“Stop carrying the solid iron balls and go carry the shotgun shells.”
The shotgun shells are filled with small iron balls. Although the range is not far, the attack range is extremely wide. Almost the entire cone-shaped area of 300 meters in front is within the attack range, which is extremely difficult to avoid.
At the same time, Viscount Jarvis was also directing the musketeers to prepare to fire.
“After the shotgun bombardment, the soldiers with the new muskets should fire immediately, and the soldiers with the old muskets should fire later.”
The new muskets were all rifled, and their effective range was much greater than that of the old muskets (smoothbore muskets), so they could fire in advance.
Since the new muskets have just started mass production, only about half of the musketeers are currently equipped with them. The other half are still using the old musketeers, including the Lizardman troops that Lusha transferred to provide support.
The soldiers armed with the new muskets were almost all deployed in the middle of the defense line, which was the main direction of the knights’ charge, and the remaining soldiers were distributed on the defense lines on both sides.
After the new shells were loaded, the five guns fired one after another.
Bang bang bang!
Soon after the shotgun shell was fired from the muzzle, it burst due to the huge pressure difference, and the iron balls inside scattered towards the rushing knight like flowers from the sky.
The knights in the front row were hit by the oncoming iron balls. Bright red blood flowers bloomed on the bodies of the men and horses, and a large number of them fell down in an instant.
This lethality is really abnormal!
Not only Viscount Jarvis, but even the artillerymen operating the artillery witnessed the horror of shotgun shells for the first time.
Before this, artillerymen practiced shotgun shells without igniting them because it was difficult to recover the shotgun shells after they were fired.
The knights behind rushed forward. They did not flinch when they saw their companions in front fall. After all, they had entered the final sprint stage.
The group of knights believed that the enemy’s defense line was so thin that they would be able to break through it as long as they rushed over, and then they could get rid of those bastards who used terrible weapons.
With this thought in mind, they bent down and lowered their bodies, increasing the speed of their horses to the maximum.
Unfortunately, this thin line of defense is not as easy to break through as imagined.
The musketeers had already raised their muskets before the shotgun shells were fired.
After the shotgun was fired, the soldiers holding the new muskets quickly aimed at the knights who continued to charge and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang!
The knights in the front row were shot one after another and fell off their horses, making up for the hit rate with numbers.
The soldiers with old muskets also started shooting later. Faced with such a dense hail of bullets, the remaining knights could not even rush to the front, let alone break through the defense line.
The gap between the new and old muskets can also be seen here. Even though the three-stage shooting tactics have been used, the firing rate of the old musket is still not as good as that of two soldiers using new muskets shooting in turns.
Even the next round of shotgun fire was not possible, as the knights’ fighting spirit had been completely crushed by the musketeers.
The knights charging in the front were all annihilated, and the knights behind were extremely afraid of the thin line of defense and could not break through it at all. If they rushed forward, they would die.
So, they broke down inside.
The remaining knights turned their horses around and fled the battlefield.
Even the powerful knight troops chose to flee, not to mention the mercenaries, who all turned around and fled in a swarm.
This battle cannot be fought, we are bound to lose, there is no money to be made, saving our lives is the most important thing, retreat quickly!
The defeat was like a landslide, and the mood of defeat quickly swept through the entire army of Dongsheng Fortress, and the situation soon got out of control.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, the nobles decisively abandoned their army and retreated quickly under the protection of their personal guards.
The farmers who were carrying supplies at the end simply abandoned their wheelbarrows and joined the fleeing team.
Everyone was pushing and shoving each other as they fled, only thinking about getting away from the battlefield as soon as possible. The scene was extremely chaotic.
Seeing this, Viscount Jarvis grinned and waved his hand.
“Musketeers advance, time to clean up the battlefield.”
The new combat mode shines in this battle, and future wars will no longer be the world of knights and magicians.