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Chapter 368 [End of the Cavalry Era](2/3)

But at this moment, he saw a tall and majestic fat man riding a horse in the Tulip family camp in the distance. He suddenly raised his hand and roared.

Then, in the Tulip family's military formation, the cavalry in front suddenly spread out quickly to the two wings, revealing the back...

Damn it! The ones behind are not cavalry!!

A whole row! A dense row, the bright and sharp giant crossbows seemed to have a murderous cold light!

The densely packed row is actually filled with... the most powerful heavy weapons recognized on the Roland continent. Ballistas!! At a glance, there are at least two hundred of them in such a long row!!

After the Tulip family's cavalry bypassed both sides, revealing the long ballista behind them, the Northwest Army's cavalry had already entered a sprint and couldn't stop even if they wanted to.

Hundreds of soldiers fired their ballistae at the same time. A series of terrifying whistling and piercing sounds were heard.

Two hundred giant crossbow arrows suddenly sprayed out fiercely. Each of these giant crossbow arrows was as big as an ordinary cavalry spear. What was even more terrifying was that it was fired with a mechanical noose, and its penetrating power was so strong that even

If you can easily shoot through the wall, then forget it, but this guy Du Wei goes to great lengths in terms of lethality!

Each giant crossbow arrow is also filled with... "gunpowder"!!

Every soldier who fires a ballista has received the simplest order in advance: shoot into the crowd!

With a bang, more than two hundred ballistae had smashed into the galloping cavalry formation of the Northwest Army at the same time.

These most terrifying heavy weapons in the empire are indeed extraordinary. Any Northwest Army cavalry shot by a crossbow is shot through the horse almost immediately, and then a crossbow can shoot almost three or four cavalry!

When it finally landed on the ground...boom! A huge explosion!!!

I saw dense fire explosions again on the battlefield.

It was just a round of volley fire. The first wave of thousands of cavalrymen from the Northwest Army who charged out were knocked upside down. During the explosion, their horses had been frightened just now. They were finally able to calm down and charge under the control of the soldiers. This is what happened again.

With the "sound and light effect", these horses were like frightened birds and could no longer withstand the second fright. Many horses even ran around uncontrollably, and some directly raised their front hooves, driving the cavalry away from them.

He immediately flipped it down.

After a round of volleys of crossbows, when the inflammation dissipated, of the thousands of charging cavalry, only less than a few hundred were left on horseback. Most of the others were lying on the ground. And on the battlefield

There were hundreds of frightened horses running away in all directions.

The generals of the Northwest Army were completely stunned!

This way of fighting is far beyond any fighting method they have learned and experienced in their lives! This is completely beyond their knowledge and ideas!

But before they could react, they assembled the second wave of charge...

In the Tulip family's military formation, an officer had already loudly ordered, "Everyone is here! Adjust the angle by 30 degrees! Volley!!"

The soldiers hurriedly adjusted the angle of the crossbow, and the crossbow pointed upward at an angle of thirty degrees...

With a bang, two hundred ballistae were fired again. This time after adjusting the angle, they shot farther!

The cavalry of the Northwest Army who were still stunned in the distance watched helplessly as the opponent's ballistae shot into the sky, then fell from the sky and landed on their heads!

It’s not that the generals of the Northwest Army were incompetent when they lined up, they were far enough away from the Tulip family’s position. After all, there was still a large open space left for the cavalry to charge. They also believed that at such a long distance, the opponent’s bows and arrows

You will never be able to ejaculate yourself.

Yes, bows and arrows cannot shoot. But the range of a ballista is 1,500 meters!!

Moreover, throughout the history of continental wars, who would use heavy weapons like crossbows in large-scale land position battles?! Although the penetrating lethality of crossbows is strong, the coverage area lethality is almost zero! If it were not for Du

The "bombs" and heavy weapons such as ballistae created by Wei will only be used in sieges or naval battles to attack enemy ships.

With no experience in facing ballistae in land warfare, when more than two hundred ballistae fell from the sky and landed in their own camp, the Northwest Army fell into chaos... again!

In the light of the fire, someone was blown off his horse. Broken limbs and arms were flying everywhere. Bloody corpses were everywhere.

The generals of the Northwest Army finally understood that if they don’t fight hard now, they will lose their lives and fight!!

It was too late to reorganize the army, and the charge horn had already sounded. Regardless of whether the army was still in chaos, all the cavalry of the Northwest Army, who were still on their horses, quickly turned their horses and launched a desperate charge...

Although the array has been completely messed up. The charge array, front arrow array and the like in the cavalry code are completely ignored!

There is only one thought in everyone's mind: The opponent's long-range attacks are powerful, so the only way to survive is to rush over and get in front of them!!

In the chaotic sound of horse hooves, is there any trace of the elite Northwest Army?

At this time, General Longbottom of the Tulip family launched his fatal blow!

This cavalry general who stretches across the northwest is a general of 250. He only has 8,000 cavalry around him at the moment. But it’s enough!

These thousands of cavalrymen are all the strongest elites he has carefully selected. These 8,000 people are all his old subordinates from the time when they traveled across the northwest! Everyone is from the imperial cavalry that was once stationed on the grassland.

Chosen people!

The Northwestern Army was in chaos. Although its number was still several times greater than his own, in Longbottom's view, they were nothing more than a group of frightened ducks.

Eight thousand of the most elite Tulip family cavalry had quickly formed a cavalry charge formation. Then under the charge, Longbottom raised his long saber high and roared:

"Fuck these bastards!!!"

Although there were many people on one side, most of the people were in chaos and panic, and some people didn't even have time to turn their horses' heads.

Although the number of people on one side is small, they are as powerful as red, with a neat lineup and well-equipped equipment!

When the two streams of iron collided violently, people were knocked upside down! But Longbottom took the lead. His huge body was covered with a thick layer of steel armor. In addition, he was extremely strong and had a huge saber in his hand.

With one wave, a pool of blood immediately came up! After cutting down four or five Northwest Army cavalry in a row, Longbottom was finally stabbed in the shoulder by a spear from the opponent. However, his huge body was like a wall.

The wall of flesh and the thick steel armor blocked most of the opponent's strength. The opponent's spear did not stab the guy directly from the horse, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Longbottom grinned ferociously, and with a backhand slash, he chopped off the guy's head.

Became two halves!

He easily grabbed half of this guy's head. He looked at it, laughed wildly and said: "Roy! It's you, you bastard! I fought with you more than ten times! I told you before that you are not me.

opponent!!"

The guy he killed was a cavalry general from the Northwest Army!

Although the Northwest Army charged desperately, their lineup was already too loose, and the dense and thick cavalry of the Tulip family was like a sharp knife inserted into a huge but loose piece of beef, and then fiercely

Cut back and forth!

Screams were heard all over the battlefield.

Although some northwest troops finally rushed to the Tulip family's ballistae...

But what made them angry was that they didn't see any enemies!

They were still wondering just now. How could such two hundred ballistae be transported here so quickly. When they got closer, they saw that each ballista was equipped with wheels. And behind it, there were hundreds more

The cavalry ran away far away before these northwest troops could reach them!

These cavalry are the "transport team" invented by Du Wei. The reason why these two hundred heavy ballistae can be transported here quickly is because Du Wei ordered two horses to pull one!

In order to speed up, these cavalrymen who were specially responsible for riding and pulling crossbows did not wear armor or weapons to reduce the load. Seeing the enemy approaching, these cavalrymen abandoned their weapons without hesitation and quickly retreated.

!

This is also Du Wei's order: when in danger, just throw away these weapons. Anyway, on the battlefield, these bastards of the Northwest Army have no ability to transport them away! We can just move them later.

When the order was issued, some people felt it was a pity. They felt that if these weapons were abandoned on the battlefield and left to the enemy, the enemy would not be able to carry them away and they would inevitably be destroyed. After all, a ballista costs a lot of money to build.

ah!!

But Du Weidi responded simply: "It's not expensive? Tsk! I'm short of everything now, but I'm not short of money! If I can use money to kill the other party without killing people, then I don't mind using money to kill these bitches."

The Northwest Army raised by my son!"

The battle lasted for about half an hour. The remaining tens of thousands of northwest troops were defeated by Longbottom's five thousand cavalry!

Longbottom was already covered in blood, and the enemy's minced meat was still hanging on his shoulder armor. At this moment, he was like a demon king, with his beard covered with blood.

He and his cavalry had charged back and forth three times against the Northwest Army. Along the way, his saber had already been cut and curled. After charging back and forth three times, the Northwest Army finally collapsed completely!

Almost at the same time, the remaining Northwest Army shouted. Then suddenly countless people screamed and ran away. Even the officers could not suppress it or some officers simply ran away together!

At this time, Longbottom immediately stopped his horse and looked at the corpses all around him, as well as the chaotic Northwestern Army who were still reluctantly resisting. He opened up his voice, used all his strength, and shouted loudly:

"Surrender and avoid death!!!!"

This was also an order made in advance. When Longbottom shouted, his men immediately followed their commander in shouting, "Surrender and avoid death!!!"

The shouts of thousands of people immediately evacuated the entire battlefield. Many northwest troops immediately put down their weapons, jumped off their horses, and knelt on the ground. Some who were still trying to resist suddenly raised their heads and saw the sky.

In the distance, I could see those densely packed hot air balloons, as if they were coming here again...

The Northwest Army, frightened by these aerial bombardments, immediately collapsed completely. The remaining people no longer had any intention of resisting, and quickly dismounted and surrendered.

Some who were unwilling to surrender also scattered and fled for their lives.

On the battlefield, countless people were kneeling on the ground. Longbottom ordered his men to gather these people together, but unexpectedly found... there were too many people, and even thousands of his own people could not guard them.

Soon, he sent people to the city to mobilize troops. Du Wei sent an infantry battalion and finally counted the number of people.

The results of this battle can be described as extremely brilliant!

A total of 70,000 cavalrymen of the Northwest Army were all defeated by Du Wei in one battle!

The losses on both sides are truly unbelievable! Of the 70,000 Northwest Army cavalry, more than 34,000 were killed in battle, 16,000 were injured, and more than 19,000 surrendered (half of them were wounded).

As for Du Wei's losses, 8,000 of Longbottom's most elite cavalry were still standing after the war. Only less than 3,000 were left, and all of them were injured. Two hundred crossbows were rushed in front of them.

All the northwest troops were hacked to pieces as if they were angry.
To be continued...
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