Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard Chapter 338: Night Attack (3)
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The archer of the Clay family has pulled the bowstring for 2o times in a row, which means that 50ooo archers have shot a total of 10,000 sharp feather arrows, only in front of the shield wall of the phalanx of the Jonas Legion. , The arrow rain attack of the Clay tribe did not achieve any effect at all, which could only waste the physical strength of the Clay tribe archer. . com
Of course, the commander of the Clay Clan’s commander Samuel could not know what the result of his arrow rain was, because he could not check it up close, but if the Imperial Expeditionary Army suffered heavy losses under his arrow rain If so, the entire camp of the expeditionary force might have become chaotic long ago.
The situation currently seen by Semir is that the expeditionary camp a few kilometers away is still quiet. Usually this effect can be achieved in fierce battles. One is that all the enemies are killed. This result is obviously Semill would not expect it, so it can only be another result: the opponents are disciplined, and their attacks cannot make them fearful at all.
Since the second wave of attacks was also invalid, Samil simply ordered the stop of this offensive. He transferred the already fatigued shooters away, and mobilized an additional 3ooo new force, but this time the positions of these shooters were not. Somewhat weird. Usually the archers will line up in several rows, so shooting in a row, it is easy to form a continuous offensive, and the landing points of the arrows will be relatively close, but now these archers are standing in a big way. The semi-circular shape vaguely surrounds the camp of the Imperial Expeditionary Army.
Several carriages galloped over, and the **** barrels were lifted down, and then one soldier pulled off the stopper at the bottom of the barrel and began to push it along in front of the standing archer and began to roll. At the place where the big wooden barrel rolled over, a black viscous liquid slowly flowed out, and even the vibrant green grass in summer was only stuck together by this black viscous liquid.
Several Clay fighters waited until the barrel rolled over, and immediately threw the torch on the black viscous liquid, and the liquid immediately burned and quickly arranged into three semicircles. There was a blazing flame in front of the archer of the Clay tribe.
"Ignite!" Following the order of Semir, these 3oooo Clay archers leaned their hands on the arrows tied with linen to the flames. The linen was already soaked with kerosene. After being ignited, it naturally burned violently. "Shoot indiscriminately, let it go!" After the attack order was issued, the 3ooo Clay archer immediately released the fire arrow in his hand, although the number of people now is much smaller than before. But the rows of meteors roaring in the sky make people feel more oppressive.
After seeing the fire attack by the Clay clan, the Sergey infantry commander of the Jonas Legion continued to maintain the shield wall defense. In fact, in terms of the attack power of the arrow, the ordinary feather arrow is better than this. This kind of ignited fire arrow is much stronger, but the burning arrow can easily ignite combustibles near the target, causing a raging fire.
The phalanx infantry of the Jonas Legion are all composed of sword and shield fighters and spear fighters. The strong shield made of metal is naturally not combustible, so the fire arrow is not a big threat to these fighters, but Sergey After all, the infantry in the expeditionary army camp. Although thousands of people are arranged in a dense formation, they still have contact with flammable materials such as tents. In addition, the wooden horses on the outside can also burn. So the fire was eventually ignited.
Although it is only midsummer, the weather tonight is a bit gloomy, and the wind is not too small. This burning fire spreads rapidly with the help of the wind, and soon becomes a sea of flames. The soldiers of the Jonas Legion will inevitably be affected. No matter how tough their will is, they have to obey their own physique. When their arms are swallowed by flames, no amount of light shields can be lifted.
When a person is exposed to a rain of arrows, he will naturally die quickly, and his comrades who were protected by his shield will also be exposed to the enemy’s attack and die. At this point in the war, there were finally minor casualties on the Jonas Legion. The commander of the Sergey Infantry Commander hid under the shield and shouted screams, while constantly motivating his subordinates to maintain the morale of the soldiers. Fortunately, this critical situation lasted for a few minutes, and soon Jonas’s messenger brought new instructions to make Sergey’s 50oo fighters retreat by 1oo meters and re-arrange.
Sergey’s cursing command and slowly stepped back. These elite fighters of the imperial capital maintained the tightest formation at all times. This made the arrows flying by the Clays helpless, naturally. There are no major casualties. After Sergey and the others re-aligned and counted the number of people, there were still more than 2oo comrades who failed to return to the team. Obviously, they were all killed in the flames.
This is also the second time that the Expeditionary Force has suffered casualties. Although Sergey was angry, he was helpless, because Jonas had already issued a strict order tonight, and he could only defend but not attack. Originally, when the Jonas Army encountered such a situation, it could also use large ballistas and even stone dump trucks, but unfortunately because it was an expedition to the prairie, all the heavy troops were loaded with grain and grass, and they did not carry such heavy equipment at all.
Of course, Sergey's retreat has also brought another problem, that is, exposing Orlando and Ryan to the front line. Although this lookout is not on the route of Sergei and their marching, but now this camp is on fire, Orlando and Ryan standing on the high platform are very eye-catching, and there are already long Clay archers on the handles. The bow was aimed in the direction of the observation deck, but because the Clay archer’s longbow had a range of about 8oo meters, they were about this number from the original Sergei position. Now they want to shoot at the observation deck that is nearly 9oo meters away. And when the fire arrow is still used, there is no way to guarantee the accuracy of the head.
Orlando didn’t care about this. He was still interested in watching the attack of the Clay clan. With his strength, of course, he could feel how the Clay clan commander on the opposite side deployed his formation. That 3ooo name Shooters shooting with fire arrows is a trap in itself, because not far behind these shooters are their horses, and on their two wings, there are thousands of soldiers who are ready to ride on their horses and wait for the expeditionary force to attack. .
Now the Clays’ night raids have carried out three waves of offensives. Generally speaking, the Clays killed 3ooo people. The expeditionary army only sacrificed hundreds of people. However, they lost a small part of the camp’s position. It can be regarded as equal. For the Clay people, they came all the way to lure the expeditionary army out of the camp, and then use their familiarity with the terrain to divide and destroy them. Now they just set it on fire, which is obviously unsatisfactory. For the expeditionary force, tonight is just a defensive battle, and there will be no attack in any case, otherwise the attacking troops will be sent into the enemy's ambush circle because of their unfamiliarity with the terrain. ,!