Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 131
In Shechi, Herme did not stand behind the city wall just waiting for Harkland's army to arrive, but instead he did a lot of work.

Defending the city cannot defend the city to the death, that is to hand over one's own destiny almost completely.

At that time, the enemy will not attack, and slowly consume the defenders in the city.

At that time, the death time of the defenders will depend entirely on the amount of grain in the granary.

It would be fine if he had reinforcements waiting for him, but in the current situation there were no reinforcements at all.

Although he asked Aden to assemble an army that was still within the range of the people, but the assembly of this army would take too much time, not to mention the long distance to go.

After realizing this, Herme immediately dismissed her original plan to stick to Xieqi.

And if he sticks to Xie Qi, the artillery, which is the biggest turning point in his eyes, will not be able to play on the battlefield.

There are not many cities in the whole world whose walls can withstand the recoil of artillery fire.

Not to mention that although Xieqina is majestic, its essence is still a wooden wall of wood.

At that time, I am afraid that the city wall will collapse before firing a few shots, which will be a joke.

Therefore, Herme's strategy now is to take the initiative to go out of the city and line up against Harkland's army under the city wall.

Of course, this does not mean that he just intends to line up under the city wall, but to build a huge car array at the largest city gate in Xieqi.

The chariot formation used the artillery as the center of defense. Hemei believed that with the artillery as a support, he would definitely be able to defend Xie Qi, and maybe even fight back.

There is no long-range attack method such as artillery on the opposite side, so there is no need to put the cavalry outside to stand by.

They all waited in the city, not giving the Harklanders a chance to use their cavalry superiority.

While he was busy arranging battle formations and digging fortifications, Hemei did not forget to send a large number of spies to find his father-in-law and gather the defeated soldiers.

Quite a few soldiers were recovered, and Xie Qi's army reached 3 without knowing it, but his father-in-law was still not found.

But the good news is that the news from the Haklan people told Herme that his father-in-law did not fall into the hands of the Haklan people, and he should still be fleeing for his life in a certain wilderness.

This is good news in a series of bad news.

If the father-in-law falls into the hands of the Haklan people, when the time comes when the Haklan people show his father-in-law's head, morale will drop again.

During this period, all the equipment brought by Herme was also distributed.

Many Cossacks who got the iron armor for the first time were very excited. Usually, only the Attas, his soldiers, and the rich could wear the armor, but now they can wear it on their bodies.

This immediately boosted the already decadent morale. After getting the armor and seeing so many comrades around them also put on the armor, the mentality of many people directly changed dramatically, and they became more confident.

And when Lord Protector of Yadian was intensively preparing for the war, the prairie army finally arrived.

It was a Cossack scout scattered outside who first spotted the Haklans. At that time, he happily urinated on the grass in front of him.

Then he saw figures appearing on the hillside in the distance, one, two, three... Large banners full of grassland atmosphere were also raised high, and the smoke and dust rolled up by the Harklans seemed to cover the sky when they advanced.

Regardless of the shaking, the Cossack hurriedly pulled up his pants, got on his horse, and went to Xieqi to report the news.

With the news of the arrival of Hakland's army, everyone became tense, and the battle was about to begin.

"finally come."

Standing on the wooden tower, Herme looked at the surging Harklan tide in the distance. It was the first time even he had seen so many cavalrymen.

"Can we win?"

Rarely, Valentine asked Herme about the direction of the battle, and there was a trace of fear in his tone.

"of course can."

No matter what he thought in his heart, Herme would only say this.

"This is the so-called Xieqi Fortress?"

Looking at the wooden fortress in front of him, Wulu's tone was full of disdain.

Compared with the Serikania city he once attacked, this Xieqi looked so pathetic and ridiculous, the Haklan people were actually blocked by this thing for so many years.

"Yes, for many years, it was what held us back."

Ke Tai'an said cautiously, he looked at the city with complicated eyes.

Over the years, it was this fortress that prevented them from advancing westward, and many prairie warlords were killed head-on in front of it.

"It won't take long for it to disappear completely."

Uluh responded in this way, he seemed to be speaking an established fact, and also seemed to be prophesying.

"My lord, Lord Herme, this is the skull spear! I just arrived a few hours ago, and I am Lord Braven's bannerman."

An excited young man ran up to Herme and offered the famous Shechi skull spear.

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of Herme and his entourage. They didn't expect the skull spear to appear in front of them at this time.

"Thank you my friend."

Herme took the skull spear, which was exactly the same as he remembered it.

There is no doubt that this is the skull spear.

"On the eve of the battle, the spear fell into your hands again... There is no doubt, Lord Herme, in my opinion, this is the blessing of God Cliff on you."

Bogo said from the bottom of his heart that he is a devout follower of Cliff, and he firmly believes in these things.

"Yes, with the blessing of the Great God, we are bound to win. Lord Bogo, I have to trouble you to spread the news."

Herme was a little indifferent to this, but he didn't show it.

He didn't count on Cliff, because he has never figured out under what circumstances this guy will make a move, so don't even think about it.
"of course."

Looking at the hollow eyes of the skull on the spear, Herme thought of that nagging guy in Rastite.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen him all this time, and I don't know where he went.

I heard from other Cossacks that when he was defeated, he was with his father-in-law, and then he didn't know where he went.

Herme didn't think that Rastite was dead. This kind of magic stick, which could directly obtain the will of the gods, couldn't die so easily. He must have been hiding somewhere.

The Lord Protector had a feeling that that guy would definitely surprise him this time, appearing when he least expected it.

It was his intuition, an intuition for no reason, but he believed it so firmly.

Whenever he thought about how this guy drove the thunder and lightning, the Lord Protector's thoughts became more determined.

As news spread of the Skull Spear, and Herme was walking around the camp with the spear, morale was boosted.

It was also at this time that the first wave of attacks by the Hacklanders began.

A large number of horse archers wearing fur felt hats and carrying thin war horses deftly rode their horses to the front of the chariot formation, and fired rounds of arrows at the chariot formation.

Most of the arrows landed on the chariot, and only a very small number of unlucky ones were shot. Moreover, due to the ubiquity of armor, most of the people who were shot survived the attack relying on the armor.

"Fire!"

Accompanied by the order, the long-awaited archers on the city wall and in the car formation opened fire together. For a while, arrows and projectiles flew everywhere, and the sound of musket guns came and went.

A large number of nomadic horse archers fell off their horses one after another. They did not expect such a violent attack to break out in the chariot formation.

During this period of time, as Herme let the matchlock gun show its power in the west, the Cossacks became more enthusiastic about the matchlock gun.

Even the Cossacks built their own musket factories, which led to an exaggerated number of muskets in the hands of the Cossacks.

Moreover, Cossacks also like to practice musket shooting, which is a habit in the era when musket guns were popular, which makes Cossacks have a high degree of accuracy.

Of course, keeping the tradition, there are still Cossacks who use bows and arrows.

And those who still use bows and arrows under such a background are all skilled people.

After all, the threshold for muskets is much lower than that of bows and arrows. The reason why people continue to use bows and arrows is probably because of their proficiency.

Under this wave of blows, the Hacklanders paid a huge price.

The battlefield is full of human and horse corpses, and there are still unowned horses running around, and there are people who are dragged away with one foot hanging on the stirrup, which shows how huge the loss is.

Moreover, the defenders continued to shoot, and there were still Hacklanders falling down.

Finally, the nomads ran away.

They were not brave and good at fighting, they were just cannon fodder used to test the enemy's firepower.

Repelling the nomadic archers caused cheers in the car formation, and there is nothing like a victory to boost morale.

The generals still looked serious, they knew that this was just the beginning.

"It's quite troublesome. It seems that we can only use cows and horses to open the way."

For the failure in front of him, Wulu was not angry at all. His interest in guns overwhelmed his annoyance at failure. Anyway, these people were nothing more than cannonballs pushed up.

"Ke Tai'an, go get ready. Use oxen and horses to break through their car formation, and then let that Cossack, that Semyon's team follow, and let them form a wave of shocking team."

"Yes, Khan."

While the Hacklanders were preparing for the attack, the car formation was also busy. People reinforced the front line, carried ammunition, prepared weapons, and collected the arrows shot by the cavalry archers.

Everyone understands that the next battle is still very difficult.

"Oh, if only it could be that easy in the future."

Herme talked about the fantasy that she knew was impossible. It would be great if things really developed like this.

Next, Herme saw the fact that his fantasy was shattered. Driven by the Haklan people, a large number of livestock appeared in front of the formation.

At this point, everyone present basically knows that the Harklans are planning to do something to us next.

A nervous expression appeared on Herme's face.

Although he has a trick in his hand that he thinks can fight against the bulls and horses, but whether it is useful or useless will not be known until he has tried it on the battlefield.

If it is useless, then what he will pay is the price called life.

While everyone was watching nervously, the huge herd of cattle and horses started to move.

Driven by the cavalry's whip, these huge livestock began to reluctantly walk towards the chariot formation.

And as the whips continued to be lowered, their speed also began to increase, and finally, the huge livestock began to gallop.

Seeing so many cows and horses being driven to attack the Cossack formation, many Haklan herdsmen showed sadness and reluctance on their faces.

"Hey, there are so many horses and cows again. God knows how many will die. Last time so many died, most of us didn't finish eating. I don't know how much we will waste this time."

The heartache of the herdsmen was due to the reason, because it was their livestock. Last time it was used by the nobles and chiefs. This time it was used by them, and they couldn't refuse it at all.

Ordinary herdsmen are not like those big nobles who have so many cattle and sheep that they can eat meat at will. For them, this is basically making trouble with their lives.

"Anyway, we can win next."

Another herdsman said firmly that in his opinion, as long as the cattle and horses rushed up, the next thing they needed to do was to clean up the battlefield.

After all, that's what they did before, and the big victory over the Cossacks was achieved by charging the horses and oxen.

Behind the herd of cattle and horses, in addition to the cavalry responsible for driving, are the Cossacks on foot.

Most of them belonged to Semyon, the ataman who had betrayed the land of the Cossacks.

And most of these people are his diehards, ordinary Cossacks have left him long after their betrayal.

Xie Miao knew that the Haklan people were using him as cannon fodder, but he didn't have any resentment, and even accepted it, so he knew that he had no right to choose.

And if he was in the position of that khan, he would definitely do the same.

The indifferent Xie Miao would always use absolute rationality to estimate his actions, but now, he knew that this was not a good thing to do, and it would inevitably cause a heavy loss of his strength.

But if it survives, it will be bright. When the Haklans ravage the entire Cossack land, they will inevitably go to farther places to fight more wars.

And the broken Cossack land undoubtedly belonged to him.

Semyon had a lot of ideas about the land of the Cossacks. He had always believed that this land was too loose and needed to be consolidated with an iron fist.

And this Haklan invasion, in his view, is an excellent opportunity.

Yes, many people would die from it, but what did it matter to him?

Semyon only wanted to defeat these Cossacks as soon as possible when they would fight, and strive to make a few more contributions, so as to establish his identity and status.

On the other side, looking at the densely packed cows and horses and the dust they raised as they galloped, many people were terrified, and everything in front of them made them terrified.

But there was a group of people who didn't, they were just working intensively, and this group of people was Herme's artillery.

The artillerymen quickly loaded the shells, and following the order, the artillery fired.

The first wave of artillery was mainly stone bullets. Because there were so many cows and horses in front of them, these stone bullets made many achievements. The most exaggerated example was even a one-time reimbursement of a dozen livestock.

For a while, the wailing and screams of cattle and horses filled the sky, and the corpses crushed by artillery were everywhere. These livestock began to fear.

Moreover, the sound of the artillery greatly deterred these livestock, and some livestock were even frightened to stop moving forward.

Some animals began to scatter in spite of the whipping, but only a small number.

Most of the cows and horses still couldn't see the tragedy ahead, and they still followed the herd of cows and horses under the whipping of the Haklan people.

As for the cows and horses in front, even if they wanted to run, they were pushed away by the cows and horses behind them.

It is too dangerous to turn hastily. If you are not careful, you will easily roll over, and then you will be trampled by ignoring cows and horses, turning into a puddle of meat.

"Shotgun! Get ready!"

With the new order issued, the artillerymen began to prepare to load the cannonballs, but this was immediately stopped by Herme.

"Come on, how can you use shotguns for this!"

Herme said immediately after hearing the voice,
"Shotguns have no effect on these livestock. Now I still use stone bullets. Now this is the only thing that is more effective."

The artillerymen were stunned. They looked at the commander of the artillery and then at the Duke of the Guardian, not knowing who to listen to.

One is the highest supervisor, and the other is the direct supervisor, so it is difficult for anyone to refuse.

Moreover, Lord Protector has never had the habit of commanding across levels, which confused the artillerymen.

"What are you doing in a daze? Go quickly."

The artillery chief hurriedly said, Damn, why are these guys so dumb-headed, they heard the order of the Lord Protector and carried it out quickly.

Herme's order was carried out immediately, the artillerymen loaded their shells and continued to fire, and the artillery continued to roar.

The closer the distance, the higher the lethality of the artillery, and a large number of shooters also joined the shooting, so the casualties of the cattle and horses became more and more.

Finally, the herd of cows and horses became frightened, and they began to flee in all directions. Some of the cows and horses even turned around and bumped into the Cossacks who were following behind the cows and horses, causing them heavy losses.

Semyon was almost killed by a cow and a horse. If the soldiers hadn't pulled him out desperately, the Cossack traitor would have been turned into a corpse long ago.

However, although he survived, after seeing the loss of his subordinates, the always cruel Ataman still showed sadness on his face.

His subordinates are the foundation of his life, but now he has lost so much, which is really tragic.

Although some cattle and horses still crashed into the car formation in the end, they were all to a level that could be dealt with, and the car formation connected in series was not that weak.

When the cows and horses dispersed, the Cossacks cheered for their survival, and Heme also heaved a sigh of relief, finally having survived this wave.

But to the ears of the Hacklans, the sound was too harsh, and many Hacklans were extremely heartbroken that their herds were gone just like that.

If they could break through the Cossack car formation, they wouldn't be able to do so, but now the fact is that they haven't broken through, and they still have to eat the car formation next.

As for Ulu, the khan's expression did not change much because of the failure in front of him. His interest was all in the artillery, which he had only heard of, but had never seen.

Looking at it now, this stuff is really interesting.

(End of this chapter)