Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 80 Nilfgaard's Countermeasures (Thousand Words)

After receiving news of the various changes in the Nilfgaardian army, the camp of the Aedian army became restless.

From everyone's point of view, this is just an opportunity, an opportunity to completely annihilate the army in black while taking advantage of Nilfgaardian's unstable foothold.

It is not surprising that everyone is so restless, too many people want to let the dust of the war settle.

If the general situation of the war is settled, then there is no need to collect so many resources, and there is no need to keep recruiting strong men from all over the kingdom. The pressure on the entire country will be relieved accordingly, and everyone can relax.

Right now, the pressure on Adian is too great. Raising an army will inevitably hurt the people. The longer the war, the heavier the burden on the people's shoulders, and the more angry the situation will be.

No large-scale starvation of people is already a benefit of the rich land of Aden.

But even so, many places are still in jeopardy. Various small commotions against taxation and conscription are emerging one after another. Right now, Wengerburg can only choose to send Cossack cavalry to suppress it, because this is the cheapest option.

If it weren't for the war, there would have been uprisings everywhere.

Back to the present, under such an atmosphere of fanatical pursuit of war, there is still a voice of reason.

They think that they should watch more and observe more, and understand what the Nilfgaardians want to do, instead of just chasing after them in such a hurry, what if they run into the trap of the Nilfgaardians.

But most people feel that now is the time to beat the dog in the water.

The people of Nilfgaard must be because Livia's army is not stable right now. Is there such an opportunity at other times?
Moreover, they were led by Cliff's gods. Cliff was the god of warriors, the god of war, so it was absolutely impossible for the Adian army to fail on the battlefield—almost everyone firmly believed that.

The government of the Protector of the Nation intentionally used this point to boost morale when carrying out propaganda, and the effect was indeed very good. There was nothing better than gods to boost morale.

But such publicity also brought backlash.

Herme was also involved in this round of frenzy. Herme wanted to take another look to see if the Nilfgaardians had done anything. However, under the clamor of the entire army, he You can only choose to lead the army to attack.

The nobles want war, the generals want war, and ordinary soldiers also want war, and everyone thinks that it is absolutely impossible for them to lose under the leadership of the gods.

So right now, apart from war, Herme has no choice.

Moreover, Herme also wanted to end this battle. If this battle was won, the Eastern Group Army might be finished just like this, and the situation would be completely stabilized, and Aden would be completely safe.

This is something he has always wanted to see, so that the pressure on his shoulders will be lightened instantly, and he can relax his grip on the public.

So after the news that the Nilfgaardians abandoned the camp and left, and with the clamor of demands to attack, Herme agreed to everyone's request. When he agreed to the request, cheers of "Long live the favored one" resounded throughout the world.

Gathering all the soldiers and horses, Herme charged in the direction of Nilfgaardian army's retreat, and the huge [-] army chased after them.

It is impossible for an army to advance very fast, even the Nilfgaardian army, so the Aedirians quickly caught up with the Nilfgaardians.

The Nilfgaardians formed an array on a wide plain, and they occupied the top of the hill, apparently intending to defend to the death.

The two armies opened up the battle line, and a battle with a total force of more than 10 troops began. The fate of the Eastern Front will be decided here.

"Long live!"

"Long live the blessed one!"

"We must win!"

Leading the fully armed cavalry to run past the neatly arranged square formation, soldiers with different armors and weapons cheered for Herme under Xiang Falcon's banner.

From their point of view, just seeing Herme, Cliff's favored person, can enhance their bravery and strength on the battlefield, so naturally they all cheered hard.

The eyes of the soldiers were shining. In their view, they would surely win this battle. Some even wondered how they would be welcomed by the people in their hometown after this battle.

Those backbone veterans remained calm, and the frenzy around them seemed to have nothing to do with them. They just focused on arranging their armor and weapons, waiting to go into battle.

Hemei didn't return the salute, and maintained his majesty as the commander of the army, which made the soldiers cheer even more. In their view, this is what a legendary general should look like.

Herme was wearing a brown-glazed armor. The armor followed the shape of the armor, and there were two fighting falcons. The shoulder armor was pierced into the shape of a falcon, and it also firmly clasped Herme's gold. silk cape.

He was wearing a ruffled leather hat with a very beautiful petrified cockatrice feather in it, which looked very ostentatious.

Hemei didn't want to dress up like this, it looked like a male peacock shaking its ass in front of a female peacock, it was really conspicuous on the battlefield.

But as the chief general, Naihe wanted to stand out in front of his subordinates without being ostentatious, so it was this gorgeous dress.

And judging from the reactions of the people below, they are very fond of this set.

Heme's cavalry team ran past a phalanx, which was led by Heme's old friend, Ataman Volod, who was now wearing a suit of plate armor.

After coming to the west, the Cossacks and nomads were arming themselves as much as possible to adapt to the armored fighting environment here.

Seeing Herme's appearance, the old friend greeted him very warmly, and Hemei naturally wanted to return the greeting.

Volod's phalanx is naturally his warband members and some Cossacks who have been strengthened in the past, and all of his surroundings are Cossack teams.

Herme saw all kinds of Cossack flags, all of which were covered with various emblems. Some of them were recognized by Herme, while others were not recognized at all.

Every Cossack was proud of their flag, with such emotion written all over their faces.

As cheap cannon fodder brought by Hemera, the Cossacks naturally lined up at the front.

As for their left and right, they were divided into the Aden noble armed forces and the local militia, as well as the Aden standing army, led by Duke Alex and Selchik respectively.

The aristocratic armed forces and the local militia are really mixed, ranging from those holding a spear and wearing smocks to go into battle temporarily, to fully armed, everything is better than iron cans.

The standing army maintained their military posture, and the neat queue looked quite pleasing to the eye.

In the end, it was the direct line of Hemei's direct line that existed as the top line and the final reserve team.

The Esenland militia and Sazaburg militia, as well as the registered Cossacks, the former is Heme's township party, and he is on the same ship, and the latter two are Heme's direct-controlled forces.

Speaking of the Esenland militia, this time Hemei's fellow villagers were very strong. His hometown directly pulled out 4000 people to support his cause. These are his hometown soldiers.

Their discipline and combat effectiveness are very good, but there is something wrong with them, that is, they reject people who are not from Esenland, and only recognize blood and origin.

In addition, those who are directly related to Hemei are naturally those ten thousand recruits.

Hemei didn't dare to send these people to the front line to fight easily. They have only now mastered how to line up. If they are sent to the front line, they might be crushed in minutes.

Before the Cossack phalanx, there were artillerymen who were digging the artillery positions, and Durban was directing them to dig the artillery positions.

Although I know that there are no weapons on the other side to fight over, I still have to be prepared. Fortifications must be repaired. In case there are countermeasures on the other side, the fortifications are life-saving.

The matchlock team lined up behind the artillery, and they were making final adjustments.There are cavalry patrols near the Musketeers to ensure the safety of this powerful battlefield firepower.

In the past few months, Herme has established a gunpowder workshop in Wenger Castle, gathering all the resources in Aedirn to manufacture artillery.

It's a pity that after all, the time was too short, and the cannons produced basically exploded, but with the accumulation of resources, at least five or six cannons were produced.

After another batch of cannons was sent from the gunpowder workshop in Fort Sazar, the number of cannons in Herme's hands reached 25, an increase rather than decrease compared to before.

And with these 25 cannons, Herme is confident that the Nilfgaardians will have no good fruit to eat.

Finally, there are the two wings of the great army, protected by the royal knights of Aedirn and the Haklans (Cossacks and nomads) respectively.

The royal knights are a cavalry team directly under the royal family of Aedirn. It is not only composed of noble knights who have been entrusted with the kingship, but also knights selected from all over the Aedian.

Herme naturally rebuilt this cavalry team. What he lacked the most was heavy cavalry. The tactical cavalry regiment opposite Nilfgaard was basically all heavy cavalry. He had to find some strength to contend with.

The Haklans on the other side, that is, Cossacks and nomads, mostly use various types of cavalry and light cavalry.

Although there are heavy cavalry, the number is really not many, and they are mainly bow horses, which is really a big headache.

Fortunately, they dared to rush and kill, nothing else, but they still had recklessness and bravery, which was enough to offset some of the opponent's advantages.

"Valentine, how is the battle going on at the front?"

Passing through the Cossack phalanx at the front, Herme turned to his attendant Valentine who had been waiting here. In front of them was the artillery position, and the black-clothed army was on the hill in the distance.

"It's very bad, Lord Protector, look ahead, you'll understand at a glance."

The attendant Valentine said in a very quick tone, this young man has very good aptitude, even if it is the first time he stands on such a battlefield, his expression has not changed much.

And he speaks quickly and speaks every word clearly without any typos or stutters.

Looking at the battlefield, I saw the cannon fodder of the "Hopeless Battalion" being defeated by Nilfgaardian fire scorpions and crossbow bolts.

This was the first time that Herme saw the performance of the Fire Scorpion on the battlefield. I saw those crossbow bolts with green flames falling from the sky, and they didn't forget to sprinkle a little spark when they were about to fall to the ground.

And if it is infected by these sparks, the flame will never be extinguished, and it will only grow bigger and bigger.

This kind of flame can continue to burn on the city wall, let alone in such a place.

It was this thing that destroyed the morale of the Hopeless Battalion. These scumbags turned into firemen engulfed by the flames in the green flames, making all kinds of horrific screams, which caused them to run away.

While exposing their backs, they often quickly fell under the Nilfgaardian crossbow arrows, and the Hopeless Battalion left a lot of corpses and escaped.

"Shoot the deserters and let them go back."

Seeing that the Hopeless Battalion had escaped, Hemei was not very angry, but just gave such a faint order.

The fate of the cannon fodder is to test the enemy's firepower. How can they run back after halfway through the test? It's better to give them some reminders.

And it's good to consume the green flames of the Nilfgaardians in this way, but the lives of these people are definitely not as valuable as those green flames. It is really worthwhile to exchange a rotten army for the consumption of that kind of flames.

Although watching the green flames raging in front of her eyes, Herme was not afraid at all.

In a series of battles, the range of the Fire Scorpions has long been figured out. They will never be able to hit Herme's position, and even if they hit them, they will not be able to hit them accurately.

In contrast, artillery can bombard Nilfgaardian positions at will.

After several deserters were smashed by the artillery and shouted the order to advance, the soldiers of the Hopeless Battalion found that they would die even if they fled back. They could only turn around and continue to charge in despair.

Then they were bathed in the Nilfgaardian fire scorpion and crossbow bolts. Herme found that the fire scorpion's projection efficiency was very high, and the manipulators of those fire scorpions were very skilled in their work.

And when the Hopeless Battalion finally rushed to the front of the Nilfgaardian army, the imperial cavalry immediately attacked and wiped them out easily.

Seeing the demise of the Hopeless Battalion, no one in the Aden army changed their expressions. After all, this is an army full of dregs. It is a good idea to consume the enemy's ammunition and test the enemy's firepower. ending.

"Winniberg Division, Tejano Division, Salm Division, Kharkov Division... are all familiar faces. Huh? And the Sunlun Division? Isn't this unit in the Central Army? How could it be here? It seems that A'dal has spent all his money this time, and brought all the solar divisions here."

Herme didn't even look directly at the destroyed cannon fodder. He looked at the flags of the various Nilfgaardian troops and told their origins, and the strength of these troops from the information collected appeared in his mind.

He has now determined that the main force of the Eastern Group Army is here, otherwise he would not have seen so many division and brigade flags.

If this army can be defeated, coupled with what happened in Livia, the Eastern Group Army must be completely finished.

The formation of Duke Adal's troops was very perfect. The Nilfgaardians dug a large number of trenches in front of the formation, and built an earth embankment. They also piled up a lot of sandbags and some large baskets filled with soil. .

Those fire scorpions are also located in the fortifications, looking very safe.

It seems that the Nilfgaardians have figured out the characteristics of some artillery, so they have these targeted offensives.

This made Herme a little surprised. It seems that the Nilfgaardian's ability to summarize is very good.

And he thought about it again, Nilfgaard is an empire no matter what, and it is normal to have talents who can quickly understand something.

Right now, if a strong attack is launched, under the influence of the unfavorable upward attack and the fortifications, Herme's troops will inevitably fall into a bitter battle, and may even be defeated.

But how could Herme give the Nilfgaardians such an opportunity? The many artillery brought this time were just for this moment.

With a wave of Herme's hand, the artillerymen who were on standby took their positions one after another.

They completed the loading according to the training, and then under the orderly command, the artillery began to roar.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

After the loud noise, the shell flew out of the barrel and flew up the mountain.

It is a pity that the many fortifications built by the Nilfgaardians have played their due role. A round of artillery bombardment hits the Nilfgaardian army. Most of them hit the fortifications and were offset by the fortifications. .

Only one cannonball passed the fortification, and cut off the heads of five or six Nilfgaardians, causing blood to spurt all over the ground.

As for the fire scorpion that was the focus of the bombardment, only one fire scorpion was smashed in this round of bombardment.

After the bombardment was over, Nilfgaard hurried out to repair the fortifications, carrying the piles of soil on top of the soil, and those carrying sandbags.

But Herme didn't panic at all. Although this effect was not as good as the artillery's first appearance, it seemed that the Nilfgaardians had no countermeasures at the moment.

So it seems that the gunners will continue to bombard. Herme has brought enough gunpowder and ammunition this time, and they can't finish fighting here for three days and three nights.

The next thing is to spend it slowly. Anyway, if you can use artillery to expand your advantage, don't go to the army. Herme is not worried at all.

Right now, it depends on whether Nilfgaard repairs faster or he fights faster.

But watching the Nilfgaardians bear the bombardment of the artillery, for no reason, Herme felt a wave of uneasiness.

If the Nilfgaardians had used the trick of building fortifications, then the battle must have ended with the Nilfgaardians being forced to take the initiative to attack under the bombardment of Herme's artillery and giving up their altitude advantage, but the Nilfgaardians Could it be just that?

If the Nilfgaardian hadn't come up with any countermeasures in the past few months, Herme would definitely not believe it. That didn't look like Nilfgaard at all.

Herme couldn't help thinking, no, but to find out if the Nilfgaardians have any backers.

After making such a decision, Herme summoned Viato and Layla, and he had some important tasks to tell him.

"Later, you will infiltrate the rear of the Nilfgaardians from the forests and mountains on the left and right respectively, and see if the Nilfgaardians are tossing about anything. If you find something suspicious, you should immediately eliminate it. Do you understand? ?”

Of the two officers in front of him, one is leading the young cavalry unit of Aden, and the other is leading the special forces of Aardian. It is perfect for them to infiltrate and investigate right now.

"Yes, Lord Protector."

Both of them replied so resolutely, and then they returned to their troops and led them to the battlefield.

After this arrangement, Lord Protector felt a little more at ease, and then continued to look at the scene of the bombardment of the Nilfgaardian army formation, and continued to think about what the Nilfgaardians were thinking.

And the change of the battlefield will come soon.

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"Isn't it ready? Isn't the engineer's side ready?"

Seeing the three soldiers in the phalanx not far from him whose heads were cut off by the flying shells, and then a scene where the soldiers hurriedly bowed their heads or lay down, Adar Aip Daxi couldn't help roaring.

The Duke's anger was due to a reason. Seeing his subordinates unable to lift their heads under the artillery fire of the northerners, and seeing the precious fire scorpions and fortifications being destroyed one by one, anyone would show such emotions.

Although the Nilfgaardian army did not suffer any casualties at the moment, the situation of being suppressed has been very frustrating.

Being suppressed like this all the time, morale also dropped.

"The heavy crossbow has been set up, but the shooting range is still being adjusted according to the shooting table."

Several of A'dal's attendants hurriedly went to check on the situation, and the attendant who came back the earliest replied like this, which finally made A'dal's expression not so bad.

"Adjust the field of fire, right, well, it should be soon. Yankees, you will soon pay the price. Come and see the power of the empire, and see what a real civilization is."

A'dal looked at the roaring northern artillery, and said viciously, after being suppressed for so long, he could finally counter it.

Behind the Nilfgaardian army, in a clearing in the forest, a group of soldiers were debugging a giant war machine. Next to the giant war machine was a simple human-powered crane. It is full of huge crossbow bolts and some green "pigments".

It was a giant siege crossbow with a height of eight meters. It was huge enough to amaze people. There were various gears all over the siege crossbow, which showed the precision of this siege equipment.

The name of this kind of war weapon is the heavy crossbow. Generally speaking, such weapons are used to attack or destroy cities. It is really rare to use them in field battles here.

The characters dressed as Nilfgaardian engineers are busy under the heavy crossbow, arguing about the launch parameters, or busy adjusting the state of the heavy crossbow.

Under the command, the five huge crossbow bolts were hoisted onto the launch path of the war machine by a Nilfgaardian engineer with a simple crane.

Then the engineer who had been preparing for a long time painted the green "pigment" on it, and finally with a fire, those green "pigments" burned.

Like the fire scorpion, the heavy crossbow's bolts are fired with special materials, and there are spells cast by warlocks, so the green flames cannot ignite them, which ensures the safety of the heavy crossbow.

"The Great Sun Wheel is finally adjusted."

A Nilfgaardian engineer uttered these words with a sense of relief, and the war machine could finally roar.

And his words caused cheers. They have been debugging here for so long, and finally waited for this moment.

Even the Nilfgaardian soldiers guarding nearby became excited. They could see this war machine showing its power, and the next scene must be very good.

There are 300 Nilfgaardian soldiers around here, and there are more than [-] cavalry around. After all, this is a heavy crossbow, and it is a heavy crossbow specially designed for field battles. It is larger than ordinary heavy crossbows and is very valuable.

With the engineer on the heavy crossbow jumping down the rope ladder, the chief engineer pushed the firing lever when everything was in place.

Then, in the eyes of everyone, the green flames rose into the sky. After the green flames rubbed against the air violently, for a moment, the green flames filled the surroundings.

Flying into the sky, after reaching the limit of what it could do, it fell, and fell hard, falling with green flames.

There was another round of cheers, everyone cheered for their success, but then the second loading started under the shout of the chief engineer.

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"What is that? Can anyone tell me what that is?"

Herme's tone was full of suppressed anger. What happened just now really made it difficult for him to keep calm.

Just now, five giant crossbow arrows with green flames pierced the sky and landed in the Aden army formation.

Three of the five crossbow arrows were inserted into the open space, and apart from making a loud noise, they failed to elicit any movement.

But two hit the target, and one hit the artillery position, detonating the gunpowder of one artillery, killing the artillery and its artillery.

The other one hit the center of the army formation, directly igniting seven or eight people. The flames could not be extinguished anyway. The only fate for these people was to be burned to death.

Among these losses, what Herme felt most distressed was that the battery was gone.

It is not difficult to learn how to fire a gun, but a good gun group needs to be fed with a huge amount of shells.

There is a huge amount of things that a gunner needs to master, and the learning cost is also huge. That gun crew is the oldest gun crew under Herme, and now it is gone.

Herme's question was unanswered, and most people didn't know what it was.

But after waiting for a while, the answer came.

"Lord Protector, it's the siege fire scorpion, the siege fire scorpion of the Nilfgaardians. I remember this thing is called a heavy crossbow."

It was Selchik who came. As the former commander-in-chief of the Aden army, he had many confrontations with the Nilfgaardians and had seen all kinds of Nilfgaardian weapons.

He has naturally seen this kind of heavy crossbow.

"Fire scorpion? This crossbow bolt is so much higher than the ammunition fired by ordinary fire scorpions that it goes somewhere. Lord Selchik, are you sure this is a fire scorpion?"

"Yes, I'm sure, this is the fire scorpion. This is a heavy fire scorpion made by the man in black for siege. I didn't expect to see it in places other than being besieged. This thing is very powerful. It's scary, even the city walls will be damaged or even collapsed under the bombardment of heavy fire scorpions."

When talking about the heavy fire scorpion, Selchik also showed a little panic on his face.

He had seen the scene of a heavy fire scorpion attacking a city, even if he wasn't the unlucky guy surrounded by Nilfgaardians at that time, it still left a lot of terrifying impressions on him.

"It seems to be troublesome, and now the initiative is with the Nilfgaardians."

Herme immediately thought of the huge impact this weapon would bring, that is, the change of hands of the initiative.

Right now, Herme couldn't even figure out where the heavy fire scorpion was, and couldn't solve it at all.

And our own army's defense against this thing is almost zero. If we continue to stay where we are, we will be beaten crazily next.

And the casualties caused by the shelling of the Nilfgaardians must be much less than that of the Dianmen under the fire scorpion attack. The men in black have fortifications and a high degree of protection anyway, which will be unfavorable to them in the long run.

Herme's original plan was to use artillery to kill the Nilfgaardians little by little, but now it seems that this is absolutely unfeasible.

If they continue to stay where they are, the casualties must be higher than those of the Nilfgaardians, so the gains outweigh the losses.

Just as Hemei was thinking, five more crossbow arrows fell, and this time they all fell into the army formation.

There was another wailing and screaming, and the flags and spears everywhere were shaken. It was one thing to watch the dregs of the Hopeless Camp being burned to death by the green flames, but it was another time to watch myself and my comrades be burned to death by the green flames. thing.

This made Herme more determined in his mind, to attack, to attack.

If you continue to stay where you are, you can only continue to be beaten crazily, and the current unfavorable situation must be reversed.

What a turn of events.Herme suddenly felt bitter. He used to be the one who did this to the Nilfgaardians, but now the Nilfgaardians are doing this to him. It's just a turn of events.

"Attack! Valentine, blow the horn, we attack!"

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Soon, the melodious horn sounded.

With the sound of the horn, the army of Aedian moved, with the Cossacks at the head, and they rushed towards the hill.

The artillery fired wildly with a completely desperate attitude, and the frequency of shelling suddenly rose to a higher level.

All artillery groups have been ordered, don't care about the possibility of blasting the chamber and the life of the barrel, and don't clean the chamber as soon as it is fired, fire, and fire when it is loaded. The army needs artillery cover right now.

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"Huh? Is this the clarion call for an all-out attack?"

In the forest on the right side of the battlefield, Viato was leading a cavalry team of 200 men forward.

The equipment of this cavalry team is quite distinctive. They carry either three-eyed firecrackers or matchlock pistols, and they only wear a breastplate and an iron helmet.

Viato played with the pistol on his waist. His pistol was much more complicated than those matchlock pistols and three-eyed firecrackers. It had a complicated shooting structure. It was a spring wheel gun.

The spring wheel gun is a product that the Sazarburg Gunpowder Workshop has been researching for a long time. It was not until a month ago that it produced something that could be used in actual combat.

And because it is difficult to manufacture this thing, it must be made by craftsmen who are proficient in both musket and watch manufacturing techniques.

So until the beginning of this battle, only ten were made.

Herme kept five for himself, and gave the other five to Viato to arm his subordinates.

Herme has a new cavalry experimental training project, and this cavalry is the product of this experiment.

They were all armed with ready-to-fire firearms, originally full crew arquebuses, as pistol cavalry.

The quality of personnel and horses in this army is not high. Most of the personnel can only be said to be able to ride horses, and then they are gone. The ability to fight on horseback can only be said to depend on luck.

The war horses are also all kinds of bad horses, the kind that serious knights would not even glance at, and can only be used to carry goods.

If we want to talk about the advantages of this group of people, the only thing is the low cost.

Anyway, men who can ride horses are everywhere, and bad horses can be found everywhere.

The hit rate of the muskets of this army is too tragic, and the misfire rate of the main matchlock pistol is also quite high. The matchlock is usually extinguished while running, and it needs to be re-ignited after arriving at the location, so many people replaced it with three guns. Eye shotgun.

Only the spring wheel gun is relatively reliable, even at high speeds, it can fire normally, and the misfire rate is very low, but the tragedy is that there are only five such guns in the entire army.

Originally, such experimental troops should not be sent to the battlefield, but now they have everything they need, so they were sent.

"Go on, let's speed up and look behind the Nilfgaardians, we must find those green flames that just happened."

Viato skillfully issued a new order. He was sent by Herme to infiltrate the enemy's rear, so he naturally took the green flame that pierced the sky as his target.

From the sound of the green crossbow and the horn, he already knew that this thing posed a serious threat to the Aedirn army, so he should get rid of this thing himself.

Following his order, these "gun cavalry" started galloping towards the rear of Nilfgaard.

It's just that they encountered the patrolling Nilfgaardian cavalry next.

The Nilfgaardians rushed up like wolves and tigers. In their view, these crappy light cavalrymen must be easily defeated, regardless of what kind of rotten horses they were riding.

But what the man in black didn't expect was that these poor horse riders actually formed a wide two-row formation, and then rode towards them in a slow and orderly formation, holding strange firearms in their hands.

This made the Nilfgaardian cavalry laugh to death. They were all thinking about how to tear up these garbage cavalry in their minds.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer, but then, after a burst of crackling, the Nilfgaardians fell off their horses in groups, and the impact speed slowed down.

The junk cavalry seized this opportunity, drew their swords and rushed up, fighting with the Nilfgaardian cavalry.

On the other side, Leila's special forces also encountered trouble in the roundabout infiltration, and the Nilfgaardians never forgot about reverse infiltration.

And now they bumped into the "old friends" Scoia'tael, and the moment the two groups met, they became jealous...

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On the frontal battlefield, after being bathed in Nilfgaard's rain of arrows and fire scorpions, Aedirn's army finally reached the front of Nilfgaard's army.

The people of Aedirn paid a lot for this journey and left behind many corpses.

Although most of the fire scorpions were destroyed by artillery, there were always some, and the green flames ignited by these fire scorpions caused a large number of casualties.

The only thing that made Hemei rejoice was that most of the Cossacks who were burned to death and shot to death were not his direct descendants, and these Cossacks were inspired by those deaths and stepped forward even more bravely.

Passing over the fortifications, which had been almost destroyed by artillery, the Cossacks and Ardians crashed into the shields with golden suns.

Next, swords collided, shields collided, spears and bows and arrows came and went, and people fell and died.

In such a battle, the attacker fails to gain an advantage.

The Nilfgaardian army is already of high quality, and the defensive front is even more complete. The Cossacks' desperate fighting style is simply useless.

The Nilfgaardians were also very good at taking advantage of the aura of the Cossacks bumping into them, instead inserting swords and spears into their bodies.

So the current battle itself has turned into fighting each other on the front lines. This is not something the Cossacks are good at. They are good at melee on the battlefield.

And although many Cossacks are equipped with shields, there are still many people who are not used to that, so they are at a disadvantage when facing Nilfgaard's shield wall.

To make matters worse, it's not just that bad...

"Raise the flag, let Albrecht do it."

Looking at the northerners who failed to break through the front line, A'dal laughed, and then he ordered like this.

As soon as the words fell, a flag with a silver moon was raised.

After a while, on the right flanks of the two armies, a middle-aged warlock with a shaved head and holding a magic circle appeared there. The mage had a proud smile on his face.

Beside him, there are four warlocks, they are not as relaxed as the middle-aged warlock, but look tired, they are Nilfgaardian illusionists.

As the warlock smashed the ground with his staff, the space behind him fluctuated wildly, and then Herme saw a Nilfgaardian army rushing out of the original open space.

What's even more frightening is that in that Nilfgaardian army, there were two imperial golems with a height of four meters. The golems emitted a strong red light, which showed how much chaotic magic power was sealed in them.

The mage pointed his staff at the flank of the northerners, and Nilfgaardian soldiers stepped into the battlefield shouting the slogan of the Great Sun, most of them holding two-handed swords, and the two huge golems also moved.

As for the next scene, of course, needless to say, the Aden army who encountered a side attack was immediately shaken.

Especially when the two golems entered the battlefield, the two monsters crisscrossed the battlefield like that.

Herme's reaction was quick, and the Hackland cavalry on the flank immediately stepped forward under the order, wanting to attack the flank of the Nilfgaardian army that suddenly appeared, but they were deployed by the Nilfgaardian cavalry on this side Blocked, and immediately fell into a melee.

Herme's mood was extremely bad, this time she was completely tricked by Nilfgaard...

Also at this moment, five giant crossbow arrows fell from the sky and smashed into the Aden army formation.

"Tell Lechicki and Bogo I want their troops to come forward."

Seeing more golden sun flags appearing on the battlefield, Herme also made a move to increase troops, thinking in her mind how to reverse the current deadlock.

Right now, the increase in troops is nothing more than exchange, the advantages of the Nilfgaardians are still there, and he must find a way to disintegrate the advantages of the Nilfgaardians...

Suddenly, Herme saw that a golem in Nilfgaard that was attacking from the side was suddenly hit by a cannonball, its entire upper body was torn apart, and then fell down with a bang.

The Duke Protector slapped his head fiercely, isn't this the way to break the situation?
Herme ran to Dirban's side. Right now, the warlock was firing the cannon himself, and it was he who fired the cannon that killed the golem just now.

As one of the chief designers of the Gunpowder Workshop, Durban's artillery skills are the highest here, none of them.

Not to mention that he still has magic to assist calculations, allowing him to calculate the best shooting angle in a short time.

This led to his cannon being called a magic cannon, almost pointing to where to hit, and had already killed several Nilfgaardian officers and standard bearers.

"Lord Herme? What are you doing here? This place is too dangerous!"

Seeing Herme coming, Dirban said immediately.

Indeed, as he said, it is too dangerous right now, with giant crossbow bolts constantly falling around them, basically all the fortifications that are not repaired are finished, and only the fortifications that are repaired are still there.

"Dirban, I want you to do one thing."

Herme didn't care about the dangers, and just said,

"I want you to push the cannon up, and I want the bayonet on the cannon."

(End of this chapter)