When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 773 New War
Sparse morning stars hung in the sea-blue sky, and thin clouds like gray fog filled the sky above the town of Comita.

The sky in early autumn is always so high and distant, making people feel refreshed.

Except for the townspeople who were driven out of their homes and had to camp in the suburbs, the soldiers who occupied the town slept quite comfortably.

The Leia soldier on the watchtower opened his eyes, wiped the eye boogers, and then stood there in a daze.

What is that? A shooting star?

The Leia sentry raised his head and stared blankly at the huge iron ball flying across the sky and slamming into the white octagonal skylight of the church.

Seeing the bricks and stones of the pilasters falling down covered with dust, the sentry jumped up as if awakened from a dream and rushed to the side of the bell.

"Boom-thump-thump-"

"Enemy attack, get up quickly, enemy attack!"

By the time Count Naboy from Xianshidian hurriedly put on his armor and walked out, two large square formations had already been lined up on the outskirts of the town.

The trousers at the ankles were wet with dew, and these guards from Xianshidian were sweating profusely, with puffy cheeks obviously showing that they were gritting their teeth.

The light cavalry in front of the formation were fighting with the Kush Rangers on the opposite side, with arrows and lead bullets flying back and forth.

Hundreds of Holy Gunners had already pressed forward and began shooting in turns. Every now and then, a guard would fall down, holding his arm or chest.

The flying lead bullets hit the slope and caused mud to splash. Count Naboy was frightened as he approached.

"It's not even morning prayer time yet?" Count Naboy shook off the mud on his helmet and cursed, "What are those scouts doing? They didn't even notice us approaching?"

Naboy cursed so hard that his saliva flew everywhere. Several knights lowered their heads and dared not speak.

"Fortunately, this Archduchess is a woman after all." The old baron at the side hurriedly came out to smooth things over. "Instead of taking the initiative to attack, she waited for us to form a battle array. How incompetent."

Count Naboy's expression became better: "How many enemies are there?"

"They seem to be lightly armed and have a small following, about four to five thousand men, with nearly a thousand cavalrymen."

Naboy immediately uttered seven or eight Leia swear words in succession: "You are just standing there, don't you know how to attack?"

"Aren't you waiting for your tower shield guard?" The knight said softly, "According to Lord Lavle, it's not worth it to go against the Devil's Wind."

Although it was the first time that Count Naboy saw the so-called clockwork gun, he could tell that it was indeed quite powerful.

发条铳能击穿4-6毫米的板甲或者2-3毫米的白晶钢，那12毫米的塔盾难道还能击穿吗？

"Call the tower shield guards forward."

Hundreds of strong men in robes and chain mail walked out from behind the earth slope. The large shields they held in their hands were made of layered wrought iron and had excellent toughness.

With the sound of horns, a huge tower shield stood in front of the phalanx.

Dressed in the aura of divine power that makes light work of heavy objects, hundreds of tower shield guards walked at the forefront of the team.

The fine iron mixed with mithril was like a long silver-white wall. When the lead bullet fell on the wall, a streak of sparks exploded.

For the first time, the guards, who had been worried, showed a look of surprise on their faces.

The Tower Shield Guard originally existed as an anti-knight infantry, but it had a huge problem: it was too slow and could not defend against projectiles.

But it is an extremely effective response to the direct fire of clockwork guns.

"Sure enough, it's just as Brother Laful said." Naboy looked at the advancing phalanx with a smile on his face, "Their holy wind can only blow straight!"

Behind Naboy, the old baron and the knights could not hide their worries.

The weapons that just bombarded the church have not appeared yet.

Just as he was thinking about it, bursts of exclamations came from the battle formation on the other side.

The gunners on the opposite side slowly retreated, while large black pipes were pushed to the front by two-wheeled carts.

Melia, who was barely visible, raised her knight's sword high and swung it down fiercely.

"It's the meteor from before!"

With a sharp whistling sound, dozens of round objects fell from the sky.

"Tick tock-"

Before the soldiers could react to the ticking sound, an invisible shock wave swept in all directions.

They didn't hear the last "tick" and fell to the ground, covering their ears or heads.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong with you?" "It's magic again, cover your ears!"

"May our Lord walk in heaven..."

The clock shell is only the simplest one. After the 3-pound Falcon Cannon has fired the clock shell, the 6-pound Sand Sculpture Cannon will take effect.

Ever since the shield vehicle was hung upside down with a golden hook, these artillerymen have been studying the art of ricocheting.

It was not until later that a gunner accidentally discovered that by installing the mainspring chamber of a 6-pound gun on a 3-pound gun and combining it with a relatively hard ground, he could successfully prevent a ricochet.

"Fire!" Meliati swung the knight's sword again.

Then the many accompanying nobles saw four 6-pound cannons roar at the same time.

Under the huge force, a tower shield guard was smashed and flew out, not to mention the bloody road formed by the ricocheting bullets.

"Cavalry, charge!" Meliati pointed at the huge gap in the enemy formation and shouted grimly.

Lannes and others immediately rushed out of the army, waving their sabers and charging towards the gap.

Almost at the same time, 2000 infantrymen put down their spears and quickly approached the enemy formation.

To put it simply, this tactic is that the gunners push forward and the cannons fire, after the cannons fire, the cavalry charges, and after the cavalry charges, the infantry presses back.

Use the Holy Gun to slow down the enemy, and then use the Clockwork Cannon to bombard the formation to disrupt it or create gaps.

Then use cuirassiers or heavy lancers to charge the gap, and then use the gap and the chaos as the main attack direction, and let the infantry launch a charge.

After Meliati's set of small combos, the previous Gravel Army was basically defeated.

It’s no wonder that the Duke of Wingchao has a tendency to escape. No matter how hard we fight, we can’t break his moves.

Horn had previously tested this tactic in the Battle of Black Snake Bay, but cavalry could not be used there.

Although the Battle of Gravel Plains was lost, the vast plains of Gravel Plains provided a perfect testing ground for Meliati and others.

After frequent military exchanges between the two sides, the running-in period between the Clockwork Cannon and the Thousand Valley Army has ended, and they have officially entered the battle sequence.

As for the nobles whose minds were still on the Battle of Windmill Land, everything before their eyes seemed like a miracle.

There was no cavalry charge, no large-scale fighting, and no arrows raining down.

The gunners just pushed forward, dozens of big black barrels fired at the same time, and then a gap appeared in the enemy army inexplicably.

Then you can see hundreds of heavily armored cavalry rushing into the gap, and a good phalanx is collapsed.

There is no need to think about what will happen next. Once the infantry phalanxes push forward, the army composed of the vassal states of Xianshidian will be completely defeated.

"What on earth happened?" A young mountain noble kept rubbing his eyes, fearing that he had seen it wrong.

The fat nobleman murmured: "Is this still considered a war?"

"No wonder, no wonder His Majesty Meliati always said that we can't fall out with the Patriarch, so this is the reason."

These mountain nobles looked at each other and saw incomprehension and absurdity in each other's eyes.

The previous copper clockwork gun was ridiculous enough, and now there is a clockwork cannon.

It’s still easy to say now, but if clockwork can be mounted on a horse and ridden around in the future, will there still be a need for the Super Knight to exist?

"Da da da--"

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, the mountain nobles who were originally in a daze turned their heads.

The horse's hooves stepped on the yellow grass leaves, and the wet dew wet the fine hair on the horse's legs.

Meliati was wearing a simple leather armor, and her iron face had a frosted dark glow.

Although seriously injured, Meliati insisted on riding on his horse and walked up to the mountain nobles who were watching the battle.

"Most of you here usually live and work in the mainland, and have never seen the military weapon of Qianhe Valley - the clockwork cannon." Meliati smiled, "How do you feel after seeing it today?"

"It's a spectacular sight." A bald old noble walked out of the crowd. "With this weapon, the Leia people are like gadflies in your palm, just waiting for your slap."

Meliati laughed loudly: "You always think that Leia is like a god, and our army is as humble as ants.

But as you can see, the gap between us is not that big.

Otherwise, why would he first cause trouble in the Gravel Plain in the north and then send spies in to lurk?
It would be better to be open and show off your carriage and horses, wouldn't it? "

(End of this chapter)