What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

After leaving behind more than a hundred corpses and even the death of two heavily armored knights, Wallenstein hurriedly fled the battlefield.

Naturally, the Anti-Vienna Alliance wrote about this incident in great detail. Thus, a small victory turned into a great victory, and the military exploits were passed down from one hundred enemies to one thousand enemies, with more than twenty heavy knights killed and the local general Wallenstein nearly killed. It can be said that the Vienna Alliance lost face.

However, Margaret did not punish Wallenstein. After all, she brought very important news - Rainbow City joined the war.

Wallenstein felt that this piece of news was more important than a small victory, so he would rather flee in a hurry than fail to ensure that the news reached Margaret.

This news was fatal to the Anti-Vienna Alliance. After all, this was their biggest trump card, and this trump card was exposed in advance.

However, these three grand dukes obviously did not care. Our army of 20,000 people has the support of the magicians of Rainbow City and a steady stream of mercenaries coming to reinforce in the rear. How can we lose? Even an A-face will win.

Under this trend of thought, the troops of the three archdukes continued to advance aggressively, forcing Margaret to fight a decisive battle.

Faced with the opponent's aggressive offensive, the Vienna Alliance seemed to be wilted, constantly forcing their troops to retreat and refusing to engage with the opponent, as if the previous defeat of Wallenstein had completely shattered their morale.

This gave the three archdukes more confidence, and they urged the army to attack forward, and not to plunder the nearby villages and towns for the time being! Once Vienna is captured, everyone will be happy.

When they thought of the capital's dazzling wealth and various beauties, all the soldiers' eyes were filled with excitement.

They were not worried about falling into Margaret's trap. After all, the surrounding area was flat and there was no place to ambush, and there was no way to attack from behind without anyone noticing. In this wilderness, no conspiracy could be carried out, and they could only rely on their strength to fight a tough battle.

On the side of the Vienna Alliance, Margaret certainly did not retreat out of fear.

After learning about Rainbow City, Margaret immediately delayed the war in order to get more information about Rainbow City's participation in the war. After several days of infiltration and investigation, the detailed information about Rainbow City's participants and various tactical information were delivered to Margaret's desk.

After everything became clear, Margaret decided to continue the life-and-death battle with the opponent.

It seems that Margaret's previous victory was not reckless. Even if it is a gamble on the fate of the country, it is necessary to increase the chances of victory as much as possible.

After that, the coalition forces of the Vienna Alliance no longer avoided fighting, but chose a place to stop and set up camp, and began to deploy troops.

Of course, in the eyes of the three archdukes, it was not that Margaret had regained her courage, but that she had no way to retreat. If she went any further, she would touch the walls of Vienna, so she had to make up her mind to fight a life-and-death battle.

The day of the great war will soon come.

The battlefield was chosen in an unknown town not far south of Vienna - Otungard.

Of course, after the war, Otungard became a place that featured heavily in history books, and even became a turning point in the history of military warfare.

On this day, the weather was clear, the view was very wide, and the breeze on people's faces felt very comfortable. Such weather should be used for outings and playing, and it really has nothing to do with war.

Fran, Margaret and Christina saw the enemy army from afar.

A sea of ​​heads slowly moved towards this side with earth-shaking footsteps.

Although the enemy's army looked a bit disorganized, their numbers were simply too large.

The enemy's soldiers quickly got into position. At the core of the army were the heavy cavalry assembled by the three grand dukes, and they would also be the fastest swords in the hands of the three grand dukes.

Duke Harald glanced at the enemy's camp, and a sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Can this Margaret really fight?

Why is the formation so strange? The middle of the infantry phalanx is hollow? Are they afraid that it will be too tiring for the cavalry to break through, so they deliberately reduce the difficulty? In addition, many infantrymen don't even have spears and shields, but instead have thick fire sticks.

What can this thing do with no length and no weapons for defense? Pray?

Chapter 98: The Hissing of Firearms

"Oulila Square, form a formation!"

Following the orders, the musketeers and pikemen quickly lined up together, like a wall of spikes, appearing in front of the formation. In front of them were rows of musketeers, who were tightly lined up in three long sections.

As for the traditional heavy armored infantry, shield soldiers, archers, etc., they were all arranged behind the phalanx, as if they had become unimportant reserves.

Duke Harald was so shocked when he saw Margaret's deployment of troops.

Is this Margaret here to fight? Or is she here to make fun of me?

How can you deploy troops like this?

The three rows of people in the front, without armor or defense, dared to line up in three rows? Isn't this courting death? With such a weak formation, wouldn't a cavalry charge be able to penetrate it?

It's simply giving away one's life.

Moreover, Margaret foolishly placed her most elite cavalry on the far right, apparently intending to raid the left wing of the Anti-Vienna Alliance.

But the key is that his left wing is composed entirely of elite orc mercenaries - the Heaven's Roaring Legion.

The orcs were famous for their strong physiques. Each of them was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with thick skin and flesh. They were the nightmare of all cavalrymen.

Not to mention that the Venetians and Genoese spent huge sums of money to buy heavy armor for the outermost orcs, which looked like a Great Wall of Steel from a distance.

With such a formidable defense, even the spirit-armored cavalry might not be able to break through it with one strike.

Even if Margaret wanted to attack the flank, she should have attacked the left wing where the defense was weaker. Wouldn't she die early if she attacked the right wing?

So how did Margaret manage to defeat Emperor Feruman with 800 light cavalry?

Is the so-called god of war just made up?

Duke Harald looked at it with more and more disdain. So after reorganizing his troops, he ordered his troops to launch the attack first. The three archdukes' most elite 1,000 cavalry, plus the 2,000 light cavalry that the mercenaries had put together, started charging together.

All of a sudden, thousands of horses were galloping, and the dust they raised floated high above the battlefield. Duke Harald, wearing his ancestral red helmet, charged to the front with his guards, and his appearance gave the charging cavalry a boost.

At the same time, Margaret's cavalry also moved, and their target was indeed the Heaven's Roaring Corps of the orcs on the flank, just as Duke Harald imagined. However, it was not only these cavalry that moved together, but also a large number of infantry in the rear.

The infantry and cavalry moved forward slowly, just like a turtle crawling on the huge battlefield.

What? Can they still coordinate cavalry and infantry? I'm afraid that by the time they reach Heaven's Roar, Duke Harald's cavalry will have penetrated the enemy's formation several times.

Duke Harald's cavalry was getting closer.

The musketeer at the front could already see the patterns on the knight's armor and the overwhelming sense of oppression.

This was the first time that the musketeers of Orila City directly faced the strongest force on the battlefield. The pressure can be imagined. Even though they had trained countless times, when they really faced such terror, some soldiers' hands and legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Don't be afraid! I am always with you!"

Just then, a familiar voice appeared in their ears.

It was Fran.

Fran also anticipated the soldiers' psychology, so she came directly to the front to encourage everyone.

"We have the most advanced muskets and the most resolute will." Fran said, "As long as we follow our previous training, we will be able to defeat the enemy."

With Fran's consolation, the soldiers finally calmed down. They took a deep breath and waited quietly for the commander to give the order.

Every step closer they are to the enemy means more lethality.

Just when the musketeers in the front could already see the whites of the cavalry's eyes, the commander in charge of giving orders finally waved the flag, followed by the thundering sound of war drums in the rear.

"shooting!"

"shooting!"

The soldiers in the first row immediately pulled the trigger.

Bullets flew like raindrops towards the charging cavalry in front.

The fastest spirit-armored cavalryman had just raised his saber when four or five bullets flew towards him. He felt as if he had been hit several times by a terrifying thing, and the spirit energy in his body was consumed in an instant, and then he fell off his horse.

Even the spiritually-armored cavalry could not withstand the musket attacks, let alone the ordinary heavily-armored cavalry.

After the first round of shooting, the cavalrymen at the front all fell to the ground like wheat being cut.

However this is just the beginning.

After shooting, the musketeers quickly picked up their muskets and retreated to the rear in an orderly manner. The musketeers in the second row took a step forward, then came to the front, raised their muskets and aimed.

This action may seem simple, but in fact, if a few soldiers fall behind, it may hinder the change of formation. Without thousands of times of training, it is impossible to achieve such smoothness.

Another order to fire was given.

With loud noises, the charging cavalrymen fell down again in large numbers.

Not only that, the thunder-like sound directly frightened the horses under the knights' crotch. They snorted in fear and fled in all directions in panic, but the cavalry behind them continued to rush forward, and soon caused a rear-end collision. For a while, the whole battlefield was in chaos.

Harald in the charging team just froze where he was.

What the hell is this weapon? How come in just a few moments, our most elite cavalry fell to the ground, and even the spirit-armored knight was not spared.

Could it be magic? But that's even more impossible! Sending so many magicians to fight at once is a big deal even for the top ten magicians.

While Harald was still horrified by the enemy's weapons, he didn't know that his red helmet had attracted the attention of the gunman behind him.

Then several bullets flew towards his head. Such dense bullets instantly consumed the spiritual energy around him. Archduke Harald only felt that his head was hit several times by the battering ram. Blood soon flowed down from the gap in the helmet and covered his entire face.

thump.

The Grand Duke, who was personally leading the cavalry charge, fell directly from his horse.

"Your Excellency the Duke!"

"Your Excellency the Duke!"

The guards around him panicked and quickly jumped off their horses to surround him, but they found that Duke Harald's head was already bloody and red and white liquid was flowing out of his red helmet. He was obviously dead.

"Kill the commander directly?" Fran was stunned for a long time after seeing this result.

However, this is not entirely because of the unparalleled archery skills of his men. It is really because Harald's helmet is too conspicuous on the battlefield. Who else can he aim at if not you?

The death of the commander-in-chief had a devastating impact on the morale of the army. The guards quickly helped Duke Harald up, trying to pretend that he was only injured.

However, at this moment, the real thunder arrived.

The sound of cannon fire cut through the sky, followed by countless chains, iron stones, and debris roaring out and flying towards the direction of Heaven's Roaring Legion.

The reason why the cavalry were leisurely crawling on the battlefield was that they were actually covering the artillery's slow advance. When the artillery finally came into the firing range and began to bombard the orcs, they finally showed their fangs.

"For His Majesty! Charge!"

Led by Count Tilly, Margaret's cavalry began to accelerate.

Chapter 99: Great Victory at Ordungard

In order to effectively increase the strength of defense, the orcs of Heaven's Roar stood closely together, like a solid wall.

Under normal circumstances, such a terrifying wall would definitely be the nightmare of all enemies!

However, when artillery appeared, this advantage suddenly turned into a disadvantage.

Every time the artillery roared, several orcs would be injured, and the orcs around them were not spared. Green-skinned figures flew all over the world, and those who didn't know would think it was a bloody rain that had been censored.

The orcs simply could not understand the other side's weapons. Why was it that every time there was a roar, they were blown to pieces?

Fear often comes from the unknown.

Under the bombardment of artillery, the right wing of the Heaven's Roaring Legion immediately began to collapse, and the orcs rolled and crawled, trying to get away from this horrible place.

At this moment, the cavalry led by Count Tilly finally arrived.

The scattered orcs were unable to stop the high-speed charging cavalry, which left the left wing of the anti-Vienna coalition army completely exposed to Count Tilly's iron hoof.

"Long live Her Majesty Margaret!"

"Long live Her Majesty Margaret!"

Like a torrent, the heavy cavalry broke directly into the central formation of the Anti-Vienna Alliance. The unprepared infantry suffered heavy casualties and began to collapse following the orcs' steps.

When Duke Harald's guards finally brought back Duke Harald's body, they found that their own position was in chaos.

"Where is the Duke! My Lord Duke, let's retreat first!" When several earls saw Duke Harald, they immediately surrounded him, but what appeared before their eyes was Duke Harald's body.

The earls were completely dumbfounded. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

However, at this moment, bursts of low horn sounds resounded throughout the battlefield.

Hearing this voice, everyone despaired.

This is the clarion call for the entire army to attack.

Margaret's cavalrymen fought and killed while shouting the news of Duke Harald's death.

Bad news travels far and wide, and the news of Duke Harald's death spread throughout the entire army. The soldiers were in panic and didn't know what to do for a while.

The earls gritted their teeth and ordered a retreat.

However, before their orders were issued, they discovered that the mercenaries on both sides had already started to escape! Their escape directly exposed both wings to the iron hoof of Earl Tilly.

After the cavalry returned to the camp to rest, they immediately rushed towards their right wing.

"No! We have to stop them!"