European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 146 Head-to-head confrontation

"Hurry up, the defense here is too weak, and it's easy to be torn apart. We need to speed up and place more roadblocks." Bernard yelled loudly, urging everyone to quickly set up the horse-repelling formation appropriate.

Li Peijun was supervising the training of the standing army, standing quietly watching their gestures of throwing javelins. With the sound of neatly preparing to fire, the vertical rows of spears covered the sky like a dark curtain. After the training came to an end, Li Peijun found a few Soldiers who behave badly, give them constructive advice.

"Your gesture of holding the gun is too far back, you have not grasped the center of gravity, and it is inconvenient to use force." Li Peijun carefully taught the soldiers who seemed to understand, and demonstrated it to them again in person.

"And you, the throwing angle is too low, you should increase it a bit, every time you see your spear flying to the ground just halfway from the target distance."

"And you are too high, are you going to shoot the sun, then lower it a bit."

After correcting the soldiers' gesture mistakes, Li Peijun observed the effective killing distance of the flying spear again. Although only the tip of the spear was made of metal, the entire gun body was much lighter than the javelins of later generations, but its lethality was After 20 meters, it is greatly reduced, and the range is not even half that of the bow and arrow.

In the standing army, there are not a few people with superior arm strength, but if you really want to draw a bow, it is not just a test of arm strength, but also a lot of technical factors. I ordered the selection of personnel to expand the archer phalanx, and in the end only a dozen or so people were qualified. condition.

At present, only spearmen can form a large-scale means of killing the enemy at a long distance. If the maximum lethality is to be achieved, this means that the enemy's cavalry must be brought close to fight.

In order to prevent the enemy from breaking through the front line too quickly and tearing up the defense, Li Peijun set up roadblocks around the front of the formation, and asked the large shield soldiers to carry them at the forefront to resist the first round of impact.

The soldiers who were newly incorporated into the archer phalanx were fully managed by Kesar, and the hunters took them to the depths of the dense forest to lie in ambush, and when the battle broke out, they would flank the enemy from left to right.

"Cohen, how are the fortifications upstream of the river?" Li Peijun saw Cohen running in a panic, fearing that he had encountered some difficult problem.

Cohen wiped his sweat and said, "There are still not enough people, and the water flow is a bit strong, so it's not easy to control."

Li Peijun pointed to the soldiers who were still training behind him, "Use as many of those people as you want. Be sure to prepare all the fortifications within today."

"Yes, received." Cohen nodded and saluted, then rushed to the training camp to take away another group of people.

The latest information from Caen shows that the Earl's troops have assembled and are on standby. Li Peijun predicts that they will probably march to Canapville to garrison for one night tonight.

"It seems that it's a tough battle." Li Peijun said with emotion, and checked the whole plan to see if there were any omissions.

On the other side, Turuk was already wearing armor, and was inspecting the second batch of knights on horseback. A shiny and eye-catching sword declared his determination.

"Huh? Where's that guy from Konsk?" Turuk had already had a grudge against Konsk and asked the people present dissatisfied.

A timid voice from the audience replied: "Master Viscount is in poor health, and he said that he will come to join us after a while."

Turuk sneered disdainfully, and sarcastically said: "This guy only loses the chain at critical moments, and he doesn't work hard on weekdays, but Sir Nathan, who has the unity of knowledge and action, has already made a lot of military exploits on the front line , we have to work hard."

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not good for you to say that. What does it mean to work without exerting effort? I have the most troops in the vanguard." A leisurely voice came from behind Turuk. Riding a proud horse, the pace is also long and short, and you can't look forward and backward.

Turuk jokingly said: "Master Viscount must have hollowed out his body because of Wushan Yunyu. If you don't have this physical strength, you should be more restrained, just lie down at the mansion and wait for our good news."

Consk didn't bother to refute, but just replied, "The enemy is not as weak as imagined. I'm careful that you guys will be dazzled by the victory, but you will ruin your great advantage."

Turuk choked, "Hmph, you should take care of your subordinates. If they didn't cooperate, Nathan might have already entered Harfleur."

Konsk disagreed, "I don't believe that parrot can lead the army deep into the hinterland. He should still be lying comfortably on the house in Canapville, waiting to join us."

"Just wait and see, seeing is believing. When you get there, I will show you what the real God of War is."

"I'm really looking forward to it." Konsk pretended to flatter him.

"How many people are assembled in the second batch this time?" Turuk asked the knights beside him.

The knight reported back: "There are 550 knights, plus the retinue, there are 1600 people in total."

Turuk roared passionately: "The army will follow me to Carnapville, and tomorrow we will return victorious."

The knights also tapped on their breastplates with their swords and responded: "Caen is undefeated, and the Earl is invincible."

Li Peijun, who was far away in Canapville, seemed to be there. As soon as Turuk's army left, Li Peijun received information from the chamber of commerce.

"You mean that the opponent's army has 550 knights and 1050 retinues? It seems larger than the first batch." Li Peijun breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing the enemy's situation in advance will help him take corresponding measures, but the opponent's actions seem to be Much faster than expected.

Li Peijun murmured: "Help me go to the upper reaches of the Tuke River to find Cohen, and tell him to call back his men as soon as possible. The enemy will attack in two hours, so we must prepare in advance."

The messenger nodded, and added: "According to the information collected by the chamber of commerce, this should be all the troops Caen can mobilize, and there will be no next batch."

Li Peijun praised: "Well done. I will reward you based on your merits in the future. Now hurry up and finish what you are told. Don't delay."

"Yes, I am happy to serve you." The messenger nodded and said goodbye.

"Hey, it's time to think about how to use skills together." Li Peijun muttered to himself and opened the control panel to study the data of various skills.

The dusk of the sky is reflected on the dome of Canapville, and the afterglow of the evening blends with all things. Caen's follow-up troops also arrived at the Tuke River before nightfall. Like the vanguard, Turuk's cavalry also Encountered a wet obstacle.

"Everything here is really maddening. It should be because of the rain earlier." Turuk hung the horse's reins and pulled out the horse's hooves that were stuck in the mud.

Conske disagreed. After analyzing the surrounding environment, he seriously retorted: "It seems that this land originally had this characteristic, and the rain just exacerbated this phenomenon."

"Huh, but to this extent, it can only slow down the speed, and it cannot stop our iron hoof." Turuk disagreed and continued to move forward with difficulty.

At the end of the muddy wetland, everyone in Li Pei's army had already been waiting for the arrival of Caen's troops.

(End of this chapter)