The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

"Quick, continue to move faster. The faster we go, the higher our chance of survival!"

Howard was the leader of this cannon fodder cavalry. He had already tried his best to understand some of the enemy's situation beforehand, so he loudly reminded the surrounding men.

While talking, Howard was constantly whipping his horse with a riding crop to continue to speed up.

Howard's horse had been with him for three or four years and knew its owner very well. At this time, it could also feel the anxiety and uneasiness in Howard's heart through the opponent's frequent movements of the whip. Unfortunately, it could not speak or comfort the opponent. He can continuously squeeze his own potential and speed up his running speed little by little.

In the command post on the opposite side, Ye Tianlong held up a telescope and could only vaguely see the outlines of some enemy troops under the heavy snow.

But that's enough. After all, he doesn't plan to hit these adults with guns. Instead, he plans to greet them with artillery and rockets first.

"Fire!"

Following Ye Tianlong's order, hundreds of heavy artillery pieces on the artillery position began to roar.

Although Howard had not seen the artillery with his own eyes, he immediately realized something was wrong when he heard the scream of the cannonball piercing the air. Unfortunately, it had no experience in dodging cannonballs, so it could only resign itself to fate.

Soon, a cannonball landed on the left side of Howard, and then exploded. The powerful shock wave knocked seven or eight cavalrymen to the ground at once.

Because Howard was relatively far away, and because he and his horse were both covered in heavy armor, they were relatively heavy, so they were not overturned by the shock wave, so they escaped.

But the huge sound of the shell explosion made Howard's ears buzz, and he couldn't hear the surrounding sounds clearly for a while.

Before Howard's hearing could recover, rockets that left dazzling tail flames in the air arrived. These were more powerful than the previous artillery shells, after all, the amount of powder was there! The power of each rocket explosion is almost equivalent to that of a 300 mm caliber heavy artillery shell!

Howard saw with his own eyes that a rocket landed not far in front of him, so he quickly pulled the reins to stop the horse.

The war horse that was in perfect harmony with him also immediately stopped running, raised its front hooves high, and came to a sudden stop.

Then the rocket also exploded, with such dazzling fire that Howard could hardly keep his eyes open. As for the sound of the explosion, it was because his hearing had not recovered yet that he couldn't hear it at all.

Suddenly, Howard felt a black shadow shooting towards him at a very fast speed, making him feel a fatal threat.

This was actually a fragment of the missile that was blown away after the rocket exploded. Driven by the powerful explosion shock wave, this sharp piece of metal could easily cut the human body into two pieces, so Howard's feeling was correct.

Howard's horse, which also felt the crisis, twisted its body violently, so that the shrapnel did not hit Howard in the end, but hit its own belly.

With a bang, the tall war horse could not withstand the destruction of the shrapnel. The waistcoat on its belly was directly torn, and then its lower half of the belly was also torn apart. A large string of bloody intestines were ripped apart by the shrapnel. It flew directly out of its abdomen and landed on the ground not far away.

The severely injured war horse let out a scream, and then fell heavily to the ground. Howard was also thrown away, and fell on the hard frozen soil with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

But he was lucky. More cannon fodder cavalry were blown to pieces by those rockets, and many cavalry were seriously injured. Although they were not dead for the time being, they were all lying on the ground groaning. Screaming, if no one rescues him in time, he probably won't be able to last long in this severe cold weather.

After Howard climbed up from the ground with difficulty, he looked up and glanced around, and found that under the constant bombing of the enemy, more than half of the more than 20,000 light cavalry had been lost, and the remaining ones had also been dealt a terrible blow by the enemy. They were so frightened that their fighting spirit was low, and they seemed to dare not move forward.

In fact, let alone these small soldiers, even Howard, the well-informed mercenary leader, did not dare to continue fighting in the face of such a terrible bombing. He originally thought that if they rushed faster, There is still a chance to survive the battlefield! Now it seems that he thought too beautifully before! After all, this place is still more than five thousand meters away from the enemy's position! It was simply impossible for them to rush to the enemy's position under such a terrible bombing.

Holding his left arm that seemed to have been broken, Howard determined the direction and rushed towards the woods on the left side of the battlefield in his impression.

Many cannon fodder cavalry also made the same choice as Howard, sneaking away to the left and right sides, wanting to leave the battlefield as soon as possible and not wanting to stay here and be bombed.

King Haraus held a monocular in his hand and saw all the cannon fodder as deserters. Although he had known that these mercenaries were useless, he did not expect that these guys would be so useless and were bombed by the Qinglong Empire. He couldn't hold on after a few rounds, and he couldn't consume as much ammunition from the opponent as he planned.

And since the cannon fodder cavalry have all run away, King Haraus naturally has to send out infantry. As for the heavy cavalry under his command, they must be left at the end as a trump card.

Compared with cavalry, infantry advances much slower. If they send less troops, they may not be able to put any pressure on the enemy. So Harlaus sent out 50,000 infantrymen in one go, nearly half of which were from him. Mercenaries recruited from other places.

The infantrymen who were honored to be the second batch of cannon fodder obviously didn't look very good, but under the supervision of the war supervisory team sent by King Haraus, they still had to bite the bullet and step into the terrifying meat grinder ahead.

On the other side of the battlefield, Ye Tianlong saw through the telescope that the enemy had sent a large group of cannon fodder infantry with poorly equipped and miscellaneous equipment, and asked James next to him: "Do we still have enough artillery shells and rockets?"

"That's enough, Your Majesty! In order to ensure that we win this decisive battle with the Kingdom of Swadia, the rear has shipped all the recently produced artillery shells and rockets! It's enough for us to fight for several days!" Facing Ye Tianlong's inquiry, James immediately replied.

"That's good! There's no need to save artillery shells and rockets. Just keep bombarding me hard! I want to see if Harlaus has more cannon fodder or if we have more artillery shells!" Ye Tianlong heard what James said. After answering, I suddenly felt confident and gave the order.

As a result, the heavy artillery on the rear position soon roared again, and the rockets were continuously fired from the position. The sound of flying rockets was almost continuous in the sky.

Under such a fierce bombardment, the enemy's cannon fodder infantry, whose morale was already low, had no chance to get within a kilometer of the Qinglong Empire's position.

This made He Cheng and other infantrymen who were waiting in the trenches very bored waiting in the trenches. These small soldiers could only hear the constant explosions in front of the position, but it was difficult to see what was happening under the cover of the wind and snow. , so He Cheng and the others were wondering why the enemy hadn't rushed to the position after so long?

After waiting for another ten minutes, He Cheng finally saw an enemy. However, this enemy was covered in blood and stumbled as he walked. He seemed to have fainted during the charge.

After finally finding an enemy, He Cheng and others quickly set up their rifles and prepared to shoot.

As a result, before He Cheng could complete their aim, the enemy suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with broken internal organs from his mouth, and then fell to the ground.

"What the hell! There's not even a single enemy left for us. They were all surrounded by those artillerymen!"

When a soldier not far from He Cheng saw this scene, he was so angry that he complained.

Most of the other soldiers had the same idea. They were lying in the trenches in the ice and snow, their bodies almost frozen, just to wait for the enemy to come and get a few heads in exchange for military honors. But now they still haven't taken any heads. arrive.

King Haraus couldn't help but lose his composure when he saw that nearly half of his troops had been lost in just over an hour, without even touching the edge of the enemy's position.

"Let the entire heavy cavalry unit attack!"

In order to achieve some results as soon as possible and improve the morale of his own army, King Haraus gritted his teeth and sent out his elite heavy cavalry troops. There was nothing he could do about it. After all, if he continued to fight like this, the morale of his soldiers would be at the bottom, and by then he would not even have the chance to make a last stand.

After these more than 40,000 cavalry troops entered the battlefield and slowly accelerated their running speed, they caused much more noise than the previous light cavalry.

He Cheng and the others felt the vibrations coming from the ground, and they all understood that something big was coming, so they quickly cheered up and prepared to get a few more heads later.

The artillerymen behind them were also speeding up, firing artillery shells and rockets one after another, hoping to kill as many as possible before the enemy's heavy cavalry approached the position.

However, these heavy cavalry are obviously the elite of the Kingdom of Swadia, and many of them have experience fighting the Azure Dragon Empire. After entering the battlefield, they immediately dispersed, facing the enemy's bombing. It can minimize the damage. Most of the time, one shot can kill at most one heavy cavalry.

Those rockets, on the other hand, have a relatively large killing range. If you are lucky, you can take away two or three enemy cavalry with one shot.

Behind these heavy cavalry, King Harlaus also led the remaining troops to follow closely, especially the ten bronze heavy cannons. Harlaus sent many troops to protect them, hoping to Allowing it to successfully enter the range and engage in enemy artillery fire.

The cavalry charging at full speed was very fast. In just about three minutes, the enemy's heavy cavalry rushed about 500 meters in front of He Cheng's position. Suddenly, many small-caliber artillery and some large-caliber sniper rifles on their side also joined the attack.

He Cheng poked his head out from the trench, squinting in the cold wind and trying to check the enemy's situation. He found that the enemy's heavy cavalry had been bombarded by his own artillery, and the losses were actually not small. There were more than 40,000 cavalry, but now only about 20,000 were left.