Chapter 32 Defensive Battle in Encounter

This abandoned village is located on a half-cliff. The steep hillside can place the raiders. The spearmen on both sides block the road with their spears. Schwab, Baron Liugudi and others led the Teutonic Knights to stand behind the musketeers and ready to support the front line at any time. The Teutonic Knights had just finished their defense, and the sound of horse hooves came from a distance. The Seljuk Turks slowly approached under the leadership of Anudin.

"Sultan, the enemy is setting up defenses on the hillside." The general pointed to the deserted hillside in the distance and said to Anudin.

"Hmph, it seems that the enemy's commander is not a fool yet. He knows that if we fight in the wild, there is only one way to die." Anudin wore a high-top red garland helmet, looking at the Teutonic Knights who were waiting for the battle, and looking at the high black iron cross flag. Anudin saw this flag for the first time, "Whose flag is that? I remember that the Antioch nobles should not have such flag?"

"Yes, it seems to be a mercenary." The general thought for a while and said, "There are constant wars here over the years, and all kinds of mercenaries trying to find wealth and glory are pouring in, just like a vulture looking for carrion."

"Order the troops to attack the enemy in three directions." Anudin waved his hand to his general and issued an order, saying that they had enough troops to attack from three directions at the same time. The smart Anudin knew very well that such a steep cliff could not concentrate troops in one place, which would lead to the inability to expand the combat area ahead. At the time, attacking from three places at the same time would make the enemy's insufficient troops short.

"Yes, Sultan, the Sipahi cavalry come with me." The general commanded his cavalry and attacked the Teutonic Knights on the cliff. The Sipahi cavalry was the pillar force in the Turkic military system. They were equivalent to the Western knights, but they were not only good at fighting close to each other, but also good at bows and arrows in their hands.

The Sipahi cavalry formed a triangular formation and followed their leaders tightly. While roaring, they skillfully shot out the bows and arrows in their hands. Suddenly, the Turkic arrows attacked the positions of the Teutonic Knights like locusts.

"Stay, keep it steady." The sergeant chief held his sword and shouted loudly. Their function was to stabilize the morale of his soldiers. The long gun was steadily flattened by the soldiers, but the Turkic bows and arrows were extremely sharp.

"Puff~~~, ah." Screams came from the dense spear square array from time to time. This barb bow and arrow from the Eastern grassland was very fierce, and even if the arm was stabbed, it would cause heavy bleeding.

"Stir the spear." The sergeant commanded his team members with an arrow.

"Yes, hey, huh." The spearmen stirred their spears hard, and the super spears collided with each other, slowing down the power of the enemy's arrows to a certain extent.

"Oh, the enemy has a set." Anudin saw such a strange combat method for the first time, which was completely different from the Antioch's charging method. It was very novel and strange. He was like a child who suddenly obtained a new toy and became interested in this strange mercenary group.

"Scatter them." A team of Sipahi cavalry rushed to the hillside. They wanted to rely on their scimitars and scales to scatter these infantrymen. In fact, they could not blame them for underestimating the enemy. In this era, the horse riders were people with status and strength. Infantrymen were always lowly bastards and prostitutes. They believed that only one of their charges could make these cowardly infantry flee. At the same time, these Sipahi knights did not know that such a scene had occurred in the West.

"Stay steady, the enemy is about to charge." The sergeant chief saw the heavy archers holding a scimitar and galloping towards the spear formation. The spear soldiers skillfully divided them into three rows, making their formation airtight.

"Grey Rule~~ Near." Like those arrogant heavy-armed knights, although the Sipashi Knights had the spirit of moving forward, when they encountered the square formation of spears, their horses were stabbed by spears and neighed and threw the owner on the horse's back to the ground. The Sipashi Knights did not expect that few people could remain calm in front of the running war horses, unless they were warriors who had been through the battlefield for a long time, but unfortunately, the spear infantrymen in front of them were not only long-standing, but also well-trained.

"Kill them." The chief sergeant looked at the Sipashi Knights who were thrown off the horse excitedly, and immediately led the spearmen to pounce forward. Before these Sipashi Knights had recovered, they cut their throats with their sharp short swords. Only a few lucky Sipashi rolled and crawled back, but their embarrassing appearance was enough to shame their ancestors and family.

"Damn it." Anudin gritted his teeth and looked at the brave Sipahi who was killed like a dog. He felt a toothache. He clenched his fists and pulled the reins of the horse.

"Don't worry, our number is more than them in Sultan. This is just a test." The subordinate next to him quickly comforted Anudin.

"Order the infantry to attack from the front cliff, Sipashi and other elite troops to attack from both sides, and order the general to break through the enemy's defense at all costs." Although Anudin was very angry, he quickly calmed down and continued to order his subordinates.

"Sir Earl, the enemy is planning to fight with people." On the cliff, Schwab raised his single-eye telescope to look at the enemy's movements. Baron Liugudi next to him frowned and watched the enemy attack from three directions.

"Order the musketeers, you can shoot." Schwab put down his telescope and said to Baron Goody. Although some cavalry returned in front of the spear formation, looking at the enemy's brave attack without any discouragement, it seemed that these Seljuks were not good at it.

"Mustrators, prepare to shoot." At this time, the mezzanines of the Teutonic Knights lined up in three rows according to their daily training. At their feet, the Seljuk infantry were climbing upwards.

"Young men, look at the knights behind them. They always say that we are just some farmers with hoes, so let them see the strength of us farmers, haha." The chief sergeant of the Matchet Spearman laughed and said to his friends. In fact, because musketeers do not require lifelong elite training like knights, and they do not even require high skills like archers. They just need to pick up the Matchet Spearman in their hands and aim them at the enemy and pull the trigger. Therefore, they were ridiculed as farmers by other troops, which made the Matchet Spearman feel breathless.

"The first row is ready, aim, launch~~~." The chief sergeant of the medley shouted orders to his subordinates. When he saw the Seljuk infantry climbing to the range, he shouted loudly.

"Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping~~~." After filling the gunpowder and bullets, the first row of the raiders aimed at the Seljuks below and pulled the trigger. As the loud noise, fire and smoke rose, the projectiles shot into the bodies of the Seljuks below the cliff. Unlike the elite Sipashi and other Turkic cavalry, these infantry were not elite forces. They were recruiting infantry and some ordinary spearmen. It can be said that they were basically just civilians who had just taken weapons. When the huge sound and fire of the musket came, they were stunned. Looking at their companions who had rolled down the cliff before they touched the enemy, the blood holes that popped up on their companions' bodies. This scene really made the hearts of the civilians unable to stand it.

"What sound? What is that?" Anudin was also shocked by this sound. This sound does not belong to nature. It is particularly loud in this desert. The war horse under Anudin neighed uneasyly. This is not a simple matter. You should know that the war horses of the Sultan have been specially trained. Even if they are stabbed by a knife, they will safely carry their master out of the siege.

"Wao huh~~~." Anudin reached out to comfort his war horse. When the war horse finally calmed down, he raised his head and looked at the strange battle group that had emerged from somewhere.

"Sultan, the weapons of those strange people are so strange. Is it some witchcraft of Westerners?"

"Hmph, it's just some strange weapons, I'm very interested in this weapon." Anudin likes everything new, especially military, so many of his military reforms even surpass the old Sultan.

"Oh, the generals are starting to break through the enemy's defense line." Although the front battlefield was controlled by the raiders, the Sipashis on both wings lived up to expectations. They were divided into several teams, some were responsible for constraining the spear square formation, and some infiltrated into the defense line of the Teutonic Knights, and the two sides began to get stalemate together.

"Order the general to kill the soldiers who emit fire weapons no matter what." Anudin saw through his intuition that the threat of the mechatronic spearmen, so he immediately ordered his subordinates.

"It's the Sultan, we will notify the generals with a sound arrow." The messengers immediately rushed to the front line, and then used a special sound arrow to shoot out to inform the generals who had entered the defense line of the Teutonic Knights.

"General, it is the Sultan's arrow. They asked us to kill the infantrymen on the cliff."

"Okay, follow the orders, the time has come for the Sipahis to prove your courage and loyalty." The general led the cavalry around the square formation of spears and rushed straight towards the direction of the raiders. They were so careless that they ignored the consequences even if they were attacked along the way.

"Sir Earl, the enemy is heading towards the raiders." Baron Liugudi said anxiously, pointing at the Sipahis who were riding wildly, warning to Schwab.

"The Teutonic Knights stopped them immediately." Schwab frowned and ordered Baron Rugodie.

"Yes." Baron Liugudi put on his helmet, turned his horse's head and waved his hand at the Teutonic Knights and the others, leading these heavy knights to face Sipahi's attack.
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