So, just under the gaze of the Osterlands, the Skiff army slowly appeared on the other end of the horizon. It was a completely Skiff-style army.

It was completely different from the sophistry of their commanders. The city defense forces of Enl Grand were excluded due to morale and loyalty issues. They did not appear at the first time. So what the Ostland army saw and looked at them, they were all bright red. This was exactly the color of Mrs. Ski's military uniform.

On the front, Skiff's troops, wearing red double-breasted robe and black bearskin hat, formed a series of not so neat square formations. They were led by the shooting army holding long-handled battle axe and muskets, and all the main forces were halberds and super-spike soldiers. Their military foundation was also based on companies, but they were different from the composite company of the Emperor. Each of their companies had exactly the same types of troops.

Although it looks very close to the imperial military system, it is much worse in terms of discipline. The training level is not very good. Only those elite soldiers of the shooting army can keep the formation intact while walking.

There are some special soldiers between these regular military musketeers, super spearmen and halberds. These soldiers wore sleeveless leather vests and leather pants. The hair on their heads was tied into several braids, and they were all shaved in other places.

These soldiers held compound bows, or knives, axes and shields in their hands. They looked more barbaric and fierce than those soldiers of the regular army. They were the minorities under the rule of the Skiv Kingdom and were often used by the military as cannon fodder.

The army was mixed with Mrs. Ski's artillery. They drove the animals and pulled the cannons carved with monsters such as unicorns, griffins, bears, etc. to the front of the battlefield.

Because of the backwardness of iron smelting technology and casting technology, Mrs. Ski had to thicken the barrel of their artillery to stabilize the performance of the artillery and reduce the failures such as the blow-off. This made their artillery appear more bulky than those of the Osterlands, but their power should be the same.

Among these troops, there were a large number of cavalry troops. They did not ride, but led their horses forward, and deliberately lowered the necks of the horses. All of this was seen by the Duke of Custer. He proudly declared: "Did you see it?! These self-righteous Madame Ski thought that this would allow them to cover up their cavalry and not be discovered. How stupid is this."

The Duke's words aroused the laughter of the guards around him. Only the only one who was the God-Choose Champion of Xin Liezhi, felt something was wrong. However, he was wise and didn't say anything.

In this way, the commanders of both sides had plans. The troops of both sides also appeared one by one. At ten o'clock in the noon, the battle officially began.

The frontal battlefield, as Duke Caster thought, Madame Skit invested a large number of troops and thirty-five artillery pieces.

Before the two armies had officially contacted, the artillery troops of both sides began to shoot first. With the deafening roar, solid artillery shells driven by black gunpowder burst out blood alleys in the military formations of both sides. The flowering bullets loaded with gunpowder exploded one after another. There was no life within a few meters of the landing point.

After a few minutes of this round of artillery battle, the two sides fired hundreds of various shells of artillery shells at each other. In the end, the Osterland army gained an advantage. After all, their number of artillery was twice as high as Mrs. Ski.

Mrs. Ski lost hundreds of soldiers during the march. Some undertrained troops were panicked by shelling. However, no one has escaped yet.

Then, the troops in the front end suffered another round of shotgun shooting from the other side. At the same time, the musketeers on both wings of the Osterlands and the longbow soldiers also began to shoot. Mrs. Ski suffered heavy losses. The poor economic situation made their army unable to equip too much armor. The expensive standard plate armor that could withstand the attack of musket projectiles, Mrs. Ski was even more powerless.

Their super-length spearmen and halberd soldiers are only equipped with thin breast decks. The quality of forging is not very good. It is enough to resist the attacks of cold weapons and swords and guns.

But for musket volleys, the defense of this light plate armor is really bad. At the same time, in order to save more capital, Skiff's soldiers did not decorate helmets with feathers, wear medals and epaulettes, and make and heralds of families, principalities or other meaningful patterns and embellish them on the armor.

Mrs. Skie's armor is simple, just a piece of armor. The only thing that can be barely called decoration is a leather armed belt that straddles the breast deck plate armor. Skie's soldiers can use it to dispense some weapons or something.

Therefore, under the volley of Osterland muskets and artillery, Skiff's troops suffered heavy losses. The front row and outermost Skiff's troops fell down a large area. The battlefield was full of corpses wearing big red robes, coats and breasts.

However, before the Ostlanders were happy, Mrs. Ski's counterattack began - although she was not as advanced as the Emperor's in armor and equipment, and her artillery was also inferior. However, Mrs. Ski's musketeers, known as the Skif's shooting army, were a rigorously trained elite.

The Skiff soldiers, who were not wearing armor, were wearing only a big red robe, held a musket filled with gunpowder and gun bullets in one hand, and a long axe in the other hand. After a round of fire in the opponent's musket, they took the opportunity to run forward for nearly fifteen meters. This was a relatively obvious advantage in an era when the accuracy of muskets was not very high.

At the same time, their number was quite large. On the front and on both wings, a total of 3,000 Skieffer shooting troops participated in the attack. Moreover, they were relatively concentrated, not like the Osterlanders, who cooperated with other troops to form smaller square formations to fight.

After being attacked by the Osterlanders' muskets and artillery, the three thousand Skiev firing troops were still left with about 26,700. Therefore, on the front and on both wings, Mrs. Skiev had nearly 900 firing troops. These firing troops were formed in units of teams, forming three three rows of three hundred firing plaques.

"Preparation-" With the orders of Officer Skiff, these shooting troops skillfully inserted their long-handled axes and spiked poles on the ground, and then placed their muskets on the top of the handle of the long-handled axes. This formed a simple bracket, further increasing the stability of the shooting.

"shooting!"

As officer Skiff roared loudly, Skiff's front muskets fired volleys, then quickly squatted down, and the second column opened fire. Then there was the third column - after the three musketeers finished volleys, a large area of ​​Osterland's army opposite had fallen.

Seeing this, Duke Caster couldn't help but feel worried: "Although I have heard that Mrs. Ski's musketeer is powerful, I never thought that the other party was so strong! It's really terrifying. I'm afraid that only the dwarf Thunder Musketeer or Hocklander's sharpshooter can compare with them.

"The musketeers on both wings cannot compete with the enemy. I think it is better for us to take the initiative to advance." Next to Duke Custer, the God-Choose Champion suggested.

"Well. I'll send the two wings to advance. The front is not necessary. My elite heavy spearmen are equipped with heavy plate armor and composite shields. This kind of musket volley cannot shake them."

As Duke Caster said, under the barrage of the Skief Shooting Army, the Osterland heavy spearmen equipped with three millimeter-thick heavy steel plate armor still maintained their formation. Only occasionally a few guys who were unfortunately hit on the head would be injured. This contrasts with the heavy casualties on both wings.

After the Duke of Castle ordered, the messenger quickly rode on a fast horse and ran towards the wings. Then, while maintaining the formation, the Ostland army on both wings ran towards Mrs. Ski's position at a small pace. During this process, the Ostland cannons stopped firing to prevent accidental injury of their own troops. The soldiers who controlled the mortar cannon also extended their shooting distance.

Seeing the troops on both wings of Osterland pressing up, the commander of the Skief Shooting Army yelled:

"charge!"

The shooting soldiers immediately stopped shooting, put the musket behind their backs, held the long-handled axe tightly, and launched a charge towards the two wings of Osterland, whose formation was seriously damaged due to the volley of their muskets.

These fierce Lady Ski roared loudly, with her arms forcefully, and swung her long-handled axe to slash the Ostland soldiers. The Ostland musketeers who were only equipped with light short weapons such as long swords and sabers were no match for them at all, and the second row of imperial swordsmen equipped with swords and shields could not resist their attacks.

However, the Osterlanders also had halberd soldiers. The halberd soldiers from the third to fifth rows waved the halberds in their hands and formed a tight defensive formation to resist the continued charge of the Skiff's shooting army. The soldiers of the shooting army were thus trapped in a tough battle. Then Skiff's other troops - those super-spikes, halberd soldiers, and Ugore's troops, also roared and joined the battle.

The long pole troops of both sides were overlapping each other, and soldiers holding short weapons were intertwined. The war entered a white-hot stage in a blink of an eye. In such a close-range battle, the characteristics of the troops of both sides were quickly reflected.

The Skies soldiers have strong individual quality, especially those Ugors, who are generally taller and stronger than the Ostronas. The advantages of the Ostronas are military discipline, mutual cooperation among sergeants, and their better equipment... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site) and reward, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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