The Corvones River seemed unusually quiet.

Originally, animals of all sizes would always come to the river to drink water in this season. At the turn of spring and summer, it was also the time for animals to mate. Whether it was the hare fox running on the shore or the fish and shrimp in the water, they would become lively at this time.

So in previous years, the Corones River would become very lively at this time.

However, this year, there are no small animals running back and forth on the river bank, and there are no traces of fish that jumped out of the water in the water.

The river was quiet, with only the rumbling sound of cannons in the distance, the smoke and bloody smell of blowing in the wind.

Whether an army can withstand the test of the battlefield has a lot to do with its daily training.

Strict training can make a soldier obey orders. The rigid and almost inhuman repetitive movements may make a person completely forget what he is doing, but habits will make him instinctively complete a series of movements.

This is true for grenadiers, and so is the Model Army.

Although these are two new troops, although slightly different, they are completely different from any current army since the founding of the army.

The more complicated training than any other country's army gives them much more exquisite combat skills than their peers.

You should know that in this era, the troops that can be specially trained for several weeks are already elite, and most of the troops even sent them to the battlefield just by asking soldiers to distinguish between the enemy and us.

So when the Castile Royal Army and other Sicily troops were too busy to take care of themselves due to hard battles, and some of them had already begun to collapse, the battle between the elites of both sides became the key to the outcome of this battle.

Just like when we discussed with our colleagues in advance, both sides simultaneously put their elite troops on the battlefield.

The seemingly indestructible spear phalanx and the uniform battle formation started a fierce battle.

This is the first time that the grenadiers faced a truly even opponent. Compared with the model army on the opposite side, even the French army has become insignificant.

The power of the spear phalanx appeared at this moment, and although it was slowly but unstoppable, it crushed all enemies. Several Sicilian troops even turned their heads and fled back because of their defeat, and almost attacked the grenadiers behind them.

This forced the generals to order all troops to retreat to both sides, give way to the grenadiers' shooting range, and at the same time protect the grenadiers' flanks on the side of the front.

Both sides focused on the center of the front line, because the victory or defeat here determines the outcome of the entire battle.

Ruosha has arrived at the forefront. In front of her are grenadier firepower groups arranged in deep depths, and in front is Gonzalo's model army.

The officers were half surrounded by the queen with anxiety, staring around vigilantly, ready to protect the queen when necessary.

Ruosha barely moved, and she twisted her lower body with a little disgust, making the armor on her body less uncomfortable.

In fact, she didn't like to dress like this at all. She never understood why Sophia wore a heavy armor as a long dress for a noble lady.

I remember when I was in Sicily, Sophia always saw her with armor all over her body, and before she could see anyone, she could first hear the sound of the tooth-ache armor rubbing.

Ruosha, who used these random thoughts to force herself to be distracted, looked forward, and two grenades with 600 people in a company formed a huge frontal 60 people, with a total of 10 platoons in depth.

The power of this formation lies in the fact that it can ensure that the wide front is concentrated as much as possible, while also being able to use the successive shooting between the platoons to ensure uninterrupted fire suppression of the enemy.

However, Alexander seemed not very satisfied with this fighting method. He proposed that once the enemy attacked the flank, this formation might fall into chaos due to its bulk and inconvenience. This is the same as the phalanx of the enemy opposite. If a mobile and flexible force quickly penetrates into the enemy's flank at this time, the Castilla phalanx will face a great crisis.

But Gonzalo obviously considered this, so he placed a small square array at the four corners of each square array, which effectively hindered the threat of the enemy's infiltration of the flanks. At the same time, they also had cavalry cruising back and forth between the various square arrays from time to time, ready to face the enemies trying to break through.

“Gonzalo.”

Ruosha whispered to herself that she had seen the general, but she was still Miss Cosenca at that time. No one on both sides would have thought that one day they would meet on the battlefield.

Thinking of the wings, Ruosha felt annoyed again. She kept forcing herself not to think about unnecessary things, otherwise it would only make the situation in front of her worse.

However, Alexander has been leading the Catalans to attack the Castiles for a long time, but there is still no news yet, which makes Ruosha have to worry about her brother's safety.

"I won't let you go."

Ruosha said to herself, she didn't know who she was saying this sentence to, whether it was Gonzalo, who had to take revenge at all costs if her brother had suffered an accident, or Alexander who was willing to act recklessly.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's artillery seems to be much less." A staff officer reminded Ruosha in time. "From just now, we discovered that the enemy's artillery was not fired at us."

Hearing this, Ruosha's body trembled instantly. She secretly blamed herself for ignoring this little thing.

Although the enemy's artillery was violently suppressed by Sicilian artillery and suffered heavy losses, the artillery positions were widely distributed, so they were not completely wiped out.

Especially the enemy's left-wing artillery did not suffer much damage due to its range.

Now you can still hear the rumbling sound of cannons on the enemy artillery positions from time to time, but the shells landed on their own line obviously did not match the speed of the shelling.

"Alexander!"

Almost without thinking, Ruosha quickly realized what the enemy's artillery was shooting!

"Where is my brother now?"

The queen's slightly anxious voice attracted the attention of the attendants around her. Someone hurriedly took the map, but Ruosha couldn't settle down.

Calm Ruosha, calm down. You are not the wild bohemian girl with only breasts and no brains, nor the stupid woman Lucrezia who only acts coquettishly, or even Barenti, have you never taken her seriously? You are the queen of Sicily and the only person who can help Alexander, so you must calm down.

Ruosha forced herself to calm down. She knew that if she had a hot mind at this time, not only would she not be able to help Alexander, but she might even have to get in.

What they want is victory, and they use the two kings of brother and sister to replace the two kings of couple who are destined to be kicked off.

So be sure to calm down!

"My brother should be trying to break through the enemy's left wing at this time, and once he succeeds, he can form an angle with us," Ruosha remembered the most ideal angle shooting in the castle defense that Master Maldino who was building the Marino Palace for them in Rome. "So Gonzalo would concentrate all the artillery on his left wing because he was aware of the danger."

Ruosha completely ignored the expressions of people around her who looked at each other secretly, and just said to herself. At the same time, her face, which was originally a little red due to nervousness, gradually calmed down.

"My brother did right. As long as he breaks through the Castile left wing, he can directly threaten the entire side of Gonzalo."

"Then your majesty, do we have to persevere until the duke's news?" The officers around us stared at the two sides fighting each other on the entire front. "But your majesty, the situation is a bit unfavorable to us. Except for the grenadiers, other troops may not be able to withstand the enemy's attack."

The worries of her subordinates did not seem to affect Ruosha. She looked at the map, looked up at the battlefield, then looked down at the map, and then handed the command staff she had been holding in her hand to the person next to her.

"Prepare to attack."

Everyone was stunned by the Queen's sudden order. They began to think that they had heard it wrong, but from the other people's equally surprised expression, they immediately knew that the Queen had indeed issued an order to attack.

"I must attract enough enemies for my brother, and even force Gonzalo to send troops from the flanks to protect the central front," Ruosha said, looking at his left wing again. "Order the first, second and third grenade companies to stop chasing and turn to attack the enemy center as soon as possible, and order the fourth company and the company-firing gun team to defend and prevent the enemy's cavalry from counterattacking on the spot, telling them to block the enemy's right wing at all costs."

A series of orders forced the servants around him to repeat them, and the generals looked increasingly serious as they listened to these orders.

"I will take my grenades in the front."

Ruosha said calmly to the people around her, and her tone seemed to be just preparing to go to the dance party.

"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous."

The people next to him were helpless in dissuading him, but they also knew that this seemed useless.

"My brother is facing greater danger. He sent someone to him and told him that I hope he will come back alive to see me, rather than being carried back in a military flag. I don't want to hold a grand funeral for him."

Someone hurriedly took the order and left, and Ruosha was ready at this time.

She carefully checked the weapons around her. Although she knew that she didn't need to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person, she had to be prepared for any trouble.

Seeing the officers around her worriedly, she waved her hand to them.

"Although the situation is not good, all of this is still in our plan. Well, generals, let's see who is the most powerful army in Europe."

Ruosha's words made his subordinates' originally nervous hearts suddenly excited.

They know the meaning of the Queen.

If this battle fails, of course their ending will be very miserable.

But if successful, they will not only promote the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily, but may even be the upstarts of the Kingdom of Aragon.

At that time, even the whole of Europe would bow its head in front of them.

"For the Queen!"

"For Sicily!"

The generals shouted excitedly, knowing that the next thing they were to lose to the death and there was no room for retreat.

"For you, my Alexander."

Ruosha talked to herself in her heart, whether in front of others or when they were alone, she always called Alexander "my brother".

This is because she knows that only by being alert at all times to not expose the true relationship between the two, they are safe.

But in his heart, Ruosha shouted "My Alexander" more than once.

Now, facing a strong enemy, she decided to do whatever she wanted.

Although she still couldn't speak out, she still shouted "My Alexander" in her heart.

"Grenadiers are in line~ Array and move forward!"

The drums were loud and the gunshots were loud. The grenade company on the entire front began to walk slowly but firmly towards the square formation.

Several soldiers carrying heavy mesh guns walked out of the queue.

Set up a bracket, install a musket, then tilt the muzzle and stuff the gunpowder and huge projectiles into the muzzle. When compacting it with a strip, you need to use enough force.

The waiting time after igniting the fuse seems so long.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the heavy recoil hit the shooter's shoulders back and suddenly paused. Even though he was wearing leather shoulder armor specially used to remove force and the butt stock was covered with very thick leather, this kind of shooting could not last long.

Although there have been a large number of flintlock rifles, in addition to grenadiers, many soldiers in the Sicilian army still use old combroach guns.

And all heavy muskets are also messoite guns.

Due to the huge impact generated during shooting, today's flintlock rifles' slightly rough mechanical parts often cannot withstand the faults caused by vibration.
To be continued...