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Chapter 19 Ballista

"Please pay attention to...the enemy attack..."

In Zhao Fubo's military camp, the first thing to discover was the lookout on the sentry tower. The four corners of the sentry tower did not need to be found for materials to be built. It was just ready-made and transported on the carriage. When it arrived at the ground, it was quickly unfolded and assembled as a warning tower at the four corners of the base, and it also facilitated finding the baseline of the fence.

Because of the existence of four sentry towers, the camps of the Yulin Army of the Song Dynasty were almost square as long as the terrain permitted. At this time, the wooden stakes on the camp wall were hitting into the ground little by little, and the rope nets had not yet been laid. Between the sentry towers, there were large trucks as walls. Although they could not be completely filled, they could only leave some gaps that were not wide.

When the enemy's attacking troops appeared on one side of the Great Plains, they were immediately discovered by the lookout on the mail tower. Then the sound of hand-cranked sirens sounded throughout the camp. According to the prior plan, the officers rushed to their positions.

Zhao Fubo, who was discussing the war in the central army's tent, snatched out of the tent together with Sophia and five other captains from the Thousand-man team under the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, along with the sound of an alarm.

"Enemy attack?"

Zhao Fubo looked at the four watchtowers, and saw a red arrow pointing in one direction on the tower. This was a reference for the officers in the camp to make quick decisions, especially when facing such a sudden attack.

At this time, Zhao Fubo had less than 6,000 soldiers and 2,500 musketeers in his hands, and he was assigned to a small fortress on the supply line. And he wanted to use these less than 6,000 musketeers to capture the capital of a country. It was easy to say, but full of dangers to do!

"A team led their men to form a volley formation, using the line of large vehicles as a cover to block the shooting!"

Zhao Fubo casually assigned two captains of a thousand-person team. They reached out to pull out the signal flares from the box on their armor. As soon as they pulled the fuse, C signal flares of different colors flew up from the military camp, one red and the other green. As the signal flares took off, the sound of gathering horns immediately sounded from the musketeers in the camp.

"Everyone goes back to control the troops and listen to my orders at any time. The other three teams will continue to build the wall!"

The enemy's attack is not worth making a fuss. After all, this is a battle to destroy a kingdom. What Zhao Fubo is worried about is that the royal family of the Granada Kingdom living in the Alhambra will abandon their wealth and escape far away. This is why he wrote to Fernande III, the king of the Castile Kingdom. Of course, if the royal family of the Granada Kingdom abandoned the capital and fled, they would lose the ability to call the entire Granada Kingdom, and it would be even easier to take down the Granada Kingdom. However, the war may take longer, which would not be in line with Zhao Fubo's intentions.

When he came to the defense line formed by the chariot, 2,000 musketeers had already arranged two rows of tight formations in front. Since it was a volley mode, it was naturally possible to carry out dense volleys. As long as each team took turns shooting, it was naturally possible to form dense firepower to deal with the cavalry's charge.

Behind them is a sparse defense line composed of large chariots. Five of the 25 crossbows have been arranged in the small fortresses on the protection supply line. Therefore, Zhao Fubo only has 20 crossbows to be used here. There are four gates in each direction, although there are not many, the "Flying Swallow Iii type crossbows" can shoot in any direction. Therefore, in any direction, there will be as many as 12 crossbows to suppress fire.

At this moment, the vehicles were quickly pulled on thin ropes, which was about the height of the cavalry's chest. This was to prevent the enemy from trying to cross the large chariot line. If they wanted to attack, they would definitely be dragged off the horse by these ropes.

When Zhao Fubo raised his telescope, the enemy's formation could be seen clearly in his eyes. The two rows in front were knights, then heavy armored cavalry, light armored knights, and infantry behind. For some reason, when Zhao Fubo saw the formation in front of him, he felt a vague feeling that these enemy troops were not good, and those who were good would not come.

"Sophia sent an order to warn soldiers from other directions and set up a blocking line. Don't let them break into our camp! And your subordinates try their best to concentrate in this direction, but don't rush to shoot and follow my orders!"

At this time, the enemy started to move in amid the sound of trumpets. The knights in the front row held knight spears, which were obviously the main force in the attack. Behind were heavy cavalry like the Arab Mamluk cavalry, and behind were large groups of light cavalry and infantry. When the knights and heavy cavalry moved, the light cavalry separated from the team like the wings of a geese.

Obviously, the Moors were not unfamiliar with the use of light cavalry. Their separation made Zhao Fubo feel a little trouble. If the crossbows continued to suppress those light cavalry, then the frontal charge would definitely touch the defense line of the chariot. If they did not continue to suppress, their cavalry would kill the people in the military camp.

"Light cavalry, crossbows are fired! The main defense line greets them with directional thunder and grenades."

Just as Zhao Fubo finished speaking, the light cavalry rushed out of the enemy camp suddenly accelerated, and at the same time they screamed. With a telescope, they could see the riding bows on their hands, which had been put on arrows. This was not much different from the Mamluk cavalry. After a long time of training, they were wearing heavy armor and heavy weapons, and wearing light armor and riding bows were light cavalry. Professional training allowed them to have extensive combat effectiveness.

However, when facing Zhao Fubo's camp at this moment, they launched an attack, without asking the firearms in the camp, they would definitely get a good understanding of it. The gap in weapons can sometimes cause cruel tragedies.

As the heavy cavalry accelerated, the infantry also shouted to accelerate. If you observe carefully, you will find that cavalry and infantry accounted for almost half of each of this attack. The same is true for attacking a camp in this era. First, destroy the walls of the camp, and then the cavalry attacked and entangled together. Then, a large number of infantry were invested to finally resolve the battle. Unfortunately, this kind of combat is really inappropriate for camps full of musketeers.

"preparation……"
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