That's it, the two cavalry units running at the front were completely wiped out.
But after that, things took a new turn. otbnkotgt In terms of long-range firepower, centaur warriors equipped with well-equipped composite bows are unable to defeat human knights well-equipped with armor.
In contrast, short-barreled firecrackers and steel hand crossbows have a certain degree of lethality against centaur warriors.
This is mainly due to the poor defense of backward and outdated traditional scale armor.
Although Salida Khan also tried to widely promote new armor in the Khanate.
But it encountered great resistance.
This resistance does not stem solely from tribal traditions.
More from the actual situation.
There is a lack of enough armor divisions and insufficient equipment and technology.
There is a lack of high-power water or steam-powered forging presses and steel-making furnaces.
That's it, that's it.
This is also the biggest problem between the Tartariya Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, two non-human countries.
Or fundamentally speaking, they don’t have enough technological power.
Even businessmen take note of this, not out of patriotism.
Rather, it is for practical purposes to teach the apprentice to starve the master to death.
Although in a short period of time, you can earn more from selling machinery and equipment than selling weapons and armor.
But this is tantamount to cutting off one's future path.
Smash your own job.
No one was that stupid except Khrushchev.
The Tartariya Khanate may be even worse, that is, they do not have high-quality coal and iron ore.
And this is one of the reasons why Salida Khan desperately went north to attack the Slavis.
In Ruthenia, there are several very high-quality iron mines, and there are also a lot of coal mines.
As long as this territory can be swallowed up, the weapons and equipment of the Khanate can be greatly improved.
Of course, this is just theory.
But there is always something to think about, right?
That's it.
In terms of firepower delivery, the human army is slightly stronger than the Centaur cavalry of the Tartarian Khanate.
At the same time, during the charge, both sides were evenly matched.
But in terms of close combat, human cavalry is far from being a match for centaurs.
Compared with the human cavalry who need to control horses and fight with people at the same time, they need to use stirrups to exert force.
The combat effectiveness of centaur warriors, who are completely integrated with humans and horses, is naturally much stronger.
After several rounds of charges, they wiped out each other's elite assault cavalry.
The two sides entered into hand-to-hand combat.
Two groups of thousands of cavalry were mixed together with an army of nearly 10,000 knights, cavalry, and centaurs.
They had sharp scimitars, long swords, heavy flails, war hammers, and battle axes raised above their heads.
For a while, people even felt like a sun.
The illusion becomes dull.
Lose.
Originally, Duke Otto believed that he could rely on more advanced cavalry dense arrays, wall charges and other tactics to counter the powerful and violent Centaur warriors.
But now it seems that it still doesn't work. no.
Although it was well said, in theory, he and William had done several deductions before.
But no, still no.
"Civilized armies rely on discipline and technology, while barbaric armies rely on personal martial arts and violent hearts.
It is generally believed that civilization is better than barbarism for granted.
However, this point is slightly fallacy when it comes to centaurs."
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Otto The Duke thought so in his heart.
"It's much better, Duke.
In the first period of time, we couldn't even compete with the centaurs head-on."
Next to Duke Otto, a Gothic knight said: "Now, although we are We lost, but at least we can face the Centaurs head-on.
This has to be said to be a big improvement.”
"Yes, that's correct."
Duke Otto said, "Besides that, we also have other things that can fight against them."
He looked at the soldiers around him from the corner of his eye.
These mercenaries who were used to killing people either had serious faces or plain faces.
Or a look of indifference.
They carried the barrels of extremely long guns.
Quiet and silent.
Duke Otto believes that the human army under his command is the strongest and best army of this era.
And when the safety of the flanks can be guaranteed, no cavalry would dare to charge the infantry units head-on.
The phalanx combining super long guns and matchlocks is enough to ensure the frontal security of the coalition forces.
Even centaur warriors find it extremely difficult to break through this front.
"Move forward."
After thinking of this, Duke Otto issued this order: "Main infantry, move forward a little.
Don't leave too much gap for the enemy."
Following Duke Otto's order, the army began to move forward slowly.
The reason why it was not fast was to take care of the artillery units.
In order to move these artillery pieces, they either needed to be re-harnessed to draft horses, or the artillerymen simply had to push the artillery pieces forward.
This greatly slowed down the advance speed of the infantry troops.
However, Duke Otto was not worried about this.
He was not in a hurry, and would rather go slower than make any mistakes.
At the same time, the new Circassian army on the left will also come into contact with the Centaur cavalry.
After entering a distance of 500 meters, the light artillery accompanying the infantry began to fire.
Centaur and nomadic cavalry casualties began to increase.
After entering a distance of three hundred meters, the enemy's speed began to increase.
At the same time, the infantry accompanied the artillery and fired the last round of solid shells.
"Change the shotshells."
After William gave the order, the shotshells wrapped with countless small lead pellets were filled into the barrel.
Just wait for the opponent's cavalry to enter the shooting range and give him a hard blow.
Immediately afterwards, William issued the second order "Prepare to shoot."
This order was issued to the infantry troops under his command.
After this order was given, the infantrymen formed a dense array, and the infantrymen equipped with flintlock rifles raised their muskets and pointed them at the enemy on the opposite side.
"If it is infantry, it is best to place it within fifty meters.
But the enemy is cavalry, so it needs to be fired within a hundred meters.
In this way, three rounds can be fired."
William thought in his heart After entering a distance of two hundred meters, the centaurs and nomadic cavalry began to sprint.
Before this, they had lost more than three hundred soldiers through artillery bombardment.
The formation was loose and their morale was weakened by a notch.
However, even so, if they really launched a charge, they would still be an unstoppable incarnation of terror.
"Steady, steady, don't fire.
You can only fire after you hear the order.
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Do you hear that?
You are a bunch of scum."
Such roars and curses were heard from every company in the First Regiment of the New Army.
It was different from the first battle against infantry units.
This time the charge of the centaurs and nomadic cavalry brought more pressure than the previous infantry attack.
Much bigger.
"Don't tremble, don't be in a daze, think about what you did during training, just do it as you did during training."
The captains of each company screamed at the top of their lungs to appease or coerce their soldiers.
However, the effect is still small.
This may be the only place where William's new army is inferior to the old mercenary troops.
Experience, or courage.
Even though they have been trained countless times.
Even trained almost like a machine.
But under such tremendous pressure, the imperfect side of human nature is still exposed.
"Supervise the battle team."
Then William issued his third order.
"Let your subordinates fear you more than your enemies."
William did this without hesitation.
Soon, the supervisory team, which had been transformed from cavalry guards, chopped off the heads of the most shaken and the worst-looking people.
Under the influence of the smell of blood and the dead bodies, the queue returned to normal in the shortest time.
After that, it’s one hundred and fifty meters.
"Earl" was beside William, and Little John was worried and wanted to speak even though he was not within musket range.
But the artillery shells are ready to be fired.
"We must shoot together," William interrupted without hesitation and said.
"but" "Shut up" If it were normal times, William might be interested in giving Little John a good explanation.
But now is when push comes to shove, and it matters.
No matter what, my authority as a commander must be strengthened to the greatest extent.
Sure enough, after William shouted, Little John shut his mouth and did not dare to speak anymore.
At the same time, the opponent is still sprinting as fast as possible.
One hundred meters, the human limit is about ten seconds.
Cavalry and centaurs are naturally much faster than humans.
"Five seconds, six seconds, or seven seconds" At the same time that William thought of this, the nomadic cavalry and centaur warriors were already within shooting range.
At the same time, a solid lead bullet fired from the artillery position hit the square formation of a Centaur troop from the side.
In the blink of an eye, screams, blood mist, minced meat and bone residue were splashed out like garbage.
Then, those monster-like centaur warriors wearing metal armor fell to the ground as soft as tattered sacks.
"Since the emergence of civilization in the world, killing has never been as easy as it is today."
Such words suddenly emerged in William's mind.
"Fire."
At the same time, he gave the order.
The first array of 1,200 soldiers, twenty-five three-pound cannons, and ten six-pound cannons made an earth-shattering roar at the first moment.
Driven by gunpowder, the hot metal spurted out and shot towards Tartariya's cavalry and centaur warriors 160420oshow7: