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The subordinates let out a burst of cheers.

As I said before, Seleucid and Macedonia are brothers and enemies, so they both want to compare each other.

After a pause, Acaves continued:

"Silk people can frighten Macedonians, but they can't frighten us!"

"We want the people of Silk Country to see who is the master of this land!"

"At the same time, we also need to let the Macedonians know who is the warrior who makes Alexander proud, who... is the glory of the empire!"

The subordinates cheered loudly, and slapped the armor with their shields, making "cracking" sounds in their mouths, and their morale was like a rainbow.

The [-] guards are the elite of Seleucid, and more than [-]% of them are veterans who have fought with Akaifus for many years. Akaifus often uses his own wealth to pay them more... This is a bit like the training and quality of the Chu army than the conventional Army better private soldiers.

Coupled with the geographical and military advantages of the Seleucid Army, it is still unknown who will win this battle.

Wang Ben did not act immediately, although time was tight.

He led the troops around the hill first, and found that the hill was gentle in the south and steep in the north.

So there was no need to think too much, and I chose the slower side to the south.

Following Wang Ben's order, the Shenwu army dismounted one after another and took off their bullets and set up formation under the hill. The horses were fixed behind them with simple wooden stakes and were guarded by several people.

Wang Ben didn't say much, and ordered the soldiers to attack along the slope of the hill after loading the ammunition.

Acaevus hesitated for a moment, then ordered the troops to launch a counterattack.

Acaevus's choice was very smart. He knew from the Romans that the weapons in the hands of the Si people were weapons that could penetrate shield armor from a distance of [-] meters.

On this basis, of course, Akaifus must take the initiative to attack and narrow the distance between each other, otherwise, if they are far away, they will only be defeated by the enemy one row after another.

Sure enough, as soon as the Seleucid army moved, the Qin army had to stop... The two armies may move relative to each other, and it will soon develop into a close combat, which the Qin army does not want to see.

When the Seleucid army approached 100 meters, Qin Jun raised his musket under Wang Ben's command, and then pulled the trigger, and the projectile flew towards the Seleucid army amidst gunfire and smoke.

The Seleucid soldiers fell in a pool of blood one after another, and they were even frightened by the terrifying weapon of the Silk Army.

But it was just a pause.

Soon they were striding forward again, and to embolden themselves, they made a "huo" sound with each step.

"Bang bang", a batch of bullets knocked down the Seleucid soldiers in the front row again.

This made the Seleucid soldiers can't help speeding up their pace, because they realized that the faster the distance can be shortened, the more they can avoid death.

The slope of the hill increased their speed, which gave them a chance to approach the Qin army.

Chapter 528

With the bang of the muskets, the Seleucid soldiers fell in batches, and the entire hill of Maar was filled with muskets, gunpowder smoke and the blood of the Seleucid soldiers.

But despite this, the Seleucid soldiers continued to advance step by step towards the Silk Kingdom's army with super long spears.

Because they know that their only chance is to close in on the enemy and kill these invaders.

Akaifus, who was standing on the hill watching the battle, felt very comforted when he saw this. As the saying goes, "raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while", the combat performance of the personal guards is not in vain.

Then Acaevus slowly let go of his hanging heart.

Because he found that although the Silk Army had no casualties until now...the Silk Army has the advantage of long-range weapons. They can easily knock down the Seleucid heavy infantry from 100 meters away, but the Seleucid Army has nothing to do with them .

If there was anything that could threaten the Silk Kingdom's army, it would be trebuchets and bows and arrows.

But all the catapults were transferred to the infantry by Acaevus for attack, and there was none on the hill.

As for bows and arrows... I don't know what kind of armor the Si people use, but they can't pierce the arrows flying down.

However, because of the condescending hills, coupled with the good morale and physical strength of the guards, the front line of the Seleucid army is approaching the silk army inch by inch.

90 meters, 80 meters...

Akaifus knew that as long as he pushed forward a dozen or 20 meters, the Seleucid army would be able to threaten the silk army.

This is because the Seleucid army had another short-range weapon that was very deadly: the javelin.

Generally speaking, the throwing distance of the javelin is 50 meters.

But because the Seleucid Army is condescending, its range will increase by more than ten meters.

At that time, the Seleucid army only needs a piece of javelins to go down to suppress the firepower of the silk army, and then the infantry will take this opportunity to speed up and rush down... The enemy will not be able to pose a threat to the Mar hill, but will be surrounded and wiped out.

This didn't even require reinforcements to arrive.

Just as Akaifus was looking forward to the victory in the near future, the reaction of the Silk Kingdom army made him feel powerless.

I saw that after the Si National Army had discharged their guns in front, they no longer reloaded as usual, but directly divided into two sides, passed through the gap between the queues, and lined up at the end of the queue.

Instead, the second team raised their guns and fired, and then also did not reload. After firing a bullet, they retreated to the end of the team with their guns in hand.

Acaevs was so angry that his eyelids couldn't help jumping a few times.

Of course he understood why the Silk Country army did this.

This method of rolling backward like a drum can enable the Silk Country army to gradually increase the distance between the enemy and ourselves without affecting the combat.

As long as the silk army continues to "roll" like this, the Seleucid infantry will never be able to rush to the enemy and fight with them.

Seeing this, the Seleucid infantry were also stunned. They didn't know if it was meaningful to continue fighting like this... They looked like the enemy's target, but they had nothing to do with the enemy.

Akefs noticed this right away, and without thinking about it, he yelled at his subordinates: "Continue to attack, and I will let the second guard regiment outflank their rear! They are about to die!"

The Seleucids responded with a loud shout.

This is indeed a good way. The Seleucid infantry in the front is advancing step by step, and the two wings will send out another army to outflank. In this way, even if the Silk Kingdom army retreats and fires like a drum, it will still be surrounded until there is no way to retreat. In the end, there is only one possibility of being surrounded and wiped out.

But at this time the total strength of Acaevus was only 5000 men.

[-] infantry and the Silk Kingdom army were thrown in front, and the only troops to outflank the two flanks were the Second Guards Regiment guarding the north slope.

Acaves doesn't think that's going to be a problem.

Because the steepness of the north slope is not suitable for the musket attack of the silk army... The reason is that when the slope is steep, the musket lineup will go up one stop, and the front row soldiers will be much higher to block the muzzle of the guns, even if the front row soldiers squat The same is true for the next.

Besides, although the troops on the north slope have been emptied, if there is danger, Akaifus only needs to change the rear team of the first guard regiment on the south slope to the front team, and the front team to the rear team, and turn over the top of the slope. Killed back.

So Akaifus didn't think much, waved the flag, and the second guard regiment stationed on the north slope divided into two parts and went down the mountain to complete the team, and then surrounded the Silk National Army from the left and right wings.

However, what Akaifus did not expect was that this was exactly what Wang Ben wanted.

From the very beginning, Wang Bending's main attack direction was actually the north slope rather than the south slope.

Because it understands that although [-] enemies are not many, they are nearly twice as many as the [-] Shenwu Army.

It is not difficult for three thousand warriors to defeat five thousand enemies, but the difficulty lies in the complete victory and escape within two quarters of an hour, otherwise this assault will be meaningless.

However, it is almost impossible to achieve this strategic goal with a moderate offense.

In this way, the only way to implement the strategy of adjusting the tiger away from the mountain is to first adjust one side of the enemy to the air before launching a surprise attack.

Therefore, Wang Ben pretended to attack the gentler and easier to attack the southern slope.

Sure enough, the enemy was deceived and adjusted the troops on the North Slope to outflank them.

Wang Ben waited for a while, and saw that the Seleucid army on both wings had gradually encircled him, so he shouted: "Get on your horse and turn from the north slope!"

"Get on the horse and turn from the north slope!"

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The Shenwu army put away their guns and ran down the mountain one after another, stepping on their horses, their movements were neat and orderly.

The Seleucid army also said that the silk army knew that they were invincible and would flee, so they raised their guns and cheered loudly.

They had no intention of chasing after them, because everyone knew that with their heavy armor and a super-long spear in their hands, they would not be able to catch up to the Si soldiers in rattan armor, let alone their horses.

But Akaifus was not so optimistic, because he saw that the silk army was neat and undisturbed... No army would run away or even retreat so calmly.

An ominous premonition welled up in Arcafs' heart, and he hurriedly shouted: "Second Guards, stop them!"

The messenger hurriedly waved the semaphore to give the order.

The Second Guards Regiment on the Two Wings had to immediately speed up and plan to close the encirclement.

This is difficult for these infantrymen. You must know that the average load of these heavy infantrymen is about [-] kilograms. If it is for protection or to bring more food, it may reach [-] kilograms, which is almost equivalent to carrying a person on their backs.

Although the Seleucid infantry is strong and well-trained, the important thing is that they can walk well. Once they speed up and run, they will be tired and out of breath soon.

However, even so, their movements were not as fast as the Shenwu Army.

In fact, it was not that the Shenwu Army was faster than the Shenwu Army, but when the vanguard of the Shenwu Army rushed out of the encirclement, they threw a few thunderbolt fireballs on both sides, abruptly blocking the encirclement of the Second Army.

Then, as soon as the Shenwu army broke out of the encirclement, they turned their horses and ran towards the north slope...

Acaevus felt cheated.

Chapter 529 The Thief and the King

"Return to defend the north slope!" Akaifus ordered loudly.

The First Guards immediately turned the rear army into the front army, and the front army into the rear army, turning from the south slope to the north slope.

This is not a difficult task for the First Guards Regiment. They have already practiced countless times in their usual training, and now they are naturally familiar with it.

Akaifus was a little puzzled, what effect could the Silk Army attack from the steeper north slope?Isn't it a repeat of the last battle?

Even Akefs thought that the Silk Army would be more dangerous, because the Second Guards Regiment was already down the mountain and was ready to encircle the Silk Army.At that time, it will be difficult for the Silk National Army to fly.

In the next second, Akaifus understood... Due to the steeper north slope, the straight-line distance from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain is shorter, and they are even within the range of the arquebus.

So, a few rows of soldiers of the Silk National Army stood at the foot of the mountain and pointed their guns at the ridgeline of the mountain top. As soon as the Seleucid army came forward, a row of bullets "bang bang bang".

The soldiers of the Seleucid Army fell down row by row, and after the corpses piled up on the top of the hill, they immediately became an obstacle to the attacking troops from the rear, and the Seleucid Army was unable to attack for a while.

At this time, the Qin army sent out an elite force to attack the Shanxiang position with swords, shields and spears shouting.

Since the northern slope was empty and unguarded, the Qin army's offensive speed on the northern slope was very fast, and they rushed to the top of the mountain in the blink of an eye.

The Seleucid army had just attacked the hilltop position under the attack of muskets.

At this time, Akaifus discovered another embarrassing place for the Seleucid army. The Seleucid army could not form a gun shield.

The super-long spears of the Seleucid Army do not only need the first row, but the subsequent three or even five rows of pikemen use super-long spears to form a gun wall.

There is no problem with the strength of the troops. The Seleucid soldiers are still the first bodyguard army, and there are still more than 3000 people... There were originally [-] people, and more than [-] people were killed or injured during the Nanpo World War I.

The problem is that the position on the top of the mountain has a process from the reverse slope to the front slope. This process has basically no effect on short weapons such as swords and shields. Turning to another angle, in the process of transformation, the rear spears cannot form a gun wall with the front row of spears at all.

What's more serious is that when the enemy rushed to the top of the mountain, the super long guns in the hands of the Seleucid army did not have enough space to put down the enemy.

Therefore, when the Qin army rushed to the top of the mountain, they faced groups of enemies who had no resistance and almost no attack power.

Of course, Qin Jun would not be polite to them. He raised his sword and gun at the enemy and hacked and killed them indiscriminately.

Under such circumstances, Ren's First Guard Regiment was the elite of Acaevus, and they were helpless. They dropped their super-long spears and retreated, while the Seleucid army behind did not know what happened on the other side and continued to push forward. Many Seleucids who fled Lucy's soldiers were pierced under their own ultra-long spears.

At this time, Qin Jun drew out the "Thunderbolt Fireball" and ignited it, and threw it violently towards the other side of the mountaintop position... The "Thunderbolt Fireball" is spherical, and it will roll around when thrown to the other side.

The Seleucid soldiers watched the spherical thing rolling to their feet and couldn't help panicking, and there was a lot of commotion in the formation immediately.

With a bang, the riot further expanded.

Soldiers collapsed and fled everywhere. They rushed back condescendingly and scattered the originally neat formation, and soon lost the appearance that the Seleucid elite should have, while the Silk Kingdom army followed closely behind. force.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Akaifus hurriedly led the guards to retreat, but the soldiers were crowded into a pile at the front and back, and it was not easy to move his feet, and how could he escape easily.

Wang Ben was in the commando. He saw a general shouting at his subordinates from a distance... Seleucid generals are easy to identify. There is also a rectangular military flag, which can be seen at a glance.

Wang Ben pointed his spear in that direction, and shouted: "Whoever takes down the enemy chieftain will be rewarded with a hundred taels, regardless of life or death!"

The generals of the Shenwu Army yelled and attacked with all their strength in the direction of Akaifus.

Seeing that something was wrong, Akaifus hurriedly took off his helmet and mingled with the soldiers, trying to escape in disorder.

However, before it was too late, Wang Ben stared closely at the target, took the loaded matchlock gun from his subordinates and aimed it at Akefs who was not wearing a helmet, and pulled the trigger... only a "bang" was heard, The projectile flew out and hit Akaifus on the right shoulder.

It's not that Wang Ben's marksmanship is good, nor is it that the matchlock gun is highly accurate, but that the distance between the enemy and ourselves is only more than ten meters at this time, and the accuracy is quite accurate even by feeling.

Acaevus yelled and fell to the ground. Because the crowd was dense and huddled together, the guards who wanted to save him couldn't get close.