174 Ally Logic
The sound of explosions and gunfire became nightmares for Spanish officers and soldiers. Even if the enemy is close at hand, the Spanish soldiers who are in the forefront can hit the bayonet on the face of the guard infantry after sprinting for dozens of meters, but no one has the courage to attack the enemy.
The Spanish soldiers with avalanche of morale rushed to escape from behind, and even threw away the muskets in their hands. At the moment of life and death, they had forgotten how serious military law punishment they would face after throwing away the muskets and escaping back.
"Run quickly, the Black Dragon Legion is here!"
"The Black Dragon Legion is so terrible. They are demons from hell. How can we humans defeat the demons!"
"Mom, I'm going home, I won't be in the army and fight again..."
Under extreme fear, many Spanish soldiers were in a state of confusion and shouted out their thoughts that they had been suppressed in their hearts on weekdays, further aggravating the chaos of the brigade of Spanish soldiers.
At this time, continuous explosions came from other directions around Perpignan from time to time. It was obvious that these explosions were the few guard infantry defenders in other directions, and detonated the hidden special powder barrels.
Although there are not many Spanish troops in other directions, there are even fewer guard infantry to resist them. If this method is not used, it is estimated that guard infantry in other directions will be swallowed up by the crowd in the future.
Of course, Stewart no longer cared about the situation in other directions. At this time, he was like a soldier, holding a flintlock rifle and constantly firing at the Spanish soldiers who were facing him on his back.
Stewart rationally did not lead his troops to rush out because the second attacking echelon of the Spanish Army outside had already striding forward. Once the Black Dragon Legion left the city buildings, they would be taken away by a roulette of guns...
Dorn and Alik looked pale at the friendly soldiers who were fleeing towards their company. As they expected, their first attack with an absolute advantage in numbers failed...
And the defeat was very miserable, and many soldiers even threw away the muskets!
"I don't want to fight, I want to go home to farm, I want to live with my parents, even if I have eaten for one meal but not the next meal, I don't want to set foot on the battlefield..."
Tears were almost shedding from Dorn's sad eyes. He was really scared.
The expressions of other Spanish soldiers after seeing this scene were no longer much better than Dorn. Even the noble officers in the second offensive echelon no longer walked in front of them "heroically", but retreated to the backside of both sides of the queue, only caring about shouting commands...
Amid the orders, the company where Dorn was located quickly stopped and held up a flintlock rifle. The battle line of the entire second offensive echelon also came to an abrupt end, waiting quietly for its own defeated troops to penetrate through the gaps between the various companies.
Under the suppression of the noble officers, the emotions of the defeated soldiers did not come into the second offensive echelon. Even if the Spanish soldiers were afraid, they did not dare to move their steps on the surface.
Spanish noble officers kept patrolling in their companies, holding flintlock pistols. If anyone dared to escape with the defeated soldiers, he would immediately hit him with a lead bullet!
There were still a small number of cavalry cruising slowly between the companies, adding psychological pressure to the Spanish soldiers.
Even so, the battle line of the entire second wave of offensive echelon became distorted and the formation was no longer strict.
However, the Black Dragon Legion was even more courageous than the Spanish Army commander had expected. They actually carried the mortars and followed the defeated soldiers to the open space in front of the buildings outside the city. After opening in a word, they blasted at the second wave of attack echelons that were entangled with the defeated soldiers!
At the same time, the guard infantry kept firing at the crowds in the distance. Even at this distance, the accuracy of the flintlock rifle had reached infinitely close to zero, and they could only rely on fate to lock in the target.
The morale shown by Spanish soldiers before allowed Stewart to see the opportunity. He could not even withstand such a basic shelling. Perhaps he could create a small miracle?
Sure enough, when the flowering shells fired by the mortars fell into the crowd, even the companies that were not bombarded began to become chaotic. The soldiers completely ignored the inspectors and began to join the ranks of the defeated soldiers, fleeing wildly towards the rear.
In this way, Stewart used only a dozen old-fashioned mortars to bombard the second offensive echelon of thousands of people...
Stewart originally wanted to lead his troops to charge back, but the cavalry team behind the Spanish Army rushed over in time, forcing Stewart to give up this idea.
In a flat and open area, infantry without a tight formation faces the cavalry, which is a unilateral massacre, and even the guard infantry will find it difficult to make up for this gap.
The cavalry's impact speed is too fast!
Although the Spanish cavalry troops successfully stopped Stewart from charging, the reincarnated defeats still caused great disaster to the subsequent infantry phalanx.
The Spanish Army had low morale and rapidly declined at a speed visible to the naked eye.
So many people attacked a city with more than a thousand people, but they were defeated without even touching the enemy!
The Black Dragon Legion is indeed as terrifying as the rumors!
When Dorn, who was running out of breath, returned to the rear, he did not feel guilty of becoming a deserter at all, and even felt that he had made a profit.
Being able to get to such a close distance from the enemy is worthy of the "food money" given to him by the Spanish Kingdom these days.
Before the war started, there was not even the most basic reward. Nine out of ten Spanish troops were determined to save their lives. The remaining one was probably a noble officer or religious madman...
Stewart, holding a monocular telescope in his hand, looked incredible at the Spanish Army that was beginning to retreat.
Just give up like this?
What about the dense crowd behind?
Not only Stewart, but even the citizens of Perpignan felt incredible. They had seen the revolutionary army in the country and felt that the war should not end so simply.
Of course the end will not end. The Spanish Army retreat is only temporary. They need the entire team to restore the riots of the soldiers!
There are more than 50,000 Spanish Army, but not many people were actually killed by bombing and beating to death. For the base of the Spanish Army, it is a drop in the bucket.
But the morale of the entire Spanish Army was severely turbulent. After retreating to the temporary barracks in the rear, it took a full day and a night to relieve the riots.
The commander of the Spanish Army held a military meeting overnight, and the roar of anger echoed throughout the meeting.
When dawn was dawn, the Spanish soldiers below collectively responded to their superiors that they did not want to fight with their "allies"!
Chapter completed!