135 Self-knowledge
After receiving the news that Xiao Yunyang took the initiative to lead his troops to the decisive battle in the wild, Emperor Charles not only did not relax, but became more vigilant.
Afterwards, under the dispatch of Emperor Charles, 120,000 troops were divided into three groups and surrounded Xiao Yunyang's troops in a triangle. However, the distance between the three groups of troops was very close, and any group could provide support anytime and anywhere.
In the eyes of Emperor Charles, Xiao Yunyang's courage to bring such a few people to the final battle is naturally his own trump card.
In addition to Xiao Yunyang's repeated unexpected summoning legion, Emperor Charlie would naturally not foolishly lead the main force to collide with him.
What Emperor Charles the Great brought this time were the core main forces of the Frank Empire, and of course, it also included a large number of miscellaneous soldiers of the nature of auxiliary soldiers.
This kind of auxiliary soldiers also account for the majority.
After all, it is impossible for an army to be full of war soldiers. The number of civilians and auxiliary soldiers who are responsible for doing chores and transporting food and grass is the largest.
Of the 120,000 troops, almost half of them were auxiliary soldiers.
However, these auxiliary soldiers are also equipped with various weapons, similar to those of light infantry, and can be brought to the battlefield at any time.
In a sense, it can also be regarded as a warrior.
Removed the auxiliary soldiers, the rest were Charles Charles' direct feudal knights, noble private troops at all levels, and Western and Central European mercenaries who used money to fight.
Under the command of the powerful Emperor Charles the Great, the recruited farmers who were used to make up for the numbers in the noble private army were all included in the ranks of auxiliary soldiers.
In other words, the remaining 60,000 people are all real combat soldiers!
Among them, the mercenaries have poor equipment. Many of them only wear leather armor and do not even have iron pieces.
The second is the noble private army. Among the noble private army, only the noble guard knights were full of iron armor, and the remaining equipment was similar to that of mercenaries.
The best-equipped one is Charles the Great's direct Frank Knight.
Not only do they own their own land, they can also get an additional wartime allowance paid out of their own pockets, so their weapons and equipment are of course the best.
These Frank Knights each have a set of full-body chain armor, among which the fighter guards around Emperor Charles, and even the seamless plate armor they buy from the Northern Dwarves at a high price!
And Emperor Charles himself was stuck in two fuse-cord handguns sent by northern dwarves.
However, this thing can only be regarded as a self-defense weapon for Emperor Charles the Great.
The range is not as far as the crossbow, and the firing rate is extremely complicated. The targets that are slightly farther away will not be able to shoot accurately...
Therefore, Charles the Great has always regarded this pair of fuse pistols as hunting toys, and never had the idea of being popular.
Of course, the dwarves also blocked firearm technology very tightly, and even deliberately spread unpractical rumors in human society, exaggerating the weaknesses of firearms.
Even the armor-breaking ability of the firearm was defeated by the Dwarf's master's carefully crafted iron plate armor.
Yes, these two fuse guns on the waist of Emperor Charles cannot penetrate the seamless iron plate armor of the Knights beside him.
In addition, the firearm technology is controlled by dwarves, and the purchase price is so high that humans in Western and Central Europe naturally look down on this weapon.
Due to the extreme backwardness of communication technology in this era, what Emperor Charles the Great did not know was that the Tsarist Russian Empire, which was in the north with the dwarves, suffered enough of the firearms in the confrontation with the dwarves, had already started to install firearms, and had even fully obtained the technology of a mesh rope gun, and began mass workshop construction.
However, there is a centaur nomadic prairie between the Tsarist Russian Empire and Central Europe in this world, and the exchanges between the two sides are about zero.
The cautious Charlie did not send a capable combat soldier as the main force. The so-called three-way army had pure cavalry units on both sides of the left and right, and all infantry were concentrated in the middle.
In fact, the left and right wings are used to prevent Xiao Yunyang from suddenly revealing his powerful trump card, and are also the killer weapon used by Emperor Charlie to cut off Xiao Yunyang's retreat.
All the left and right wings are composed of noble private troops, and they are all elite troops among noble private troops!
Cavalry, even light cavalry, are considered elite among the noble private army!
Therefore, although the two armies on the left and right wings seem to be messy, they are all cavalry and have strong mobility and are inherently beneficial to invincible places.
At the same time, these two cavalry units can be interspersed and devoted to the battlefield at any time through their strong mobility.
This move seems simple, but it can command the army to separate and obey in a very short time, maintaining the synchronization of the three armies and the smoothness of communication between them, which is enough to prove how powerful Charles the Great's military ability is.
After arriving in this world, Xiao Yunyang had deeply realized the difficulties of inconvenience in communication in ancient times.
Even though Xiao Yunyang actively studied, he only commanded the army alone.
Because the communication method is extremely backward, if you want to make effective command after division, you must have super predictive ability.
After all, the time spent on the messenger's journey back and forth must be calculated, and the actions that the enemy may make during this period must be considered. All aspects must be considered by the commander, which undoubtedly tests the commander's brain.
This is why it is easy to get a general in war in ancient times.
For example, in the developed society in Xiao Yunyang's previous life, battlefield messages were conveyed instantly through the Internet, and they could be deployed and changed immediately, not to mention that there were a large number of staff members under the general to help with things...
This is why the more advanced technology is, the less important the personal role of a general is.
Even in the 21st century, what everyone values is no longer how powerful the generals on the battlefield are, but the difference in weapon generation between the two sides and the strength of information warfare!
As long as technology and military have the advantage, any general needs to command step by step to achieve complete victory.
No matter how smart the generals on the weak side are, they become deaf and blind in information warfare. Not to mention commanding, they can't even know what the various troops look like. How can they fight?
However, on the ancient battlefield, Xiao Yunyang knew that his level was limited and his ability to win repeatedly was only because the quality of the soldiers provided by the system plug-in was high enough, so he always insisted on a stable and undistinguished line in war.
If you don’t divide the troops, concentrate the main force and push them all the way, no matter how many strategies the opponent makes, it will be in vain in the face of absolute strength.
Soon, an enemy army with 20,000 more people than Xiao Yunyang's troops appeared in sight.
Obviously, this is the pioneer of Emperor Charles the Great.
When Xiao Yunyang learned that the vanguards were all auxiliary soldiers, he immediately dismissed the plan to summon the legion card.
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