Chapter 34 The Collision of Steel
He tried to charge again, and ended with losing troops and losing generals again. There were no more heavy cavalry left in the coalition. Nearly four thousand elite, with shiny armor, well-trained knights and knight attendants, lost most of them in just half an hour. The number of Normans they killed was less than half of the number of heavy cavalry killed. Such a result was really unacceptable to Frederick, who had always regarded himself as a black dragon knight, who believed that he was unparalleled in the world.
"If our strongest army, the proud elite and the last trump card, are no different from jokes in the eyes of the other party, then is there any need to continue this battle?!" At that time, Duke Frederick's heart suddenly tightened, and the severe pain almost fainted...
This is simply... unreasonable... Such an army as strong as a ghost crawling out of hell is really foul! Coach, someone here is cheating!
Frederick, who had completely ignored Brandenburg, was hysterical and schizophrenia in his heart for a moment. The war continued, and it continued, moving towards a favorable direction for the Normans.
After the heavy cavalry charge failed, the coalition had no choice but to continue charging forward and unilaterally be shot by the Normans' arrow rain. Fortunately, in order to fight against the heavy cavalry, General Walter ordered half of the forward heavy crossbowmen to be dispatched, leaving only half of them, Norman's new army mixed organization. This indirectly weakened the Normans' long-range attack, causing the coalition to be at least two less arrows.
After losing nearly 4,000 troops, the coalition forces finally rushed to the front of the Norman army and prepared to fight with the Normans. At this moment, the two dukes finally breathed a sigh of relief, especially Luciver, Duke of Hesse. They felt that the infantry under their command were not much worse than the Normans. Even if there was a slight gap, they could still use his superb and excellent command ability to make up for it.
But the facts are not the case at all.
Just now, in order to fight against the Norman army's arrow rain, the coalition forces used heavy shield spearmen as shields. At this moment, the two armies came into contact. The Hesse Legion's proud heavy shield spearmen formed a dense square formation, raised a shield and flattened the spears. They launched a charge against the Norman army. Seeing the well-trained army of its own army, Lucivid nodded secretly and thought: I finally didn't waste my efforts. I am worthy of being my army.
However, a very simple mathematical problem is used here - the coalition heavy shield spearmen used a spear length of two meters and three. The standard elite shield spearmen used a one-handed weapon. The Norman side, the length of the super-long spears used by their phalanx infantry is... four to six meters. As the arrangement is arranged, the length gradually increases. This is to form five super-long spears and super-splits, even the frontline enemies cannot see the figures, and can only see the effect of the spears.
So, the problem is, how can we attack the opponent when using a stab weapon 1 with only one point on the attack surface and the length of the weapon is at least half shorter than the opponent?
Go around? Use the so-called flexibility to fight?
Just kidding, this is a battlefield, a battlefield where everyone is crowded. Apart from moving forward, you can't move a millimeter in another direction. Moving and moving only exists in delusion. Unless you have the military value of one horse as a thousand, plus a pair of plug-ins and plug-ins. You can't forget about nearly one hundred elite knights who are one hundred, and there are more than four thousand berserkers who are willing to sacrifice their lives...
Is there such an existence in the coalition, Hessen and Brandenburg countries?
Nothing at all.
So, when they rushed to the front line, launched a charge, and then saw the dense gun rods in front, all they could do was regret. At this time, it was impossible for the soldiers of the vanguard to stop. The soldiers behind would push him forward like a man pushing him down a river full of crocodiles. And the phalanx infantry of the Norman Empire would also see the opportunity, and when the other party reached the attack range, they would roar and use all their strength to stab forward.
The shield spearman in the front row either blocks a few super spears with the spear in his hand. Or blocks a few super spears with the zither-shaped shield in his other hand. However, there will always be a few super spears that can pierce his shield and avoid his blocking moves. Then he suddenly pierces into his heavy chain armor - this kind of chain armor has a very good defense for chopping and smashing. However, he is quite powerless to do anything about the spear. The gaps of the iron rings and the gaps between the iron rings can become the flaws for the super spear to penetrate.
Of course, this is not the most important thing - in the super spear phalanx, there are still a few who really use super spears to kill enemies. The function of super spears is largely used to block the enemy's advance to maintain a distance. And within this three to five meters long distance, Norman's musketeers and crossbowmen can shoot at will to kill enemies.
Under the cover of super-length spearmen, they maintained a distance that would not be attacked by the opponent's shield spearmen. They calmly fired gun bullets and crossbow arrows. At such a close distance, there was almost no problem of failing to shoot. Even the original musket without rifles could easily smash the enemy's head like a watermelon. The continuous shooting of the crossbowmen caused heavy losses to the coalition forces.
These long-range troops smiled and acted calmly, which killed people. But the coalition soldiers were helpless against them. It was like a person constantly provoking you, giving a middle finger, and making faces. Haha smiled and said, "Beat me, you have the ability to hit me, stupid." And you really can't beat him so depressed.
In this way, the infantry sequences of both sides collided suddenly, and each thousand-person team fought desperately. The result was shocking. Under General Walter, the Norman infantry phalanx almost won. He completely relied on his formation and equipment advantages to kill the coalition vanguard.
"The shield spear retreat! Let the Hessen Guards attack!" Duke Lucivid opened his mouth, wanting to say such words. But in the end, the duke made a completely different decision.
"Fredeem the front line, Frederick, please dispatch Brandenburg soldiers to fill the display. And the soldiers of the Imperial Guards scattered to both wings! Expand the array and attack the opponent's wings!"
"I understand." Hearing Lucivid say this, Frederickma nodded and ordered his commanders to fill the gap in the Hessian infantry in front of the shield spearmen who were slightly less powerful but better than nothing. At the same time, the Hessian Guards holding long-handled battle axe followed the orders and quickly turned around and moved towards the two wings of the battlefield.
"Bad tactics." General Walter snorted: "Two wings, the knights can be dispatched."
With General Walter's order, the Norman Knights roared out. Although General Walter's command had only one thousand knights, only five hundred men were deployed on both wings. However, their power was no less than before. The coalition's 4,000 heavy cavalry. A total of five hundred men were lined up in five rows, charging in a standard band style, and the Hesse guards who had just moved to the position launched five charges. These arrogant elite infantry lost more than one-third of their troops at once.
"Damn it!" Seeing that his tactics were countered again, Duke Frederick ordered his heavy cavalry to stop the Norman Knights in front of the remnants of his heavy cavalry. The coalition knight, whose morale had not yet recovered, had no choice but to go to the battlefield again after receiving the order. With the Norman Knights with a small victory and a strong morale, they fought fiercely on both wings of the battlefield.
In this way, the battle situation between the two sides was once again in a balance. However, this balance was completely different for these two armies. The Normans had a lot of extravagance. At the same time, they also had many trump cards and did not dispatch them. However, for the coalition forces, they barely supported and tried their best. They would be crushed at any time.
"The Hussars went out and went around to attack the opponent's rear."
After observing the battlefield, General Walter felt that there was no possibility of a reversal on the other side. He ordered this. Two Hussars, a team of 1,000 men, would definitely be a force that could decide the outcome in such a war of tens of thousands of people.
With General Walter's order, the two Hussars also bypassed the heavy cavalry battlefield, which was fighting fiercely. When passing the opponent's flank, the light archers and cavalrymen also shot a rain of arrows. Then, the Norman Hussars encountered the Brandenburg Skeleton Hussars who had been scoffed by General Walter before.
Although the number is only half of the opponent's. However, when dealing with such extremely fast light cavalry, the light cavalry can only be used to counter the counter. The two dukes of the coalition did not expect these skeleton hussars to be able to defy the will. They just hope that they could delay a certain amount of time to complete the arrangement and form a thorough defensive formation with shield spearmen and giant shield crossbowmen. The Norman Hussars could not break through their rear.
Then there was a massacre. The Norman Hussars held their swords high. They were like wolves howling in a mad but disciplined group charge, shattering the skeleton Hussars who were twice as many as they were. The clumsy imitations of the Normans, ridiculous hussars and slaying them.
After this charge, the two hussars on both wings were not in a fight. They only left half of the hussars and continued to ravage the Brandenburg people. The remaining ten 100-man teams continued to move quickly towards the rear of the coalition. At this time, the several hedgehog round formations behind the coalition were not fully arranged.
"But that's about it. After all, the other party is not a heavy cavalry and does not have much impact..." Seeing the Norman Cavalry whistling, the two dukes of the coalition comfort themselves... to be continued...
Chapter completed!