The Swabian army was able to meet the enemy at great speed, but the anxious battle was not imminent, and the Burgundian army suddenly stopped the attack after the light cavalry raid, and they stopped at a distance of three hundred paces from the right flank of the Swabian army and began to pull the strangely shaped carriages to the front and back of the formation, and to the left and right flanks.

The chariot was a weapon to resist the enemy's cavalry charge, but its attack ability was almost zero, and Art knew this very well, so when he sent cavalry to harass the enemy and force the enemy to stop and meet the battle, he ordered the chariot formation to be formed on the spot.

Forty-five chariots were personally operated by several banner teams of the First Infantry Corps under the command of Angus. The marching of chariots is a training content that the Welsh Corps has only begun in recent years, and the soldiers have an afternoon every week to train the chariots, so their movements are quite agile.

The Fifth Banner Team led by Tuba (formerly the First Banner of the Second Company of the Wells Regiment) had eight chariots, with each squad responsible for one on average, with eight chariots of the Fifth Banner Squadron flanked by eight chariots of the Triduok Banner Corps, and sixteen wagons of the two Banner Corps in front.

Sixteen wagons from Andrew's and Patters' teams were arranged in the rear.

In addition, thirteen chariots were operated by the two banner soldiers of Wei Yu and Bangada, and were arranged vertically on the left and right sides, with the front and rear chariots as flank protection.

Under the command of their squad leaders, the soldiers pulled the chariot to the front of the army, led the horses to the diagonal rear, so that the carriages were aimed sideways at a slight angle to the enemy array, and then removed the yokes, harnesses, and reins to lead the horses to the open space of the wagon.

The soldiers removed the wooden ladder from the inner compartment of the chariot, climbed onto the chariot and opened the roof compartment to form an oblique defensive shield with the front side compartment, this time the roof compartment was lowered to almost level with the side compartments.

After the preparation, four soldiers entered the carriage, one picked up a heavy crossbow and began to prepare crossbow arrows, three soldiers stood in the carriage with short spears and long-handled chain hammers, because the top compartment was placed enough to the bottom, the four soldiers were exposed outside the carriage above their chests, which was conducive to killing the enemy, and of course the risk of being killed also increased; Soldiers in the rear of the giant can also enter the chariot compartment if the situation requires it, and a chariot in a formation state can hold up to five soldiers fighting side by side.

There was a gap the width of a horse between each chariot, between which the squad leader and another melee soldier with a large shield stood guard.

Behind the chariot array is the cavalry and infantry array, and they are blocked by the high chariots and cannot see the front of the chariot formation, which gives the soldiers more security.

In order to facilitate the command of the battle, there was a special carriage in the middle of the entire chariot array, and this carriage became a command vehicle.

The command vehicle is small and lightweight, and can be pulled by a pack horse to run quickly, but its underbody is much higher than other vehicles, and its roof compartment can be easily opened, which allows the carriage to observe the enemy from a high vantage point.

The carriage can accommodate four people and has a platform for flag bearers or heralds to wave their flags and trumpets.

Everything is ready, but the battlefield is eeriely quiet, Art can't charge, Randy doesn't want to charge.

For Count Landy, this was the second time he had encountered such a carriage, and the last time he had been under the walls of Wallonia, he had no intention of touching the viper.

This made Art a little embarrassed.

"Sergeant Major, lead the light cavalry to provoke and harass the enemy again." Art decided to send someone to arouse the Swabian's desire to fight.

Angus ordered the light cavalry of the mixed cavalry to march out of the formation, and eighty light cavalry instigated the war horses to slowly walk out of the gap in the chariot formation, and gathered ten paces in front of the chariot formation to form two wedge-shaped pig formations and rushed towards the Swabian army formation.

The Swabian army reacted quickly and sent a hundred heavy cavalry to hedge around.

The four cavalry groups did not meet head-on, and the two light cavalry belonging to Burgundy to be precise turned their horses to avoid the Swabian heavy cavalry at the moment before contact, threw some spear throwing axes at the Swabian heavy cavalry passing by, and then withdrew in the direction of the chariot formation in a circle.

This time, the spear-throwing axes of the Burgundian light cavalry did not cause casualties to the Swabian heavy cavalry, and the Swabian heavy cavalry cavalry and horses had heavy armor and could not be easily damaged.

There was no battle damage on either side, and Schwaz himself had no intention of fighting, and after driving out the Burgundian hussars, they also turned their horses and diverted back.

"When did the Swabians become so timid? Why don't you rush over and take a few looks? Guard Officer Ron stood on the command car and said to Art, who was on the sidelines.

Art propped his hands on the side compartment board, looked at the Swabian heavy cavalry who had returned to the battle, and said with a smile: "Schwabian himself was spoiled by me, and they thought I was planning tricks again." ”

"My lord, looking at this, Schwabian shouldn't want to fight us here, right?" Matthew, the personal guard and herald standing beside Ron, took a look at the Swabian army formation with a tent, and did not make the slightest move.

"Don't fight us here? Do they still want to avoid us and go to Fort Gennet? There are 1,200 of our border troops there, and when the Swabians turn around and charge against 1,200 Burgundian border troops, plus we attack from behind them? Old Randy's head shouldn't have gotten into the water yet. Ron corrected the young guard's mistake.

"But they didn't plan to move at all~"

"Schwabian is looking for weaknesses in our formation." Art regained his serious expression, because he knew that the opposite Earl of Landy had seen the Achilles heel of his own formation.

Randy pinpointed the weakness of the Yate Chariot formation.

In a few moments, more than 100 armored cavalry of the Swabian army began to assemble, and instead of charging at Arte's chariot formation, they left the army and ran in the direction of Fort Gennet.

Angus, who was on the flank of the front of the chariot formation and was about to attack and disturb the enemy army again, noticed the movement of the Swabian heavy cavalry, and immediately pulled the reins through the gap between the chariot formations and came to Arte's side, "My lord, the enemy heavy cavalry is heading towards Fort Genes, what should I do?" Do you want me to take the light cavalry to stop the attack? ”

Art hesitated, and the battle situation suddenly became complicated, and various possible or upcoming battle situations flashed through Art's mind.

There were three possibilities for the sudden departure of the Swabian heavy cavalry.

In the first possibility, the Swabians knew that Art intended to hold back reinforcements outside the siege of Fort Gennet so that the besieging army could safely attack the city, and they used their infantry to hold back Yat while sending heavy cavalry to attack the Burgundian siege army outside Fort Genet. At this moment, more than 1,200 Burgundian border troops have just pushed the siege equipment under the city of Fort Genet, as long as the Swabian heavy cavalry suddenly charges, it can kill and injure a large area, even if the Burgundian army besieging the city reacts quickly, even if it retreats to the camp to hide, those siege equipment that has been made day and night will be destroyed.

In this way, the Swabian garrison stationed in Fort Genet was under less defensive pressure and could hold out longer.

In the second possibility, the Count of Landy was ready to leave with heavy cavalry, and the Burgundian army was in a cavalry advantage to attract Art to abandon the chariot formation and attack the Swabian army.

After all, Art also had more than 900 soldiers in his hands, including 130 light and heavy cavalry, and this was an excellent opportunity to attack in the case of the departure of the Swabian heavy cavalry - with 130 cavalry and heavy cavalry as the sword, 480 elite infantry as the backbone, and more than 300 light infantry as the backbone, such a combination did not have the slightest disadvantage against the infantry in the early 1,000s.

However, the most likely outcome is that the vanished heavy cavalry will suddenly turn back to the battlefield from somewhere to intercept the Burgundian army that has come out of the cart formation and charge Swabian, and then the tragic scene under the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry.

The third possibility, Randy tried to use heavy cavalry to cut off the baggage line of the Yates army, compared to the Burgundian army that hastily assembled to fight, Landi's Swabian army carried sufficient food supplies, Schwabian's grain and grass baggage can support ten days and a half months, but Yate's food will last a week in the sky, as long as the Schwabians can nail Art's hands and feet with infantry, and then let the heavy cavalry cut off the supply, Landi can make Art starve to death.

Regardless of the possible battle situation, it shows that Randy has seen two Achilles' heels of the Yate Chariot Formation - the slow movement of tactics and the inability of infantry to fight easily.

A thin layer of sweat formed in Art's brain, because his countermeasures could not keep up with the infinite possibilities of the battle.

If he immediately sent light cavalry to chase after the Swabian heavy cavalry, it didn't matter whether he could catch up (see note), even if he caught up, it would not be too effective, and the light cavalry could not overcharge the heavy cavalry and could not cause much damage to the heavy cavalry, and the result could only be to buy some time for the besieging army under Fort Gené to return to the camp and garrison, and most of the siege equipment would have to be thrown away.

Moreover, once his mixed cavalry left, Yate was still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, he still had to rely on the chariot formation to defend, and if the enemy did not attack, he would not dare to attack the enemy formation without cavalry as a sword.

If Art sat back and watched the Swabian heavy cavalry leave to attack Fort Genet, he himself seized the opportunity to immediately kill the Swabians with mixed cavalry as the vanguard, elite infantry as the backbone, and light infantry as the backbone, and once successful, the Swabian infantry would suffer heavy losses and their rescue would be greatly reduced.

However, once his army left the chariot formation, and at this time, the heavy cavalry outflanked the rear road, and more than half of the 900 or so soldiers under Nayat would also be killed

As for how to deal with cutting off the baggage, it didn't matter so much, because Art had no intention of fighting a war of attrition with the Schwabians, he had to reclaim the border before the battle on the Western Front was settled, and he didn't have that much time, let alone so much money and military support

It's hard to decide, it's really hard to decide.

"My lord? Do you send light cavalry to pursue the interference? Angus had been waiting anxiously for a long time, seeing that the Swabian heavy cavalry was getting farther and farther away, and he could not catch up any longer.

Art was pulled back from his contemplation by Angus, he turned his head to look at the dusty Swabian heavy cavalry team, and then looked back at the Swabian infantry formation that was still in full formation, and ordered loudly: "Ron, immediately send two guards to ride one man and two horses and rush back to Fort Gennet to report the possible attack of the Swabian heavy cavalry to Otto and Viscount Jon, and ask them to gather all the spearmen and line up for the enemy." ”

"Matthew, order Lusignan to send a few of the best cavalry to catch up with the Swabian heavy cavalry, see if they really go to Fort Genet, let them bring wolf dung to follow, if the Swabian heavy cavalry suddenly turns back, let them immediately light the wolf smoke alarm!"

"Sergeant Major, immediately assemble the light and heavy cavalry, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments and the Deadpool Squad, and you personally lead them to prepare to attack the enemy."

"Ron, let each soldier flag team leave a chariot to stay in the chariot formation, put all the horses on the carriage, and if there is an abnormality, immediately turn into a mobile chariot formation to meet the attacking army."

"In addition, the Guards, the Judge Courts, the Task Force, and a hundred recruits (slaves rescued from Bouvan County) will be left with me as a rear team to support the frontal battlefield at any time."

Art decided to take a big risk.

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