At noon, the falling drizzle stopped, the clouds dissipated, and the sky began to clear.

After a morning of attacking, the battle for Wallonburg was already at a fever pitch, with the attackers and defenders tugging back and forth on every street and alley.

The fort was not at all as vulnerable as the local army had claimed.

The Swabians had already prepared for the outer wall to be breached, so when the outer wall was occupied by the besieging enemy, the Swabian fought and retreated and set fire to the firewood and wood piled up in the streets and alleys and everything that could be burned in the castle.

Apparently they were waiting for strong reinforcements from Wài Wéi.

There's a reason why the Swabians are stubborn......

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Four miles east of Wallonia, the river flows through the area, and its banks were once well-cultivated fields, but the resurgence of war on the border has turned it into a weedy wasteland.

This is the best crossing of the whole river, the beach is very wide, the river is very shallow, pedestrians and livestock can wade across the river on foot, and for 100 years people and animals have trampled through, here has formed a natural road.

Half a mile east of the river, in the plains beside the roadside, more than 130 peasants from the vicinity of Wallonia, dressed in various armor (most of them only in cotton armor or even without armor}, armed with spears, short knives, or axes and sickles, assembled in array to meet the enemy.

More than 100 paces on both sides of the array were two gently sloping hillocks of less than 100 feet, in front of the array was a row of crude horses, and in front of it was an irregular horse trap that had just been dug up, which should be the best battlefield to defend against cavalry within a dozen miles of the vicinity.

Amid the shouting orders of the mounted barons and the beating and scolding of the lord's private soldiers, the conscripted peasants did their best to maintain a relatively tight infantry line, they did not know if such a row of formations would allow them to survive the rest of the battle, anyway, they were just habitually obedient.

On the gentle slope of the hill opposite the hundred and ten peasant soldiers, nearly forty cavalrymen with various weapons, armor, and robes immediately fell into the withered yellow grass.

Some of them rode majestic high-quality war horses, wearing heavy iron armor chain mail or even plate armor, and the lián zhàn horses were all covered with horse armor; Some wear armies and coats with iron scale armor, and the horses under them also have a thin layer of armor; However, most of them were only light cavalry wearing light armor and thin helmets, and the war horses were only selected riding horses or military horses.

With more than 40 cavalry and more than 100 infantry, relying on favorable terrain and advance preparations, if they only blocked a group of more than 50 light cavalry, they would have a good chance of winning......

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On the right flank of the cavalry formation, Felix was dressed in plate chain armor and covered with a half-length plate armor captured from the Lombards, and although the black high-headed war horse under him was not equipped with horse armor, it was still in good condition compared to most of the other local cavalry around him.

Felix's sense of superiority grew stronger and stronger, he stepped on his horse and stood up, and asked Jafar, the deputy captain of the sentry cavalry, "Jafar, how is it?" Have you found confidence this time? Although Lord Art designated us as light cavalry, we are also considered heavy cavalry compared to these ordinary local cavalry? ”

"Felix~~Young Master~, I~hometown~ no heavy~ cavalry, too bulky~ inconvenient~ long-distance running~ and harassing." Jafar stammered in reply.

"Really? That's a pity, I still like the earth-shattering momentum of the heavy cavalry when they charge into battle, that's the battlefield that a knight dreams of~" Felix yearned for a face.

"In the future, I will build a strong army of heavy cavalry in Sap, and then take them to all the tournaments in the world. I'm going to be the greatest knight! If the Swabian cavalry comes in a moment, I must rush to the front, and none of you will stand in my way! Felix patted the neck of the soldier under him, very emotional.

Lusignion listened to Felix's words, turned his horse's head and said to Felix: "Young Master Felix, Lord Art has repeatedly explained that no one is allowed to be a hero on the battlefield, have you forgotten? ”

"I didn't forget, I didn't forget~ I just said that I rushed forward to lead the formation, and I didn't want to leave the formation without permission~" Felix said with a smile.

While they were talking, Angus rode back to the right flank sentry cavalry.

"Critical battle situation!" The Angus arrived before they could make a sound.

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Three miles east of the crossing interception position, a Swabian army of more than sixty horsemen was galloping on horseback.

This cavalry was not the light cavalry of more than fifty horsemen as the local army said, but a powerful cavalry team composed of twenty light cavalry and forty-five heavy cavalry.

There were three dovetail heraldic flags in the cavalry, apparently three would-be knightly nobles leading their troops to the aid of Wallonia.

Behind this cavalry contingent there was also a temporary camp for cavalry, in which a larger number of cavalry rode horses and mules and donkeys carrying weapons and armor.

More than 60 people rode in two columns and galloped on the muddy road after the rain, raising the dirt in the sky.

On each flank of the cavalry contingent were several light cavalry, exploring the road and setting up sentry guards to guard them.

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"The situation has changed, the Swabian cavalry that came to support Walloon Castle was not fifty light cavalry, they had light cavalry, but more heavy cavalry! The number of men was about seventy, and the friendly sentinels were driven out before they could get close to the sentry, so they did not have time to find out the number of enemy horsemen and their armament. Angus briefly briefed the Sentinel cavalry on the sudden battle situation.

"Sir Angus, if there are fifty light cavalry, we can still delay and block with the help of infantry, but more than sixty heavy cavalry can crush us with a wall charge, we can't stop it, retreat first? Wait for the opportunity to fight again, and see if you can rely on relative flexibility to barely hold off the enemy's reinforcements. "Lusignan, who was experienced in cavalry, made a suggestion to retreat and wait for an opportunity.

"The order given to us by the Lord is to assist the friendly army, no matter what, to hold off the Swabian reinforcements, to maintain a stable rear flank for the Wallonburg battlefield, so that the army can attack the city with peace of mind. Besides, it's too late to retreat now, and not to mention whether the river has a chance to hold back the enemy soldiers, what about the group of peasant soldiers below? They can't outrun the cavalry~" Angus rejected Lusignan's suggestion, though it might be a good idea.

"If the enemy cavalry is as strong as you say, then we can count on this improvised miscellaneous cavalry and peasant army to delay and resist? Your lord's men can just have this kind of cavalry seed. Of course, Lusignnan was reluctant to let the sentry cavalry, which had been built with great difficulty, face a battle to the death.

"But now it's too late to report to the lords, if they have already captured Walloon Fort and can hold on to the city, if our army is still attacking under the city, once these heavy cavalry cross the river to attack the rear formation, do you want our army to be destroyed?" Angus did not yet know that the outer walls of Wallonburg were broken, and he could only consider the entire battlefield from the perspective of the whole battlefield, insisting on delaying enemy reinforcements to buy time for the besieging army.

Obviously, Angus was not the only one who had the overall thinking of the battlefield, and several high-ranking commanders of the local army also considered it like Angus, and they received orders to defend the pass against enemy reinforcements.

"Cavalry commanders, Lord Baron has ordered you to go down for an emergency military meeting." The baron of the frontier of the Count of Burgundy, who had led the army, sent his attendants to summon the cavalry commanders for an urgent military meeting.

Angus rode towards the infantry position, and the rest of the cavalry leaders followed......

After a while, the cavalry commanders returned to the hill, descended the hill with dozens of cavalry, and went around to the west of the hill to hide.

The infantry camp also changed its formation under the command of the baron, and the peasant soldiers who were originally used as cannon fodder in the front were replaced, and the baron placed the lord's private soldiers who were slightly better armed, slightly stronger, and more strictly disciplined in the front, those with long weapons and simple armor in the middle, the weakest and poorest armed conscription peasant soldiers were placed in the rear, and a dozen or so gōng nǔ hands continued to be in the last.

Judging from the change of formation, this baron is indeed planning to fight to the death......

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In March, the rain was sparse and the wind was severe.

The morning drizzle had just stopped, and the biting cold wind began to rage again.

Blocking positions by the river, the local army in the east of the Count of Burgundy was waiting for the arrival of the Swabian cavalry in the east.

As the soldiers shivered in the wind, the roar of the horses on the ground sounded, and the ground under their feet seemed to shake slightly.

Half a mile to the east, the shadow of the Swabian cavalry was already faintly visible. The large cavalry contingent stopped half a mile away, and they sent a small squad of light cavalry to make a circle around the battlefield outpost.

The Swabian light cavalry sentinel probed the battlefield and rode his horse to more than two hundred paces in front of the infantry formation. A white-faced, brown-haired, green-eyed Swabian hussar shouted in a broken Burgundian language: "Get out of the way, or the iron hooves will crush your bones!" ”

On the side of the infantry array, the soldiers looked at the commander of the interception battlefield on the side of the horse.

The baron of the frontier glanced at the soldiers who were looking at him, and gave a few orders to one of the attendants beside him, who left the array and bypassed the rejection of the horse to the front of the infantry formation, and with his back to the Swabian cavalry, he lifted his armor skirt and shook his two scarred buttocks.

There was a burst of laughter and cheers from the infantry formation.

The Swabian hussars were insulted, and after a few curses, they turned their horses and returned to the cavalry brigade.

In a few moments, the trumpet of the charge sounded in the east. More than sixty light and heavy cavalry began to beat their horses and hastened towards the infantry position.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the sound of the horses stepping on the ground is blowing with the cold wind, impacting the fragile eardrums of the infantry, and the shaking of the earth makes the infantry's legs begin to tremble with it~

The baron took a few steps back with a few attendants and shouted, "Steady! Steady!! ”

The natural disadvantage of infantry over war cavalry stems from man's instinctive fear of great power. Looking at the wall of a tall horse and heavy armored cavalry smashing in the face, it is not said that it is a group of peasant soldiers who have just put down their farm tools, even well-trained elite soldiers cannot be completely fearless - panic began to appear in the infantry formation, the conscripted peasant soldiers in the center and behind were the first to waver, and several peasant soldiers with sickles and flails began to retreat step by step, trying to squeeze out of the camp and run back.

The baron waved his hand at the attendant beside him, and the attendant drew his sword and beat his horse to the peasant soldier who had just squeezed out of formation, and raised his hand and cut him to the ground with a sword.

"Escape from the battle, kill immediately!!" The baron roared.

The soldiers immediately fell silent, ready for the onslaught of heavy cavalry.

At the head of the formation, more than two dozen lords armed with spears stood at the end of the spear, the tip of the spear diagonally upward, and the shaft of the spear was clenched with both hands. The soldiers squirmed and looked nervously from side to side, trying to get a sense of security from the soldiers around them, but the fear on the faces of the men next to them was no less than their own.

Half a mile was only a fraction of an hour for the cavalry, and sixty horses loaded with heavily armored soldiers rumbled towards the infantry formation, and had already reached a hundred and fifty paces.

"gōng nǔ手!!" As soon as the baron gave the order, a dozen or so arrows flew over the infantry formation towards the approaching enemy cavalry, and the arrows fell on the armored cavalry, most of them were bounced off by the armor, and only one or two lucky ones hit the horses, which made the cavalry formation slightly confused.

However, the hastily laid traps caused the enemy horses in the front row to be knocked down by seven or eight horses, and the riders on horseback were also thrown away, and the horses that were not broken their hooves turned over and stood up, and continued to charge under the control of the cavalry.

"Facing the Enemy and Attacking !!"

The second round of arrows had no time to fire, and the enemy cavalry had already rushed to meet them.

Yes~~~~!!!!

The soldiers in the front row of the infantry formation all shouted at the top of their voices, and this roar alleviated the fear in their hearts.

However, it could not stop the enemy's war horse from leaping up, stepping over the rejection horse and stepping into the infantry formation......

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"Sergeant Major! The enemy cavalry has already rammed into the infantry, it's time for us to charge! Felix listened to the neighing of horses on the other side of the hill, and he was already impatient.

Angus stopped: "The baron has not yet sounded the trumpet, and the enemy cavalry has not been entangled by the infantry, wait!"

Felix retreated back to the cavalry array.

Woo~~~Woo~~~Woo~~~~

Three horns sounded.

"Cavalry, charge!! Raid the enemy cavalry flanks!! "One of the leading knights heard the horn on the other side of the hill.

More than forty mounted Burgundian cavalrymen rode around the hill and appeared on the right flank of the Swabian cavalry.

"Wedge Pig Burst!" The lead knight gave the command again.

Fifteen or sixteen heavily armored cavalry rushed to the front of the shock array, while the rest of the light cavalry retreated to the flanks and stabbed straight at the right flank of the Swabian cavalry in a wedge-shaped formation.

Angus led a squad of sentry cavalry in half-body armor at the front of the formation, the sharpness of a wedge formation.

Lusignan, Jafar, Felix, Reid and others were half a horse behind in turn.

"Meet the enemy!"

More than forty cavalrymen laid down their cavalry spears or cavalry qiāng in their hands, the tip of the spear pointed directly at the flank of the Swabian cavalry, and the war horses under them also gasped and began to speed up and gallop......

The Swabians were wary of this, knowing that the Burgundians had a small mixed cavalry of light and heavy cavalry, but they could not tell from which of the two hills they would emerge, so when the Swabian heavy cavalry charged the infantry between the two hills, the light cavalry was scattered to the left and right flanks.

Seeing that a cavalry team appeared on the hill on the right, Schwaz himself did not panic in the slightest, and the dozen or so light cavalry on the right flank turned their horses' heads, raised their riding spears in their hands, and also accelerated their charges.

In one shot, the two cavalry teams collided together, five or six war horses were overturned by a huge force, and seven or eight cavalrymen fell off their horses in an instant......

The wedge-shaped pig burst pierced the enemy's right flank light cavalry and continued to stab the enemy's heavy cavalry "waist".

After passing through the thin formation of the first enemy horse, Felix suddenly had blood rushing to his head, his pupils dilated, his face was flushed, his mouth opened and he roared, his arm clamped the riding spear, the spurs on his riding boots kept slamming the horse's belly, and the war horse under him neighed and galloped towards the enemy cavalry formation......

Bang~

Bang~Bang~

Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang ~

The wedge-shaped pig burst into the heavy cavalry of the Schwabians......