1554th ambush in the valley
The knights of Engor took the lead, leading the 100 plate knights gathered by the nobles of various families and rushed to the front. They were followed by a large number of infantry who could not keep up.
The knight of Ngor had been disillusioned by the promise of the "baron", and at this time, his mind was full of how to catch up with the peasant rebels quickly, and then go on a killing spree, and establish immortal feats......
Along the way, there were all kinds of garbage and even poop left behind by the retreat of the peasant army...... These directly pointed the direction of the pursuit for the Ngol knights, and it was right in the front......
In fact, the garbage and even the poop on these roads were deliberately left by Casbal at the suggestion of Wolfe, so as not to find the wrong route for the pursuers. And now it seems that the effect is indeed obvious.
Chasing outside the valley, the knight of Engor and the 100 plate knights he led suddenly stopped. On the hillside, Casbal, including Wolfe and others, were so frightened that their hearts were about to fall out. They thought they had been discovered by the other side, and Casbal almost lost his breath and ordered to attack. Eventually, Wolf pulled him back.
In fact, Engor and his entourage just couldn't stand it because of the war horses. After all, the war horses of Europe that carry plate knights are explosive, but their endurance is not good. After running a certain distance, you have to rest for a while. Moreover, these 100 knights have broken away from the large army behind because they are running too fast.
After resting enough, the large infantry force behind also caught up. Then, 100 plate knights took the lead, and with the rest of the infantry, entered the canyon......
"Do you want to do it?" Casbal humbly asks Wolf for advice.
Wolf shook his head and said:
"Wait until they all come in, wait a minute, our most powerful group of people, specifically attack the 100 plate knights in front!"
Casbal suddenly felt a little unconfident:
"Can we really beat those knights? They are all strong martial artists......"
Wolf didn't lift his head and said:
"Don't worry, we've organized a Warhammer team to restrain the Plate Knights. When the time comes, let the brothers who use sledgehammers specifically call the heads of those knights. If you get a heavy blow to the head, it's useless even if you wear plate armor! ”
The Warhammer team is made up of a group of blacksmiths, and Casbal is a blacksmith who is good at forging knives, so he naturally has many blacksmith friends. In this uprising, the blacksmiths were also the backbone of the force, with forty or fifty people. And these blacksmiths are all masters of playing with hammers, and it is basically difficult to miss.
In addition, in the beginning, the peasant rebels would throw stones below. A wave of water will always take away some knights.
When Engor led the 100 knights to the front of the canyon and was about to approach the exit, Wolf nodded and said:
"That's it!"
Then, Casbal himself rang a bronze bell with him with great force......
"Boom"
The knight of Engor walking in the canyon and the noble private army soldiers behind him were stunned for a moment, where did the bell come from in this uninhabited canyon?
While they were stunned, the soldiers of the peasant rebel army, who had received the signal, had already slammed down the stones that had been laid down on the hillside long ago. In particular, at both ends of the valley mouth and the valley tail, stones rained down......
And the first to bear the brunt is probably the Knight of Engor, who is at the forefront. I saw a rain of stones suddenly fly in the sky above him......
The knight of Engor was stunned, but the stone was not stunned, and beckoned directly to his head......
The knight of Engor turned his head to dodge, but it was a rain of stones, and he couldn't dodge it. Then, the famous fierce general of the Duchy of Württemberg, the knight of Engor, was so embarrassed that he was stoned to death. As for the specific cause of death, it was that after the stone hit his head, his neck was directly broken, causing him to die on the spot......
Seeing that the main general's brother was "headshot" by a rain of stones, the 100 plate armor knights who followed behind were stunned and died at the beginning, how else can we play?
But the stone-throwers on the hill did not froze, and they returned their target and began to throw the plate knights on their horses......
For a while, the people in the valley turned on their backs, and there were bursts of screams and the wailing of horses......
"Isn't it a shame? Those war horses are worth hundreds of Gulden gold coins! Casbar was a little reluctant.
Wolf rolled his eyes directly:
"Don't be stoned, are we fighting with those 100 knights? Chief, do you think we can beat 100 knights on horses with more than a thousand elite soldiers? ”
Casbar was right to think about it, if these 100 plate knights were intact and still riding on their horses, it was estimated that a single charge would be able to crush more than a thousand of the most elite men and horses of the peasant rebel army. When the time comes, let alone victory, it will be good to be able to save your life. And the core of the 2,000 aristocratic private troops in the canyon is the 100 plate knights. The soldiers and horses in the back are all assisted by these 100 knights, and their combat effectiveness is much worse.
Therefore, Casbal could only look at the precious horses that were smashed by the flying stones with distress, and at the same time happily watched the plate knights who were hit by the stones howl miserably......
As for the auxiliaries in the back, Casbar really didn't care too much. Anyway, those are cannon fodder soldiers, not much stronger than the peasant rebel army. With such a huge disparity in numbers, he didn't think those auxiliaries could make waves......
It is true that the plate knights who were taken care of by the stone rain in front of them are still dodging left and right, and even trying their best to avoid the stones and find cover. And the more than 1,800 auxiliaries in the back were directly frightened when they saw the tragic experience of the knights in front of them. Although they were not as attacked with stones as the Plate Knights, they were in a mess......
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By the time the stones on the hillside were smashed, there were probably only about thirty or so plate knights with combat effectiveness at the bottom, and all of them had no horses. Some of the horses were directly smashed into flesh by the rain of stones. Only the Plate Knights, because they wear plate armor, as long as they don't get hit in the head and other vital points, they can still deal with it......
Seeing that the stone was gone, Casbal also stood up and said loudly:
"Brothers, rush! Hack to death the lackeys of these nobles! ”
Then, wearing plate armor, Casbal personally picked up a two-handed sword and took the lead in rushing down......
Seeing that the boss took the lead in rushing, the others naturally followed suit, holding a variety of weapons and even farm tools, and rushed down the hillside......
The first to make a breakthrough was the back, and those noble militias recruited from various noble manors were the first to collapse. In the face of an enemy several times their own, these people were directly instigated, and many of them directly threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees. There are also lucky people who are lucky enough to climb over the "partition wall" formed by the stones thrown down from the mountain. After climbing over the "partition wall" made of stones, they fled in the direction of Stuttgart.
The militia led by more than 1,800 nobles in the back was quickly defeated by the dominant peasant rebel army. Even if some of the elites are still resisting, they can't make big waves.
On the contrary, there were only thirty or so plate knights left at the front, and after losing their horses, they leaned together and put up a stubborn resistance.
They first used their long oak lances to slam at Casbar and the others, but the oak lances were easy to break, and after they exerted their strength, the front ends of the oak lances broke one after another. Then, their oak riding spears turned into very thick short clubs......
At this time, the remaining part of the riding gun is not easy to break. After all, the front end is easy to break, it is the design of the riding gun itself, it is to absorb the recoil force, and even the front end is deliberately hollow for this.
But the broken rear part of the rifle is solid and can be used as a short stick. Of course, it is much longer than the average short stick, about a meter long.
Then, these recalcitrant plate knights, relying on their own characteristics of not being afraid of stabbing with weapons, used medium-length thick wooden sticks to beat the "elite" of the peasant rebels besieging them to the front......
In the end, after paying a huge price of more than 100 casualties of the "elite", the peasant rebel army completely annihilated the more than 30 plate armor knights. At this time, the knight auxiliaries behind had already been killed or surrendered......