In fact, Arthas cannot be blamed entirely for the loss of this opportunity to attack from both sides. After all, Arthas was not an expert in cavalry and was not good at sneak attacks with cavalry.

Because of his unprofessionalism, Arthas had previously consulted many officers from the knightly families of the Third Legion on how to command cavalry battles.

But here's the problem......

Many officers of the Third Legion were born in knightly families, and they received traditional knightly education since they were children, so naturally they only knew the combat methods of knights, and where did they understand the combat methods of hussars?

Therefore, they detailed the combat method of the Plate Knights - changing armor and horses before the battle, and then lining up to speed up the charge......

There is nothing wrong with this set for knights, it can be used on Cossack cavalry......

The Cossack cavalry did not have the burden of plate armor, nor did they use bulky cavalry guns, and did not need to wait until the front of the battle to change horses. As light cavalry, they could change horses at some distance from the enemy army, and then, as a whole, move slowly (relatively). Wait until they appear in front of the enemy formation, and then suddenly speed up together and rush towards the enemy formation at high speed......

It's just that Marin hadn't mentioned to Arthas before that the Cossack cavalry would make a quick sneak attack. Then, Arthas went to ask the third officer, who was a wandering knight, and was misled......

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When the Cossack cavalry, including the black-shirted knights behind, was prepared, the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms also urgently mobilized more than 3,000 plate armor knights, and mounted their horses and lined up in formation, ready to hedge with the Cossack cavalry......

Thankfully, Durm, the leader of the Black Knights, appeared and stopped Arthas's stupid plan to fight the opposite knight -

"Lord Arthas, these Plate Knights, leave them to us!" When it comes to fighting plate knights, the knights in black shirts are professional.

"You guys? Don't need our help? "Arthas is a newcomer and doesn't know much about the tactics of the Black Shirt Knights, so he has some doubts.

Fortunately, his fellow countryman Jurgen was well aware of the Black Shirt Knight's abilities, and he quickly grabbed Arthas and said:

"Legion Chief, the Knight in the Black Shirt is specially designed to deal with the Plate Knight!"

"Specialized?" Alsace was a little puzzled. But soon, he saw what it meant to be "specialized......

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Over time, more than 3,000 allied plate knights began to put on their armoured horses and switch to mounted mounted spears and began to charge......

Looking at the more than 3,000 plate knights who were moving forward, Arthas was very shocked......

Although he had 5,000 Cossacks under his command, the Cossacks were poorly armed. In addition, discipline is average. Even if they charge together, they don't look very neat.

And the more than 3,000 plate armor knights on the opposite side are obviously regular cavalry. They were dressed in almost the same full-body plate armor and armed with heavy oak riding spears. When more than 3,000 knights in plate armor rushed in a neat procession, Arthas felt a tremendous pressure.

He could conclude that if he led 5,000 Cossack cavalry to meet the enemy head-on, he would probably be routed in a single shot......

However, now the task of facing the enemy knight has been taken over by the knight in the black shirt. Therefore, Arthas now did not need to take his Cossack cavalry and the knights on the opposite side to the death. Besides, you can't win if you stumble......

So, Arthas took the initiative to retreat to the side with 5,000 Cossack cavalry. Then, the 2000 black-shirted knights behind him were revealed......

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"What kind of cavalry is this? Heavy hussars? "Baron Cross of the Duchy of Wolfenbüttle is confused as the Baron of Cross who led the charge of more than 3,000 allied knights.

Because, in his eyes, the cavalry unit in front of them was dressed strangely - they were dressed in black, with a light chain mail over it, and barrel helmets on their heads......

This outfit is somewhat similar to the outfit of the Templars who participated in the Crusades before the advent of plate armor. At that time, because plate armor had not yet appeared, most of the Crusader knights wore chain mail and barrel-shaped helmets on their heads.

However, these cavalrymen in front of them are not like Crusader knights. Because, they did not have a spear, nor a spear, but only a waist knife from their waists...... It looks more like a hussar......

"Hussars in chain mail? What's going on? Baron Cross was confused. However, he didn't have time to think about it. Because, he is now rushing towards the other party with more than 3,000 knights. It doesn't matter what kind of cavalry he is, he will fight first...... After all, chain mail is far less protective than plate mail. If the two sides collide together, and the opponent does not ride a gun, the victory is definitely on their own side......

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But alas, the group of hussars in light chain mail in front of them did not seem to have any intention of facing them. Just as the coalition knights were about to arrive in front of their opponents, these enemy cavalrymen wearing chain mail suddenly turned their horses' heads and slipped away......

Straight away...... Slip away...... Slipped away......

Baron Cross suddenly held a mouthful of old blood in his throat - cowardice, don't run, let's collide!

However, the black-shirted knights were not fools, and they would stop and fight with them. Led by the black-shirted knight commander Durm, the black-shirted knights not only turned around and fled, but also turned around and laughed loudly at the allied plate knights:

"Sabi, there's a kind of chasing!"

Baron Cross was suddenly covered with black lines - Nimad, the other side was a semi-light cavalry (only one more chain mail than the hussars), and the war horse was not armored. In this way, the other party belongs to the young and strong. And the plate armor knight wore dozens of pounds of plate armor, and the war horse also wore dozens of pounds of horse armor...... How can you chase this?

Then, after the coalition knights chased after him for a while, the horses began to sweat and began to pant for breath......

The Plate Knight is not good at this, because the overall weight is too high, and the war horse can only rush for a while, and then it needs to rest. Otherwise, you have to die of exhaustion.

And when the coalition knights completed a wave of charges and began to slow down and rest, the black-shirted knights who had been unable to catch up in front also stopped. Then, in the presence of the Allied knights, they took out the clockwork carbine from the leather pouch on their horses......

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Seeing this situation, the knight captain Resca, who was born in the country of Gerdon, was shocked and said:

"Musketeers!"

As the cavalry captain of the former Duchy of Godes, Resca had apparently heard of a musket-wielding cavalry in the North Sea State. It is said that this cavalry unit is extremely obscene, good at raiding, and completely incompatible with the enemy's frontal confrontation. If you want to deal with them, you can only rely on pure light cavalry to catch up with them and slash them with speed. Otherwise, they will definitely abuse them......

So, he reminded loudly:

"Baron Cross, please be careful, that is the most shameless cavalry unit in the North Sea Country, and the tactics are very obscene!"

Baron Cross, however, didn't care too much. After all, he didn't suffer......

Then, he saw what it meant to be "obscene......

Seeing the opponent approaching, the knights of the coalition army, who were very tired from their horses, leaned together and formed a defensive formation, ready to meet the opponent's charge......

However, the strange group of cavalry on the opposite side did not rush up to melee at all, but stopped 50 paces away and began to aim and shoot......

"Bang-bang-bang-" A string of buckshot sliced through the air, whizzing towards the Coalition knights on guard......

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