Just after the spearmen of the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms rushed out, the black-shirted knights, who had stopped to shoot comfortably, also began to retreat in an orderly manner. The black-shirted knight has no long weapons, and if he stops and fights with the spearmen, he is looking for abuse.

Many people may think that cavalry is inherently restrained by infantry, but in fact it is wrong. Cavalry with only melee combat ability can't actually beat spearmen, especially European spearmen.

European spears are generally three or four meters long, and longer ones such as the spears of Swiss spearmen can be up to 6 meters long. For such a long length, you have a melee cavalryman who rushes up with a saber is no different from sending him to death. Even if you are holding a 2.8-meter-long riding gun, you can deliver food. Of course, if the spears of the infantry are about the same length as the cavalry, the cavalry must have won completely. But if the infantry used the Swiss spears that were five or six meters long, it would be different. With this spear, and the fact that the Swiss were adept at discharging spear formations, both the Habsburg and Burgundian armoured knights suffered greatly......

In the ancient East, the reason why the cavalry on the steppe restrained the infantry was because the cavalry on the ancient northern steppe were good at riding and shooting. Before rushing to the front, the first ten thousand arrows were fired, and the infantry suffered heavy losses. After inflicting a large number of casualties on the Central Plains infantry, the steppe cavalry would charge with scimitars. At this time, the Central Plains infantry was already demoralized because of huge casualties, and was rushed again and collapsed directly.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the heavy infantry of the Song Dynasty, because of their high armor, they were not afraid of cavalry charges. But that didn't matter, Liaojin's cavalry couldn't break through head-on, so they flashed. Anyway, your hoplites can't catch up with them. Moreover, wearing heavy armor is physically demanding. When you run out of energy, they rush up to pick up the bargain......

In addition, the ancient Chinese people preferred to use a red tassel gun about 1.3 meters long because of their martial arts. Because, if the spear is too long, it is inconvenient to move left and right, which affects the performance of martial arts. Therefore, the spears of ancient China were rarely longer than 2 meters, for fear of affecting the performance of martial arts.

But in fact, although the longer spears are not flexible, they are still terrifying if they are arranged in a dense spear formation. In particular, it restrained the charge of the cavalry. In ancient times, the Chinese people were accustomed to using short spears more than one meter long, so the steppe cavalry had the confidence to charge with a scimitar.

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For example, in the battle in front of him, the coalition infantry armed with spears more than three meters long, when they crouched and did not move, Jurgen's Cossack cavalry did not dare to charge. Because rushing up at this time, it is simply taking the initiative to hit the spear.

But once the spears were in hand, their flanks were all flawed......

The main disadvantage of using a spear that is too long is that it is not safe to flank when charging. Because, a spear several meters long, it is difficult to take into account the protection of the side.

If there is a fixed formation, there are spearmen on the flanks to line up to guard against flank attacks. But once they rush up, the spearmen in the front row are fine, and the spearmen on the flanks will definitely find it difficult to ensure the formation, and it is inevitable that there will be loopholes.

And Jurgen, apparently, saw the flank holes of the moving coalition spearmen. So, without hesitation, he brandished his saber and took the lead in rushing to the hole in the flank of the coalition spearmen......

More than a thousand Cossack cavalrymen, wielding sabers and howling wolves, rushed to the flanks of the allied spearmen, causing great psychological pressure on the levy spearmen.

When Jurgen's horses rushed close to the front and rear, many spearmen did not even think about raising their spears to resist, but subconsciously flashed to the side, so as not to be loaded by the horses......

However, this knee-jerk move was exactly what the Cossack cavalry needed. Jurgen rode his horse and rushed into a lane that the enemy spearmen subconsciously gave way to, and at the moment of rushing into the enemy formation, the saber in his right hand was raised and held horizontally in his hand, but he did not make a chopping action (the actions of those cavalry showing off their martial arts on horses in the TV series are purely because the director is uneducated and does not understand horse warfare. Or, for the sake of ornamental effect. When charging at high speed on horseback, the chopping action is superfluous, and even his own hand will be injured by the force of the shock), but it is swept into the neck of a panicked enemy spearman......

The moment the blade touched the opponent's neck, Jurgen even pulled the tip of the knife back......

This is a kind of gain to protect oneself in cavalry warfare. If you cut it roughly, because the horse is very fast, it is easy to break your arm because of the huge anti-shock force.

And this kind of chopping method with a closing momentum can ensure that the knife hand himself is not injured by counter-damage...... The reason why the steppe cavalry and the Arab cavalry used scimitars was because the scimitars were easy to wipe their necks when men and horses were staggered. In addition, if the scimitar is cut through the armor and cannot cut through the opponent, the curvature of the blade is very convenient for the knife hand to retract the scimitar. If it is a straight knife, it can't cut the opponent, and it is easy to get rid of it......

After the men and horses missed, a great head flew up. Then, the remaining neck of the enemy spearman who had lost his head spurted out a bloody arrow......

After chopping off the head of an enemy, Jurgen did not stop it, but turned his wrist, adjusted the height and angle of the blade, and wiped it at the head of another enemy in his path......

And behind Jurgen, a large group of Cossacks, like him, were harvesting each other's heads......

Then, a good infantry spear formation, directly tore a huge crack by the Cossack cavalry. Thousands of Cossack cavalry slashed and slashed their opponents in this hole-piercing array of enemy spears......

What, why do you say those spearmen don't fight back with spears?

That's because, the European spear is too long. In general, when the infantry phalanx is in formation, only the spearmen in the front row and the outermost will raise their spears to stab the enemy. The spearmen on the inside, on the other hand, generally hold their spears upright. Because, if the spear three or four meters long is raised horizontally, then the space of the infantry phalanx will not be enough......

When the Cossack cavalry rushed into the interior of the enemy spear formation, the enemy spearmen in the formation, because of the spatial relationship and the length of the spear, could not easily lay their spears flat and stab the enemy. So, when the Cossack cavalry rushed into the formation, they were even more passive......

Of course, an experienced veteran might take a few steps back and make enough room to raise his spear against the enemy. But the problem is that these coalition infantry are conscripts captured by temporary captivators, and they have no combat experience at all.

So, after being rushed into the formation by the Cossack cavalry, there was a great chaos......

Panic quickly spread among the levies, and some of the spearmen in the fringe areas were so frightened that they simply dropped their spears and ran into the distance screaming in fear. And the Cossack cavalry did not care about those who fled, but continued to charge the enemy infantry in a group, trying to disrupt the opponent's formation as much as possible.

At this time, the commander of the coalition forces, Varok, also realized that something was wrong. He gathered hundreds of participating elite spearmen, broke away from his own formation, and formed a small spear formation by the river.

Jurgen didn't pay any attention to the spears of the forest, but continued to charge and slash at those enemies in the chaos. When all the other opponents were almost settled, Jurgen beckoned to Durm and asked Durm to continue to send the black-shirted knights to shoot the hundreds of enemy infantry in formation......

Vaaroc suddenly collapsed - no solution...... His hundreds of spearmen could only block the charge of the melee Cossack cavalry, but for the black-shirted knights who wielded muskets, it was a fixed target......

The black-shirted knights had just finished a round and were changing their guns, and Varok couldn't stand it. He said loudly:

"We surrender, we surrender!"

In this way, the 4,000 infantry of the allied army on the southern front, which was fortified on the west bank of the Elbe, was quickly wiped out by the Cossack cavalry and the black-shirted knights. And the charging Cossack cavalry, with only a dozen casualties (three dead). Moreover, the three unlucky ones who died were not killed by the enemy, but were trampled to death by the horses of their comrades behind after being stabbed off their horses......