Chapter 464: Confrontation with the French Army
More than 6,000 people sat quietly on the wasteland, and the sun was constantly radiating heat, as if it were making things difficult for the soldiers sitting on the ground, causing fine sweat on their foreheads.
And as the commander-in-chief, the commander of everyone present, Knight Alexander also took off his armor and hid under the shadow of the tree to take advantage of the coolness.
The adjutant on the side was very interested in holding a fan to fan the hard commander-in-chief and reduce the heat.
"Knock knock—" The sound of horses' hooves startled a large number of soldiers sitting on the ground, and they all raised their heads and looked at the herald on horseback.
"Say it! How's it going? There was a hint of urgency on Knight Alexander's handsome face.
"My lord, the French have climbed the walls of Rouen, and I think it won't be long before the city of Rouen will be taken!"
The cavalryman hurriedly ponyed, and after a trot, walked up to the Alexander knight and said respectfully.
Hearing this, Knight Alexander immediately got up, took out his monoculars and looked at it, although he couldn't see anything, but the lack gave him strong confidence.
Ever since the city of Rouen called for help, the knights of Alexandria have hurriedly recruited soldiers and conducted joint training.
After free-range for so long, they were finally trained.
Immediately he asked other cities occupied by the Protestants to transport grain, grass and gunpowder, and he was fully prepared to make a long expedition.
In order to confuse the Duke of Guise, he sent people to spread rumors everywhere, saying that the British did not want to cause trouble and did not want to go to war with the French, in order to alleviate the Duke of Guise's doubts.
However, who knows, when I came to the vicinity of Rouen yesterday, I found the Catholic Allies patrolling, and there was even a camp stationed in front of the main camp, like an acropolis.
In this way, Knight Alexander realized that Duke Guise had not taken it lightly, and was very wary of them.
And today, Duke Guise suddenly withdrew thousands of men and joined the siege team, which made Mr. Knight breathe a sigh of relief.
Then there was the scene of thousands of people sitting on the grass, just to wait for the Tanqi to figure out the actual situation, and then he was extremely confident.
In the past few weeks, a great deal of the strength of the Catholic League has been consumed, and the strength of the Protestants in the city is believed to have been exhausted.
Now is the time for them to battle it out!
"Pass the order, everyone prepares, and the whole army will go straight to the city of Rouen!"
Turning his head, Knight Alexander said to his adjutant, a young nobleman.
He is the nephew of the Marquis of Edinburgh and the heir of the future Marquis of Edinburgh, so the Knight of Alexander values him very much and has the heart to train him.
"Yes! My lord! The young adjutant had a straight face, hurriedly agreed, and then went to give the order as instructed, and he was a good seedling.
Soon, the heralds passed the order into the hands of the individual company commanders, and then the whole army began to prepare, standing up in company units, and then, according to the sound of the band, gradually gathered around the regimental commander.
After more than ten minutes, the infantry began to march rapidly, and the ten mile journey took five hours.
By the time they reached the outside of Rouen, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
After resting for half an hour, I watched the French soldiers who were constantly climbing the city wall in front of me, and most of the team lined up to climb the city wall.
According to a rough estimate, there are still about 5,000 soldiers under the city walls, but they are already tired soldiers and can fight.
It can be seen that the French army has taken the initiative, while the defenders of Rouen have been like a flat boat in a storm, ethereal and gradually falling.
At the moment of his observation, there were more than three hundred cavalrymen who had been sent to support the five hundred cavalry, and they came to the side of the Alexander knight in rags, and their spirits were not high.
"My lord, the cavalry company is back, please command!"
The commander of the cavalry company came to the side of the Alexander knight with a disgraced face and said in a loud voice.
"Get ready! Wait to attack the French army together! ”
The knight glanced at the cavalry company commander, and though he was a little unhappy with his disgraced appearance, he did not blame him for the fact that he had been involved in some of the French forces in the city of Rouen.
Soon, more than 6,000 English soldiers, lined up in a queue, stepping on the beat of drums, walked step by step towards the Catholic Allied forces in front.
And the Duke of Guise at the time of the arrival of the British army. found the trace, and when he saw this important moment being disturbed, he was extremely annoyed.
"Duke Vendôme, immediately order the soldiers who climbed the city wall to all come down and fight the English together!"
Duke Guise gritted his teeth, commanded Duke Vendôme on the side, and then began to take command and stabilize the morale of the army.
Duke Guise is worthy of being a veteran, and by the time Knight Alexander gathered his cavalry to prepare for the attack, he had already stabilized the morale of the army and made a defensive appearance!
Seeing this moment, the Alexander knight, on horseback, was located in the rear and began to direct the soldiers to attack.
Due to the use of the Spanish phalanx for training in the British army, all the soldiers walked up, one by one, stepping on the beat, and moving forward bravely.
The phalanx was divided into three, each with eight columns of pikemen in front and two columns of musketeers in the back, with a depth of about 150 meters in front and a width of 100 meters.
"Wow-wh——,h
Looking at the pace and formation of the English people in front of him, one board and one eye, like a sea of mountains, wave after wave, Duke Guise was suddenly taken aback.
"When did the English begin to learn from the Spaniards?"
The English army had not been seen on the European continent for a long time, and who knew that the army had learned the methods of the Spaniards to train the army, which surprised him.
Having fought often with the Spaniards, the Duke of Guise knew that such a phalanx was not suitable for fighting in the mountains, but it was most powerful in the plains, and he had encountered it today.
"Let the cavalry charge from both sides, and the infantry rush straight up!"
In desperation, Duke Guise arranged a way to not go up or down.
Soon, the French cavalry began to charge at both sides of the British army, and the momentum was unstoppable.
But the phalanxes on both sides soon began to deform, and the cavalry was ready to fight.
The cavalrymen bravely charged at the pikemen, crushing the first two columns of pikemen in an instant, but the pikemen who followed were not afraid at all, and surrounded them without fear and began to thrust regularly.
No matter how thick the armor was, it could not withstand the lance and the stabbing of the spear, and the cavalry surrounded by pikemen seemed to have entered a quagmire, which was difficult to pull out, and could only be eliminated one by one.
At this time, the infantry in front also began to charge forward, although they also broke the first few columns of pikemen, but the follow-up pikemen and