Chapter 451: Raid
At this time, more than half of the soldiers of the Jihadist Army were brought into battle, and they fought all day yesterday, and basically every soldier had the turn to fight.
Their thoughts of resistance are still hot, none of them wants the entire Jihadist Army to be wiped out here, everyone is holding the idea of pulling a cushion even if they die.
In this way, they supported with difficulty, and under the attack of the Norvidians like a raging storm, they persevered in the torrential rain like a flat boat.
Broken arms are scattered throughout the camp, and if they are not cleaned up, an unprecedented plague will surely occur here when the snow and ice melt.
The Holy Cruins were no longer in the wooden walls, and their casualties, combined with the ferocity of the Novital offensive, meant they had to retreat and re-establish a new line of defense.
The Norweed wielded a heavy and powerful tomahawk in their hands, a weapon that was an absolute heavy weapon on the battlefield, and it was time to die if touched.
As soon as the battle began, the battle losses of both sides rose rapidly, screams and wails abounded, the sound of broken bones and tendons and tragic conditions kept appearing, and the sound of steel colliding also sounded from time to time.
As the protector of the warriors, the armor played a great role on the battlefield, and many lucky people relied on the iron armor on their bodies to avoid the nirvanal attacks of the Norwids.
The battle on both sides was all a melee, no matter how it was, it was a siege battle, and the two rabble were mixed together like this, you have me, I have you, and it looks quite chaotic.
The roar of the battle continued until dusk, but it was still early at this time, but because it was still winter, the sun went down very early.
At three or four o'clock, the light between heaven and earth is already the same as the ** o'clock in summer.
With only a glimmer of sunlight still shining in the snow, Prince Kirunde looked up at the sky, and after a whole day's attack, they had once again paid more than 10,000 casualties.
And the Holy War Army also killed and wounded more than 10,000 people, after all, there are no wooden walls, and the advantage of the Norweed in hand-to-hand combat has been revealed.
Although the battle situation was slightly superior, he still hoped to be able to quickly annihilate the enemy, not to mention that the Holy War Army at this time looked exhausted, and even its morale and mental state did not look as good as before.
Therefore, Prince Kirunde did not ask the soldiers to withdraw before dark, as he had done before, but hoped that they would work harder and strive to defeat these remnants in one fell swoop.
In this way, the sky gradually darkened, and the situation became a blur, and neither General Brinville nor Prince Kirunde could control the situation in front of them.
At this time, on a low hillside two kilometers away from them, tens of thousands of troops quietly appeared.
William sent only two light cavalry scouts so that the slightest sound of horses' hooves would not attract the attention of the enemy, and in this way, they were able to find out what was going on with the enemy.
William received the scout's return and began to deploy combat orders.
The Western Expeditionary Army below was on the verge of collapse, and Prince Kirunde learned of this through a message from the military judge ahead.
He nodded triumphantly, as the prince of the Norwids, the future king of Norwid, he badly needed this decisive victory to consolidate his position and at the same time increase his prestige.
In this way, after learning of the situation, he issued a new order: "Let all the soldiers press on and annihilate the enemy as soon as possible!" ”
Although the Norwedes lost a lot of men in the darkness, it was worth it in Prince Kirunde's eyes.
At this time, on the hillside, William asked the knights to fully wrap up, put on all the equipment, and at the same time put on the horse armor on the horses, and all the Iron Cross knights picked up their four-meter riding spears.
The Templars and Grail Knights, on the other hand, were armed with three-meter-and-five-meter spears that were significantly shorter than the Knights of the Iron Cross, ready to charge.
The horses were also infected by this tense atmosphere, constantly snorting, while their hooves were digging in the ground, as if they couldn't wait to launch a deadly charge against the enemy with their masters on their backs.
However, William did not directly let the knights charge, and compared to the horse speed bonus brought by this small hill, he still paid more attention to the covert surprise attack.
And the distance of these two kilometers is too long, if you attack now, the physical strength of the war horse will be consumed in large quantities before waiting for the enemy, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Therefore, he said to the three heads of the knights around him: "Knights of the Iron Cross, Knights of the Holy Grail, Knights Templar, move slowly, try not to make noise, and stop at a distance of 800 meters from the enemy!" ”
The heads of the three knights tapped on their chests, then bowed their heads in a salute in agreement.
Norwin also glanced at William, and then went down to give the Iron Cross Knights a whole team.
William, on the other hand, said to the remaining heralds: "Order, all the infantry phalanx, as well as the noble phalanx, advance covertly, stop at a place about three hundred meters near the enemy, and wait for my order!" ”
In this way, the knights and infantry also began to move, and they moved as slowly as they could, and moved towards the vicinity of the enemy in stealth.
"Is that all right, Sir Tryde?"
Hearing this, Lord Trede whispered, "I don't know, but we have no choice now, this is the last hope of the Holy Army, I hope it can succeed!" ”
The night gave William's soldiers the best cover, and if it weren't for Prince Kirunde's soldiers to press all his soldiers down, but then retreat and maintain sufficient vigilance, William's move would have been difficult to succeed.
But perhaps it was the favor of the Holy Father, and the Norwedians saw that the Jihadist Army on the Western Road was about to collapse, so they all pressed on.
In fact, this is reasonable, after all, no one would have imagined that an army would suddenly emerge from behind them, and it is normal to be defenseless.
If it were William, he would no longer have retreated by night when the enemy was about to lose, which would have given the enemy a chance to regroup.
So, by chance, William's army was under the noses of the enemy.
"Extinguish all the torches! No one is allowed to make a sound! William's voice was slightly heard among the troops, and after giving the order, William gave the order to advance a hundred meters.
After all, although the range of crossbow arrows has reached 400 meters, the best range of singular bows and arrows is only 150 to 175.
Even the current distance of two hundred is actually not the best attack distance.
William deployed the soldiers and knights from a completely different angle, waiting for the archers to shoot two rounds and cause a lot of casualties to the enemy, and the sound of the arrows breaking through the air was the signal for the knights to charge, and the knights would quickly charge.
They will use a wedge formation to divide the enemy as much as possible, and then the infantry quickly follows, and the knights and noble knights follow the infantry forward, widen the enemy's gap, and plunge the enemy into chaos, relying on this, killing and injuring the enemy in large quantities, in order to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy. 2k reading web