Chapter 425: Total Annihilation
Although the army of the nobles was not as elite as the army of Dülenburg, it was still far more powerful than many noble armies, after all, William was strong and close to the Chekels, and they could no longer wrestle with him as before.
They are no longer William's opponents at all, if William really wants to do it, they will definitely not be able to hold it, therefore, whatever William wants, they will try their best to satisfy, and the ten-year low-price iron that was formulated at the beginning has long become a large amount of William's request.
Under these circumstances, the two Chekel tribes imported large quantities of free iron into Denlenburg, and William sold the iron to his nobles at a low price to satisfy himself.
Coupled with the fact that William vigorously developed his territory and also led their territory, all the nobles of Denlenburg were much richer than the others.
In this case, basically every noble army of Denlenburg can mix a decent iron armor, and even those officers can also get double armor or hardcover armor.
Of course, such good equipment must be matched with elite soldiers, although the nobles were not forced by William to implement the Mendes Infantry Code, but their own feudal army's army is so strong, plus their finances are relatively rich, so the training level of the soldiers is also quite good, although it is not as good as the Denglenburg infantry, but compared to other noble armies, it is more than enough.
Only William's Denlenburg infantry was able to hold down these proud generals.
Their formation was also quite neat, and it was not inconsistent to stand next to the Denlenburg infantry, and they even wanted to compare with the Denlenburg infantry, but unfortunately they still couldn't compare with it.
The holy war has been going on until now, and the soldiers who have been recruited by the center for eight years and have not experienced too many battles have also transformed into veterans in the war.
The combat effectiveness can almost be said to have risen in a straight line, all the troops were gathered together, and the open space in the camp could not be accommodated at all, so they had to assemble outside the camp tent.
As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of people, and there is no boundary, which means that more than 10,000 people are basically unable to see the edges, and the number is extremely huge.
William's army, combined, has exceeded 20,000 men, which is quite a rare number in this era on this continent.
After all, the war between many nobles is still a melee between hundreds of people, and if they hear about the war of more than 10,000 people, they will probably be scared to death.
This time it was not a long-distance attack, so there was no need to carry so many things, and the soldiers only had some hot and easy-to-carry food on their bodies, in addition to their combat equipment.
As for the carriage, it was uncarred, and only the knights marched on camels.
The hot breath exhaled by the soldiers seemed to warm the whole world.
The light cavalry had not yet been withdrawn by William, after all, they still had to reduce the patrol range of the Norwids, otherwise there would be no sudden sense of suddenness.
In fact, to tell the truth, the Norweed suffered a loss because they had no cavalry and did not have enough reconnaissance capabilities, because there were two or three hundred light cavalry patrolling back and forth near William's camp, so the enemy did not dare to approach at all, and of course it was impossible to know the strength of William's army.
So, under the wrong judgment, the Norweeds only had 5,000 people here, and although there would be reinforcements in the future, but seriously, if they knew that William had an army of 20,000 men, they would not have sent only 5,000 troops.
The light cavalry still roamed outside the Norwedian camp, much to the annoyance of the Norwedians, but there was nothing they could do, even bows and arrows were of no use to them.
William's army suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, and the Norweeds looked at the dense and neat boundless army formation in front of them, and their faces were even stunned.
Where had they ever faced such a formation, and it took a long time for them to react.
A poignant and shrill voice pierced the sky and echoed over the improvised camp of the people you were feeding: "Enemy attack! Large-scale enemy raids!! ”
But it was useless to react, and a rain of arrows like locusts was thrown over, with a sharp whistling sound that shook the ears, and thus covered the top of the Norwedian tent.
The Norweed lost more than 1,000 men in this round of shooting, and the enemy lost one-fifth of his troops in just one round of arrows.
This is very similar to the scene of William's first battle with the Norwids, the same surprise attack, the same long-range suppression, to be honest, if you are fighting the enemy on the battlefield, the battle situation may not be so easy.
However, William has always minimized casualties when he sees them, after all, no one wants his army to be killed or wounded.
In this way, three consecutive rounds of throwing, two thousand people fell, and then the knights charged, and the fifty sharp soldiers of the knights of the inner palace rushed to the front, while the other knights of the Iron Cross galloped forward after them, and the other noble knights also followed.
Truth be told, the battle was really nothing to do with the Denlenburg infantry.
The knights whizzed through the tents, and the Norweeds could only meet the enemy in a hurry.
He was the captain of a Norwidian ten, and he commanded the ten Norweed warriors to prepare against the five Iron Cross Knights who were scattered and rushed towards him.
He wielded the broadsword and round shield in his hand, the Norwids were natural heavy swordsmen and tomahawks, and they were quite proficient in trying to deal with the weapons of the mines.
He found the right moment, and suddenly looked at one of the Iron Cross knights who were rushing towards him.
"Ping!" With a clash of steel, the ten-man Norwidian slashed his broad-bladed sword into the armor of the Iron Cross Knight's horse.
The huge impact of the war horse's charge was quite terrifying at this moment, even if he was wearing horse armor, he still couldn't avoid the terrifying damage caused by the broad-bladed sword.
After the four of the horses let out a terrible sound, they fell down in response, and the knight on horseback rushed forward seven or eight meters like an uncontrolled sword.
The blow and friction made the Iron Cross Knight dizzy, and he fell to the ground with a feeling of tightness in his chest, unable to muster up his strength to stand up.
Although the knight was thrown a full seven or eight meters away, the war horse under his crotch also knocked the Norvidian ten men out of the way, and at the same time crushed him under him.
The remaining Norweed soldiers, of course, were wiped out by the five Iron Cross Knights, who dismounted and placed the Iron Cross on their horses, and then continued to advance into battle.
The battle ended very smoothly, and the Norweeds were successfully annihilated by William again, and William did not move any of the trophies, all of which were distributed to the vassals and the soldiers below.
The battlefield was also as agreed, and their bodies were left in place without cleaning.
The soldiers were very satisfied, and they whispered to their companions between the marches: "Your Excellency is generous, not only for your high salary, but also for so many rewards, and may your reign be everlasting!" ”