Chapter 461: Fighting
William was placed next to his father's army, Archduke Wallace, and the armies of the two fathers and sons were next to each other, ready to strike at the enemy.
William: They are the troops in charge of the frontal battlefield, and of course there are some people who are in charge of the flanks of the battlefield.
William looked at the situation in front of him and couldn't help but show some worry on his face, the enemy was obviously far inferior to his own in numbers, why did they dare to go out of the city to fight?
His frowning brow was seen by Archduke Wallace, Earl Creed followed Archduke Wallace's side, during this time he saw that William had no previous memory, and thought that this younger brother didn't know what he did, so he also laughed and said, "William, what are you worried about?" You can hold a long sword between your eyebrows! ”
Facing the ridicule of Count Creed, William was not in the mood to mess with him, but said solemnly: "The enemy is obviously not as good as us, but they still dare to go out of the city to fight, our knights are so many, aren't they afraid that we will defeat them in one fell swoop?" ”
William's eyes narrowed slightly, in contemplation, he really couldn't figure out why the enemy had such confidence and used less than half of his numbers to stop the Holy War Army.
Since they were still able to mobilize so many troops, wouldn't it be safer to defend the city in the castle, why should they take it outside the city to face more than twice as many jihadist troops?
There must be a demon when something goes wrong, William really can't figure it out about this situation, and he is a little flustered.
However, although he doubted, the battle was inevitable.
On the frontal battlefield, the army of the Kingdom of Astra stood at the front of the ranks, and their commander began to move the soldiers forward, and in this way, led by the Guardian of the Holy Grail, followed by 10,000 Astra infantry, 11,000 soldiers advanced towards the enemy.
On the other side, the two legions of the Empire advanced with the infantry of the Kingdom of Astra, their pace seemed to be a little slow, and the Norvids lined up on the icy lake did not advance, waiting in place for the arrival of the Holy War Army.
"Shoot!"
The commanders in the two phalanxes shouted, the commander who can command 10,000 people is definitely one of the best generals in their country.
The archers of the two phalanxes fired their arrows, causing a burst of sound that broke through the air, inflicting a loss of one or two thousand men on the enemy.
Basically everyone in the enemy has a round shield, so the consumption caused by long-range strikes is not much, which is also the reason why the development of long-range weapons in the Holy Cult world is not good.
After a few rounds of firing, the two phalanxes immediately rushed towards the enemy, and coming up was a major event, the armies of the Empire and the Kingdom of Astra were definitely among the best, and they caused great casualties to the Norwids when they came up.
Although the Norvids were pushed back by the momentum of the Holy War Army, the racial traits of the high horses and infinite strength were still useful, and they relied on their strength and physical superiority to slowly stabilize their performance.
The headquarters of the Three-Way Coalition Army is full of experienced generals, and orders are issued from here.
After all, the number of the Holy War Army is more than twice that of the enemy, even if it is a one-on-one battle, there are still many idle troops on the side of the Holy War Army.
This is the hole card of the jihadist army, and the hole cards must be left when fighting, and the quality of the hole cards is also very important.
Now that all the Norweeds have opponents, it seems that they have shown their hole cards early.
William and Archduke Wallace's troops still didn't fight, and they were left behind.
The battle on the front line was not going well, except for the Imperial County and the Astra Kingdom Army, which were able to suppress the enemy a little, and basically the rest of the troops were being hung and beaten by the Norwids.
The Western Route, in particular, was poorly trained, and they could barely hold out long under the broad-bladed swords and tomahawks of the Norweeds before they were killed.
King Leonac saw this scene clearly from behind, and his face was a little ugly, especially General Brinville, who was completely dark at this time, and the performance of the Western Route's Jihadist Army really made his face gloomy.
The snow was gradually trampled tightly, and the blood sprinkled on it began to make the ground extremely smooth, and even the slightest mistake could lead to falling.
The battle is still very fierce, the brutal battle will never change anything, the residual value of the broken arm is thrown around, half of the body or the head flying in the sky can be seen everywhere, and the blood spurting out has a crystal clear feeling in the sunlight.
King Leonac didn't say much, discussed with the generals again, and then sent a part of the army to the battlefield as reinforcements to ease the situation of the battle.
However, William still did not play, after all, he was one of the few nobles with a knightly order, and such elite troops should also be kept as hole cards.
With reinforcements on board, the tide of battle gradually became even again.
Finally, the order for William to go to battle was given, and William led his troops slowly forward.
The Knights of the Iron Cross do not need to intervene outside the battlefield for the time being, and they do not need the charge of the knights yet.
The Denlenburg infantry formed a tight formation and slowly advanced as they faced an enemy fighting some 20,000 jihadist troops.
William, on the other hand, carried out a sneak attack on the enemy from their rear.
The drum-beating Denlenburg infantry marched slowly, but in a tight formation, and they stood shoulder to shoulder with their comrades, pointing their sharp spears forward.
When the enemy was near, they began to send their spears out without stopping, and then pulled them out, as William's hole cards, and neither the heavy infantry nor the knights went into battle.
Only the archers and crossbowmen, closely following the Denlenburg infantry, kept throwing at the enemy, like locusts, constantly submerging into the enemy's formation, and quite a few of the Norwedds fell to the ground screaming at the blow of the arrows.
The Norwids, who had turned around, wanted to counterattack the Denlenburg infantry, but the three-meter-long spears from the barrels of their guns alone formed a steel chasm that they could not cross.
Even if they didn't count the casualties, they rushed to the side of the Denlenburg infantry, and they also had the close protection of the sword and shield infantry, even if there were lucky Novides who were able to swing their weapons into the enemy's body.
Their fine armor can still keep them alive, and it is luck that they can seriously injure them.
But seriously, with the exception of broad-edged swords, most Norweeds used battle axes, and although the Denlenburg infantry was well-armoured, it was still easy to kill such a blunt blow.
In this way, the Denlenburg infantry gradually began to suffer casualties, and nearly ten minutes after the battle began, they had already lost more than 300 people.
If the enemy did not have so many tomahawks, but only with spears and swords, he would never have inflicted such great losses on the Denlenburg infantry.
And at this time, the final offensive horn was sounded, the Norwids suffered heavy losses, and the final general attack was already time.
The sound of horses' hooves began to sound, and the knights who had not been dispatched in each of the noble armies finally began a massive charge.
The entire Holy War Army combined was probably full of twenty or thirty thousand elite knights, and just like that, they began their final attack.