Chapter 522: Deserted and Fleeing
The Duke of Vallar made a quick decision, and when he saw this scene, he immediately rode his horse and ran behind him, and quickly left the battlefield with a dozen knights who were responsible for his safety.
He panted and drove the war horse to gallop wildly, and for him, who was pampered all the year round, it was also a relatively tiring activity to gallop quickly on the war horse.
While running, he also glanced behind him from time to time, for fear that there would be pursuers behind him.
The knights who originally followed him suddenly found that the king he was loyal to seemed to have lost the foundation of his rule, so some knights with more active minds secretly broke away from the team and didn't know where to go.
The tree is falling and scattering, which is the truest and most appropriate portrayal of this moment.
Of course, the Duke of Valar also noticed this situation, although he was angry in his heart, but he could not do anything, even if all the knights around him ran away, he had no way to redeem it.
The loser will lose everything, and the process of losing everything starts now.
The whereabouts of the Duke of Vallar are not mentioned for the time being, and the battlefield at this time is still chaotic.
The knights still fought horseback, and while the Knights of the Iron Cross had led the other knights to a clear advantage, it would take some time to crush the enemy.
After all, the enemy is the elite knights under the command of the Duke of Valar, and there are also the famous Holy Grail Knights in the mainland, and the battle is destined to be difficult.
And the fighting in other places is also continuing.
Arthur's right flank had been fighting with the enemy's left flank, and they were now in danger, and their enemy was made up of noble armies.
And the Duke of Valar did not have those noble knights around him, and the nobles all brought the knights with them in case of emergency.
In fact, if they can hand over the knights to the commander of the Duke of Valar, there will be more troops of these three hundred knights, even if the Iron Cross Knights have brought an advantage through the wall charge just now, but in the subsequent horseback battle, the outcome is still unknown.
At this time, these nobles fought on their own, and they ordered a dozen or dozens of knights under their command to charge against Arthur's infantry.
The three hundred knights rushed to the phalanx of the infantry.
"Hold on! Get ready to resist me! ”
Bedwell brandished his sword and shouted loudly, he and Gawain, who graduated from the knightly capital of Bailebweine well, knew the power of knights, if an infantry team was about to be disrupted, but it was still under the attack of knights at this time, then it would be very likely to collapse.
Even warriors who have been trained for a long time will turn around in a panic and attacks from behind or from behind, or simply fall into a panic and be crushed by a flank attack.
Arthur's center and left flank had no such worries, and Arthur's center army was facing the direct army of the Duke of Valar, and the knights were all fighting with the Iron Cross Knights and the Dragon Prince's cavalry.
As a result, the Red Dragon Guards only had to face the onslaught of nearly three times the enemy's infantry, and in fact, with their strength, they were able to withstand the onslaught when the enemy knights rushed at the cost of their lives.
At this time, the Chinese army front was still very stable, and although the number of enemies far exceeded that of the Red Dragon Guards, the combat effectiveness of the Red Dragon Guards still made it impossible for the enemy to survive.
As for the left flank, the battle was even easier, not only did they face mercenaries whose combat strength could not compare with their own, but the number of enemies was not very different from them.
The 2,500-strong army had lost 1,000 men to the brink of arrows, and Norwin was pleased with this achievement, for he did not know how an enemy of 1,500 men could fight against his own in terms of combat effectiveness, which was completely incomparable to the infantry of Dellenburg.
As it turned out, the enemy's morale was so badly damaged that they even cowered and did not dare to advance, but after their leader had killed a number of men, they immediately chose to rush at the enemy.
Their cowardice had been aroused, and they brandished their weapons and marched towards the Denlenburg army.
In fact, if the enemy had cavalry or knights, the battle would not have been as difficult as it was at this time, and even the Denlenburg infantry, which had mixed up half of the new recruits, was in danger of collapsing under the onslaught of the knights.
However, it is a pity that there is no what ifs in the world, and the recruits of the Denglenburg infantry at this time saw that the enemy was so easy to deal with, and their confidence in their hearts had been established, and their morale was suddenly high, and they were no longer afraid of a short battle.
They clenched their spears, swords, and shields in their hands, waiting for the battle to come.
The sword and shield infantry stood at the front, trying to breathe, for the enemy was already not far from them.
William's military system was quite reasonable, as the sword and shield infantry standing in the first row of the queue, their salaries were double that of pikemen.
At this time, they silently thought that they must make achievements worthy of this salary.
When the enemy rushed forward, the sword and shield infantry quickly used the large shield tied to their left hand to defend against the enemy's attack, no matter how they waved their weapons, they could not meet the Denlenburg army in front of them.
Even if they managed to bypass the large shield attack and fall on the Denlenburg infantry, their heavy armor made their weapons impenetrable.
The pikemen behind the sword and shield infantry began to slaughter, according to the content of their usual training, together with the veterans around them, they kept holding their guns in both hands, and stabbed the long swords in their hands differently.
Their thrusts were so powerful that they had to perform a thousand thrusts a day for other training, and sometimes they even had a five-pound brick tied to their heads.
You know, the difficulty of holding a gun tied to the end of the gun is completely different, and they have to wear sandbags heavier than armor when they train.
At the beginning of training, it was all too common for blood blisters on the heels.
Under this kind of training, there is no big problem with their combat skills, as long as they overcome their fear on the battlefield, then they will quickly transform into elite battlefield veterans.
Under the attack of the spears and swords of the Denlenburg infantry, these rushing enemies screamed and wailed to death, and three rows of spears kept thrusting forward, each enemy had to face at least three spears besieged.
How could they not have suffered huge casualties in such a situation, just like that, the ground was full of enemy corpses, and blood was splattered everywhere.
The enemy's morale collapsed when they saw the difficult and bloody scene in front of them, and they cried and fled backwards.
Even their leaders couldn't stop them from escaping, and some even took the lead in escaping.
And there are actually some leaders who were directly killed by the soldiers who were eager to survive because they prevented the soldiers from escaping.
After all, they are just a group of mercenaries, no matter how brave they are in normal times, but in the end, they are just a group of rabble, and once they encounter an unacceptable setback, they will immediately scatter and flee.