Chapter 223: Shocking Change
This charge is very important, if that side wins, then they will take the lead in the next battle, and launch a charge at the same time as the infantry fights, which directly causes the infantry to collapse, and then win. x
And the charge between the knights also attracted the attention of the infantry, and this duel became the focus of the battlefield.
The knights on both sides looked at the enemy in front of them, and couldn't help but feel a little short of breath, and their bodies began to congest everywhere, and many men would fall in love with this feeling.
Galloping, snatching the names of the enemy with the spear and sword in his hand, is there anything more romantic for a man to come?
The blood of the battle in the bloodline is like gasoline, and there are various berserk factors in it, and once it is ignited by the flames, it will be detonated immediately.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, less than two hundred meters apart, they could even see the style of the smock worn by the enemy.
"Shoot!"
Norwen said that the knights' riding spears would not be put down until the two sides made contact.
Now their formation looked strange, not the wedge-shaped formation that was commonly used in charges, but in a neat phalanx, rushing towards the enemy.
This tactic was deliberately proposed by William, and it has never been seen on the whole road, not even Bellervines.
Needless to say, William plagiarized the idea of his previous life, in which he called this method a wall charge, and only produced a very classic cavalry tactic during the First World War and before it.
There is nothing else important to this tactic, that is, the formation is tight, and there is a feeling that there are more people and fewer people are bullying, and on average, each enemy has to face three to four mounted spears, even if ten people fight thirty people, but it can still give the enemy the feeling of having few people.
Of course, this kind of charge is quite difficult to implement, although the tactics are not many or even simple.
The speed of the war horse is different, the riding skills of the knights are also different, the knights must control the war horse under the crotch and keep the same pace with the people around them, there can be no half mistakes, a mistake, may lead to the collapse of the wall charge.
Therefore, if it were not for the special tacit cooperation and the cavalry with a particularly high degree of training, it would not be possible to implement such tactics at all.
For example, the wedge formation that William used before, there is absolutely no problem with the impact infantry formation, even if it is a duel between knights, it is relatively common to use this formation.
But even if it is this formation, it is definitely not an opponent for a wall charge, and in the face of this kind of attack from all directions, a wedge formation with only two or three people or even one person at the forefront is obviously not an opponent.
At this time, the formation used by the enemy is precisely this wedge formation.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the knights desperately kicked the horses in the belly with the spurs on their boot armor, hoping to make the horses faster.
"Boom!"
The knights of the two sides collided fiercely, the sound of the broken spear, the neighing of the death of the war horse, and the screams of the knight falling off the horse were endless.
The Wall Charge is well deserved, although none of the knights except the Manders Knights have succeeded in setting up the Wall Charge.
However, their holding ability was still good, and in the first wave of attacks, the Manders Knights had a considerable advantage.
Many blood-stained knights fell to the ground, their various colored robes covered with blood without exception, and even if their bodies were protected by armor, they could no longer ride spears with the speed and impact of their horses.
The spears of the Manders Knights and Heavy Cavalry were much longer than the other knights, and the length of four meters allowed them to have an advantage in collisions with enemies.
Of course, the four-meter-long mounted gun is of course very laborious to hold, and the counterweight ball behind it is also deliberately found a good position so that they can use the riding gun.
The knights' spears had been broken, and they drew their swords and maces, ready for a difficult horseback battle.
As the commander, Norwin was always surrounded by a dozen heavy cavalry to protect him, and after a period of melee with the enemy at the speed of his horse.
The knights obeyed the order before the charge, and immediately began to assemble at the place of Norwen.
Norwin held William's Iron Cross banner in his hand, and all the knights on William's side rallied towards him, and the scene was discovered by the enemy.
The enemy also hurriedly began to give orders, so that his knights could regroup and prepare for the oncoming enemy charge.
After this round of attack, William's side lost a total of more than 30 people, and the other side lost even more people, nearly 60 enemies were defeated, which was quite a heavy loss for both sides.
Nowen looked at the enemy in front of him, raised the flag again, and shouted, "Charge!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the knights brandished their swords and maces and continued to charge at the enemy.
Maybe the role of armor in the first round of cavalry duel is not very great, but this time in the long sword duel, the role of armor has become very important.
Many times, the longsword could not penetrate the defenses that the chain mail brought to the knights, and it was clear that William's Manders knights and heavy cavalry had an advantage in equipment, somewhat better than the enemy's equipment.
As a result, their casualties are much lower.
At this moment, a sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded from behind William, startling William, and he hurriedly looked back to see who it was.
Some of the militiamen patrolling behind immediately began to instruct the other party that there was a war going on here, please do not approach, but unfortunately, the enemy did not see the warning, and more than a hundred knights rushed here.
William frowned tightly, he was not sure whether these people had bad intentions for the time being, but just by looking at the unscrupulousness of these people, he knew that these people were definitely not his allies.
At this time, the soldiers who were fighting on the frontal battlefield also noticed the scene behind them, after all, the sound of the third horse's hooves on the battlefield was too abrupt.
Therefore, they are a little confused, who is not afraid that the enemy will suddenly attack them from behind.
Fortunately, however, the enemy was also shocked, so the soldiers on William's side did not suffer a single loss.
At this time, Viscount Winston began to laugh out loud, and said to the herald beside him: "Inform all the soldiers that our reinforcements, the vassal of the Duchy of Bunkerson, Serindil, are here!" We will win! ”
The herald was also elated after listening to it, after all, everyone would get a benefit after the victory.
William, on the other hand, was a little angry at this time, because he saw the banner of Viscount Curvin in the enemy's camp, and he could be sure that there was absolutely no mistake, and he would never forget that banner for the rest of his life.
"Manders infantry! Don't forget that you are the king of the infantry! You've been through brutal training! Participated in more than a dozen battles, you are the strongest infantry, even if the cavalry storms us, we drink medicine and pull out their teeth for me! Array! ”
William shouted loudly to the remaining 350 Manders infantry, and then said, "Militia! You also throw me into battle, array! ”
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