Chapter 21: The Battle by the River
When it was time for the battle, the men of both sides began to advance, stomping on this foot and advancing towards each other. At first, it was a battle of the infantry, and the knights had not yet moved, and they all gathered around their feudal lords.
Genko was a farmer, he was a farmer under Sir William, he had been to the battlefield more than once, but it was the first time that he had a spear in his leather armor, and she had to go back alive, to see his mother, wife and children alive, and after so much training, he decided that he would be able to return to the village alive with the fighting skills he had learned.
Genko and his comrades were assigned to the third row, but the first rows were nothing, and in the end they often turned into a scuffle, and the first rows were just the starting point for deciding the charge, and he just had to stay with his comrades.
The distance between the two armies was already so close that he could even see the expressions on the faces of the opposing troops.
He glanced at his comrades-in-arms around him and saw that they were also looking at him, and after three months of team melee training, they were already able to read the meaning in each other's eyes.
As they got closer, the recognizable formations collapsed at the moment of the battle between the two armies, and Genko and his three teammates stayed tightly together, their left hands tied to the wooden shields they had made before they came out, and they cooperated in the battle with the enemy.
Genko killed a man with a sword, but he heard a "clang" behind him, and his comrade used a round shield to help him block a spear that stabbed him, and he immediately turned around and stabbed the enemy to death, and smiled at each other with three teammates.
The level of cooperation between them has grown by leaps and bounds, and this is happening in another group as well.
William followed behind Baron Comos, standing on a high ground, watching the melee below, frowning, his own side seemed to be at a disadvantage, and the number was less than that of the other side, the other side's infantry was at least three hundred, forty or fifty more than his side.
William looked at the situation below and said to Baron Comos: "Lord Baron, let's charge, the infantry is about to run out!" ”
Baron Comos was also quite courageous, and made a decision on the spot: "Good, knights! Mount, put on your horses, put on your armor, take up your spears, and wave your swords to crush them! ”
"For the sake of honor!" The knights had already put on their armor, picked up their spears from the hands of the servants, and with the help of the servants, they stepped on their horses and prepared to charge the enemy.
The servants are also ready, there are not many war horses, some have a simple chain mail, some are a leather armor, and even there are unarmored guards, some hold riding spears, and some hold maces, the weapon of the mace is huge, and even many knights use this, and those who do not have war horses have to be used as armed infantry.
Ready, the war horse had already snorted impatiently, if it weren't for the restraint of the knights, I am afraid that they would have rushed out long ago.
William listened to the roars on the battlefield, the screams, the snort of the war horse under his crotch, the sound of kicking, the blood in the veins looked at each other like a bucket of burning gasoline, boiling, the combat factor in the man's blood began to be extremely active, and even his hand trembled a little, this feeling didn't seem to be very good, and the gun might tremble!
There was silence for a while, and the knights and servants of the other side also set up a formation, there were more than twenty people on Baron Comos's side, and the other party only had more than ten people, nearly twenty people, in terms of numbers, they did not have an advantage, but they did not seem to be cowardly!
William crossed his behalf, raising his riding spear, which was more than half a meter longer than the others, and pointed it at the enemy knight.
"Charge !!" With a pitch-changing roar, William was the first to ride his horse and rush out, and to the left and right of Urimu and Norwen behind him, and the other knights and servants followed behind William and charged at the enemy.
"For glory! Crush them! William unconsciously shouted this sentence.
"For glory!" The knights shouted along.
They charged down from the high ground, and the speed of the horses became as fast as the wind under the acceleration of gravity, and if anyone stopped at this time, it must have turned into a pulp.
Baron Wells' side also began to charge, but they did not have a condescending advantage, and their speed was slightly inferior to William's side.
The knights will point their spears pointing at the sky and point ahead, and in a few seconds it will be when the two torrents collide, and then there will be a splash of blood!
Looking at the enemy close at hand, William suddenly calmed down, although his blood was still burning, his hands were no longer trembling, but they were more stable than ever.
He aimed his rifle at one of the approaching knights in front of him, aiming it at his chest.
"Click!" William's spear broke, but he had done his job before that point, and it had passed through the knight's chest, and William could clearly see the blood seep through his chainmail smock and splatter out.
He quickly threw down half of the cavalry spear, tilted it with the knight's shield, flicked away a cavalry spear that wanted him to stab, and then quickly drew the long sword at his waist, and subconsciously swung the sword and slashed an enemy, although he didn't know whether it was dead or alive, but he believed that the knight behind him would solve him.
The minions also began to engage the enemy, and by the end of the turn, both sides were a little less manned, some were killed outright, while others were shot down on their shields by spears and spears and spikes.
Now there are only more than ten people left on William's side, and the other party is even worse, with a direct loss of nearly ten people in one round of charge, which looks sparse.
After running for a while, unloading the inertia, the two sides grabbed the war horse and turned the horse's head at the same time.
The people on both sides began to breathe a little quickly, and the physical strength consumed by a charge was too great, especially the war horse under the crotch, which had begun to pant heavily, and the charge just now was almost dead after three or four more times.
At this moment, William's eyes rolled, and Wells sent all the knights around him, so it was obvious that his guard force was very empty, at most there were a few guards left to follow him.
Thinking of this, William raised his long sword, the semi-enclosed helmet had good amplification, and he shouted loudly: "Follow me!" ”
William's previous orders had already thrown the knights and servants subconsciously obeyed, and they all turned their horses' heads and followed William to charge in the opposite direction.
Baron Wells also sensed William's intentions and was about to look for his horse.
His knights reacted quickly, frantically urging their horses to catch William before they arrived.
Baron Wells wanted to run, but William's group had already picked up the horses, and the enemy who was chasing closely behind them would not be able to catch up with William and the others for a while.
William and Baron Wells are very dangerous on both sides, once William does not catch Baron Wells, then the deep knight will wipe out all William's side who has lost his horse speed, but if William catches Baron Wells this time, then he can use Baron Wells as a threat to force them to lay down their arms, and William will also make a great contribution.
William no longer smacked the horse's belly with his foot, but stabbed it hard with the spurs on his boots, and the horse neighed and sped up again.
Luckily, William was fast enough to reach Baron Wells before he could mount his horse.
William did not use his sword, let go of the reins of the horse with both hands, and with all his strength, with some horse speed, dragged Baron Wells from the ground to the horse's back.
William continued to gallop forward on his horse, shouting loudly backwards: "The Baron of Wells has been captured by me, put down all your weapons and get off the horse, or I will kill the Baron of Wales!" As he spoke, William drew his sword.
When the enemies in the back saw that Baron Wells had been captured, they all threw themselves into the trap, for fear that William would kill Baron Wells with a shake of his hand.
"Quick! Drop your weapon! Do you want to kill you all? William, seeing that they had only slowed down their horses, had not dismounted from their horses and laid down their weapons, roared angrily, and slashed his sword across again.
"Quick! Listen to him, lay down your arms and dismount! Baron Wells was on horseback, and said in horror, after all, William's sword was still around his neck.
At last the enemy knights complied, dismounted from their horses, and put their weapons on the ground.
William's riders were afraid of their repetition, so they left some men on their horses, while others found some ropes to tie them up, and if the rope was not enough, they tore their clothes to tie them up.
William led a group of knights into the infantry battlefield, and a group of people shouted: "Baron of Wales's soldiers! You have all been captured by me, Sir William, lay down your weapons and give up resistance, or we will kill you all!" ”
The peasants were already demoralized and could not afford to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the lord, so when they heard the news, they immediately put down their weapons such as dung forks and wooden sticks.
The armed infantrymen who had been armed by Baron Wells hesitated for a moment, as if they were still planning to fight the enemy, but as soon as they saw Baron Wells on William's horseback, they also put down their weapons.
At this point, the war between the two barons ended in a complete victory for Baron Comos.
The victory was followed by the looting, first the knights' armor, horses, and weapons, then the armed infantry that could be sold to the hard-working traffickers, and the tradition of the Lordes that burned and looted after the victory.
With the acquiescence of Baron Comos, seven of the twenty-four villages under Baron Wells and his knights were plundered, but there was not much killing, many knights chose to transfer these populations to their own territory, William should be able to divide hundreds of people, plus the population of Stream Village, the total population of William's rule can reach more than four hundred people, so that William can reclaim the cultivated land to a thousand acres, and the income will be more.
After all, this battle was won because William captured Baron Wells, so Baron Comos would definitely not treat William badly, not to mention anything else, just the property obtained by William's subordinates was converted into silver coins, and it was conservatively estimated that there would be more than forty pieces, plus the share of the knight's ransom and the share of the plundered property, William would definitely take a lot, the share of the total finances, according to William's estimate, he might get more than eighty or ninety silver coins in this battle.
This made William sigh very much, war is worthy of being the fastest way to get rich, of course, provided that you win.