The unexpected events behind him affected everyone's mood, and the joy brought by the imminent victory was also wiped out at this moment.

The speed of the enemy is very fast, more than a hundred knights are riding horses, holding three-meter riding spears in their hands, and a fine armor, although it looks inferior to the equipment of the Menders knights, but it can also be seen that they are also the elite of the elite.

And the Manders infantry was also rapidly forming a formation, and at this time, the other formations simply did not have time to be arranged, and there was no need to arrange them.

The only way for the infantry to fight against the knights is to rely on the spears in their hands, of course, if it is the so-called spears of more than two meters, of course, it is impossible to rely on the knights with three-meter cavalry spears in their hands.

William's intention to equip the soldiers with three-meter spears was to hope that they would be able to rely on the spears to fight the knights.

In fact, to be honest, if the infantry could put up a solid spear formation, then the knights would not dare to charge them at all.

Although the impact of the horses may give them an advantage after rushing in, the dead horses and the dead enemy infantry will be their hindrance.

If they are facing an enemy who is not only well disciplined, but also has high morale and will not flee, then they are simply seeking death by charging like this.

Although the casualty ratio may be very large, or even a difference of three strokes of one or four to one, it is necessary to think about the cost of training knights and the cost of training ordinary infantry.

Not according to the light infantry, after all, they are not trained, and their morale is low, they are not qualified to fight knights at all, and they will flee when they see them.

Speaking of armed infantry, the armed infantry is about 20 to 30 pieces of equipment in one piece, and it may take one to two years of training. These payments add up to between forty and fifty silver coins.

As for the knights, no one costs more than one hundred and fifty silver coins just for equipment and war horses, plus the cost of growing up from small to large, of course, these are not borne by the lord himself, but in terms of cost, the cost of knights is more than ten times that of armed infantry.

With such an elite to directly face the enemy's spear, what is that not a fool?

Of course, it was not uncommon for the nobles here to do this, mainly because the ranks of armed infantry were too small and their discipline could not form an unshakable phalanx of pikes.

Moreover, the enemy's knights are not vegetarians, so the knight's usual role is not to hedge against the enemy, that is, to directly disperse and annihilate the enemy's infantry while the enemy's knights are doing other things.

However, such a tactic obviously could not be used on William, and if the equipment of the Menders infantry was exchanged for silver coins, it would be enough to reach eighty silver coins, plus their usual food and other expenses, a hundred silver coins would be about the same over the years.

Moreover, they have the biggest and fundamental difference from other armed infantry, that is, their iron-like discipline, William can proudly say that after two years of brutal training, their discipline is no worse than that of the Celestial Empire army in later generations.

Even if there is a dung pit or a cliff in front of them, as long as William gives an order, they will meticulously carry out the order.

This, in addition to William's brutal training and high salary, also has the preferential treatment of their families, who clearly know that if they die in battle on the battlefield, then their families will definitely be well taken care of.

On the contrary, if you become a deserter on the battlefield, your family will also be looked down upon in the territory.

Moreover, William has been instilling in them that they are not just fighting for William, they are also fighting to protect their homeland.

Therefore, the ideas of the Menders infantry, so to speak, were politically conscious, and they were absolutely loyal to William.

Therefore, when the three hundred men lined up and stood in front of the knights, they had a strange feeling that the enemy in front of them was an unshakable mountain.

This idea was simply ridiculous to them, and the knights shook their heads and threw this unrealistic idea out of their heads.

How could a noble knight not be able to charge a group of ordinary armed infantry? Even though they do look good, they still tell themselves in their hearts that they are invincible.

But for some reason, thinking about this, their letter turned out to be a little empty.

In fact, Viscount Serindil, who was leading the charge at the front, looked at the group of enemies in front of him, and his heart had already begun to beat the drum, and he regretted it slightly.

As a middle-level nobleman, he basically has common sense of warfare, although he has not encountered this kind of elite armed infantry before, but he knows the matters that need to be paid attention to at this time.

But even if he regrets it, there is no way, because the war horse has already run, and if he brakes suddenly, there will definitely be a lot of casualties because the war horse behind will hit the war horse in front.

The Manders infantry were now united as a whole, motionless, like black sculptures against the black iron armor, facing the surging charge of the enemy under the sun.

"Boom ......"

The horse's hooves kept trampling on the ground, and the sound it made was like a dull thunderclap, shaking everyone's heart.

The militiamen were also trained in formation, so in addition to being a little slower than the Manders infantry, they quickly set up their formation.

Unlike the composure of the Manders' infantry, they looked a little nervous and even trembling in the face of the enemy's menacing charge.

However, although they showed nervous and timid expressions, none of them fled, and they all stuck to their positions.

As the two sides drew closer, the Manders held their breath and stuck the back half of their spears in the dirt, if they didn't, the first wave of impact would be devastating.

At this moment, the enemy knights also lowered their riding spears in their hands, lowered them slightly, and tucked them under their armpits, aiming them at the enemy in front of them.

Although the spear poses a great threat to them, the knights who value honor the most will never do anything to escape.

Even if they wanted to escape, the knights behind them wouldn't allow it.

The two sides collided, and Viscount Serindil returned to the middle of the knights long before the two sides collided, and he was very sorry for his life.

"Boom!"

The snapping of the rifles, the neighing of the dead horses, the wails of the dead, the clashing of metal, the cracked bones of the flying infantrymen, and the whistles of the officers of the Manders infantry all converged into a piece of music that made people's blood boil.

The Mandes infantry in the first platoon were all killed, and a small number of knights rushed to the militia, which also inflicted heavy casualties on the militia.

However, the enemy knights did not please either, and although the Menders infantry lost more than forty men, the enemy also lost more than twenty knights.

It is equivalent to a two-to-one battle loss ratio, and from the cost point of view, neither side has suffered much.