Chapter 54 Mediation
William's light infantry was also composed of serfs, and the discipline was not much better than that of the other side, and there was a slight riot after the casualties, but it was immediately suppressed.
The centaurs on both sides are like two mountains, about to collide with Mars and move the earth!
William gave the order and ordered the knights to prepare, and the knights were already ready to charge, and their much better equipment than the other party gave them full confidence.
After so long of training in teamwork, they have a lot of faith in their teammates, as well as the "Manders Riding Spear" in their hands, which is a cut long longer than most riding guns
The war horses sensed their master's fighting intentions, and kept snorting and fluttering their horses' hooves, asking the knights to restrain them so that they did not rush out immediately.
Norwin is now the commander of the heavy cavalry, and as for the commander of the knights, he is not qualified to do so, not because William does not trust him, but because his status is not enough to serve the public.
Even if William forced him to lead the knights, it would not only make the knights complain about William, but also ruin Norwen's prestige among the knights.
Seeing that the light infantry on both sides was about to collide together, Viscount Curvin and William both seized the opportunity, and several households shouted at the same time: "Charge!" ”
Viscount Curvin led the knights in an overwhelming charge, but William did not, but commanded his knights to launch an indomitable charge to the sound of rumbling horses' hooves.
William did not charge with the knights, he still had to stay in the army to command, although his military literacy can only be regarded as a big road, but it is obvious that the other party is not good.
The nobles of the peaceful region did not have such a deep knowledge of the art of war, and William mainly wanted to try his hand at commanding war, and the familiar stories of his previous life were really fascinating.
What an empty city plan, a serial plan, outwitting the birth gang, he also wants to leave such a legend, maybe in the future there will be some titles such as "William the King of Wisdom" and "William the Military Artist".
Besides, he doesn't want to live in this remote corner of the country for the rest of his life, as long as he stirs up the existence of the storm, how can he be worthy of the identity of a traverser if he doesn't do his career.
Although he thought so in his heart, William was not overly optimistic in his heart, he knew that he could not afford to lose, and once he lost, everything he had worked hard to manage would be wasted.
The armed infantry had two phalanxes, pressed up, William ordered, and the officers in the armed infantry received the order, so they led the soldiers to press the other side according to William's instructions.
The armed infantry of the opposing side saw that the Manders infantry were moving, so they also found the Manders infantry.
"Archers shoot first!" William said to the archers who had withdrawn, and as the commander of the archer unit, he did not charge with the knights.
The archers, who had rested for a few minutes, once again struck the enemy with their slightly relieved arms, and the leather armor of the armed infantry obviously did not show much protection in the presence of such bugs as the recurve compound bow, and was shot through quite a bit.
However, armor is armor after all, even if it is just ordinary leather armor, it can reduce many casualties, one hundred and fifty arrows, only twenty or thirty people have lost their combat effectiveness, and the others are slightly injured or unscathed.
Looking at the scene on the field, the depression in William's heart has become a lot smaller, it seems that the difference between himself and Viscount Cowen is only the number of people, and he owns vodka, a big gold mine, which can be called "wealthy" and does not spare money on the soldiers at all.
Even the armor of the armed infantry is decorated with iron sheet leather armor, and the equipment of the knights is even more perverted, while Viscount Cowen is a traditional farm economy, and the income of his territory is estimated to be about the same as William's, which is estimated to be inferior.
Seven or eight thousand silver coins a year are up to the sky, and William has more than 10,000 silver coins in his account, even if he spends money like water, there is no financial crisis, if the population of the territory comes up, he can continue to expand the army, without worrying about whether the territory can afford it.
The gap between him and a viscount is only in the number of people, oh, maybe there is also the background of connections, but if you have the strength, are you afraid that there is no background?
Thinking about this, William's confidence is a lot full, and he doesn't want to be as confident as before, but that's all for the future, if this war is lost, then everything he just thought about is empty talk.
A brief moment of stunned thought was very dangerous on the ever-changing battlefield, but William was obviously unaware of this, and the knights on both sides were already roaring and waiting for the impending collision.
At this moment, a chaotic sound of horses' hooves came from the periphery of the battlefield, and people on both sides were a little curious, who would dare to get involved in a war of this scale?
The knights on both sides also slowed down their horses, and Viscount Cowen first ordered the knights to slow down, the best charging distance of more than two hundred meters was enough for them to turn around without beware of the enemy's charge.
And the knights of Mendes also subconsciously slowed down their horses, they could also hear the sound of horses' hooves on the periphery, dozens of horses did not make them hear anything, they looked back at their lord.
Everyone knew that at this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from outside the battlefield, and it was possible that a third party was coming to mingle, which was not a good thing for both sides.
William nodded, and the heralds beside him raised their backing flags and blew their horns.
In fact, it was a very stupid thing to let the charging knights retreat, but William saw that the knights on the other side also slowed down their horses, and he didn't suspect anything else, after all, the sound of horses' hooves outside the field had to be guarded against.
William made such a decision, indeed referring to the situation on the battlefield, but such a stupid thing as stopping the knights in the charge would sooner or later make him suffer a big loss!
Norwen was a little unhappy with them stopping without permission in the knights' queue, as the eldest son of a baron in a war-prone area, he didn't know much about these things, and the knights in these peaceful areas really didn't judge the battlefield very well.
After all, only from the battlefield, the enemy's slowing down means that they have given up the initiative, and at this time, as long as they are in one go, they can easily crush the other party, and such an important matter is not even aware of a viscount like Kewen.
It seems that the long period of peace and the low intensity of the war have paralyzed their nerves.
As the sound of horses' hooves on the sidelines drew closer, the troops in the field mostly stopped charging, and once it was confirmed that the outsiders were not helping either side and wanted to intervene, they would undoubtedly join forces to deal with the incoming people.
Just as everyone was watching, a group of heavily armed knights appeared, this group of knights was about thirty or forty people, wearing the white smock of the Count's crossed double swords, and the white double sword stripes of the knights were also tied to the horsemen in their hands, it turned out that this group of knights was the Earl's men and horses.
The knights were in the middle of the two sides, and the knights on the two sides were only a little more than a hundred meters apart at this time, but they had already stopped their horses.
The tall horses were panting in horse armor, and they didn't know why their masters had to stop themselves in the middle of the charge.
William rode down the hill on his horse, and Viscount Curvin also walked out of the knights, and the knights on both sides confronted each other with their lord.
One of the Earl's knights stepped out, dressed in full-body chain mail, but without a helmet.
"Baron William, Viscount Curvin!" The man opened his mouth and handed over their names.
"Ah, it's Baron Ruggie! Is there anything the Earl wants you to convey? Viscount Cowen snorted and asked.
Baron Ruggie is the Earl's clerk, and there is no nobleman under the Count who does not know him, and after the last war against the Chekels, the nobles know that there is a Baron Ruggie who is the Earl's clerk.
His abilities are very good, at least in this era, this region, is already the top talent, he has traveled throughout the kingdoms of Tskema, Lillard, and Riborn in his youth, and has traveled nearly half of the more than twenty countries that believe in the Holy Father.
His experience and ability are not comparable to anyone, after all, it is the logistics of more than 6,000 people, plus the more than 40,000 people who poured into the castle, there was no chaos under his arrangement.
The county's thriving strength in the past ten years is not unrelated to him.
William had long coveted such talents, but it was a pity that he was not qualified to recruit talents of this level as a small baron.
"The Earl has issued an order, he does not allow such a big contradiction between his vassals, and there is a war, which is also harming the strength of the entire Denlenburg, the Earl wants you to follow me to Denlenburg, and the Earl wants to see you!"
Clerk Ruji did not give the two men any face, and directly told the order in public, and showed the documents to the two of them.
Only then did William remember, "Yes, I'm now the Earl's direct vassal!" I wish I had known to ask him for shelter or just want him to report it! ”
William had fallen into a mistake, he didn't know anything about this kind of politics, even if it was already the lowest so-called politics.
He mainly had the impression in his mind that the vassals of the vassals were not my vassals, and he forgot that he was the direct baron of the count...... This pig brain!
After William crossed over, most of what he had was obtained from the war, so he didn't care about or understand these political factors, which was the reason why he suffered this time.
The Earl's order could not be disobeyed, and the two sides cleaned up the battlefield and cleaned up the remains, but in fact, the casualties on both sides were still more serfs composed of light infantry, William's side lost nearly a hundred people, and the other side lost three or four hundred people under the blow of the recurve compound bow.
After all this, the people on both sides went back to their respective homes to find their own mothers, and the big bosses of the armies on both sides took a few people and followed Clerk Ruggie to Denlenburg, and the biggest boss, the Count of Loire, spoke, how dare the two small bosses not listen?