Chapter 128: At Stake

The two-handed battle axe in Banstersk's hand was quite heavy, and under a series of heavy blows, the enemy finally showed his flaw, and he grabbed it, and at once it turned on the knight's left rib.

Needless to say, with the two-handed battle axe and his strength, even if there is a layer of cotton armor in the chain mail, it is useless, and if he is reincarnated several meters at once, he is already certain to die.

At the same time, a heavy infantry was also pierced by an enemy knight in the armpit of the dead corner and placed directly in the place of death, and the casualties on both sides began to increase.

The opposing armed infantry and the Manders infantry also began to engage in close combat, and the tight formation of the Menders infantry allowed them to take advantage of it, and the enemy had to die one or two before it was possible to replace one of the Manders infantry.

Blood began to flow, and the armor of the Manders infantry was torn after all, and their defense was far inferior to the original, and many times the attacks that should have been able to prevent directly caused them minor or serious injuries.

William looked at the battle below, and although he was very aggrieved, there was no other way, he had to hold on to this place to delay the Earl.

However, looking at the current situation, the main forces of both sides are entangled, and they can't charge at all, and it seems that the knights have little room to play.

Thinking of this, William couldn't help but look at where the earl was, the knights had gathered together, but they couldn't attack because of the entanglement of the enemy army.

"William! Look below, the knights from the Earl of Consville are coming to us! Urimu suddenly began to shout, informing William of the situation below.

"Damn!!" William looked down, and sure enough, a group of more than 200 knights was riding their horses to this direction.

With such a quantity, William has no choice but to resign himself to fate.

"That's how they want to conquer here?" William thought with a frown.

"That's right!" He suddenly remembered.

"Urimu, go and report to the Earl, let him lead all the knights here, we can charge the enemy through the high ground here, so that there is a lot of discipline to win!"

"Got it! You must hold on! After hearing what William meant, Norwen hurriedly kicked the war horse under his crotch and began to gallop down the mountain.

"That's it!" Norwin made a long story short, and told the Count all the simplifications that William had told him.

"This plan is good, fortunately William held the high ground, otherwise the knights would not be useful!" The Earl slapped his forehead and said fearfully.

In the final analysis, it was his lack of tactical literacy, and the Earl of Consville saw the role of the high ground at a glance and reacted quickly.

"The knights are on the move!" The Count shook the flag in his hand and began to trot towards the high ground.

"Damn it!" William looked at the group of knights below and cursed.

The knights of more than 200 people did not all dismount and climb the mountain, but half dismounted and half rode at the bottom of the mountain to wait, so that even if William charged with the remaining fifty or so knights and heavy cavalry, they would not be caught off guard because there were no war horses.

This is the reason for William's curse, blocking all his paths, and he can only let the other knight climb up, but he has no way at all.

"Hurry up!" William looked in the Earl's direction and muttered.

"William, let the soldiers withdraw some, we have to support the arrival of the count, and I don't want to lose so many troops!"

Baron Byer's voice rang in William's ears, interrupting his thoughts.

He was right, not only did he not want to lose too much, but William was the same, and letting the soldiers withdraw would indeed delay some time and reduce some losses.

"Let your soldiers withdraw first, and let my soldiers be behind!" William said to Baron Bair with a sincere face.

In fact, he didn't want to do it, but there was no way, Baron Bayer's losses were even greater, hundreds of light infantry were wiped out, knights also lost several people, and armed infantry were also fighting on the battlefield, even if it was to make up for it, William would have to help His Royal Highness at this time.

This was also an investment in his reputation, which Baron de Bayer would certainly have promoted for him after the war, and was able to gain the friendship of a baron.

The horn sounded, and at the same time, the flag representing the retreat was raised, and all the soldiers subconsciously looked behind them.

Seeing this banner, Baron Baier's armed infantry withdrew from the battlefield first, while the Manders infantry continued to hold on to the battlefield and fight to the death against the enemy because they did not receive orders.

Their spears pierced the intestines of the leather-clad enemy, and all kinds of internal organs, hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys were scattered all over the ground, and corpses with incomplete torsos were everywhere.

Most of them are puncture wounds, and the spear, as the most cost-effective weapon on the battlefield and the most lethal weapon, is favored by many nobles and soldiers, which also causes the nature of the soldiers' wounds.

After fighting with the enemy for a while, William's side did not immediately blow the trumpet, but used the heralds to give orders, and let the soldiers cover one group and the other, alternately covering the retreat, this tactic is also often trained.

In this way, the Manders infantry also slowly returned to the top of the mountain, while some of the enemy pursued the formation and did not pursue, while the other small part did not want to let go of the enemy in front of them and chose to pursue.

The archer was finally in full swing again, and the recurve compound bow in his hand was drawn, and a hundred and fifty arrows were shot out in this way.

Since the archers were not so skilled, only a few of the arrows hit their own troops, and the Manders infantry also wore pot helmets with some defense against arrows, so no one was accidentally injured.

And the enemy, although most of them are also protected by pot helmets, but the leather armor can't have enough defense against the arrows shot by the recurve compound bow, and these 150 arrows directly cause more than 20 people to lose their combat effectiveness.

"Thank you very much, I am very touched by your selflessness!" Baron Bair looked at the enemy below and said words of thanks to William.

"Don't say that, Baron Bayer has paid you a lot for this!" William humbly conceded.

"William! The enemy knights are already within range of the archers! He looked at it and said to William.

"Archers prepare, fire!" William's hand lifted, and then fell heavily, and the enemy was at a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, which was exactly the maximum effective range of the recurve composite bow.

One hundred and fifty arrows fell into the enemy, and more than a hundred knights were followed by armed infantry.

Due to the excellent armor of the knights, coupled with the knights' shields, which were almost unmanned, this round of arrows caused only one wounded loss to the enemy knights.

William's face under the helmet twitched slightly, it seems that the recurve compound bow he made is really not as powerful as what he knew in his previous life, and yes, he didn't have a lot of materials, and it is reasonable that the power is not up to standard.

"Archer prepare!" William's hand was raised again, and the archers were ready to fire.