Chapter 516: The Beginning of the War
The warm and warm spring breeze spreads throughout the heaven and earth, blowing on the face can even make people forget their troubles, if it is not for the atmosphere in front of them is too tense, the soldiers on both sides will definitely lie on the ground to enjoy this rare northern spring breeze.
However, at this time, the two sides were facing each other, and they were staring at the opponent in front of them, perhaps they also had fear in their hearts, afraid of losing their lives on the battlefield, and afraid that they would never return to a warm home.
But every soldier knows that the more afraid he is in the face of the enemy, the easier it is to die on the battlefield, so every soldier looks at the enemy like a wolf.
The Duke of Vallar stood at the center of the procession, surrounded by many nobles who had followed his orders to lead his army on the march.
As for Arthur's side, apart from some guards, there were no vassals and nobles, and he seemed a little lonely when he was alone.
Gawain led the dragon prince's cavalry and Arthur's knights to be ready to fight, while the 1,200 Red Dragon Guards and archers were led by Lancelot as the middle of the force, and Bedwell led Arthur's original soldiers as the right flank.
As for Norwen, he was asked by Arthur to act as the left flank of the team, and the Denlenburg infantry lined up in a neat phalanx, with a defensive line of sword and shield infantry in the front, and a long spear with a point of three meters and a half in the back, forming a dense column of guns like hedgehogs, facing the enemy in front of them.
The archers were at the rear of their array, waiting for the enemy to rush up, and then they could fire several rounds of arrows, massively inflicting damage on the enemy.
A wing of two hundred Iron Cross Knights was behind Novin, ready to follow Noven at any moment.
In fact, this was Norwen's first independent battle, and in previous battles, William was the commander-in-chief of the troops, and he led the Iron Cross Knights to charge forward and carry out William's orders.
William sent him out to support Arthur this time, in fact, it also meant to temper him, after all, it was impossible for William to personally command every battle in the future, so it would be best to have a few more people under his command who could take charge of themselves.
Norwin doesn't have any tasks now, and even if the battle starts in a while, it may not be his turn to fight first on the left wing.
When fighting, every Pearl River has as many hole cards as possible in their hands, because the sooner you reveal your hole cards, the longer the enemy will have to find a way to crack them.
Sometimes war is all about seeing who can save their hole cards until the end, but of course, this is not absolute.
The atmosphere on both sides became more and more solemn, and the warm spring breeze blowing on the face was almost like the cold wind of winter, which made everyone's hearts tremble.
Spring wasn't too cold anymore, and even the most poorly equipped ordinary soldiers under Arthur's armor had to wear cotton armor linings under their chain mail.
As for the Denglenburg infantry, their two-and-a-half-layer iron armor was lined with cotton armor and leather armor, as well as their own military uniforms.
Some of the soldiers were already sweating profusely under the fully enclosed helmets of the Dengrenberg infantry, and the clothes lining them were very uncomfortable.
But no one dared to make small moves casually, and the military judges of the Denlenburg army were not vegetarians.
The reason for the delay in giving the order was nothing more than to observe the enemy and see if he could find his weak points.
But apparently, they didn't find any flaws for more than half an hour.
At this time, the nobles around the Duke of Valar also left, and they were going to return to their troops to command the battle.
Their departure also announced that the battle was about to begin.
The Duke of Vallar looked at the flag similar to his own flying over Arthur's side, and then at the large white cross flag on the left flank of the other side.
couldn't help but squint his eyes, and when he saw this iron cross flag with a white background at first, his heart was slightly uneasy.
He knew this banner, and in the previous holy wars, this banner did not shine, and the record was relatively brilliant.
Especially when their soldiers were fighting, they had a discipline of steel, and no matter what kind of attack the enemy had, it seemed that they could not break their array, which did not look very thick.
In addition to their discipline, the Duke of Valar was impressed by equipment and fighting skills.
He also paid attention to this army because of this, and also had some impressions of the owner of this army, Earl William.
So when they appeared on Arthur's side, he was even a little flustered, and if Earl William did his best to help Arthur, he would definitely not be able to support it.
Don't look at him as the lord of a country, with thousands of troops in his hands, although William's previous army was not as large as him, it could definitely crush his sub-army.
But then, after estimating the number of people Nowen had brought, he let go of the big stone in his heart.
There weren't many troops coming, only about 1,800 men, and that's counting the knights who looked very elite.
It's a big deal that he doesn't fight these troops after the battle, not to mention, even if he destroys these troops, it is not a big deal in his opinion.
After all, the Kingdom of Camelot is a compatriot of the Kingdom of Astra, and it is now considered a vassal country.
The Kingdom of Camelot is more than 3,000 kilometers away from Denlenburg, and even if they trek through mountains and rivers to fight themselves, the Kingdom of Astra will not agree.
In his opinion, the reason why the Astra Kingdom did not help himself this time was because Arthur was also a member of the royal family, and he also had the right to inherit the Carmellot Kingdom, so it was difficult for the Astra Kingdom to interfere.
But once he had defeated Arthur and outlawed his inheritance, William had no reason to interfere or send troops.
Even if this army is annihilated, William is still dumb and eats coptis chinensis, and he can't say what he suffers, at least that's what the Duke of Vallar thinks in his heart.
He ordered the heralds around him to give orders.
Suddenly, a loud trumpet sounded from the array of the Duke of Valral, and dozens of trumpeters blew the brass trumpets in their hands together.
This is the order for the soldiers to attack.
The left flank of the Duke of Valral walked with steps, struggling to maintain its formation, and began to slowly advance in the direction of Arthur.
Most of the troops of the nobility were in this left wing, and only a few were the troops of the Duke of Vallar.
As soon as they came up, they were asked to fight thousands of battles, and those nobles were of course a little unhappy.
After advancing for a short time, their formation gradually became chaotic, after all, they were all noble alliances, and there was no unified command at all, so it didn't take long for them to become a mess.
"Daughter! Fast forward! ”
"Slow down! Stay in formation! ”
"Soldiers! Rush up and kill the enemy! ”
There were many voices in these left-wing armies made up of nobles, and the nobles gave different orders to their troops.