Chapter 452: Covert Assault
All the soldiers had already entered their positions, and William was standing next to the archers, and the prelude to the raid would be opened by them.
The Norvids were pressed with all their forces on them, so they didn't even have a single guard behind them, and they didn't think that there would be an enemy behind them at this time.
A mistake in their judgment will bring great losses to themselves.
"Shoot!"
William's voice suddenly sounded, and although the Norvids two hundred meters in front were very noisy, they couldn't suppress William's loud voice.
Four thousand five hundred arrows were fired at this instant, causing a whooshing sound in the air, which sounded terrifying.
These 4,500 arrows inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy, and since everyone was besieging this camp, they were very densely packed.
The 4,500 arrows brought them more than 3,000 losses, and the blood bloomed delicately in the dark night sky like beautiful roses.
The blood was boiling hot in the snow and ice, and it was very warm on the faces of the other Norwidians, who wondered where the warm currents came from, but the screams that followed made them panic.
In the panic, many Norwid warriors were squeezed to the ground, and other unknown Norwid warriors were also running around in fear, fighting in the dark was very unaccustomed to most of them who were night blind, and now they were even more panicked.
Seeing that the battle was about to be won, Prince Kirunde followed his soldiers into the camp of the Holy Army, so he knew nothing about the situation in the rear.
"Oh, please, don't step on me!"
"Oh my God, damn your feet away!"
"Pigs! I'm going to cut off your extra legs! ”
In the midst of the chaos, stampedes also occurred from time to time, and the Norweeds caused considerable losses to themselves in the panic.
Some of them even went crazy out of fear, wielding their battle axes in the dark environment, and after affecting their comrades, a small cannibalism began, and a brutal weapon fight began.
The archers and crossbowmen were happy to see this, and the more they did, the happier they became, but they were very proud to have thrown the enemy into such a mess with a single volley.
The archers fired another round of arrows, another 2,000 casualties, and then the crossbowmen finally reloaded their crossbows, and the archers mounted their bows and aimed at the chaotic enemy.
"What's the situation? Why is there such a noise in the back? ”
Prince Kirunde was a little puzzled, and although the Norweeds would howl after the charge, it was clear that the sound was not a howl of excitement, but a scream of injury.
He had heard it before, but he had just thought the soldiers were too excited, and now it seemed that such a sound was clearly abnormal.
Regardless of whether there was danger or not, Prince Kirunde, who had a relatively complete military quality, hurriedly gave the order: "All soldiers stop advancing and prepare to hold on to their positions!" ”
However, because it was dark at this time, and the advance of the Norwids was chaotic, his orders were not conveyed immediately, and he continued to move forward in chaos.
At this time, eight hundred meters away, the knights of the three knights gathered together, waiting for the start of the third round of shooting, which was the clarion call for their charge.
All the knights put on their helmets and their visors down, and the Knights of the Iron Cross were still checking that their three layers of armor were properly dressed and that their harness was strapped up, the last time before the battle.
The knights' hands trembled slightly, and the snorts and footsteps of the horses were so loud that they were about to ignite the barrels of furious gasoline.
The crossbowmen were armed with William's pulleys and aimed at the enemy at forty-five degrees, and the same was true for the archers, who, unlike the crossbowmen, would shoot again after this shot, taking advantage of the knights' charge.
"It looks like it can really succeed!"
A knight said excitedly to Sir Trede, if the Western Path Jihadist Army is really rescued this time, then they will be the heroes, and maybe they will be rewarded with a rich manor.
William's loud voice sounded again, and the command to shoot sounded the next death overture.
Four thousand five hundred arrows were fired again, and the enemy in the confusion fell again with more than three thousand men, and before the battle had officially begun, and before the truly brutal hand-to-hand combat had begun, the Norweed had lost more than 8,000 men.
If the enemy had been prepared, it would have been impossible for these arrows to inflict such great damage on them, after all, these Norweids had a round shield in their hands, and half of the damage was done by the Holy Father.
But what William wants is this effect, and he is caught off guard, otherwise William really wouldn't dare to fight this battle.
A shrill whistling sound was heard from a distance of eight hundred meters, and all the knights heard it.
Norway pointed the five-meter gold-edged iron cross flag in his hand forward and shouted: For the Holy Father! To deliver our holy brothers! Charge! ”
The charge of 3,500 knights was not as loud as the previous charge of 10,000 people, but the sound of horses' hooves was still as loud as thunder.
These knights are just trotting now, and the horses need time to increase their speed, and when the time comes, no one will be able to resist them.
Their formation at this time was completely different from the wall charge that the Knights of the Iron Cross were used to.
The Wall Charge is used to hedge against the same knights, in order to gain the advantage of fighting more and less, and it is easy to crush the enemy knights.
Despite the high level of discipline, the Iron Cross Knights were still perfectly suitable, but at this point they chose a wedge formation.
The wedge formation and the cone formation are actually not the same formation, the cone formation is also manned, and the wedge formation is hollow, completely a V-shape.
Such formations help to shock the infantry, and sharp formations allow them to easily break through enemy lines, then quickly cut through enemy formations and tear their formations apart as much as possible, creating the greatest opportunity for follow-up troops.
This huge V-shaped began the decisive charge, the sound of the horse's hooves was quite heavy, but gradually became rapid, and the horse was slowly accelerating.
As the horses grew faster, the knights tucked their spears under their armpits and pointed them in front of them.
They gently stimulated the horses with the spurs behind their boot armor, hoping that they would continue to accelerate.
In this way, the speed of the horses was like a gallop of lightning, increasing the speed to the extreme, and the cold wind howled in the ears of the knights, pouring violently into their helmets through the peepholes, but still could not shake their charging posture.
"Stop! Stick to the formation! Stick to the formation! ”
Prince Kirunde cried out in exasperation.