Chapter 283: Frustration

The spring breeze was unusually warm, but it could not dilute the solemn smell of murder and the strong smell of blood in the air, and the sharp sound of arrows piercing the air was like a signal, reminding the land to wake up and accept the nourishment of flesh and blood. 【Excellence Complete .】 .org

Looking at the soldiers who kept falling off their horses, Samur desperately urged the war horses, lowered his head and shouted loudly: "Speed up, their archers are useless in front of the enemy!" Then we will be able to slaughter them as if we were lambs who are powerless to resist! ”

Listening to Samur's encouraging words, the Chekel soldiers suddenly used their whips and spurs on the stirrups to desperately speed up the horses.

As they accelerated, the Manders archers fired only three rounds of arrows from a distance of more than a hundred meters, and were rushed to the front of the camp by the enemy.

More than 900 arrows fell into the enemy's ranks, causing more than 100 casualties, and if it weren't for the enemy's high speed, plus basically everyone had a suit of armor and a shield, their casualties would have been even greater.

The Manders infantry looked at the enemy who had rushed to them, slowly crouched down, lowered their center of gravity, and waited with bated breath for the enemy to arrive.

The sword and shield men were half-crouched in front of the pikemen, and they leaned against the knees of the pikemen, who were crouching on the ground, in order to protect the pikemen from the first wave of cavalry.

This formation is relatively versatile, and whether the enemy is infantry or cavalry, it can play a very good protective effect.

If the enemy is cavalry, they will be threatened by pikemen and spearmen in the rear, and their weapons will not be able to penetrate the shield of the sword and shield to damage the rear pikemen or sword and shield men.

Although a running horse will damage the sword and shield soldiers, with a shield, they will not necessarily die if they are hit by heavy armor, and a broken bone or fracture is the most likely.

The role of armor is evident at this time, they not only protect soldiers on the battlefield with more fault tolerance, but also can maximize the protection of veterans on the battlefield and increase the proportion of veterans in the army.

If the enemy is an infantry, it is even better, with the sword and shield men holding up in front and relying on the sword and shield in their hands to respond flexibly, while the pikemen in the rear use their sharp spears to attack the enemy.

If the enemy does not have a neat formation, then they will have to face a siege with several spears, plus a long sword attack.

Even if the enemy had a neat formation and fought against the Manders infantry in a line, they would not be afraid, and the extra shield and sword would tell them what to rely on in hand-to-hand combat.

"Boom!"

A shrill sound sounded, and a symphony of death played throughout the meadow.

The desperate wails of people before they die, the snapping of spears on pikes, the neighing of horses after they die, the sound of metal colliding, the sounds of soldiers fighting, the sound of bones cracking when people are knocked out by horses.

There was also the grunt of blood, the angry scolding of the commanders, the shrill whistles from their mouths, all mixed together.

Samur's horse spear was the first to stab one of the Manders infantrymen, and although it did, he knew very well that the horse spear in his hand did not pierce the enemy's armor, but knocked him away.

After all, the armor of the Manders infantry was really good, and his horse spear was not too hard to ensure that it could break after attacking a person.

That's why he didn't pierce the soldier's armor, but it also shows how well-equipped the Manders infantry were.

Throwing down the half of his spear, Samuel drew the sharp scimitar from his waist and slashed through the neck of a pikeman with the speed of his horse.

Although there was no blood shedding, he knew that the Manders pikeman was dead, and although his neck was protected by a layer of chain mail, it was only flesh that had blossomed into the epidermis, and it had not penetrated too much with the scimitar, but his neck bone had been shattered.

After slashing and killing three Manders infantry, Samur clearly sensed the enemy's difficulty, and they attacked him with their weapons almost without fear of death.

And in this critical moment, they were able to maintain their formation and use their weapons skillfully, instead of wielding their weapons mechanically like most soldiers, regardless of whether they had piercing spears or scimitars suitable for chopping.

Lingen was one of the wealthier herdsmen among the Chekers, so he was able to ride a war horse and fight in the cavalry sequence.

After knocking a sword and shield soldier into the air, he found that the scimitar given by the treasured chief in his hand could not pierce the armor of the enemy.

And he was horrified to find that the war horse under his crotch had gradually lost its speed, and the impact force was close to nothing, as if it had fallen into a quagmire.

He wielded the scimitar in his hand desperately, but he couldn't break through the armor of the Manders infantry without losing his speed, and now that he had lost his speed, how could he do any damage to the Manders soldiers.

In the end, his attack only caused some damage to the armor of the Manders infantry.

In his despair, he found that he was surrounded by dense Manders infantry, who could clearly see the formation and march towards him in a tight battle formation.

Of course, he was just doing it to himself, and of course the Manders infantry had to advance after they had lost their impact, and he just happened to be in the direction of the Manders troops.

In a similar situation, the offensive of the more than 800 Cheker cavalry was thwarted, and they began to be overstretched by the Manders infantry, and they were bloodied and broken to the ground without armor, and let out a miserable wail.

"Knight, bypass the queue and crush the enemy's infantry for me!" William looked at the stalemate frontal battlefield and said to the knights and Norveen beside him.

The knights of the nobles were also gathered together, and the total number was already more than five hundred, and since William had already prepared them, they soon left the rear of the queue and were ready to charge.

At this time, the Manders infantry also began a comprehensive counterattack, and the charge of these 800 cavalry, who were not even heavy cavalry, could not defeat them.

At this time, the light armored infantry on both flanks, wearing only a layer of light chain armor, also launched an attack on the enemy, and the five throwing spears they carried behind their backs were thrown into the enemy's formation one after another.

After inflicting a lot of damage, they took their swords and fan shields in their hands and began to quickly close the enemy cavalry.

Wearing only a layer of light chain mail, they often train for sprints and long-distance running, and they don't need formation as skirmishers, so they don't even do much in queue training.

Their greatest advantage was their speed, which far outpaced the speed of the other infantry, so they were now able to close the enemy so quickly.