Soldiers who shout for battle will die at any time, and brave generals will be kissed by the goddess of doom. Ｘ

In the face of the death of countless subordinates, Richard, as the commander of the army, did not change his face.

However, it also reassured the soldiers of the expeditionary force!

Yes, it is this momentum that the soldiers of the expeditionary force believe in in defiance of all enemies!

The Seljuks, who had already been locked in bitter battles on the battlefield, tried several times to penetrate William Marshall's army.

However, the Aquitaine swordsmen, under the command of the English knights, managed to repel several horrific attacks by the Roma army, leaving corpses all over the place, leaving the Seljuks in vain.

The heretics embedded in the principality's elite battle formations quickly grasped the power of these European powerhouses.

The heavy infantry placed in the front row by the Prince of England were all elite warriors of the principality.

On the other side, the front army of the Roma army was ordinary nomads recruited from the steppe, and their only role was to consume the strength of the expeditionary force when the war began.

But in the desperate eyes of the Seljuks, the heavy sword of the Aquitaine swordsman easily separated their bodies from top to bottom.

When the Roma soldiers tried to penetrate the heavy chain mail of the Aquitaine swordsman, they were stopped by the thick iron armor, and the despair filled their hearts at the moment of death, but they could only be slashed with resignation.

Rum had been fighting for almost no years since the Battle of Myreosephalon, either by recruiting nearby Turkic Cumans as cannon fodder or by throwing in the Ghulam Guards as a precursor in the battle.

The consequence of this was that the strength of the Seljuks was severely depleted after seven years of war, and the veterans with rich war experience gradually lost their casualties, and the new ones who replaced them did not have time to grow.

Underneath Arslan's formidable exterior was the gradual erosion of the national strength of the Rûms, and as a large number of young men went to war, the Seljuks' military strength gradually weakened, and now it is difficult to exceed the total number of 50,000 troops at a time.

This is the consequence of reckless militarism!

Because Arslan could not win every war with the Eastern Empire, the Sultan could no longer even cobble together an army as large as Eleb Elslan could no longer be cobbled together as his losses mounted, confined to the near-depleted Anatolian army and the limited wealth of the Seljuks.

On the frontline battlefield, the armies of both sides collided with each other in a melee, and the prelude to the great battle had just begun.

On the side of the expeditionary force, William Marshall, as the former enemy commander, had also entered the battle, and he fought bravely in the army.

In the midst of the chaos of the enemy, the English knight always rushed into the ranks of the Seljuks with his spear wielded alone, knocking down every enemy he could see.

The Roma soldiers who were close to the English knights were shocked by the ferocity and horror of the killing, and they did not dare to approach his side.

With each time William Marshall slashed an enemy, he let out a call, and the nearby inspired warriors responded in unison.

"Victory!"

Inspired by the fearless spirit of this brave warrior, countless elite swordsmen of the principality fought the Seljuks even more bravely, and the resilience of the defensive line made it impossible for the superior Romani army.

"Rush over!"

Muwiyyah's delicate armor was in tatters, and if he had a choice, he would never want to stay here and risk his life for that pitiful reward like ordinary soldiers.

However, as a repeated defeat, he was naturally thrown into the front line of battle, and even the Seljuk nobles could only fight to survive in hard battles.

As time passed, the blood of the Seljuks had spread all over the land, and the Aquitaine swordsmen, who had been the main force of the defense, had weakened from the long battles, and their once formidable swords had slowly become dull and no longer as powerful.

This is the ill of the heavy infantry, which cannot hold out for long periods of time, and the heavy armor has gradually evolved from the best equipment to protect their lives into a burden that drags down their bodies.

Relying on the superiority of their forces, the Seljuks began to gradually turn back the tide of the war.

The commander of the Roma army, Kaihosru, who had seen the right time, also took advantage of the situation to send a second echelon of attack, and the Seljuk light cavalry on both flanks began to detour in a big detour trend, with the ambition of swallowing all the troops of the expeditionary force.

"I was actually underestimated!"

Richard was slightly unhappy, the Seljuks' plan was to eat all his army in one go in this battle, which was simply arrogant!

"Let's go!"

The famous English longbowmen moved quickly under the leadership of their respective commanders, their light leather armor and simple iron helmets that could not even be called equipment, and they had no sense of weight at all.

Longbowmen could pierce enemy leather, padding and fabric, or penetrate chain mail with arrows at a distance of less than two hundred yards, so even Seljuk officers were not spared.

Only plate armor and heavy armor can withstand this terrifying blow!

Chain mail, which is made of small iron rings connected to each other one by one, can be made into armor to cover the body, basically does not affect the movement of the limbs, and can also be draped under the helmet to protect the head and neck.

But the protective performance of this thing is not good, it can only block a cut and scratch blow that is not too strong, and there is no way to face the rapid impact of sharp arrows, and the arrow can easily cut or stretch it through the gap in the small iron ring.

Plate armor is made of a single steel plate, while heavy armor is made of small pieces of iron, which are not only thicker and harder, but also have a smooth surface, and if the arrow does not enter from a close distance along the normal direction of the arc, it will slide sideways and lose its strength.

Now was the time for the English longbowmen, who moved from the front to the flanks and faced the Seljuk cavalry without any friendly forces.

It was impossible not to be afraid of a huge cavalry force with thousands of horses, but these confident Englishmen were even more convinced that their longbows could rob these foreign knights.

"Zhang Gong!"

The orderly procession spread out quickly, and the longbowmen didn't even need precise aiming, their four thousand men were enough to devastate the five thousand Seljuk cavalry in front of them.

"Shoot!"

Arrows that cannot be identified by the naked eye are shot out quickly, and they are densely spread all over the sky, number, number, as long as there are enough to completely cover the entire battlefield.

The English longbowmen of the future, who restrained the might of the French heavy cavalry on the battlefield, now shined in advance.

The use of a single force was an eye-opener for the nomads of the East.