Chapter 175: Battle of the Wals Dunes (Part II)

In the face of the menacing William's army, which was on the line, Kay was also ruthless, desperately urging the coalition army to step forward, and even the most elite 800 knights directly under his command and the Upper Burgundian knights were lined up on the battlefield.

However, at this time, the rebels lost as many as 8,000 light infantry and nearly 600 knights, and their strength could reach 12,000, but it is not said that the Kay rebels could not defeat William's army in their heyday, let alone the defeat of the remnants of the group of troops who were urged by Kay to go to the battlefield.

The first to attack the rebels were indeed the light infantry and levies abandoned by Kay and others, and the defeated army of up to 5,000 men was forced by the cavalry led by Faller to swarm towards Kay's main formation.

However, the light infantry, full of hope to be saved, did not wait for the help of the allies, but instead stabbed the blades of the friendly soldiers into the bodies of the light infantry.

However, the heavy infantry that could be organized to defend at Kay was in the minority, less than 2,000 men, and the rest of the light infantry and archers sympathized with the plight of these defeated troops, and did not contribute to the work, or even left the battlefield.

Although the 5,000 routed troops were blocked by Kay's heavy infantry on the battlefield, William's army was about to arrive at this time, and the 20,000 Tiger Ben army would be able to crush the opponent.

"Round, let's go to the rebel flank." Seeing that the frontal drive of the rout army could not open the gap, Faller did not hesitate, and immediately led the cavalry to detour to the right side of the rebels, preparing to cooperate with the approaching army to defeat the rebels.

At this time, there was no need for William to personally command the battle, after all, what William was good at was not this kind of fine tactical command, but strategically using various diplomatic, economic, geographical and other methods to attack the opponent.

The most dazzling on the battlefield is the Praetorian Guard led by Baron Hubert, only six or seven thousand Praetorian Guard Legion has defeated twice its own enemy army, the long swords and spears in the hands of the Praetorian Legion soldiers can easily pierce the chain mail of the enemy heavy infantry, as for those light infantry can not resist, and the Norman swords and spears of the Kay rebel soldiers cannot stab the bodies of the Praetorian Legion soldiers under the protection of plate armor.

The standing militia led by the Knights of Geoffrey on both flanks of the Praetorian Legion and the Knights led by Baron Argenton also showed no signs of weakness, and they flanked most of the enemy forces and dispersed the rebels.

In particular, the knights led by Baron Agenthon, which consisted of more than 350 heavy cavalry and 400 lightly armed cavalry, the cavalry led by Baron Richard and the 1,000 cavalry of Faller charged almost simultaneously from both directions of the rebel flank, and the weak rebel flank was completely pierced by the fierce cavalry, and the camp where Cay was located was almost revealed in front of William.

Seeing that more than half of their army was about to be killed or wounded, the nobles of the Kay rebels did not care about the threat of Kayi, and fled west with the only knights and elite infantry around them.

Just as William led his army to drive Kay's rebels westward, Kay shouted to the knights beside him: "Retreat, retreat, take a detour to the east, where I still have the fortified Fort Brionne." ”

At this time, Kay no longer believed in the nobles under his command at all, and the western territory of the county of Mortan was not safe, but the Fort Brionne near Rouen was extremely strong, and Kay hid thousands of troops there, and even thousands of troops could be quickly recruited, as long as he was given a month, it would not be difficult for tens of thousands of troops to be formed again.

Kay believed that as long as he held on to Brionburg, he would still be able to firmly occupy the county of Rouen, and he would be able to form an alliance with William, Count of Urburg, against William.

William, who was focused on the battlefield, didn't notice the group of knights who had lost their ornate banners and robes, and just ordered Faller to lead the troops in pursuit, he didn't expect that his enemy, Count Kay, Moltan, had quietly led dozens of knights in front of his eyes.

At this time, William also joined the battlefield with his own guard regiment, and under the protection of his fellow cavalry, William excitedly raised his long sword to stab and hammer, he was like a tireless lion cub, tearing and colliding.

"Hahaha!" William laughed heartily and slashed the rebels with all his strength, enjoying the joy of war and the thrill of revenge.

Even after William was tripped off his horse during the battle, and after getting back on his horse with the help of his fellow horsemen, he still rode his horse and galloped the battlers, as if to release all the pressure of the past few years.

An hour later, the rebels were completely defeated, and 12,000 soldiers were captured by William, including Nigel, Baron of Cotentin and Hammer, Baron of Afraches, who had no time to escape, and Baron Lanouf of Besan and Baron Grimel of Plessis who had already fled the battlefield.

"Young Master, Baron Nigel and Baron Hammer of Cotentin, who have just been captured, have asked to meet you." Faller came up to William and said.

"Imprisoned the captive nobles in the dungeon, and now you want to see me, what did you do before?" William laughed and said, "I will deprive these rebel nobles of their titles and lands and estates, and I will reward these titles and estates to the knights and nobles who have contributed to this battle." ”

"Yes, young master, these traitors really deserve to be punished by their temptation." Fale was convinced and said respectfully, "Young Master William, do you have any other orders?" ”

"Fale, you tell Hubert and Richard with my order, let them lead the troops to continue to sweep the county of Mortan, and uproot the rebel forces, I want a clean Moltan." William looked at Faller and commanded, "By the way, Faller, did Kay catch it?" ”

"I'm sorry, young master, so far we have not been able to capture the rebel leader, Count Kay of Mortan, and according to the soldiers around him, Kay has probably fled here." Faller reproached himself.

"It's not your fault, Palle, go and do what I tell you to do." William shook his head and comforted.

Although William said it very easily, it was still very regrettable in William's heart, originally in his plan that Kay should be captured by himself in this war, so that William could quickly end the counterinsurgency war, but with Kay's escape, this war will definitely have twists and turns, which William does not want to see.

However, William's regret and disappointment could not be expressed, because it would put unnecessary mental pressure on his subordinates, and Kay's escape was also William's own fault, he did not take those defeated troops seriously, but only cared about satisfying his desire for revenge, and wantonly pursued and killed the defeated soldiers, so that William did not notice for a while to let Kay escape smoothly.

In the past few years, William has always restrained his temper, not to anger others, nor to be easily angry for other things, and in his heart there is only one goal, that is, revenge, that is, to regain the Duchy of Normandy, to develop and strengthen the Normandy family, and any other affairs are for this purpose.