"Ode. Morality. Duke of Pontier, Roger. Morality. Baron Montgomery, Richard. Morality. Baron Franche, Baldwin. Morality. Baron Brionne, my lords, each of you will lead your cavalry to gradually disengage from the Varangian guard, and retreat with me. Rodrigo called the names of several people and ordered.

Ode. Morality. Although Ponthieu was the Duke of Connaught, and Rodrigo. Morality. Vivar was also canonized in Ireland, but his status in the Norman army was inconsistent.

Rodrigo, Duke of Munster, was a veteran who followed William when he started his career, not only had war experience, but also had outstanding prestige, and was one of the top three commanders in the kingdom, second only to Hubert, Duke of Anjou. Morality. Stafford and Richard, Duke of Ulster of Ireland. Morality. Vassi is tied for second and third place and is the perfect candidate to succeed the veteran Duke Richard.

If it weren't for the jealousy of many Norman nobles in the kingdom for Rodrigo, a Spaniard, with his ability, he could have competed with Count Hubert for the position of military governor.

Roger. Morality. Baron Montgomery, Richard. Morality. Baron Franche, Baldwin. Morality. The three Barons Brionne were also temporarily transferred from the Guards to Duke Rodrigo by William, who gave these rookies the opportunity to perform at this time.

Everyone agreed, and no one objected to Duke Rodrigo's orders, and he did not hesitate to carry his orders.

This is the prestige of Duke Rodrigo in the Norman army, in exchange for the Duke of Rodrigo, who was also canonized as a duke but did not make many military achievements, relying on the family to take the throne. Morality. Duke of Pontier, his orders would not have been so good.

On the originally scorching battlefield, the Norman knights and the Varangian guards fought inextricably, and even after the Norman knights lost their speed and impact advantage, the Varangians used their tight formations and skillful combat skills to counterattack from time to time, causing a lot of damage to the Normans.

At this moment, the order to retreat was given, and the Norman knights and the Varangian guards disengaged, and took throwing weapons such as throwing axes and javelins from the pockets on the side of the saddle, and threw them at the pursuing Varangians to hinder the pursuit of our army.

After disengagement, the Norman knights did not take advantage of the speed advantage of their horses to quickly return to their own formation, but instead kept a close distance from the Varangian guards, standing and retreating.

Obviously, Rodrigo was trying to lure the Varangian Guards out of touch with the Vikings in their own camp in the rear, so that he could completely annihilate the elite of the Varangian Guards.

Sure enough, as the battle continued, the Varangian guards, who were only concerned with pursuing the enemy, temporarily disconnected themselves from the main force, exposing their unprotected flanks to the Norman knights who were ready to fight.

"Norman knights, the whole army is around the left and right, ready, gun and charge!"

Rodrigo turned his head to look at the Varangian guards behind him, who had separated from the main force, and saw that they were already in a predicament of being isolated and helpless, and the weakness of the flanks and rear was also exposed, he immediately made a decision and ordered all the Norman knights under his command to start sprinting.

Under the orders of Duke Rodrigo, he commanded 6,000 Norman knights in three groups, of which 2,000 in the middle were led by him and were responsible for attracting the attention of the Varangian guards, while the other two were more than 2,000 men each. Morality. Duke of Pontieru and Roger. Morality. Baron Montgomery, Richard. Morality. Baron Franche, Baldwin. Morality. Baron Brionne and several others led the way.

They separated from Duke Rodrigo's ranks, spreading out the flanks and rear positions of the horseshoe blue belt Varangian guards, and it seemed that as soon as Duke Rodrigo's order was given, the whole army would begin to charge.

"The whole army sprints, and the guns charge!" Duke Rodrigo waved his right hand and commanded in a loud voice.

"Rush, kill them......"

"Long live Your Majesty, the Normans will win!"

Shouting slogans like these, the Normans launched an all-out charge against the Varangian guards.

Thundered...... Boom Rumble......

With the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, the Varangian guards had to be cautious.

The entire Varangian Guard began to move closer to the position of the flag, shoulder to shoulder, with a shield in front of them in their left hand.

They made sure to form the simplest circle to defend against a cavalry raid.

The reason why I chose to use this extremely simple formation is not only because it has a good effect bonus for resisting cavalry, but more importantly, it is an extremely simple formation, which is extremely simple to use, and can be quickly formed without too much training.

However, by this time, it was too late for the Varangian Guards to react, and they underestimated the speed of the Norman Knights, and they had quickly approached the Varangian Guards before they could form a circle.

The astute Normans sensed a slight incongruity in the formation of the Varangian guards, and Rodrieux was quick to spot it.

"Is this a Ross mercenary? It is from the same class as the Varangian Guard, but after all, it is not the Varangian Guard, and it is impossible to cooperate with them.

This is the Achilles' heel and weakness of the Varangian Guard! Rodrigo's eyes lit up as he quickly analyzed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, follow me to assault!"

With a shout, Rodrigo lowered his rifle and took the lead in the charge, followed by the Norman knights behind him, who formed a huge inverted triangle formation with Duke Rodrigo as the spearhead.

Rodrigo and his Norman knights stabbed like an awl into the junction of the Varangians and the Rus' mercenaries, cutting a huge gap in the Varangian guard.

Then, the Norman knights who followed him saw the opportunity and swarmed to widen the gap, and in a few moments, the Varangian guard was divided.

The main thing is to make a gap, but it requires follow-up troops, such as infantry, or the rest of the receiving troops, the intention is to expand the gap in the center of the breakthrough, which is a strong attack strategy, if the opponent's main line is weak, this method can be used. Otherwise, it is more appropriate to use a frontal containment, a roundabout strategy on both sides, and finally encircle the local main line.

It should be reminded that you need to pay attention to the configuration of the opponent's two wings before breaking through in the center, for example, in Middle 2, some factions like to put archers on both wings, and some archers are very dangerous, such as Vadarithai archers or Mamluk archers, Mongolian heavy archers, etc., when you have insufficient troops to break through in the center, it is very likely to be outflanked by the enemy's two wings, and you will be surrounded instead of breaking through. This requires weakening or destroying the enemy's flank before making a central breakthrough.

In fact, the most god of the above formation is Hannibal.

However, Duke Rodrigo did not need to worry about this here, because it would soon be replaced by Ode. Morality. Ponthieu and Roger. Morality. The two cavalrymen led by Montgomery and others stabbed through the left and right flanks of the Varangian guard.

The three sharp knives cut butter through the Varangian Guard into irregular pieces.