"Cavalry archers, seize there, use this as a springboard for charging and projecting."

Half of the seven thousand or so archers also rushed to the heights.

"Kill the wretch!"

The light cavalry of both sides turned their horses and charged towards each other.

To seize the high ground you need to defeat your opponent, just charge the opponent while they are charging at the high ground.

Under this logic, the light cavalry on both sides made the same choice, killed all the enemies, and the rest was discussed later.

Such a change was naturally very surprised in the eyes of the commanders of both sides, but the cavalry in the front row, whose eyes were already bloodshot, naturally couldn't care so much, they opened their bows and arrows, and then as soon as they let go, there was a buzzing sound that made the teeth chatter, and the cavalry on both sides fired a volley like locusts, and then heard a burst of screams, some were directly shot to death, some fell to the ground, and some were dragged all the way with their legs hanging from stirrups.

Of course, they are not the worst, the worst thing is the soldiers who fell to the ground after the horses were shot, for the light cavalry, speed is life, and no one will reduce their speed in order to help friendly troops, this is the battlefield, the cruel battlefield!

The soldiers who fell to the ground were trampled by thousands of horses, trampled to pieces, and the most painful and miserable cries came from their mouths, and the armies on both sides were shocked, and the first drop of blood of the battle had been left, reminding the soldiers on both sides that this was the battlefield.

At this moment, the Greek light cavalry on the opposite side was preparing for the second round of shooting, but he didn't expect that in the Norman army on the opposite side, the Finnish light cavalry directly began to charge with all their might, and these cavalry who were not proficient in cavalry and archery skills were one of the mixed light cavalry tactics that Randy thought.

The speed must be reduced when riding and shooting, and it is impossible to draw the sword when the action of opening the bow and arrows is halfway through, even if you hurriedly throw the bow and arrow, and then choose to draw the sword, it is too late to block the opposite side of the Scythian cavalry and the Vadarell cavalry, and take it for granted that the Norman light cavalry tactics are the same as themselves, both sides will fire two rounds of arrows quickly before charging, but they did not expect that the other party would suddenly charge at this time.

In a hurry, the Greek light cavalry didn't care about aiming, and didn't even have time to fully open the bowstring, so they fired arrows directly at the swarming Finnish light cavalry, the power of which can be imagined, and even some of the Finnish light cavalry who were not hit by the vital point, with several arrow shafts on their bodies as if nothing happened, the tingling sensation only aroused the fierce nature of these northern cavalry.

At the same time, behind the Finnish hussars, the professional hussars adjusted the angle with their bows full, threw the arrows out, and the arrow tracks arced around the heads of the Finnish hussars in front of them, and landed above the Greeks, giving these barbarian hussars who did not like to wear helmets an unforgettable lesson at the first time.

After the second round of arrows weakened the enemy's formation again, he was wearing light leather armor, a boat-shaped steel helmet, a scimitar in his hand was shining, his face was extremely hideous, like a ghost, and the Norman improved the war horse under his crotch, which was originally faster than the average war horse, and he sprinted with all his strength, but a few breaths came to the front, and then the knife fell to the ground one by one, and the Greek light cavalry was killed so that the people turned on their backs, and the front almost collapsed.

In the first round of the confrontation, the Normans played a little trick to gain the upper hand, and the Finnish light cavalry no longer hesitated, and continued to quickly intersperse into the opposing array, while the professional hussars behind them also gave up their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars and began to charge.

Like two steel sieves intertwined with each other, the light cavalry on both sides interspersed with each other, the long knives in their hands kept waving, blocking, dodging, killing the enemy, and the thousands of cavalry of the two armies fought each other in the enemy array several back and forth, one was not worse than a lot, turned the horse's head and looked, the ground on the ground of the two sides was already covered with a layer of corpses of men and horses, the blurred flesh and blood made people fearful, both sides lost nearly half of the men and horses in a round, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood that was disgusting.

However, these light cavalry, all from the nomadic tribes, had no fear at all, and they roared excitedly, telling that they had just killed several enemies, some of whom were skilled and agile cavalrymen, and even pulled the heads of the enemy into their hands and hung their hair in their saddles to show off their military exploits.

"Go on! Kill them all. ”

With the frenzied yelling of the leaders or officers of both sides, the second round began.

"These nomadic barbarians ......"

Randy put down the binoculars in his hand and muttered helplessly, Speaking of which, Randy does need the strong combat power of these nomads, but in his heart he is also uneasy about their barbarism and bloodthirstiness, and all civilized kingdoms, when using barbarian mercenaries, will have similar thoughts.

Standing on the watchtower that had been set up fifteen days ago, Randy turned his gaze to the frontal battlefield again, and then his face suddenly became solemn.

"The whole army is on alert, the heavy cavalry of the Greeks is coming, and the crossbowmen are ready to shoot!"

As the clash broke out between the light cavalry on the far left of the two sides, the heavy cavalry of the Greeks on the opposite side also shook the ground and appeared in front of the coalition forces with the sound of heavy horses' hooves.

In the first charge, the Greeks took out nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry in an attempt to crush the coalition forces in one fell swoop.

"Do your best, and then use all your strength to deal with them, and never give them a chance to fight back!" Basil II also stood on the watchtower that had been erected before, and roared hoarsely.

The Norman crossbowmen standing at the forefront of the coalition army were highly nervous, and the crossbows in their hands had been pulled apart, and with the sound of the Karakala, the crossbows with fine iron arrows were wound, and the crossbows were raised flat and aimed at the front.

"Steady! Wait for the enemy to come into range, shoot again, and then advance a little after encountering the Iron Paladin. The crossbowmen commanders commanded loudly.

Seeing the enemy's iron cavalry rumbling, rushing over like a torrent of steel, the crossbowmen were deeply shocked, their morale plummeted, and their arms were also disobedient, trembling uncontrollably, if it was an archer, the arrows shot out must be crooked and slanted without much strength, but the crossbowmen were different, machinery replaced manpower, as long as it was wound, there was no need to make much effort, and it was to concentrate on aiming.

But seeing that the hoplite cavalry on the opposite side was wrapped in iron armor, only revealing two eyes that shot cold light, that terrifying appearance, despite the crossbowmen commander's thousands of instructions, there were still people who couldn't bear it, and pulled the crossbow machine with a shake of their hands, and then the thousands of crossbowmen in the first row seemed to get the message, and thousands of crossbow arrows left the string and shot straight at the Greek cavalry.

The Greek Guards cavalry and ironclad palados in the front row did not panic at all, they could only increase the speed of their horses again, raise the cavalry shield in their hands to protect their chests, and at the same time bend down and lean on the horse's back as much as possible, and began to charge with all their might.

Because there was a problem with the timing of the shot, the Greek heavy cavalry was still a certain distance from the effective range, so this round of Norman crossbowmen did not kill many enemy horsemen, and the crossbowmen commander was extremely angry, but he was helpless, so he quickly ordered, the front row of crossbowmen crouched, and the second row of crossbowmen were ready to shoot.

At the same time, the longbowmen, who were further behind and had a longer range, also opened their bows and arrows under the mobilization of Robin Hood, shooting a rain of arrows, because the opponent was the famous ironclad paladier, so regardless of the design speed, the shooting power needed to be enough!

"Zhang Mangong! Change the heavy arrows! Replace them all with heavy arrows! ”

Originally, in order to pursue the rate of fire and protect the fingers from being hurt by the bowstring, the longbowmen generally do not pull the longbow to the maximum, and this requires a lot of strength, usually the longbowman will be out of breath and unable to shoot after a few pulls, but this time it is different from usual, the longbowman understands that if he does not go all out, the longbow in his hand may not be able to shoot through the ironclad paladier wearing three layers of armor and like a turtle shell, so they all grit their teeth and use their strength to draw the bow to the fullest.

According to Robin Hood's calculations before, the speed of the opposing cavalry's bow trajectory raised the longbow at different angles.

"Launch!"

As Robin Hood gave the order, the longbowmen, who had long been impatient, immediately let go of their right hands, and with a buzzing sound, thousands of cone-headed arrows slashed over the heads of the heavy infantry in the front row, and they rained down from the sky like hail and thunderstorms, and at the same time, the crossbowmen of the second array also pulled the crossbow machine.

"How so?"

Some of the crossbow arrows flying from the front hit the horses, but they couldn't penetrate the three-layer iron armor of the ironclad palsaders.

But the bows and arrows of the longbow are different, they fall from the sky from top to bottom with gravitational acceleration, aiming at the weakest head of the opponent's garrison, the ironclad paladier has three layers of armor, but it is impossible to wear three helmets on the head, many people are affected to shoot through the iron helmet, and they are killed!

"Charge! Hurry up and charge! ”

Seeing that the casualties of their own cavalry were increasing, the commanders of the Ironclad Paladier and the Guards Cavalry couldn't help but shout like this, and the Ironclad Pallads who rushed to the front significantly increased their speed.

The speed of the Ironclad Paladins is not fast, but it is also up to whom.

If you talk about ordinary cavalry or light cavalry, the speed of the ironclad paladier is indeed not fast, but if you compare it with the infantry, he is also a cavalry.

The Ironclad Paladins sped up and rushed in, and the Norman crossbowmen no longer had time to fire a volley, so they had to choose to retreat, burrowing through the gaps in the various thousand teams of professional Viking warriors, and then under Randy's strict orders, mixed with a group of improvised Norman militia, and advanced to the left flank high ground.

"Ready! Normans! The Ironclad Paladins are coming. ”

The Viking officer in the front row of the first array, the Commander, shouted like this: "Prepare the axe, kill them." ”

The Greek cavalry on the other side charged, and the ground shook.

The iron-clad shield wall composed of the Norman heavy infantry on this side was also extremely strong, and the decisive charging soldiers were already red-eyed, and they were ready to rush over and fight the enemy to the death before the opposing cavalry rushed over.

On the other hand, the dwarves also fought with them during the heyday of the Roman Empire.

At that time, the Romans imitated the heavy cavalry of the Second Persian Empire in the East, and they had already seen the first clues, and every time they fought with the dwarf tribes, they had gains, and the dwarves experienced the power of the heavy cavalry charge, and due to the dwarves' own physical problems, there was no mount suitable for these warriors in the world, so the dwarves retreated to the next thing and came up with a way to fight the cavalry with infantry!

Phalanx of super long spears!

The Dwarven Chamber Guard was born......

"These Roman cavalry seems to be even more powerful than the legends of the time."

Standing in the front row, a typical stout, round, beerkeg-like, bearded dwarven warrior said this to his companion before the other man rushed over.

"We have not made progress for so many years, steel has replaced bronze, and our phalanx has become stronger." His companion, an equally round dwarf, replied.

The Greek cavalry rushed over like this......

On the right flank of the coalition forces, the attack of the Greeks caused a panic in the French army.

Speaking of the quality of longbowmen, Aquitaine's copycats are naturally not as good as Randy's professional longbowmen with a foundation in ballistics, and Aquitaine can't compare, so other French archers and crossbowmen are even worse.

"Damn, what the hell are they wearing? Why can't I shoot through? ”

Seeing that arrow after arrow was fired, and the arrows bounced off the opponent's armor, a temporarily recruited Orion archer, in a fit of rage, threw his bow and arrow to the ground, pulled out his self-made dagger, and gasped for breath to prepare to fight the opponent.

At this time, the knights of the French flank and their servants finally could not bear it anymore, although they did not receive any orders, but this did not stop their boiling blood, and their yearning for glory, faith, and spoils.

"French knights, let's charge and defeat those heretics!"

When a young knight shouted this, the overzealous knights of France finally found an outlet for catharsis, and they shouted with shouts of joy and raised their spears and charged towards the flanks of the ironclad paladers and the guards cavalry.

"Send someone to stop those barbarian cavalry!" One of the commander of the ironclad paladers, noticing the sound of the horse's hooves beside him, turned his head to see it and shouted, turning his horse's head and charging towards the French heavy cavalry.

"Kill them, Virgin Mary!"

So, a group of ironclad paladers followed him and rushed towards the French.

Heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry, the French feudal system prevails, the number of knights is huge, can be called the strongest in the European continent, the French knights are the best in Europe in terms of quantity and quality, the nobles of the kingdom are also proud, the knights also flaunt each other, that the knights are invincible in the world, and France is unparalleled in the world.

But the reality is extremely cruel, and the ironclad paladon directly teaches them a lesson, letting them know what it means to be the strongest cavalry to dominate the Middle Ages.

Riding spear against spear!

Longsword vs. mace!

Single-layer heavy chain mail vs. three-layer heavy armor!

The French knights were defeated, and the ironclad paladhales were like torture, with less than four hundred horsemen, they directly blocked the charge of the feudal knights and knights led by France, Burgundy, Aquitaine, and the Three Kingdoms, and wiped out hundreds of cavalry in the front row, suppressing the arrogance of the French knights.

"Shame on you! Just with that little bit of tattered cavalry, I want to compete with the Eastern Roman ironclad holy cavalry, it's really ......"

Randy couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this.

On the right flank, the Swiss mercenaries saw that the cavalry that was supposed to be used to defend their flanks would have suffered heavy losses and could collapse at any time, so under the order of the mercenary captain, the mercenaries on the far right wing of the phalanx consciously took one step back, three steps, and five steps later, and folded the phalanx in an inclined plane to defend their flanks.

"Charge! Long live the Emperor Basil! ”

Seeing that the Swiss spear array was full of arrays, the ironclad paladier was not afraid, and with the wild shout of a commander, the speed of the war horse was increased to the extreme, and it collided directly with the Swiss extra-long spear phalanx.

(End of chapter)