Since then, the war has been heating up......

I would like to say this, but in fact the war has only been going on for two hours, and it is not clear who will win and who will lose for the time being.

On both flanks of the battlefield, the main forces under Randy's command have completely repelled the charge of the opposing hoplites!

Except for a small number of knights and henchmen, as well as the Tomahawk cavalry, all of whom retreated to wait for the next order, the vast majority of the hoplites in the first array, including all the centaurs, fell victim to the Norman Tomahawks.

After that, the infantry arrays deployed on both flanks of the opposing side, with the Moscow heavy axemen and the forest axemen as the vanguard, also rushed up, inflicting considerable damage on the Norman army.

A fierce confrontation ensued between the armies of the two flanks.

In the center of the battlefield, although at the very beginning, the charge of the decisive warriors did cause great casualties to the opponent, but the opposing infantry array stubbornly withstood such casualties, and after dropping more than 2,000 corpses, they tried to stabilize the line and not retreat.

After losing the inertia of charging and being separated from his main army by some distance, because of the numerical inferiority, the decisive warriors gradually fell into a bitter battle, and were divided and surrounded one by one, unwillingly falling on the battlefield, Randy felt very helpless.

"The frequency of attacks is too low, although the lethality is sufficient, but it cannot cause devastating damage to light armored troops in a short period of time, it seems that to deal with such light armored troops, we should invest in more lightweight weapons, and more powerful impact and attack power."

Randy muttered to himself, and at the same time ordered to urge the dwarven chamber guards in the rear, abandon the formation and move forward quickly, and then the second column of professional Viking warriors, also 3,000 people were thrown into the frontal battlefield.

Generally speaking, it is still Randy who has the upper hand, and the opponent's lack of armored army is the best target for longbowmen, although a crossbowman is almost completely wiped out, but the long-range support of the Norman army is still very sharp, and the rain of arrows thrown by the long worker makes the opposing Triple Alliance army cry bitterly, and on the front, professional Viking warriors and dwarven chamber guards work closely together to gradually move the battle line forward, leaving incomplete bones with each step forward.

There are still more than 10,000 professional Viking warriors under his command, as well as a large number of Norman heavy cavalry, and the Norman royal knights as a reserve, it seems that the victory of this battle should not be a problem.

Battlefield flanks......

The first column of heavy cavalry, a total of 200 Norman royal knights, 400 Norman heavy cavalry, and 50 Norman field orders, had already rushed to the middle of the battlefield, and as long as they advanced another 200 meters or so, they could launch a perfect charge on both flanks of the enemy.

At the same time, the heavy cavalry of the second array was also ready to form a band charge with the first column of heavy cavalry.

"That's true, the number of hoplites on the other side is really ......"

Semenovsky, who was on the other side, frowned, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order the Boyer Guard, the Duke's Praetorian Guard, and fully dispatch!" ”

Semenovsky pulled out a sleek, bloody scimitar from the scabbard inlaid with a large unpolished sapphire sharkskin:

"Ulla! Ulla! Ulla!!! ”

After three shouts, all the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, their eyes instantly turned red, and they rushed towards the Normans with a wild roar.

"That skill is ......"

Under Enides' scan, Randy immediately noticed the commotion in the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow on the left flank of the array, just like the skills used by Gustav, the Norse lion, and the whole air was filled with a greenish aura.

"Russia is charging strongly! Effective only for the Russian nation, increasing morale and the ability to charge. ”

The Moscow cavalry sequence, consisting of 150 ducal guards, and more than twice as many of the boyer guards, stopped the first sequence of Norman heavy cavalry on the left flank.

The Duke's Guard was in front, and the Poille Guard was behind.

Before the two armies clashed, the Boyer Guard projected the javelins in their hands, directly over the heads of the Duke's Guard, and shot dozens of Norman heavy cavalry in the front row off their horses.

In contrast to their-for-tat Grand Dukes' Guards in Moscow, their impact increased dramatically with the blessing of a powerful Russian charge, and if the Norman heavy cavalry was a heavy tank, then the Duke's Guard was a super-heavy tank.

In this collision game, the original setting of the two heavy cavalry charges was finally broken, and the other party actually made an extremely exaggerated sideways turn, flashed the cavalry spear of the Norman heavy cavalry, and the spear came first, piercing the chest of the Norman heavy cavalry, as if the heavy chain mail of the Norman heavy cavalry was just an ornament.

What's even more exaggerated is that they were unscathed after colliding with the Norman warhorse, but the Norman warhorse that collided with it screamed and shattered its skull.

Seeing the other party's terrifying performance with his own eyes, Randy's rating of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in his heart has risen by another level.

With such a terrifying cavalry force, if it is doubled, he may hate the battlefield!

However, now the opponent only has five or six hundred horsemen, and the traditional tomahawk cavalry under the command of Rurik on the right flank has been abused by the Norman heavy cavalry, and it seems that they are about to be completely annihilated by the other side.

"The second array of twelve hundred lightly armed cavalry attacked the left flank."

"The second array of eight hundred heavy cavalry sorties attacked the right flank."

Randy quickly threw all the light cavalry in the second array into the left flank, and at the same time strictly ordered the opponent to use the light cavalry tactic, that is, the kite flying tactic, not to annihilate the enemy, but to harass the opponent's cavalry force, and not let him do anything else.

The Slavic hoplites on the left flank were already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Norman hoplites.

Although the Norman heavy cavalry, royal knights, and the addition of the Battlefield Order shouted fiercely, the previous losses at the hands of the other party also made these arrogant warriors red-eyed, but they couldn't beat it.

Some of the Boye guards drew their battle axes to fight, and the remaining 100 or so Poye guards still stayed in the rear to attack with javelins, while the cavalry of the Duke's Guards in front also drew their maces, one-handed hammers, tomahawks and other heavy weapons to fight the Norman cavalry.

Such a complex, multi-layered battle formation, rich in excellent efficiency, allows the Normans to desperately fight the enemy while also paying attention to the javelins thrown by the opponent from time to time, the power of these javelins has been shown before, with the help of the charge of horses to throw, to the Norman heavy cavalry wearing heavy chain armor is deadly, and for the Norman royal knights wearing plate chain composite armor, it is also quite threatening.

Frontal battlefield situation......

While the right flank of the battlefield is victorious, the situation on the left flank of the battlefield is extremely unfavorable for the Normans, if the cavalry on the left flank collapses, then the opponent's heavy cavalry cluster can charge and attack the flank of the Norman army, so that the battle situation will have a new change.

That's exactly why Randy sent hussars to the left flank!

I saw that the hussars advanced in a loose formation, and after entering the firing range, they opened their bows and arrows, and the arrows shot out were all heavy armor-piercing triangular arrows, such arrows were indeed a little unsightly in the face of the duke's guards wearing two layers of scale armor and whose defensive power was comparable to that of the city wall, but for the Boyer guards who only wore a single layer of scale armor, these heavy arrows were extremely deadly, and they could pass through the gaps in their scale armor and directly penetrate themselves.

The structure of the scale armor could not resist the threat of bows and arrows at all, and a volley, the rain of arrows fired by nearly three hundred hussars in the front row instantly covered a large area behind the left flank of the battlefield, of course, most of the bows and arrows did not hit the target, this was for fear of accidentally injuring friendly troops, so the hussars raised the shooting angle a little.

Under the cover of the hussars, the Norman hoplites slowly withdrew to make peace with the hussars, using harassing tactics to stop the opposing cavalry from continuing the assault.

After Randy threw four thousand reinforcements into the entire frontal battlefield, the opposing Three Kingdoms coalition army was defeated and retreated, and there was nothing to be done about it even if Gustav tried his best, this is a pure competition of strength, whoever is strong is strong, and it can't be faked, even if the coalition commander desperately puts a reserve into the battle line, it is like throwing firewood into a burning furnace, except for making the flame burn longer.

Meantime......

Right wing......

After joining a large number of hoplites, Rurik's Tomahawk cavalry finally collapsed, and nearly a thousand hoplites formed a formation on the right flank, successfully charging and killing a large number of enemy infantry.

The right flank of the coalition forces was on the verge of collapse, and victory was almost within reach.

It is a little ironic to say that although the two armies are of different denominations, they are indeed Catholics, so the slogans shouted by the two armies are much the same, except for a small number of steppe nomads who believe in polytheism and shamanism, the rest of the Catholics are roaring like this.

"Jehovah !!"

The war has reached the highest critical point, the frontal battlefield of the elite infantry of the Randy Army is fully powerful, from the battle to the present seven hours, the Norman army front has advanced nearly eighty meters, every step is stepping on the other side's flesh and mud to advance, so far the coalition army has lost tens of thousands, the soldiers are tired, and they are retreating one after another.

On the left flank of the battlefield, the harassment tactics of the professional hussars were very successful.

Because the opponent's duke's guard was dressed in heavy scale armor, even heavier than heavy plate armor, so the mobility was extremely poor, and it was completely incapable of dealing with such harassing tactics, and its speed was completely unable to catch up with the light hussars.

And wanting to ignore this group of hussars and directly attack the Norman flank, but was entangled by the Norman heavy cavalry, a Viking death assault warrior that Randy had just organized rushed over and completely entangled the other party.

After losing the impact power, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be greatly reduced, and if it is against other troops, the duke's guard wearing heavy armor can still rely on its own heavy armor and fierce heavy weapon attacks to deal with it, but when facing the powerful two-handed axe soldiers of the decisive warrior, they are powerless.

The duel warriors were very restrained by their axes, slashing the cavalry up and down the legs of their horses.

Melee hand-to-hand combat, of course, when the cavalry loses its impact.

These cavalry were not fools either, quickly adjusting their state to break through, while the Norman cavalry and the decisive warriors did not pursue, but were again harassed by the hussars.

The left wing is fine, but the key is the right wing!

On the right flank, after two consecutive rounds of band charges, the Novgorod division of the allied army suffered heavy casualties and was close to collapse, and Sweden Gustav had no choice but to send out the previously withdrawn and incomplete heavy cavalry unit to slightly hinder the Norman cavalry charge on the right flank.

However, it was only a slight delay, and after Randy frantically threw all the remaining 1,300 hoplites into the right flank, the opposing hoplites only supported for a short time before collapsing.

"Trouble!"

On the left flank, Semenovsky's office, was about to send his Cossack elite hussars to the front line to fight with the hussars and break the stalemate, but found that the right flank of his friendly army was about to collapse.

"Damn! Cossacks, tell those Cossack thugs to go to the left flank and hold off the enemy cavalry! ”

"Understood!"

The herald beside Semenovsky quickly got on his horse and ran to the Cossack cavalry unit located behind the side of the battlefield to deliver the order.

"Really, is it only at times like this that we are remembered?" One of the Cossack chieftains, snorting a mouthful of thick phlegm, complained.

Although they occupy the land of Crimea, which is rich in water and grass, and is close to the Black Sea coast, it is very convenient for trade, nomadism, or planting, but this group of Cossack refugees are all robbers, and they are very easy to work hard, neither like grazing, nor do they like farming, and they don't know how to trade, just like the Swiss mountain people who can't survive because of the poor soil, so they have to go out as mercenaries and use mercenary money to support their families. These Cossacks, voluntarily.

Willing to kill, willing to rob, willing to set fires, willing to enjoy all the sins and atrocities of the battlefield.

They're not so much human as monsters in human skin.

Even if every battle was sent by the employer to the most dangerous place to be used as cannon fodder, the Cossacks did not get tired of it.

Provided, of course, that enough money is paid, and that the spoils plundered in the war are also completely their own.

Although they cursed the Moscow bastards, the Cossacks still checked their compound bows with a hippie smile, and then with a whistle, nearly three thousand Cossack cavalry howled and rushed towards the right flank of the battlefield.

"Damn, leave them alone, send 1/3 of the cavalry to drive them out, and the rest of the cavalry continues to storm the enemy's right flank."

Randy gave the order after a moment's thought, but in the midst of the chaos and noisiness of the battlefield, the order could no longer be delivered well, although a small number of heavy cavalry or other knights only hesitated slightly when they heard the horn behind them.

"Which reserve is probably being ordered to move forward?" Thinking so, the cavalry quickly drew attention to the emerging enemy.

"Damn! Hurry up, let the royal knight on the right flank advance some distance, passing orders. ”

Randy saw that the right flank was in a good form, because most of his army rushed over to fight with the Cossack light cavalry and could not achieve it, which made Randy feel angry, and at the same time adjusted his strategy again and gave orders to the royal knights on the right flank!

Battlefield......

Anxious......

(End of chapter)