109. The sword is like a gale
The cavalry on both wings was dispatched, and the heavy cavalry advanced towards the Sincamburi people in an outflanking posture, this time Ye Feng did not reserve the cavalry, and sent all the horses that could run to the war, because there was no need for high-speed maneuvering, so one person and one horse, a total of more than 5,000 cavalry, and more than 3,000 heavy cavalry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
More than 3,000 heavy cavalry charged the Sincambri from the flank, and the Sincambri had to deal with the Huns and the proselytizers' infantry in the front.
Angus, seeing that the tide was turning, and that the blood of the Sincambri would be drained if the battle continued, cried out:
"Retreat! Fall back! ”
His guards defended him, and the two legions on both flanks of the barbarian coalition were completely crumbled, and the army was defeated, and the Sincambri retreated hastily, undisciplined, and the Hun cavalry did not continue the pursuit.
At this time, the Saxons also completely defeated the slaves in front of him, he thought that the Chinese army of the Huns, as well as the leader of the Huns, Ye Feng, was here, but Ye Feng had already surrounded the Saxons with the archers.
"Parthian tactics!"
Kalas was shocked, and the archers formed a circle around the Saxons, and the sound of rolling horses' hooves rang out like lightning arrows in the Saxons' formation.
The Saxons were constantly falling, and the Saxons were not at fault, surrounded by wandering Hun archers, throwing deadly arrowheads on the heads of the Saxons, bringing death and despair.
After a while, the Saxons raised their round shields and tried their best to resist the rain of arrows, but the rain of arrows was dense and tricky, often avoiding the round shields, and shot accurately into the Saxons' heads, splashing red blood.
It was the oval shield that served as a defensive one, and Kallas clearly found himself in a dilemma, and the Saxons, who had lost their wings of protection, could only continue to fight with strength and tenacity.
"Hold on! There are no cowards in the Saxons! ”
Kalas roared, his height of 1.8 meters was incomparably tall among the generally malnourished ancients, and his burly body burst out with amazing strength.
But the cold, deadly arrows did not stop because of his roar, and the Saxons continued to fall with arrows.
After a while, the rain of arrows of the Huns began to become sparse, and the Saxons who were surrounded in the center spent dozens of minutes of black time, and when they just raised their heads from their shields, the earth trembled, and the last trump card of the Huns, the heavy cavalry, was dispatched!
The equipment of the archers is extremely perfect. The Hungarian bow is a synthetic bow that is no less than the Mongolian bow, the main kick of the bow is made of animal horns or bones, requires 70 kg of pulling force, and the effective range can reach 200 meters.
So these eastern archers threw a rain of arrows in the distance, and these Saxons on foot had no way at all.
The harness of the heavy cavalry is also extremely perfect, not to mention the horseshoe, top belt, headband, cheek belt, etc., Takahashi saddle, this Hun characteristic saddle, later laid the foundation for the knight era in Western Europe.
Because of the capital, time, and era, the armor of the heavy horse is not very comprehensive, only the mane armor, that is, the armor on the horse's neck, the horse face armor, that is, the armor on the horse's face, and the breastplate, this is the armor in front of the horse, when the front of the charge, this armor is the most important, so it is protected by chain mail, and the rest is cotton armor.
It is a piece of linen, divided into many small squares, stuffed with cotton, and divided into small pieces to improve defense.
And the Romans used leather saddles, which did not work very well.
The power of hoplite cavalry, in the entire Middle Ages in Europe, is recognized as the first, it is said that a 200-strong hoplite cavalry in France once destroyed a small country.
And Ye Feng has a full three thousand heavily armed cavalry! Although it can only be regarded as a semi-heavy load, because a lot of armor is not available, it is slightly less powerful.
The shield used by the heavy cavalry is a mounted shield, which is in the shape of an inverted triangle, which is smaller than that used by the infantry.
The heavy cavalry roared past, roaring towards the Saxons, and the heavy cavalry charged like a torrent, unstoppable!
The first platoon of the Saxons, most of them killed, these heavy cavalry straddled their swords at their waists and armed with horses. The robbers are very rudimentary, made of hard hardwood from the Black Forest along the Baltic Sea.
The cavalry snapped, leaving a terrible wound on the Saxons. The cavalry loosened their wooden saddles and began to draw their swords, and after breaking down a platoon of Saxon defenses, the whole battlefield was thrown into chaos.
The slaves, the Fries, and the Sincambri had withdrawn from the battle and had all fled, leaving only two legions of the Huns and three legions of the Saxons to compete. And the Saxons have clearly fallen behind.
As soon as the power of the cavalry was revealed, the sun was setting.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the Huns sounded the horn to collect their troops, and the Saxon army avoided its destruction.
One legion of the Saxons was scattered, two were crippled.
The Huns lost almost all their labor, and the slaves either died or fled, and the main force of the Huns, although not greatly damaged, suffered heavy losses from the infantry, and thousands lost their lives.
War is a meat grinder, and in just one day, the population of various peoples accumulated over the centuries is killed.
The next morning, when Ye Feng was considering whether to fight or peace, the Saxon envoy bowed his body and humbly sued for peace.
The expansion of the Huns in the north has reached the limit, and if it continues to expand, the Huns will not be able to control so many territories, and the aborigines will look at the Huns from afar with hatred.
Ye Feng also wanted to talk peacefully.
In the end, the two sides went through friendly peace talks, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
The Saxons became a vassal state of the Northland Huns, and paid 100 slaves to the Northland Huns every year, although it was very small, but Ye Feng's drunkards did not mean to drink, and the Saxons had almost no slaves, and if they were allowed to pay tribute to the slaves, they would only invade other peoples.
It's about making it a feud.
And the Northland Huns, as the suzerain, were to provide protection to the Saxons.
As for the compensation for the defeat of the Fries, Ye Feng's request was very simple, a daily tribute of 100 pounds of gold coins, you know, at that time, Eastern Rome was originally only a tribute of 1,600 pounds of gold to Attila, and later Attila came to Rome, and Rome increased the annual supply by three times.
Reparations for the Fries were unilaterally decided by the Huns and Saxons.
Weak countries have no diplomacy, and the Friesians never dreamed of being betrayed by their allies. As for the Sincambri people. Ye Feng didn't ask them for anything in compensation, just asked them to establish an alliance with the Huns.
In the end, the 5,000-word contract was written with the names of fifty-six people, because the barbarians were a tribal alliance, so the agreement of all their tribal leaders was required for this contract to take effect.