The royal summoning order came suddenly, but Alan was not unprepared.

Allen's original 2,000 soldiers finally began to be updated after Allen made a fortune in the war, and under the reform presided over by Allen, it was expanded from 2,000 to a large-scale army of 7,000 people.

Although the army of 7,000 people does not seem to be much, considering that these 7,000 people are all professional soldiers and are the real main arms, this number is exaggerated in the current era, as a duke.

Under normal circumstances, a normal duke's standing army is only about 2,000 people, and most of the equipment is either handed down from the previous generation or snatched from the enemy in the battlefield, and only the personal guards of the nobles can get the financial support of the nobles and get a new piece of equipment for free.

And Allen's army spent a lot of money to gather all the blacksmiths around it, so that it could create 7,000 standard equipment in half a year. For the sake of the blacksmith, it even led to the dissatisfaction of the surrounding nobles with Allen.

Speaking of blacksmithing, you can't mention the blacksmith profession, which is a sweet and sweet spot now, and being able to build weapons in the first place is a high-tech job. In addition, the blacksmith strikes iron all year round and exercises a good physique, so the blacksmith is often a reserve soldier of the noble guard. So sometimes the strength of a nobleman can be seen from the number of nobles leading subway craftsmen.

It took three days to inform the vassal nobles everywhere, and then another three days to wait for Alan's nobles to come to Essis with their haphazard army.

Therefore, on the seventh day after receiving the royal call, Alan finally took this group of barbarians to a meeting of another group of barbarians, and the purpose was to fight another group of barbarians.

Allen's army was reformed into 4,000 infantry troops, 2,000 cavalry troops, and 1,000 crossbowmen.

The infantry consisted of 1,000 Essis phalanx infantry, which Allen had copied from the Macedonian phalanx. The soldiers abandoned the previous four-meter-long spear in favor of a six-meter-long Macedonian spear. In order to adjust the center of gravity of the spear, Alan added a counterweight to the tail of the spear, and at the same time, he was able to stick the rear end of the spear into the ground during the fight against cavalry, increasing the stability of the spear. At the same time, the soldiers in the phalanx are armed with round shields, protecting themselves and their companions on the left. In the course of battle, it is usually the soldiers of the first row who are half-crouching and aim their spears in front of them, and the soldiers of the second row put their spears on the shoulders of the soldiers of the first row, which greatly enhances the lethality against cavalry or any charging soldiers. However, in order to increase the mobility of the phalanx and prolong the combat of the phalanx soldiers, these soldiers were equipped with only one layer of chain mail. Although weaker than other heavy infantry, phalanx infantry did not rely on armor to defend in the first place.

The essence of the entire phalanx lies in the unity and discipline of the soldiers. When the first row of soldiers falls, the soldiers in the back row must immediately fill in the gaps, which must be rigorously trained. Due to the dense formation of the phalanx and the restrictions on the use of super spears, the advantages and disadvantages of the phalanx are very obvious.

On the one hand, the super spear ensured the lethality of the phalanx, but on the other hand, it also determined that the phalanx soldiers could not engage in hand-to-hand combat. Although they were able to compete with almost all infantry combinations after forming a dense formation, the weak points of the flanks could not be taken into account.

So Allen specially established the Legionnaires of Essis, that is, legionnaires from Rome. The two thousand men of the legional infantry Allen intended to be distributed on the left and right flanks of the phalanx infantry.

Roman legionnaires are an excellent infantry regiment that can attack and defend. The soldiers were armed with double chain mail, square shields, and short swords. The double-layered chain armor ensures that there is no loss in hand-to-hand combat, and the use of the square shield is perfectly adapted to the needs of the phalanx. The reason why the short sword is used is to cooperate with the use of the phalanx, although the protective area of the square shield is large, but due to the excessive area, it has caused inflexibility in hand-to-hand combat, and the short sword that has been pierced does not need to be chopped, which reduces the amplitude of the action, improves the killing efficiency and does not destroy the phalanx formation.

At the same time, the legionnaires will carry two javelins on their bodies, which can effectively kill a wave of enemies before the legion engages, and weaken the enemy's combat effectiveness to a certain extent. Even when fighting cavalry, these two-and-a-half-meter-long javelins could be used instead of spears.

The Essis Assault Troopers are Alan's transformation of the former Heavy Chainhammer Soldiers and expanded into a new legion of 1,000 men. Compared to the previous Heavy Chain Hammer Soldiers, the new Assault Soldiers put more emphasis on attack, so the original round shield was changed to a small round shield, and in order to strengthen the defense, Alan smashed it and put on the plate chain composite armor that only the heavy cavalry had. Truly become an offensive and defensive heavy armor fighter.

Although neither the Macedonian phalanx nor the Roman legions were famous in history, and how amazing the attack and defense of the Essis assault were, this could not change their common weakness, that is, they could not effectively resist the long-range troops and fear of cavalry flank encirclement.

Facing the flank encirclement of the cavalry was inextricable in this era, because the ranged troops could not stop it due to the speed of the cavalry, while the Macedonian phalanx was a class with zero steering power. If Allen's previous heavy cavalry was used to fight against the cavalry, there would be no heavy cavalry assault without numerical superiority.

Therefore, the best weapon against cavalry is cavalry.

To this end, Allen assembled a thousand-strong Aesis heavy cavalry corps. These cavalrymen were armed with heavy rifles, which were heavy and inconvenient to carry, so they were mainly carried by logistics. Only before the charge was it mounted by the logistic soldiers for the knights. However, thanks to the heavy mass and the multiplied spearhead, it is common for the heavy cavalry to charge in the enemy formation, tearing through the opponent's formation at once, providing the infantry in the rear with an opportunity to attack.

Since the knights fought on horseback, neither round nor square shields were suitable for triangular shields. The wide upper side can effectively defend the upper body of the knight, and the narrow lower side does not affect the knight's movement on horseback, enhancing the knight's flexibility in hand-to-hand combat. In addition, there is the former plate chain composite armor, plus the one-handed knight's sword, and the armor-piercing cone just in case.

The remaining thousand were the Essis Rangers, which were expanded from the original scout cavalry. As the name suggests, a ranger is a cavalry with very strong mobility, that is, light cavalry. In this era, light cavalry was usually rarely seen on the mainland, and only the steppe kingdom would have this type of troops. But Allen built the class anyway.

The Essis Rangers were largely improved in equipment. This unit was armed with spears, small round shields, crossbow arrows, armor-piercing cones, and only double-layer chain mail in terms of defense, and the horses did not have the standard horse armor of heavy cavalry. Allen's requirements for this cavalry are simple, that is, mobility.

Alan actually doesn't pay much attention to the heavy cavalry, because the limitations of the heavy cavalry are too many. A bad weather will be greatly discounted, and when it encounters a river or a mountain, it will directly become a chicken rib. Coupled with heavy logistical pressure, high maintenance costs and other factors, the practicability of this type of heavy cavalry is extremely poor. The reason why heavy cavalry is so popular on the mainland today is first because most battles are not large, so usually one or two heavy cavalry charges determine the outcome of the war. And because the scale of the battlefield is small, the battlefield area is also small, and there is no requirement for mobility.

In addition, both sides of the war will now agree on a time and place, and they will be upright and above board. For Allen, who is deeply influenced by all kinds of intrigues and insidious play styles in China, it is extremely uncomfortable.

All Alan had in mind were tactics such as ambushes, sneak attacks, discord, and decapitation. In short, although Allen is strong and strong, pulling it out is also a strength that cannot be underestimated, but if it is not enough, he is unwilling to honestly fight a frontal battle.

I almost forgot, Alan didn't say anything about the ranged troops.

The reformed crossbowmen were divided into five hundred Isis longbowmen and five hundred Isis crossbowmen.

The improved Longbow team has a range of 150 meters, and ordinary arrows can penetrate the defenses of a single layer of chain mail, plus armor-piercing arrows can penetrate a double layer of chain mail. As for the plate chain composite armor, it depends on luck.

The effective range of the heavy crossbowman has been expanded to 80 meters, and there is no pressure to penetrate the plate chain composite armor within 80 meters, and it can penetrate the chain mail between 80 meters and 120 meters.

In addition, Allen's ranged troops are also equipped with a triangular shield, which can be inserted into the ground before the battle and used as a marker, increasing the protection against long-range harassment.