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With archers, everything is easy to do! This was the most valuable lesson learned by Cabeamia after her fiasco at Fort Philip.

At the position of half a koku li in front of the river bank, about 2,000 Tevris believers, armed with iron rods and spears, formed a dense formation, stretched out all their weapons to form a human wall to block the cavalry, and behind them were Cuman soldiers with bows outstretched, all of whom had been Yasen's subordinates.

To the south, there are mountains on the south side, the rolling Morava River on the north side, and the Plivensus River on the east side. In the end, only the gentle grass on the west side could provide a place for the two armies to fight.

Quicksilver was like a bolt of lightning, carrying his master to the place where Paul sent three arrows away, and under the eyes of Gawain under the red hand feather helmet, he saw the heretics who were busy like an ant colony on the opposite side: directly in front of them were lined up in three dense formations, behind which there were a large number of archers, and at the pontoon bridge in the rear, many people were hurrying to build camp fortifications, preparing to occupy the river here.

"There is no formation, the flag is out of order, and this weak enemy should not be an obstacle for me Gawain to enter Constantinople. Rest assured, I won't be delaying here for too long. Then Gawain raised the sword of phosphorus and fire, and behind him, the cavalry holding the flag arrived one after another, "Saint Cyril Cavalry Company, forward!" ”

"Uh-huh-lu At the sound of the trumpet, the first to be the column commanders and squadron leaders of the Saint-Cyril cavalry, wearing nose helmets, leather or chain mail, and a variety of weapons on their belts. There are Byzantine single-edged swords, and there are German swords. Carrying a triangular shield or a Saxon-style round shield, he holds an outstretched cantos riding spear. From the middle of each column, three or five steps protrude forward, waving loudly and shouting backwards, and the tips of their spears are tied with narrow pennants, which serve as signs and guide their followers, similar to those of the Byzantine archaic cavalry and the Normans; Behind these warriors were rows or two of relatively dispersed Cumans or Magyars, with small round shields tied to their arms, armed with bows and arrows, and light javelins. Wearing quivers, light and simple helmets and leather armor; In the three or four rows further back, there were about the Lombard (and some Magyars) cavalry who were close together, and they were now considered "heavily armed", at least in this land, most of them had chain mail, long irises to protect the legs, helmets of various styles, and long stirrups that could straighten the legs. The double-sided raised saddle protects you from falling and getting injured in fierce battles, and the well-balanced Cantos spear. Plus swords or axes hanging from their waists, most of them were small squires in the Lombard League cities, who had been inspired by Gawain and Matilda to join the army. He had long fought with the German-German kingdom of Lancaiser and the Normans. As a result, many of the young men were also excellent horsemen, and they were inferior to the Normans in the wildness and destruction of battle. But in terms of discipline, it is even better.

After the formation of the company of Saint-Cyril, Gawain decided to separate the Lombard cavalry, which had originally belonged only to the company of the Baptist, and the two cavalry were "evenly wetted with rain and dew", and asked some Cumans and Magyars to change their style and receive this kind of spear assault training.

In particular, the shock cavalry in the front line was also equipped with Gawain's newly purchased armor plate on the chest, which was covered with white linen, which could better resist the flying bows and arrows and stonethrows, and weaken the damage of the enemy's projectile weapons.

Now, about 500 cavalry companies of Saint-Cyril were slowly approaching the fortified positions of the Believers, and from the place where Gawain stood with his sword, they trotted up, raising a great deal of dust on the grass, and the heads of the horses were neighing and swaying, and the manes and feathers on the horses' heads danced in the wind, and with an oppressive sound, they rushed like a torrent in front of the Tevris in array.

Many of the Tevris felt like a rainbow of murderous energy, rushing to their faces, blowing away their fighting spirit, and even felt that their armor and robes were also blown away by this strong wind. They held very simple weapons, and when they faced this group of fearless cavalry, they immediately felt that the momentum in the military formation had been overwhelmed by the advance.

"Archer, come on!" With this cry of half despair and half despair, the archers in the rear column of the believers' army concentrated on throwing waves of arrows, and the black dots of arrows in the air drew various trajectories, crackling and scattered in front of the cavalry company of Saint-Cyril, and some flew through the middle, causing few casualties. Many Paulicians also disorganized their ranks, craned their necks and mouths open, watching where the arrows were going.

However, on the opposite side, the sound of thunder and thunder sounded, and the cavalry of the company of Saint-Cyril began to accelerate rapidly, and the light cavalry at the front of the front of the Typhris, drew their bows and fired a round of arrows at the front of the Teflis, and many of the believers who were still looking around were instantly shot to the ground, some of them retreated in horror, and some of them angrily picked up their weapons and pikes, and strode towards Gawain's light cavalry, but Gawain's light cavalry only left a burst of laughter, and rode from the two wings of the front of the Christians' army, Turning to the side parallel to the line of the Believers, he galloped away, and then fired a second round of arrows, the feathers of which hit the foreheads and chests of the Believers who were still in the forefront, and then when the light cavalry left like a whirlwind, the "Gate of Death" was opened - on the middle assault passage, a hundred Lombard cavalry with horse armor, and dozens of cavalry of various colors without horse armor, suddenly grabbed the cavalry spears and slammed into the human wall of the Believers.

Here's the shattering effect.

The spear tips that were pierced on the horses of the soldiers of the cavalry company were blocked and bent by the hanging gears and iris shields, and the soldiers stretched out or held up the riding spears that were pierced diagonally, and pierced the walls of the believers with countless "blood flowers" that bloomed at the same time. Then the Lombard cavalrymen took their spears out of their hands, some of them swung them off their belts, drew their swords and battle axes, and the battle trumpets exploded like a tidal wave, and their weapons rained down on the heads of the low-looking remnants of the believers on either side of the horses.

By this time, the line of the Believers had collapsed, and the men in the rear were like arrows in the hands of the Cumans, rushing towards the Plivensus River, including the archers of the Khan, whom Kabeamia had trusted most.

The consul was so anxious that tears were about to come out of her eyes when she saw that people were fleeing all around, and she was determined to be brave to the end, so she raised the banner of the Holy Fire with her own hands and rode on horseback, "Turn back, Paulicians, where is our retreat?" There is only a narrow pontoon bridge, and you are so confused that you can only be crushed and killed by the enemy in disgrace, and you will regroup and force them back! ”

Then, holding the battle flag, she ran towards the Saint-Cyril cavalry company, and many of the co-workers saw Cabeamia's iconic golden hand, and also rekindled their fighting spirit, they picked up the weapons they were dragging again, and lined up again to engage the pursuing Saint-Cyril cavalry company.

At this time, the real St. Cyril cavalry company was forced, and the two sides began to scuffle, the cavalry condescendingly chopped, and the believers brandished iron rods and spears against the war horses, and many of the cavalry who came behind were heartbroken that their mounts would be killed and wounded, so they jumped off their horses and fought with the dense army of believers.

By this time, the second line of battle had re-formed and glued together, and Kabeamia had raised her hand and kept dispatching and commanding, but soon she heard the demon's voice.

It was Gawain's long howl, and from a long distance, it rolled into her ears - at the bevel of the side of the array, Gawain led another cavalry company, the more powerful "Baptized Company", and galloped to kill. In any era, the infantry simply did not have time to adjust their formation to cope with the multiple rounds of cavalry, frontal and oblique charges.

This is one of the greatest advantages of cavalry over infantry.

Thousands of Paulinees' front was crushed for the second time, but never recovered, some jumping directly off the steep bank of the river and falling into the gushing water, others fleeing along the pontoon bridge, and many more were pinned down by two cavalry companies on the protruding and isolated river bank, with no way out. Kabeamiya wanted to cry without tears, she just wanted to grab a time to occupy a camp to meet the main force of the Cuman Khan King to cross the river, Gawain, you hot bastard, actually came to attack me directly with nearly a thousand cavalry!

"This cunning woman, it's you again!" Gawain, under the red hand feather helmet, was extremely annoyed when he saw Kabeamia holding the banner of the holy fire, so he rode Quicksilver and came with a spear, and now Kabeamia saw this scene, she couldn't stand it anymore, she didn't know the weakness of the military formation, she almost wanted her own life, she knew that it was better not to cross this river of death rashly, at least she could use the Plivensus River as a moat.

"Take the flag." Kabeamia turned and fled, and the banner was thrown down again.

But Gawain and thousands of people didn't care about her at all, and they chased her relentlessly.

The consul was about to cry, and she kept looking behind her in horror, but the dazzling red hand feather ornament was always jumping behind her, and it was evident that the speed of Quicksilver, the war horse under Gao Wen's crotch, was much stronger than that of her mount.

In the long grass by the river, Cabeamia rolled off the horse, took off her black robe, put on only a close-fitting leather armor, and hid on the ground with her head in her hands, the rising sun continued to shake in front of her eyes with the swaying grass, she smelled the gentle and precious breath of life, and then Gawain's shouts and horses' hooves, so Cabeamia lowered her head.

With a thud, Gawain stretched out his hand and pierced the black robe that the female consul had thrown on the field with a spear, and then raised it high, like a flaunting banner, "Everyone has given up resistance, your consul is dead, and even his clothes have been stripped off by me." (To be continued.) )