Chapter Ninety-Five: The Battle of Dehebas I, Infantry Assault

How do you get a swarm of slugs to evolve into a Tyrannosaurus rex?

Give them to the commissars!

How do you make a bunch of cowards brave to death?

Give them a commissar!

What's the shortcut to victory?

Go find more commissars!

…… Well, it's just a joke. www.biquge.info In any case, it is impossible for the political commissar to be like a mind controller who can make soldiers abandon all personal thoughts and forget about death with just one sentence, but the concept of sending people to die and dying with everyone is also different.

The former will only make the soldiers collapse faster, but the latter can unite people's hearts and fight to the last man.

"No, no, no, it's too early to say this, whether it's the ideological education of the soldiers, or the cultivation of political commissars, what should be considered now, or the situation on the side of Dehebas, the afterglow of thinking, these are the privileges of the victors......"

At that time, Count Don shook his head, threw out all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and forced himself to concentrate on the other side of the sea, to be honest, for the other coalition led by Duke Eddard, Count Don Jr. had mixed thoughts.

Thinking that they will lose, such a group of remnants of the defeated army will be waiting for Count Xiao Tang to be the savior in the past, and their expressions must be very interesting when the time comes, as for thinking about them winning, to be honest, they can't win at all!

King William is such a proud son of the sky, destined to be the king, all kinds of abilities to govern the country and manage the financial management and strengthen the army are first-class, and he was born illegally, and he has suffered a lot since he was a child, just like a lion who grew up in the wilderness, arrogant and cruel, where can Duke Ed compare with these sloths in the greenhouse!

What's more, the Norman heavy cavalry is powerful and rides even hot-blooded horses, and the cold-blooded horses of Ireland can't compare to the buttocks, except for the durability of the hand, the speed of the short sprint is not even worse than that of the light cavalry. As for the rest, King William's command of his army, Duke Eddard's alliance with the Northern Earls was continuous, and he didn't even bother to mention them, in short, in the eyes of Count Don Jr., this was a war that had ended before it had even begun.

But, but no matter how you say it, Duke Ed is also an excellent commander, and there are a lot of soldiers in his hands plus the original Duchy of Dehebas, this is only a few days, it can't be so easy to gameover, right?

But...... Hehe, how about it, let's take a look at the actual situation.

"Order--let the pikemen line up, the sword and shield soldiers interspersed with it, and the array is tight!"

At that time, Duke Ed guarded the right flank, the Northern Earls League guarded the center, and the coalition forces of the Duchy of Dehebas guarded the left flank.

That's right, since the last time the army was wiped out, Duke Ed learned from the pain and decided to completely follow the example of Count Don and build a new army with super-long pikemen and light cavalry as the auxiliary. As for the specific art of pikemanship, the arrogant duke still thinks that I can't do what the Earl of Donchester does?

Besides, the duke did a decent job.

Although it can't be as accurate as a robot like Count Tang's soldiers, as the saying goes, it's often your enemies who know you best, but the soldiers carefully trained by Duke Ed are not bad, and they are quite orderly in walking, which can be called a strong army.

After all, one of the advantages of pikemen is that it is easy to train.

"Oh roar, that's pretty interesting."

Duke Wilhelm exclaimed with a slightly surprised expression when he saw the three rows of guns on the left flank of the army opposite (the right flank of our army was the left flank of the enemy).

"King, I have only seen such a gun formation in the Tyrolean region, and it does not seem to be such a ...... Eccentric? ”

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who was standing beside King William, was also a man who was proficient in battle formations, otherwise he would not have been taken seriously by King William, at this moment he looked at the left flank of the enemy army in front of him, and hesitated to say this.

"Don't worry, my friend, we'll just have to try."

King William waved his hand to stop his best friend from talking, and then gave a loud order: "Count Castle, you lead a thousand archers to test the enemy's left flank."

"Yes, king."

King William was named by his cousin, William, Earl of Castle (this is also called William, for the sake of convenience, he will be called Earl of Castle in the future), although he is also one of the heirs of the Duke of Normandy, and the ranking is relatively high, but he is fully loyal to King William, so he has also won the king's trust.

Yes, although King William had never dealt with pikemen, his talent and years of experience made it clear at a glance that pikemen were better at defending than attacking. So now, he asked the Earl to hold back Duke Eddard, and he gave priority to dealing with the Northern Earls Alliance, which was more numerous, but less combative.

At this moment, the Northern Earls Alliance is located in the middle army, and it stands to reason that King William should not attack the center army first in any case, otherwise it will be very easy to be flanked by the left and right flanks - but, but King William is not an ordinary person.

The Welsh who lived in the forest all year round, the rain of longbows and arrows in the Duchy of Dehebas was enough to make every Saxon tremble, and although King William was a Norman, he did not want his soldiers to be consumed in useless attacks.

"First column! Norman assault infantry, charge! ”

Abandon pointless tentative attacks, do your best at the beginning, use all your strength, and never give the enemy a chance to backhand! This was King William's first attack!

"Charge! Slaughter! Charge! Slaughter! ”

At that time, the Norman assault infantry in the first array heard what their king said, and the commander of the Norman assault infantry immediately raised the terrifying two-handed axe in his hand, and then roared loudly, and in an instant, all the Norman assault infantry were already red-eyed, panting in their mouths, and wanted to separate their anger from the enemy!

"Steady! Sword and shield soldiers step forward! Get ready for the impact! ”

Seeing that the enemy on the opposite side was so fierce, the morale of the Chinese army in the Northern Earl Alliance immediately shook slightly, and Count Connor hurriedly drove forward - of course, he would not rely too far forward, there were at least dozens of substitutes in front of him, and there were elite soldiers guarding him, and then he shouted.

The soldiers saw that their own earls had gone into battle in person—although there were still substitutes for the dead in front of them—and their morale immediately rose again, and the counts had gone to the front in person.

So, it's naïve.

"Throwing axes! Thirty steps to prepare! ”

Although the archer was not used to open the way, this is not to say that the Norman assault infantry did not have long-range attack capabilities at all! Throwing axes, which are cheap and easy to use, and can be used for hand-to-hand combat in times of emergency, have several on every Norman assault infantry! Besides, at such a close distance, the attack power of the flying axe is even stronger than that of a bow and arrow!

"One, two, three - throw !!"

As soon as the commander gave the order, the flying axe in his hand was thrown out fiercely, and behind him, countless flying axes fell like an ordinary downpour!

At close range, the lethality of the axe is amazing! The hundreds of lightly armed soldiers in the front row suddenly fell down with a wail, and the sword and shield soldiers behind them saw that their comrades were dead in the blink of an eye, and the morale that had just been raised collapsed like snowmelt, and they trembled with fear!

"Damn it! Damn it, damn it, hoplites! Send hoplites forward! ”

At that time, seeing that the enemy's lethality was so amazing, and that he had abolished his small half of his combat power in a single look, Count Connell immediately changed his face and shouted eagerly.

As a result, the hoplites wearing chain mail, who had a total of 500 people, silently picked up their weapons, and replaced the already precarious sword and shield soldiers at the first time, temporarily stabilizing the first line of defense.

Next, it's time for flesh and steel to collide.