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At that time, the angry and thick-skinned boar smashed through the dense array of soldiers' ultra-long spears, regardless of the blood pouring down his body, and crushed several soldiers into broken sacks with a force that was not inferior to that of a war horse.

Thus, the little Count Tang had an inspiration.

But there can't be so many wild boars in Desmond's territory, and even if there are, how can they be brought to the battlefield? Therefore, he needs a kind of animal that is usually honest and gentle, but once the fire is started, it is also unstoppable, and more, at least the same rough-skinned and thick-skinned beast, that is, the cow.

Fire Bull = Wild Boar = War Horse.

But it is not easy to control where the ox rushes, after all, the ox is not a war horse, and the ox has not undergone any training.

So, after several drills, of course, the cattle were not lit, the Count Don finally came up with the perfect idea, which was to use a red cloth.

It's like a Spanish bullfighter, as long as a red cloth is propped up, the ox will run straight to the red cloth as if it is crazy, and it will not react at all when it is cut by a sword or stabbed by a knife, and they will keep running until the blood runs out.

As soon as the dried straw on the ox was set on fire, the hussar immediately put down the red cloth in his hand, and ran forward with his life on the horse, and the fire ox was like a race to chase behind, as long as the fire ox ran up, then it was not so easy for them to stop.

However, even with such a setup, it is inevitable that there will be fire bulls that do not keep up with the formation and run around and finally crash back into place - in fact, Earl Don released a total of five hundred fire oxen, and in the end there were about thirty or forty of his own - but! But in any case, it is better to be hit by thirty or forty oxen than to be hit head-on by two hundred heavily armed knights with a total weight of half a ton!

"All of them have -- stand upright! Pinzi array, crossbowman in front, quick! ”

Seeing that the fire bull array's blow worked, Count Tang Xiao blushed with excitement, and shouted in such a loud voice, abolish Duke Ed's cavalry, he has already won half of it!

The so-called pinzi array, as the name suggests, is to form three formations arranged in a zigzag formation, the super-long pikemen of Count Xiao Tang have eleven people in each squad, and there are five such squads in a column, and then there are four rows in depth, there are 220 super pikemen in such a formation, and then 100 sword and shield soldiers are placed on the left and right wings as guards. Crossbowmen, on the other hand, stand at the front of the line and can fire suppressively while pursuing, and once the enemy infantry charges, they can immediately run to the middle of the pins and shoot again in this place.

In fact, this formation of the Count of Little Tang already has the style of the early Swiss mercenaries, and the early Swiss mercenaries stood alone in Europe with such a zigzag formation, and in the Battle of Nancy in 1477, they not only completely defeated the army of the Duchy of Burgundy that dominated Western Europe at that time, but even cut off the head of the Duke "Charles the Bold" with a halberd.

However, when the Swiss mercenaries adopted this formation, their lines were wider, their depth was shallower, and they were surrounded not only by sword and shield soldiers, but also by light cavalry. But Count Don, he doesn't have enough light cavalry, and he doesn't have enough confidence, you know, half a step beyond the times is a genius, and one step beyond the times is a madman! Besides, can the array hundreds of years later really kill all sides if it is now? Count Xiao Tang didn't dare to confirm this, so he could only be more conservative.

But, as it turns out, it's just the one that can kill all sides!

At that time, Duke Ed saw that Count Tang's super-long spearmen and spear formations were advancing in a dense formation, with neat steps and strict guns, as unshakable as a copper wall, and roaring like a monstrous wolf, his heart was almost desperate, he really couldn't think of how to deal with such an army, relying on the angels in the sky?

But eventually, as a good commander, he suppressed his fears and began to give the orders loudly: "Order, let all the hoplites come forward, prepare for the first wave of attacks, and then let the archers fire with all their might, without stopping for a second!"

The hoplites are actually soldiers who wear chain mail and have undergone very, very rigorous training, they are generally extremely strong in combat, and because they wear chain mail, their defense is not bad - in fact, they are almost comparable to the knights who dismount!

Therefore, such hoplites are also extremely expensive, and usually Duke Ed is reluctant to go to battle, but uses them as his own Praetorian Guard. But right now, the situation has reached this point, and it's too late to go to the battlefield!

A total of 300 hoplites were thrown into the front line, and these armored men with greatswords in their hands immediately settled the whole army - by means of bloody human heads and blood-stained swords.

I have to say that Duke Ed has a level in the end, and it is quite difficult for the pikemen to break through the hoplites, because of the weight of the pikes, the pikemen can't run at all, and they can't pierce the armor of the hoplites, while the hoplites can calmly cut off the super-pikes with their giant swords, and then approach the pikemen with a sword in two.

However, the sword and shield soldiers arranged on both sides of the pikemen appeared for this time!

At that time, seeing that the hoplites on the opposite side had already rushed up, the sword and shield soldiers immediately formed a double formation according to their usual training, and lined up in front of the super-long pikemen - this front was not too far, about four meters away from the first row, and two meters from the second row, just within the range of the spearmen of the super-long pikemen.

As for the super-long spearmen, in fact, the six-meter super-long spear is quite difficult to control, especially when advancing the first column of the super-long spear, although Count Xiao Tang has added an iron sheet to the middle of the super-long spear to reinforce, and also counterweight the tail of the super-long spear, but under the effect of gravity, the head of the spear will inevitably fall, so they must raise the super-long spear above their heads when they advance.

This is undoubtedly quite tiring, and now, due to the existence of sword and shield soldiers in front, these super long spearmen only need to put the super long guns on the shoulders of the sword and shield soldiers, and they only need to control the tail rod, which is much less effort. (That's what the real Swiss mercenary phalanx is.) ）

In the same way, although the hoplites are not afraid of the super-long spear, but the sword and shield soldiers shrink within the range of the super long spear, once the hoplites want to cut off the super long spear, the sword and shield soldiers will immediately seize the opportunity to stab the heavy infantry because of the flaws exposed by the sword, even if the hoplites can return to defense in time, then he will not dare to pursue, otherwise the head of the super long spear will go directly through his head, and there is no overcover on his head!

The battlefield is at a stalemate?

No, big mistake! Now it is the army of Count Xiao Tang advancing, they follow the pace, shouting one, two, one, and advancing in unison, while Duke Ed's army can only retreat step by step, and eventually the entire formation will be torn in half! Even if Duke Ed wants to attack from the flank, but at the other two ends of the pinzigzag, the other two extra-long pikemen phalanxes can support each other at any time, not to mention the crossbowmen hidden in the pinzig array, although their rate of fire is slow, but they don't consume strength at all! As long as they still have crossbow arrows on their bodies, they can shoot like this until they are old.

As for the archers, who were given high hopes by Duke Eddard, the pikemen only needed to shake the spear head in the air and keep making a circle, as we described in Chapter 31, to disrupt the arrows falling from the sky, causing them to lose their accuracy and then fall to the ground weakly.

Therefore, at this point, Duke Ed is left with only one last hope, the last trump card.

"Gather all the remaining cavalry, and we'll charge again, and we'll charge to the death."

Duke Ed turned back to the loyal knights beside him. The knights replied with a chest-stroking salute.

Soon, all the remaining cavalry, whether they were the surviving hoplites or the hussars, gathered together and waited for what might be the last charge of their lives.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Life and death, glory and wealth, all today! Forward, maybe there is still a glimmer of life, retreat, we will surely die! Charge, everyone! ”