Chapter Thirty-Six: Change of Formation! Blade Formation!
Gavin also saw the wavering of Allen's front, but it was already beyond his expectations. Allen's Macedonian phalanx exceeded Jiawen's expectations, in Jiawen's expectations, these thousand cavalry should let the other party send their heavy cavalry, and then there will be a wave of cavalry exchanges, but I didn't expect the other party to rely on the phalanx to resist.
In Jiawen's experience, even with his thousand cavalry, it was more than enough to break through the defense line of the phalanx. The cavalry charged into battle, how could there be a 1:1 casualty ratio! These thousand cavalry didn't care even in the face of 3,000 heavily armed soldiers.
However, he didn't expect that his heavy cavalry would be resisted, and looking at the lethality and defense of that phalanx, this round of cavalry shock infantry did not have any advantage.
The first wave of 500 cavalry crashed directly into the spears of the phalanx, and even if they could survive, they would break their tendons and fractures, completely lose their combat effectiveness, and even don't know if they can survive for the rest of their lives. And the second wave of five hundred cavalry was not much better than the first, although it broke through the line, but the imaginary slaughter did not come, but there was a line of defense after the line.
The peculiarity of the Macedonian phalanx lies in this, as long as it is not attacked from behind the flanks, the front is invincible! Even in the event of the collapse of the previous column, each of the later columns will be able to form a new front. That is, each column of soldiers is a line of defense.
Although the second wave broke through the phalanx, it was only the first and second columns, and the soldiers in the third and fourth columns still maintained the formation, maintaining a six-meter-long spear forest. Even the knight's three-meter-long cavalry spear could not touch these warriors, not to mention that after the cavalry spear was damaged, he could only rely on the knight's sword, which was less than two meters? The restraint of the Mao soldiers against the cavalry was perfectly reflected after the cavalry lost speed.
The second wave of 500 cavalry was quickly dismounted. Not even holding out for a few minutes to get Gavin's second cavalry to catch up with the reinforcements was not enough.
Gavin looked at Allen's re-established defense, and then at the thousand-man knights he had just prepared. Shook his head helplessly, it was too late, it was impossible to take advantage of the chaos to expand the results.
Now the only way is to do it all over again. Besides, I don't believe he still has such an elite phalanx of spears.
Jiawen was right, after the first round of cavalry baptism, although Allen's phalanx infantry still maintained the battle line, they no longer had the combat strength to resist the second cavalry charge.
Supported by Allen's 3,000 heavily armed men, the 1,000-strong Isis phalanx infantry withdrew from the first front, gathered the soldiers who had not been scattered by cavalry, and reformed the phalanx.
However, such a passive beating situation is definitely not what Allen wants to see, with the impact of the previous 1,000 cavalry, it is difficult for the new 3,000 heavily armed soldiers to withstand it.
How do you take the initiative? Alan frowned, thinking quickly about the chips in his hand.
"Lord Duke, another cavalry team of 1,000 people is coming!" Guy reminded next to Alan.
Alan was reminded by Guy and looked intently, and sure enough, Gavin's second round of cavalry charge began.
"Inform Leon and let him bring those noble knights to the top for me!" Alan quickly gave the order. At this time, Lyon's thousand heavy cavalry could no longer remain in his hands.
Since the cavalry can't beat the opponent, then hand-to-hand combat! At the same time, Allen ordered the entire army to move forward, compressing the space for the enemy cavalry to charge. "Give Hannibal an order to take the heavy cavalry, abandon the cavalry, and wrap me around the opponent's right flank!" The flanks, or the flanks, whoever gets the flanks, gets the victory.
Hannibal, a bearded middle-aged man in his thirties, received an order from Allen at this moment to quickly command the heavy cavalry to circle and advance towards Gavin's flank.
Allen's actions quickly fell into Gavin's eyes, but they didn't bother Gavin very much. Gavin immediately sent a thousand noble cavalry, led by the Duke of Lorraine, to block Hannibal's detour.
Once again, a clash broke out between the two sides, with a thousand men led by Leon and the knights of Gavin meeting in the center of the battlefield, while Hannibal and the Duke of Lorraine also fought on the left side of the battlefield.
Alan can no longer stand on the command podium and pay attention to the battlefield at the moment, and as his entire battle line moves forward, he must also move forward, otherwise it is easy to miss any change in the battlefield.
So Alan and Guy's guard, with Fiona and a limp Victoria, followed behind the reserve and marched forward at the same time.
"Your Highness, the other party has attacked!" The attendant beside him said to Jiawen, who was standing on the temporary slope and did notice the movement of the Allen Front. After bowing his head and thinking for a while, Jiawen also ordered: "The whole army advances!"
The two fronts on the battlefield were slowly approaching under the command of the commander, but just as the two fronts were about to reach the range of engagement, Alan spoke.
"Change formation! Blade Array!" I saw that the army quickly changed from the original long snake formation, and the original Essis phalanx infantry in the middle was one step behind, filled by Leonardo's Essis assault soldiers, and the two flanks were covered by the infantry of the Essis legion. Two thousand heavily armed soldiers were wrapped in the center of the entire formation, while the retreating Essis phalanx infantry landed last.
Like sharp arrows, the Arrow Formation is a highly offensive formation. The reason why Eren relied on this formation was because of Allen's confidence in the attack power of the Essis assault soldiers and the defense of the infantry of the Essis Legion. The whole set of formations pays attention to the method of breaking through the center and blooming on all sides. With the powerful assault ability of the Essis assault soldiers, as long as they tear through the opponent's defense line, and then the two thousand heavily armed soldiers in the formation can instantly expand the results!
"Damn it! What's going on!" The side that was about to go to war actually changed its formation, and even Gavin couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Allen's actions. It is extremely dangerous to change formations in battle. Simply changing formations is not a simple matter, especially when it comes to a large army of thousands of people.
This is also because this is an army trained by Allen himself, and the formation has been practiced many times in peacetime, so Allen dares to take such a risk. If it's those aristocratic hoplites, don't even think about it.
In short, in just a few minutes, Allen completed the change of formation, and thousands of troops formed a huge arrow, and before Gavin could react, a thousand Essis assault soldiers led by Leonardo slammed into Gavin's line.
Leonardo, the leader, was dressed in bright blood-red armor, like a demon crawling out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and shouted wildly, "For Ouranos!" For Essis!" and other slogans, waving the chain hammer in his hand, and smashing the hammer on the heavily armed Mao soldier in front of him. The heavy soldier's chest was smashed out of the hole and flew out.
Seeing the brave performance of the corps commander, the surrounding assault soldiers also rose bravely, constantly flying the chain hammer in their hands, smashing the heads of the enemies one by one, breaking the blood flow, and the brains were concurrent. The characteristics of the hammer greatly weaken the defensive efficiency of the shield, and often those heavily armed soldiers put up the shield in their hands, and the hammer will pass over the shield and directly hit the head or body.
Allen's Essis Assault was worthy of being an offensive force that Allen had given high hopes for, and like a knife cutting through butter, the Arrow Array was like a real sharp arrow, quickly penetrating the first layer of Jiawen's defense.
At this moment, Jiawen could no longer sit still, and quickly ordered the soldiers on both flanks to encircle Allen's troops. As long as they can complete the encirclement before Allen can successfully cut through Gavin's formation, he can trap Allen in the middle.
And in order to deal with Allen's powerful offensive, Gavin finally sacrificed the elite he valued the most - the Northland Tomahawks. That's right, it's the Moslian Empire's famous Northland Tomahawks!
I saw Jiawen clench the spear in his hand and shouted: "Soldiers! It's time to make a difference! Let the blood of the enemy stain our robes red! Let the enemy's head be our urinal!"
The thousand-strong Northland tomahawks roared at the same time, and the roar instantly overshadowed the noisy battlefield. Under the leadership of Jiawen, these 1,000-strong Northland tomahawks rushed to the battlefield like tigers descending from the mountain!