Chapter 270: Ambush of the French Knights
The Eastern Han peasant army was fighting a fierce battle with the European knights, and the Eastern Han peasant army, which was cornered, resisted stubbornly, and Zhang Dao single-handedly blocked the attack of the three European lords, which had reached the limit.
The spear of Liu Zongmin, the general of the King of Chuang, pierced the whole body armor of the Teutonic knight, and the plate armor was dented, but it was difficult to break through the defense.
Even so, the Teutonic knight was wounded by the impact of the spear, and with a muffled grunt, he almost fell off his horse.
The Teutonic knight swung his knight's sword, but was blocked by Liu Zongmin with an iron spear, and sporadic sparks flew up.
On the opposite side is a hero of the Knights, equivalent to the military generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
A pair of murderous eyes stared at this military general from the east through the tiny cracks in the armor of his body.
As a military general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Zongmin had never had any experience in fighting with a plate armor knight, and he had no way to start facing a knight covered in steel armor. The Plate Knights of the Teutonic Order were also fighting the Eastern generals for the first time, and they were both curious and eager to kill the enemy in front of them.
The two have similar strength, but the Plate Knight Hero has a high-cost full-body armor, and Liu Zongmin is difficult to break through. If he had a blunt object in his hand, maybe it would have been easier.
"What kind of iron monster is this?!"
Liu Zongmin and the Plate Knight Hero fought in the chaotic army, and they fought several times in a row.
The plate knights of the Teutonic Order galloped through the peasant army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the peasant army, which lacked armor, was unilaterally harvested.
"It seems that I can only abandon the army and flee."
Zhang Dao saw that the peasant army was fighting separately, and his generals Liu Zongmin and Zhang Bao were also unable to return to the sky, so they had the idea of retreating.
He had no pity for the fallen soldiers.
The peasant army he brought from the Eastern Han Dynasty was only 10,000, and the remaining 200,000 troops were all strong men recruited on the battlefield of the national war. Moreover, Zhang Dao has seen too many such scenes. As soon as he succeeded, he would only become more and more indifferent to the casualties.
On the opposite side are regular knights, and the strength advantage of the peasant army lacking armor is difficult to play, Liu Zongmin and Zhang Bao are still fighting hard, but it is of little significance.
"Soon the enemy army will be destroyed, and victory belongs to God."
"A lord who is not in the top three in the Eastern Han Dynasty needs us to join forces to defeat. If any of us fought it alone, would we be able to win? ”
The three great lords of England, France, and Germany overlook the dense battlefield from a high vantage point. They had hundreds of knights on their side, not yet in battle.
Although the three of them defeated Zhang Dao, they knew that the three great lords could only suppress one of the other lords by joining forces. Zhang Dao's peasant army could drown out any of their legions, and this was the advantage in strength.
Each High Lord has their own unique tactics or special classes.
"But unfortunately, no matter what, his legion is already in our pocket, and we divide its population equally."
"He's still dying."
Zhang Dao's Eastern Han peasant army was still constantly depleting the opposing horsemen.
In Zhang Dao's opinion, as long as the knights on the opposite side are exhausted, even if all the 200,000 peasant troops are killed!
He's lost his mind a bit.
Just as the situation turned in the direction of the Eurolegion, the flank of the Eurolegion was suddenly struck, and the low-ranking units on the flank collapsed, affecting the knights in the middle.
"What's going on?!"
The three major European lords looked to the flank, only to see a cavalry with white horses and white robes appearing, and several red dragon battle flags were hunting because of the galloping war horses!
This is the legion of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
"How could there be other Eastern Han legions nearby? What are the Rangers doing? ”
"Reserves, go to support the flanks immediately!"
"Oh God, it's good that we still have a reserve."
The three major European lords were not good at stubble, and they set aside a reserve of eight thousand men in advance in case of contingencies.
Dozens of plate knights led a group of cavalry and low-ranking infantry to block the Eastern Han reinforcements.
Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, and Li Guang drove the light cavalry to arrive, and almost at the same time, they bent their bows and arrows, and used superb cavalry archery to give the opponent a round of arrow rain blows, reaping the lives of hundreds of low-level troops.
Then thousands of light cavalry drew their sabers and cut into the opponent's unsuspecting infantry phalanx!
The horse's hooves are raised high, trampling the infantry and archers under the horses' hooves!
The infantry and archers who lacked time to turn were unable to resist in the face of the galloping light cavalry, and Zhao Yun, who took the lead, stabbed the infantry in front of him, easily stabbed the enemy to death, and broke seven rows of infantry in a row!
Hakuba followed closely behind, shooting arrows on horseback and shooting enemy troops along the way.
Zhao Yun has the white horse to cover him, and he is like a broken bamboo in the enemy formation!
It wasn't until a dozen plate knights appeared that Zhao Yun's offensive was contained.
"This is what the lord called a full-body plate knight?"
Zhao Yun was besieged by the plate knights, and in the face of a group of iron cans, the attack was not very smooth.
All the vital points of the Plate Knight were obscured by steel plates.
More than a dozen plate knights found that Zhao Yun was not familiar with their armor, and recklessly pulled out their knightly swords to attack Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun let out a loud shout, exerted all his strength, held the gun in both hands, and stabbed the head of one of the plate knights with all his might!
The knight's sword was smashed open by the red tassel spear, and the tip of the spear smashed into his helmet!
The powerful impact force made the plate knight concuss, and Zhao Yun didn't care whether he was killed or not, another shot smashed!
A knight with a noble identity who used a high price to create full-body plate armor was killed by Zhao Yun with absolute force!
Xue Rengui is similar to Zhao Yun, his armor-piercing ability is stronger, and he also has an emperor-level weapon, Fang Tian's halberd can smash the plate armor knight into a stun, or pierce the plate armor.
Li Guang used an armor-piercing heavy arrow to shoot through the plate armor at a distance of ten meters!
The Plate Knight looked at the heavy arrow that had sunk into the plate armor, and his consciousness gradually blurred.
The indestructible Plate Knight was quickly wiped out by three fierce generals.
When the knight's retinue saw that their master was killed, the army's spirit was shaken and they involuntarily retreated.
The death of the plate armor knight made the morale of the Eastern Han reinforcements great, and the white horse retainers, archers, and servant cavalry chiseled through the opponent's flank and approached the Chinese army!
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry was late, and immediately tore a hole from the other direction after entering the battlefield, they were oriental-style armor-piercing heavy cavalry, and the cost of armor was less than that of full-body armor, but it was better to build it in large quantities!
Huaxiong's Xiliang Iron Cavalry galloped, as seventh-order cavalry, they made the lords of Europe feel the power of the Eastern Heavy Cavalry for the first time!
The loose spear townsmen were weak against the resistance of the heavy cavalry, and the formation was quickly overwhelmed by the torrent of steel!
"Flank broken!"
The three European lords witnessed the defeat of the reserves and fell into panic. They no longer have the strength to block the Eastern Han reinforcements!
"Withdraw!"
In order to prevent the annihilation of the army, the three lords finally chose to withdraw their troops.
The knights and retinue withdrew like a tidal wave.
"I still have reinforcements...... Whose legion is this? ”
Zhang Dao suffered heavy losses but survived, and when he saw the familiar flag, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Zhang Bao, Liu Zongmin, give me a counterattack!"
Zhang Dao ordered a counterattack, and the remaining Eastern Han peasant army perked up a little and pursued the noble knights.
By the time the reinforcements crush the flanks, the winner is decided!
Joan of Arc led the French knights to protect the lord's retreat. The Teutonic Knights suffered even more heavy losses and left under the leadership of the Grand Master.
Xue Rengui, Li Guang, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong and others pursued and killed in the rear, and cooperated with Zhang Bao, Liu Zongmin and other rogue generals to completely destroy the European coalition forces of the three lords, and at least tens of thousands of European legions died in this battle!
The three major European lords did not expect to win first and then lose, and they retreated in a hurry. If a soldier dies, he can recruit again, but if a hero is killed or captured, it is a huge loss for his own civilization.
Joan of Arc, Edward the Black Prince, and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights protected their lords from escaping, and as long as the lords and heroes were present, the losses were not great.
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"Zhang Dao and the three European lords have surpassed me in points, and the battle between them must be very fierce."
Chu Tian, who was ambushing the European Lords in the rear, yawned, and he could see that the first to fourth places on the leaderboard were Zhang Dao and the three European Lords respectively, indicating that the battle between them was extremely fierce, and both sides lost a large number of soldiers.
Chu Tian is not in a hurry, he has already led more than 10,000 people to ambush on a retreat of the enemy army, just see who is so unlucky, crashing headlong into Chu Tian's ambush circle.
Generally speaking, each lord pays attention to sending scout cavalry to scout, and the probability of a successful ambush is very low.
But if Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang and others and Zhang Dao's peasant army defeated the European coalition forces, and the other party fled the battlefield in a hurry and had no time to reconnoitre, then the success rate of the ambush would be greatly improved.
A war eagle landed on Mulan's arm, and Mulan came to report: "Lord, a rout army is approaching!" ”
"Prepare for an ambush, wait for the enemy to pass halfway, and cut off the waist!"
More than 10,000 soldiers and horses were ambushed in the dense forest.
The French lord led the elite of thousands of people to flee in the direction of Chutian's ambush, and he fled separately from the lords of England and Germany, making it difficult for Xue Rengui and others to divide their troops to pursue.
"That Eastern Han cavalry has generals who can easily kill the plate knights, it must be the hero of the top three lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty, otherwise it can't be explained!"
The Lord of France knows how high the defense of the knight lord with full body plate armor is, and dozens of knights with full body armor were killed by the opponent's fierce generals not long after the battle, which shows the high strength of the other party.
Joan of Arc followed, and the battle flag was stained red with blood.
As long as the legendary heroes of France are not captured, then all losses are not a problem.
"I only took 10,000 people to the national war, and when I return to France, I will soon be able to get replenishment!"
The French lord didn't care too much about the defeat, his real loss was only a few thousand, and the rewards obtained in the national war could make up for the loss of thousands.
The remnants of the French legion under his leadership entered the ambush circle of Chutian.
Joan of Arc held a battle flag in her hand and looked around, and she suddenly had a hint of uneasiness.
Not only her, but the entire French army was faintly suppressed by the characteristics of "Heavenly Khan" and "Catherine the Great", and their breathing was so rapid.
"It must be my delusion."
The French generals and soldiers thought that they were being chased by the enemy, resulting in the grass and trees.
When the French army was halfway over, a rain of arrows rose from the sky, falling down the parabola and shooting the defeated French soldiers!
"Assault the enemy!"
Mulan's cavalry rushed out and attacked the French legion from the rear!
Ahead is Li Xiuning's women's army!
The Women's Army is a high-level infantry, armed with a three-meter-long spear, forming an ironclad phalanx of spears, cooperating with Mulan's cavalry to flank the French legion!
The French soldiers fell one after another under the rain of arrows from the Shooting Battalion, and in the face of the dense rain of arrows, even the shield-wielding infantry could hardly resist except for the well-armored knights.
"Lord Protection!"
Joan of Arc held a square shield and dozens of knights to protect the French lord, braving the rain of arrows to attack Li Xiuning's women's army.
The knights also have their own vassals, who follow the saints, and rush against the women's army in waves, trying to fight their way out!
Because of Joan of Arc's influence, the French soldiers fell into a frenzy and regarded death as home!
Li Xiuning also inspired his army, and the two female generals competed with each other and engaged in a tug-of-war!
Le Yi led 2,000 heavy infantry and foot knights to support Li Xiuning, trying to block Joan of Arc's legions!
However, the greater the pressure, the more high-spirited the French soldiers became, and dozens of knights almost cut through the formation of the women's army!
"This is supposed to be a French legion...... The fighting will of that small group of knights is really tenacious. I knew that I would have left a fierce future to deal with them. ”
Chu Tian, who was watching the battle from a high place, could see that the knights led by Joan of Arc were about to cover her lord's breakthrough, and couldn't help but regret that he didn't take Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang and other fierce generals with him, otherwise he could go and intercept them.
When the French knights were about to break through the formation of the Lady Army, Le Yi's heavy infantry arrived and stabbed the knight off his horse with a spear longer than the Lady Army!
Joan of Arc was still fighting desperately in the face of the heavy infantry, blood splattered on her armor.
No matter how strong an individual's ability is, it will not help in the face of the constant influx of enemies.
"Protect the lord, leave!"
Joan of Arc did everything she could to give her lord a chance to escape!
"A nice woman. It's a pity that we are enemies. ”
Li Xiuning couldn't help but admire a military general like Joan of Arc, just like she appreciated the cool summer in Xia Cheng.
But appreciation is appreciation, Li Xiuning and Xia Liang belonged to the same camp at the beginning, and now she and Joan of Arc are hostile camps, and they will still start.
She took her bow and arrow from behind her and aimed it at Joan of Arc, who was fighting hard.
"Miss Li, the lord asks to capture her alive."
Le Yi stopped Li Xiuning, who tried to shoot Joan of Arc.
Li Xiuning put down her bow and arrows: "Can you keep her?" ”
"Other people's infantry may not be able to, but mine can."
Behind the temple of Joan of Arc, Le Yi's heavy infantry swarmed up and cut off the horse's legs!
The horse stumbled, and the hero Joan of Arc of France fell from her horse and was captured alive by Le Yi's infantry!
The lord of France escaped because of Joan of Arc's protection, and there were only a dozen knights left by his side.
"No!"
Although the French lord escaped, he was hysterical, and the most legendary heroine of France was surrounded by Eastern Han soldiers, and her life and death were unknown! The generals he relied on the most are gone!