The cavalry charge repeated three times, and more than thirty Rhodok soldiers fell under their charge, and under the constant fire of Rhodok sergeants and crossbowmen, the cavalry who launched the charge soon lost more than a dozen men, and the number of soldiers who fell from their horses was no less than that.

Svadia's heavy cavalry was well equipped and in a better position when charging, so only two were dismounted.

Most of the casualties were mercenaries.

Among them, naturally, Byron's peony cavalry, rushed down two or three times, and at least five hired riders fell off their horses.

Seeing the cavalry in front of him charging there, Byron's heart was also aching.

He put more than half of the cavalry, especially the old ones who had followed him before, under the command of the baron, who did not seem to care about the lives of the mercenaries.

At the baron's orders, the infantry also began to move forward, attracting fire and charging the opposing formation head-on. And standing at the forefront is still the elite of mercenaries.

The baron naturally had his own considerations, and he didn't want to waste his soldiers and the count's soldiers on this, but this kind of behavior did make the mercenary leaders a little dissatisfied.

The cavalry charge was effective, and Rhodok's phalanx had broken into one corner, and a gap had appeared in the other. However, the ratio of two for one, or infantry for cavalry, how can it be earned on the other side.

"Fatis, Kenrad, you take the rest of the cavalry and get ready, and when the infantry passes, attack their flanks."

"Bandak, Desaivi, bow and arrow suppression, don't stop. Even if you can't shoot them, you have to suppress their spirit!

"Alleyne, you come with me, let's attack together. I trust you enough to keep me safe. ”

Byron gave the order, which was slightly in conflict with the baron's previous order, but he would not let his soldiers be consumed in front of him.

He changed his tactics appropriately, which was the experience he had learned from studying the biographies and military books he had been studying for some time, and it was also a summary of the experience of previous battles.

Compared with the young man who didn't know anything at the beginning and relied almost entirely on his subordinates when fighting, Byron now has the temperament of a commander and leader in a real sense. Observe the situation, think about tactics, give orders, and do it in one go.

Fatis nodded, and Alleyne was even more proud of Byron's previous words. Kenrad whistled, and the mercenary cavalry and Salander riders behind him immediately drew their sabers and followed in his footsteps.

Bandak set the strings of the crossbow and walked to the front of the line with dozens of crossbowmen with Desaivi, holding their shields and moving forward.

Byron was not ahead of the group, for he did not dare to use his armor to test the true power of the Rhodok siege crossbow.

Don't dare, he kept pulling his throat and constantly encouraging the soldiers around him, and asked John next to him to hold the spear with the peony flag high, so that hundreds of soldiers could see him and know that he was beside them.

The cavalry that had previously charged Rhodok's army was not as fast as before, and their horses were a little overwhelmed by the heavy burden. They began to run in the direction of the flank, ready to strike the deadliest blow with the infantry.

"Attack!"

The baron's banner waved, and Byron drew his sword and shouted the order.

The cavalry of the Peony mercenaries began to speed up, and the infantry also rushed towards the turtle shell phalanx under the rain of arrows of the Rhodok crossbowmen.

Bandak, along with the guerrilla archers and hired archers, fired the bolts within fifty paces, so that the bolts could be more damaging, piercing through the scales and chain mail of the Rhodok soldiers, and inflicting maximum damage on the Rhodok crossbowmen in thick cotton armor.

The women of the battalion, under the cover of the infantry in front, rushed to a distance of thirty paces from the opponent's formation and fired crossbow arrows. Most of their crossbows are improved versions of hunting crossbows, and it is only at this distance that it is possible to shoot through the chain mail.

These two rounds of crossbow arrows are quite dense and not badly powerful, but for the Rhodok spearmen with tall and broad shields, the damage of these bolts is not obvious. Only a few crossbowmen, who fell under the sniping of Bandak and Desaivi.

In the exchange of arrows from both sides, the soldiers on both sides suffered considerable casualties. However, it is clear that at the same rate, the mercenary forces on the Svadia side suffered greater losses. , twice as much as the other side.

The mercenary and Swadian infantry and light infantry in the first row of the line rushed forward with shouts, brandishing their swords and hammers, some of them armed with javelins and throwing axes, and desperately hurled these throwing weapons at the Rhodok spearmen on the opposite side as they approached the opposing formation.

However, because of the shield protection, the spearmen did not take any noticeable damage. At the sound of commands with a southern accent, the phalanx, which had been somewhat loose, stabilized again, and rows of spears stabbed out with the powerful arms of the spearmen.

Many of the mercenaries and Svadia soldiers at the forefront of the charge were stabbed with spears, and in a cry of pain, sharp spears pierced through the gaps between their armor, piercing their chain mail and soft armor, and digging into their muscles.

The mercenaries' weapons smashed against the shields, and many spearmen were forced to retreat and even throw away their spears. But the shield is on their arm, and the soldiers behind them will also press against their bodies. So no matter how their bodies retreated, as long as the formation did not disperse, their defensive line remained strong.

The spears of the second row were also swung from above, and these spears with blades were like machetes, slashing at the armor of those soldiers, and if not cutting through, they could cause severe bruises and even fractures.

At this time, Byron also led the rest of the soldiers with Alleyne to charge, and they followed in the footsteps of the previous cavalry and rushed to the flank of the phalanx, which had been crushed by the heavy cavalry charge.

The horses began to neigh, and Byron, armed with spears and spears, brandished sabers and swords, and dozens of horsemen smashed into the phalanx like hammers.

Perhaps the well-trained Rhodok soldiers could hold steady under the siege of enemy infantry three times their size, but when there was a gap in the formation, and they were rushed by horses with thick horse armor and high-speed charges, and heavy cavalry with equally armed lances and spears, even they instinctively feared.

Aren's moonblade axe slashed through a Rhodoc spearman, and his horse slammed into it with the spear's sting.

The two spearmen were knocked to the ground, and the rest of the cavalry, who had not been stabbed and dismounted, followed through the gap, using their long-pole weapons to pick up more Rhodok soldiers.

Byron brandished a banner with a peony mark, while Fatis and Kenrad, who had already rushed to the flank, also led their cavalry to turn around, formed a tight charging formation, and crashed headlong into the gap in the phalanx on the flank.