The forward forces of both sides fought for almost an hour in the only wasteland suitable for cavalry fighting in the vicinity, and for most of the time they were chasing each other until reinforcements were sent in to drive the chasing side away. All of the light cavalry under Count Mateas had been thrown into the battle, and Byron had already thrown 200 soldiers into it. If the soldiers from both sides who were involved in this scout battle were thrown into the same baron battle that Byron had participated in, either side could be easily defeated.

And in this campaign, they were only used to test the vanguard of the opposing army.

With the sound of the horn, from the other side of the horizon, nearly a thousand cavalry converged into an unstoppable torrent. The cavalrymen in the front row, all with their rifles in their hands, rushed towards Rhodok's forward troops.

Faced with a killing formation of hundreds of cavalry spears, those Rhodok cavalry wisely chose to retreat and fled to their own formation.

The heavy cavalry, too, under the command of the banner and the horn, gradually slowed down, and finally stopped not far from Rolf and them.

Byron walked to the front of the group and observed the terrain, as well as the formation and size of the team.

Count Mateas's banner fluttered high in the air, and the original lord's flying snake banner was erected at the back of the formation. As the scouts say, this force numbered more than 4,000 people and gathered at the edge of the forest. However, from the front, their formation is not neatly arranged, and the soldiers are poorly equipped. However, the knights of Suno, claiming that this was a common tactic of the Rhodoks, deliberately reduced the forces in the front, and placed the repulsion horses and elite troops in the rear and flanks.

In that case, when the Swadia cavalry and infantry broke through the frontal line, they would find that there were horses and a large number of crossbowmen in front of them to intercept the horses. And when they retreated, the elite troops of Rhodok on both sides would quickly break through the flank offensive and outflank the Swadia army, which had penetrated too deeply.

After Rhodok's independence, Swadia's army invaded Rhodok on a large scale, only to be besieged by the arrogance of the marshal at the time, and thousands of chainmail knights were surrounded by armed farmers and mountain people, unable to move and suffer heavy losses.

"It's tricky."

Byron couldn't help but sigh.

This battlefield was deliberately chosen by Count Mateas, and if it were attacked from the front, it would be in the kind of crisis that the Knight of Suno had said before. However, if an attack were launched from both sides, it would be difficult to defeat the elite troops guarding the flanks, without thinking that the other side would definitely strengthen the defenses, and the woodland would reduce the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

"We can pin down their wings and break straight from the front. As long as we move fast enough, we can break through the middle and break them. ”

A knight from Suno suggested to Byron.

"But with this tactic, there is often another phalanx behind the frontal troops, and it will be difficult for us to break through there. I think it's better for us to concentrate on breaking through from one side. "Fatis also put forward his own opinion, advocating a breakthrough from the flank. His thoughts are actually relatively close to that of the knight in Suno, both of which are to give full play to the charging ability of the heavy cavalry to break the opponent's weak points while holding back the opponent's formation.

"We can also go around behind them and attack them, but we may not have enough troops to contain the entire frontal battlefield, especially if some people are not ready to fight."

Rolf squinted at the Uxhall knights and officers who were riding on horses and holding their heads high not far away, and seemed to have nothing to do with the battle, and said with some dissatisfaction.

"So, what was your decision?"

The crowd looked at Byron, the commander, and waited for him to give the order.

Frankly, Byron still had little experience in commanding, especially for the first time in a force of this size with allies participating.

Fortunately, the people around him are happy to give him their own suggestions, and he has a lot of plans to refer to. And it's hard to win with a head-on attack, so he can just give up the idea of losing a wave of flat A.

He began to distribute his troops, and determined the position and direction of attack for each unit.

The knights took the order and rushed back to their positions and asked them to take out their armor and equip themselves. Some of the noble cavalry and heavy infantry needed the help of others, and let the retinue help them put on the armor with three layers of protection inside and out, and then put the horse armor on the horse. As for the retinue, they wore only a soft armor and helmet, and their weapons and shields were clumsy, and they would only be allowed to enter the battlefield when it was time to clear the battlefield.

Crossbowmen also began to change their equipment and wind their arrows. However, unlike the armor that only wears on the battlefield, these crossbowmen have well-maintained crossbows and are kept in a state where they can shoot at any time. They will stand at the front of the line in separate columns. The spearmen stood behind them, holding Rhodoc-style broad shields, and when they had finished their first shot, the heavy infantry would come forward to protect them and set up a phalanx of spears.

The equipment was changed before the war, and the way of fighting in formation was somewhat different from the battles that Byron had experienced before, and it was far from the medieval battles he had known about before he traveled through the film and television dramas. But Byron had to admit that wearing heavy equipment for long periods of time did take a toll on the soldiers. And even the Rhodok troops, who had been waiting for them here for a long time, changed their equipment when the scouts were engaged.

Rhodok took advantage of this opportunity to harass with cavalry, and Byron's light cavalry troops immediately counterattacked. In fact, this gap before the battle between the two armies has become the main battlefield for the forward troops. Once victorious, you can harass the enemy to a certain extent, affecting the opponent's preparation progress.

Byron now understands the meaning of the raid better, the armed strength of the troops on the march is very low, once the raid is successful by the prepared troops, both the equipment and the formation will be at a disadvantage, and the morale will naturally collapse quickly.

Artiman also had the engineers assemble the catapults as quickly as possible, removing the shields from the wagons to reveal the vehicle-mounted ballistas underneath.

The ranks were gradually forming, the infantry was already in formation, and the cavalry on both flanks were divided into different ranks, ready to attack.

The battle between the two fronts was also divided at this time, and Byron's forces, with superior cavalry strength, defeated the light cavalry of Rhodok and the noble cavalry, and took control of this area in the middle of the battlefield. However, by this time the formation of Rhodok's army had been arranged, and it had advanced some distance, which made it impossible for these light cavalry to take advantage. So they retreated and joined the cavalry on both flanks.

Patches of trumpets sounded, and the soldiers under Byron's command moved their steps towards the opposing line.