"Brothers, victory is at hand, and Lord Byron has promised booty and reward. Offensive! Destroy them! ”

A simple and clear speech is the most appropriate mobilization word for these mercenaries.

Honor and riches, even the most valiant knights of Calradia could not refuse.

"Charge! For victory! For Byron! ”

The warriors raised their weapons and chanted Byron's name. They clamped their legs, and the blindfolded horses under their crotches neighed and let out heavy snorts, and began to run on all fours.

The shouts rang out in unison, and the dust from the horses' hooves flew into the air, obscuring the vision of those in the distance. The charge of nearly three hundred cavalry was visually striking, and fear spread rapidly among the conscripted spearmen and skilled spearmen of Rhodok's rear army when they turned to see the tall horses and rows of mounted spears.

They kept backing away, and their gun-wielding hands began to tremble. There were 150 skilled spearmen and 50 veteran spearmen to assist in the defense, but Count Mateas was forced to move them to other positions, and now the Count of Matas was forced to move them to other positions, and now the Count was full of militia and cheap mercenaries recruited by the Count from near the castle, and these soldiers were not equipped and morale to stop the charge of hundreds of heavy cavalry armed with mounted spears and taurets.

"We can't stop them..."

A recruit who had only received a total of 20 days of training trembled as he looked at the approaching heavy cavalry unit, and said to his comrades next to him in a trembling voice full of fear.

"I have a wife and children, and I don't want to die here."

The man next to him was also sweating at this time, and the back of his clothes was a little wet, even though the weather was completely cool at this time.

"Shut up! If you don't want to die, raise your spear and leave your back to the other party, and don't think that those northerners will let you go. ”

Under the roar of the sergeant, the recruited spearmen reluctantly formed a formation, raising their spears and preparing to meet the charge of the heavy cavalry ahead.

Some of the improvised horses were also fixed to the ground in front of the crossbowmen, to dampen the impact of the hoplites.

The figures of the heavy cavalry became clearer and clearer, and the sound of horses' hooves trampling the ground became louder and louder. The crossbowmen kept firing crossbow arrows at the heavily armed enemy and their horses in their coats, and they shot down about ten men, but they were nothing compared to the entire cavalry force to make them give up the idea of attacking. Those Rhodok spearmen prayed in their hearts for God's blessing, clenched their spears, ready to pierce at any moment.

The crossbowmen retreated, and the spearmen advanced a few steps, standing behind the horses with spears, forming a line of defense against the cavalry. Even the heavy cavalry and even the knightly troops of Svadia did not dare to easily attack the well-prepared spear position, which was a complete waste of the blood and lives of those warriors, and it was completely cost-effective.

However, Kenrad's tactics are the same as those of the peony mercenaries on the battlefield on the other side, and they have already taken into account the opponent's defensive advantages. His cavalry was divided into two groups, the first of which had linen coats on their crotch, which had low defense but strong visual effects that did not affect the speed of the horses, and it was easy to think that this was an equipped cavalry like Swadia. But in fact, these are infantry and quasi-sergeants on horseback, and the real heavy cavalry slowly follows behind them, because there are mounted infantry in front of them, so there will be a visual error when viewed from a distance, and the two cavalry units with the same size of the front and rear troops look like a cavalry unit lined up in a conical formation, and the other party will think that this is a large number of cavalry charging at the same time.

This mistake caused them great trouble.

When the crossbowmen thought they had inflicted enough casualties on the "heavy cavalry" and retreated, the mounted hoplites, without long-range pressure, quickly stopped not far from the phalanx, dismounted, threw the torley, moved away from the horses and charged the pike.

And the real heavy cavalry and cavalry archers behind them really picked up their speed at this time, and launched a charge at both ends of the chaotic phalanx, a simple tactic, but extremely destructive. Under their impact, the already loose phalanx was directly torn apart, and those Rhodok conscription peasants, who were not even equipped with much protective gear, lost their weapons and shields in the face of the tall war horses in armor, turned around and crashed into their comrades. And their trained spearmen were blocking them with their bodies to prevent the line from collapsing.

However, this will only lead to more casualties among the militias who have exposed their backs, resulting in a larger rout.

In the Chinese army, Count Mateas had received the news that they were besieged on all sides, and there was a commotion among the officers and councillors beside him.

Several high-ranking councillors gathered around the Earl, their faces full of anxiety. They asked the Count, when would the support appear?

The Count had told them that he had a killer plan this time, and that there was a force that would support them after the battle began. But now that they're at a disadvantage, with hundreds of people killed or unable to fight, it's time for this force to move, right?

Count Matthaas kept his previous expression, and told them to continue waiting. When the people saw that the Count was so confident, they could not say anything.

But what they didn't know was that Count Mattas himself was in a hurry. Although he didn't come with the idea of winning this battle with these troops in the first place, the situation is now in a crisis, and if the allies don't show up, his entire plan will be ruined. In case he was captured, Byron, who knew his family background, would definitely knock out all his family savings, and his nobles would want to turn over in the future.

And von Byron, who was watching the battle from afar, was now happy, but his anxiety was no less than that of the nobles under the earl. So far, the battle has gone well, but he's still worried about the moths. To this end, he sent dozens of scouts to patrol the neighborhood.

And just when the people around him were calling for the combat skills obtained by the peony mercenaries, it was time to come. A scout hurried to Byron and reported to him the bad news that couldn't be worse.

Enemy reinforcements are coming, and not yet the army of the average lord.

That's Kurma's army!

At least 1,000 soldiers wearing double armor and spears, a large number of crossbowmen with heavy crossbows, and 200 southern cavalry on southern horses, retaining the method of knightly training during the Valandia period. Gorgeous flags and brand-new burqas, high-quality drums and trumpets make a crisp and pleasant sound. This all shows the identity of the owner of this army.

The descendant of the first lord of the kingdom of Rhodok, the lord of Kurma, who once choked the communication arteries between the north and the south!

Their arrival is capable of changing the form of the entire battlefield.