"The mercenaries in the back follow, we're coming."

In the field of Drehem, the black bear flag of Count Claes on a yellow background fluttered high, and a knight armed with sleeveless plate armor and wearing a huge helmet held the flag high, and the war horse under his crotch neighed from time to time, as if he was full of desire for battle.

Behind the banner, in addition to Count Claes himself and his loyal guards, nearly five hundred soldiers followed in their footsteps.

Nearly a hundred horsemen lined up like an awl on the perimeter of the infantry and the wagons loaded with supplies, and each of them had a yellow ribbon attached to their spears and spears, which had been given to them by the Earl of Claes, in the hope that they would fight bravely on the battlefield.

Their target is an abandoned village a kilometer away, where the two forces will face off.

Although most of his men were robbers and unscrupulous mercenaries, the other party agreed to fight here in the name of nobles.

There are a lot of broken houses and rocks in the vicinity, and the terrain is also a little undulating, which can limit the cavalry attack to a certain extent.

However, Count Claes will not miss the opportunity, he came here as early as possible, searched the surroundings to avoid any accidents, and could also detect the actions of the other party.

As soon as the troops arrived at the small village, which had been abandoned for more than a decade, the light cavalry dispersed and began to search the surrounding slopes and forests under the leadership of their respective captains.

The infantrymen began to search the abandoned houses to check for robbers hiding there.

Byron sent Kress to scout, and although the little girl was not good at riding horses, the strange surroundings could not escape her eyes.

After about half an hour, when there was nothing left nearby to check, Count Claes began to set up his formation, and placed his soldiers higher up the slope.

The crossbowmen were in front, the infantry was behind, and the cavalry was divided into two teams to protect the flanks and rear, while also quickly gathering into a cone formation when charging.

The three phalanxes were quickly formed, and Count Claes placed the mercenaries on either side, slightly ahead of his own troops. And he told the Sith Baron and the knights to tell Byron and the other two captains to stretch the troops, as long as there were only two people in each row, but the formation had to be long enough and solid enough.

In this way, when attacking, the mercenaries can pin down most of their opponents and surround them with the advantage of a long formation. The Earl's elite troops can directly defeat the enemy soldiers on the opposite side and forcibly cut the opponent's formation.

Considering that the opposing side has the backing of the Rhodok nobles, crossbows and heavy infantry must be taken into account, so the heavy cavalry will lead the charge in order to disrupt the resistance of the opposing archers and overwhelm their infantry as much as possible.

Byron took his men to the left flank, handed over more than 20 of his cavalry to the commander of Pharises, and followed James and two other knights in the charge.

"Sit down and rest."

After waiting for a long time, I didn't see the other party coming, so the mercenaries rested in place, but the infantry under the earl kept standing in place and waiting for orders.

Originally, Byron also wanted to learn from those noble elites, but many of his soldiers were a little unbearable, so he also let his people sit down and rest.

After another hour of waiting, the cavalry, who had been scouting from a distance, rushed back and informed them that the enemy had arrived.

All the soldiers stood up, regrouped their formation, grabbed their weapons, and looked in the direction where the cavalry had arrived before.

After a while, a pale green flag appeared in Byron's field of vision, and the flag had some textures on it, but Byron was not sure which of the Rodok family the other party belonged to.

A knight-like figure dressed in thick plate armor and riding a war horse walked at the front of the line, and behind him was a mixed force of about four hundred men.

The weapons and equipment of those people were very mixed, about half of them were mercenaries, a small part of them wore armor similar to that of the Rhodok army, holding halberds and spears, and a few of them were holding two-handed swords with a length of one meter and a half, which looked very difficult to mess with.

And in the ranks, there are dozens of pirates. Their Nord-style armor weapons are very eye-catching, so they are easy to recognize.

They stopped on the other side of the village, and it was clear that they had lost the opportunity to pick the most suitable battlefield.

They stopped there, and the formation, which had been somewhat chaotic before, gradually became neat over the course of two minutes. Although it was not in accordance with the rules to launch an attack during this time, the Count still pushed his troops forward by a few tens of meters.

The knight on the horse, with the only seven or eight horsemen in his army, rode not far from Byron, saluted respectfully on his horse, reported his name, and then challenged the Count of Claes to save his lord.

"For the sake of glory, I accept the challenge of you, a robber knight. The evil deeds you and your men have committed will be punished today, your men will lose their lives, and you will see your lord, but in prison! ”

Count Claes accepted his challenge with some contempt, and told him to prepare his troops to the death. It would be rude for a nobleman to say this, but these guys had already caused a lot of property damage to the Earl and attacked many innocent civilians, which made Count Claes very disgusted with him.

The other party listened to Count Claes's words and did not say anything. He rode back with them, and when he was about to reach his own ranks, he took out a banner and waved it, and his men lowered their shields and began to move forward like a wall of shields.

And behind the shields, some archers and crossbowmen also raised their crossbows and began to shoot as soon as they came into range.

"Shooter ready!"

On Byron's side, Baron Sith's voice also came out, and more than thirty crossbowmen on Byron's side stepped forward and wound the crossbows together. They were all Swadia crossbowmen and hired crossbowmen, all of them were third- and fourth-level crossbowmen, they shot accurately, and they were very lethal. Coupled with the condescending height brought by the slope, they will shoot better.

On the other hand, the knights also began to lead the cavalry to the flanks of the troops, leaving room for the troops, but also to find the opportunity to storm the flanks of the opposing formation.

The phalanx used by the other side is very common in the Nord Kingdom and Rhodok, if the cavalry charges hard from the front, although it can be rushed in with thirty heavy cavalry and dozens of other cavalry, but under the attack of crossbow arrows, spears, and two-handed swords, the losses will be very heavy, this is not what Byron wants to see.

In this battle, Byron is only a supporting role. However, he still hopes that his side will perform better, because it is about commissions, and later on in the reputation and business of the Swadia nobility.