The sky was overcast, the air was mixed with a pungent smell of blood, and the atmosphere around it seemed to freeze to the extreme.

The emergence of cavalry on both sides was naturally unexpected for this group of pirates, but fortunately, Tadis had been on guard against the ambush of the other party early on, so as soon as these cavalry appeared, he immediately sent out all the hundreds of pirates beside him in an attempt to block the charge of these cavalry.

Although the most important battle in the Endless Sea is still a naval confrontation, the subsequent collision of armies is everything that determines the final victory.

The two forces clash, even if one side can easily deal with the other side's navy, but what about after that?

Wars on the endless sea are ultimately about occupying islands and plundering wealth and resources, so even if one side wins a decisive victory in a naval battle, the subsequent land collision is inevitable and crucial.

If the opponent's army cannot be defeated on the island, then the previous victory will naturally be meaningless.

Of course, if one side has an absolute advantage in naval warfare, even if the collision on the island is at a disadvantage, they can still use various strategies such as siege, harassment, interception, and division, and in this case, neither the lord of Drift Island, nor the army and soldiers on the island can last long.

And in the confrontation on land, the strength of the elite cavalry is naturally beyond doubt.

And in the time and space where Chopin once lived, the strategic significance of cavalry was self-evident.

Cavalry is a long-term dominant branch of the army in the era of cold weapons, and it can even be said to be in a dominant position.

And in the era of cold weapons, they can be seen in all important battles. Even in the First World War at the beginning of the 20th century, thousands of war horses and their riders could be seen on various fronts. Until the tank appeared on the stage of war as the replacement of cavalry, the cavalry could be said to stubbornly stick to its position.

Among them, the most prominent, typical, and even the most colorful in the history of the past is naturally the famous Mongolian cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry freed themselves from the shackles of traditional European military thought and built a magnificent empire on a scale unprecedented in the world.

The Mongol cavalry was an unprecedentedly well-organized, well-trained army with extremely strict military discipline.

It was precisely because of the existence of the Mongol cavalry that the once magnificent empire was able to expand wildly, and eventually became the largest country in human history.

And in this otherworld, the same is true.

The greatest role of cavalry lies in mobility, speed, and flexibility. Whether it's an Iron Cavalry that slices through an enemy's formation with the force of an impact and throws them into disarray, or a Ranger that harasses the enemy with a bow and arrows that consumes and strikes the enemy, mobility is crucial.

They often strike unprepared for the enemy, causing unexpected casualties, disrupting the enemy, sabotaging, and cutting off the enemy's supplies. And, of course, there's the horsepower factor. And due to the speed of the cavalry, the enemy has a short time to react, and can receive the effect of surprise soldiers.

Compared with the infantry, the cavalry has a larger individual combat area, and the impact and natural deterrence can form a devastating psychological and actually serious blow to the infantry.

The basic attack method of cavalry is horsepower, and the gun in the hand does not need to be deliberately aimed and stabbed, and the sword in the hand does not need to be swung hard. Just hold the weapon in your hand and use the horse's speed to increase your weapon's attack. The attack depends on the horse-drawn distance, and the rest depends on one's own ability, and in addition, it is up to the high-speed galloping horse to charge by itself.

In addition, because of the load-carrying capacity of horses, cavalry can wear heavier armor than infantry without losing mobility, and can be multi-purpose, riding and shooting at a distance and charging at close.

Infantry requires much more cavalry and a lot more formation to compete, and in addition to this, the training and equipment of the soldiers are extremely demanding.

Even if you win, you can't expand the results because of the lack of speed, and the war in this other world is about the same as in ancient times, and the results can only be maximized when the opponent is defeated.

For the rigorous infantry phalanx, the cavalry will generally continue to harass and consume with the ranger cavalry, while observing and waiting for the flaws in the phalanx, once there is a flaw, the cavalry will concentrate on galloping, and the infantry will often rout, and after the rout, the cavalry will unilaterally slaughter the infantry.

The strength of the cavalry, Taddis is naturally clear, but at present, in terms of numbers, it is their side that has an absolute advantage, as long as they can eat the army in front of them in the first time, then no matter how powerful those cavalry are, there is no need to worry, and just when Tardis was thinking like this, the picture in front of him suddenly cracked......

Then the whole world seemed to be pressed over, and on the battlefield in front of him, reddish blood spread out like rippling ripples.

And under this hazy sky, the advance of the cavalry was like a raging tide.

Cavalry charges are often dealt with with with the projectile of bows and arrows before the opponent can close the distance.

When the cavalry charged into battle, they used the fortress formed by stacking shields to intercept the opponent's attack.

And as long as the cavalry fails to cut the gap and open the situation at the first time, then it will fall into it.

And the cavalry that has lost its mobility is only afraid that it is not as good as the infantry, after all, it is not intended to dodge the attack on the horse, and it is a target if it is superior to others on the horse, and it cannot move.

For the pirates under Tadis, although they have also obtained a lot of swords, shields, heavy armor and bows and crossbows along the way, few people actually use bows and arrows.

Although the training of archers is not so mysterious, it is by no means an easy task, and it often takes a lot of time and effort to do it.

Generally, the strong upper limb strength is selected, and the training of upper limb strength is constantly strengthened, and they are trained to constantly open the bow.

On the battlefield, the biggest role of the archer is not to shoot accurately, but to shoot in formation, the elevation angle of the shot determines the distance covered by the bow and arrow, and it takes a considerable number of years for the archer to train to achieve a stable formation and act in accordance with the command and dispatch, and the trained archers have a single role, and the long-term training has led to the different lengths of the two arms resulting in deformity, and the most typical of these is the English longbowman.

In the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the well-trained English longbowmen dealt the proud French knights one heavy blow after another.

In the Battle of Cressy in 1346, the English longbowmen killed 1,500 French knights with a close-range and intensive firing tactic, while losing only three knights and more than 40 infantry. (The longbowman did not fold a single person!) ）

The face and ears were wrapped in cloth, the shoulders were chained, the wrists were protected by leather ropes and leather blocks, the finger joints were covered with protective holsters, and the belt was hung with a short sword and leather pouch. English longbowmen usually wore a variety of armor, some of which were just plain layered tights.

Each archer carried 24 arrows, which were tied up and placed in an quiver. When they ran out, they went to the supply caravan to get it, and of course, most archers preferred to have their arrows in their belts rather than bother putting them in their quivers. They can also hang the arrows behind their backs, and when they defend, they stick the arrows in the ground in front of their feet, which can be used more conveniently.

The longbow shoots arrows up to about 300 meters (which is a very long distance in ancient weapons), that is, it can achieve the effect of a "barrage", when the own soldiers charge ahead, the rear longbowmen can still release high parabolic arrows to attack the upper part of the enemy.

The weakness of the horses comes from the attack from above, and most of the horses have no armor, so once they are injured, they will become difficult to control. And even at a limit distance of three hundred meters, conical arrows can penetrate ordinary chain mail.

Although relying on a large area of coverage to shoot, it plays a role in killing and injuring enemy troops and disrupting the enemy's formation

However, when a large army is fighting, it is impossible to expect the archers to play a decisive role, and of course, for the charge of the cavalry, it naturally still has a great obstruction and harassment effect.

However, such a phalanx of archers, these pirates naturally cannot have it, and Tardis let his pirates practice and practice swords, they may not care, after all, if this thing is practiced, the chances of surviving on the battlefield in the future will naturally increase, just practice bows and arrows...... It is not an overnight thing to make a difference in this area, and the thought of how much energy and sweat it will take to get into the house naturally makes these lazy pirates shy away.

Therefore, when the cavalry on both sides rushed over, Tadis had to let his pirates harass and block, after all, if these cavalry rushed to the battlefield in a head-to-head battle, the blow to the morale and array of these soldiers would undoubtedly be devastating.

"Pa-da-pa-"

The heavy steel shields had been clinging to each other in pairs, and then they stood firmly on the ground like a fortified fortress.

And the cavalry surging from both sides had to pass through these two blockades before they could chisel in.

It's just that what these pirates didn't expect was that when the two sides were still tens of meters away, a guard cavalryman stared at him, and then all raised the sharp short spears in his hands, and then, a gloomy cloud covered it like this.

The short spears galloping at high speed made graceful arcs in mid-air, but this was a perfect throw in Chopin's eyes, but it was the beginning of a nightmare for these pirates who were suffering this terrifying blow themselves.

The spears that slammed down at high speed were like stones thrown by trebuchets, smashing into the rows of shield-wielding pirates at the front, and although they did not have the destructive power of smashing everything with the raging stones, they had stronger penetration and no less lethality.

Hiding was naturally impossible at this time, so no matter how fearful, aggrieved, or angry these pirates were, they had no choice but to pick up the shield in their hands and add a paltry layer of protection to themselves.

After one round of short spear throwing, the hundreds of cavalrymen did not look at it, and then immediately launched a second round of short spear throwing.

"Ahh

"Hmm-"

"Whew-"

……

This was followed by a short, rapid wail, followed by more continuous wails and screams.

After two rounds of short spear throwing, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to the extreme, but the cavalry at the front did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, but just like that, they crashed over.

Shouts and killings, horses' hooves, swords clashing, roars, wails, cursing...... All kinds of voices continued to converge and overlap on this turbulent battlefield, and then exploded like boiling water—

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At the same time, the pirates who had absolute superiority were not affected by the cavalry at this time, although the previous death-like roar completely frightened them, but the line infantry who immediately retreated after a round of shooting did not make this group of pirates lose their fighting spirit.

Saying that they are afraid of death, this is inevitable, but after all, they are also living a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, once they go crazy, what kind of real step can this group of pirates do, I am afraid that even they are a little unclear.

It's just that as the collision between the two sides unfolded one after another, the frightened look on the face of one of the pirates became stronger and stronger, and all the pirates felt as if they were trapped in an invisible deep quagmire, and then they couldn't help but struggle at all, so they were dragged directly in, and then it was difficult to escape.

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The red blood splashed on his face, as if the pungent breath that went straight into his nose made Fendal's brow furrow.

At this moment, a sharp scimitar suddenly slashed in front of him, without thinking much about it at all, almost subconsciously, Findahl made a mistake in his steps, and his body retreated backwards.

At such a critical moment, Findal inevitably recalled the past, for him, he had never thought of being a pirate before, but in such a chaotic situation, there were too many things to do, but he couldn't help it at all.

On a bloody night when he could no longer remember the exact date, with the noise of bustling noise, Findahl had lived a peaceful life shattered in an instant, and he himself, in order to survive, to escape, had to join the pirates.

ps: Thanks to the "Poor Lonely" pro-reward of 100 coins.

For two months at home, I didn't say more than ten sentences with the old man combined, but today I suddenly sent a large paragraph of WeChat to me, which can probably be summarized as follows: sensible, lose weight, find a female ticket, make money, and buy a house.

But everything seems to be too far away from me, but no matter what, the author will continue to work hard, and I hope that all readers can work hard for the dream in their hearts, all in all, everyone cheers together!