Chapter 69: The Battle of Cen Shu Tan (1) The Collision of Infantry
Count Cavolon expertly turned his horse's head, drew a graceful arc in the grass, and then rode his horse towards Randolph Tully again, this time learning from his previous experience and leaving himself more distance to charge so that his horse could reach maximum speed and his attacks would become more aggressive.
Count Cavolon is worthy of being a veteran of horse warfare, just like he estimated before, as he charged again, the lethality is not much stronger than the last time! He aimed at Randolph Tully's left chest, but unfortunately he was blocked by Randolph Tully in time, his carbine hit the upper part of Randolph Tully's shield, and suddenly sawdust flew down, and a large piece was missing in the middle of the upper part of the shield, and the shield was smashed into a heart shape, and it was also a "wounded heart", a deep crack spread in the middle of this "heart", and there was obviously a tendency to completely split in half.
The blow made a loud noise, and the fragments of the shield and the cavalry spear and sawdust flew in the air, and the head of Count Cavron's spear even pierced the shield and hit Rando Tully's chest plate, but due to the shield obstruction, it was already the end of the crossbow and failed to do any damage to Randolph Tully, at least Rando Tully couldn't see it from his expression, he didn't even frown. This blow full of blow brought an audio-visual feast to the "audience", and the effect can be called an unparalleled "real 3D physical effect".
Since the shield was obviously no longer usable, Randolph Tully directly threw away the carbine and shield in his hand and pulled out the "broken heart" on his waist; Count Cavolon also drew his saber from his waist because the carbine was broken, it was a three-foot-long, two-finger-wide saber, shining with a metallic luster throughout, and there was no ornate decoration, only two blood grooves extending with the blade to the tip of the sword.
The two knights charged at each other brandishing their swords, which glittered in the sunlight, and as they staggered, the victory was decided.
Count Caflon's saber was only half left, and the other half fell to the ground with a "dang bang", there was an obvious cut on the left chest of his plate armor, he stared at the saber in his hand with wide eyes, and looked at the wound on his chest with disbelief, a large amount of blood gushed out of it, he covered the wound with his left hand and tried to stop the bleeding, but the blood spread from his fingertips, and soon stained his armor red, and even made his war horse look like a "sweat and blood horse".
It didn't take long for a mouthful of blood to spit out from his mouth, and he leaned weakly on his horse, allowing his horse to run back with him, but before Randolph Tully caught up with him and slashed Count Orlando Cuffran's "helmet" into the air, it was certain that his head would not have time to be pulled out of the helmet. As the "helmet" flew up, a large amount of blood spilled from his neck.
Strangely, his headless body remained in a horseback riding position, and his left hand was tightly clutching the reins. The horse brought back his blood-gushing headless corpse, and it was not until it came to Robert, as if he knew he was back in safety, that the corpse slipped off his horse "head-on" and fell to the ground.
Obviously, Randolph Tully's weapon had the advantage, and "Heartbroken" was indeed worthy of the Valyrian Sword, a veritable divine weapon, which cut off Count Cavolon's weapon with a single sword, and then stabbed through his breastplate like a piece of paper, pierced his heart, and finally cut off his head.
It all happened so quickly that by the time the "audience" reacted, the tip of Randolph Tully's "Broken Heart" sword was still dripping with blood.
"Father-in-law, father-in-law! Yes! No! Count Granddson, as the closest person to him present, immediately went forward and lay down on the corpse of Count Caffron and wept bitterly. It is worth mentioning that Count Grandson did marry the daughter of Count Cavolon, who was "twenty-eight" that year, although she looked a little "terrifying", but her background was indeed worthy of him. Of course, Count Cavolon lied about his daughter, and in fact it was not a lie, he had only one daughter, and in fact his wife was the first to give birth, so it is okay to call her a "little daughter".
For Count Grandson, as he officially became the son-in-law of Count Cavolon, the two have become an ally, although Count Cavolon has deceived him, but Count Cavren is the first to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light", which is even more reasonable for Robert. Without the protection of his old father-in-law, he would have to fight alone, and he would fade out of Robert's sight when the time came.
The nobles of the Stormlands were stunned, after all, in the previous two rounds, Count Cavolon had the upper hand, faintly overpowering Randolph Tully, but suddenly died.
"Count Cavolon is planted with weapons!" Robert lamented that he was a discerning man and could see the crux of the problem at a glance.
"That's Valyrian steel!" Robert suddenly spoke, as if he was just muttering to himself, and turned his horse to rush up to fight Randolph Tully, which frightened his vassals, after Count Caffron's appearance, who would dare to let Robert go alone! Han Xing and several nobles hurriedly rushed up and pulled him back.
"Since you can't continue to fight alone, you have to fight officially!" Robert finally listened to the persuasion, especially Han Xing's, because Han Xing said the most reasonable, "Robert, don't go, Randolph Tully takes the agile and agile route, your sledgehammer is known for its strength, if he doesn't fight with you, but leads you to keep wielding the sledgehammer and wasting your strength, and when you run out of strength, and then look for your flaws around you, you will have to suffocate to death sooner or later!" Robert was reluctant to admit it, but his relatively slow but powerful blow was of little use against such a loach-like opponent.
So Robert arranged his army of 30,000 into a trapezoidal queue, divided into three echelons, the first echelon was the largest, 12,000 well-equipped and well-armed stalwarts facing Randolph Tully's army directly. The second echelon is 8000 units with the worst combat effectiveness and the worst weapons, which serve as alternates and support for the first echelon. The third echelon is the elite infantry of 5,000 people, gathering the essence of the 30,000 army.
He sent the first echelon to march towards Randolph Tully's army, the second echelon followed, the third echelon protected the right flank, and allocated another 1,000 cavalry for Han Xing to use as mobile support on the right flank, while he personally led 4,000 cavalry to cover the left flank and wait for the opportunity.
Robert's formation can be described as invulnerable, if Lan Dao Tali tries to hit the middle, he will be dumplings on both wings, if he hits the left flank, he will naturally be dealt with by Robert himself, if he hits the right flank and gets entangled with Han Xing's troops, he will be crushed by the 5000 elites who arrived later, if he hits the 5000 elite troops, Han Xing's mobile troops can also attack him from behind, which can be described as extremely clever.
Randolph Tali also used a similar arrangement, he spread out 11,000 men, and then led 4,000 cavalry himself as mobile support, ready to wait for the opportunity to move.
In their opinion, the army of the High Court was nothing more than a group of child soldiers in beautiful clothes, although the armor was distinct, but they looked young and immature, not at all as fierce and brave as themselves and others. The bright armor on their bodies was a spoiler for the fur-clad Stormlands warriors, and they looked at the boys of the High Court more like they were looking at a group of treasure boys, or fat sheep to be slaughtered.
How could a place like the High Court with a sunny and soft sunshine, sunny weather, and a suitable temperature raise a truly fierce warrior? Only a harsh environment like the Stormland can raise true warriors with strong physique and equally strong will!
The army on the side of the High Court does tend to be younger, they look young and immature, they even laugh and chat with each other when they go to the battlefield, obviously this is probably their first time on the battlefield, this beautiful weather is indeed very suitable for outings, but unfortunately they are not here for a picnic! Soon this beautiful place will be covered with the smell of blood and howls, the soft green grass will be stained red with blood, and the corpses lying in pools of blood will cover the green grass, and the owners of these blood and corpses will be destined to compete between the two sides.
As the armies of both sides began to approach, the warriors of the Stormlands began to roar and began to charge, and the High Court side was equally unambiguous, raising their spears against their shields and slamming them into each other.
From the sky, the two sides seemed to be two torrents, one was mercury and the other was black iron, and the shields of those warriors clashed against each other, and the spears struck each other's shields with the charge, or pierced directly through each other's bodies.
There were screams everywhere on the battlefield, there was a Robert soldier who was pierced through the chest by the spear of the High Court soldier, he let out a roar before he died, and then slashed the sharp axe in his hand at the neck of the High Court soldier, obviously, the inexperienced shortcomings of the High Court soldier were exposed, his spear was stuck in the body of the Robert army axe hand and could not be pulled out, he panicked for a while, and was hit in the neck by the counterattack of the Robert army axeman, the whole neck was broken in half, blood splattered from the wound, obviously he could not live.
There were also Robert soldiers who rushed to the enemy, but were stabbed by spears, and when he endured the severe pain of the wound and tried to move on, a second and third spears struck him, and the two-handed sword in his hand above his head fell weakly, and his body fell weakly, and then another spear pierced his throat.
Obviously, the Roberts had the upper hand at first, because the warriors of the Stormlands were indeed physically strong, strong-willed, and experienced in combat; The High Court army was obviously new to the battlefield, and they were often frightened or stunned, resulting in a lot of casualties.
But as time passed, the High Court army began to adapt to the rhythm of the battlefield, or those who survived began to learn their lessons, and more importantly, unlike the excitement of joining the battle at the beginning and the fear of finding that the battlefield was completely different from what they imagined, they began to face the battle calmly, and played the fruits of their daily training, they began to work as a team, attacking the same enemy together, and being set on fire by several enemies just like the old man just now.
And they began to use the armor on their bodies to the advantage, they already knew that those attacks could be resisted by the armor, and those that could not, where the spear stab was easier to pull out, where the stab would cause the most damage, and where the thorn would hinder the enemy.
This makes the outcome of this war begin to be confusing.