"Rush with me!" Jon Clinton got off his horse directly, and then took the lead in rushing forward with a sword and shield, obviously, Jon Clinton is not a pedantic person, and will not be like some knights who can't get off their horses and stick to some knightly rules.

The main reason that drove Jon Clinton to make this decision was his trust in Mace Tyrell, who was confused by the bastard Mace Tyrelll into believing in his so-called "Cen Tree Beach Victory", which led him to misjudge the strength of the enemy forces on the other side.

The knights behind him, after a moment's hesitation, and in their desire for honor and wealth of land, they thought carefully and immediately followed him, and they dismounted from their horses, and then rushed towards the phalanx of Robert's spears with their shields and swords.

Now the spear phalanx of the Robert army is going to suffer, as mentioned before, the sword and shield can be described as the nemesis of the spear, which caused these poor people to suffer great casualties immediately. The only reason why they were able to hold on was probably because of the narrowness of the canyon, so although the knights were fierce, they could not be routed quickly because they could not be spread.

There is still a gap between the equipment of the knights of the king and the knights of the riverbend, they are mainly chain armor, and only those from the great nobles are worthy of plate armor. Chain mail is actually not very useful against spears, chain mail is mainly used for anti-slashing, and it is of little significance in the face of point attacks such as spears and bows and arrows. However, at this time, the Robert Army happened to have both of these things.

That's right, in the last battle of Cen Shutan, the only troops that did not suffer any casualties were the archers, because the equipment of the Gao Ting army was so well-equipped that the archers did not even come in handy, they only shot a wave of arrows at the very beginning, but with little success, the number of people who fell on the other side was only in single digits, so they simply "herded sheep" in the rear of the first echelon. Then, when Randolph Tully defeated the second echelon and the news of Robert's death broke, they ran away very unkindly.

Because of their light equipment, they were faster than the spearmen, and they were the first to flee back to camp with all their beards and tails. Isn't there a saying that says it well? "To survive the tiger's mouth, I don't need to run faster than the tiger, I just need to run faster than you." With spearmen behind them to draw fire, they were safe.

At this time, these archers had climbed the hills on both sides of the canyon, which was only twenty or thirty meters high, and they knelt on one knee on the hill, took out the arrows in their quivers, and shot at the dense enemy forces below, they didn't even need to aim, after all, there were too many people below, even if they threw a stone, they could hit people.

So all they had to do was draw their bows and shoot them downward, and the poor knights didn't expect any enemies from above, and arrows rained down on them. And the chain mail on their bodies cannot provide them with any protection at all, in fact, at a distance of 30 meters and condescendingly, even plate armor bows and arrows can be pierced, let alone chain mail?

A knight was concentrating on the slaughter of the Robert spearmen, and an arrow struck him in the back, and his movements faltered, and the trembling pikemen on the opposite side of the war, of course, would not let him go, and immediately pierced him in the chest.

A certain knight was watching the battle in front of him, but he was in the middle and rear, and because the men and horses were all crowded together, he couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly, and he was lamenting "Alas, it would be miserable if Robert Baratheon was snatched by someone else!" As a result, he suddenly remembered a "whoosh" in his ears, and then his companion next to him screamed. He immediately subconsciously looked up, only to find that suddenly there was a "dark cloud" blocking the sun, and this "dark cloud" was still pressing down on him.

By the time he saw clearly that the true face of these "dark clouds" was arrows, he had no time to react, or even if he lowered his head now and put the hard top of his helmet on his head, it would be useless, and the sound of the bow and arrow hitting it would be "bald~dong~" The only difference between the two is whether the bow and arrow will shoot through his heavenly spirit cover or from his face.

The poor knight was still thinking before he died, "How can there be so many archers in the rebels?" How could we fall headlong into each other's trap without even thinking about it? "It's all Mace Tyrelll's bastard's fault!

Constantly falling to the ground, in just two minutes, Jon Clinton's casualties have reached nearly 1,000 people, no way, their formation is too dense, and it is not difficult to shoot densely.

"Retreat! Fall back! Jon Clinton glanced hatefully at the Robert soldiers, and the words popped out of his mouth with difficulty. Although he really wanted to catch Robert and then fight to the fullest, but the situation in front of him was that even a fool knew that it was time to run, and the other party had a defensive advantage, and if he completely lost the knight here, he would not want to catch up with Robert in the future.

However, here's the problem, we all know that knights wear full face protection helmets, the advantage of such a helmet is good defense, the disadvantage is that it is not breathable and the line of sight is blocked, of course, this also means that it also has a characteristic, that is: good sound insulation!

Coupled with the fact that the battlefield is already very chaotic, the sound of weapons and armor colliding and the sound of weapons and weapons colliding, as well as screams and neighing horses, all this makes the communication problems that have always existed on the battlefield very problematic!

This is the consequence of Jon Clinton's lack of combat experience, and giving orders loudly may sound like a simple thing to do, but on the battlefield it is not so easy. This is why there is a need for specialized heralds and signal corps on the battlefield, and maintaining good communications is even more important than the combat effectiveness of the troops themselves.

In the Battle of Cress, the first battle of the Hundred Years' War between England and France, King Philip VI of France lost control of his troops due to the interruption of communication with various troops, and when the dissuasion was ineffective, he had to simply start charging along with them, and finally ended up with a great defeat, which became the beginning of the tragedy of France in the early to mid-Hundred Years' War. It is worth mentioning that it was after this battle that the English longbowmen began to become famous, and eventually became a legendary class of troops that became famous all over the world.

So why the generals in the past liked to dress very sassy, on the one hand, it was to show off, and on the other hand, it was also so that the soldiers under them could see themselves and follow their actions. However, Earl Jon Clinton had died a great death, and he himself had always kept a low profile, so that his armor was not conspicuous, and he simply threw away flags and other things in order to make it easier to travel, and to prevent Robert from spotting them.

So he was tragic, and don't forget, he also dismounted, and their horses were still crowded in the crowd, and this group of horses without their owners were shot with bows and arrows, and then naturally they crashed everywhere in pain. Q: Which is stronger, horse or man? Of course, it was horses, and as a result, these horses were running around and completely disrupted the royal army led by Earl Jon Clinton.

Of course, these horses have tried to attack the formation of the Robert army, after all, they are just scurrying around! The problem is that the Robert Army is armed with guns! War horses are not stupid, any animal knows not to hit this point at sharp things, because it will hurt and hurt, this is an instinct, the result is that after a few "stupid horses" were stabbed by spears, the horses began to turn and run backwards. Therefore, medieval knights would sometimes wear blindfolds on their horses, so that they could not see the outside and would not feel afraid, and would only obey the knight's orders completely. Of course, Westeros doesn't have this habit, which is why they tragedy.

The entire royal army was like a pot of boiling porridge, and their chain of command collapsed, and the culprit of all this was •••••••• yes, you guessed it, Mace Tyrelll. All because he exaggerated his own victories and then claimed that he had defeated Robert, who had up to 1,000 people around him.

This caused Earl Jon Clinton to misjudge the form, and it was precisely because he thought that the enemy army was a rout, so Earl Jon Clinton dared to pursue with cavalry lightly, and he didn't even bring flags or anything like that.

"I'm Earl Jon Clinton, and I give the order to retreat, retreat!" Earl Jon Clinton was riveted and roared hoarsely, and only then did he successfully convey the order to the troops in front, and the troops in front began to retreat at his orders, and this was done with the help of a few loud-voiced knights.

But here's the problem, the troops behind the corner don't know anything about the battle ahead, and they are still desperately squeezing in under the trend of money and honor. As a result, the retreat order that Earl Jon Clinton had given with great difficulty was not carried out in time.

"How do you go backwards? Are you a deserter? Did the thief Robert Baratheon catch it? The knight in the rear questioned the rider in front of him.

"You're a deserter, I'm retreating on the orders of Lord Earl Jon Clinton! We have fallen into an ambush, hurry up and let the army behind retreat! The knight was visibly annoyed by the knight behind him, and he roared.

I don't know if you have ever played the game of passing, this should be played in school, that is, the teacher says a word to the first classmate, and then asks him to tell the second classmate, pass it down in turn, and then see what the last classmate passed back, and the result is often very different from the original meaning.

So when the order of Earl Jon Clinton was passed to the rear, it became: "Earl Jon Clinton is a deserter!" We are in ambush! Run for your life! This immediately caused an uproar, and the royal army in the rear fled in a daze, and even a few sane people were caught in the crowd and had to flee with it.