Chapter 42 Jin Ming withdraws his troops

The vultures, smelling the stench of rotting corpses, hovered over the battlefield, the sound of eagles crippling the clouds, they searched for every corpse on the battlefield with their greedy eyes, their figures covered the sky, the sun at three o'clock in the afternoon was the hottest time of the day, the blazing sun scorched everyone's body and mind, sweat dripping from their noses onto this scorched land.

Julian took advantage of the fragility of the human heart, and used the devil's trick to easily break through the two lines of defense set up by the Count of Noammon, and the defeated soldiers under the command of the Count of Noamon fled in all directions, driven and slaughtered like livestock, Julian wanted to wear out their last vestiges of fighting spirit, so that they could no longer have the heart to resist, and completely expelled them from this battlefield, so that he could concentrate on fighting with the Count of Noamun. Now before him was the elite troops of the Count of Noamun, hand-to-hand troops of hoplites and axe-wielding cavalry, who formed an impregnable fortress in front of Julian, and it was bound to be a bitter and tragic tug-of-war, and whoever lost his fighting spirit first would lose the war in what harsh circumstances.

Because of the previous battle, although the morale of the Karazhan army was high, but it also consumed a lot of physical strength, and it is not yet known who will win and who will lose in this war, which is also the reason why Count Noamon was able to break his arm and decisively abandon the second front.

Julian stared at the last bulwark of Count Noamon with eagle-sharp eyes, his brows furrowed and he pursed his lips without saying a word, and after a while, he said, "This old fellow is really calm. ”

"Let the heavy infantry press the formation, I will personally command, Edgar you lead all the remaining cavalry on the left flank, if you detect the movement of the knights of Count Noamun, you must intercept them, Edgar, act at the opportune time, do not disappoint my expectations of you." ”

"My lord, I will definitely dedicate my victory to you. Edgar solemnly promised.

The heavy infantry regiment of the Count of Noamon stood side by side in front of the formation, knocked the tower shield into the earth and supported it with its body, the soldiers in the first five rows put their long spears on their shields to withstand all the blows from the front, and the soldiers in the back row raised their spears, ready to use the butts of their guns at all times, and replaced the soldiers in the front row who died in battle. On both sides of the phalanx, heavy two-handed broadsword infantry were arranged to protect the two wings of the phalanx and to join the battlefield support at any time, while the heavy cavalry was left behind, as a mobile force to knock down the decisive hammer for the battle.

The Karazan hoplites maintained the line and pressed forward slowly, and the soldiers of Count Noamun were in full array, and the distance gradually shortened, a hundred, eighty, fifty paces...... When the soldiers at the front could see the constricted eyes of the enemy's front, the awe-inspiring, dreary, oppressive, solemn silence was broken in an instant, like a calm lake smashed into a boulder, the huge waves surged, the trumpets of war sounded again on the dawn plain, and Karazhin's heavily armored infantry suddenly charged.

Karazan's heavy infantry legions, armed with triangular shields and one-handed maces, rushed into the phalanx of spears, trying to use their shields to dispel the spears and smash the tower shields with maces, but the dense phalanx of spears was as impenetrable as a steel fortress, without any flaws, and the mace smashed into the tower shield leaving only a white dent, but it could not be shaken in the slightest. The Karazan heavy infantry continued to rush into the phalanx with their flesh and blood, although they were all in armor, they still couldn't resist the sharp super-long spears, and more and more heavy infantry fell, and the corpses piled up in the super-long spear phalanx, the front ones fell, and the back immediately pounced, but it was such a barbaric way regardless of sacrifice, like the never-ending raging waves constantly crashing against the huge rocks of the coast, but it was never able to break the rock-like phalanx.

Looking at the overall situation and witnessing the situation of this battle, Julian's face became more and more ugly, the training of each heavy infantry takes a lot of money and time, when he witnessed the fall of the heavy infantry one by one, Yurian's heart hurt as if he was captured, he really underestimated the strength of the Count of Noamun, and sure enough, the heritage of this long-established family should not be underestimated.

Suddenly, one of the towers of Count Noamun's phalanx was knocked down, and the Karazan heavy infantry opened a gap in Count Noamun's phalanx of spears, and Julian was overjoyed to see this, and the heavy infantry on the battlefield began to squeeze into the gap in a more ferocious way than before, intending to use this gap as a breakthrough to change the unfavorable situation of the battle. But the soldiers of the Count of Noamon did not sit still, as the pikemen in front fell, the pikemen in the back raised their butts and stretched forward, sprinting to the side of the gap, intending to fill the gap in the upper formation, hundreds of spears gathered into a cluster, like a raging bull chariot covered with iron thorns, attacking from all directions, the thin triangular shield in the hands of the heavy infantry corps seemed so weak at this time, there was no way to protect them, Karazan's heavy infantry was so heroic, if the regular troops had already been defeated, but although it was slightly extended, it was still powerless to change the fact that they could not capture this gap, and they were finally driven out of the phalanx, the gap in the phalanx was filled.

Julian's face was grim and he said, "Collect the troops." ”

Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the two sides died down, and Julian's attack found nothing but a few hundred corpses in front of the phalanx of Count Noamun's spears, and Julian looked at the retreating troops with a pale face, with a belly full of anger but nowhere to vent.

"Edgar, of course the heavy infantry corps has opened a gap, why don't you send your men up, if you can send the cavalry up at that time, you will definitely be able to tear apart the enemy's phalanx. Julian shouted angry reprimands in front of Edgar.

"Your Excellency, you are right, if I had sent all the cavalry up at that time, I would have been able to tear apart the phalanx, and we would have lost the war then. Edgar replied calmly and composedly.

"Hmph. Julian only knew that Edgar was right, and that he was only angry because he had nowhere to vent his anger.

At that time, the cavalry of the Count of Noamon had not yet been put into the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity in the rear, the Karazhan cavalry and the Noamun cavalry monitored each other and balanced each other, barely maintaining a fragile balance, if the Karazhan cavalry did their best to assist the heavy infantry corps that was attacking the phalanx, then the Noamun cavalry, which had lost its shackles, would follow closely and put into the battlefield at the same time, and the Karazan cavalry, which was caught in the battle first, would suffer a devastating blow, and Yurian, who had lost his cavalry, would have completely lost the war。

Looking at the Karazan army that was coming like a tide, but retreating like a tide, Count Noamon stroked his beard and smiled, "Look at these cowards, they ran away like this." Ha ha. ”

The vassals of Count Noamon also echoed their sovereign, sneering at the retreating heavy infantry regiments.

"I guess Count Karazan can't hold it anymore, and he stamps his feet angrily and loses his temper. ”