Chapter 380: Hand-to-hand combat
Isn't the normal idea after being defeated by the enemy using the terrain is that we should try to avoid encountering this terrain again, and even if we do, we should try our best to avoid it? Why do the knights of the Western Continent just practice simply and rudely to get used to the terrain, how to fight this kind of battle!
When the six gods of Stannis were angry, Korodov anxiously shouted from the side: "My lord, now is not the time to think wildly, the enemy has already attacked!"
Stannis hurriedly retracted his chaotic thoughts, and sure enough, he found that a passage had been opened up for the horse stake not far away, although the knights were always arrogant, but on the battlefield they had to say that they were the best warriors, abiding by the rules of knighthood, and willing to dedicate themselves to their robes. Although all the arrows poured down on the gap, at great cost, the knights cleared all the vertical horse stakes to create a straight passage for those behind to reach the front of the archers.
Even though the knights in the front have been killed, the knights in the back are still not afraid of the blow of the rain of arrows, holding a kite-shaped steel shield to kill Qi Vinnie's army, although they have barrel helmets on their heads, but Stannis can see their fanatical and hateful eyes through the cracks, not only to avenge their companions, but also to obtain supreme glory in battle, so that they can be promoted to the pantheon after death!
Stannis finally knows that this is not a so-called game, this is a real war, a war of floating corpses and blood!
It's the last moment!As soon as Stannis ripped off the ceremonial decorative armor on his body, and at the same time the black armor that was actually used for killing covered his body, he just opened his mouth to summon the dragon's roar to scare the enemies in front of him, but found that his dragon's roar did not work against the knights, because as a high-level army, the knights who were nobles would more or less carry some family heirloom holy relics, and these blessed saint relics often had divine powers that could suppress supernatural powers. Stannis also couldn't summon the Ice and Fire Thunder to strike in an area, because the two sides had already exchanged forces, and he was afraid that this would accidentally hurt his own people.
Without the dragon's roar, Stannis is no different from an ordinary knight, but he is not annoyed or panicked, since there is nowhere to run, let him fight a dignified knightly war!
Stannis was also infected by this atmosphere of war, and the dog of war in his heart had been released, and he roared like a battle-hardened general to give orders, spat and spat everywhere, and regarded death as if he were home.
"The archers retreat, the pikemen step forward!"
As they had been rehearsed dozens of times, the longbowmen kept an orderly order and retreated, while the spearmen who were originally standing in the rear quickly passed through the gaps between people and appeared in front of the formation, and stood shoulder to shoulder, forming an impregnable shield wall, and between the shields stretched out specially made cross spears, the pure steel spear heads looked extra dazzling on the battlefield filled with gunpowder, such as Lin's spears stacked together, waiting for the enemy to crash into it and then poke it into countless holes.
Without the onslaught of the warhorse, Stannis was sure that the knight's flesh and blood alone would not be able to break through his shield wall and spears!
But at this time, the knights of the Western Continent used their strength to teach Stannis a solid lesson why they are the masters of the battlefield!
As they made contact with the pikes, the knights threw away their shields in favor of a variety of heavy weapons, such as two-handed greatswords, hammers, crescent axes, and pickaxes. Although many knights were stabbed to death by the spear, their sacrifice also bought time and space for their companions behind, and a large number of knights rushed into the range of the spear and then swung the weapon in their hand and smashed it against the shield.
In the face of these heavy weapons, the pikemen with only wooden shields were of course unable to resist, and soon all the people in the first row were reimbursed, and the casualties began to double in triple digits.
What a terrifying impact and destructive force! Stannis already felt the people around him tremble.
But at this time, if someone escapes, it will lead to the collapse of the entire front, and the collapse will be followed by massacre!
At this time, it was Korodov, who had been in charge of cavalry training, shouted, "The men in the front row throw their spears and draw their short swords!"
In this most critical situation, most people have lost the ability to think, and they can only do things according to other people's orders, such as now they repeat the orders of the chief knight mechanically, abandon the spear and draw the short sword, in their daily training they have been imitating the form of the Rhodok Legion for hand-to-hand combat training, that is, using this sharp short sword to stab.
Although everyone can fight in the hillbilly siege, there is a price to pay for using the weapon of the wind, such as the space of only three people to deploy the weapon. The same width allowed the dense formation of the Qiviny army to stand with three people, which meant that a knight would have to face the attack of three infantrymen, and even if they had superb martial arts, they would not be able to resist attacks from three different directions at the same time, let alone at least three sharp spear heads hidden behind the shield.
Although the dagger is not powerful enough to pierce the armor, there are gaps between the plates, and if you stick the tip of the sword along the slit, it can still cause fatal damage.
With the addition of these conditions, a miracle happened, and Stannis's troops formed by the yeoman farmers actually withstood the charge of the knights, which was unprecedented in the eyes of outsiders, at least not in Tanis.
Now it is a selfless battle between the elite knights and the inconspicuous peasants, a pure contest of perseverance, and whoever loses his morale completely is the loser of this battle.
Although the scene was very anxious, but Stannis was worried, because he had already taken out all his belongings and sent all the reserves to fight with the 500 heavy cavalry and 1500 lancers, you must know that there are at least 4000 infantry on the opposite side watching the show, although the combat effectiveness of those guys is negligible, but the pressure of Wu Yang is the last straw that crushes his side.
Sure enough, seeing that the knights on the front line could not fight for a long time, the southern infantry in the rear also stepped on the drum and began to advance, once they joined the battle, Zivinie's side would be quickly defeated.
Stannis looked to heaven as if to pray to heaven for a miracle, but those who knew him knew that he had never believed in the existence of God.