Chapter 90 The Second Battle of Budapest Part 5 is in full swing!

The trick used by Alpha, the captain of the Death Knight, at this time was the same trick he used to kill an elite knight during the Viking Kingdom Knights' Conference a few years ago. Back then, with Artoria's strength, it was not clear what was going on in the end. Even a figure like Artoria couldn't figure it out. That's not to mention the other ordinary ironclad paladers.

Although it is true that these warriors are of excellent physique and athletic skills. But compared to characters like Alpha, it is too far behind. In this way, in a matter of moments, Alpha stabbed the cavalry spear in his hand and killed the four ironclad holy cavalrymen.

Next to the Alpha, the Norman cavalry brandished their battle axes in their hands, which were also on par with the enemy cavalry. Although there is a slight gap in terms of numbers. The equipment of the Norman heavy cavalry is also rarely inferior to that of the ironclad holy cavalry. But with good coordination, and a better level of training than the Ironclad Paladins, and the ruthlessness of the Vikings from the snow of the Northlands. The Norman heavy cavalry suffered a one-to-one casualty against the Ironclad Paladies and the Guards Cavalry.

It's just that both sides are not satisfied.

Basil II frowned. Thinking to myself, it seems that the idea of using heavy cavalry to force a breakthrough is a bit unworkable...... Immediately afterwards he heard confusion on the right flank, and Basil II looked sharply over and saw that the decisive battle of the hussars on the far right flank was nearing the end. In the end, their own barbarian hired cavalry was defeated, and less than 500 horsemen were left to flee in disarray. The opposing cavalry, cheering loudly, took the high ground and placed crossbowmen there. Shoot down condescendingly, and this is the chaos of your own side.

"Send a regular legion over and make sure to take back the high ground. Infantry line forward!" Basil II ordered. Followed by. A total of nine and a half thousand (the lancers were intensively used) Roman infantry, which began to move in the direction of the nameless heights. The rest of the Roman legions began to advance.

"Send out all the barbarian archers and harass the Franks. Also, concentrate all the Trabizon archers, as well as crossbowmen, and move them to our left flank. ”

With a rush of arrangement, Basil II watched as it slowly moved. The Roman army, which seemed to be a sophisticated killing machine, couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

Very good, that's the way it is.

The closest point to the Nameless Heights. It was the same legion that had been attacked by the crossbowmen before, and now it was beginning to march towards the nameless heights. The Eastern Roman hoplites in the front row raised their shields and protected most of their bodies, leaving only two eyes to see people. Protect yourself to the fullest. And behind them, light infantry, armed with catapults, javelins, provided them with assistance in the attack.

The hoplites advanced slowly, and the Roman shield, although a slight obstacle in melee combat, was quite powerful when it came to fending off ranged attacks. The painted and rounded shield minimizes the force on the shield. Bounce off most of the ejected weapons. As a result, there are still occasional instances of Mildew being shot in the gap by Norman crossbowmen. After that, he died. But such a loss of a few people is nothing at all for a regiment of nearly 10,000 people.

"Prepare the throwing axe. ”

Seeing the opposing hoplites getting closer and closer. The crossbowmen had no choice but to retreat, then look for other gaps and shoot at scattered enemies in other directions - for Egil's crossbowmen didn't have the tools to make a slot. Therefore, when the crossbowmen shoot downward, the angle should not be too large. Otherwise, the bolts will slip out of the slots, which is very troublesome.

After that, a group of Norman conscripts blocked it. The armor of these irregular armies was very rudimentary, with only a small number of wealthy soldiers equipped with chain mail, while the rest were equipped with leather armor, or leather clothing as armor. The weapons in his hands are hand axes and small round shields. At the same time, it was equipped with two light throwing axes.

A Norman officer by profession, as well as two of his lieutenants, were sent over as commanders of this improvised force. But the commander also understood. The other side was a regular, fully formed Roman heavy infantry legion, with his three thousand-strong Norman militia - even if he had the advantage of the terrain, it was impossible to hold them off for long. Thinking of this, the commander gritted his teeth, stood up and shouted, "Honor! Normans! You are also the descendants of mighty warriors from the ice and snow of the north! Let His Majesty Egil see if you are a bastard! Stop them, and defeat the Greeks!".

After such a loud roar, the Norman officer jerked out the axe in his hand. Then he took the lead and rushed towards the other party......

At this moment, Egil also discovered the embarrassment of his own army in the nameless heights, and after snorting lightly, he ordered to send three professional Viking warriors from a team of 1,000 people to reinforce him. And the light cavalry was not very useful against the hoplites of the Eastern Romans. At this moment, Egil also noticed that the other party seemed to have such calculations for his French allies. He ordered the light cavalry to move to the side of the French and garrison the edge of the Swiss phalanx in France. And always ready to strike again.

At this moment, as the Eastern Roman hoplites retreated, the super-long spear phalanx on both flanks had a chance to breathe, and the dwarven mercenary captains and Swiss mercenary captains hurriedly reorganized their formations, and built the corpses of the enemy and the war horses into a slope in front of the spear phalanx, so as to reduce the impact of the next wave of enemies.

At this time, the infantry phalanx of the two professional legions in which the Greeks were at the forefront, as well as the infantry phalanx of the two temporary conscription legions, had reached the center of the battlefield, and the opposing projection troops began to assist in the attack. Moreover, the two legions on both flanks are also approaching little by little, and they want to unite their own heavy cavalry to encircle and annihilate the Norman heavy cavalry in the center of the battlefield.

"Tsk, the cavalry retreated. Let the alpha break off. Egil frowned, and seeing that his own cavalry was about to suffer, he immediately gave this order: "Also, the whole army advances. ”

After such an order, the knights of the guard beside Egil hurriedly blew the horn. When Alpha, who was fighting, heard the sound of the horn, he stepped on the stirrups and stood up from his horse, and when he looked around the battlefield, he knew what was happening. So he quickly ordered: "Retreat!

With Alpha's order, dozens of royal knights shouted loudly.

At the same time, he began to give up blocking and dodging moves, and blindly attacked the opponent. I hope to use this to hold the other party back. The Norman heavy cavalry, who also heard the sound of the horn, began to retreat little by little.

The whole Norman army began to advance at the same time. Egir quickly dispatched heralds to order the French army to follow. In this way, after a round of heavy cavalry attacks, the main infantry forces of the two sides were about to meet!

"Forward?now!?

However, after hearing Egil's order, Philip II hesitated slightly, because the Greek heavy cavalry had left a deep impression on him. Whether it was a defeat of the French heavy cavalry with a small number of defeats, or a desperate charge that almost broke the phalanx of Swiss pikes, Philip II was terrified. In Philip II's senses, even defense is not necessarily enough to defend, let alone attack.

But by this time, the Norman army of more than 100,000 had already begun to move. If the French army does not keep up, then the coalition front will be disjointed, and it is impossible for the other side to grasp such an obvious weakness. In this case, you will be in an extremely disadvantageous position......

"All right," Philip II gritted his teeth, and then ordered: "All the army advances, keep up with the Normans!"

In this way, the armies of the two sides drew closer and closer, and the two Roman heavy infantry brigades at the forefront of the four Luo [Baidu] horse regiments at the forefront, and the two mixed Roman infantry brigades. and Egil's command, a total of six professional Viking warrior thousand-man teams, as well as all Viking dueling assault troops are about to collide!

"It's time to stop!

At a distance of about 700 meters from the center of the battlefield, the Norman infantry in the second, third, and even fourth Norman formations under Egir stopped and began to stand in place to rest. Only nearly seven thousand people in the front row remained and continued to advance to the front, and even quickened their pace!

And at this moment, the four brigades in the front row of Eastern Rome also sped up - the two sides got faster and faster, and finally let out an earth-shattering roar and began to charge with all their might!! this decisive battle also began to enter the high tide stage!

The throwing axes of the Norman army, longbows and arrows covered the sky and the sun, and fell on the heads of the Eastern Roman army like hail and thunderstorms. No matter how perfectly the other party holds up the shield, there will always be flaws. Let the Roman army cry bitterly.

On the front, the charge of the decisive assault fighters made the Roman generals who had fought side by side with the Varangians and spoke highly of them silently, they originally thought that the impact power of those fierce Varangian two-handed axes was already unparalleled in the world - but they did not expect that they would be able to see the assault infantry that surpassed the Varangians!

The professional legions of the Eastern Romans, the hoplites, were still under great pressure under the projection support of the auxiliary infantry. Not to mention the improvised Eastern Roman armies - the Eastern Roman soldiers, who were poorly equipped with leather armor and small shields, some armed with short swords and some armed with maces, had suffered heavy losses under the rain of Norman longbows and arrows, and their formations were shattered, and the front began to falter when they were charged by the Viking Death Strike Warriors! (Proofreading [Baidu])