"Damn! damn it!" Poor command, the left flank of the Crusader coalition ended up in the same scuffle as before. Except for the very beginning, relying on the charge of the middle cavalry to take advantage of a little advantage, breaking through a large number of opposing infantry, crushing, and almost breaking through the opponent's line, there is nothing that can be fully pointed. In the ensuing battle, the opposing Mamluk heavy cavalry launched a counterattack with the help of the Mamluk archers, Sibien archers, and Arab archers.

Although the ability of the composite bow of the people is not as good as the longbow made by the Norman Empire, the lethality is still considerable. Many of the mixed Crusader forces were poorly armoured or unlucky. And in such a chaotic situation, the armies on both sides were crowded next to each other. It is impossible to charge in such a situation. In fact, the Norman knights, the royal knights had already made the right choice in this situation. They jumped off their horses and gathered together in hundreds, gathering them together to be used as large movable shields to ward off the infidels' bows. At the same time, he wields a tomahawk and fights on foot.

In such a scuffle, fighting on foot did give them a better chance of survival and more tactical options - but the fact that the Norman knights did not mean that the knights of other countries would do so. In fact, the vast majority of the knights of continental Europe, those from the Black Dragon Order, the Golden Fleece Knights, and the Gendarmerie Knights, although they tried to imitate the Normans in terms of equipment and tactics. But in this regard, they were not as flexible as the Normans, who stubbornly chose to fight on horseback, believing that this was the best option. And these people often die miserably when faced with maces armed with armor-piercing weapons, or the two-handed axemen of the opposing guards fighting on foot, or the armored spearmen who form arrays.

In this way, the proud, expensive and cherished knightly troops of the European nations were wasted in such a chaotic battlefield...... It does seem quite ironic.

In this way, the knights of the European crusader countries were hacked, smashed, impaled, dragged off their horses and taken prisoner. On the other side, a small array of armored spearmen has gradually taken shape, supplemented by a large number of conscripted militiamen and tribal shield spearmen. Under the cover of the opponent's archery troops, the crusaders were gradually suppressed.

"Really...... The mighty soldiers don't obey my orders, and those who obey me aren't strong enough. How is it that there is no such thing in the world that can have the best of both worlds?" Seeing that the Norman army was getting as big as possible without obeying orders, and the knights of other European countries were in a miserable situation, the commander-in-chief of the left flank, Philip of France, could not help but say such things.

Complaining is complaining, but if something goes wrong on his side, Philip is not sure if Egil will slaughter him. What's more, if this war is lost, if it falls into the hands of the infidels, it will definitely be a setback that is worse than death. Under the influence of such a heart, Philip gritted his teeth and rushed forward with the more than a thousand French troops gathered around him.

This group of French troops was the product of Philip's proud military reform. They were draped in chain mail, and a hard leather armor was put on the outside to strengthen the defense of the torso, and the defense was good. The soldiers in the front row were armed with sturdy zither-shaped shields, maces, hand axes, and other weapons, while the soldiers in the second array were equipped with long-handled hook axes with greater lethality and a greater attack range. The soldiers of the third, fourth and fifth columns were armed with extra-long guns. ...,

In this way, the composite phalanx composed of multiple arms is better in lethality and stability than the ordinary and traditional phalanx. It can be regarded as an improved phalanx - five formations of more than 1,000 French soldiers, each platoon of 200 soldiers, a thousand men can hold a large distance. The situation on the left flank began to improve after the addition of such a thousand-man detachment, and more infantry and participating knights also gathered together to form a more solid front. In this way, the situation on the left flank became stable.

The lightly armed cavalry on the left flank, after Egil's order, also began to move to the side, more edges, in order to impact the opponent's flank and achieve tactical effect.

Compared to the situation on the left flank, the battle on the right flank, led by King Charles of Burgundy, was quite solid. As soon as the war began, the Norman Empire sent officers and heralds to the right flank. These officers, who were fluent in various Chinese languages and had studied various strategies and tactics, were sent in to help Charlie command. Therefore, in terms of command, compared to Philip of France, who could only be commanded by his own people, Charles seemed to be more handy.

So the king quickly made his decision. The army rearrangement has been changed a bit. The Swiss pikemen and the Swiss halberders, which he trusted more, were placed in the first row of the elite pikemen and halberders who had carried out military reforms based on Swiss mercenaries. A phalanx of pikemen and halberders can maintain an extremely strong line. Thus, compared to the twists and turns of the battle on the left, the crusaders on the right were invincible from the beginning.

After the two sides entered the melee, Charles made some adjustments to his army, retreating some of the front-line pikemen as reserves, to the rear, and deploying more sword and shield soldiers and shield men to the second line - the soldiers in Europe were usually equipped with larger kite-shaped shields, kite-shaped shields, and even oval shields and teardrop-shaped shields. The small round shields were more effective than the Arabs' preferred shields, and when the soldiers lifted them over their heads, they were effective against long-range bows - and of course, these shields were heavier.

Then, as the leader of the crusade, Egil sent another order, asking the cavalry, who had not yet entered the battle, to continue to detour to the flanks. And the right wing troops are not like the left wing, which fights out the elite knights as soon as they come up. The better-fortified knights, together with the light cavalry, began to make a detour towards the enemy's flanks.

At the same time, when the battle on the left and right flanks was calming down, Egil was in the center, with the long swords and axes of the assault infantry under his command, and forced the line forward nearly ten meters away. In contrast to the situation where the left and right flanks were suppressed by the opponent's bows, the Normans had seized several commanding heights in the dunes, and since Egil and his longbowman commander Robin Hood were both experts in the art of bows and arrows, the situation was reversed on the frontal battlefield. It was the Arabs who were suppressed by bows and arrows.

Under such circumstances, some aristocratic officers of the Arab front planned to launch a counter-charge against the Crusaders. Reclaim the Dune Heights that served as the commanding heights. A large number of Egyptian Janissaries, armed with two-handed axes, took the lead and began a counteroffensive under the command of the noble commanders of the front.

At this moment, the two sides are at the forefront of the main force, as the backbone and the best offensive force, the arms are basically the same. The Egyptian Janissaries, as well as the Norman assault infantry, were heavily armoured, shieldless, dual-wielding battle axes. They use it in exactly the same way, assaulting, wielding a tomahawk to break through the opponent's line and rain down the sky...... Such offensive soldiers, who are equipped in every powerful empire, are used as sharp knives, and they are more powerful and demanding than their counterparts in terms of physique, treatment, and training. Of course, the treatment is also the best .........,

In this battle, the Egyptian Janissaries and the Norman assault infantry were a battle between the elite against the elite, and the sharp knives fought against the sharp knives - and in such a war, the Norman army won on all fronts!

"You ask why we won? There are many factors, my friend. "On some occasion, Egil would be asked about similar things by his allies. At that time, Egil would say something like:

"There are many reasons for this—first of all, the elite soldiers under my command are all Norman elites from the harsh snowy regions, and their combat effectiveness, wildness, and ferocity are higher than those who grow in warmer regions. Secondly, the Empire's armor smiths and armorsmiths are very good. This ensures that we get a much better weapon than the other side. Thirdly, the Norman soldiers were trained more scientifically - we had strict written military regulations, more scientific and flexible tactics, and more professional, professional officers who graduated from military academies (or maybe first as officers and then at academies). Of course, there is a fourth, and most important point, - that this army was personally commanded by I, Egil Skadergrímsson, the Norman Emperor. ”

In this way, under the personal command of the emperor, the other party organized several counterattacks in a row, all of which were defused by Egil one by one. The Arab officers looked angry as they looked up at the high ground of the sand dunes covered with layers of their own corpses. With each attack, they were subjected to concentrated fire from opposing crossbowmen. The Praetorian Guards, who were not equipped with shields, wore scale armor and armor, which did not provide good protection against bows and crossbow weapons, suffered heavy casualties. In the next confrontation with the Norman assault infantry, it is easier to be divided and surrounded by those who have the advantage of numbers, and then gradually cannibalize and destroy......

In this way, although the situation of the war was somewhat repetitive, on the whole, it was more favorable to the Crusaders...... At this moment, the sun is already setting in the west. It's February 10, 1006!

*J Novel Knight