Chapter 9: The Sentinel Battle
Of course, in addition to such tragic so-called highland militias with big sticks, there are actually some good troops in Scotland.
The Highland Swordsman, armed with the legendary Scottish two-handed sword, according to no name, he had seen several Highland swordsmen trained, bowl-mouthed logs, half of a sword. Presumably, the scene will look better when you cut off someone's head on the battlefield.
Highland axes are more brutal and brutal than highland swordsmen, and they don't need stronger skills, as long as they slash after not losing their strength. Although due to the weight of the axe itself, the attack speed of the Highland Axe is slightly worse.
Highland pikemen, the reason why William Wallace became famous back then was that he relied on the mountain people who did not even wear a piece of leather armor on the body of these pillboxes and went to the battlefield with a long pole, and formed a phalanx of super long spears to directly shake the feat of England's "iron cavalry" head-on. So, Egil used his brain: even such a tragic phalanx of spears can defeat the so-called "iron cavalry", so if the phalanx soldiers of the Greek blockhouses are successfully cloned and copied, then ......
Highland archers, so the less powerful people really can't get a crossbow - and the highlanders don't seem to have much to do with longbows. As a result, the equipment in the hands of the Highland archers was similar to that of the Norse archers - except that they did not have defensive armor such as helmet chain mail or melee weapons such as sophisticated hand axes.
Looking at it in this way, the Scots' troops are a little dirty. But the combat effectiveness is still considerable. It's just this amount...... It's just a little worse - no, it should be said, more than a little worse.
After the battle of Hadrian's Wall, plus a group of Scottish regular troops sent to the country, the total number of people was only 3,000. This is Wallace's heart. Not so easy to deceive.
The combined forces of the Three Kingdoms are more than 50,000. And more than sixty percent of them are regular troops. The dwarven infantry of the bunker, and the Viking warriors that Egil cheating on. It is much stronger than the regular army of an ordinary country -- and in this way, the actual combat capability of this 50,000-strong army is much higher than that of 50,000 in the ordinary sense.
And their opponents, the English, although they also had an army of 50,000 in numbers, had a little more moisture. According to the preliminary statistics of the spies, more than eighty percent of England's 50,000 troops were improvised conscripts and rabble supported by local nobles. The real regular army is definitely no more than 10,000 people.
So, in terms of strength, you will win.
But who knows the end result.
Eventually, as the two armies got closer and closer. The battle between the rangers of the two armies intensified.
Which is stronger, the English Hobila Rangers or the Norwegian Patrol Cavalry?
The answer is that neither is strong.
Therefore, such a problem does not matter at all, for Egil, the patrol cavalry, the light cavalry that helped her a lot in the early days, is completely outdated, useless, outdated, and tragic.
He could no longer endure these weakened light cavalry - he could not be armed with a bow or arrow, nor a saber or shield, nor could he be armed with armor heavier than hard leather armor. This is a complete tragedy for your sister.
In Egil's understanding, the light cavalry should be the kind of man who comes and goes like the wind, can come and go from far and near, and can cut and shoot. It's nothing if the defense is slightly weaker. But the mobile surname and attack power must definitely be strong, and it is necessary to have a bunker. That's it.
So, the patrol cavalry, Egil is ready to abandon.
For a piece that is outdated and useless, it is almost a class that is labeled as waste. Naturally, Egil wouldn't be too polite to use. Before the start of the battle, a total of 500 patrol cavalry were thrown out by Egil, scouting the way, stepping on traps, and fighting with the opposing Hobila Rangers. This went back and forth, but it made the other two guys who had no cavalry at all feel very moved.
What they don't have is certainly good - in such strange thoughts, two fellows who are not good at cavalry at all subconsciously regard the sad light cavalry of the patrol cavalry as a powerful class. Seeing that the patrol cavalry under the command of Egil died two today and two tomorrow. I don't feel embarrassed in my heart.
William Wallace, in particular, had equated Egil with the Archduke's selflessness after Egil had ceased Newcastle without any conditions. After seeing Egil's action of actually cleaning up the garbage, I couldn't find any other adjectives except for being moved.
So, at the next regular meeting, when Egil casually asked, "Ah, the situation is a little more delicate. The armies of the three of us are not under each other's borders, so it seems terrible to fight like this. Do you want to elect a supreme commander?
And so, after that, Wald and Wallace pushed the boat to make Egil the commander-in-chief.
"Uh, isn't that right?" said Egil, his eyes widened in surprise.
"No, no, no, that's good. The very honest Dwarf King and the Scottish Marshal hurriedly shook their arms and said.
In this way, Egil became, at least nominally, the commander-in-chief of this army of more than 50,000 men.
On the fourth day of the march of the army - after overcoming the heat, mosquito bites, and all kinds of terrible road conditions, the barely walkable road, which had grown half-man-tall grass on stone slabs, was still built during the reign of the Roman Empire. It's been hundreds of years now—these damned barbarians of the British Isles don't even have the slightest sense of maintenance—and after that, the Triple Alliance has finally reached the outskirts of Yorktown. There were less than twenty miles left from York, a city that was sadly about to be breached twice in a month.
Speaking of which, Alfred the Great was indeed not a great tactician. When commanding in battle, it is at the upper middle level -- but the level of theory and knowledge is quite high. He had long explored the terrain on the outskirts of Yorktown, and made accurate judgments, set up checkpoints in the place where the Triple Alliance was ready to pass, and arranged for hundreds of defenders to defend the place to block the attack of the coalition forces. Slow down enemy forces.
It's just that such a temporary camp is a little too simple......
Still thinking like this, Egir climbed to the opposite side of a small hill, and looked at the camp opposite with a monocular in his hand that made the other two commanders, Walder and Wallace, look at the camp opposite.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh......" Egil looked at the other party's typical medieval style of dirty mess and almost "beeped", even the illegal buildings of later generations could not compare to the camp - not at all like a habitable person. The kind of fighting and guarding at the same time in the east are full of battles, and some of the bunkers even have a certain formation of camps that can't be compared at all.
As a result, the two men next to Egil - because the dwarves themselves are only here for revenge, and Wallace is a grassroots class from a mud leg. Therefore, the three of them combined to make Egil the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. Therefore, since he is the commander-in-chief, he must stand in the middle.
The two men next to him listened to him "uh-huh" several times, and turned their heads slightly curiously, as if they wanted Egil to give an explanation or something.
"It's surrounded by mountains and rivers, but it's a great place to bury bones. Egir laughed and uttered something like this—followed by an order: "Cavalry charge!" The knights of the Guards quickly blew their horns. The army had already received the information from behind, and picked out the equipment from the reserve caravan, and the equipped improved tomahawk cavalry quickly attacked, and rushed directly towards the opposite camp.
It's a no-brainer at all. Before the other party could react, the tomahawk cavalry had already rushed to the side of the opponent's camp. With a few clicks of the tomahawk in his hand, he cut through the thin planks that the opponent had patchworked, and after that, the war horse covered with a heavy felt blanket slammed into the gap, and the tomahawk cavalry rushed in like this, slashing and slashing for a while.
Less than two hours later, Alfred's camp was in ruins as "able to hold off the other party for a day or two." Egil also took the opportunity to show off the strong combat effectiveness of his cavalry. Let the earthen buns of the two infantry sequences look at the direct drool.
Immediately afterward, the coalition forces did not stay too long, and there was no loot worth searching for in this small village. After making it a foothold for himself, Egil ordered the whole army to move on.
"At least reach the outskirts of York Town before evening. Egil ordered.
Then, on the way, the other two dirt buns ran up to Egil, wanting him to talk about the cavalry - the dwarves were limited to race and could not develop cavalry, so they were only a little curious. Wallace, however, had the intention of learning from the experience - before, Scotland did not develop cavalry armaments due to terrain and limited national strength. However, this situation changed hands at Hadrian's Wall. After the acquisition of the two sites of Northumberland and Cumbria, certain changes have taken place. Qin Guangxia, whose territory has expanded and his strength has become stronger, Wallace is also thinking about whether he can support a group of cavalry.
Egir, on the other hand, did not seem to be hiding anything at all, taking out his experience of commanding cavalry battles several times and sharing it with Wald and Wallace.
"Speed and impact, combined with the inherent weight of the cavalry, can be used to their advantage, and the hoplites can be used to their fullest potential, no matter what other class of arms wants to contend with. They can only rely on formation and terrain. And it is possible to succeed at a heavy cost. Therefore, on the basically flat terrain, the charge of destruction that the heavy cavalry group can exert should be regarded as the most devastating charge in the war in this era......"
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