Chapter 9 The Lion and the Wolf are one of them, and there are three formations of cavalry

In the steady and orderly advance of the gun array, the heavy feeling like a mountain gives people infinite pressure. At this moment, the two heavily armored dwarven chamber guards have not yet formed a line with the three crossbowmen, but their power has already penetrated - the 4.5-meter ultra-long spears made by the dwarves have all thickened and lengthened the heads, and the materials are very exquisite. The barrel of the gun is a tree species that I don't know where it is used, and what kind of processing it has undergone, it is very hard, and it is not as rich as some tree species, so that the barrel is too long and dangling to handle. It's really an excellent killing weapon.

It stands to reason that at this moment, the Finnish hussars should have retreated when they saw the opponent's gun array coming forward, although there was still some distance left. After all, the lethality of the extra-long spear for light cavalry like them is not ordinarily great. There is no armor, no vest, and a hard front shake of the super-long spear array is an act of looking for death.

However, the Finnish hussars, still shouting strange and desolate slogans, rushed towards the two flanks of the crossbow array, and it seemed that they had made up their minds to die together.

Immediately afterwards, the crossbow array quickly deformed under the command of the horn of the rear formation, the two wings folded directly to the middle, and a three-column phalanx directly turned into a trapezoidal formation. Then there was a rain of crossbows......

This is already the best Egil can do. When the three columns of crossbowmen exceeded the main formation too much, such an outcome had already been set - the lightly armed Finnish light cavalry was shot by the crossbow arrows in an instant, but more light cavalry had already rushed over, and the people borrowed their horsepower, and the snow bright long knives in their hands were raised high, and then the heads fell to the ground, and the moment they first touched, the crossbow array was hit hard, and the trapezoidal array was messed up like an orange that had been pinched. Bloody human heads flying......

"Stand back," Egil frowned, and a large number ......of shield spearmen and heavily armed shield spearmen in front of the Swedish army were about to rush over. I know that I will definitely suffer if I continue to fight. It was pretty cool to shoot just now. I didn't expect the news to come so quickly.

"Do you want to use it?" asked Artoria, who was beside Egil, eager to ask.

"Not yet—and besides, you're not allowed to go to war. With that said, Egil completely ignored the substance-like spiritual pressure that Artoria had released. Stay tuned to the battlefield.

At this moment, the crossbowmen array on both wings.

Because of the slightly smaller number of people, coupled with the desperate resistance of the crossbowmen, the Finnish light cavalry on both flanks was seriously injured at this moment, and when they rushed out, they were two hundred, and now there are less than one hundred and twenty left.

However, it still cannot be dominant. The main training of the crossbowmen is how to shoot accurately and quickly. Melee combat or something is a complete last resort, not to mention a small round shield tied to his arm, a long sword slung around his waist, and a light chain mail on his body, this body is much better equipped than the average light infantry - but it is not professional or not.

The light cavalry charged in a continuous whirlwind, quickly turning their horses after a long battle with the crossbowmen, and then charging again at close range, before the crossbowmen had had time to wind up again, or regroup, and on several occasions the crossbowmen array collapsed completely. The Finnish light cavalry, on the other hand, was in good spirits, despite exerting a lot of physical strength. In desperation, Egil ordered the main line to advance and ordered the crossbowmen to retreat.

After that, there were less than eighty Finnish light cavalry, all of whom were killed in the guns of the dwarven chamber guards, and were poked into sugar gourds.

In the first round of the encounter, the two sides can be regarded as having their own winners and losers. Although the gorgeous long-range lineup of Egypt's crossbow array + longbowmen made the Swedes hit the streets a lot. However, the opposing Finnish light cavalry was also a pillbox, but two hundred cavalry completely destroyed the crossbowmen array, and with the loss of hundreds of men and the complete destruction of the array, the crossbowmen had to retreat.

Then came the bloodiest, most lethal, and most intense...... It's also the most boring melee infantry encounter.

On the front, after the remaining crossbowmen were withdrawn, Egil's Viking daredevils rushed forward with their long-handled battle axes in their hands—one charge, one face, and the other split the opposite Swedish shield spearman in half, along with the human shield...... Well, it's not so exaggerated, but it's a sure thing that the head is chopped up, and the dead can't die anymore. And the opponent's spear, when it encounters a sophisticated plate chain composite armor, is powerless, at most it can only cause the opponent a little minor injury, if it is not a vital hit, it is difficult to cause fatal injuries.

In this way, the Swedish army was being eaten away little by little, but it was still slow. In the final analysis, it is because of Gustav's dominating ability that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command is increased. Multiply the combat effectiveness of these inferior classes. And the extremely high virtues also increased their morale a lot, so that they would not collapse.

"Robin Hood is there any movement there?" said Egil, then whispered to the knight of the guard next to him.

"It's difficult, such a distance...... Also, the other party seems to be prepared. The Knight of the Guard replied.

Indeed, because of the previous skiols in the Norwegian Black Forest, Gustav had a preliminary understanding of the abilities of the marksmen under Egil's command, so this guy rarely wore a dwarven plate chain composite armor, which was forcibly put on a heavy chain mail and a leather soft armor. The whole person is dressed like a king. At the same time, there are dozens of horses with large shields around him, whose eyes wander, ready to block arrows for their lord. In addition, there are more than 20,000 cannon fodder in front of them, and even Robin Hood, who has excellent archery skills, will feel a lot of pressure.

"Then you can only rely on strength to win. Egil snorted coldly, and then said: "The first queue, the improved tomahawk cavalry is dispatched. ”

Egil gave the order, and the knights of the guard beside him continued to blow their horns, long and short, and long. It means cavalry (long), first array (short), sortie (long).

After that, the Norwegian army had 400 men on each flank, a total of 800 heavy cavalry, rushed out, made a circle, and then rushed towards the flank of the main battlefield.

"Damn ......" had long been heard before, and the Norwegian knights were powerful and well-equipped, and now they know that they live up to their reputation. As soon as Gustav gritted his teeth, he ordered the Finnish light cavalry on both flanks to go out and entangle the opposing hoplites. Poor Finnish light cavalry with a saber and leather armor had to fight the heavily armored improved Tomahawk cavalry, and a bunch of dead in the Norwegian Black Forest outpost before, and then a bunch of dead in the crossbow formation. At this moment, the Finnish light cavalry numbered only eight hundred. Regardless of the number of equipment, the combat effectiveness is inferior, and the so-called block is just a block.

"Go on, attack. Just when Egil thought that Gustav had run out of skills, but he still had 1,700 hoplites and a large reserve of hoplites, victory was in sight, and the battlefield changed again......

The Swedish Nordic Guards, armed with two-handed battle axes, shouted wildly and rushed towards the cavalry battlefield on both flanks in a tsunami. Quickly reversed the decline of the Finnish light cavalry. In his hands, the tomahawk cut the horse's leg and the cavalry. Let the tomahawk cavalry be overwhelmed.

"I see...... Cut off the charge with light cavalry, slow it down, and then strangled it with two-handed tomahawks. That's a tactic. Egir on the other side nodded, still unmoved: "Second formation." ”

After that, another six hundred improved tomahawk cavalry rushed out from both Norwegian flanks, and in a circle, still rushing towards the opposing flank.

"Damn-shit, shit! Where did he get so many cavalry?!

Seeing another team of tomahawk cavalry roaring towards him, Gustav almost died of anger. Immediately after gritting his teeth, he ordered to send out the six hundred and fifty knights at the bottom of his box. These are either noble knights, or feudal knights directly under Gustav, or temporarily hired ranger knights, which are Gustav's biggest hole cards in this battle. Originally, I thought that I would go out to turn things around when the battle was at its most intense. But I didn't expect it to end up here.

Immediately afterwards the two heavy cavalry teams collided on the two flanks, and the knights on the Swedish side, although more trained, were much inferior in discipline to the improved tomahawk cavalry. At the same time, in terms of equipment, although most of the knights are also equipped with heavy chain mail, the main battle weapons they are equipped with are long swords and shields, which are extremely disadvantageous when fighting against the improved tomahawk cavalry. Because the axes of the improved tomahawk cavalry are armor-piercing. Often, the tomahawk cavalry can cut off a layer of chain mail of the knights with an axe, and by the way, the knights suffer some internal injuries and break two ribs or something. And the knights cut down with a sword, and at most cut off a layer of chain mail.

But that's not all. The two thousand five hundred heavy cavalry under Egil's command were only four hundred at this moment. There were also six hundred Norman elite knights, and five hundred Battlefield Orders were not dispatched......

"The third formation. Seeing that the two attacks were easily defused by the other party, Egil's face sank, still silent, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the third and final formation, a total of three hundred Norman elite knights, and five hundred field orders, a total of eight hundred elite heavy cavalry.

At this moment, the entire frontal battlefield has been stretched to nearly seven kilometers, and the Viking daredevils in the center are fiercely engaged with the shield spearmen, and on the outside are the dwarven super-long spear formation, and the Swedish Nordic tomahawk guards who want to break through the array, and the Viking warriors under Gustav, and on the outside, the tomahawk cavalry, and the Swedish knights, Finnish light cavalry, and the rest of the Swedish Nordic Guards. It was impossible for the cavalry of this third formation to continue to storm the flanks. After a big circle, I was tired and half dead. was so angry that the eyes of the knight chief who led the team on the left wing were red. Directly changing the order, half of the knights and the Field Order came to the aid of the Tomahawk cavalry, and then with the remaining nearly fifty knights, they rushed towards the array of Gustav's central army......

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