Chapter 11 The Battle of Krakow Fourth, Excessive Blood
The lightning infantry roared wildly, fighting with the Eastern Roman hoplites in a tight formation—the spear shafts of the heavy infantry were more than 2.3 meters long, a lot longer than the swords of the lightning infantry—but for balance, the Eastern Roman hoplites held their spear shafts only slightly behind. Coupled with the length of the arm, compared to the lightning infantry holding the hilt straight, the 1.4-meter-long chopping sword does not have much advantage - ten centimeters.
However, this is more than enough.
The Eastern Roman heavy infantry were also professional troops who had undergone rigorous training and had withstood the test of war. Fighting the barbarians with a powerful impact is not once or twice. Quite experienced in such situations. They timed their shots just right. As if in harmony with it, the lightning infantry took two or so steps forward at the same time that their spears stabbed, and then as if they had collided with their spears.
Inertia, impact, and the eye of the Eastern Roman hoplites—they were aiming at the place where the plates and chains of the composite armor were linked. The result is a seemingly sturdy armor that does not block the sharp spearhead. The company was impaled along with the synchronized soldiers—and then, however, it was at this time that the Eastern Roman hoplites whispered in their hearts: "Sure enough, it's just a group of better equipped barbarians." Something unexpected happened!
When the Eastern Roman hoplites were about to withdraw their spears according to their tactics and continue to assassinate them, they saw the lightning infantry continue to move forward with a smirk. Let the spear stir their ribcages or abdomen to a sparse sparse place. Persistently took another step - this step, and it was within striking distance of their attack.
"Huh?!" cried the Eastern Roman hoplites in disbelief.
"Ah!!!h Cut off his head directly. Looking at the expression on his face again, he still looked incredulous......
Seeing the deadly fighting style of this group of lightning infantry, even if they want to die, they have to pull the enemy together. The Eastern Romans were terrified. The hoplites were just more cautious and shrunk and changed formations. And those short swordsmen and hammer soldiers were a little cowering.
"It's just incredible...... though it doesn't have a snocular, a cheat prop like Norman. But because it is on the defensive side, it is closer to the battlefield, and it is better to stand on a hill and look into the distance. Her own physical fitness, or eyesight, is also very good--so Her Royal Highness Princess Lilianu also saw this scene very clearly. And he sent out such an emotion.
With the charge of the lightning infantry, a total of fifteen thousand Celtic hoplites also rushed towards the line of the Eastern Romans. On either flank, the Norman army, which also had a garrison legion, 3,500 professional Viking warriors, rushed towards the Eastern Roman army. Even Egil's Central Army has not been completely reformed, and after the redress, the garrison corps in these places is naturally even worse. Although the military reform regulations have been in place for several months. However, the three Norman garrisons that went out with the Celts still maintained their original equipment.
However, this is also sufficient. In the Battle of Budapest that year, the Normans relied on such equipment to fight on a par with the Eastern Romans.
A total of 22,000 well-armed and well-trained professional infantrymen thus opened their formations and attacked on three sides, attacking the Eastern Roman army. The situation suddenly became very unfavorable for the Eastern Romans.
And at this moment, another accident happened - while watching the combined Norman-Celtic army rush towards it, the rabble of infantry groups of the various feudal lords deployed by Her Royal Highness the princess on the left flank were also stimulated. These unorganized and undisciplined guys, their brains were congested in an instant, and they completely forgot the order of Her Royal Highness the princess to "stick".
"Charge! The Normans are coming, so are we! We attack! Defeat them!!"
A young nobleman from Poland blushed with excitement and said something that sounded logical and simple. It was as if it was a very easy thing to defeat the Norman army, as easy as eating bean sprouts. Yet there are people who believe what he says. A group of young people around him, stunned young aristocrats who had never seen the world in their twenties and thirties, heard him say this, and they all shouted loudly - what kind of friends do people make, plus people of this age are indeed very energetic, and their temperament is also eager, and they can't wait to win a country in a day and a night, and they will be able to make steady progress ...... Fenghou Bai.
As a result, the coalition forces were also full of momentum for a while. The tens of thousands of feel-good rabble rushed towards the Viking pro warriors in their direction......
The formation was disorganized, the military appearance was not in order, and the weapons in their hands were also varied, even mixed with some agricultural tools such as sickles, nail rakes, and even wooden sticks, and the professionalism of this group of soldiers was even worse than that of the feudal lords of Western Europe - the peasant soldiers of the so-called "developed areas" would have been given a short spear, a shield, such equipment - but these Eastern European guys could not even do this.
It deserves to be conquered.
But then again, the current situation in Eastern Europe is that the proportion of agrarian civilization is not very high. And the development is not very good -- but it is precisely because of this that it is all the more necessary to occupy it! The leader of the people of Eastern Europe to run to civilization and prosperity depends on Egil the Great!
The professional Vikings charged, as did the coalition rabble on the left flank - so that the left flank was the first place where the battle began.
Professional Vikings, though not as powerful as the Assault Fighters or Norman Assault Infantry. But the blood of the Vikings, the blood of the savage warriors, also gave them a powerful charge bonus that surpassed that of other races and classes. Perhaps against the professional shock infantry is slightly inferior. But it is enough to deal with these rabble.
At this moment, the regiments deployed on the left flank, the Norman garrison in Pomerania, the general, and even Anderson, the oldest of the garrison generals under Egil. Although he is not a battle-hardened man, he is also a battle-hardened general. Seeing that the other party was not guarded, he attacked. secretly said: "God help me, this great achievement...... but he didn't pay attention to the three-to-one ratio of troops at all. It's just a pity that Her Royal Highness the Queen has unified all the crossbowmen, otherwise at this time, a burst of strong crossbows will shoot over, frustrating the enemy's sharpness, and then a charge, a burst of flying axes, then this group of rabble will be dispersed, and the first merit of this battle will be their own......
Of course, the crossbow is gone, but the axe is still there. General Anderson shouted loudly, ordering the soldiers to hold their breath and wait until the enemy was less than ten paces away before shouting, "Throw !!"
The Norman infantry also used a tactic similar to that of a crossbowman's three-stage fire, crouching down immediately after the first row was throwing, followed by the second row...... After four consecutive rows of Viking warriors finished throwing, the coalition forces on the opposite side were already stunned. The Norman axe was no small force - even a warrior in chain mail would be hit, not to mention that most of the Allied peasants were not equipped with leather armor. This round of throwing in four columns directly took the lives of hundreds of coalition soldiers in the front row.
Weapons don't have long eyes, so you can't tell whether you're a nobleman or a farmer. The young nobleman who shouted at the beginning, and rushed first, was chopped off three fingers of his right hand by a flying axe, and before he could cry out in pain, he was slashed in the right chest by a flying axe, and a large hole was torn in his lungs. Immediately after that, another diagonal axe cut his carotid artery...... The pathetic fool snorted and fell to the ground, going to hell and continuing to daydream about getting ahead......
After the four-wheel flying axe, the professional Viking warriors in the front row jumped up violently with the squat starting method of a 100-meter sprint, and then rushed towards the enemy, waving the tomahawks in their hands wildly - some of the Viking warriors who had risen to kill directly threw away their shields, and raised their tomahawks with both hands, while being able to slash harder. The rabble that was killed was losing ground one after another. Defeated!
"Damn it!!!"
Seeing the frontal battlefield and its right flank, although the Roman soldiers were at a disadvantage, they were able to maintain the stability of the battle line and not immediately rout. However, the idiots of the coalition forces on the left flank looked like they were about to collapse. Her Royal Highness couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
However, scolding is scolding, teammates are teammates no matter how pig-headed they are, and they can't be left alone. Her Royal Highness the princess hated to death in her heart, but she was not slow to give orders, and immediately sent two thousand-strong Eastern Roman hammer soldiers, as well as one of her private guards, a thousand-man guard.
These elite soldiers, who came from gladiatorial slaves, elite warriors, and were taught to fight in the regular army, were armed with heavy scale armor, Roman helmets, lighter oval shields, cross-spears similar to those of the Papal Guard, and two javelins. It was a group of elite soldiers armed to the teeth - although they did not have the great exploits and glorious history of the Eastern Roman Guards, but Her Royal Highness believed that this elite group of soldiers was only a little less experienced than the Guards.
With the addition of these 3,000 troops, the left flank was quickly stabilized, although it was still vulnerable to greater blows because it was a little more advanced than the other fronts. But it's not going to break down......
However, Her Royal Highness was still not happy. After all, this group of fighters was actually left behind by her, hoping to use them when counterattacking. In addition, Her Royal Highness also understands a truth: those who take the lead in using reserves in a war are more likely to lose......