"The enemy formations are quite dense, but like magic, they don't collide with each other - they must have been very well trained. That's why we can do that. And we can't, our formation is loose, the gap between the cavalry is too large. So when it's close combat, they can be two or three, or even four people against one of us. And they work very well together. Even the best of us, who can deal with several warriors at once, will not have an advantage against them. And there are some who want to fight desperately, ignoring their attacks, not blocking and dodging, but just cutting through - they will also defend and block, and the other cavalry on the other side will take advantage of the situation and kill that person.

And even if they were lucky, the opponent didn't dodge the attack, and they still had very tough, very strong leather armor on their bodies. Our knives can barely cut through their armor......"

As he spoke, the Lithuanian cavalryman who had escaped with his life distorted his face, as if he had been extremely frightened, and at the same time began to really recall the battle of the day:

It was a sunny afternoon. He, along with his companions from the same tribe, and several other horsemen from neighboring tribes, numbered about two hundred, rode along with a few chieftains, ready to find an opportunity to teach the Normans a lesson.

At that time, he and a few other boys were laughing, men, especially men of this age, basically talking about who whose daughter is beautiful, who whose widow is coquettish, who whose daughter is married to whom, it's really a waste...... That's it. He laughed out loud as he spoke—and then he was happy and sad.

A small group of Norman cavalry, no more than fifty in all, rushed straight towards them. He was surprised: "Are these Normans crazy? We have a lot more than them—"

Although he had doubts in his heart, he was still very excited. The other party is not as many as his own. Then it's time for them to win, and the first one of the military merit people can't be exchanged for two silver coins?

"Kill them!!" Seeing that the enemy rushed over, several leaders nodded to each other, and gave the battle order. Immediately afterwards, the Lithuanian cavalry drew their bows and arrows, brandished their scimitars, roared wildly, and rushed towards the opposite side. Several Lithuanians, whose tribes were slaughtered by the Normans, were the most excited, their faces flushed, their eyes red, their shouts louder, rushing to the front, and the fastest to die......

Within a distance of sixty paces, the opposing archers actually attacked! The archers in the back two rows directly released arrows and threw them. Under the eyes of the Lithuanians, who were puzzled, "How is it possible?!, how can you shoot so far-" directly shot several Lithuanian cavalrymen in the front row who were eager for revenge off their horses. Immediately after that, he opened his bow again and fired four consecutive volleys before the horses of both sides staggered, killing at least thirty Lithuanian cavalrymen!

And the Lithuanians, naturally, were not to be outdone, and the Lithuanian cavalry, armed with light compound bows, immediately began to return fire as soon as they entered the firing range. However, the arrows they shot were blocked by the hussars in front of them, who were wearing their armor and raising their shields and bowing down. Their greased leather armor was tough and slippery, and the Lithuanians' bows and arrows were almost all bounced off. Only a few suffered minor injuries. In this round, except for a few horses that shot their horses, causing them to go berserk and throw the riders off and be trampled into meat sauce by the galloping cavalry, the Normans did not suffer any casualties.

Thirty to one!How is this a big deal?!The Lithuanians' eyes were red, and they rushed straight towards the hussars who were pulling melee - but, as I had said before, the hussars were very little spaced apart, and the whole looked like an angular phalanx. In the hand-to-hand combat that followed, as the deserter had said, the Lithuanians, though much more numerous than the Normans, were powerless. On the contrary, the tightly formed hussars were able to achieve numerical superiority in a small area - in a dense formation, each Lithuanian had to face several quick knives!

Steel vs. iron. Although they were lined up, they didn't really mean the same thing - the iron scimitars in the hands of the Lithuanian cavalry seemed to the Norman hussars to be rubbish. The hussars held in their hands the sophisticated scimitars made of steel-clad technology -- when the weapons of the two sides were handed over, they could even directly cut off the opponent's weapons! And the opponent's scimitars could not hurt them in the slightest! For a time, the entire battlefield was full of people, but all the Lithuanians were killed in battle, and the Norman hussars suffered almost no casualties. After one round, the Lithuanians' formation was pierced, while the Normans still maintained their phalanx! and immediately, without any hesitation or rest, they turned their horses around and killed them again!,

Immediately after that, the Lithuanians collapsed. They had never seen such cavalry, they had never seen such a way of fighting. The tactics of the hussars' intensive charge were beyond imagination in terms of actual power and deterrence. After one piercing, the Lithuanians suffered at least a third of the casualties.

"They're devils! If we keep fighting, we'll definitely die! Not just me, but all the brothers there, so we ran away - no matter how many lives we have to fight these people, no matter how many lives we have! I was lucky enough to flee back. Others, however, were less lucky. Most of their companions were captured by them and then killed

Their horses were faster than ours! They were much heavier than us in their armor, but their horses were still faster than ours! At last, in the evening, I and a few men who had escaped had the courage to run back and take a look. Oh my God, the whole battlefield was filled with corpses without heads. The demons had put all the heads in place, piled them up, and then they lit fires around them, and they roasted meat, drank wine, and laughed loudly. It was like hell...... We were so frightened that we hurried back, never daring to go back. ”

In the Lithuanian description, Egil's melee hussars are a bit like the Cromwellian cavalry of another world. Of course, in fact, it is far behind, and Egil knows little about strategy and tactics for a while. While knowing the benefits of maintaining discipline, as well as swarm charges. However, he did not deliberately train the synergy of cavalry charges. It's just that the Lithuanians are rare and strange, and in order to cover up their incompetence, the defeated army deliberately exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the hussars a lot. That's why it's an exaggeration.

But it's enough.

Ten to one, or even higher, and a slightly exaggerated description of the rout. Enough to scare the people of Lithuania. Occasionally, unbelievers rode fast horses and went to war with the Normans with bows and swords. As a result, it was either destroyed and filled with Jingguan, or it was destined to flee back, and it became the same as those people before.

The reason why the Lithuanians dared to rise up and fight the Normans was to rely on the elite light cavalry, believing that their light cavalry was invincible in the world, and although the opposing army was numerous, it would inevitably be embarrassed under the harassment tactics of their own light cavalry. When the time comes, wait until the morale of the enemy army drops, and your own army will rush forward again, and a battle can be decided.

However, the fact is that their light cavalry tactics did not work at all, and they were beaten so badly. And there were heavy losses and low morale. And little by little, the enemy is getting closer to his side.

Now it was the turn of the Normans to harass the Lithuanians.

It's a rare opportunity to have a decisive battle with the enemy. Egil didn't want to waste it. In order to prevent the Lithuanians from escaping, the hussars under Egil's command also received orders to roam around the Lithuanian camp in groups of three or five. When the lone Lithuanian was encountered, he pounced on it and cut it down. And when they met a large group of Lithuanian troops, they fled, and absolutely did not engage them.

Although it did not meet the requirements of the military reform regulations, two full hussar regiments, 10,000 cavalry - but there were also a lot of hussars under the command of Egil, a small number of which were used by Egil as scout cavalry, and the other more than 6,000 elites, which was not a pleasant taste. The Lithuanians didn't even have the heart to run away for a moment. As soon as you escape, you will most likely encounter hussars, and if there are fewer people, you can't beat them, and if you have more people, you can't run. It doesn't work to live or die. It's simply that there is no way to enter the heavens and the earth, and many Lithuanians cry bitterly after thinking of these things, and even some of them are depressed and have a bad mentality, so they directly wipe their necks. cast a shadow over the entire Lithuanian military camp.

Immediately after that, the number of people who surrendered increased - the Lithuanians were also human beings, and they used their brains, and then they came up with such a solution:

On this day, a dozen Lithuanians, who had been sent out to fetch water and firewood, made up their minds and prepared to surrender to the Normans - now a single, small number of Lithuanians did not dare to go half a step out of the barracks. These activities are carried out in squads.

Of course, it didn't really make much difference, and for a few hussars, such a number of enemies - and infantry - were still very easy prey. The low morale of the Lithuanians further increased the success rate of the hussars. Basically, as soon as you see the hussars rushing towards you, that squad of Lithuanians will collapse in an instant. Even if there are a few brave people who can afford to resist with courage, they will be killed at the first time.

Therefore, getting out of the camp to fetch water and firewood became a chore in the eyes of the Lithuanian soldiers. Few people are willing to do it. In the end, it even developed to the point of drawing lots to determine life and death. Thank God for not being drawn, and being drawn to the point of despair, as if they were going to the execution ground. This was something Egil hadn't expected. [This text is provided by the Update Internship Team]. If you like this work, you are welcome to ◤◢ to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation.