October 5, 1002. The Norman Kingdom and the Kingdom of France agreed to say that. Fifty miles outside of Paris, the armies of both sides lined up, and the battle began.

As was the case in the Middle Ages, wars still began early in the morning. Although the weather today is not very good. Gloomy to the extreme.

Joan of Arc thought for a moment, knowing that the Norman army was strong, and the Norman Iron Cavalry was even more famous all over the world. If you want to win, you still have to follow the previous way of fighting and adopt the combat method of defense and counterattack.

At this moment, the army under Joan of Arc has already been tempered after countless battles and small battles. Although it is still far from the posture of the veterans of a hundred battles under Egil. But compared to the ordinary bandit mercenaries, these irregular armed personnel are much stronger.

Joan of Arc had already begun her research on Egir long before he was just proclaimed king of Norway. Know that this is a cunning and cruel enemy. It's much tougher to deal with than Altoria. And add to that the first battle on the outskirts of Paris before that. I'm afraid the other party will not make the same mistake again.

So...... This battle must be difficult.

Joan of Arc thought about it for a moment and arranged the army like this: unlike before, a six-column array. In the front row are the most elite, wearing chain mail and armed with long-handled hook axes, forming a dense formation. It's similar to the Scottish Highland pikemen. At the same time, the hook axe can be chopped and stabbed, simple and efficient to manufacture, and also has a certain armor-piercing ability, so it will be favored by Joan of Arc and become a weapon equipped by the main army.

Between the second and third columns, there are several relatively high slopes. A group of Italian giant shield crossbowmen hired by France were deployed here, and Joan of Arc hoped to use them to fight the Norman longbowmen.

And the second, third, and fourth columns were still made up of the volunteers. Although the equipment has been slightly enhanced, most of them are equipped with spears and leather armor, and a few are equipped with scythes, short swords, and hand axes. The morale is very good, and the combat ability of the individual has also increased a lot. But tactically, there was still not much improvement, and as before, it was a rush of battles - such troops combined were more than 20,000. Accounted for two-thirds of Joan of Arc's army.

And the fifth column is where Joan of Arc is, and at the same time is the elite of the reserve, with two-handed war hammers and elite soldiers wearing heavy chain armor, a total of more than 1,000 people, who are the elite of Joan of Arc's army.

Sixth column. Joan of Arc placed the French knights here as a last resort. At the same time, it is also a counter-attacking force after a successful defense.

Seeing that the French army on the opposite side was well-groomed and well-dressed, with bright armor. Egil retracted his monoculars and nodded. I thought: Just catch a group of peasants and practice Ba Lianba can produce results, and Joan of Arc is worthy of her name. What particularly surprised Egir was Joan of Arc's caste, and the six-point dominance was not very high. A good infantry general +2 infantry commander is nothing. The key is virtue and piety. These two are high and scary. The virtue of fourteen points can basically guarantee that the army will never collapse. Sixteen points of piety can cause the vast majority of cardinals to die of shame......

"What a scourge. Egil glanced at the three signature flags from afar with his telescope, and there were already shadows under the flags. Said such incomprehensible words......

However, affirmation is affirmation. The battle still has to be fought. Egil was defeated in this battle. But it doesn't show that it's really willing. Some of the necessary means and struggles were needed - for example, all the light cavalry was thrown in at the beginning!

A total of 6,000 light cavalry, including 3,000 professional hussars skilled in mounted archery! This was the light cavalry of which Egil was proud, although the open space outside Paris was not very large. And the plains of Western Europe do not have the same flat terrain as the plains of Eastern Europe, which are wide enough for the hussars to gallop - but that is enough!

The hussars were like locusts, and they came all over the world. With just one shot in the face, a round of heavy arrows knocked down the unshielded hook axe on the opposite side. The hussars whistled and retreated directly, followed by the roaring Finnish hussars brandishing their swords.

"Steady, don't panic, hold tight!!" the French aristocratic commander on the front line shouted, ordering the hook axeman, who was a little stupid by the opponent's attack, to stabilize the formation. At the same time, the Italian mercenary giant shield crossbowmen were also called on by the mercenary leader to pull the strings of the crossbows, which looked similar to the tension crossbows used by Egil's crossbowmen, and also used foot strings. The attack power is quite good. The crossbowmen concentrated on a few hillsides, condescendingly past the first array of hook-and-axe men, and then fired at the Finnish light cavalry in a dense formation......

The Finnish light cavalry was covered with light leather armor, and the horses had no armor, so naturally they could not stop the crossbows falling from the sky. Regardless of whether it is a person or a horse that is shot, it can cause great damage. However, this group of Finnish light cavalry just dared to play with their lives. This round of people turned on their backs, and the blood and corpses not only did not terrify them. Instead, it provoked the brutality in the bones of the Finns. The hussars roared, their mouths roaring like wolves. rushed into the array of hooked axes that had just been scattered due to a rain of arrows, and then his hand was up and down, and his head was rolling. The Hook Axe men also resisted, cutting down a large number of light cavalry.

“...... Hussars?"

Seeing that the other party did not use heavy cavalry to charge as he imagined, Joan of Arc frowned, and then saw that the three thousand hussars were separated in two columns, and after turning around, they returned to the two flanks of the battlefield, aiming at the weak protection of the volunteers in the middle and a rain of arrows......

"Cavalry...... Expelled them. Seeing that the opponent used the mobility of the lightly armed cavalry to perform such a harassing tactic, Joan of Arc had no choice but to order half of the heavy cavalry that was originally intended for counterattack, hoping to expel the Norman professional hussars.

The knights had long since lost their patience and straddled their horses to fight. However, as the hussars approached, the Norman hussars turned again and galloped farther away. The knights were hesitant - but they were hit by a rain of arrows from the hussars, and they lost a small number of troops.

Seeing the opposing hussars cheering and laughing not far from him, he attacked his own side with bows and arrows. The French knights could not bear such an insult, so they rushed over with a loud shout. Chase and run away like this. Soon it was out of the main battlefield......

Frontally, the Finnish hussars also whistled and retreated after hearing the horn of retreat from the main front. Under Joan of Arc's strict orders, the French army held its ground and did not pursue. In this way, the first round is over. And the group of French knights, after chasing half of them, sneered, and ran away under the leadership of their own noble lords, and never returned to the battlefield......

Joan of Arc suppressed the deep uneasiness in her heart, and looked to the other side, but still did not see the hoplites. Rather, it is a large number of professional Viking warriors, forming a shield wall to protect the longbowmen and crossbowmen. Directly within range, the crossbowmen stepped forward to form a three-column formation of crossbowmen, with the longbowmen stringing at Robin Hood's open bow. After that, what the French called a downpour, bows and crossbow arrows flooded the land. The French watched the rain of arrows coming, and the scene was in an uproar, with those with shields covering their heads and those with armor resisting with their armor.

However, the vast majority of the French Volunteers were unarmoured and suffered heavy casualties under the pressure of the longbow and crossbow......

At this point, Joan of Arc understood: in addition to the number of cavalry under his command, there is another judgment variable that determines whether to attack or defend in battle, that is, the number of long-range attack forces...... When the opponent's ranged attack ability exceeds the limit of what the opponent can withstand. There is no other way but to switch from defense to offense. Under such a rain of arrows, if you don't close the distance and engage in hand-to-hand combat, then the morale and soldiers of the army will be gradually weakened. So......

“...... Offensive. ”

The situation, little by little, is out of Joan of Arc's control. Seeing the opponent's projection troops quickly withdraw after their own army approached, and at the same time, a large number of professional Viking warriors behind them moved forward, shining armor, uniform blue-bottomed bird covers, and heavy hoplite arrays, seeing the opponent with a thousand people as the basic unit, highly organized like the ancient Roman legionary infantry, a thousand people walking together in a neat pace. It looks like a mountain. The French felt a suffocating pressure in an instant.

Egil snorted lightly, and wasted no time in unleashing Hades Scream stunts. In an instant, an aura of despair enveloped the battlefield. The French wailed at that moment. They even think they are fighting against Satan. Discarding the short contradiction card and falling to the ground, there are countless people who cry bitterly. Fear spread like a contagion among the French army.

This, but also the credit of Egil. After the brutality bar rises again, his brutality effect increases widely. It can cover almost the entire battlefield. With a brutality rating of 17 points, the prowess of the Norman army, and the powerful stunts of Hades' scream, the French army collapsed before it even fought. It's not inconceivable anymore.

However, it didn't end there. And if this is the end of the matter, Egil's play will not be able to continue.

Seeing the Norman army's posture like this, Joan of Arc drew his sword and fought-for-tat, and the stunt "Shining Holy Light" instantly enveloped the audience! The morale !!and defense of the French army increased significantly, and their physical strength was replenished. Once again, it has the ability to fight......

The armies of the two sides are in contact, the guns are broken, the swords are stabbed and the axes are slashed - the war has entered the white heat!

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