Chapter 50 The Battle of Naples Part 5, Whose Cavalry?

At this point, the war has gradually developed in the direction of Egil's favor. Sure enough, using elite heavy infantry to defeat the weak is the royal way? No, it's not that simple. When he saw his own barbarian mercenaries, he suffered heavy losses against the main army of the enemy. Narcisse snorted coldly, and then he performed his own stunt, and the barbarian commander was proficient in an instant, and all the attributes of the total 20,000 barbarian army increased in an all-round way. In an instant, the balance of the battle was turned back to the middle!

"Damn it. Seeing that the battle situation had entered a stalemate again, Egil couldn't help but snort lightly, and then asked without looking back: "Have the heavy cavalry rested?" Immediately, the knights of the guards ran down the watchtower, and after a while, they ran back again: "If Your Majesty orders, the knights are willing to charge again." Of course, the subordinates observed that the knights' physical strength had not yet fully recovered. Of course, the light cavalry had almost recovered their physical strength. You can go to the battlefield at any time. ”

"Well, let's wait a little longer. "Egil was watching the battlefield from beginning to end.

At the same time, the Eastern Roman commander Narcisse was also asking: "Can the lancers, the lancers go to war again?!"

However, the answer he received was disappointing: "I'm afraid not, General." The lancers were exhausted from the previous battles. It will probably take several hours to form combat effectiveness again. It's ......."

"What is it?" asked Narsis.

"But those barbarian cavalry, because they didn't wear armor, replied quickly. If the general wants it......"

"—How can I give such an honor to a group of barbarians?!Are you crazy?!" Narcisse roared, "Let the mincers listen! After half an hour, I want them to rest and return to the battlefield. Whoever doesn't want to be hanged for treason!

The herald was half frightened to death by Narsis's distorted face. After that, he ran away like a desperate escape.

At this time, on both sides of Egil, the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy did not seem to want to continue the stalemate. As a result, the two sides successively performed their own stunts, decisive charge and French fox hunting. The Swiss gun array was on the offensive. And the French army stabilized the front.

The situation is moving in a direction that is favorable to the coalition forces.

"Order, hussars, Finnish hussars to attack that gap!"

At this moment, Egil, who was scanning around with the monoculars, finally noticed an obvious flaw in the other side - in the previous battle, the Varangians had shrunk their formation, leaving a gap between one Germanic legion and another Roman legion. And over time. Roman legions and Germanic legions were attritional as a result of the fighting. and to further maintain one's own formation. This gap is getting bigger and bigger.

This is what Egil wants to see the most, the so-called flawed thing.

So a total of five hundred professional hussars, as well as five hundred Finnish light cavalry, began to charge fiercely towards the gap. Although the impact of the light cavalry was much smaller than that of the heavy cavalry. But the professional hussars [Baidu] soldiers and the Finnish light cavalry are all barbarians who dare to play with their lives. The light cavalry galloped in full force in the formation of the reorganized cavalry. The impact is still very impressive. After several successive shocks in the band charge method, the gap was further expanded. At the same time, Egil's two thousand-strong professional Viking warriors also cut into the gap, intending to further divide and surround the enemy.

In such a situation, this battlefield was partially shaken by the onslaught of the Eastern Roman soldiers. As well as the beginning of demoralization in the case of formation destruction.

"Damn it—hurry up and close that gap!" Narcisse quickly discovered this flaw in his side, and immediately ordered the 1st Brigade of the 19th Legion (the 1st Phalanx), a total of 2,500 hoplites, and the 18th Legion, the 3rd Brigade (Third Formation) of the Legion that was being attacked, also 2,500 hoplites, a total of 5,000 troops, to be sent out to close the gap. ,

"Two more thousand-man teams. Also, get the longbowmen together and attack that place. "Egil saw that his army was about to make a success, but a heavy infantry was filled in on the opposite side to stop his attack. Immediately decided to throw in two more thousand soldiers. and ordered the ranged longbowmen to focus on attacking the sector.

"What's the same thing?! In this climate, don't give such an almost impossible order?!" Robin Hood, who was the commander of the longbowmen, almost fainted after hearing the order, and just wanted to run to Egil and complain so loudly.

Of course. He just dared to think so in his heart. He didn't dare to do it if he had the courage to do so.

On the front line, in the gap, the reserves of both sides launched a fierce fight. Because the running speed is too fast, the previous formation cannot be maintained. As he was about to charge, he was attacked by a round of axes from the Normans. As a result, the Eastern Roman hoplites were locked in a bitter battle from the outset.

At the same time, on the left flank of Egil, the 1st Brigade of the XVIII Army of the Eastern Rome collapsed as a result of continuous blows, as well as fierce attacks by the Swiss. Coupled with the fact that their third battalion had turned to fill the gap in the line, the Eighteenth Army was left with only a second battalion, but two thousand five hundred hoplites were fighting!

"Attack, soldiers, attack! The first credit for this holy war is ours!!" exclaimed Charles, Duke of Burgundy, excitedly, "If we break through one more array, we will be victorious! Soldiers! Attack! Think of how rich those Greeks are." Defeat them, rob them, and you'll all be rich!"

Under the encouragement of Duke Charles, the Swiss people were greatly embraced, and the offensive was fierce by three points, with a forest of spears and a mountain of guns, and the second brigade of the pendulum infantry was instantly caught in a bitter battle.

"The Nineteenth Legion, the Second Brigade went to the aid. Seeing that the situation had not improved, but had become worse, Narsis had no choice but to throw in another brigade of reserves. Such a calculation. Only the Third Brigade of the Nineteenth Army Corps remained, but it was only a reserve of 2,500 men. Even if the other legions can still draw some troops, it will only be to tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall. The end result will inevitably be like that of the Eighteenth Army. Because of the excessive number of troops, the derivatives front was weak, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Damn it......" Narcissus almost gritted his teeth, "Lancers, what about the Lancers?!If they can't go to war again, it's over!

Eventually, under the strict orders of Narciss, a total of more than 1,500 Eastern Roman lancers were regrouped and divided into three parts according to Narciss's orders. Some of them charged towards the gap in the middle, some of them bypassed the main battlefield and charged at the Bologna and Venetian armies at the very edge of the right flank, and some of them rushed towards the right flank of the coalition army, the French army.

Although in terms of physical strength, the Eastern Roman lancers were actually not completely rested. These people, who were angrily called "Lancer Masters" by Narciss, were also pampered and noble children, and their physical strength was indeed quite bad. Stealing a love affair and having sex for twenty minutes is on the gasp. Generally, after going to the battlefield, it is only a little more than half an hour, and after a charge, you can go back to the camp to sleep. The commanders of the various legions were very helpless about this matter. But I don't want to offend other noble children too much. So it's just a matter of turning a blind eye.

But this time, Narsis burned his eyebrows. I can't care about it so much. Under the butcher's knife of the war supervision team, the second generation of the rich second generation of the spear and the second generation of the army dared not speak out, so they had to get on the horse again and muttered in a low voice: "Be careful when walking at night, don't let the uncle meet you, otherwise your chrysanthemum will explode." "Something, rushed towards the battlefield.

"Oh?!" Seeing that the opponent's heavy cavalry had finished repairing one step ahead of his own, Egil was a little surprised. So although they had no choice but to let the heavy cavalry and knights return to the battlefield.

However, it was still a step too late.

The Bologna and Venetian armies, with their Italian heavy cavalry, barely withstood the charge of the Eastern Roman lancers. And in the gap lot of the focus on both sides. The infantry on both sides was so dense that there was no room for cavalry to charge. The Eastern Roman lancers bubbled up there for a while, and then disappeared into the chaos.

The key is still the Fran army.

The French army is not as strong as few other countries in terms of numbers, equipment, or training. In the eyes of Egil, the 6,000 heavily armed spearmen under Philip's orders were just barely qualified soldiers, not elite at all. In the past, he was able to draw in the battle with the Eastern Romans, but thanks to the French fox hunting skills of King Philip II of France, the attack frequency, movement speed and morale of French soldiers increased. This is on par with the opponent's hand.

However, at this moment, the five hundred lancers of the Eastern Romans joined the battlefield. Philip II was a little overwhelmed. The improvised peasant soldiers were stunned and at a loss for what to do in the face of the cavalry charge. Not even decent resistance can be made. The array that Marinal II had managed to assemble suddenly became chaotic. And after the cavalry really rushed over, the peasant soldiers resisted for only a few seconds, dropped their weapons, shouted, "Virgin Mary!" and fled for ....... (Proofreading [Baidu])