Seeing that his cavalry troops were stopped by the other side. Field Marshal Ers, however, was not disappointed. All this has long been in his calculations. Ilhan Hulagu was invincible in Arabia. How could it be so simple to defeat on such a simple tactic? If this is really the case, then Marshal Uss would have sneered at the fact that "there is no hero at the time, and the shaft becomes famous."

Marshal Naeus no longer paid attention to the battle on both flanks. Rather, he ordered the army to move forward. The frontal 100,000 troops were divided into three large arrays, and hundreds of small arrays slowly advanced forward. The troops on both flanks withdrew from the positions that had long been prepared with stakes as a means of defense. The main forces in the center also abandoned the inconvenient artillery.

Seeing the opposing army's march on all fronts. Hülegü was a little flustered. The chaos caused by his slave soldiers has not yet subsided. If the Norman army is pressed at this time, then his fate will also be a dead end.

At this moment, the Great Khan had secretly regretted that he should not throw these slave soldiers who were like idiots and whose will to fight was basically equal to zero into the battlefield. This is really a big failure.

However, it is completely pointless to care about this kind of thing for a while. Ilhan Hulegu immediately gave the order. The Persian and Arab heavy cavalry in front of him were required to advance and attack against the attack. Hold back the Normans' advance.

This time and again, the order is for a while. Every second, Hülegü felt like a year. Eventually, though, his army moved. Those from the legacy of the Egyptian Empire. Heavy horsemen such as Mamluks, Ghulam, and Kasaji roared and charged at the Norman army.

Of course, before they can do that, they have to settle one thing - that is, the slave soldiers who stand in their way. This is a serious hindrance to their speed. It also made it almost impossible for these expensive heavy cavalry to charge.

Despite being well-armoured and armed with heavy maces, these Middle Eastern-style heavy cavalry are also quite good in melee combat. But look at the spears on the other side. He knew that if these people were not fast enough, it would be impossible to break through the Normans' super-long spear array. Unable to break through the opponent's gun formation. Then melee combat is even more impossible.

Under such a proposition, these hoplites can only give one answer - kill! Kill all the slaves who stand in their way!

They swung their maces, and the meteor hammer attacked the heads of the slaves with all their might. A blunt instrument with a spike on the edge shattered the entire skull of the wretched slaves. Brain bursts. In this way, these heavy cavalry finally carved a way. Immediately afterwards, they rushed towards the Norman position, which was greeted by Norman repeaters and muskets that had already stopped moving.

At a time when these people were entangled with their slaves. The Norman array had stopped moving. And made a defensive gesture. The soldiers at the forefront clenched their extra-long spears in their hands. Arranged in an array of extra-long guns. And the shield spearmen on both wings were close together. Relying on large shields, a dense array of spearmen was formed. In such a situation, the heavy cavalry of the Ilkhanate, which did not have enough impact on its own, had a lower chance of victory.

One hundred and fifty meters or so. The best range of the Normans' elite repeaters was also the field of death for the heavy cavalry of the Ilkhanate.

Field Marshal Erth's army was quite different from his colleagues. He inherited the garrison and hussar regiments that had been in the Near East. In addition to this, there were also the defensive forces deployed by the Normans in the valley of the two rivers. At that time, the Norman emperor wanted to use the Euphrates River as a natural shield against the Mongols. Although this plan ultimately failed. But the plan didn't end up being for nothing.

At that time, a huge amount of money was invested to build, 1,500 Egil's crossbows and firebolts. It was obtained by Field Marshal Erth, who took over the Near Eastern battlefield. Combined with the 10,000 new army units in his headquarters, which had 500 repeating crossbows, that added up to 2,000.

This was the force on which Marshal Erss relied the most. At the same time, it is also the largest crossbow unit in the Norman army so far. The biggest trump card of this "Gobi Battle on the outskirts of Jerusalem"!

Raining rain from the sky is just like a Norman arrow. The Norman crossbowmen roared the slogan "One arrow per second". While throwing a rain of arrows like locusts at the heavy cavalry of the Ilkhanate.

Under such a powerful and dense rain of arrows, even the scale armor and chain mail of heavy cavalry could not be perfectly defended. In particular, the horses with larger targets and weaker defenses under their crotches are more likely to be shot. Some of the lower level heavy cavalry, unequipped with mounted vests, became the first victims of the Egir's Fury Repeat Crossbow.

First of all, because of the scratching of the slaves. Immediately after that, he just put on a charging stance. He was again subjected to heavy fire from the opposing crossbowmen. Whether it's a heavy crossbowman who shoots in a row of four and takes turns, or a repeating crossbowman who shoots non-stop with a repeating crossbow. For the heavy cavalry of the Ilkhan, they were all extremely deadly.

They're going crazy. Haven't touched the enemy yet. lost so many troops at once. This is simply incomprehensible to the arrogant and brave Arab warriors. It is even more incomprehensible than the defeat of them in the Fourth Crusade.

That year, under Saladin's command, they fought a fierce battle with the Crusaders under the command of the Norman Emperor and were immediately defeated. But at that time, the Norman Emperor's crossbowmen had not developed into such a terrible way now. These heavy cavalry were defeated in battle with the Norman knights, the royal knights, who were also in the heavy cavalry sequence. Although that also stung the self-esteem of these elite warriors. But it's barely acceptable. After all, they were fighting head-on, and they were outnumbered by the opponent's powerful charge and the sharp axes in their hands.

But this time, what was going on?! They didn't even touch the enemy's face, and they suffered numerous casualties on the way to the charge. It's simply a foul weapon. How can such an act be forgiven?!

If Marshal Ers had heard the other man's heart. I'm afraid I'll scoff at it. This is the victory of science and technology, the victory of civilization. The so-called individual martial arts can no longer gain a foothold in this society. If you don't want to quit the stage of history, I don't mind giving you a ride.

That's it, Marshal Ers concentrated a large number of repeating crossbowmen. Easily crushed the first wave of enemy attacks. Inflicted a heavy blow on the second wave of the enemy's offensive and severely demoralized the enemy in the third wave - after that. Less than two thousand heavy cavalry of the Ilkhanate remained. Finally crossed the line of death. Rushed to the front of the Norman array. The remnants of the heavy cavalry roared excitedly, urging their horses to charge.

But they were not greeted with glorious victories, honors and rewards. Rather, it was the icy tip of the Normans' guns. The soldiers in the first five rows of the extra-long spear array all clenched their spears. formed a wall that shimmered with cold light. And between them, a distance of fifty meters. The Norman musketeers fired.

The loud noise startled the charging horses. As a result, a charge that was not very good became a one-way ticket to hell. The heavy cavalry of the Ilkhanate howled mournfully and crashed into the Norman gun formation. Break the phalanx infantry in the front rows. But that's all. Just like that, their impact is exhausted. The heavy cavalry, having lost their last mobile surname, were soon slaughtered to the ground by the Norman shock infantry, wielding long-handled battle axes.

In this way, the Normans only paid the price of hundreds of phalanx infantry and completely annihilated more than 4,000 heavy cavalry of the Ilkhanate. Although these alien heavy cavalry were not the henchmen of Hülegü. However, they are elite troops after all. Hulegu watched as these elite warriors were like child's play, tortured and killed by the enemy in the charging route. It's not a taste in my heart either.

"Could it be that the era of cavalry dominating the battlefield is over?!, where will my Mongol warriors go in the future?" However, this thought was only a thought, and he left it behind him. Because his opponent, one of the eagle dogs of the Norman Emperor, Marshal Erse, had told him very clearly. The cavalry of this era is still the pride of the battlefield with the power of destruction.

"On both wings, a third of the cavalry assembled in the center. Charge. ”

At this moment, the Norman army had only dispatched a third of its cavalry strength, luring the light cavalry on both flanks of the Ilkhanate. Marshal Uss pushed forward again, forcing Hülegü to rewrite all the heavy cavalry of his first array in front of the Norman gun formation. In both encounters, Marshal Ers had the upper hand. The advantage is constantly expanding in his hands, so, this time, it is his turn to really make a move!

"Cavalry!"

The main forces of the Ilkhanate, the Arab conscription forces, which were large in number but not very effective in combat, saw a large number of Norman hussars, knights and heavy cavalry begin to assemble in front of them. I couldn't help but panic. Their officers shouted loudly, trying to keep the soldiers calm and organize them into a closer formation. It was hoped that this would stop the charge of the Norman cavalry.

These officers were of Arab aristocratic origin, well-educated, and experienced in many wars. If their subordinates were able to fight according to their deployment, it would be a real problem for the Normans - however, unfortunately, they could not obey these orders, because they lacked one very important thing that was necessary in infantry versus cavalry battles - sufficient morale.

(To be continued)