Chapter 56: Nomadic Raids

However, things didn't go as smoothly as Egil had imagined. The speed of the centaur is faster than that of the average light cavalry, after all, the light cavalry is ten horses, such a weight, and they are half a horse companion like this. In addition, the Norman cavalry spent a lot of time passing through the trap area, so the final result of this chase was close to zero, and nearly four of the hussars who went to pursue it finally returned in vain.

"Damn it. "Early in the morning. Unable to sleep because he was distraught, Egil heard the report and cursed quietly before announcing that the army would move on.

"However, your lord, you will not be able to ride a horse for a long time. Isn't it a little more difficult to go out at this time?" Nightingale, who was putting a new bandage on Egil's wound, frowned and said, "If this continues, the injury will not be relieved, but it will fall to the root of the disease." ”

"That kind of thing doesn't matter at all. Egil smashed his knee with his intact right hand and said, "Anyway, I'm going to kill those bastards!"

In fact, Egil's anger doesn't actually mean much. After dawn in the morning, the Norman army inspected the battlefield and "found the corpses of the opposing centaurs leaving behind nearly a dry tool."

The Normans, on the other hand, suffered only one shot himself, "barely a minor wound."

With such a 1,000-to-1 battle loss ratio, you can get it wherever you go. But Egil just wasn't happy.

Egil would never admit that he was stunned by the beauty at that time, so he didn't dodge it, and the beauty bowed and arrowed slightly, shining blonde hair, jade eyes, beautiful facial features, and four hooves......

"I'll it" Thinking of this, Egil couldn't help but sigh, and he felt that he had been completely defeated by his hands in a pestle.

Of course, with the degree of perversion of Egil, after thinking about it carefully, I feel very emotional.

The bizarre setting of the centaur seemed to open a forbidden door in Egil's psyche, "triggering his strange craving......

"Intelligence has been obtained. Sonia next to her wasted no time in saying, "After checking the outfits and clothes of those centaurs, I have already judged it." They are centaur warriors of the Kalmyk centaur tribe. Their tribes can be found in almost every place west of the Urals.

Their Great Khan was Ayujie, and if necessary, they were able to recruit all the centaur tribes of the steppe to form a large army of 100,000 men. ”

"Hmm. Egil nodded. Listening to the Kalmyk term, which seemed a little familiar and a little unfamiliar, he muttered to himself: "Kalmyk Card [Shina God Slaughter Group] Ermak, Kermyk Turghut............ "If it was really that Oirat, it would be no wonder that he had such combat power.

At this moment, Egil has long been accustomed to the "subtle" difference between this world and the original world. When I heard that the Oirat Khanate was actually a centaur force, I didn't blink my eyes and just recognized it.

"It looks like it's time to reassess the strength of the opponent. ”

And just as Egil was thinking this, Artoria, who had left three days earlier, was now engaged in a great battle on the outskirts of Moscow with the nomadic tribes of the steppe, the Cumans, and the centaurs of Oirat.

At this moment, the weather on February 21, 1005 is bright and the air is fresh.

Along the way, the Celtic army had already been subjected to several rounds of light cavalry raids. The roving line of Norman cavalry and Celtic light cavalry guarding the periphery was like a sieve in the eyes of the naturally wolf-like Cuman light cavalry, and small units of dozens of horsemen often bypassed the patrol and rushed towards the main force, sending a flurry of arrows before the people had time to react. Then he walked away.

Although the number of losses of the main Celtic force was not very small, the blow to morale was serious. Artoria then gave the order to halt the army.

Reorganize the squad and disperse the formation of British longbowmen and heavy shield spearmen. It is arranged around the army, and the rest of the troops are concentrated in the army. When the local nomadic light cavalry arrived, the longbowmen attacked and killed them.

Such a formation was indeed an effective formation against the nomadic cavalry. However, when changing formations, the Celtic army could not guarantee that it would not be confused~ A small group of nomadic cavalry quickly reported back to their leader after receiving such news. Immediately after that, the leaders of several Cuman tribes arrived at once, which was a rare opportunity. The nomads dared to think and do what they wanted," and at once an order was given, and nearly 20,000 Cuman cavalry, and a similar number of centaurs, attacked from the east at once, and after killing a few cavalry without difficulty, they rushed towards the main Celtic force. ...,

"I'm waiting for you!"

Artoria sneered. The seemingly chaotic formation instantly divided into two ways, and then 1,500 British heavy cavalry and British knights rushed out, and the knights rode their spears brightly, forming a line array of five hundred horsemen in three rows, and rushed towards the nomadic light cavalry, which was Artoria's calculation.

deliberately showed the enemy weakness, and looked at his own formation more than the enemy.

The hoplites were reserved as a means of counterattack, and the opposing nomads were light cavalry, and neither the mass of the charge nor hand-to-hand combat was a match for the Celts. Coupled with the two wings, the 3rd Cavalry Corps, which had already galloped back to the aid of Altoria's orders, and the Celtic light cavalry, surrounded on three sides, would surely be able to teach the other side a profound and unforgettable lesson.

At this moment, the Celtic formation changed again, from a garrison circle formation to a phalanx, with the shield wall in front and the longbowmen behind, the two-handed thunder swordsmen guarding the wings, and the longbow and arrow rain aimed at the nomadic cavalry

However, this method is correct, and the tactics are also correct, but unfortunately, the opponent chose the wrong one.

When they saw that their prey was not an imaginary rabbit, but a powerful lion, the nomads and centaurs were not surprised. The sons of the steppe cheered, ignoring the naked cavalry and light cavalry whose wings were being closed, ignoring the bows and arrows of the recurved compound bows on both wings, and the comrades who had been killed by the javelins, and rushed towards the Celtic hoplites like the most terrible sandstorm on the steppe.

At this moment, Artoria saw such a scene, and the pupils of his eyes suddenly shrank like the tips of needles. I secretly exclaimed in my heart: "I'm afraid these guys are more difficult to deal with than those nomads I have experienced before!"

At this moment, the Norman cavalry, under the command of Joseph's trough army, rushed the two wings of the opponent to the sparse melee glance cavalry, slashing and slashing, whether it was a centaur or a nomad, encountering such a hard stubble was the result of the head of the owl Of course, the centaur was slightly better. These monsters with brute strength, if they are armed with two-handed weapons such as long-handled battle axes and spears, forget it, but if the weapons in the hands of these people are one-handed extended scimitars, then there will be a good show.

From the south, that is, the opponent's left hand side rushed over the cavalry to rub the cavalry better, they are facing this direction, usually except for the left-handed, are shield-wielding, even if there is a chance to pull back, they can only do the action of paste, but on the right side, the fast-reacting centaurs wave the scimitar in their hands, and the huge force can cut off the head of the cavalry's crotch mount, that is, the war horse. The carotid artery spurted out of the old high's blood, splashing the cavalryman's body.

In this way, the war horse ran two more paces because of inertia, and then as soon as his legs became weak, he threw the cavalry down, and then the surging horse's hooves trampled into flesh

This was not uncommon, and at that time the Norman cavalry suffered heavy losses!Artoria saw this, and secretly cursed in his heart: "What a wicked animal!" But he had never seen such a creature before, although Egil was idle and bored, and had told her about it. But it's also a half-believer, but after meeting the centaur today, there are no doubts. The centaur was "three points more powerful than Egir had described!"

At this moment, the waves on the battlefield were rising again, and the first array of Celtic heavy cavalry in front of it was about to collide with a coalition of nomads and centaurs. The coalition forces over there suffered heavy losses in a few rounds of arrows from the longbowmen, and at this moment they vented their anger on these heavy cavalry. The centaurs and the nomadic cavalry stretched out their bows and arrows, and the arrows crackled and shot at the heavy cavalry on the opposite side.

However, the Celtic heavy cavalry, with all men and horses, were equipped with plates, composite armor, and the arrows of the nomads and centaurs were not special armor-piercing cones. Therefore, this round of salvo only heard a crackling [Shina God Slaughter Group] sound, this is the sound of the arrow hitting the plate chain composite armor, the Celtic heavy cavalry almost did not suffer any injuries, "The enemy has a heavy armor, don't use a bow and arrow, charge!" Several necks, with a layer of chain mail hanging on their shoulders, hung directly to the lower body to protect the front body, and the centaur who looked like a leader shouted like this. The surrounding centaurs, especially the centaurs with spears, sped up and rushed towards the Celtic heavy cavalry charging with spears!

"It remains to be seen, then, whether the ability to charge is as strong as the legend suggests.

Artoria held a telescope in one hand and the Sword of Victory and Oath in the other, muttering to himself as he watched the rushing centaurs. After that, as soon as the hand was raised, the knights of the surrounding guards immediately blew their horns, and the Celtic formation suddenly became more tightly sealed, and the heavily armed spearmen overlapped the edges of the shields in their hands one by one, forming a fish-scale formation, forming a formation that was more inclined to defense!

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