And on that side there were almost three hundred Cossack cavalry, as well as nomadic cavalry from Poland, the Bird Clan, and these people were not ambiguous. Immediately screaming and rushing towards the Norman light cavalry in a skirmish formation.

Immediately after, it was like a knife cutting tofu, and after the two-wheeled cavalry shot, the Norman cavalry rushed into the coalition cavalry formation, directly shredding the straggler formation of the time side with a dense array, and then turned around, and it was another charge. Truthfully reciprocating several times, the coalition cavalry was scattered and killed. The nomadic cavalry below saw that the situation was not good, and immediately retreated. And the Norman cavalry did not chase after him. After a little recuperation, he returned to his camp and reported the situation. And when he was in this division, in the coalition camp, Her Royal Highness Princess Lilianu also sighed a little.

"The Norman cavalry is really strong..."

Her Royal Highness had heard before that the Normans had studied light cavalry tactics and heavy cavalry tactics that were very powerful. But what is the powerful method, Her Royal Highness the princess does not know. And this time it was a little more experimental: in the case of two to one in the case of two to one in the case of Norman light cavalry against the Cossacks, and similar to the traditional nomadic cavalry, the ratio of battle losses was about eight to one. That is to say, only by killing eight nomads can it be replaced by one fat cavalry.

"If the cavalry of the time side are so powerful, then this battle will be a bit suspenseful. Her Royal Highness the Princess felt a retreat in her heart at this time. I secretly regret that I shouldn't have agreed to my dead father's orders so quickly. However, the arrow had to be fired. It has already reached this point, is it just because of the defeat of a battle between scouts, that they have to retreat? If so, let alone the throne of the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. I want to become the laughing stock of the whole world. This is something that the arrogant princess will never be able to bear. Therefore, she can only console herself now by saying that, according to the intelligence stars, the main body of the current army is the Celts, not the Normans. The number of such Norman cavalry was not very large. Talk about masturbating with this.

And the fact is that the Celts are indeed inferior to the Normans. After the marriage with the Norman Empire, the military and political systems of the Celts and the Northwest Kingdom of Britain were inevitably affected. In the process of getting along with Egil, Artoria also learned a lot of intrigue and military thinking. The Northwestern Kingdom of Britain was in a fairly good financial position, and as a result, it was possible to reserve a large number of highly combat-ready professional troops.

However, despite imitating the Norman Empire in many places. But the army of the Kingdom of Britain itself also had its own characteristics. With the Norman Empire's "try to reload", "try to be equipped with better armor, heavier weapons" and even "more is beautiful, bigger is good", such as "more is beautiful, big is good", hard-core, like heavy infantry, heavy cavalry like strong bows and crossbows, high firepower output, like strong phalanxes. This is slightly more rigid compared to the Norman army. The Celtics may have been a little worse in terms of equipment. But tactically it is more flexible......

However, in any case, after several one-sided battles with light cavalry scouts, the two sides figured out the details of the other side, and Artoria won several games in a row, and the south was somewhat contemptuous of the opponent. And Lilianu lost several times in a row, not only losing thousands of light cavalry, but also // Wanshushe* The text version was updated the fastest// and it was a blow to morale.

Therefore, in the final battle, Lilianu decided to take a defensive stance. Far away from the Vistula River in a hilly area to hold on.

Her Royal Highness the princess is also a famous general, and the reverse side of the formation is still very interesting, although most of the troops under her command are irregular forces. But under the arrangement of Her Royal Highness the Princess, it looks like that. Let follow Egil's example, build a watchtower, and Altoria, who was holding a telescope, couldn't help but nod and praise Egil for redeeming it and giving it as a birthday gift.

"It's kind of interesting. ”

Artoria snorted softly.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Time split her main force, the Eastern Roman Professional Heavy Infantry Legion, into three independent heavy infantry brigades. It was arranged in the gap between the high ground and the high ground of the hills. And those lightly armed projectile infantry, including garrison legions, regular legions, as well as conscription peasants, slingers, javelinmen, and archers. These troops were deployed in the hills. Horsetail above. And the use of natural lining as a cover,★,

On the left flank of the Eastern Roman army was the banks of the Vistula River, a large area of tidal flats formed by the flooding of the river. Such a topographical division was also effective in preventing cavalry charges. Her Royal Highness the Princess has deployed troops in this terrain. Large numbers of irregular infantry from Eastern European countries, poorly equipped conscripted peasants were deployed in this position. It seems that Her Royal Highness the princess did not have too many expectations.

"As long as you can stick to it. ”

This is the greatest expectation of Her Royal Highness for these people.

And on the right flank, on the plains next to the hilly terrain, this is the highlight of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and a total of 2,300 hoplites are deployed here. Five hundred of them were Eastern Roman lancers brought by the main legions, while the remaining 1,800, of which more than 1,300 were knights from Poland, Birdland, Zaporizhzhia and other regions, as well as hoplites, who were armed with oriental-style heavy scales, iron masks, spears, scimitars and maces, were elite soldiers of all tribes. Although slightly worse in terms of discipline. But the combat effectiveness is not said.

The remaining more than 400 heavy cavalry are the private soldiers of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

That's right. Private soldiers. Wanshushe* The text version is updated the fastest // There are more than 400 in total, and they are exactly the same as the ironclad paladazions in terms of equipment, wrapped in three layers, a layer of heavy scale armor, a layer of chain armor, a layer of leather armor, holding maces, shields, and equipped with scale armor for war horses, which can be called elite warriors at the level of battlefield destroyers.

This group of more than 400 cavalry was completely formed, trained, and paid by Her Royal Highness the princess herself. They were treated even better than regular ironclad paladers. The degree of practice is still excessive. It's just that the number of times she has participated in actual combat is not very many, although Her Royal Highness the princess is very arrogant, but she is also well versed in strange ways. Naturally, I understand that this vote of cavalry is too eye-catching. Coupled with the embarrassment of his position, it is not good to arouse suspicion in such a plain way. Therefore, they were not used in the battle in Asia Minor. In Eastern Europe, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Her Royal Highness the princess does not have so many scruples......

Next to this formidable group of heavy cavalry were more scattered, less combative, but more numerous. These lightly armed cavalry, as always, were ethnically chaotic, as always, poorly equipped, and as undisciplined as ever.

But in many cases, these irregular forces can all come in handy. At least they're good enough to scare the dirt buns they've never seen much of the world when they're charging on horseback, and their riding and archery skills are annoying enough.

Soldiers are not divided. These men in felt hats, sheepskin jackets, scimitars, and short bows were suited to cavalry tactics. But in fact, it is not excluded to fight on foot. Among them were a group of specialized spearmen, armed with three-meter-long spears, dressed in various styles of scale armor, and with oval shields on their arms. In addition, there were quite a few Cossack foot archers, who were armed with powerful compound bows that were more lethal than the cavalry. In addition, there are heavy scale armor // Wanshushe* The text version is updated the fastest//, and there are also some oriental-style heavy cavalry armed with spears.

Pugachev divided his army into three parts. As the spearmen of the professional division, there were also archers who wore and inserted formations, placed in the front, forming two horizontal columns, and the largest number of light cavalry were placed on the two wings. And the hoplites were placed at the rear. It seems that he wants to hide it and wait until the final word is made before using it, after all, the Zaporozhye Khanate is very poor, and it seems that expensive troops such as heavy cavalry should be used more carefully than other countries.

Here is the layout of the entire coalition army. It seems that Her Royal Highness the princess is playing with the idea of a defensive counterattack. Defeat your own spirit with mountainous terrain, strong bows and crossbows, and infantry phalanxes. After that, he was covered by heavy cavalry. Count // Wanshushe* The text version is updated the fastest// The plate is quite good.

It's just that Artoria was not fooled.

The war had begun, and Artoria did not follow the baton of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Rather, it was ordered directly. Order the cavalry on the left flank to attack, and even advance to the left flank with the main force, and the primary target of the attack is the opponent's large cavalry corps!