Chapter 136: In person

The Macedonian cavalry charging out of the mountain pass was like a torrent of steel, and the sound of the galloping horses shook the earth!

Perry charged ahead, and at a glance he could see the appearance of this Macedonian cavalry:

These cavalrymen wore heavy cuirasses, a special type of Macedonian armor that was so enclosed that it could enclose most of the body, and even soft areas such as joints were protected by special protective gear. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The cavalry wore a pointed iron helmet with Macedonian characteristics on their heads, and their bodies were tightly wrapped up and down, and even some of the war horses were covered with a few pieces of leather armor!

From a distance, this cavalry regiment was like a torrent of black steel, pouring from the mountain pass, and the men and horses were well-equipped. The cavalry that charged ahead each held a huge spear in their hands, and the front of the troops was pointed directly at the thousands of cavalry who had been cut off by the phalanx soldiers!

Perry's heart sank, as a cavalry commander in the Imperial Central Army, he naturally recognized the name of this cavalry unit:

Heavy cavalry!

Sure enough, the heavy cavalry of the Macedonians!

When Su Ya saw this, her face suddenly became a little ugly, and the reputation of this heavy cavalry in the Eighth Macedonian Army is also not small:

As a cavalry team in the golden armor, it can be said that it is the strongest lineup to cooperate with the Macedonian phalanx, and even to some extent, this heavy armored cavalry is the main force of the Macedonian phalanx!

Because the greatest lethality of this phalanx is not the lancers with reduced mobility, but this cavalry team responsible for the attack!

The greatest combat power of Baseileus's phalanx lies in this cavalry, and the phalanx is more about solid defense and attack. However, it is easily cut off by the influence of terrain, rivers, mountains and forests, and this is when the role of cavalry comes to the fore!

The phalanx can easily divide and block the enemy, making it difficult for the enemy to move and fall into passivity, but it cannot deal heavy damage. At this time, the appearance of cavalry is precisely responsible for killing!

On the mainland of Ceylon, when it comes to the combat effectiveness of the infantry, each country has its elite troops. Whether it is the golden armor of Macedonia or the Northwest and Lingbei armies of the Bright Empire, they are all distinct legions, and it is difficult to compete which one is more powerful.

But if you talk about cavalry, I'm afraid the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is the Chatai Khanate established by the steppe people!

The cavalry of the steppe people is so strong in combat that for the countries of the mainland, its superiority is absolutely overwhelming. Due to the nomadic life, whether hunting or grazing, the steppe people almost always live on horseback, and this way of life allows them to develop excellent riding skills!

So when this advantage was discovered by the leader and used in the war, one of the strongest cavalry on the continent was born!

In the hundreds of years of war between several great powers, there are few precedents for taking the initiative to provoke the steppe people, but in the hundreds of years when the cavalry of the steppe people fought, both the Bright Empire and Macedonia were deeply aware of the great role of cavalry.

In many border areas bordering the steppe people, the localities began to consciously form and learn from the cavalry of the steppe people. Moxi Province is located on the frontier of the empire, in order to deal with the cavalry of the steppe people, many cavalry regiments have also been formed, and the first cavalry regiment includes almost all the military cavalry units in Moxi.

The eastern mountains and forests of Macedonia naturally bordered the steppe people, and as one of the leaders of the eastern tribes, Barcellus had the most powerful army in the eastern region, and this was a cavalry regiment that the steppe people did not dare to provoke.

The only cavalry unit in the Golden Armor!

The members of this cavalry unit were all from the eastern Macedonian wilderness, and many of them were even steppe people!

That's right, a Macedonian general did have steppe people in his army! This combination similar to an international column has to be said to be another great advantage of Barcelus.

Because almost all of these steppe people who formed the cavalry were born as slaves! Barcellus operated in the east for more than ten years, and selected some young, sturdy, and well-ridden steppe slaves among the steppe people through wars or trades all year round. Then assemble a powerful phalanx support class!

It is said that because this cavalry came entirely from the steppe, its combat effectiveness was almost equal to that of the steppe cavalry. And Barcelus combined the Macedonian tradition of spearmen and heavy infantry to equip this cavalry regiment with extremely sophisticated heavy armor!

But what is not known is that although there are steppe people in this cavalry team, the main force is still composed of Macedonians.

After all, they all have a certain vigilance against the steppe people, whether they are the Bright Empire or the Macedonians. Such an important army, with the temperament of Baseileus, naturally could not all be controlled by a group of steppe people!

However, it was by no means easy to assemble such a heavy cavalry, and in this era when iron-smelting technology was not developed, it was undoubtedly expensive to assemble a set of heavy cavalry equipment. And this kind of heavy cavalry is an expensive type of troops, not only need to be equipped with ironclad war horses. It is also a huge expense to regularly maintain armor weapons, feed war horses, etc.

Most of the heavy cavalry of the Empire of Light were hired servants to be responsible for these matters. And the only legion that can support this expensive class of troops is very few in the entire empire.

Of course, two of the most famous knights of the Empire of Light are the Knights of the Night Royal Forest, which are part of the royal family of the Empire of Light, and the Holy Knights, who are loyal to the Temple!

"It's really a big deal!"

Perry snorted coldly, he knew very well that once such a well-equipped heavy cavalry charged, it would be as solid as an iron wall! And his thousands of cavalry were all ordinary equipment, and I am afraid it would be difficult to resist the charge of the Macedonian heavy cavalry!

However, the only advantage is that Perry commanded a more central army than the Macedonian cavalry, and this expensive type of army is difficult to build even on a large scale like the Golden Armor.

Among the 3,000 heavy armored cavalry, one-third of them are ordinary cavalry in reserve, but mixed in this torrent of steel, the power is still not low!

"The whole army obeys the order! Storm formation! The pro-guard team follows me and opens the way!!"

Perry was as white as water, and led thousands of cavalry to rush straight towards the three thousand heavily armored cavalry. Hundreds of cavalry of the personal guard followed him tacitly, and the formation also moved closer to the middle under his order, like a half-moon-shaped cavalry team constantly shrinking!

Perry is very aware of his role, at this moment, only by breaking this Macedonian heavy cavalry can it be possible to break through! If he is flanked by the Macedonian cavalry and phalanx at the same time, it will really be in a desperate situation!

At this moment, he carried the fighting spirit of his whole body, and suddenly charged at the forefront like a dazzling star! This greatly boosted the morale of the Central Army, and seeing that the commander Perry took the lead, the cavalry behind him kicked the horse's belly vigorously, raised the scimitar and long sword in his hand, and rushed towards the heavy cavalry of the Macedonians!

Although Perry's actions boosted morale, he did not dare to be careless, because such an approach also exposed his position. Looking at the Macedonian cavalry roaring on the opposite side, he suddenly felt a wave of excitement in his heart, and at the same time, he was trying to suppress the boiling blood.

Because he knew that as the commander of the Golden Armor, the famous Macedonian god of war, the Golden Armor Barcelus himself must be among the heavy cavalry! )