Chapter 53: Snapdragon Army VS East Angloria Cavalry
The slaughter-like battle of the Snapdragon Army not only frightened the right-wing soldiers of East Angloria, but even the right-wing nobles of Essex had their backs shining, for fear that this group of madmen would be red-eyed, regardless of the indiscriminate killing of friends and foes.
Seeing that his army was about to collapse, the East Anglolian officers on the right flank hurriedly sent their elite troops, and at the same time sent people to the Chinese army for help.
Sou! An arrow flew over the heads of the crowd and hit the East Anglolian nobleman who was commanding the army. The latter was shot in the cheek, but unfortunately it was not a fatal wound, and under the protection of the guards, he gradually withdrew to the Chinese army.
Without its commander, the right-wing army in East Angloria gradually collapsed, with the levies dropping their weapons and fleeing, followed by the elite soldiers giving up resistance.
However, the Essex army, which had routed the right flank, did not gain an advantage, and if you looked down from the sky, the Essex army on the left was already crumbling.
Fortunately, the Count of Morol was in charge, constantly motivating the soldiers to continue fighting, otherwise I am afraid that it would have collapsed. As for King Charles's Chinese army, it was also in a bitter battle because of the difference in numbers.
"Snapdragon Army, attack formation, follow me back to the Chinese army!"
Evan turned his horse's head, ignoring the bloodstained and damaged armor on his body, and charged. Under the leadership of Aven, the Snapdragon army formed a formation again despite fatigue and rushed to the flank of the East Anglolian army in the center.
However, the charge was immediately discovered by the East Anglorian king, who immediately ordered his cavalry troops to stop it.
Looking at the cavalry rushing in the distance, many of the Essex soldiers who attacked with the Snapdragon Army screamed and dropped their weapons and fled backwards.
Evan didn't blame them either, after all, the infantry's fear of cavalry can be said to be engraved in DNA and cannot be erased. Even in the East, this is true.
"The whole team moves forward, defends the formation!"
There were not many cavalry in East Angloria, only thirty or forty people, but even so, Aven did not dare to take it lightly in the slightest. These thirty or forty cavalrymen fought two or three times with their own infantry without any difficulty.
If you only send a few squads to meet the battle, you don't need to think about it to know that you will definitely be overwhelmed by the enemy.
Under the surprised gaze of many Essex nobles, the Snapdragon Army got rid of the enemy in front of them and erected a shield wall in front of the cavalry, hoping to block the cavalry's charge.
Seeing that someone was willing to take the lead, the Essex nobles immediately reorganized their soldiers and continued to attack the Chinese army in East Angloria.
"Don't panic, I'm there for you. The key to dealing with cavalry is to maintain courage, and the second is to attack! Squads 1, 23 form shields, and squads 4 or 5 prepare axes and guns."
Due to the abandonment of the crossbow during the charge, the Snapdragon had to engage the cavalry in hand-to-hand combat. Seeing that there was actually an enemy infantry defense in front of them, the cavalry of East Angloria suddenly felt insulted, and in their memory, not a single infantry dared to rot in front of the cavalry.
"Kill!"
A distance of hundreds of paces is only a matter of an eye for cavalry. However, many East Anglolian cavalry found that the enemy infantry in front of them did not collapse in the process of charging by themselves.
It's just that even if this anomaly is discovered, the cavalry can't figure out the reason. Because the two sides have already collided together.
Boom, the huge impact force of the cavalry directly knocked many Snapdragon soldiers into the air, but after knocking the Snapdragon soldiers in front, the problem of the cavalry became apparent.
The cavalrymen, who had lost their impact, were trapped on both sides of the shield wall, unable to get out. The Snapdragon soldiers in the rear were in groups of several people, and the axes and guns in their hands slashed and stabbed, and soon killed an East Anglolian cavalryman.
Not to be outdone, Ai Wen dismounted his horse, but also charged forward. Seeing that an East Anglolian cavalryman was forced to stop by the shield wall, he immediately stepped forward and slashed the head of the horse with the axe and gun in his hand.
After a wail, the horse fell to the ground, and threw the cavalry on horseback to the ground. The surrounding Snapdragon soldiers immediately stepped forward and slashed the cavalry to death.
"Attack their horses and turn them all into infantry!"
It didn't take long for Aven's outrageous tactics to be discovered by the East Anglolian cavalry, who rode their horses away from these barbarians, not daring to come any closer, for fear that they would become a corpse lying on the ground.
"My lord, we killed a dozen enemy cavalrymen, but we ...... it."
Taking advantage of the gap, Quake came to report, but he was also a little hesitant to tell Evan about the casualties on his side, after all, the casualties were too heavy, and it could be said that the casualties were the heaviest since the establishment of the Snapdragon Army.
"The casualties are huge, aren't they?"
Evan hadn't changed much, in fact, when he heard Quake say that he had killed a dozen cavalrymen, he had already guessed that his casualties must be much higher than this, maybe even twice as much.
"Yes, not only did we lose all the levies, but we also lost more than a dozen soldiers and more than twenty wounded, so to speak, half of the soldiers. Marcus and Snikch are also injured."
Evan nodded, although this casualty was larger than he expected, it was also reasonable. He looked at the East Anglolian cavalry who did not dare to approach in the distance, although it seemed that the casualties of the Snapdragon army were more than the enemy's cavalry, but in fact, East Angloria was a blood loss. A cavalryman's training and equipment are far higher than that of the Snapdragon Army.
It's a pity that the Snapdragon Army put the crossbow in the rear in the previous charge, otherwise it should be able to kill some more enemy cavalry.
"The three detachments with heavy casualties temporarily withdrew and transported the wounded back to the camp......
"My lord, we can still fight! The battle is not over yet, we cannot retreat!"
Quake looked at Evan with red eyes, and in the previous battle, he saw his comrade-in-arms fall under the enemy's blade, and his heart was dripping blood, as if a sword was constantly piercing his heart.
He vows to avenge his dead companions and kill more enemies. Evan was silent for a moment, then motioned for everyone to join him in the fight.
Seeing that terrifying infantry joined the battle, the cavalry of East Angloria wanted to storm again. But this time it was still in vain, although the Snapdragon army did not step forward to stop it, but the original Essex nobles on the right flank finally freed their hands and ordered their soldiers to block the enemy's cavalry.
After watching the previous battle, the king of East Angloria was no longer willing to lose the few hole cards in his hand, and when he saw the enemy's large army encircling and suppressing, he hurriedly ordered the cavalry troops to return to the rear of the position. The damage from the previous battle almost made him fall off his horse with black eyes.
Having lost the support of the cavalry, the Central Army of East Angloria, which was attacked from both sides, gradually could not bear it and began to rout, and the dawn of victory was not far away......