Looking down on the earth from the sky.

Like a giant bird, the two huge armies slowly spread their wings, exposing their claws and sharp beaks to protect their weak bellies.

The spears of the forest and the shields of the walls made the Crusader infantry look like a hedgehog that could not be swallowed.

The knights on foot who served as commanders, armed with tomahawks or axe guns, were fully draped and shouted incessantly, regulating the movements of the troops under their command.

"We fight against the infidels, and for each one we kill, we will atone for our sins and ascend the ladder to heaven."

"The king is with us."

"Heavenly Father will bless us."

The warriors held aloft iron crosses lengthened with wooden handles, and recited verses from the sacred scriptures, dark words that many crusaders could not understand, but gave them infinite courage.

It was as if in the sky, there was a pair of divine eyes, watching their every move.

...

Saracen's army, like a black tide, quickly assembled in front of the barracks.

They did set up traps and thistles in front of the barracks, and after the infantry had cleared these obstacles, they retreated, and the light and heavy cavalry of the Saracens came out of the camp.

These well-trained Mamluk cavalry, wearing chainmail helmets and black scales, slowly ran away from both sides of the formation, surrounded by the tribal cavalry of many chiefdoms.

A whistling sound was heard.

With a deafening loud bang.

Greased flaming stones exploded behind the formation, and in an instant a flaming spark exploded on the ground.

It seems that the ammunition is running out.

It may also be that trebuchets are a siege weapon, which is really ineffective in field battles.

Just after a salvo.

The Saracen trebuchet died down and was no longer active.

It's just that this round of artillery strikes, like a natural disaster, still shook the military morale of the Crusader soldiers a little.

This is war, a heavy cannon falls, whether it is the supreme king, or the poor people who were as humble as ants in the past, they will also be hated on the spot.

"Hans, you lead a group of cavalry and go over there, and the rest will come with me!"

Lothar shouted.

From this moment on, he and the more than 800 armored cavalry under his command will form two independent battle groups with the Chinese army under the command of Baldwin IV himself.

The two complement each other, but there is very little support that each can bring to each other until they defeat their opponents.

As depicted in the movie, it would be extremely stupid to charge the enemy's infantry phalanx head-on with cavalry, even if it was ten times the exchange ratio.

The opponent of the cavalry is the cavalry.

Unless the enemy was a scattered group of old conscripted peasants, or an exhausted and exhausted army, it was impossible for Lothar to use his armored cavalry to charge the enemy's infantry head-on.

Saracen's light cavalry and light infantry left the ranks and came to the front of the battle to fire a thousand arrows at the crusaders.

It was like a locust, but the Crusader soldiers, who had a very high shield rate, even the pilgrim recruits who did not have a stomach, did not suffer much damage.

Baldwin did not order the light infantry of the crusaders to return fire, and the difference in strength between the light infantry was too great for blind return fire would only result in more casualties.

...

Lothar slowly pulled her gaze back from the field.

On the opposite hillside, a Saracen light cavalry was slowly ascending, closing in on the cavalry company under Lothar's command.

"Zahir?"

Lothar looked at the familiar commander opposite, and a smile appeared on his face: "This time it's a lot more mature, and you plan to contain me, right?" ”

The other party's plan is clear, that is, to entangle the cavalry under the command of Lothar with light cavalry.

Then, the Saracen cavalry, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, would rush forward and destroy the cavalry company of Lothar.

"But only if you make it to that point."

Lothar glanced back at the cavalry led by Hans, who had distanced himself from his commander's home team, according to his orders.

He raised his spear and shouted, "Knights under the protection of the Father, charge with me!" ”

...

Opposite side.

Prince Zahir was already drenched in sweat under his helmet, and the enemy occupied favorable terrain, or attacked lightly with heavy horses, and in this disadvantageous situation, he still had to force his attack, just to lure the other party to return fire.

If they run away, Prince Zahir will be disappointed.

Because as long as this cavalry still exists, the Saracens, who have an absolute advantage in cavalry strength, will not be able to devote all their cavalry strength to supporting the infantry in battle.

Otherwise, it is likely to be led by the cavalry of the other side and broken by each one.

Take nearly 4,000 Mamluk cavalry and deal with the opponent's mere 800 armored cavalry, and the commander on the opposite side, as long as he is not a fool, will know that this is a profitable business.

And is Lothar a fool?

Apparently not!

Therefore, he must take the initiative to show his flaws!

...

"Zahir's tactics are very bold, but they are also very effective, and if I were the cavalry commander on the opposite side, I am afraid that I would also have the idea of eating this light cavalry first, and then retreating."

Adil led his mounted cavalry at a trotting pace towards the small hill where Zahir's department was located.

The next moment, he heard a shout.

Immediately after, the sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the ground sounded clearly in his ears.

Adil let out a shout: "The enemy commander has been tricked, everyone hastened and is ready to meet Prince Zahir!" ”

...

The Crusader knights shouted and ran.

Beside each knight, they follow themselves day and night, and cooperate with the tacit understanding of the attendants.

The hussars rushed to the forefront.

For the first time, they took out the four-meter-long hollow lance they had first obtained, and the feathers behind it resembled a tight wall.

Zahir stared at the feathered cavalry, gritted his teeth, and roared, "Kill them all, wash away our shame with blood!" ”

Lothar leads the way.

Bloodfall activated.

The sudden increase in power made him like a god of war, piercing the enemy's body with a single shot, throwing away the cavalry spear, and swinging the sword to slash and slash.

Hans had the indestructible metal lance in his hand, and slashed, slashed, stabbed... He seemed to have inexhaustible strength, a riding spear that could only be used to charge with a gun, and he simply used the demeanor of Zhao Zilong, a white-robed general.

Frigila was in the ranks, silently chanting incantations and casting all sorts of mass buff spells on the larger cavalry teams.

Prajna still clings to Lothar's side like a ghost, allowing him to concentrate on the enemies on one side.

It's just a moment of contact.

The enemy's cavalry fell from their horses as if they had been cut wheat.

The hussars slashed into Zahir's light cavalry like a hot knife cutting through cheese like a sharp spear.

Pepin looked at Lothar's back and let out a feverish shout: "Your Excellency is charging!" ”

"Your Excellency has cut through the enemy's formation!"

"All the knights under the blessing of the Heavenly Father, follow your lordship, rush!"

He clenched the spear in his hand, used his shield to block the enemy's attacks, and as he was about to engage the enemy, he found that his opponent had closed his eyes.

"Ha, this is a little guy who lacks courage."

He then deftly dodged the opponent's unrelenting rifle and threw him to the ground.

After the cavalry spears broke, the knights switched to melee flails, double-sided axes and maces.

Amalric swallowed, having not fought for many years, and he was almost poked off his mount by an enemy shot during the charge he had just made.

Fortunately, his younger brother Ju Yin came to the rescue in time.

"This Lothar is so powerful!"

Ju Yin's face was also a little complicated.

It's like a squad bully who usually bullies you, and you naturally hate him, but when this squad bully stands out for you and is more "domineering" towards your enemies, this emotion can easily be transformed.

Bang –

A hammer slammed into Piping's head, and the overlay was pushed backwards by the huge force, and the bridge of his nose suddenly felt like a hard punch, and there was a burst of sourness.

But contrary to Piping's expectations, this blunt blow did not seem to cause him the expected damage.

He didn't even feel a sweet smell in his mouth, which meant that he didn't even have a nosebleed.

"Ha, I knew this helmet that cost me ten Souledes was a high-end item."

This scene also happened to many knights.

It is true that Lothar did not overestimate the hussar's swallowtail banner, and the effect of the twenty percent movement speed bonus, mobility is definitely the most important attribute of the cavalry.

But he definitely underestimated the twenty percent defense bonus of the mounted cavalry rifle.

In many cases, increasing the defense by 20 percent means the difference between "breaking the defense" and "not breaking the defense" for the knights who are already very well armored.

As long as you don't break the defense, it means no injury!

Reality is not a game, and there is no such thing as forced blood deduction.

After a charge.

The Crusader knights suffered few casualties, while Zahir's cavalry left behind hundreds of corpses, their mounts in place, bewildered as to where to go.

Zahir looked back and saw that the originally hundreds of cavalry under his command, the tight military formation, had become sparse at this moment, and his face was full of disbelief: "How is this possible!" ”

And Lothar, without the slightest hesitation, after launching this charge, turned his horse's head not far ahead, and rushed towards another cavalry company led by Hans.