What is the best way for infantry to deal with cavalry, form a formation!

Throughout the ages, how many generals and soldiers have summed up their experience with blood.

In the face of the cavalry charge led by Werner, the Nancy army did not have enough cavalry to deal with it, so it could only rely on infantry to form a formation.

It's a pity that the soldiers from different nobles are not able to command smoothly at all, even if there are knights mixed in and shouting for command, but several phalanxes are still quite chaotic.

When the overwhelming sound of horses' hooves came, the soldiers became more and more panicked, some hurriedly shooting arrows, some hurriedly throwing spears, and some began to scurry, and none of them wanted to face the cavalry charge head-on.

The more panicked, the easier it is to be scattered by a wave of cavalry.

When Otto saw Werner, who was in the lead, charging into the enemy formation, and the opposing infantry had not yet finished forming, he knew that the battle was over, and he couldn't help but slow down his horse.

They all won, why are you doing so hard, if you don't accidentally get hit by a stray arrow, wouldn't it be a big loss.

On 6 March, the Counts of Werner and Otto led 2,000 troops, defeated the 6,000 troops of the Count of Nancy, captured the Count of Nancy, and the Nancy region was defeated in a battle.

On the 7th, Timo Werner attacked Colmar and won a big victory.

On the same day, Otto enjoyed a sumptuous dinner in a castle in Nashato.

On the 11th, Vilna, who had been replenished with 3,000 men, advanced to Vokulel, but was met with fierce resistance from the troops of the Kingdom of Lotharingia.

On the 12th, Otto interspersed the region of Upper Burgundy, and a large number of nobles from Upper Burgundy surrendered to the Kingdom of East Francia.

On the 17th, Saarburg fell, and the Duke of Franconia and Werner joined forces to attack Vauculel. At this time, the Duke of Franconia's forces had increased to 40,000 men.

On the 19th, the West Frankish army finally launched an attack on the kingdom of Lotharingia, and the Battle of Bar broke out. After two days of fighting, the Duchess Duke retreated to Luxembourg with the little king.

On the 22nd, Otto's light cavalry arrived near Lyon, only to learn that the entire Lotharingian kingdom south of Lyon had basically surrendered to the West Frankish kingdom.

In order to avoid conflict with the West Frankish kingdom, Otto chose to retreat and killed the county of Sundegau.

At the end of the month, the Duke of Franconia captured Vauculal, and the Bal defenders, who had been besieged for many days, surrendered to King Charles II of West Francia.

At the beginning of April, the Duke of Bavaria and the Dukes of the Netherlands, the real commanders of the army of the East Francian Kingdom, fought in Luxembourg.

The Dukes of the Netherlands initially achieved a certain advantage on the battlefield, but when the Kingdom of West Francia successively took Hainaud, Cambrai and other places, and forced into Liège, the Dukes of the Netherlands chose to retreat again in order to avoid being cut off, and this time they withdrew to the Duchy of the Netherlands in one go.

At this time, Otto led more than 1,000 cavalry to the Songdegao area, which was not guarded by the main force.

Many of these more than 1,000 cavalry were sent by the nobles who surrendered to the East Frankish kingdom in order to show their sincerity to the kingdom of East Francia.

The Count of Sundgaard was at this time fighting with the Dukes of the Netherlands, and the vicarious lord of Sundgaard, his heir, surrendered to Otto and expressed his willingness to submit to the Kingdom of East Francia.

It was at this moment that Otto heard a message.

That is, the Count of Bresgau led an army of 3,000 to attack Basel and was easily defeated by Baron Dilllon, with less than 200 casualties, annihilated more than 500 soldiers of Bresgau, captured more than 1,000, and the Count of Bresgau was also slightly wounded, and fled back to Bresgau with the remnants of the defeated army.

The specific course of the battle is not worth talking about, but Baron Dillon waited for his work, used the fortified Basel city defense to consume the enemy's army, and then used the cavalry to attack the camp of the Count of Bresgau by surprise, and won the victory.

Otto couldn't laugh or cry, he really didn't expect this Count of Bresgau to be such a rookie in military talent, but fortunately he didn't marry the other party's family at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't be a multiple pig teammate.

Although the Count of Bresgaard attacked Basel, given that everyone was now vassals of the East Francian Kingdom, and the kingdom was also in a big war at this time, it was difficult for Otto to attack the other party.

Of course, not hitting the other party does not mean that Otto can't disgust the other party, since the other party has already beaten himself, then, it is also appropriate to collect some interest.

After learning of the latest battle situation, Otto chose to take a detour from Bresgau to the front line to join the army of the East Frankish Kingdom, and by the way, he received a wave of "forced requisitions" in Bresgau, which made the Count of Bresgau angry and angry, but he never dared to do anything irrational.

When Otto arrived in Luxembourg, it was the day after Luxembourg was occupied.

"Well done!" Karl, Duke of Swabia, personally received Otto and gave him his compliments.

"I've heard that you won all the way straight to Lyon, and almost broke through the southern part of the kingdom of Lotharingia, this record will make many nobles feel ashamed."

Otto knew very well how much water his so-called brilliant achievements were, but the main forces of the southern nobles of the Kingdom of Lotharingia had gone with the Duke's battle, and the territory was empty and could not resist Otto's attack, so they bowed their heads one after another.

During the entire march, there were only a handful of battles on a large scale that were actually experienced, and of course, the result was naturally Otto's victory. After all, the elite cavalry in Otto's hands is still resounding in combat effectiveness.

"Your Excellency the Duke has won the prize, but he is just lucky that he did not encounter the main force of the enemy, and these achievements are not worth mentioning. I wonder how the war is going in the kingdom now, and everything is going well? ”

Hearing Otto mention the war, the Duke of Swabia looked a little unpleasant.

It turned out that although the East Frankish Kingdom was advancing smoothly during this time, it was much slower than the West Frankish Kingdom next door, and there were some small frictions between the two sides because of the competition for territory.

Now, although the Kingdom of East Francia has taken Luxembourg, Liege has been captured by the Kingdom of West Francia, and is now attacking Brabant and Antwerp, so it can be said that the essence of the Kingdom of Lotharingia has fallen into the hands of the Kingdom of West Francia.

The army of the East Frankish Kingdom, if it wants to penetrate directly into the Dutch principality, must also take Aachen, otherwise it will have to take a detour.

At the mention of this, the Duke of Swabia was angry.

"Lotharingia's army was basically repulsed by us, but the benefits were taken away by the people from the west, which is really unbearable.

However, my brother was ready for me to lead a detour and attack from the direction of East Friesland, and if fast enough, I should be able to take the Duchy of Holland on both sides before the next door.

After that, it should be a war with the west, and I don't know how long this battle will last.

You have a good rest for two days, I will leave the day after tomorrow, and you will come with me when the time comes. ”

Otto smiled bitterly, yes, this is no chance to show his face in front of the big army, and they are all regarded as partial divisions.

If you are partial to the teacher, you should be partial to the teacher, and it is better to follow the Duke of Swabian, your own direct lord, than to follow the Duke of Franconia.

It just so happens that I can also take this opportunity to contact each other more and prepare for the future.