Yes, yes, William still had one unit of counter-attacking force left in his hands, and that was his cavalry regiment - or, rather, two cavalry battalions of four hundred men missing from the 3rd Cavalry Battalion. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info although not as impressive as the aces in the hands of the Visigoths, very difficult to train, and extremely powerful to charge, but enough.

Equipped with cuirasses, swords. Most of them were herders and spent more than a year "learning" to ride horses after joining the army. There was once a month in a row to live on horseback, eat, drink, sleep, train, fight and even excrete.

These cavalrymen were already "basically qualified".

The advantage of removing the mounted horse armor and abandoning the full-body plate armor was also on display at this moment - the cavalry was faster, and at the same time, their charging distance was greatly extended.

Before the other party had just reacted and desperately wanted to change the formation, the cavalry of the Hereford family had already rushed into the opponent's array, wielding sophisticated steel sabers, harvesting one life after another.

In the beginning, with the impact of their horses, highly trained cavalrymen could easily cut off the enemy's head. The ground was full of human heads, arterial blood was spurting high, and the whole scene was like hell.

But then the cavalrymen, caught in the middle of the enemy, changed their tactics, cutting, slicing, slicing - they would only gently swing their sabers, not too light, but absolutely swift, and cut the throat of the opponent, or cut off the opponent's nearest hand to the side.

However, in any case, injuries, serious injuries, disability, and even death...... Hereford's 800 cavalry charged and wiped out a third of the unprepared Fathers. And after that, under William's command, the companies closest to that battlefield also held bayonets and joined in the slaughter.

The soldiers were armed with expensive flintlock pistols, however, very unfortunately, their bayonet skills were very poor...... Most of the flintlock musketeers were not armed with bayonets. A small number of musketeers, armed with bayonets, had only the most basic plug-in bayonets. That is, the bayonet sleeve is inserted into the barrel. In this way, the firing function of the musket is gone......

But even so, in such a chaotic situation, how many people were able to calm down, stick a bayonet in their pockets, and then muster up the courage to attack?

Very little.

Yes, very little.

Compared to the musketeers, it is better to say that some soldiers armed with bayonet swords have more or less achieved a little victory.

Yes, the vast majority of the members of the Order of Fathers are minor nobles or knights - or, after joining the Order of Fathers, they can obtain at least one knighthood.

And as one of the symbols of "noble honor", the saber was more popular among the Fathers. More than 30 percent of the soldiers were equipped with all kinds of long swords.

Because they are real soldiers, and there is a good chance that they will enter the battlefield. So these swords are not like ordinary little aristocrats, they are just decorations.

They are likewise made of fine steel, strong, sharp, and deadly.

In addition to these unfashionable bayonet musketeers, and the swordsmen who played an unexpected role, only the cavalry company attached to the Father's Regiment really played the expected role-

These soldiers, who relied on their own status to occupy most of the horses that could be ridden in the entire expeditionary force, were finally able to show their strengths at this moment -- it must be said that their combat skills, riding skills, and proficiency in coordination were much stronger than those of the recruits of the White Legion, who had only been in the army for a little more than a year.

In cavalry battles, they can fight with one against two, or even with one against three. After reacting at first, and then forming a dense formation of the Father's Regiment Cavalry Company, this time pinning down two companies of Hereford's White Legion cavalry, in addition to some stragglers.

...... Yes, that's it, although at the first moment, under the calculating cavalry charge of the Hereford family's army, the Patriarchs, who had no time to change the array, lost nearly a third of their forces. However, soon, the soldiers of the Father's Regiment who reacted launched a counterattack in their own different ways. The situation even reached a stalemate for a while.

However, it all ended with the addition of three full companies of the Hereford family.

The well-arrayed Hereford infantry, armed with their bayonets and guns, easily harvested the lives of the enemy.

While their array could not match the steel walls of the extra-long pikemen with three layers of guns, the dense, compact walls of metal and death of bayonets were more than enough to deal with those armed with swords, holding muskets like burning sticks, or cavalry who were stuck in cavalry battles and could not take advantage of their charge.

The Fathers were losing ground one after another. Under the cavalry offensive of the Hereford family, even escaping became a luxury. It seems that the ultimate fate of this symbolic army is only its demise.

The same fate is also the entire expeditionary force.

Originally, the morale generated by the joining of the Fathers in the battle was also evaporated because of the predicament of the Fathers. Seeing that the Fathers fell into a terrible end of total annihilation. The remnants of the 3rd Brigade of the Expeditionary Force finally could no longer hold up and all collapsed.

At the same time, the 4th Infantry Brigade, which had long been targeted by the Hereford family's artillery, was exposed to the White Regiment.

"This time it's really over. Count Rochambeau closed his eyes in agony.

"Earl, Earl, what should I do now?!" The officers beside him, who were still full of confidence just now, thinking that the addition of the Fathers could change their unfavorable situation, were now all panicking. They looked at Count Rochambeau, with expectation, indescribable indifference, and even murderous intent in their eyes.

“...... Retreat. ”

The Count naturally understood what they meant, scapegoats, dead ghosts, or "burden-bearers of responsibility." He presided over the campaign, he was the supreme head of the campaign, he was the commander, he was the highest-ranking and most powerful of the people present.

Therefore, he should bear the responsibility for the defeat. It was also up to him to declare defeat, and to give the order to retreat.

"I finally can't stand it anymore...... Finally, it's going to end. Looking at the flag of the Visigothic command on the other side, William sighed.

Although this battle from the beginning to the present, it is all in his plan, and there is very little out of the ordinary. But, sure enough, he was relieved when it was completely over.

"The other side retreated, and we won. ”

Beside William, Elise said in an irrepressible tone of excitement, almost shouting: "William, we really won! We have won the battle against twice as many troops as us - not repulsed, but completely defeated! We have won, and we have defeated all 20,000 Visigothic expeditionary forces!"

"It's too early to say that. ”

Although William was also happy, he still forcibly suppressed it, not to show a smile: "Although the probability is very low, the more times like this, the more you must be cautious of any conspiracy of the enemy - you can't relax, pass the order, and continue the attack." The 4th Regiment was split into two parts, and the 1st Battalion of the 4th Regiment went to support the cavalry. The second and third battalions were dispersed to the two flanks, and then attacked the opposing rout directly. Rush up, attack them, destroy them!"

With a series of orders from William, the White Legion of the Hereford family continued to shout forward. He was confronted with the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Expeditionary Force, which was on the verge of collapse, and two infantry regiments split from the 1st and 2nd Brigades.

Combined, these forces still numbered more than 6,000. Even comparable to the total number of troops that the Hereford family has now committed to frontal combat - however, they have lost their morale and fighting spirit. They're scared, they're afraid. They don't want to fight any longer.

With the order to retreat from Count Rochambeau, all the expeditionary force units that were barely in full form were rushed to join the rout.

At the outset, the Count also hoped to maintain an orderly retreat. It is also hoped that some troops can be divided as the rear army. But in the end, all his efforts proved to be in vain. Everyone, neither officers nor soldiers, wanted to hear his orders anymore. His authority as a general has all vanished.

“...... Is this the end of the vanquished?" For a time, Count Rochambeau wanted nothing but suicide. But in the end, he couldn't muster up the courage to do so. He could only retreat as fast as he could, with the soldiers and officers who remained loyal to him, or rather, forced to follow him, in the direction of Charleston.

The expeditionary force, which still had 8,000 or even 10,000 soldiers, still much more than William's White Legion in total number, completely collapsed.

What followed was the pursuit of Hereford's White Army, which was full of mountains and fields, cheering, and extremely excited.

Encouraged by William's compulsive order to "end this war and pay an additional month's salary", the soldiers forgot about rest and weariness. Endlessly chasing after the enemy. Or force the other party to collapse, surrender, or simply take the other party's life away.

It took several days for Count Rochambeau and his army to leave Charleston and reach the battlefield. However, their vanguard, the day after the battle, touched the edge of Charleston.

However, even so, the number of soldiers of the expeditionary force who eventually fled back to the port city did not exceed 5,000.

At least 3,000 soldiers were captured or killed in the two-day pursuit. After that, the White Army troops took advantage of the situation to surround Charleston. and demanded that Count Rochambeau surrender to them.