85_85536 "Practical benefits are more useful than empty propaganda...... Father Peter muttered quietly after hearing William's promise of influence on these people—but he did not seem to be discouraged or unwilling at all. This does not correspond to his status as a "priest". Not even the vast majority of the priests of the Lord of Light.

They all put the authority of the Lord first. And as for the secular rulers, emperors, kings, khans or caliphs, they don't care.

William didn't notice this. All his attention was devoted to the enemy in front of him.

It's like a pack of lone wolves...... It's loose, but it's fierce, and it's strangely organized. After this, William put away all his arrogance and regarded the other party as a great enemy wholeheartedly.

"Still, I'm going to win. William thought to himself, and then shouted and gave the order—

"Gun, flat!"

After William's order, three hundred reservists, who had been divided into two wings, entered the battle state. The tension, nervousness, and fear that had just entered the battlefield disappeared. The soldiers, who had already been trained by William, immediately flattened their spears and aimed the spikes of their spears at the enemy.

Hundreds of extra-long spears stepped forward, forming a terrifying line of defense made of near-perfect metal. The metal tip shimmered with a cold, metallic sheen in the sunlight.

A total of three hundred reservists, divided into two companies, directly cut off the road from the Eastern Front to Chersk. To the left of the position was the swollen, frozen, roaring, and heavily floed Vistula River in the spring. On the other side is woodland that is difficult to walk. Both sides are not suitable for the deployment of large forces. Therefore, if you want to move on, you can only bite the bullet and rush through the defense line of the Chersk troops.

It's just that...... After seeing the phalanx of the Chersk reservists, the rogues began to hesitate. The neat and uniform phalanx, the plain expression and the rows and rows of super-long guns gave people quite a lot of shock.

"It looks decent. Ivanovich and the Slavic warriors led by him thought to themselves - speaking of the phalanx of super-spears. It's not that they haven't seen it. It's not that there hasn't been a match. And it was not without them that they had won the victory against the enemy who had set up a phalanx of super-long spears.

As a rule, warriors armed with two-handed tomahawks charge as long as they are sufficiently organized. Chop open with a two-handed tomahawk and cut off the opponent's spear head. Hack and slash out a way. When the distance is close, the opponent's super long spear will not be able to be used. This gun array is broken.

The problem is, it would take a whole group of elite and lethal Slavic warriors. It's a good idea to equip them with heavy armor.

Under Ivanovic, however, there were only about two dozen Slavic warriors. There are only eight two-handed tomahawks. The armor is also not complete.

Although it is said that they sacked the castle of an earl, obtained enough armaments. But the problem is in the next moving process. Many of those heavy armors were discarded as cumbersome. The few armor sets that were left behind didn't work well either—they were full sets of heavy plate armor for knights. It was very different from the heavy scale armor used by Ivanovich and others. It's very laborious to put on. So Ivanovich and others don't like to use that either.

On the contrary, William's reserve troops, each equipped with light cuirasses and iron helmets purchased from the Blue Hat Merchant Order, had a certain defensive power.

In such a situation, it will be difficult to break through head-on.

"Now I can only hope that this phalanx of the other party is just a spectacle. Ivanovich thought this to himself, and then he shouted, like an ignorant serf: "Don't be afraid! The other side's troops are just the same thing! Rush and they will collapse! Rush over! After rushing over, you can enjoy all the things in Chersk! There is meat! There is white bread, there is wine, there are women! Kill, kill!"

The rest of the Slavic warriors, as well as several other natively grown bandit leaders, also joined Ivanovich, shouting desperately and boosting morale.

Encouraged by this, the rogues quickly regained their strength. Shouting and screaming, he rammed into the phalanx of spearmen of the Cherskers.

"Do you want to throw grenades?" asked Little John, beside William—the rogues were putting a lot of pressure on him. Because they don't have reserves, they don't mean to attack in waves. Encouraged by the leaders, nearly 3,000 rogues were almost huddled together and charged towards the Chersk army.

A piece of black pressing. The black oppression - these outcasts were fairly well armed - at least better than the average peasant soldiers.

The vast majority of them have metal weapons. spears, swords, knives, war hammers, axes...... Most of these weapons come from the Earl's Castle, which they ransacked before. In fact, if such an army is compared to the same number of peasant soldiers, then William believes that it will definitely be the rogue army that will win in the end. Calculated in this way, the combat effectiveness of these 3,000 rogue troops is already remarkable in the Grand Duchy of Mazovia.

If their target is not Chersk, or other more powerful nobles, but other middle and small nobles. Then William believes they can still succeed. It is even said that if it were not for the fact that in the previous months, William had prepared Chersk's armaments, trained reservists, and spent a lot of money on weapons, equipment and gunpowder, then he would have relied only on a group of peasant soldiers who had not received much training, and private soldiers with only 200 cavalry. Chersk is about to become the second county to be broken by the rogues.

“...... Twenty steps. William heard little John ask and immediately made this decision. Use grenades.

He can't, he doesn't need to, and there is no reason to hide it: "After twenty steps, the grenadiers will light the fire, and then the grenades!"

"It's a pity that the detour of the cavalry unit has not yet been completed. Otherwise......" Little John nodded, and after agreeing to William's order, he said it again.

"Hmm...... But it doesn't matter if there is no cavalry unit to respond. We can win this battle!" replied William—and at the same time, the Rogue army was less than thirty paces away from the spearmen's phalanx—and William's reserve troops were fine. But the left and right flanks, a small number of peasant soldiers used to fill the formation, were a little unbearable.

There was a slight disturbance among the peasants and soldiers. And this kind of riot is likely to turn into a rout in the next moment, and then affect the reserves!

"Tell Father Peter to find a way! Hold these people down, and, little John, kill him! Whoever dares to move, talk, or run away will kill him!" shouted William to Little John.

"Yes, young master!" said little John, gritting his teeth. Seeing the fierce light in his eyes, he could not say that he would have to cut off a few heads—and at the same time, the shouts of the chaplains of the army also lost no time in piercing through:

"Fight for the Lord of Radiance! Brave warriors will be invincible! Our Lord blesses you and blesses the brave!"

The peasant troops on both flanks were steady—and the men looked terrified, despite William's observations. But at least they won't be running away anytime soon.

This is enough for William.

Twenty steps.

William was glad he had a grenadier. I'm glad I don't need to be like a fool and pin all my hopes on something as dangerous as a hand-to-hand fight.

At the same time, because the distance was shortened again, the peasant soldiers on both flanks were again in an uproar. Little John had two heads cut off as a result. At the same time, he shouted, "Think of your family, you cowards!"

Yes, family. If they run away, their families will suffer anyway - because if they run away and their own side fails, then the rogues will go to harm their families. And if the Chersk army wins, then the lord will not spare those who escape.

Thinking of this, the peasants and soldiers could only grit their teeth and could only persevere.

"Grenadier!"

At the same time, William shouted loudly. As his voice fell. A total of fifty grenadiers hurriedly pulled grenades out of their pockets. Then the fuse of the grenade was lit with a already prepared and burning fire rope.

Because the manufacturing process is relatively crude and backward, the fuses of these grenades are long and short, and the burning speed is also different. So the grenadiers did not dare to let these weapons stay in their hands for too long. After confirming that it was ignited, he hurriedly used all his strength to throw the grenade over.

Some of the grenades exploded in mid-air, while others inexplicably stalled after falling to the ground and never exploded again - but the vast majority of the grenades had an effect -

After landing, a few more moments, the fuse burned completely, and most of the grenades that fell into the rogue exploded. In the bursts of explosions, a large amount of shrapnel flew in all directions, and a large amount of gunpowder smoke drifted away.