"Heroes. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Seeing the overwhelming and vicious nomadic cavalry on the opposite side, William couldn't help but sigh - he had calculated with his generals and staff officers in advance. In terms of the damage caused by the army's artillery bombardment, it is very likely that the opponent will collapse in a single shot. Some staff officers even expected to be able to pull out the twelve-pounder cannons, which were inconvenient to move.

If such an artillery position had been deployed in advance, then the decisive battle would have been foolproof.

But this obviously wrong proposal, William almost did not think about it, and rejected it mercilessly. Because it takes time, the placement of these guns takes too much time, and it is too obvious. William knew the cunning and determination of the enemy on the other side.

If they saw these artillery pieces of the Imperial Army. William believes that they will not hesitate to turn around and leave, and will not give William a chance to play the main showdown. In this case, the cavalry artillery, which can be deployed quickly and taken out at the beginning of the war, is the best choice for William.

However, even so, they still didn't collapse.

It's really worth the reward.

William thought so in his heart, and then gave the order-

Charge.

There was no difference from the order of Shaybani Khan, charged. A total of 100,000 cavalrymen, William's Praetorian cavalry with four cavalry divisions, four regular Cossack cavalry brigades, ten temporary Cossack cavalry brigades and more, nomadic cavalry composed of tribesmen, shouted and roared excitedly without hesitation, and charged the cavalry on the opposite side.

This is arguably the largest battle of cavalry on Earth at the moment. Even for a long time to come, there will never be a cavalry duel on a scale larger than it. The names of both sides of the decisive battle are destined to be remembered and engraved in history.

William von Hereford and his cavalry units of the Russian-Gothic Empire, Shaybani Khan and his army of the Uzbek Khanate. The two sides are engaged in a nomadic war on this grassland to decide who is the real overlord of the grassland.

The artillery was still roaring, thanks to William's orders, even though the cavalry had already begun to charge. These crazy guys don't seem to care how many of their own soldiers are killed by a single shell. In fact, they don't really need to care about that. The place where the artillerymen concentrated their fire had now changed from the front of the main force, the steppe corps, to the enemy in front of those auxiliary units, the temporary Cossacks and nomadic cavalry -

There is no need to pity them, and there is no need to care about them. They can naturally accept their fate and treatment as cannon fodder. For these guys who have a day and no tomorrow, how can a war not kill people? The artillery behind them weakens their enemy, even if it causes a little accidental bombing and kills a few of their own soldiers, so what can it be?

It won't be good.

That's it. Even after the musketeers of the Hereford family raised their carbines and shot a single shot at the enemy on the opposite side. That is, the two sides came within the range of the muskets - no, they should be closer than this - because the range of the carbine was a little closer than that of the ordinary rifle. After all, their barrels were relatively short - at this moment, the artillery still did not stop firing - the artillery, which had completed three rounds of fire, had already broken the enemy on the opposite side of the array of handcarts.

Fireballs that constantly appeared on the ground, mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke rising up, each shot represented the death of several, dozens, or even more cavalrymen. And the death of these cavalry and their war horses seriously tore their formation.

Some stopped in horror, some slammed into the cavalry in front, and some horses were frightened and could not be controlled...... That's it, for a short time, the enemy's formation was torn to the point of being ugly to death.

"After all, the horses these guys ride are not selected and trained. ”

Yes, not like the Herefords, the Russian-Gothic Empire, or any of the nations of the human world. Today's thinking is still in the Middle Ages, and the Uzbek Khanate is still in the age of cold weapons, and they have forgotten a very important one when they choose war horses, that is, the fear of sound in war horses.

Horses have a more sensitive sense of hearing than humans, and their ears are more fragile than humans. Therefore, for the high-decibel explosions of artillery and muskets, it is difficult for war horses without professional training to control themselves. Getting frightened is almost inevitable.

Therefore, now, the human countries with the largest number of gunpowder weapons have already begun to pay attention to the standard evolution of war horses.

In addition to the various factors that were originally required - obedience, speed, strength and stamina - resistance to loud voices is also one of them, quite important. It's a pity that those guys from the Uzbek Khanate don't know about this.

After being greatly damaged by artillery, the chances of their victory were already very small.

However, the hot-blooded, angry, and proud steppe nomadic warriors continued to roar and launch a desperate charge against their enemies.

"Brave. William couldn't help but admire, despite the lack of the necessary training and discipline. But such bravery is enough to ensure that they will be the best soldiers of our time - yes, just soldiers. In William's view, these people could not be called an army at all, but only a source of soldiers.

It's as if everyone saw it, and in an instant, after a face-to-face, the winner was decided.

The frontal battlefield, that is, the enemy faced by the main forces of the Russian-Gothic Empire.

The spear cavalry unit that rushed to the front took a look at the opposite nomadic cavalry. For this kind of soldier who is unparalleled in the world, and whose impact is unbelievably powerful, there is nothing they can't do.

Despite their losses in previous wars, the Hereford family's lancers, retrained and replenished, maintained a large number of more than 5,000.

After using the incredible impact to destroy the opponent's first array, the lancers quickly drew their swords and slashed. The nomadic cavalry, which could not bear the lethality, suddenly dispersed - taking advantage of this opportunity, the lancers turned around and left the battlefield without hesitation. Leaving the battlefield to the cuirassiers, who were easier to replenish and less heart-wrenching when they died.

Cuirassiers, dressed in shining armor and wearing Prussian spike helmets, wielded sabers and did not hesitate to slash and slash these enemies who were not at all an order of magnitude like them. The enemy's inferior iron knife is cut into a gap, and in many cases it will even break completely. As for the fringed ribbons, brass buttons, and shiny armor, their full slash could not even leave a trace on it-

Even the armor-piercing weapons they knew, the hammers, maces, axes, and so on, were of little use in chopping them - the cuirass had enough arc to absorb shocks, enough hardness to keep it from deforming, and the cotton lining the cuirass was enough to absorb the impacts. Of course, it is also very important to note that their armor-piercing weapons are as technical as they are made of materials.

Maybe that's why these guys failed.

Slashes and thrusts on the torso have little effect. Then the only thing left is to attack their limbs and their heads, the latter being very difficult, although in a cavalry battle it is very, very pleasant to cut off their heads and roll them all over the ground. But it's just a thought.

In the vast majority of cases, this cannot be done, because it requires not only technology, but also strength. To be precise, it's a combination of technology and power. Only a very small number of elite knights can do this. As for the army that can really do this on a large scale, William has only seen one dark elf.

All knights, all with extremely elite force. It's a razor-like, incredible army. In a sense, they were the most formidable warriors William had ever seen, and the most formidable opponents William had ever seen.

It's chilling to think about.

These Uzbeks are far from being compared to this.

Despite the fierce resistance, the casualties that can be inflicted on the Hereford family are never large, coupled with the problems of the array, training, and weapons and equipment of both sides, so the middle lane of the battlefield is the fastest and fastest to break through.

Of course, William also played a big role in this - always at the forefront of the army, under the banner of the double-headed eagle, wielding a spear and a long sword, William was invincible, he could almost be called the second most powerful man in the world, even a single horse could move freely in the army, let alone a powerful Praetorian cavalry by his side.

With William's army assaulting at the fastest speed and smoothest, and seeing the double-headed eagle banner rushing to the front, the countless soldiers only felt that their hearts were surging, and they almost had inexhaustible strength.

They also rightfully forged ahead and accelerated the pace of their advance.

That's it, that's it. The main army in the middle was almost devastating, invincible. Less than half an hour after the battle began, thousands of enemy cavalry were easily overturned. There were even many small tribes that were completely wiped out by William's army almost instantly.

Such a rapid advance, such a terrible force, all unheard of by the enemy, unbelievably powerful, so powerful that it was suffocating, and seeing such an army rushing in his direction, in the direction of the wolf's head, Sibani Khan only felt as if his heart was being held in his hands. A suffocating sense of fear left him speechless.