, wonderful and free of pop-ups! The fighting mentality of the grassland people is very different from that of the settled people.
A typical war between people on the West Coast is best described as "you come and I go". The armies of both sides formed a formation and rushed toward each other. The frontal formations often fell into each other after the first impact. There is a stalemate, so each side tries to bypass the opponent's flank and defeat the opponent on the weak side. As a result, the flanks become longer and longer. As long as the number of people can allow, such a front will extend infinitely to both sides.
Regardless of whether the main force is cavalry or infantry, the armies on the West Coast are designed for frontal collisions between armies. Their tactical concept is to defeat the enemy through frontal encounters, and as for all other small details, they are just It is just a means developed to achieve this goal.
We can’t say that they were wrong about this. In fact, the fighting method of the West Coasters came from the invincible heavy infantry legions of the Lamanites, and even today, any infantry or infantry in a careful formation cannot be defeated. When the cavalry makes an earth-shattering war cry and attacks in a certain direction, they still possess unrivaled and powerful combat power.
The unified action formation ensures both survivability and combat effectiveness. Ten loose infantry and ten infantry forming a shield wall and marching together can almost be said to be different existences. After the test of time, the frontal square formations push against each other and fight steadily. My fighting style is like an old wine, rich, classic, and endless aftertaste - but it is not without its weaknesses.
Whether it is the east coast where the Lamani civilization was born, or the west coast where the various nations are divided, the terrain of mountains, forests, river plains, towns and villages, the fertile lands where settled peoples live, is extremely suitable for such a legionary war, as long as they can capture Taking advantage of a certain terrain, using a certain building or forest as a flank cover, and arranging a formation to face the enemy frontally, they can exert their full combat power.
We often say that the most common mistake made by the victors of the last war is to simply apply the experience to the next war. For most people in the south and people on the west coast except Thoradin Highlands who have not really had contact with the grassland people, As for the Lamanites who migrated westward at that time, when their invincible army tactics of settled ethnic groups encountered the endless environment on Abu Sera without any bunkers and natural dangers to take advantage of, coupled with their habitual use of mounted archery, they were good at ambush and When the nomads fought flexibly, this approach of simply following experience got the worst rewards.
Due to the vast terrain, the flanks cannot be deployed effectively, otherwise the front will be too long and sparse, resulting in reduced combat effectiveness. The fact that everyone on the grassland is riding a horse further aggravates the difficulty. As a last resort, they have to adopt an all-round defense. However, this formation greatly reduces the movement speed and the ability to push the line of attack. Life lies in movement, and the same is true in war. You can only stay where you are and be beaten. The powerful mobility of the nomads, each with his own horse, and the short bow with a range gave the Lamani immigrants with their families at that time, leaving behind extremely miserable things. A bloody lesson.
Although the heavy square shield can provide enough defensive area, the Laman Legion, which is mainly infantry, is unable to catch up with the opponent. The steppe war horses with amazing endurance can run continuously for a long time without resting. They were beaten and chased but could not catch up, and they were harassed repeatedly. In the end, the retaliatory actions taken by the Lamanites who came from the so-called civilized empire were as primitive as those on the West Coast who were like this back then. They still looked down upon them. barbaric and evil people.
The prairie warriors who came out to rob and attack traveled lightly on war horses, carrying nothing except food, water and weapons, but this was not the case in the camp where their families were located. The Lamanites completely destroyed the nomadic camps filled with children and elderly people by setting fire to the grasslands. They poisoned the drinking water for humans and animals, and the bodies of children who were crying for food and the boys and girls who were left to look after the cattle and sheep were scattered all over the fields. In general, the Lamanites achieved similar results with the grassland people through these more ferocious methods, but it is undeniable that when encountering nomads who are good at attacking with high-mobility flexible movements and ambush tactics, even if It is the famous Laman Empire, and it has no countermeasures.
The best person to deal with these nomads is another team of nomads. On the fourth day after Henry and his group set out, they finally arrived near the target area. They witnessed a scene of grassland people killing each other from a distance, which confirmed the existence of this point.
For the nomads who shoot nimble rabbits, deer, antelopes and other creatures with bows on horseback all year round, targets the size of humans and war horses can be shot with their eyes closed, and when a team is obviously in When the prairie people who had the numerical advantage met another group of similar people who had just returned with a full load, the sharp and deadly arrows pierced the weak skin of humans like this.
As luck would have it, the wind was blowing when a group of about 70 people came over, and the sound of "whoosh" covered up the sound of the battle in the distance that was not earth-shattering. So when they saw the group of about 40 people, When the grassland team slaughtered the other team, the other team had already seen them. It was too late to escape at this time. Although their group seemed to be outnumbered, the long queue pulled out by more than a dozen carriages also proved the fact that not all of them were warriors.
If there are things that need protection and concern, the combat effectiveness will inevitably decrease. Considering this situation and the fact that most of the mercenaries are equipped for close combat, the two sides should actually be considered evenly matched - and this has become an obvious It was a major factor that led to a quarrel in the team at this critical moment.
As we mentioned at the beginning, there is a considerable gap between the way of thinking of these nomadic peoples on the grasslands about fighting and war and that of the settled peoples. Although the Thoradins have been dealing with them as mercenaries for centuries, they are not natives of the grasslands after all. The customs here and the folk customs determine the temperament of the people born and raised here to be resolute and proactive. Faced with not absolute To suppress the enemy forces here, as the leader of the prairie people, Khalid, the youngest son of the Aries clan leader who was preparing to communicate with the small clan, directly shouted to attack first.
His judgment was very correct and in line with the prairie people's idea of striking first. The team in front had just spent a lot of arrows to annihilate the other team. In this case, he rushed forward before the other team could react. Not giving them a chance to resupply arrows from their defeated opponents seemed right to Khalid - but just like many other things, there is often not only one correct answer, and everyone has his or her own opinion. People's standards of judgment and measurement were shown in this matter, and it eventually turned into a quarrel.
The mercenaries were hired to protect the convoy after all. They were not here to annihilate any prairie warriors they saw. Therefore, in their opinion, if everyone leaves at this moment, leaving a vulnerable convoy is obviously against the original intention, so the correct approach should be to surround the convoy and intimidate the opponent. They have just completed a robbery as long as the opponent understands this. If it is a hard bone to chew, it will inevitably leave obediently.
The different opinions of the two parties eventually led to a quarrel, and the headstrong Khalid had never been a person who was good at listening to other people's opinions and following other people's ideas. Seeing that he could not get the mercenaries to go forward with him, he directly He said "coward" in the strange-sounding Laman language and rushed out with his prairie warriors. Everyone including Barrett was too late to stop him. Twenty or so people beat forty. It was obviously not a wise choice to have multiple people, even if all of them were elites, so as a last resort, there were a dozen blue-brand mercenaries with better equipment in the team, including Henry and Mira, who all borrowed them from others. A round shield immediately chased after him.
The people who stayed behind quickly changed the formation of the slave carriages that were still empty at the moment to form a temporary defense. Although the fences were empty, they could still provide some protection. The merchants used this temporary "city wall" as a support. They were surrounded and protected by the remaining twenty or so mercenaries, and Khalid, who rushed out first, quickly opened his bow and took aim briefly before shooting an arrow——
"Wha--" The wind direction is favorable to them. It was precisely because they were upwind that they could not hear the sound below. Khalid's arrow showed a level that was quite consistent with his noble status. It hit the arm of a person in the distance. The person shook dullly and then covered his arm. Several people next to him raised their short bows and opened them to this side, but one of them seemed to be a leader. The middle-aged man with a goatee immediately waved his hand to signal these people to put it away. Apparently he was concerned about the wind direction and did not want to do useless work.
"Pa-ta-" The twenty or so prairie warriors beside Khalid also drew their bows and arrows one after another. Seeing that the people here were filled with murderous intent, the team of more than forty people also quickly died from their masters and stood there blankly. The previous group of people on the same spot tore off their quivers from their horses, then split into two groups and left quickly.
"Chase! Don't let any of them run away, they will bring more people." Khalid, who knew that once the battle was fought, it would be unstoppable if anyone was left alive, decisively gave the order, and the warriors under his command quickly divided into two groups. The men and horses chased the enemy troops who were running crosswise in two directions. The capricious wind on the Abu Serra grassland showed its power at this moment. The group of people who had just occupied the upper wind position just raised their bows and set arrows in the direction of the wind. It immediately changed from right to left, and the samurai who loosened their strings decisively saved this arrow, while the enemies in front who turned around to shoot were blown away by the wind to unknown places.
"Stop them!" The enemy troops that formed a V shape and ran out in two directions suddenly began to circle back inward. Khalid, who was familiar with the prairie people's tactics, understood that they were planning to circle back and face each other. He rushed over to help his allies get rid of the tail that was following behind him, which was his group - these guys were indeed not weak hands, he thought so, stepped on the stirrups with both feet, loosened the reins and let the horses run freely. He drew his bow again and shot out an arrow.
"Push-snatch--" The arrow that accurately hit the back of the person in front probably pierced the heart, because the man stretched his neck and shook his body. He immediately tilted his body and fell off the horse and fell into the weeds. among. "Drink——!" Khalid reacted quickly, holding the bow with one hand and grabbing the reins with the other hand, lowering his body and commanding the war horse to make a leap to avoid the rolling enemy corpses, and the ten prairie warriors behind him also did the same. Just avoid this obstacle.
"Wha--" Another arrow passed by his ear. Seeing that the team on the other side was about to catch up with the enemy in front, Khalid couldn't help but feel a little anxious--but that was exactly what happened. At this time, Henry and his group of heavy cavalry with a more civilized social style came up behind them, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in one hand, and rushed directly from the middle position with an astonishing momentum.
"Ola!! Ola!!" The point at the tip of the spear was Henry and Mira, who were riding the Avenella war horse that was one size larger than the others. The samurai led by the enemy army shouted loudly and turned around. However, it was not so easy to stop the horse from running. Many people gritted their teeth and thought that even if they sacrificed themselves, they would help their teammates survive, so they let go of the reins. The short bows were fired at Henry and the others, but the mercenaries extending their shields easily blocked the few arrows - what happened next was just as we had expected.
"Hiss--" "Boom--boom--!!" The soil and weeds rolled and flew out under the horses' hooves, and the dozen or so heavy cavalry who came out of the diagonal stabs directly killed the beginnings of the two enemy teams. Some of them were knocked to pieces. The rare iron ore on the grassland was used to make knives, hoofs and arrowheads. Therefore, basically these nomads wore rattan armor and leather armor, which were average or even worse against the enemy. It was okay to block the sharp blade with a sharp weapon to avoid being torn apart and bleeding to death, but when he encountered the sharp blade of a long sword made of fine steel and the powerful force of a war horse's sprint——
Blood splattered everywhere, and the impact reflected back to her palm made Mira almost unable to hold her sword. She quickly adjusted her posture and drew out the weapon in her hand. The person who was stabbed was then knocked down by other people behind her. He fell to the ground, the horse's hooves splashed, and he was immediately trampled into flesh and blood. The white-haired girl did not hesitate too much. The battle was still going on. This was not a good time for her to sigh pretentiously because she had killed someone. The mercenaries They rushed over from here without stopping. Their attack caused the death of only five or six people in total, but they still succeeded in causing considerable chaos to the enemy after killing the leading ones.
"Yara! Yara!" The goateeed steppe warrior who escaped the disaster shouted loudly for the team to regroup as he rode away at high speed. However, due to the arrival of Henry and his group, they gave up the opportunity to attack Khalid. The local horse archers also quickly dispersed and moved forward to reunite again. The mercenaries slowed down in the distance and started to turn their heads, but to be honest, they couldn't be of much use at the moment.
This first attack was successful because the enemy was only a short distance away from the team. Khalid's impetuous attack made them exhausted. They only wanted to cooperate with each other to attack and kill the tail behind them, ignoring the other party. The dozen or so mercenaries who ran out from the side were seized by the group. Now they were reorganizing their formation, wearing heavy armor and holding shields. The mercenaries with higher loads had no means of attack even if they chased them.
"We also separated and went around to the front to block them." Everyone who was a little confused about what to do next found the backbone under Henry's words. They quickly divided into two groups with only a few people as the sage said. The individual team quickly rushed forward in an attempt to at least interfere and force the opponent to be attacked by Khalid and the others.
The young grassland noble noticed all this. Although he was headstrong and frustrated among the tribe, he was not an ignorant person. He immediately noticed Henry's tendency to intercept and he also shouted for his team to pull away first. The distance did not follow the enemy's tail directly, but also outflanked them from the outside - and Henry and his team cooperated with each other to attack the enemy from two directions.
"La——" The prairie warrior in the enemy formation looked anxiously from side to side. On the other side, Khalid and his dozen or so warriors were outflanking from the outside with their bows and arrows drawn.
Then.
The wind stopped.
"Pah——咻——"(.)
