"Huh-ha-" The cotton armor lining wrapped the head, and all the sweat was absorbed by it, emitting a long-lasting smell and turning it into a dark color. If you are not used to this smell, you may have been affected by it and started to lose your cool.
"Huh-ha-" The air blows in from the small hole on the visor, and only half of the scene in front of you can be seen through the narrow viewing slit of the helmet - take a deep breath, and then slowly exhale, in the breath The moisture from the skin and the sweat emitted due to the sweltering heat formed a thin layer of mist. After condensing to a certain extent, it flowed back to the surface of the skin along the curved steel neck guard.
"Hu-ha-" The plate armor, which weighed more than thirty kilograms, made a subtle "ding-dong" sound as the horses ran. Some people say that when the knight and the horse are truly familiar with each other and charge in a combat situation, the whole person and even the breathing are synchronized with the horse - every step is transmitted from the earth to the horseshoe and then through the muscles to the knight on the saddle. The power is like the beating of a heart. Although the tight plate armor and close-fitting cotton armor are extremely hot and annoying in this weather, when a well-trained knight and his horse enter the battle status.
Their highly focused mental state is enough to block any negative interference.
The three-meter-long wooden lance began to lie flat. A weapon of this weight and length would be difficult to maintain on flat ground without the help of the lance hook on the breastplate, let alone maintain balance in battle.
They are mostly made of fast-growing soft wood. Both the front and rear ends have cones. The front one is used for thrusting while the rear one maintains the overall balance. The most tip is a conical spear tip made of steel. Specifically designed to break through plate armor. This is a terrifying and beautiful weapon. Its production cost is not much less than that of a sword, but it can only be used once. The deliberately chosen easy-to-break wood will leave the tip of the gun in the enemy's body forever after impact. In the chest.
The one-ton heavy-armored knights charged with all their strength and accelerated to the extreme. The huge lances tucked under their armpits were aimed at the equally menacing enemy knights on the opposite side - they could almost see the gaps in the opponent's armor being filled with breath and heat. The white air was released, and the vests on the war horses shook due to the violent movements. All the power was gathered together, and as many as two thousand heavy cavalry on both sides formed a formation——
In the clear air and breeze in the corridor of the Nella Forest; in the shouts of the infantrymen who are also running to kill each other; in the sharp and sharp sound of the overwhelming rain of arrows fired after the archers loosened their tight bowstrings. Amid the roar——
They collided.
"Bang-ka-hiss-kah!" The impactful attack opened a huge hole in the steel breastplate. The cotton armor inside was shattered and blood spurted out from the shattered chest. The lance tip was broken, and countless knights dropped their weapons. They fell off their horses wearing plate armor. At this moment, these nobles and peasants who were usually aloof fell to the ground easily without any distinction.
"Bang - bang -" The impact of thousands of knights on the wilderness was like thunder, and the ground trembled for a moment. After the collision, the horses were still running, but many of the horses had no masters on their backs. Blood and blood fell on the saddles and The top of the vest looked extremely dazzling, and the green grass on the Dordogne fields turned a deep dark red. Hundreds of knights from both sides died in a single confrontation, and those who were lucky enough to survive were hit in the shoulders or other places. The man discarded the useless lance in his hand, pulled out the sword from his waist and continued to attack forward.
"Kill!" Although they were injured, the existence of the plate armor protected them from completely losing their fighting ability. Many knights were bleeding and their arms were so injured that they could not even lift them, but they still held on to their swords and continued to fight. The presence of the war horses allowed them to There is no need to use force to swing the weapon. You can easily knock down the infantry with the help of the horse's running and tight aiming. The remaining 1,700 people on Charles' side moved towards the enemy's infantry phalanx and defeated the forward from another side. The direction circled back towards the base camp.
The more than 1,600 coalition knights led by Grand Duke Duran also attacked the flanks of the phalanx here. They easily tore apart the shields composed of mercenaries and militia like an unstoppable volcanic lava. The heavy war horses easily broke through the shields and trampled these fragile infantrymen to serious injuries. The knights who slowed down commanded the war horses to kick with strong horseshoes while raising their swords to harvest the infantrymen again and again. Life, the scene was extremely chaotic and bloody. Many people were trampled to their stomachs and intestines. Those who were still alive screamed and tried to escape. People made a commotion, blood and mud were mixed together, and some infantrymen holding spears Finally, he reacted and began to attack the knights and their horses who had killed them in the camp.
Dozens of spears were thrust towards every knight on horseback. Most of them were slipped away by the plate armor, but some desperate people rushed over and still managed to insert it through the gap at close range. The same is true for war horses that are even less protected. Even though the cavalry has amazing combat capabilities, once it stays like this and loves to fight instead of leaving in time, it will start to suffer casualties like a beetle surrounded by ants. Blood surged wildly as he saw more and more knights being pulled off their horses, their visors pulled off, their helmets pulled off, or stabbed to death from the weak points under their armpits and crotches. Grand Duke Duran danced wildly with his long sword with golden gauntlets while raising his head. Shout: "Evacuate! Evacuate!"
The number of knights on the Duke's coalition side was slightly lower than that of Edward's side. They were entangled at this moment and suffered a lot of losses. They turned around and ran to the left with the smell of blood, intending to attack the archer position. The militia array that was attacked by Charles and the others on the other side was forced by the Marquis of Dordogne to fight back in a chaotic formation.
As soon as the cavalry left, before the infantrymen under Edward could even take a breath, the infantrymen on the opposite side bumped into them again.
"Stab! Stab! Stab!!" However, Edward's Army, which has two experienced people, Henry and Leschi, as advisors, is far behind the opponent. As the infantry in the front camp is equipped with a large number of main battle weapons, the contradictory combination It played an excellent role when the number of people reached 10,000. The densely packed spear points like hedgehogs caused great physical and psychological pressure on the militiamen who only owned farm tools.
Many people began to want to run towards the back, but how could this be possible with tens of thousands of people squeezing, not to mention that behind them there was the Marquis of Dordogne and his knight sergeants who were pressing the formation to force the militiamen. Let's move forward. As the chaos spread, the originally crooked but still barely formed shield wall array collapsed completely after many people dropped their shields and turned their backs, trying to escape through the crowd. The first array was manned by mercenaries and inexperienced militiamen. All the shield bearers have to do is hold on to their shields and let the spearmen in the second row charge.
The simple defense and forward thrusting action became an extremely efficient killing machine under the amplification of the number of people. Those who turned their backs were the first to be stabbed to death. They who discarded their shields not only killed He also makes those around him vulnerable. But all this was just the beginning. When the two armies fell into a close entanglement, the longbowmen, who quickly adjusted their status and concentrated on the situation, distanced themselves from the infantry in front under the command of the officers, raised their bows and nocked arrows, and then began projectile.
"Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" The infantry who stood densely packed and lacked protection were almost the easiest targets to kill. Except for some of the arrows that landed on the outside, they were only stuck on the dirt ground. Basically, all the other arrows that landed in the crowd hit. Cause huge damage to someone's face, head, chest or shoulders.
"Counterattack! Counterattack!" The militiamen who had no way of seeing the battle and didn't understand what was happening began to panic. Many of them tried to escape, but were immediately killed by the Marquis of Dordogne who drew his sword and killed him on horseback. Running back and forth, some arrows also landed in the area where he was, but the Marquis did not suffer much damage because of the plate armor. He roared loudly and in Sivaliya through the visor, but The militiamen had no idea what he was talking about.
However, the advantage of Edward's army only ends here. Rats will bite when cornered, not to mention the tens of thousands of militiamen. There are spears stabbing in front, bows and arrows falling in the middle, and there are lords in the rear who are guarding them. Anyone run away. No matter how you looked at it, it was death. Many of the anxious coalition infantry composed of southern farmers had their hearts set and rushed towards the vanguard's shield wall - at least the spears here could only kill one person at a time. With this in mind, they rushed forward crazily. The first to die were some lower-level mercenaries. The shields in their hands were pounced upon and torn off by the militiamen. They then chopped their necks and heads with sickles and axes and knocked them to the ground. .
The people who formed the shield wall were already at a similar level to the opponent. Once a loophole appeared, the entire forward immediately began to collapse. At the same time, some coalition archers in the rear began to fire sparse arrows. After all, Edward's army was just a miscellaneous army. The fact that their training quality was insufficient was also exposed at this moment. Some people left the shield wall without any discipline and without caring about others and raised their shields to try to resist arrows. When these loopholes became more and more common among the coalition forces, After the militiamen fought in and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the battle entered the most bloody and barbaric scene.
They first attack with weapons, and after the weapons are damaged or knocked down, they attack each other with fists, arms, feet, stones on the ground, and even their own teeth. But Henry and Leschi, who were behind this barbaric scene without any structure or tactics, had already anticipated it. The tactical response they made quickly after the scouts discovered the coalition forces was mature and reliable. Under the leadership of Charles, While the battle-damaged cavalry returned this way, the three thousand cavalry were divided into two groups and the remaining one thousand detoured from the forest on the other side to behind the coalition infantry.
"Kill!!" The earth-shattering sound came from behind the Marquis of Dordogne who was relieved to see the melee in front of him. When a whole cavalry appeared, the Marquis's first reaction was to raise his hand. As soon as he picked up the riding crop, he shook it hard and ran away.
The Edwardian cavalry rushing from behind severely crushed the defenseless Union infantry rear. People screamed to death under the iron hooves of the war horses and the attacks of lances. Routines began to spread, while the bows and arrows of the Edwardian Army on the left wing Duke Duran, who was killing them with a phalanx, didn't realize until he rushed to them that this was a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
The arrows fired by these longbowmen, who seemed to occupy the commanding heights and used to project terrifying firepower, were actually sparse. They were only mountaineer hunters recruited in the later stage, not the professional longbowmen of the formation. In addition, the two armies These people were not actually able to cause much damage to the coalition infantry in the melee, but they were really conspicuous from a high position and launched a wave of attacks from the beginning. It was impossible not to notice them.
So after the confrontation with Charles's heavy cavalry, Archduke Duran led a group of knights to kill here, hoping to eliminate this force and create an advantage for his own infantry. They rode horses and ran wildly, while the other party looked like ordinary infantry. The phalanx lacked command and failed to evacuate effectively - until the knights reached a distance of tens of meters that could pass by in the blink of an eye, they leveled their swords and prepared to attack. The archers dispersed and hid in the forest in an instant. among.
——This is not a skill that ordinary militiamen can possess. The most important thing about how infantry deal with cavalry is to seize the opportunity. If you evade too early, the knight can easily change direction and continue to catch up, but a person can never outrun a horse, so the correct approach is to quickly disperse until the opponent is very close and accelerates and cannot change direction.
"Ahhhhhh!!" Although many people were still killed by them while waving their long swords, this was just to vent their anger. The purpose of these people was never to attack. Under the guidance of Henry and Leschi, The only thing the archer phalanx led by Viscount Robinson had to do was to launch a wave of attacks and then dodge as they were trained to let Archduke Duran's cavalry miss them.
"Turn around! Turn around! Those cunning guys!" People who are always silent are even more terrifying when they are angry. Archduke Duran roared and led the entire cavalry team to kill menacingly, trying to keep his own militia from collapsing. But the distance of only more than two hundred meters became extremely long at this moment. The more than a thousand knights of Edward's army left decisively after a sudden impact without fighting. The Marquis of Dordogne ran away without the noble nobleman. The negative emotions accumulated before he was pressed there exploded instantly. The coalition infantrymen at the rear, first one or two, then a large group of people, turned around and began to flee towards the city wall.
"Chase! Chase! Chase!" Duke Duran's white mustache under his visor was so angry that he stood up. He targeted the knights of Edward's army who turned around and ran away with his anger that had nowhere to vent. , regardless of the fact that the beloved horses under him were already breathing heavily as they sprinted one after another, more than 1,500 Grand Duke's knights desperately chased forward, while the knights of Edward's Army turned around and turned towards the infantry of the Allied Forces. Rush away.
"...Hmph!" In the eyes of Duke Duran, such a move was obviously a panicked behavior due to lack of experience and numerical disadvantage. But the moment they chased after them, the knights of Edward's Army Turning back again and using the infantry in front as a barrier, it was clear that they were going to detour to their flanks.
"... Charge over!" At the front of the battlefield was the disintegrating coalition infantry. Without much hesitation, Archduke Duran raised his sword and gave the order. However, his approach of attacking with his own troops only further damaged morale. In addition, the war horse, which had already consumed a lot of energy, was obviously powerless to cut through the crowd again.
"...Get out of the way! Don't block the road!" The knights on the coalition side vented their dissatisfaction towards their own infantry and shouted loudly for them to make way, but the peasants in the chaos could not understand the Sivaliya language. They had already lost their minds in fear and excitement, but now they saw these knights from their own side suddenly rushing toward them. Many of them even launched attacks on Duke Duran's cavalry in a desperate manner. .
"Stop! Stop!" The knights shouted and waved their swords. After several people died one after another, the farmers realized that the people behind them had already fled. They turned around and ran towards the city wall. Du Duke Lan's front was once again unobstructed, but before he had time to prompt his tired horses to distance themselves again and charge again, the militia forwards of Edward's Army quickly surged over and blocked the front again.
"...Turn around!" The Grand Duke led a group of tired men and horses to run in the other direction, but the thousand-man cavalry from before came around from a distance and blocked their way. The knights of the Duke's family grabbed the reins and turned their horses' heads in another direction. At this time, Charles, who had returned from the previous attack to supply supplies, led more than 1,700 cavalry and came to blockade them with replacement lances. this direction.
"...Ah!" Surrounded by three sides, the survival range of the Grand Duke's knights was suppressed to a very small distance. The war horses that were drawn away one after another and consumed a lot of energy were unable to break through the encirclement, and the heavy cavalry had no way to accelerate and charge. Big discount.
"Ha!" The Grand Duke waved his golden-guarded sword angrily, while Henry, hundreds of meters away, looked at the scene here and said in his calm tone as always:
"It's over." He said this, while Edward next to him let out a long sigh.
"it is finally over……"
Corpses were strewn across the field, and the corpses of humans and war horses were mixed together. The ground was full of dead people, and the blood began to dry and solidify into dark red. As Grand Duke Duran looked around to confirm that his strength was exhausted, he finally reluctantly dropped his sword and raised his hands to signal surrender. This fierce and brutal battle also came to an end.
