Half an hour later, Jiang Tian clearly saw the flag of the approaching army. It was a battle flag embroidered with white eagle claws, surrounded by black cavalry; wearing pitch black cone-shaped Norman helmets, black heavy scale armor, carrying thick spears, and a white roaring wolf painted on the chest. head.
Immediately following on the left were a group of armored axemen, each wearing a fur-edged iron helmet, half-body plate chain mail and a web skirt, holding a long-handled broadaxe or a double-edged axe; the same on their belts. There were many small hand axes hanging on them; some soldiers held axes in both hands and carried large oval shields on their backs.
Then appeared on the right side of the leading cavalry, a large number of soldiers wearing thick scale armor and leather knee pads; most of them did not have helmets, but wore furry leather hats or jackal heads. Only a few of the leaders or generals wore iron cheek helmets with black bristles and brass decorations.
Most of the soldiers held double-edged spears that could be used to cut and stab, and carried several broad-leaf throwing spears or short-hook javelins behind their backs; some soldiers also held large leather-covered shields and cranes that were good for breaking armor. A hoe, a war pick, a cone-headed iron staff, and a large hunting bow and fir bow slung on the back...
"Saxons, they are actually Saxons!" Gismond breathed quickly again: "Damn it, we got the wrong news. The Saxons sent troops earlier than we expected, and they did not take the road south, but directly Passed through the territory of the North Rhine Union."
"This is one of the elites of the Principality of Saxony, the White Wolf Guards and Tomahawk Warriors from Hamelin, and the famous Hessian Disciples; usually wherever they appear, there must be the deer-headed flag of the Principality of Saxony, or even The golden deer banner representing the Grand Duke himself.”
While they were talking, the Saxon troops that appeared on the skyline were already surging through the wilderness like turbulent currents. Under the leadership of the white eagle claw battle flag, they faced the Royal Army that had just defeated most of the Northern Lain people. The offensive was launched almost in full swing.
Of course, today's New Kingdom Army is no longer what it used to be. The members of the First Legion were mainly elite companies and battle-hardened veterans specially selected from overseas legions and major corps; while taking in prisoners and suppressing the remaining resistance, they also responded quickly.
Within ten minutes, several cavalry companies, including hundreds of knights, gathered together; they almost ran head-on into the Saxon cavalry rushing forward; the colors of the blue cloaks and silver plate armor were instantly transformed. The black tide of the Saxon cavalry was blocked and dented.
Many Saxon cavalrymen with black armor and black helmets were almost knocked over, provoked and knocked down under the hooves of the horses by these iron wall-like knights of the Royal Army in one encounter; in the blink of an eye, they were trampled into nothing different from the soil. s color. But it also quickly slows down and lags each other's speed.
Therefore, more Saxon cavalry turned around in an instant and surrounded the companies that went out to attack with an absolute numerical advantage; they continued to fight together on the spot. But with this buffer that the knights and cavalry fought for, more large groups of infantry also gathered.
The musketeers, who were arranged in short rows along the road, fired row after row of projectiles, bypassing the friendly cavalry and outflanking the Saxon warriors from both sides, knocking them down and exposing one gap after another; It was quickly filled by others who came one after another.
A few hours later, the battle to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Bei Lai Yin Army under the city was basically over. But in the open space on both sides of the road, the blue tones of the Royal Army and the black tones of the Saxon Army were once again fighting in a melee, dotted with intersecting battle lines stained with blood.
However, the Saxon Army, which had a relatively obvious numerical advantage, and the New Kingdom Army, which was tired after a long battle, also turned to the relative defensive. They formed a battle formation on the spot, with white soldiers holding halberds holding out, and musketeers taking turns to shoot inside. Resisting the reciprocal attacks of the Saxon army.
In some larger square formations, there is even enough space to accommodate and gather a considerable part of the cavalry and artillery. Then after a short period of repairing and eating, the Saxons took turns attacking and besieging them, waiting for opportunities to launch local counterattacks and artillery bombardments from time to time;
But there were also some smaller battle formations that unfortunately encountered the relatively elite tomahawk warriors of the Saxon army. The white soldiers were carefully smashed into pieces in the melee and penetrated the outer front; or the black soldiers were killed by skillful throwing. The Mori disciples besieged them; looking for one thing but not the other, they suffered heavy casualties...
Under the pressing pressure of the Saxon army on the road, the battle squares that formed the Royal Army's front were constantly defeated and dispersed. However, they regrouped more battle formations in the rear, and also contained and gathered more scattered friendly forces, ultimately delaying the enemy's offensive.
Then during the battle, the incomplete small phalanxes moved closer to each other and gathered into a medium-sized phalanx; the medium-sized phalanxes supported each other and merged into a large hollow phalanx; the large phalanxes echoed each other to form a larger one. The fighting square; in turn divided the Saxon army.
However, after a long period of fighting and pursuit, the New Kingdom Army was inevitably exhausted; although it could still maintain a considerable degree of order and morale, it was generally weak in follow-up. In the battle after battle, it was no longer possible to form a strong counterattack against the entire Saxon army.
And when the battle reaches this point, it is obvious that the enemy and ourselves are facing each other, and the critical moment of reversal begins. And the son of Count Vermandois, Nisit, who had just escaped from the city, once again held high the family's starry flag, urging the armies of the Dutch princes to turn to this battlefield.
Other Saxon troops who had not yet entered the battle were wandering around the edge of the long battlefield filled with corpses and densely packed soldiers; trying to find a way around the large swamp and reeds; and attacking the rear of the New Kingdom army in a roundabout way. Almost both sides are looking for opportunities to break the situation.
Therefore, around the swamps and mountain forests on both sides of the road, encounters and raids broke out one after another between groups of mountain infantry and tribal troops; but then they broke into the swamps and reeds. The Saxons were soon driven out by the large fire.
The Germanic mountain tribes who tried to enter the mountains and forests were quickly bombarded by the preset firearms array and fled in a state of panic and pee. The artillery in Liege also spontaneously began to move. So the decisive winner returned to the battlefield on the front road again;
Jiang Tianzheng was about to order five grenadier companies hidden in the surrounding mountains and forests to serve as the general reserve, as well as three Moroccan cavalry companies from overseas legions; they were put into the battlefield after the shelling. On the edge of the battlefield, under the deer-headed banner of the Principality of Saxony, something changed first.
Located in the direction of the Saxons to the west of the battlefield, a gust of cold and bone-chilling wind suddenly blew; in the roaring smoke and dust, it temporarily covered most of the battlefield, and also blurred the vision of both the enemy and ourselves, making the intertwined The brutal fighting paused and stalled for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, a series of howls of "oooo" continued for a short period of time at the edge of the battlefield, and immediately penetrated the clamor of thousands of people fighting on the battlefield. When the Saxon troops heard this voice, their morale was greatly boosted, and they began to shrink their formations and break away from the battle.
Then several white lines braving the cold air rushed out from the gap where the Saxon troops in the rear hadtily retreated, knocking down and overturning one after another, many unlucky ones who couldn't dodge; they rushed straight to the intersecting front lines, In an instant, clouds of white smoke burst out.
That's from hundreds of giant wolves. The soldiers in the front row who were caught off guard and sprayed almost froze into one piece on the spot without distinguishing between friend and foe. Even knights with special blood were inevitably covered in ice, and their movements became sluggish. The next moment, he was thrown to the ground by the giant wolf.
Following closely behind, there were a number of Saxon soldiers who looked like savages without armor. Their bodies swelled up on the spot and burst their fur coats. In the blink of an eye, they turned into lycanthropes with thick manes. They violently waved various long handles. weapons and heavy weapons, and rushed into the square formation of the Royal Army.
Seeing these giant wolves spitting and wreaking havoc in the battle line, as well as the armed lycanthropes following the giant wolves roaring and fighting, Jiang Tian suddenly became enlightened. It turned out that this was the reason why the Saxons dared to cross multiple vassal territories, march all the way into the Netherlands, and interfere in the affairs of the kingdom.
Although the classical conventional battle, which was full of flesh and blood, suddenly turned into a Western-style fantasy sweeping thousands of armies; but this also suddenly aroused a certain impulse deep in Jiang Tian's heart. After all, since he became the king, he hasn't killed anyone with his own hands for a long time.
"Have you not always wanted to know what the Royal Army's biggest secret is and what its potential backup is?" Then he suddenly turned his head and said to the worried Gismund: "Now, I can finally tell you. , in fact, it comes from my personal power!"
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Tian suddenly jumped up with his stunned expression, shooting straight into the sky like a cannonball, turning into a small black dot that was almost invisible. Immediately, it turned into human bodies flying all over the sky like explosions falling behind the Saxon army...
"Follow my king~" "Keep moving forward!" "waaaaaaagh..." Many soldiers from the guard company and military police company present, including Athos, shouted loudly without any surprise, and followed Jiang Gao away. The direction turned into streams of water rushing down.
And Jiang Tian, who fell from the sky and shook up, overturned and scattered a large number of Saxon soldiers on the spot, also activated the ability of the "field" module again. In an instant, within a radius of hundreds of meters, a group of Saxon soldiers rushing towards him again were thrown into the sky without weight.
"Come on, let's play. Who's afraid of who?" Jiang Tian roared loudly, while using his ability to throw away and overturn large swaths of enemies. In a blink of an eye, he was approaching the other side. Silver, who represented the Saxon general, A few hundred meters away from the Lushou Banner.
