rise of empire total war

Chapter 172 Battle of the Three Kings (Heavy Cavalry Charge)

"Archer, shoot!"

After the enemy entered the range, the archers and crossbowmen of Richard's army loaded their ammunition one after another, and then sent arrows and crossbows into the air under the command of the officer, and the rain of arrows that covered the sky like a dark cloud streaked across the air. Then he fell into the charging coalition army formation and shot down a large number of coalition soldiers.

The sound of arrows and crossbows flying by was constantly heard in the air, as well as the clanging sound of the collision with the shield. From time to time, the screams of people after being shot could be heard.No one knows how long the shield held above the head can last in the rain of arrows falling like raindrops. Many people's shields are already filled with dense arrows, and some people's shields are even pierced by arrows. Holding the shield His hands were nailed to death, and blood poured out, staining half of his body red.

The coalition archers quickly launched a counterattack, but their numbers were at a disadvantage, and their arrows were basically blocked by the shields of the melee infantry standing in front of Richard's archers. Except for a few unlucky ones who were shot, there were no more casualties.

Soon, the coalition infantry rushed ten meters away from Richard's army's defense line. They could even see the appearance of the enemy through the gaps between the shields. However, at this moment, a row of soldiers wearing uniforms stood up behind Richard's army's defense line. Soldiers with sophisticated half-body armor and long-barreled weapons pointed their weapons at the charging enemy. The next moment, they heard a series of gunshots like exploding beans, and smoke suddenly filled the front of Richard's army's defense line. After the gunshots, Several of the coalition infantrymen who rushed at the front fell. The soldiers behind them didn't have time to think, so they jumped over the corpses of their comrades and collided head-on!
bump!
The moment the shield collided with the shield, the entire defense line of Richard's army was shaken. The spearmen who formed the defense line were desperately supporting their shields, and the soldiers in the back row also used their shields to support the backs of their comrades in front of them. Jin's hind feet made a deep footprint on the ground.

During the violent impact, many spear militiamen were knocked down by coalition soldiers. Before they could struggle to get up, the deadly long sword pierced into their bodies, preventing them from getting up again.There were also some soldiers who pressed down quickly at the moment of collision, holding their shields to push away the rushing enemy, who was directly lifted up and fell heavily into the formation of Richard's army. In the next second, countless spears shot at his There were blood holes pierced on his body, and the blood mixed with the broken pieces of flesh flowed out, staining the ground under him red.

After surviving the violent impact, the soldiers of Richard's army quickly gained a firm foothold and launched a counterattack against the enemy. The dense phalanx allowed the spearmen to exert their maximum combat effectiveness. The soldiers in the front row used their shields to resist the enemy's slashing. The second row of soldiers took the opportunity to stab out their spears and pierce the enemy's body.Every spear strike seemed to take away the life of an enemy. Blood stained the plain red, and the flowing blood gathered to form bloody rivers.

On the pitch-dark battlefield, the infantry fell into the fiercest fight, and the archers of both sides shot at each other at this moment, and the archers of Richard's army, who had the upper hand in numbers, shot a rain of arrows that blocked the sky and covered the position of the archers of the coalition army. The unarmored allied archers soon suffered heavy losses.An archer from the coalition army saw with his own eyes that the comrade standing in front of him was hit by an arrow in the face, and the whole arrow directly sank into his eye socket, leaving only the back half of the wings still trembling slightly outside. The comrade-in-arms didn't even struggle a bit, and fell down suddenly. The corpse lying on the ground was still twitching slightly, and his face was already stained red with blood.

Soon, the coalition archers broke up.

The two kings, Bundak and Jutian, who were on the battlefield, ignored the scattered archers behind them. They focused all their attention on the battlefield in front of them. As long as they could tear apart the defense line of Richard's army, they could successfully break through and leave. This hideous place.

However, in the next second, the slightly trembling ground made their faces change drastically, and it also changed the faces of the coalition veterans on the battlefield. The experienced people knew very well that this movement was clearly caused by a large group of cavalry running at the same time!
Sure enough, under the horrified eyes of the coalition soldiers, more than a thousand imperial heavy cavalry led by Sir Frank and two thousand surrendered cavalry led by Gaskell appeared on the flanks of the battlefield. A torrent of black and yellow cavalry swarmed in. They shouted , roaring, flanking the coalition infantry in battle from two directions!
"It's Richard's cavalry!"

"Damn it, we're surrounded!"

"Phantom deer! That traitor Gaskell actually flanked us with the enemy!"

Although very angry at Gaskell's shameful betrayal, the coalition soldiers were helpless. They found out in despair that Richard's two cavalry brigades had surrounded them. As long as the opponent charged, they would be wiped out in the violent cavalry charge. !

"Array! Array! Defense against enemy cavalry!"

Amid the officers' mournful shouts, the outermost coalition infantry turned around hastily and laid out a tight shield wall in the direction of the enemy cavalry. They looked at the running large group of cavalry with pale faces and trembling legs. Beads of sweat trickled down his face.

Rumble-

The large group of cavalry swept across the plain like a black wave. Under the desperate eyes of the coalition infantry, they put down their lances at a distance of [-] meters from the coalition formation, shouted slogans in unison, and at the same time urged their horses to increase their speed to the highest level. Launch the fiercest charge against the infantry!
"Charge! The Empire will win!"

The black wave slammed into the phalanx formed by the coalition infantry head-on with a turbulent wave. In the next second, people were turned upside down and their shields were destroyed. Many coalition infantry were knocked down by the high-speed charging cavalry and flew high like fragile rag dolls. , fell on the ground a few meters away, their chests sunken, and it seemed that they would not live long.More soldiers were trampled under the horseshoes by the war horses, trampling them badly. Their flesh and blood defense line did not block the charge of Richard's cavalry. After breaking through the thin temporary defense line, the imperial heavy cavalry commander Frank Jazz and the large group of cavalry led by the surrendered general Gaskell galloped all the way and entered the coalition army formation.

Any coalition soldiers who dared to stand in the way of Richard's cavalry charge were slaughtered crazily, their stumps and broken arms flew in the air, and bloody red water was sprinkled on everyone, dyeing these terrible knights into blood, as if from hell Come out of the devil knight!
In the bloodthirsty killing and charging of the large group of cavalry, the coalition forces collapsed and their morale collapsed. Regardless of the enemy close at hand, they turned and fled backwards. Take off the armor on your body, throw it on the ground and step on it at will, there is no glory at all.

In this situation where the army was defeated like a mountain, the two kings, Bundak and Jutian, were extremely desperate. They met each other for a while, and then they led the guards to charge against the madly killing imperial heavy cavalry, intending to use their personal participation in the battle. The morale of the fleeing soldiers was raised to fight again, but this had no effect. The coalition soldiers who were completely defeated by Richard's cavalry fled like headless chickens, regardless of the surrounding situation...

(End of this chapter)