rise of empire total war

Chapter 318 The First Battle of the Teutonic Knights

In the Marafa Territory in the northern part of the Miganis Kingdom, the so-called jihad to expel the heretic invaders is still going on.

Under Katrin's call, more and more people gathered together to join her team. At first, it was only those illiterate peasants. In the end, because her reputation spread far, there were many wanderers seeking fame. Knights and nobles are attracted to participate, the most famous of which is Robert Tam from the Holy Kuyawi Empire. However, because of the failure of the political struggle, he could only withdraw sadly and go into exile in another country.

Old Robert quickly became Catherine's most trusted lieutenant after joining the team, and was authorized to command most of the soldiers. This was not only related to his background, but also because of the dozens of elite knights who came with him. Katrin knew that she was not a qualified commander, at least she was not a suitable commander before she personally participated in the war.

At the same time, Catherine's reputation was also spread to the ears of Prince Teglar, who had taken refuge in Malafa City. His Royal Highness, who was frightened by the Winsters and lost confidence, immediately sent someone to summon Catherine. The kingdom was at stake. Under such circumstances, Katrin who appeared out of nowhere was like a life-saving straw caught by a drowning man, giving him some hope.

No one knows what the young prince and the future saint talked about during the meeting. When they walked out of the study together with smiles on their faces, Tegral, the prince, announced in front of everyone that he would Catherine was appointed as the general of the kingdom and asked the remaining resisting troops to cooperate with her in resisting Winster's army.

It can be seen that if there is no other way, Tegral will not appoint an illiterate rural girl from a humble background as his general. This is a big gamble. If he wins, he will continue to maintain his dominant position. Caught in a state of doom, a captive of the Winsters, like a poor bird in a cage called Gabriel Tower.

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On December 1116, 12 in the continental calendar, the legion officially set off. After instructing Lieutenant General Randall, who led the first independent battle, Richard personally led the main force to leave Fort Migalen and head west.Facing the menacing main force of Winster, the remnant forces of the Meganis Kingdom in the west instantly lost the will to resist. They opened the city gates and surrendered voluntarily, and handed in food and grass to supplement the legion. For these heroes who know the current affairs, Richard De very generously announced that they would retain their status and only need to pay taxes once a quarter. ,

This result is very satisfying to the nobles who surrendered. It is handed over to the Miganis royal family, and it is also handed over to Richard, so why not hand it over to a stronger party?

After pacifying the nobles who surrendered, Richard continued to march westward. In just a few days, he crossed the border between the two countries along the wide paved avenue and rushed into the Kingdom of Della. Immediately afterwards, Richard simply divided his troops. Two ways, ordering the deputy commander of the Knights, Gerard von Bassehem, to lead the Teutonic Knights to go south to cooperate with the military chief to pinch the Draa Kingdom army, while he himself attacked the capital of the Draa Kingdom, Bennett—if he can win in one fell swoop, The capital of the enemy country will cause a great blow to its army, all members of the royal family will be captured, and it will also force King Della to surrender.

Imagination is always beautiful. On the second day after the division of troops, the Teutonic Knights led by Gerard encountered a group of mercenary barbarians who just went north. Their purpose was to station at the border of the Kingdom of Meganis. (Because the news that the main force of Winster's army had defeated King Miganis had already reached the front line of the Kingdom of Deira, the high-level leaders of several coalition forces suddenly realized and figured out the whereabouts of the main force of the enemy army, but it was too late), but it was still slow a few steps.

The two armies were stunned when they met, but Gerard was the first to react. He drew out his sword first, shouted and rushed out of the army formation. Behind him, the elite Teutonic knights rode their horses to keep up. Six hundred heavy cavalry roared and galloped across the open plain like a rainbow, and directly stunned the Qibone barbarians and Della soldiers. This Qibone barbarian did not light up the cavalry like some of their tribesmen Specialization, but retains the centuries-old tradition of infantry combat, so they are also unable to meet the charge of heavy cavalry on the plain.

In the crowd, watching the enemy's heavy cavalry approaching, the barbarian chief roared loudly and ordered the people to pick up their spears and form a spear formation to meet the enemy.On this open plain, they couldn't run with four-legged war horses, so they might as well fight to the death and rely on the spears in their hands to block the enemy cavalry.

However, whether he can stop the enemy cavalry, the barbarian chief, has no idea. The reputation of the Winster heavy cavalry has spread throughout the Vardasia Peninsula, even in the Holy Kuyawi Empire.At the beginning, their tribe didn't know how powerful the Winsters were, and they thought it was a very simple job, so they were tricked by the damn mercenary businessman to take the order. After they entered the Vardasia Peninsula, they heard more and more The more the prestige of the Winsters, the thought of retreating, but for the attractive commission, they still bite the bullet and go on doing it.

Up to now, the barbarian chief finally felt regretful in his heart.

"Array! Arrangement! You stupid pigs! Come on, archers in front, spearmen in the rear! Quick!"

Under the stern reprimand of the barbarian chief, the group of infantry lined up in a chaotic formation. It took a long time to barely form their formation under the pressure of the Teutonic knights' charge, and at this moment, the knights had rushed to a place less than 50 meters away!
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"

whoosh-

Facing the deterrence of the cavalry's charge, the archers standing at the forefront shot a round of weak arrows tremblingly, then hurriedly turned and ran into the passage vacated by the spearmen.The arrows they shot hit the shields held by the Teutonic knights and were bounced off immediately, posing no threat to the knights.

"Charge! Crush 'em for Jesus Christ!"

"For the glory of my Lord!"

The archers who hurriedly retreated into the spear array directly disrupted the formation of the spearmen, and at this moment, the terrifying battle roars from the Teutonic knights resounded through the sky, and the next second, three-meter-long heavy cavalry guns came together Falling down, the horse will increase its speed to the highest speed under the control of the knights, launching the most violent charge to the chaotic enemy infantry!
boom!
It was as if a black and white flood hit a dam made of sand, and the latter collapsed instantly. The large group of Teutonic knights went forward without hesitation, directly crushing the chaotic enemy infantry into dust, and the bodies of the infantry were knocked over by the high-speed charging horses Knocked over and trampled into a mixed meat paste, these infantrymen were easily torn apart without even being able to stop the Teutonic knights for even a second!

This is the power of the heavy cavalry charge, and this is a veritable tank in the cold weapon era!

(End of this chapter)