rise of empire total war

391 cavalry charge
"The two armies fought, screaming and screaming... As in most battles of the past, the Winster heavy cavalry played a decisive role."-Nick Crista, historian, account of the Battle of Athos "

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"For Your Majesty Caesar!"

On the battlefield of Assos, the infantry of the two armies collided head-on during the charge. The powerful impact caused the infantry in the front row to be knocked down one after another. They fell to the ground and were killed by the enemy's sword or long spear just as they struggled to get up. The spears killed brutally, and those soldiers who had not been knocked down started to fight back after gaining a foothold, and the two sides immediately fell into a bloody battle.

In the melee, a Nordic swordsman had just raised his shield to block the enemy's hatchet when he saw his comrade in arms smashed in the head by a sharp stone falling from the sky, and fell into a coma on the spot. The spear pierces the heart and takes life.He was startled, and his attention was attracted by the stones that might appear in the sky at any time, and at the same time when his attention was distracted, the enemy in front of him abandoned the shield that was in the way, and grabbed the round shield in his hand with one hand, Pull it away forcefully, and before the Nordic swordsman could react, the ax slammed down on his face, only to hear a crisp sound, and the Nordic swordsman's face shattered like a bursting watermelon, red and white. splash.

After killing an enemy, the rebel soldiers were complacent and shook off the brains stained on the axe, ready to continue fighting. At this moment, a spear shot out from the side, and before he could react, it directly pierced his ribs. Immediately, he was lifted up high and thrown heavily on the ground, and the soldier died suddenly on the spot.

But not only the light infantry of the rebels were outputting wildly outside the field, but also the civilian archers of the Winster army were also shooting at the dense rebels at will. However, due to the angle, the archers only dared to shoot far away. Even so, the enemies in the combat zone caused heavy losses to the rebels—it was just that Richard forbade the use of gunpowder arrows for fear of accidental injury, otherwise the enemy might not die on the spot when a round of gunpowder arrows came down.

However, the gunpowder arrows were not sacrificed, but the heavy cavalry that Richard relied on most appeared.

puff!A sword sliced ​​open the belly of the enemy in front of him, causing the intestines in his belly to flow out together with the falling movement. Richard looked at the densely packed enemies around him and the struggling lieutenants and general guards, facing behind him all the time. Followed his own orderly and shouted: "Blow the horn and let Frank charge!"

"Yes!" the messenger responded upon hearing this, and immediately picked up the horn. He did not join the battle behind Richard, so there were no traces of fighting except for a small amount of blood stains on his body. He had just placed the horn on He was about to blow, but a javelin happened to fly in mid-air. Before anyone could react, the javelin accurately penetrated the orderer's throat. The inertia of the javelin also nailed the orderer to the ground, and blood spurted out instantly. When he came out, the messenger's eyes widened, he let go of his horn and tried to cover up the gushing blood, but he still died miserably.

Although Richard didn't witness all this with his own eyes, he still clearly felt a black shadow flying over his head. He was startled, and quickly looked back. Seeing this, his eyes were cracked and he almost screamed After coming out, he was so shocked that he was full of anger. Richard stepped back to the body of the orderly, and his position was filled by the general guard on the side. He took a deep look at the dead orderly. A soldier followed him for many years, but unexpectedly died here.

Sighing, Richard stuck his sword on the ground, reached out to pick up the horn that fell next to the body, put it to his mouth and blew it regardless of the grass clippings on it. As he moved, the dull horn sounded. Over the battlefield, and soon reached the ears of Sir Frank and the knights in the distance. The cavalry commander who heard the familiar horn tightened and knew that the time for action had come. He then took off the face guard on his helmet and faced the people behind him. The knights said: "Forward, for the sake of God and the Virgin, and for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor Caesar!"

"For God and Our Lady, for His Majesty Kaiser."

All the knights said together, and then, under the command of Sir Frank, the knights drove the horses under their crotches together and trotted forward. They could not let the horses run fast before launching a charge, because it would only consume the horse's physical strength.

Feeling the sound of the horse's hooves touching the ground when the horse trotted under his crotch, Sir Frank couldn't help clenching the heavy lance he was carrying. Although this was only one of the wars he participated in, he still became nervous uncontrollably , This is a normal physiological reaction, I believe not only him, but even the knights behind him will also be like this.

Tread-tap-

The news of the dispatch of Winster's heavy cavalry was quickly discovered by Prince Yairo in the center of the battlefield. He had just blocked the long sword cut by the Nordic swordsman when he discovered that a large cavalry was coming from behind Winster's army. His pupils constricted violently, and then he was startled, and he was shocked. With his knowledge, he didn't know what this meant. He suddenly remembered the rumors he had heard about the battle of the Winster army. According to the rumors, the Winster people always like to During the fierce battle between the infantry of the two armies, the cavalry was sent around to launch a charge and end the battle as quickly as possible. Now it seems that this is indeed the case!

"what!"

When he was distracted, the Nordic swordsman who was fighting with him took the opportunity to stab his long sword into his ribs. The chain mail on Prince Jairo's body only briefly blocked the sharp sword's penetration, but it was still broken In defense, Yairo let out a scream and half-kneeled on the ground. Before the Nordic swordsman who was attacking him started his next move, he was knocked to the ground by a shield blow from the guards around the prince. Then, several long swords pierced into the ground. His chest was quickly stabbed to bloody flesh.

At the same time, the rebel soldiers at the outermost edge of the battlefield quickly discovered the heavy cavalry running towards them. They did not react at first, but soon understood the intention of the group of heavy cavalry, and they immediately screamed. , to warn the surrounding comrades, but this had no effect, because the heavy cavalry commanded by Sir Frank was getting closer and closer to them, and the horses were running faster and faster!

"The enemy cavalry is attacking!"

"Array! Array!"

The rebels screamed, and at the same time, under the scolding of the officers, they formed a tight phalanx in front of Winster's heavy cavalry. In the first column of the phalanx, the rebels stretched their spears diagonally out of the shield wall, They tried to rely on these for counter-cavalry - but under the high-speed charge of the heavy cavalry, even a square formation composed of sword and spear militiamen had no effect.

"Conical formation, prepare to charge!"

Sir Frank's roaring voice came out through the helmet, and his orders were quickly passed on to each other by the knights. The running cavalry then slowly formed a huge cone, as if a sharp blade was about to pierce. Rebel formation!

"Speed ​​up, level the lance, charge!"

"For God, for His Majesty the Emperor!"

Amidst the thundering roar of the knights, the six hundred heavy lances were leveled together with the movements of the six hundred knights, and the huge conical formation collided head-on with the phalanx formed by the rebel infantry. The shield was destroyed, and the conical formation formed by the heavy cavalry was like a hot knife inserted into solidified butter, tearing apart the rebel formation, and all the infantry who dared to stand in the way of the cavalry charge were hit by the high-speed charge horses Turned over, was trampled heavily, and the entire flank of the rebel army fell instantly!

(End of this chapter)