Cute Girl Guardian

In the Battle of Crecy a hundred years ago, less than [-] English invaders successfully killed nearly [-] French heavy and light mixed cavalry, and there were more than [-] recruits.

The failure couldn't help but not make France regret it. On the contrary, it deepened the research on armor and transformed it into a full-body armor, which is the peak heavy cavalry.

Choose high-quality war horses, only riders who meet the standard of stature and strength are allowed to wear them, the peak of cavalry, heavy cavalry.

A high-quality war horse can carry the armor of itself and the rider without losing speed. The double load makes the heavy cavalry have no lasting combat effectiveness, but the impact has reached its peak.

Only the French understand the horror of the heavy cavalry, and no arm can confront the French heavy cavalry head-on on the battlefield.The light infantry couldn't even withstand the opponent's round of charge.

The decline of the French cavalry also began with the heavy cavalry.

In the Battle of Agincourt nearly 20 years ago, [-] remnant archers killed more than [-] French heavy cavalry and more than [-] light cavalry.

He still doesn't understand how to do it. The heavy cavalry wears full body armor.Even the horses are covered with battle armor, and even armor-piercing arrows can hardly penetrate the defense, which is the pinnacle of French cavalry.

Although England's longbowmen have excellent range, they are unlikely to cause too much damage.

It was also from that battle that France began to gradually abandon heavy cavalry in the country.Even cavalry tactics began to change.

The failure made France discover that cavalry is not a panacea, but more importantly, it is costly. The time and money consumed by heavy cavalry are unimaginable figures.

The war between the two countries lasted for a hundred years, and the shameful treaty signed by Charles VI was a large amount of compensation, which made it difficult for France to afford the heavy cavalry.

Now nearly half of the territory is lost, and the country is even more turbulent, let alone supporting the heavy cavalry.

In the past ten years, there have been almost no heavy cavalry, and there will be light cavalry and simplified heavy cavalry, but I didn't expect one to appear here.

This can be regarded as the bottom of the box of Charles VII, the money of the French royal family is not abundant.Even some nobles are not inferior to him.

Only 2000 heavy cavalry made Charles VII think hard, preparing to counterattack England as the finale, but the matter of Orleans is too important.

Once Orleans is breached, no matter how heavy the cavalry is, it will be useless. He himself has to consider fleeing to a foreign country for refuge, so it doesn't make sense to keep it.

"Cavalrymen, let the enemy see how powerful we are!" The roar sounded, and the heavy cavalry was close in the blink of an eye.

"Archers, shoot!" Burgundy's commander also gritted his teeth and ordered.Their troops were not equipped with too many archers, and the bows and arrows they shot were relatively sparse, hitting the heavy armor without even causing any damage to personnel.

Not only the whole body of the heavy cavalry, but even the face is covered by a mask.It cannot be said that there are no dead ends, but it is enough to prevent most bow and arrow attacks.

The shaking of the ground became more and more obvious, and the faces of the Burgundian soldiers standing in the front row gradually turned pale. Facing the heavily armed heavy cavalry, no one could keep their faces unchanged.

"Kill!" With a roar that shook the sky, the figure of the one in the front and the horse under him were a circle larger than the other cavalrymen.The most obvious is that knights without helmets are the first to break into the camp of Burgundian soldiers.

The large heavy hammer was swung out, and in an instant, more than a dozen figures were blown away, and blood splashed on the faces of other soldiers.

"Count Dunoit" the Burgundy commander whispered, his brutal fighting style, the knight who rushed to the forefront, would never be the commander in other periods, but in the current era, he is the most suitable The commander-in-chief's candidate.

Unexpectedly, he who disappeared would reappear on the battlefield.

"Hold it! As long as you stand up to the first wave, the heavy cavalry is nothing to fear!"

The commander-in-chief of Burgundy was shouting that the danger of heavy cavalry is the impact force. As long as they lose their speed, it is much easier to deal with them.

It can be seen at a glance that the opponent's number is less than half of his own. Withstanding the impact and surrounding the opponent, it may not be impossible to annihilate the opponent.

But morale is an indescribable weapon on the battlefield. Once touched, the Burgundy team tends to collapse.

The horse's back is close to two meters high, and the rider, horse, and armor weigh more than a thousand kilograms. What kind of terrifying impact will it achieve at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour?

As soon as the two armies came into contact, Burgundy's shield wall was immediately destroyed. In the face of the heavily armored cavalry, it was difficult for them to effectively stop them.

Blood splashes on the battlefield all the time, and knights in full-body armor can ignore the surrounding attacks and slash wantonly, but it is not absolute.

Except for Count Dunoy, even Demes and Bertrand would not understand the power of the heavy cavalry. When they appeared on the battlefield, the heavy cavalry had already disappeared for various reasons.

If Joan of Arc understood the power of heavy cavalry, instead of asking Count Dunoy to bring reinforcements to support, she would try her best to hold back the reinforcements.

Under the leadership of Count Dunoy, shortly after the battle began, the front phalanx of the Burgundian army was about to be pierced by heavy cavalry.

There is a reason for the impact of the heavy cavalry, and there is another part of the reason. Most of the siege troops are light infantry, and it is difficult to effectively block the heavy cavalry. (.)

PS: Although it is a bit exaggerated, there is no doubt that France, the strongest cavalry country in the Middle Ages, was an era of cavalry before the Hundred Years War

Chapter 840 French Heavy Cavalry

"Count, the rear army of Burgundy is about to arrive to join the front army"

The heavy hammer smashed a soldier into the air, knocking down dozens of people around him, and a cavalryman beside Earl Dunoy stepped forward and said solemnly.

They are about to penetrate Burgundy's front army phalanx, but the speed of the heavy cavalry has also slowed down. I am afraid that the speed of the rear army has not yet increased, and the threat posed by the heavy cavalry who cannot speed up will be greatly reduced. reduce.

"Their infantry phalanx is also messed up, posing less threat"

There was a fierce light in Count Dunoy's eyes. The rear army was too anxious to surround them, and rushed over without even maintaining the phalanx.

The infantry in a phalanx can still pose some threats to the heavy cavalry, now...but their current speed is gone, at least a certain distance of acceleration is needed to regain their impact.

"That old guy really has the guts to follow me!" His eyes lit up, the Burgundy flag fluttered in the rear army, and the commander of Burgundy was leading his army towards them.

The Burgundian commander, who knew the power of the heavy cavalry, understood that the cavalry could not be restored to mobility, and surrounded them before breaking through the front army!

But this also gave the Earl of Dunoy a chance. Just after breaking through the front army, the heavy cavalry with less than a hundred men immediately rode their horses and charged towards the central army with all their strength.

"Stop them!"

As soon as the words fell, the face of Burgundy's commander was already splashed with blood. The charging horse and the power of Earl Dinoit smashed the soldiers in the front row more than ten meters away in one fell swoop, and scattered blood splashed all over Burgundy. On the body of the commander-in-chief.

I'm going to kill you now!The meaning couldn't be more clear.