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Chapter 5 Why centaurs and not centaurs?

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These super-heavy cavalry with spears are said to be established by the Eastern Rome’s iron armored paladins. The Eastern Rome’s iron armored paladins are said to be imitating the heavy cavalry of the ancient Sassanian Empire. The heavy cavalry of the ancient Sassanian Empire is actually the legendary First Persian Empire (who fought to the death with Sparta and died in Alexander, with an area of ​​more than 9 million square kilometers. At that time, China was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and had not yet been unified). Before the First Persian Empire...

I don't know.

In short, this extremely traditional, and then improved (such as saddle stirrups) heavy cavalry. In a sense, it dominated the era of heavy cavalry and was the strongest military force. Even in this era, the rise of knight ranks, and the kings of various kingdoms in the continent are vigorously developing heavy cavalry, making this ancient military force seem a little behind. However, those who underestimate it will definitely suffer a loss.

Although the weight is much heavier than the chain armor, the speed and endurance of the cavalry have decreased. However, the defense of these super-heavy cavalry, which is wrapped in thick scale armor, is indeed extremely strong. Even the Royal Knights under Egil cannot guarantee that it will beat it. If you want to defeat it steadily, only Egil has equipped the heavy plate armor, which can be said to be the peak guard knights of the peak of the heavy cavalry.

That's it, nearly 3,000 light-carried Cossacks, about 800 Poye cavalry, and less than 300 Duke Guard cavalry. Although such a force is not enough to fight against the nearly 5,000 elite cavalry under Egir, it should also be taken seriously.

In addition, there are some troops that make Egil feel a little confused... or creatures... or monsters. It is not just humans who serve in the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Although they have only been exposed once in the cavalry wars these days. However, because it has left a deep impression, Egil pays special attention. And after extreme exploitation of Nemulis, it comes up with the exact number of this troops.

There are 864 total number.

Or a match.

So, why are the werewolf, kowtowel, halfling, dwarfs...?

Is it true that the lower body is too eye-catching? Because the part of the horse is too eye-catching. So the final definition is "horse" rather than "human." It is the strange and unreasonable thing, the upper body is human, but the lower body is horse, a strange thing.

Human knights may have made the unity of man and horse the ultimate goal. But this strange, damn, desecrated race has done this from the beginning.

These bastards are born cavalry - after putting on heavy armor, they are heavy cavalry, they are archers when they pick up bows and arrows, and they are double cavalry riding one person on them...

Well, there is no such a crazy setting yet.

However, in short, this is a very perfect, quite strong fighting race. In a sense, it is a perfect existence of the ultimate army. This monster who lives in the ice and snow of East and West Siberia, for some reason has become the focus of Egil.

Next, the war officially began.

Perhaps because of the same reason as Egil, a large amount of information about Egil's cavalry during the cavalry wars in the past few days was collected. The other party also had a clear mind. Therefore, it was very coincidental. Less than five minutes after Egil sent a letter of war to the Ross, the Swedes and the Slavs, the three countries on the opposite side also sent envoys to submit the letter of war to Egil.

The time is set for tomorrow. Because I had made sufficient preparations in advance, Egil did not think this proposal was very sudden.

That night, Egil had a good dream, dreaming that he was standing on the top of the world and the day he dominated the whole world finally came. And the other party, the Eastern European rustics, did not disturb them. In short, the night was very peaceful.

The next day, on June 17, 1002, the wind was sunny and bloody rains might have occurred. Two - no, to be precise, four armies should be divided into two camps. The scale of this battle was 50,000 vs 70,000, which actually exceeded the last battle with Poland.

Front, because the opponent's number is more than his own, and it is vaguely arranged into three camps, and the gap between the camps is also very large. Therefore, in order to maintain the same wide front, the infantry line under Egil's command seemed a little thin. It was not the usual three-row line, but two-row line. The reserve team was much less. However, before that, Egil had anticipated such a thing. In order to prevent the tragic result of being forcibly broken through by the opponent, Egil adjusted his own troops and arranged the guards of the dwarf secret room in the backbone, and mixed it with the Death Assault Warriors to form a tight line that can be attacked and defended.

The three arrays of crossbow soldiers were deployed on both wings of the army and were slightly protruded to form a half-moon formation. At the same time, there was enough space behind the crossbow soldiers, and behind it was a slightly bent array composed of professional Viking warriors. If the entire formation was cut from the sky, it would be a similar look to this ">-

The longbowmen were in the second row as always, ready to shoot. At this moment, the upgrade of the fingers has been completed. Although the shooting speed of the longbowmen has slowed down slightly, their endurance has increased significantly. The fingers that would have been severely hurt when they shot more than a dozen arrows, and even if they were not careful, their fingers would be cut off by the bowstrings, which would not happen again. Therefore, the actual combat power has been greatly improved.

Behind, on a man-built mound, on a high platform built with wood, Egil looked at the battlefield quietly with dozens of guard knights waiting for his orders. Of course, Egil had a monocular lens on his hand so he could see more clearly. Opposite, Novgorod's brown bear flag, the castle flag of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Swedish lion flag were vividly remembered. The other party did not arrange neat and tight formations like Egil. Three unindependent armies lined up all the infantry in the middle, forming a chaotic and thick infantry front. Light cavalry protected the two wings, and then heavy cavalry and charge cavalry were all placed in front, forming a conical formation that seemed to want to destroy Egil's formation in one fell swoop through the impact force to win.

The extremely typical tactics in the Middle Ages are simple and effective, suitable for the brain with a small brain capacity of Manzi. However, if you are not careful, you may really lose. Just like Cheng Yaojin's three-pronged axe in the legend. It is very powerful, but only a few strokes. If you bear it, you will win.

So Egil ordered to be careful in front of the dwarf secret room to guard the super long spear array and be prepared to sacrifice everything. We should face the charge of the enemy cavalry head-on! (Anyway, it's just mercenary cannon fodder).

On the front, on the battlefield, it is not as good as Egir who can launch a large number of baggage troops (remember these hardships) to build a mountain of earth. Gustav, Liurik and Semenovsky of the Three Kingdoms coalition opposite were all standing on a hill with a slightly offside. Therefore, the vision was not as good as Egir. Moreover, before the war broke out, several leaders were still arguing about who would be the commander of the coalition - Gustav felt that he was a landlord and had the powerful buff of the Nordic lion, and he was the commander-in-chief. Novgorod was his defeated general. He could ignore it. The Grand Duchy of Moscow only sent one general, not the duke himself, so it was not possible.

However, Semenovsky of the Grand Principal of Moscow did not agree. He believed that when it comes to commanding, he was not bad either. His bonus to Russia's strong charge (hereinafter referred to as Ula!), the actual effect is not worse than that of the Nordic lion buff. He is even more representative of the emerging Eastern European power Moscow. And speaking of this, the reason why he participated in the war was because Gustav begged him.

As for the other one, Novgorod's Liurik, they were completely ignored by the two.

So, in the end, the argument was not reached. So the efficiency of quarrels was really not as good as that of fighting. In the end, the Three Kingdoms coalition decided to fight each other. They just commanded their own troops, and when they asked their teammates to cooperate, they just squeaked a little.

In this way, choosing a simple and convenient formation like a cone formation is also to facilitate command and make up for the loopholes in the command level of the coalition forces. Therefore, the decision was made.

Of course, at this moment, Egil naturally did not know the internal problems of the Eastern Three Kingdoms coalition. He just felt that the formation on the opposite side was too loose - although the temporary recruitment of troops and the Ross people with no sense of discipline were the same level - but, if the arrangement was a little tight, would you die?

After expressing such emotion, Egil focused all his attention on the cavalry opposite the front, the first formation. The feudal knights in heavy armor, the duke guards with ominous silver masks, the full-coverage helmets, and the iron armored centaurs covering their chests...

There are less than two thousand in total.
Chapter completed!
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