It's a bit ironic to say that the two armies - although they believe in different sects, are indeed all Catholics. Therefore, the slogans shouted by these two armies - except for a small number of shamanic grassland nomads who believe in polytheism and shamanic grassland nomads, the rest of the Catholics yelled like this.

"The Lord!!!"

That's it.

The war has reached the critical point - at this moment, on the front battlefield, the power of the elite infantry under Egil's command was fully demonstrated. In the seven hours since the battle, the Norman army front advanced nearly 80 meters. Each step was advanced by stepping on the opponent's flesh and mud. So far, the coalition has lost tens of thousands of people. The soldiers are exhausted and retreating step by step.

On the left wing of the battlefield, the professional Hussars' harassment tactics were very successful. Because the opponent's Duke Guards were wearing heavy scale armor, even heavier than heavy plate armor. Therefore, the maneuver power was extremely poor. It was completely impossible to deal with such harassment tactics. Their speed was completely impossible to catch up with the light hussars. They wanted to ignore these hussars and directly attack the Norman flank, but were entangled by the Norman heavy cavalry. Immediately afterwards, a Viking assault warrior unit that Egil had just organized rushed over and completely entangled the opponent.

After losing the impact, the combat power of the cavalry will be reduced by more than half. If you are facing other troops, the Duke Guard in heavy armor can still deal with it with its heavy armor and fierce attacks with heavy weapons. However, when facing powerful two-handed axe soldiers like the Death Warrior, they are powerless. The Death Warriors swung their axes and chopped the cavalry up and down the horse's legs. Extremely restrain these heavy cavalry - of course, I mean melee combat, when the cavalry loses its impact power.

After this, these cavalry were not fools. They quickly adjusted their state and broke out, while the Norman cavalry and the soldiers who dared to die did not pursue them. Instead, they ran over to harass them again...

That's it, there's no problem with the left wing.

The key is the right wing.

After two consecutive rounds of band-style charges on the right wing, the coalition Novgorod army suffered heavy casualties and was almost collapsed. Gustav, Sweden, had no choice but to send the incomplete heavy cavalry troops that had been removed before, slightly hindering the Norman cavalry charge on the right wing.

However, it was just a little delayed. After Egil was so crazy that all the remaining 1,300 heavy cavalrymen were put into the right wing, the opponent's heavy cavalry only supported them for a short time before collapsed.

"trouble."

On the left wing, Semenovsky was about to send his elite Cossack light cavalry to the front, deal with the Hussars, and break the deadlock. But he found that the right wing of his friendly troops was about to collapse. Semenovsky was furious and scolded Prince Novgorod as a waste, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.

"Damn... Cossacks - tell the group of Cossack gangsters to go to the left wing! Block the enemy cavalry!"

"I understand--" So the messenger next to Semenovsky quickly turned over and ran to the front of the Cossack cavalry unit located behind the battlefield to convey the order.

"Tsk... it's true that only when this is the case, I will think of us." A Cossack leader spat a thick phlegm and complained. This group of Cossack refugees from Polozaj also belongs to the mercenary sequence. Although it occupies Crimea, this land with rich water and grass is close to the Black Sea coast, which is convenient for both trade, nomadic and planting. However, this group of Cossack refugees are all robbers and are very lazy and hateful. They do not like grazing, farming, and do not do business. This is different from the Swiss mountaineers who have to go out as mercenaries and use commissions to support their families because the soil is poor and cannot survive.

These Cossacks were voluntary.

They are willing to kill, rob, set fire, and enjoy all the sins and atrocities on the battlefield. Rather than saying that they are humans, they are more accurate to say that they are monsters in human skin.

Therefore, even if the employer puts it in the most dangerous place in every battle and uses it as cannon fodder, the Cossacks enjoy it.

Of course, the premise is to pay enough money for them to enjoy themselves. And the spoils plundered in the war are completely owned by them.

That's it. Although he was cursing "the bastards of Moscow", the Cossacks still smiled and checked the compound bow. Then a whistle, nearly three thousand Cossack cavalry howled and rushed towards the right wing of the battlefield.

"Damn it - don't worry about them - no, send one-third of the cavalry to drive them out, and the rest of the cavalry continued to attack the enemy's right wing!" Egil gave the order after thinking for a moment. However, at this moment, in the extremely chaotic and extremely noisy battlefield, the military order could no longer be conveyed well. Although a small number of heavy cavalry or knights heard the horns vaguely coming from behind, they were just a little confused.

"Which reserve team was probably ordered to advance?" the cavalry thought so. At the same time, their attention was quickly attracted by the newly emerging enemies - those Cossack light cavalry who played bows and archery, formed a circular cavalry and shooting array, and a small number of Finnish light cavalry.

"Damn it - damn it - hurry up, let the royal knights on the right wing advance for a while. Then pass the order!" Egil looked at the good form of the right wing, but because most of his troops rushed over and fought with the Cossack light cavalry, it was impossible to achieve it. This made Egil feel angry. At the same time, he adjusted his strategy again and issued such an order to the royal knights on the right wing.

The battlefield is anxious.

From the early morning to now, after nearly nine hours of battle, the troops of both sides have not been able to decide the outcome. Although the army under Egil has the advantage in the entire line, even with a little adjustment, the enemy can be defeated. But before this-

A tie means a tie!

The sky is getting darker. The sun is about to set in another hour or two. It is very difficult to fight at night on such a battle of this scale. In that case, they can only go back, rest and wait for the next day to fight again.

However, Egil obviously didn't want to do so.

The Cossack cavalry used archery tactics that were completely different from professional Hussars.

As the name suggests, the ring formation of cavalry is that hundreds of cavalry are surrounded by one and circled in a large circle, running and shooting. The advantage is that the firepower is continuous - the part of the cavalry facing the enemy is shooting head-on, then running, pulling the bow and squeezing, then running, and then shooting again. It forms a continuous and uninterrupted firepower. At the same time, the ring formation is hollow, which can effectively resist the scattering of walking archers and exchange fire with walking archery to the greatest extent.

However, there is another biggest weakness of the ring formation, which is the lack of mobility. At least Egil thinks so. Moreover, the melee ability of light cavalry is not as good as that of heavy cavalry, which is also a well-known problem.

Therefore, after watching the enemy form such a formation, the Norman heavy cavalry felt that their opponents were very naive. They must win. As long as they endure a rain of arrows, they can do it later--eh?!

Immediately afterwards, the Cossacks gave the Norman cavalry a profound and unforgettable lesson. When the Norman heavy cavalry and the Cossacks were about to come into contact with the Cossacks, the Cossacks actually changed their formation in an instant, with fifteen horses as the distance. The Cossacks in front continued to run forward, while the Cossacks in the back slightly turned their horse's head, and the angle of the ring changed in an instant - it was like a snake coiled into a circle, deflecting its head into the circle in an instant.

In this way, Norman's heavy cavalry gate was empty. Seeing the opponent's actions, he seemed a little confused and at a loss.

Then the Cossack cavalry turned again, and the entire circular formation instantly formed a circle of encirclement, killing towards the Norman cavalry who were still at a loss on the inside.

"Damn..." Egil saw the other Cossack cavalry performing like this, but there was no other way than scolding. Now, he no longer had a available cavalry unit.

Well, okay, there is actually another one, his own Knight Guard. But it is completely impossible to get Egil to issue such an order. The guard knights also have a task, which is to sound the trumpet and convey Egil's orders. Therefore, the tactical significance of this unit is completely useless.

But then again, Egil didn't think his cavalry would fail because of this - after all, it was built by him, and he spent a sea of ​​gold and silver to pile up. Neither equipment nor combat power was comparable to this group of Cossack refugees, or this group of scum.

At this moment, Egil was already jealous of these Cossacks...

The battle continued. In a fit of anger, Egil threw three thousand-man teams into the frontline battle. Since the cavalry is not useful for the time being, then use the infantry to defeat the opponent with a dignified infantry!

So, the three thousand-man teams deviated to the right wing and launched an attack from the flank. A charge after a round of flying axes increased the pressure on the opponent's array. Under the advantage of the two wings, Novgorod, the most serious casualties, could not hold on first. Liurik saw that his army had lost almost half of the losses, and the tomahawk cavalry unit he worked hard to form was even more dead, and he was so distressed. No matter what the situation on the battlefield was - because he knew that even if he could win in this battle, he would be swallowed up by the other two allies because of the serious damage to his strength. If that were the case, it would be better to take everyone to die together than to die alone.
Chapter completed!