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Chapter 24 The Battle of Bergen Part 5, The Crossbow and the Shield Wall

At this moment when the war was going on, the ending was obvious - although it was only less than half an hour before the war began, most of the nobles of Bergen had not even had time to react.

Later, due to long-range attacks, a large area of ​​bow arrows, crossbow arrows and flying axes fell down, and the formation seemed even more chaotic.

After the cavalry on both wings forcibly attacked the other side's flanks, the Bergen nobles' fronts collapsed instantly. Except for the most elite of about fifteen berserkers in the center, as well as the hundreds of nobles and their personal guards, wearing chain armor and holding large spears and large shields, the other signs of the peasant soldiers and spear soldiers had all begun to flee.

This is a large sum of capital. I have been in this world for several months. How important is Egil's natural way of population? So with his order, a total of 500 cavalry continued to move forward, bypassing the last high ground that the enemy had defended, and rushed towards the defeated soldiers who ran towards the wolf and pigs in all directions.

I like captives the most.

However, the war continued - at this time, Europeans said that they were timid and did not like to fight - just like those serfs - but there were many who said that they were honest and willing to fight to death. Those guys who were brainwashed by the spirit of chivalry, and those mercenaries with great professional ethics, were willing to die for glory, contracts, or money.

It was as if it was now. On that high ground, nearly a thousand enemy soldiers were still holding their positions. Under such adversity, these soldiers who were thrusting their brains were in a high spirit of fighting and shouting like thunder.

They were well-equipped and had superior terrain. The heavy shield spearmen formed a circular formation, with large shields like the Roman legion lined up in a row, and spear tips emitting a cold light lit up behind them. The knights and nobles, who were also wearing heavy chain armor and holding long swords and geek shields, also got off the horse and joined such a guarding array.

If you want to forcibly break through such a circular array, it will take a long time and consume a lot of troops.

Egil naturally doesn't like to do this. He has a better way. He is more unfamous, more shameless - but more effective.

The name of this method is "assemble a crossbow truck and then play with candied haws."

At this moment, the nobles who had been slow to surrender to Egil had also reflected. Seeing Biyad's army defeating the noble coalition forces opposite, her mother couldn't recognize her. They all looked embarrassed and licked their faces and came over. Then they saw this scene. Then, there were some self-righteous guys who saw Egil not continuing to attack, and they felt distressed when they knew Egil.

"Earl, if you don't mind, please let the envoys be the ones in the lower class negotiate with them, and the conditions will definitely be discussed to the minimum limit." Some nobles volunteered to say this.

"Negotiation, negotiation?" Egil repeated the keywords on the side.

"Yes, Earl."

"Don't that kind of thing happen between two forces that cannot do anything to each other, and those who are close to each other?" Egil asked back with a expressionless face.

"This..." The nobleman couldn't speak, but he was whispering in his heart: Idiot, can you forcefully eat these troops for the sake of face? They are nearly a thousand soldiers who are ready to die. With your strength, even if you forcibly defeat them, the losses will be difficult to accept... It seems that he is unlikely to become the new Norwegian Grand Duke.

The nobleman turned his eyes, but he began to think about changing his family.

Of course, this was just a little thought. After seeing the engineers quickly equipped the ten crossbow trucks, they disappeared completely.

"After the shooting, prepare - let go!" This time, because it was not a siege, the crossbow arrows used by the engineers also changed slightly. The metal of the crossbow arrow was made into a triangular pyramid shape, and there was no rope tied to the tail end. They were specially used to attack the enemy's dense formations in field battles and to fight against cavalry.

Seeing that Egil's army assembled ten crossbow machines like magic, it was not the shoddy barbarian craftsmanship. It was as precise and standard as the equipment of the legendary Roman Empire Army. It was also very profession. You can measure the distance according to the stars on the crossbow machine and adjust the angle of the crossbow machine.

"Where did he get such a thing? Now Bergen's people are finished. Those who can't withstand such siege machines at all..." Those who have read some books, had a little knowledge, or had heard from their elders, naturally knew that the siege ability of such crossbows was quite strong. It seemed that a city wall like Bergen could not be defended at all.

The people who defected to Egil were just amazed and praised it. However, the Bergen noble coalition on the opposite side suddenly changed his expression. Of course, there were also people who understood and knew the meaning of these crossbows - that is, their biggest reliance, Bergen's city wall is now completely unreliable.

At this moment, the giant crossbow arrow that was roaring directly shot over - directly piercing the shield in the hand of the heavy shield spearman on the opposite side, and at the same time, the sad guy - together with the sad guy behind him, the sad guy and the one behind him..., he directly pierced the entire two-meter-long giant crossbow arrow, which directly pierced the plural heavy shield spearman into a meat skewer round formation, such a formation with no power at all. The soldiers could only watch themselves being pierced, and suddenly, screams resounded through the sky...

However, the screams of the enemy opposite were not stingy with the supreme and wonderful music for Egil. Under his command, the engineers continued to pull the clockwork lever without expression, wind the string, and then correct the aim...

"Damn it! Rush over! Destroy those crossbows! Hurry up!!" The nobles on the opposite side finally couldn't help it - if they continued like this, they could only be beaten and not fight back. Then after a few rounds of shooting, their morale would be over. Instead of being defeated by the other party effortlessly at that time, it would be better to take advantage of the charge now, and at least they could kill a few enemies before they died and then destroy those crossbows. Even if they were captured later, it wouldn't matter. According to convention, it is unlikely that the nobles would be killed on the battlefield. After paying a ransom, you can worry about it again...

After this, the second round of crossbow arrows was fired. In the blink of an eye, the heavy shield spear opposite fell down again, and the circular formation dispersed little by little - the somewhat impatient warriors had already started charging.

"crossbow."

So, the legendary crossbow cannon fodder - I mean the crossbow militia appeared again, and the medium-sized crossbow that had been winding in his hand had already been fired, causing the enemy who was rushing in front to fall down - however, the charge continued. Although I understood that the outcome of this battle - and even the entire war had been decided, I was still charging, shouting, and still... death.

Within ten meters of distance, the range of the flying axe had already entered. The Viking warriors quickly threw out the flying axe in their hands. After that, the shield spearheads on the opposite side no longer care about the formation...

"I won." Egil swung his sword casually, and then the Viking warriors rushed up like a tide, bleeding one by one according to the heavy shield spearheads who had no formation, no morale and fewer than them in the opposite direction, and the infantry knights...

"Earl... Are you not going to capture those nobles?" The nobles next to Egil asked after seeing their lords wandering around.

"Oh? Captive... Oh, yes, that, this is a routine, right?" Egil rubbed his eyes as if he was awakened in a dream, and then asked.

"Yes, the convention - say, you order quickly." Some nobles became anxious. Although they were different from the camps of the Bergen noble alliance, they also belonged to the aristocratic class, and they all had relationships. Any family could form a relationship. The nobles relied on such a network of relationships to control the superstructure in the country. Now, the nobles on the opposite side have occupied a considerable proportion of the entire Norway. If they were killed, the power of the Norwegian nobles would definitely drop to a higher level. This is what all the nobles do not want to see.

"Oh... haven't my subordinates captured them alive?" Egil seemed to have become extremely myopic in an instant. He squinted his eyes carefully and looked at the battlefield for a while, but then said nothing. Instead, he turned around and asked the nobleman.

"..." The nobles were speechless, and at the same time, a hint of coldness appeared in their hearts. It seemed that this new master was not so easy to fool... The whole of Norway was so big, with so much arable land and population. The nobles occupied more, so the nobles occupied less. Similarly, the nobles occupied more, so the nobles occupied less...

"It seems that we have to think of a little bit of a solution to let this guy see our power...or, just change a master." This time, there were many nobles who had such thoughts in their hearts. After all, such things as interests... cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents.

The facial expressions of these nobles were taken into consideration by Egil, and a disdainful smile appeared, and then disappeared instantly.

Then Egil shouted, "Everyone! Since this battle is won, Bergen is near, and our great cause can be accomplished. God bless Norway! God bless Egilskadragrimsson

.!!”

Then the mighty "beep" guard knights around Egil, wearing all-piece armor, shouted like this: "God bless Norway, God bless Egilskadragrimsson

.!!”
Chapter completed!
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