Chapter Thirty-One Hussars
"The enemy's formation is quite dense, but it looks like magic, and it won't collide together - they must have received very strict training. So we can do this. But we can't do it. Our formation is loose and the distance between the cavalry is too large. So when in close combat, they can have two or three or even four people with dense formations against us. And their cooperation is also very good. Even the most powerful of us, who can deal with several warriors at the same time, will not have an advantage in dealing with them. Some of them want to fight desperately, ignore their attacks, do not block and dodge, and directly chop over them - they will also defend and block, and the other cavalry on the other side will take advantage of the situation and kill that person.
Even if some luck was lucky, the opponent did not flash the attack, and they still had very tough and strong leather armor on them. Our swords could hardly cut through their armor..."
As he spoke, the Lithuanian cavalry who had escaped his life was distorted, as if he was extremely frightened, and at the same time he began to really recall the battle that day:
It was a sunny afternoon. He, his companions from the same tribe, and several other cavalrymen from the neighboring tribes, had about two hundred people, and followed a few men on horseback, preparing to find an opportunity to teach the Normans a lesson.
At that time, I was joking with several other kids. Men, especially men of this age, were basically talking about who was beautiful, who was widowed, who was coquettish, who was married to whom, which was really a waste... This was how I said it aroused and laughed out loud-then I was so happy that I felt sad.
A small group of Norman cavalry, who had only 50, rushed straight towards them. He was very surprised: "Are these Normans crazy? We have a lot more than them-"
Although he was so confused in his heart, he was still very excited. The other party was not as many as his own. Then it was time for them to win. If one of the top military merits was not allowed to exchange for two silver coins? If he returned to his own tribe, he would have face.
"Kill them!!" Seeing the enemy rushing over, several men nodded to each other and issued combat orders. Then the Lithuanian cavalrymen set their bows and arrows, waved their scimitars, roared wildly, and rushed towards the opposite side. Several Lithuanians who had been massacred by the Normans showed the most excitement, their red faces, their red eyes, their shouting loudest, rushed to the front, and died the fastest...
Within sixty steps, the opponent's archers actually took action! The archers in the back two rows directly fired arrows and shot. In the confusion of Lithuanians, "How is it possible? How can I shoot so far--" with such eyes, directly shooting several Lithuanian cavalry in the front row who were eager to revenge. Then they set off their bows again, and shot four consecutive volleys before the horses of both sides intersecting, killing at least thirty Lithuanian cavalry!
The Lithuanians were naturally not to be outdone. The Lithuanian cavalry equipped with light composite bows immediately began to fight back after entering the range. However, the arrows they shot were all blocked by the front helmet and crown armor, holding up their shields and bent down to their bodies. The leather armor they had applied grease was tough and smooth, and almost all the Lithuanians' bows and arrows were bounced away. Only a few were slightly injured. In this round, except for a few two shots of the war horses, causing the war horses to go crazy and throw the rider down. They were stepped on by the Mercedes' horses into meat sauce, the Normans were not killed in any battle.
Thirty to one! How is that?! The Lithuanians' eyes were red and they rushed directly towards the close-killing Hussars - however, as mentioned before, the Hussars' spacing was very small, and the overall appearance was a square formation. The following hand-to-hand combat stage, as the deserter said, although the Lithuanians had much more than the Normans, they could not use it. On the contrary, the hussars with tight formations could gain a numerical advantage in a small range - under the dense formation, each Lithuanian had to face several quick swords!
Steel and iron. Although they are arranged together, they really don't mean the same thing - the iron scimitars in the hands of the Lithuanian cavalry are almost the same as garbage in the eyes of the Norman Hussars. The Hussars held the exquisite scimitar made by Baosteel technology in their hands - when the weapons between the two sides were handed over, they could even cut off the opponent's weapons directly! But the opponent's scimitars could not hurt them at all! For a moment, the entire battlefield was rolling on the head, but the Lithuanians died in battle, and the Norman Hussars had almost no casualties. After one round, the Lithuanian formation was pierced, while the Norman still maintained their square formation! And immediately, without any hesitation or rest, turned the horse's head and killed it again!
Immediately afterwards, the Lithuanians collapsed. They had never seen such a cavalry or such a combat method. The tactics of the intensive charge of the Hussars were beyond imagination in terms of actual power and deterrence. After a drilling, the Lithuanians suffered at least one-third of the casualties.
"They are devils! If we continue to fight, we will definitely die! Not only do I think so, but all the brothers present think so, so we ran away - fighting these people, no matter how many lives they have, I can't accompany you! I was lucky, so I escaped. However, the luck of the others was not that good. Most of the companions were arrested by them and then killed
——Their war horses are also faster than ours! They are obviously wearing armor, which is much heavier than us, but their war horses still run faster than us! As a result, at the end, at night, I and a few people who escaped by chance plucked up the courage to run back and take a look. God! The whole battlefield was full of headless corpses. The demons placed everyone's heads in a pile, and then made fires next to the pile of heads, barbecue, drink wine, and laughed loudly. The scene was like hell... We were so scared that we hurriedly ran back and never dared to go back."
In the description of the Lithuanians, the melee Hussars under Egil were quite similar to the Cromwell Iron Cavalry in another world. Of course, it was far behind. Egil had a very little understanding of strategy and tactics at this moment. Although he knew how to maintain discipline and the benefits of cluster charges, he did not deliberately train the coordination of cavalry charges. It was just that Lithuanians were rare and strange. In addition, in order to cover up their incompetence, the defeated soldiers deliberately exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Hussars a lot. That was why it was exaggerated.
But it's enough.
Ten to one, or even higher, and the slightly exaggerated description of the defeated soldiers is enough to scare the Lithuanians. Occasionally, there are also guys who don’t believe in evil and ride fast horses in groups of three or three, carry bows and swords to fight with the Normans. As a result, either they are destroyed and filled with Jingguan, or they are fleeing back to their lives, and they become the same as those before.
The reason why the Lithuanians dared to fight the Normans was because of the elite light cavalry. They believed that their light cavalry were invincible in the world. Although there were many troops on the other side, they would inevitably be in a mess under the harassment tactics of their light cavalry. At that time, when the morale of the enemy dropped, their army would rush forward again and fight would be determined.
However, the fact is that our own light cavalry tactics are completely useless and they are beaten up very badly. They suffer heavy losses and their morale is low. However, the enemy is getting closer to our own side bit by bit.
Now, it's the Normans' turn to harass the Lithuanians.
It is rare to have a chance to fight the enemy in a decisive battle. Egil does not want to waste it. In order to prevent the Lithuanians from escaping, Egil's Hussars also received orders and wandered around the Lithuanian camp in groups. When they met the lonely Lithuanians, they rushed over and chopped over. When they met a large group of Lithuanian troops, they fled and would never fight with them.
Although it did not meet the requirements of the Military Reform Ordinance, there were two fully organized Hussar Legion and 10,000 cavalry - but there were quite a few Hussars under Egel. Egel used a small number of them as reconnaissance cavalry, and the other 6,000 elite soldiers. This was a bad feeling. The Lithuanians didn’t even want to escape at this moment. Once they ran away, they would probably encounter Hussars. If there were fewer people, they would not be able to fight, and if there were too many people, they would not be able to run away. They would not be able to live or die. They would simply have no way to go to heaven. Many Lithuanians cried after thinking about these things, and even felt a little depressed and had a bad mentality. They wiped their necks and put a shadow on the entire Lithuanian military camp.
Immediately afterwards, the number of surrenders increased - Lithuanians were also humans, and after using their brains, they came up with this method:
On this day, more than a dozen Lithuanians who were sent to fetch water and firewood made up their minds and prepared to surrender to the Normans - now a single and small number of Lithuanians dare not step out of the barracks. Such activities are carried out in small groups.
Of course, the people actually have little effect. For several Hussars, such a number of enemies - and infantry - are still very easy to attack. The low morale of the Lithuanians further increased the success rate of the Hussars. Basically, as long as they see the Hussars rushing over, that team of Lithuanians will collapse instantly. Even if there are a few braver ones who can raise the courage to resist, they will be killed as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!