Chapter 14 The Battle of Krakow (Part 7, Warships and Crossbow Arrows Monthly Pass)
"Romans, move forward!" The soldiers shouted like this, not imperial soldiers, not soldiers - but Romans, who were around the Mediterranean region, conquered countless barbarians, won countless victories, and deserved the most powerful nation: the Romans.
"Roman, go forward!!!"
Hearing such shouts in his ears, the gods' soldiers - even the peasants from the most remote villages, couldn't help but recall the grand occasion of the Roman Empire. Then he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"go ahead!"
“Go forward, move forward!!”
"We are Romans!!!"
Although the language and culture have changed slightly, and although their identity and status are somewhat inferior, at this moment, the sound of "Rome" aroused the resonance of all soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire. It represents a spirit, even a kind of faith, starting from the founding of Rome and a small city on the Apennine Peninsula. There have been thousands of years of history and countless winds and rains, but Rome has not fallen!
The soldiers shouted like this, shouting in various different voices, either high-pitched, sharp, or low-pitched. Finally, the voice gradually became unified, as if the stream finally merged into a big river: "Romans, move forward!", such a sound. The entire Roman army boiled like water reaching 100 degrees Celsius!
War, war, war! War belonging to the Romans, war belonging to the Roman Empire, Rome is immortal, and will win!!! Under such a arrogant mentality and in such a warm atmosphere, the soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire roared wildly and charged towards the Norman army with enthusiasm and selflessness. The soldiers, regardless of their origin or equipment, fought side by side, as close as brothers!
"What a good group of soldiers... Is it Rome?" On the opposite watchtower, the Black Queen snorted softly, gently stroked her hair, and then murmured: "It's a pity that it's outdated. Just treat it as the final elegy."
The Roman army was so motivated that it was no longer the previous decline, and it had completely changed from defense to offense. The Celtic army was not vague. The heavy spearmen on the front were originally more harsh than offensive. At this moment, the spearmen gathered their formation and mixed with the lightning infantry to enhance the attack power of the array. The right-wing Prussian army also shrank into an arc array, strengthening the flanking defense. In addition, the aid of the Javeliners and Longbowmen. The defense end was like an iron hedgehog, no matter how fierce the Roman army's offensive was, like a storm, the Celtic formation was like a rock. There was no flaw at all. Liliannu originally looked at his sect
He was very angry and launched a counterattack and was still a little happy to have the advantage. However, when he saw the enemy's strict defense, he became a little annoyed. Although there was no allusion to do it in one go in the West, His Highness the Princess also understood that people's hearts were extremely fickle and their blood and courage could only be just a moment of clamor. Therefore, the more regular the army was, the more discipline was emphasized, and he did not value personal courage. Just like the current situation: Although the Eastern Roman army had the upper hand at this time, after a while, if the opponent could not break the opponent's array, the courage of the one-sided army would be smoothed out. At that time, the enemy counterattacked again, the Eastern Roman army would be defeated like a mountain.
"We must find a way to end this war as soon as possible..." His Highness the Princess pondered, then looked at the left wing, the place she ignored since the beginning of the war. After all, at the beginning, His Highness the Princess' expectation for these miscellaneous troops was just to guard her own line.
However, the development of the battle surprised His Highness the Princess. In the end, the most inconspicuous left wing was the only place where the coalition forces were taking the upper hand. But if you think about it, it is not surprising, after all, the gap between the numbers of the two sides was too big. The coalition's Eastern European soldiers totaled 10,000, plus the two 10,000-strong squadrons who had reinforced the two 10,000-strong squadrons and a 10,000-strong guards were an army of 14,000-5,000. Although some of them were lost in the previous battle, there were still more than 13,000. The Normans had only about 3,000 troops, which was one-fifth of theirs.
Before, it was fine when the Norman Legion suppressed the enemy's attack. However, at this moment, the coalition troops recovered and started the counterattack with the guards of the Thousand-man team as the backbone, and the Normans were suppressed. The Eastern Roman army used its numerical advantage to continuously attack the two wings of Norman, hoping to encircle the Norman army. Under Anderson's ward, the Norman army tried hard to avoid this situation, so they kept retreating to keep the formation intact.
Under such circumstances, the battle situation on the left wing seemed to be the Normans constantly retreating, and the Eastern Roman army had the advantage. However, His Highness also noticed that the other party seemed to have noticed this situation and was preparing to send a group of troops to reinforce. However, the opponent's main forces seemed to have all been put into the battlefield, so now only some informal peasant soldiers - those from Poland who surrendered to the Normans. However, the servants did not know why, and the formation was scattered, and
They didn't obey orders very much, and they were not very fast to advance to the battlefield... But if you think about it, it was not surprising, after all, the gap between the numbers of the two sides was too big. The coalition's Eastern European soldiers totaled 10,000, plus the two 10,000-strong squadrons who had reinforced the two 10,000-strong squadrons and a 10,000-strong guards were an army of 14,000-5,000. Although some of them were lost in the previous battle, there were still more than 13,000. The Normans had only about 3,000 troops, which was one-fifth of theirs.
Before, it was fine when the Norman Legion suppressed the enemy's attack. However, at this moment, the coalition troops recovered and started the counterattack with the guards of the Thousand-man team as the backbone, and the Normans were suppressed. The Eastern Roman army used its numerical advantage to continuously attack the two wings of Norman, hoping to encircle the Norman army. Under Anderson's ward, the Norman army tried hard to avoid this situation, so they kept retreating to keep the formation intact.
Under such circumstances, the battle situation on the left wing seemed to be the Normans constantly retreating, and the Eastern Roman army had the advantage. However, His Highness also noticed that the other party seemed to have noticed this situation and was preparing to send a group of troops to reinforce. However, the other party's main forces seemed to have all been put into the battlefield, so now only some informal peasant soldiers - those from Poland who surrendered to the Normans. However, those servants did not know why.
Because of the reason, the queues were scattered and did not obey orders, and the speed of moving towards the battlefield was not very fast... "Probably because I didn't like their commander. The queen was said to have a very poor character and didn't understand how to win people's hearts..." His Royal Highness thought for granted this for granting this, and he rarely felt a little superior to Artoria. That is: Although war seems to be stronger, I still win the charm of winning people's hearts - this feeling.
Of course, it would be enough to be a little proud of this kind of thing. There is still something to do now. The actions of the opponent also strengthened the determination of His Highness the Princess. Then His Highness immediately ordered her to put the reserve team in her hands, the sixth and seventh thousand men of the Guards, three short sword soldiers, a 1,000-person hammer soldiers, and an auxiliary infantry javelin and stone thrower of about 3,000 people - a total of nearly 10,000 soldiers, all of whom were put into the left wing front. I hope to completely defeat the opponent's left wing front. In order to increase your own advantage and then win.
However, would such a thing be so smooth? The war is still going on. After the Norman light archers took out their cavalry crossbows and defeated the Cossack heavy cavalry with guerrilla tactics, Pugachev completely lost his confidence in victory. The Cossacks were fickle and unpredictable. Seeing this situation, there was no way to continue fighting hard and beg for people to be buried with others. Pugachev gave the order - the horses directly stepped on the back and started to escape, and the horses without horses knelt down and beg for mercy as prisoners, waiting for their family to redeem, or simply join the Norman army - they joined the coalition under the banner of mercenaries. They are not afraid of being embarrassed. Of course, after all, the Cossacks are a group of gangsters who have no face to lose...
In this way, the Cossacks collapsed, and the grassland cavalry seemed to be unable to last long. In this battle, the Norman Hussars used 5,500 cavalry to directly defeat the opponent's nearly 30,000 troops. General Qi Teng made an indelible contribution.
However, His Royal Highness the Princess was still struggling and put all her expectations on the counterattack of the left wing. A total of more than 20,000 coalition forces squeezed on the narrow conversation ground and fought forward desperately. Seeing the Norman Legion retreating step by step - although he sent two reinforcements in a row after this, it was still useless.
"At least one draw can be maintained..." His Royal Highness the Princess thought. At the same time, on the opposite watchtower, Her Majesty the Queen of Artoria snorted and raised her hand: "It's time, the navy will be dispatched!"
With the order of Her Majesty, the guards sounded the trumpet, five short and one long. Then, the Baltic Squadron, which had been hidden at the corner of the river, was covered by rocks and reeds. In recent times, the large number of ships collected by Artoria from around the Vistula River sailed out at the fastest speed! The larger ships with oars were densely packed with octagons on them were concentrated from three garrison legions, a total of 4,500 crossbowmen! In addition, the Livornian garrison legion, 3,500 professional Viking warriors under General Alvin, and 3,500 light infantrymen of the river fleet itself! A total of hundreds of ships were covered with Norman's army!
The new force hidden after the war began, tens of thousands of elite troops appeared in an instant from a place that no one expected! The Vistula River instantly turned from what Liliannu imagined: "safe flank" to the most terrifying attack platform of the Norman army! "How could it be?!" In an instant, Princess Liliannu almost fainted. Then he heard the soldiers on the left wing shouting in horror:
"Ship! So many boats!"
"It's the Normans! Those ships are enemies!!"
"The enemy attacked from the river!"
Faced with the sudden change, the coalition army with extremely poor discipline became panic. Some of the soldiers turned around and shouted at the ships. Some took off their upper clothes and jumped into the water with a "thump" sound, wanting to fight over. In addition, some soldiers equipped with short bows and hunted bows shot arrows at the Norman warships...
Chapter completed!