It was formed by the combination of multiple arms, and it advocated cooperation in multiple arms, formations and tactics. The first new army of the Norman army, with a total of 5,000 soldiers, and the other 5,000 heavy crossbow soldiers who were not good at melee combat, were sought after, and then they fought the charge of tens of thousands of troops on the other side.

At the same time, the mortar cannons that had moved to a new position, and the mortar cannons, which were in the same position as the longbowmen, opened fire again. The mortar cannon shells with high ballistic flew over the heads of the Norman soldiers, bypassed the forefronts of both sides who were fighting fiercely, and exploded in the opponent's follow-up troops.

"What are you waiting for? Move! There are two wings of the military formation, and the troops of other allies are also moving together! Attacking the other side's flanks!" Seeing the front battlefield, being guarded by their own super spear phalanx, Egil immediately ordered. The guard knights blew the horns, and the fat cavalry on both wings of the Norman army. After hearing this, the heavy cavalry immediately began to move towards the two wings, moving in an arc-shaped trajectory. The thousands of cavalry riding on golden swords and iron horses were full of momentum. Nearly 40,000 light wings on the left and right wings, the heavy cavalry were guided by three fat cavalry corps of the regular army, two thousand fat cavalry of four ** corps, and nearly five thousand knight troops. They hid 10,000 rangers from Hungary, as well as thousands of horse-riding militias recruited from Eastern Europe and thousands of light cavalry from other countries.

This is not to say that Egil changed his mind and consumed his army in order to help his allies preserve his strength. Instead, Norman's more than 20,000 regular and professional cavalrymen were arranged strictly according to the regulations of the Norman Empire New Army, a 20-5 cavalry 100-man array like a Mercedes-Benz iron wall. Such majestic, rigorous, tightly cooperated with amazing impact would bring the enemy the greatest damage in the first round of charge, so that the battle situation would develop in a direction that was more beneficial to oneself.

Of course, the area of ​​the battlefield also limited the full strength of these cavalry to a certain extent. Although the front is completely flat terrain.

But looking at both sides, the terrain of the Norman Allies' troops was a little messy. The cavalry could hardly charge from this terrain. Egil arranged more cavalry, and the right wing was slightly better. It could provide three to four fat cavalry teams or cavalry brigades at a time. However, on the left wing, the Normans could only invest one fat cavalry brigades or cavalry brigades at a time.

However, it is enough. The left wing, led by the only Norman Knights, was lined up in a row, all of which were arranged into a standard square array of twenty to five. The distance between each 100 team was less than twenty meters behind them, and between the gaps between the spacing, there was the same number of 100 cavalry team. Following the 100 cavalry team was another one, one, one... A total of 5 100 cavalry teams were arranged into fifty 1000 teams, rushing towards the 80,000 army of the Holy See in a chessboard-like array, but now there are only 60,000 left!!

This is a band-type charge that has been improved again! Each hundred-man team and each thousand-man team, all the light and heavy cavalry are unified into a whole. They are scattered when moving, and concentrated when charging. A total of six rows of cavalry can continuously attack six times in a row, defeating the opponent to the greatest extent. Of course, there is another more likely situation, that is, the opponent cannot stand the sixth time at all, and the last row of cavalry attacks completely collapsed!

On the other side, the right wing of the Norman Empire, a total of three thousand-man teams, Norman Royal Knights, even made a big move to arrange the first row into thirty hundred-man square formations. The number of heavy cavalry in the first row is 600! It is comparable to the National Knights of ordinary countries! The number of fat cavalry following them reaches 7,000! Although the array is only three, the number is twice that of the left wing! This is not just a flank charge. The Norman Knights on the edge can almost attack the opponent's back troops, and they seem to think so!

This dispatch took about half an hour to spread the troops from both wings, arrange the formation and charge. The discipline of the Norman army can be seen in such a short period of time. However, the Holy See also the regular army with vocational training. Although the equipment, training and discipline are a little worse than that of Norman, it is already considered extraordinary in this era. Seeing the cavalry dispatched on both wings of the other side, running towards their own flanks. How can the Holy See not know about it?!

"Hurry! Arrange the hedgehog array on both wings! Arrange the hedgehog array in units of the Hundreds of Teams!" At this moment, under the escort of hundreds of Walange mercenaries holding long-handled battle axes and heavy armor, Harold had already entered the battlefield. He did not have the good means of sending orders with the sound of horns, and he had to follow the army immediately to command. The number of Walange mercenaries who followed him was not only his close friend, personal guard, and part-time messenger. After hearing his order, he fought for more than a dozen. These veterans who had been fighting for decades immediately ran over to the wings, and while running, he shouted loudly, "Arrange the hedgehog array in units of the Hundreds of Teams! Arrange the hedgehog array in units of the Hundreds of Teams!!"

Under Harold's order, the well-trained Vatican troops immediately began to operate. On the left and right wing, there were five Pope Guards, each with five thousand-man teams, and each with the right wing. They were also arranged in a chessboard-shaped manner, with two defense lines, two first and three first and three first and three first and one hundred-man teams. In this way, each thousand-man team seemed to be a flattened hexagon, while the five thousand-man teams formed a huge trapezoid array. This huge reminder array was centered on six layers, with a total of fifty centuries of each hundred-man team as the center, and surrounded back to back, forming a hedgehog circular array, which was barely composed of circular patterns...

This is layered layer by layer, layer by layer.

The defensive formation composed of shield spearmen holding a cross gun and an elliptical shield is the tactics Harold thought of when he could perform against the Norman Iron Cavalry. The hedgehog round formation was originally used to fight against the cavalry. Harold then stacked and strengthened it like this, thinking that the Norman Cavalry could break through one layer, and then break through another layer, and then break through three or five layers, he would have no strength. Using such a tough array to fight against the cavalry is the use!

Although Harold had never heard of such words, it did not prevent him from doing something similar. Then Egil looked at Harold's arrangement and sneered.

"It's considered a talent, barely!"

The chaotic man who spoke, on both sides of the battlefield, Norman heavy cavalry roared and rushed towards the defensive array arranged by the Pope's guard! Both sides, the cavalry fought against the infantry, just like a sharp blade against the strong shield! The Norman Knights went forward and shouted: "For Emperor Egil and the Holy Norman Empire!" As crazy as they rushed, they rushed to the roar. On the other side, the soldiers of the Pope's guard saw this, and also shouted: "For Tiangui, for the sacred order and the Roman Catholic Church!!" The soldiers gathered together tightly, and they couldn't squeeze anymore. They held the short gun and heavy shield tightly, and looked at them as if they were home!

At fifty meters, the Norman heavy cavalry had accelerated their speed to the limit. One hundred-man team of horses was fast, shocking the earth. The heavy cavalry rifle in their hands was already flat, and they leaned forward and began to sprint with all their might!

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"Bastard!" The centurion in the middle of the array looked at the scene, and his expression turned pale. These people acted without permission. In this way, even if their formation was broken, it was difficult to resist the opponent's knight, but now how can they survive?!

The knight who rushed in front roared even more excitedly when he saw the other party's behavior! Like a torrent, the soldiers who were arbitrarily became mantis blocking the car and were completely incapable of resisting. They were knocked out by the speeding cavalry. Half of their bodies, together with their armor, turned into debris! The hedgehog round formation, which had been destroyed several holes, could no longer resist the charge of the Norman Cavalry, and was defeated. More than half of the 100-man team was killed in an instant!

On the other side, other adjacent 100-man teams also had some problems. After all, the Holy See did not participate in much actual combat after the formation of the army. It was impossible to compare with the Normans. Although the array arranged by Harold was good, someone could execute it. After one round of confrontation, the Holy See suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the Pope Guard soldiers in the next few rows was also depressed.

In addition, what Harold planned was a little bit short of what he thought of using layers of defense to eliminate the impact of the opponent's cavalry. However, what the Norman Cavalry carried out was a second-improved band-type charge. After one charge, the heavy cavalry in the front row did not pursue it. They immediately adjusted their formation and quickly retreated from the two wings of the battlefield. The fat cavalry behind them were still able to maintain the impact! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!