Chapter 9 Shocking
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The ancient soldiers left a very deep impression on Norman. Especially after their second army directly ignored the soldiers in front of them, trampled by horses, and trampled them into meat sauce.
"What a damn! These madmen!" Seeing that the ancients actually used this method to use cavalry attacks without distinguishing themselves, and with this kind of ruthless spirit, they really broke down the Norman soldiers on the slope and rushed into the interior of the wooden fort. At the first wall of the fortress, General Hussar Joseph hit the battlements fiercely. He scolded: "What a group of madmen who are no one!"
And the fact is indeed the case. The crazy spirit of the ancients made the Norman soldiers feel very frightened. Some of them were temporarily recruited, and the peasants from other countries were so scared that they shouted and sang in a mess. They completely lost their combat effectiveness. Of course, more soldiers rushed towards the direction of the other party under the command of the officers. The peasants holding spears, the recruits were arranged in dense arrays under the command of the Norman officers, and attacked the enemy with spear stabbing, with the intention of driving the ancients back.
However, the gap has not only not narrowed, but has become bigger and bigger.
Although the ancients of Méng were not as good as the Norman soldiers in terms of equipment, they cooperated very well and their combat effectiveness was far greater than that of the Norman militias who were only trained twice a year during the slack season. Especially those ancient soldiers, their eyes were particularly scary like wild wolfs. Under such circumstances, the Norman defenders, who did not have the advantage in quantity and were worried about combat effectiveness, were soon suppressed by the ancients of Méng.
After rushing to the city, the ancient soldiers jumped off their horses and fought on foot. Nearly one thousand soldiers were stationed in each wooden fortress. Although this number was already considerable for the not-so-wide wooden fortress. However, at this time, the Norman officers still lamented why there could not be more soldiers. If it were Norman's regular army, it would be better.
In each wooden fort, there is a team of 100 men of Norman infantry. Among the three attacked fortresses, these professional soldiers wearing three-quarter plate armor and holding sharp steel tomahawks were well-deserved main forces. It can be said that if these elite soldiers did not support the Norman Empire's front, the Norman Empire's fortress would have been long been brutal Méng Ancient Barbarians.
Defeated.
"We should dispatch a reinforcement to assist the soldiers of those fortresses! Otherwise they will be defeated by the ancients soon!" In the back, in the giant fortress surrounded by wooden fortresses, General Joseph was solemn and threw the telescope to the follower next to him. In this way, he said to General Ivan, who was standing on the other side, and said, "I will send a team of thousands of cavalrymen to charge from the enemy's flanks to alleviate our own crisis."
"Wait a minute and see if the enemy's attack is now, our army can barely resist it.
When the next time, the next time the enemy attacks, the general will send cavalry to attack." Ivan was born in Eastern Europe and was also an expert in using cavalry. When he saw the ancient cavalry so fierce, he also became competitive. He thought that Joseph probably thought so, so he had to take the initiative to fight. Joseph had five hussars of thousands of men, so he could naturally say this. However, he had only a few thousand temporary conscripted Eastern European horse militias.
These informal cavalry did not have the toughness and superb horsemanship of nomadic cavalry, nor the discipline and strict tactics of professional hussars. Although General Ivan had trained them as much as possible and equipped them with the most exquisite equipment he could obtain. However, these cavalry should be used as auxiliary cavalry and should not be used as main force. This made General Ivan very envious of his colleague with five thousand elite professional cavalry.
As the two Kao soldiers spoke, the battle situation began to become stalemate. After a short period of panic, with the efforts of the Norman officers, the recruited militia finally stabilized, forming an array of a large number of shield spearmen, eroding the positions of the ancients at the city wall bit by bit, and gradually gaining the upper hand.
Although the ancients still roared unwillingly and tried their best to attack, and even had many crazy behaviors like outlaws... ignoring the assassination of spears around them, insisting on charging, thinking that they were riding on a war horse and trying to break the Norman array. Or they hugged some Norman and fell from the city. Or they picked up the spear of the dead Norman on the ground and threw it at the Norman...
But it is still futile. The first-class cavalry, first-class archers, second-rate or even third-rate infantry are the situation of the ancients. These light-loaded ancient soldiers with scimitars and shields are not suitable for hiking. Therefore, although the number of soldiers is greater than that of the Noyan people, these fortresses have a higher force and a full morale advantage. However, the balance of victory is still gradually tilted towards the Normans who are hostile to the ancients.
"It's really the third array to be dispatched!" Seeing that his attack was set again, General Subutai on the opposite side was as deep as water. The various siege machinery prepared by the craftsmen are still under debugging. Some equipment and craftsmen are even more necessary to be dispatched from the rear. This led to his attack being able to only take human lives for his life. As we all know, the infantry of the ancients of the ancients were not very strong. Although Subutai had tried his best to use slaves to clear the passage and make ramps with sand and soil. He successfully allowed the ancient cavalry to rush to the top of the city. However, this was already the limit.
In the following battle, although the soldiers of Méng Gu and other nomadic peoples once had the advantage and fought desperately, they still failed shamefully. Looking at the sun, they had already tilted to the west. According to the Han people, it was already time for Shen. It was probably dark in the near future.
"In other words, this is the last chance to attack." After thinking about this, Subutai gritted his teeth: "This time, send elite troops to go! Prepare for heavy cavalry!"
These ancient soldiers, known as heavy cavalry by Subutai, have the most elite armor and the sharpest swords made by the best craftsmen in these countries, such as Bos, Jin, Han, and even Arabia. They are wearing two layers of scale armor inside and outside, and have a Bos-style chain armor mask, leaving only two cold and emotional eyes. Compared with those fanatical ancient soldiers like young and strong hungry wolves, these people are more like experienced old wolves and are definitely not easy to take action, but as long as they take action, they will kill people.
"Although it is not the strongest unit of our ancients, it is not much worse than the Qiexue army." Seeing these fierce soldiers stepping onto the war horses wearing heavy scales, arranged in formation to prepare for attack. General Subutai unconsciously smiled.
This group of 5,000 heavy cavalry was the strongest group of troops under his command. Once, this general defeated a Khan in Central Asia who opposed Genghis Khan with such 5,000 heavy cavalry, with a total of 50,000 troops gathered. He successfully killed him and completely destroyed his army. His own losses were less than 500.
On the other side, he saw that the other party did not send light cavalry anymore, but prepared an elite heavy cavalry. General Joseph was also a little stunned. It was true that the Norman Hussars under his command were elite, but they had to compare with whom. Compared with those nomadic cavalry who were more powerful but too free and casual, the Norman Hussars under his command could naturally win easily even if they were compared with the core troops of the ancients. Those riders who were the best ancient war horses in the world. The Norman Hussars also won.
However, if you fight against heavy cavalry, it is a different matter.
"Fortunately, in the previous reforms, the cavalry had already equipped the cavalry, otherwise the loss would have been greater this time." After weighing it over and over again, Joseph decided that the thousand-man team that was dispatched this time was not one, but two.
"Be ready, everyone must carry armor-piercing hammers or military pots! Light archers give up bows and arrows and are equipped with light crossbows! This time, we will compete with a heavy cavalry unit!!"
In this way, the Hussars replaced the equipment they should have when fighting against heavy cavalry. They had armor-piercing hammers with armor-piercing and military-use dysprosium. These heavy weapons, as well as small cavalry pulley crossbows with slightly shorter time and slightly less powerful. Then, the cavalry stepped on the horseback and did not walk the suspension bridge at the main entrance. Instead, they quietly went from the secret door on the other side,
One by one, they walked out one after another. Under the leadership of their respective centurions, they avoided the traps and trenches. In the side of the outer fortress that the ancients could not see, they gathered together on the scale of a hundred-man team. Just waited for the trumpet at the top of the city to charge towards the flanks of the ancients!
At about the same time, the ancient heavy cavalry were also prepared. They did not charge forward with scattered formations like ordinary ancient cavalry, but were arranged in prism, loose, and very mobile, and could quickly get close together to form a dense array. Under the unified command, under the leadership of their hundred households, they rushed towards the battlefield where they were fighting!
The scene of the heavy cavalry running was shocking, and the scene of the heavy cavalry, the people and armor being bombarded into pieces by artillery were also shocking, but the most shocking thing was the moment when two thousand Norman Hussars unexpectedly launched a charge towards the flank of the heavy cavalry!!!
Chapter completed!