Chapter 10 Cavalry and Cavalry
"What?!" As the enemy suddenly rushed out of the other small villages, so many cavalrymen were suddenly surprised. He saw the group of light-handed cavalrymen holding light-weight cavalrymen.
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The Norman Hussar, who had a very fast charge, suddenly penetrated into his own array like an arrow, and launched an extremely successful charge from the fragile middle part of his heavy cavalry.
Norman's Hussars cut off a layer of Mongolian heavy cavalry at once. The light cavalry
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With the bonus of the Hussar sprint, there was no obstacle. It was like piercing a layer of paper or a layer of rag, piercing the Mongolian double-layer heavy armor, and at the same time piercing the human body from the ribs on the side of the human body. The chest cavity was shattered. In fact, some Mongolian cavalry were lightly riding.
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Before he could pierce his body, he fainted by the huge impact force.
The frustrated Mongolian heavy cavalry, either dizzy, seriously injured, or died, fell off the horse's back in a series of screams. The frightened mount, or the soldiers running from behind, stepped on it into meat paste. The war horse that lost its master also ran aimlessly, completely disrupting the formation of the Mongolian heavy cavalry.
"Pick out some soldiers to fight with the enemy's cavalry, and the others continue to charge!" The hundred Mongolian households commanded this group of heavy cavalry, and the thousand households quickly came up with a solution. The soldiers on the flanks who were attacked turned around, drew out scimitars and maces to fight with the Norman Hussars who attacked them. The others, there were still two or three thousand Mongolian heavy cavalry remaining, and they continued to charge forward.
At this moment, the battle situation at the three Norman Forts that were attacked was completely tilted towards the Normans. The Norman soldiers were full of ambition and completely suppressed the Mongolian soldiers with dense arrays of shield spearmen. One of the fortresses had even completely driven the Mongols off the city. The remaining hundreds of Mongolian soldiers were struggling to support the ramps in front of the city wall, but in the protruding parts on both sides of the city wall, the projection attack of Norman long-range troops. On the front, under the suppression of the Norman defenders with Norman infantry as the backbone, the complete failure seemed to be in front of them.
The emergence of this group of Mongolian heavy cavalry changed the battle situation. After crossing the Norman Empire, the firepower net woven with bows, crossbows, city crossbows, catapults, and artillery, more than 2,000 Mongolian heavy cavalry remained over and dismounted, forming three clusters of about 700 people, and rushed towards the three Norman forts respectively.
After this group of elite Mongolian troops joined the battlefield, the battle situation suddenly improved. The strength was very strong and the number was enough. This group of Mongolian heavy cavalry dismounted quickly reversed the situation. The spear held by Norman's reserve militia could not cause enough damage to the Mongolian heavy cavalry wearing two layers of heavy armor. However, the regular Norman infantry who could suppress them had suffered a lot of casualties in the previous wars - in fact, even if the 100-man team was intact, it was unlikely that they could withstand the elite heavy infantry seven times that of their own.
In this way, the Mongols once again attacked the Normans' city. Several consecutive attacks and defense exchanges, the three fortresses had accumulated a layer of one or even two layers of bodies. The soldiers from both sides sacrificed their lives to fight on these two layers of corpses.
"Damn it, are you going to lose?" Seeing that the Mongols had the upper hand again, the Normans guarding other fortresses and their allies were extremely anxious. Some people turned around and looked at the front of the battlefield, where the cavalry on both sides fought fiercely. I hope that the Norman Hussars would defeat the Mongolian heavy cavalry as soon as possible so that they could free up their hands to help the three wooden forts.
However, unfortunately, the cavalry battlefield was also in a stalemate. Although the equipment suitable for fighting heavy cavalry was replaced, the Hussars were a little unable to stretch out because the battlefield was too narrow. Their best mobile combat was almost impossible to implement. Therefore, they can only fight head-on with Mongolian heavy cavalry. The heavy cavalry is least afraid of.
These Mongolians seemed to have had experience in fighting professional, disciplined and highly arrayed cavalry. And they also knew how to deal with these people - if they were on the vast grasslands, they would send light cavalry to harass them, and with the excellent mobility of the Mongolian cavalry, the enemy was in tranquility and eventually revealed flaws.
In this melee, the Mongols would use more tough tactics to force the opponent's array and put the battlefield into a state of chaos. Then, with their natural clustering like wild wolfs, they defeated the enemy with organized chaos tactics.
Just like now, the heavy Mongolian cavalry, regardless of casualties, forcibly broke through the hussar 100 teams listed by the Norman Hussars. However, the Norman Cavalry was not vegetarian. With light archers as the core, the Hussars held armor-piercing hammers and military pickaxes, which specialize in restraining heavy armor, and fought hard to kill the Mongolians who were trying to break through their own array.
However, these Mongols were not afraid of death at all. No matter how many casualties were, they did not give up their intention to attack. In the end, the Mongolian heavy cavalry destroyed most of the Norman Hussar arrays at the cost of killing hundreds of elite heavy cavalry.
After losing the formation and organization, the shortcomings of the Norman Hussars' insolent enough were gradually revealed. Although they had better speed and flexibility, they were not much worse than the Mongolians in weapons and equipment. However, the defense of the Norman Hussars with only leather armor and hard leather armor was indeed a major defect. The Mongolian heavy cavalry holding the sharp Uz scimitar could easily split the Normans and the people and leather armor together in half. The Mongolian heavy cavalry holding the heavy mace,
The Mongolian households held whistles that could make sharp sounds and commanded their cavalry to attack with one or another. The Hussars were surprised to find that they were divided and surrounded in a very short period of time.
The formation was torn apart. In terms of single combat power, it was not as good as these carefully selected Mongolian veterans. They also did not have the advantage in number. The Norman Hussars encountered the biggest crisis since their establishment! In particular, they found that in such a chaotic battlefield, for some reason, the Mongols could be as organized as fish in water, and not be trapped in the dilemma of fighting each other like themselves...
"It's the whistle! They use the whistle to convey messages!" Soon, some Norman officers discovered the truth of the matter - the Mongolian households and thousands of households who were dressed more gorgeously than soldiers and had more decorations, each holding a whistle that could make a sharp sound. The Mongolian nobles conveyed messages and commands through the sound of the whistle.
A whistle that can make sounds that are more complex and changeable than horn sounds is also more useful than horn sounds in delivering messages and commands - the premise is that soldiers can master the meanings represented by these complex and rapid sounds. It is precisely for this reason that the number of these elite Mongolian heavy cavalry is so rare and their combat effectiveness is so amazing.
"What a damn! Who are these people?" The Norman cavalry first discovered that they had failed in their proud aspects. This made these arrogant Hussars feel unacceptable, and thus, these Hussars fell into a crazy state of wanting to fight.
The two cavalrymen, which are the strongest level in the world, fought in such a hurry and were in a mess. Both the commanders of the Norman Empire and the Mongol Empire were very surprised by this result - they are all cavalry forces that are dominant within their own sphere of influence. The Mongols have always been proud of their unparalleled cavalry. The Normans are even more known as the Norman cavalry that is the only one in the world. Neither side expected that this time they would meet an opponent...
"How did they do it?! They are just a group of light cavalry! Why can't the Mongolian warriors defeat it at the first time?!" Subutai shouted in anger. On the other side, General Joseph widened his eyes in disbelief:
"Impossible! How could there be a cavalry in this world that is stronger than the Norman Cavalry?!"
After seeing that the elite Hussars that the empire was proud of were suppressed by the heavy cavalry of the barbaric nomadic peoples, Joseph couldn't help but shout.
"...No wonder, the lord is so alert to this country. They do have the power to shake the world." Next to General Joseph, General Ivan sighed.
Fortunately, both generals were professional soldiers. Although they were very surprised by this matter, Dasheng still returned to normal in a very short period of time. They began to discuss whether to further increase reinforcements.
"It is obvious that if the draw is developed, we will not only lose the three branch fortresses at the southernmost end, but also lose two hussars of a thousand-man team. This is what we don't want to see. If we want to avoid such a thing, we must send more reinforcements to the battlefield." General Joseph advocates sending more troops to the battlefield immediately.
"But have you ever thought that if we send more reinforcements over there, what will the enemy do? They will also send more enemies. By that time, we will fall into a passive position - you know, we are the defensive side. What we should do is to kill the enemy to the greatest extent with our fortifications. I think we should not care about the gains and losses of one or two fortresses. It is okay to even lose one or two lines of defense - after all, it seems like we have built six lines of defense in total!" On the other side, General Ivan held a different attitude... (To be continued.
Chapter completed!