The war has entered a white-hot stage.

When the infantry sequences of both sides joined the battle, the entire suburbs of Jerusalem, the ground within a radius of hundreds of miles boiled. The animals and birds in the desert, heard such terrifying and huge sounds, all fled in all directions and did not dare to come back. The troops invested by both sides were as high as 400,000, and 400,000. Even in such a unified era of war between the great empires, this number was enough to be eye-catching.

General Ers was very lucky. He also felt that if nothing unexpected happened, this battle might have made him the last large-scale battle in this life. After this battle, the entire Near East, and to the Mesopotamian plains, would be incorporated into the territory of the Norman Empire.

The Mongols' offensive against the West completely collapsed. The empire's expansion of territory reached a limit. Next, it would probably be decades of rest and rest. The war could not be afforded. He and his colleagues would have a chance to command such a large-scale battle in the future.

"It's a bit regrettable, but this is indeed a battle to end. In the north, Your Majesty will completely defeat the main force of the Mongols. Here, I will defeat their biggest branch. It is worth remembering. As long as this battle is led to victory, I will be worth it in my life."

General Ershi said this while observing the battlefield.

After the infantry joined the battlefield, the density of soldiers on the battlefield suddenly increased a lot. The cavalry of both sides suddenly became a foil role. In the torrent of large numbers of infantry, it seemed so inconspicuous. At the front line, the Normans' super spear phalanx turned into defense to offense, and with its powerful firepower and solid formation, they unswervingly advanced in the chaotic battlefield. They shot and killed batches of attacking enemies and stabbed them into sieves.

On both wings, the battle between the large number of Italian shield spearmen and French shield spearmen and the Arabs seemed a little boring. These two armies were influenced by the Byzantine Empire. The infantry tactics were all classic Roman squad formations. However, the Normans made certain improvements on this basis.

Their soldiers' training methods are also more scientific and standardized. Therefore, the shield and spear array arranged by the Norman recruits is even more rigorous than the real and traditional Roman phalanx. That is not even Arabs, these are just comparable to those of half-baked soldiers who have learned to be comparable.

In addition, there were a small number of soldiers holding heavy weapons such as long-handled hook axes and infantry halberds among the recruits. They also formed a dense array and used the heavy weapons in their hands to form a cold steel wall to launch an attack.

Speaking of which, although such a long-handled halberd array is not as stable as that of the infantry phalanx composed of shield spearmen, it is better offensive and lethal. It is easier to train.

Compared with the elite Norman recruiting troops, the Arab troops seemed to be lackluster. A few more elite Arab troops could be arranged in a tight formation and pushed each other with the Norman array. The shields faced the shields, and then stabbed each other with the spears in their hands to maintain an unbeatable situation. However, more of them were defeated and dispersed by the dense array of Norman militias. The spears that were stabbed out in a continuous and uniform manner were stabbed into sieves.

In the battle between infantry and infantry, the Normans won absolute victory. The Arabs lost their armor and retreated one after another.

However, this is not the end. Such possession. Although the Normans gained a very large advantage, it was very difficult to convert these advantages into victory in one go. The Arabs were able to persevere. Although they struggled, they could still hold on. They relied on a large number of compound archers and javelins to protect their attacks. They guarded every front with difficulty. Hulagu, and the Mongolian men under his command, were also commanded very well.

Under the command of these smart and capable generals, the Arab formation was like a ship that leaked everywhere but could always maintain a ship that would not sink. It was difficult to move forward in the Norman storm. They quickly discovered the loopholes, and then immediately sent a large number of reserve troops to rush over to block the gaps, just like blocking the holes in the ship with wooden boards and plugs.

The Arab army has more than 100,000 and 200,000 reserve troops. If the Norman army cannot cause too much casualties to them for a while, then this game of filling the loopholes will continue. Although this "continuation" will definitely not be unlimited. Hulagu has this confidence. He can maintain his "undefeated" situation until tonight. In this way, the double convenience has to stop and stop fighting.

"It's really hateful." Marshal Ers could also see Hulagu Khan's thoughts. He snorted lightly, not even a tentative attack before, and he despised the bastard who turned to defense in full. However, he agreed in his heart: this may be the only way to support the Arab army with a slightly lower technical content.

However, an unbeaten battle may be good for Ilhan. But it is unacceptable for Marshal Norman. It is precisely because of this that Marshal Ers reserved such a move.

Before this, he used one-third of the cavalry to lead out the Arab cavalry and Mongolian cavalry on both wings. Then, in order to lead out the Ilhan's guard heavy cavalry, he used one-third of the cavalry to lead out the Ilhan guard heavy cavalry. And Ilhan also had a heavy cavalry, the heavy cavalry of the Arab ethnic group, were completely lost in front of the Norman spear and crossbow.

In other words, while the marshal was suppressing the entire army, he still retained one-third of the cavalry troops.

This is the key to Marshal Ers’ victory!

"The cavalry on both wings were dispatched, and they were around and attacking the other side's flank." Marshal Ers' order cruelly cut off the last trace of Ilkhanate's expectations.

When they were struggling and mustered up the last trace of courage to resist the powerful offensive of the Norman army in front, a scream came from the flank: "Caval!"

A total of more than 3,500 cavalrymen, including 300 Norman Knights, two hussars who reorganized a thousand-man team, and more than 1,000 recruits from local provinces. These cavalrymen were divided into two groups of about 1,700, one in the west and one in the east. They walked around the flank of the battlefield as fast as possible. Then they launched a fierce attack in the exclamation of the Arabs.

These people had been waiting for a long time, and they were watching their comrades and enemies killing flesh and blood flying all over the field. But they could only stay by their side and wait for the marshal's orders. This made them almost unable to control their ferocity.

So, after receiving the order from Marshal Ers, the cavalrymen who had been patient for a long time finally became happy. While shouting loudly, they vented their dissatisfaction, jumped and stepped onto the horse. In the shortest time, they rode to the flank of the Ilhan** team, and prepared the formation in the shortest time. Then they launched a charge.

All this happened too quickly. It was so fast that Ilhan Hulagu could not do anything to counter it. In fact, even if he could react, there was no way. Most of his troops were put on the front line, on a battlefield like crazy meat grinders. Especially the cavalry. Ilhan was injured and had no mobile force to stop the Norman cavalry like wolves and tigers.

He could only hold the idea of ​​"trying" and ordered the Arab recruits on both wings to turn around and re-arrange them into dense arrays to defend against the charge of the Norman cavalry. However, this was simply a mantis arm to chariots, which was useless.

The continuous cavalry charge was like a wave of salt. The former was washed away and disappeared without a trace. Under the Norman band-style charge, the Arab troops fell one by one, screaming and unable to get up again. This can be said to be the biggest loss that the Ilkhanate army suffered since the war started. In a blink of an eye, the two and thirty thousand troops on both wings were defeated by the Norman cavalry. This brought about a chain reaction like an avalanche.

The Arab troops began to cry and turned around and fled. The behavior of one person running away could infect ten people, and ten people could infect one hundred people... This showed a geometric escape behavior, and the final result was the complete collapse of the Ilhan** team.

"Damn it! Damn it!!"

It was only a short moment from heaven to hell. Hulagu felt that he was going crazy. He didn't even know what he should say. He could not give orders or take any action. Because he had been through many battles, he knew how bad the situation was... His Khanate, his ambitions, and his dream lover were all destroyed with this round of attack by the Norman army.

The army on the front line collapsed, collapsed, collapsed... and collapsed like an avalanche. It was as fast as a neural network. The soldiers, even the most powerful Mongolian soldiers, had no idea of ​​continuing to fight. They abandoned their weapons and shields, like the Arab cowards they always laughed at, and turned around and ran away.

"Big, big khan?!"

Even the followers around him, the Mongolian guards who were most loyal to him, and the Mongolian men, could not remain calm under such a bad situation. They looked at Hulagu with a clear meaning.

Looking at these Mongolian faces, Hulagu laughed instead. He said to them in a mocking tone: "Do you still want me to escape?"

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