Chapter 18 Iron Armored Paladin (5)
The Almani Federation Knights, composed of lower-level nobles, had extremely luxurious armor, not only armor, shin guards, arm guards, and hand guards, but also polished to shiny tiles in every corner. Some knights even had fine patterns on their armor; the war horses under their crotch had been carefully bred and raised, and they were all good horses from a hundred miles away. The clean and beautiful mane fluttered majestic in the wind, which was more dignified than ordinary war horses, and their price was several times more than that of ordinary war horses.
They attacked the Iron-armored Paladin. The horses first took small steps like strolls in the garden, and then their paces became larger and higher and higher. Not long after, they ran like a gust of wind!
When the speed was about to reach its peak, the knights of Almani put down their cavalry one after another. The huge cavalry grew a lot more than the spears of infantrymen. The knights of Almani clamped and fixed them, so that the cavalry and the entire war horse were integrated. At the tip of the cavalry, various small flags were floating, and the family's emblems painted on the flags silently told the noble identity of their master.
The Iron-armored Paladin also launched a charge towards the knights of the Almani Federation. Both sides were heavy cavalry, but the movement speed of the Iron-armored Paladin was obviously slower than that of the Knights of the Almani Federation. At that time, the Almani Knights who were rushing to the front had already stabbed the row of cavalry into the queue of the Iron-armored Paladin!
The cavalry's gun-mounted charge is an important tactic of the Almani army. Most of the time, this kind of charge does not require direct confrontation with the enemy. The luxurious armor and colorful flags alone are enough to make the peasant militia who come with temporary signs flee!
The heavy riding spear gained an extremely terrifying impact with the speed of the horse. Some stabbed the soldiers on the horse's back, some directly penetrated the three layers of armored paladins, and some even more, the entire riding spear was shattered due to the huge impact!
However, an unfortunate scene also happened: the knights of Almani never thought that the enemy would be so heavy this time, and the huge impact force caused many knights to fall off their horses themselves.
The speeding horse did not give any side time to think. After the first round of lances, the two sides began a close-range melee.
The Duke of Saxony's cavalry was too deep to pull out because it stabbed the enemy, so he had to give up the cavalry and drew out the sharp sword from his waist. When he looked up, he happened to see a knight on his side being hit by a heavy hammer. The armor on the knight was extremely luxurious, but it could block the slash of the sharp weapon, but it instantly deformed under the blunt weapon. With the speed of the horses he hedging between the two sides, several ribs on his chest were broken, and a mouthful of blood was spewed out and he fell off the horse's back!
The weapons of the iron-armored paladin formed by Berengal include bows, spears, shields and heavy hammers, which are of a unified standard. The heavy hammers are specially used to deal with enemies wearing heavy armor. The knights of the Almani Federation have a variety of equipment, with more than ten sword types alone. Due to the different skills of blunt weapons and sharp weapons, special training is required. Only one-third of the knights of Almani were equipped with blunt weapons, and this battle was immediately at a disadvantage.
During the melee, the gap between the two sides in armor gradually began to appear: the Almani Knights, as lower nobles, have each worn the most expensive armor, but according to the difference in their wealth, these armors are somewhat of a different quality. Take the Duke of Saxony himself as an example. The carefully polished luxurious armor on his body is worth more than ten times that of ordinary knights.
The armor of the Iron-Armored Paladin is in a unified format. The three layers of armor are not simply superimposed, but have minimized the weight after several improvements by Berengal. The three layers of armor have their own emphasis on the protected parts. The combination of soft armor and hard armor can have a good protective effect on the chopping of sharp weapons and the hitting of blunt weapons.
The Duke of Saxony watched a heavy hammer on the neck of a seven-million Empire cavalry, but after falling off the horse, he just covered his neck and ran away!
"Glory! Glory! Glory!" The roar of the Duke of Saxon resounded throughout the battlefield, "How can we lose to such a cavalry composed of civilians!"
A cavalry held a spear and stabbed him at the Duke of Saxony, and was easily held by the Duke of Saxony with a sword. But before he could counterattack, another cavalry had already arrived at his side, and the hammer in his hand came from the side toward the Duke of Saxony's chest. If the Duke of Saxony had not been wearing an extra heart protection mirror, he would have died under this attack. Even so, he felt a burst of breath, and the heart protection mirror had been twisted and deformed. The soldiers' attacks were far and near, and they fit each other seamlessly. I don't know how many times they had trained outside the battlefield.
The same scene is repeated in every place on the battlefield. In terms of individual combat capabilities, these cavalry of the Seven Hills Empire are not as good as the knights who received military training since childhood in the Almani Federation. However, compared with the noble knights who advocated personal glory, they know better how to cooperate with each other, advance and retreat together.
They are not some glorious knights, they are a small gear on the war machine of the Imperial Guards!
And this is the secret of the power of the Belengal Guards.
As the melee continued, Berengal's iron-armored paladins finally showed a trace of decline. The heavy armor was doomed to them not be able to carry out long-term combat, and waving the heavy hammer greatly consumed their physical strength. However, their mission had been completed, the crossbowmen's position of the Almani coalition had been dispersed, the main force of the knights fell into hard battles, and the infantry front had also become chaotic due to the hardship of friendly forces.
For the Almani coalition, cavalry siege attacks with guns is an extremely important tactic. But for the Imperial Guard, the role of the cavalry is at best just to cooperate with infantry combat. The infantry of the Imperial Guard took the opportunity to disperse the tortoise shell formation and rushed towards the chaotic Almani coalition - they are the real main force on this battlefield!
The knights of the nobles were even frustrated, and the remaining recruits from the Almani Federation were even more unable to resist the attack of the fully armed guards. After a moment of confrontation, their front immediately collapsed. As Berengal threw the Longinus gun, the collapse quickly spread from one or two square formations to the entire front of the Almani Federation!
The victory and defeat were decided. The encirclement of Yoanina was disintegrated half a day after the Imperial Guards arrived. The Almani soldiers who left their weapons were no longer called warriors, but more like slaves who ran away. They were chased by the Imperial Guards, which were only half of them, like a group of flying ducks. Many people even gave up on the escape and begged for mercy on the spot.
However, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard knew that all of these enemies were involved in the plunder of the coastal areas of the Seven Hills Empire.
The Imperial Guards do not need slaves.
Chapter completed!