One hundred and twenty-fourth large square array
The Duke of Bohemia led the Bohemia troops into the battlefield. Except for the thirty-five guards and escort knights, the rest of the troops were composed of Bohemia infantry. However, compared with the Europa, the Bohemia infantry had mediocre combat power and was poor in clothing and armor. After all, as a semi-nova and semi-cultivated country, lack of resources was inevitable. ()
"Duke, the essence of our Bohemians lies in our cavalry. If we mix infantry and cavalry together, we really cannot exert our strength. It is better to let me gather all the cavalry together and give the Masons a face-to-face blow. When the opponent's strength is greatly damaged, the Duke personally leads the infantry to attack with all his strength, so that the final victory will surely be achieved." Earl Ota suggested to the Duke of Bohemia in the castle when he learned of the alliance formed by the Mason nobles and led his army to attack them along the path.
"But you will be in danger with cavalry alone against thousands of enemies." The Duke of Bohemia stroked his scepter with his hands. Of course, he knew that Earl Ota's suggestion was correct, but in the last battle of attacking Arod, he almost lost his good friend, which made the Duke very worried about Earl Ota's safety, but the Duke was also very clear that no other noble had the ability to lead his three hundred cavalry at this time.
"This is for the Duke." Earl Ota's eyes were full of gay feelings, and he did it, but the plan to disrupt the enemy formulated by Earl Ota and the Duke of Bohemia did not work. The German mercenary group firmly guarded the central position. Although the two wings were harassed by archers and archers, most of the troops were not hit.
"Come on, Bohemian barbarians, the Germanic knights will teach you how to respect others." Ifu waved his giant sword and opened his arms. Even the Bohemian knights took the initiative to distance themselves from him in fear. Gradually, a small open space appeared around Ifu. The Bohemians dared to surround him, but none of them dared to come forward to fight. So it was not easy to catch a tough battle, but this happened. Ifu cursed in anger.
"Come on, Sir Rodney, you are a knight who has been praised by the Duke of Bohemia." The Bohemia knights looked at each other, and someone said to the more famous knight beside them.
"Okay. Let me try it." The knight who was elected by everyone had no choice but to bite the bullet and knocked the horse's belly with the spur on his heels, ready to fight forward.
"Grey Rule~~~." But at this moment, they felt that a shadow was blocking the light above their heads. They raised their heads unconsciously. A huge warrior appeared behind them.
"Please get out of the way. Earl of Ota ordered the Germanic warrior Grover's younger brother Zipa to confront the enemy." Behind the warrior a Bohemian knight conveyed the order of Earl of Oto. Facing such a huge warrior, looking at the antler helmet he was wearing, and the smell of blood was emitting, the Bohemians involuntarily made a way.
"Oh? Is anyone willing to fight me finally?" Yifu held the sword on his shoulder. He was shocked as he looked at the warrior who was gradually approaching from the road separated by the Bohemians. Isn't this the demented Zipa among the three wild boar brothers? Although he was the least scheming among the three brothers, his huge figure and strange power were enough to make people wary.
"Zipa~~~." Zippa actually didn't understand why he was here and why he was waving the heavy mace in his hand. However, when the voice of his brother Grover came, he roared like a conditioned reflex, and the war horse under his crotch neighed miserably towards Ifu.
"For glory~~~." Yifu also roared fearlessly, raised the big sword in his hand, and a long neighed by the war horse under his crotch. Two front hoofed men stood up, and then ran towards Zipa.
"Bang~~~." When two huge warriors rode their horses and walked past them by the horse, they made a loud noise, which made the other noises on the battlefield insignificant. It was the sound of the giant sword in Yifu's hand and the mace in Zipa's hand bumping together.
"Wow~~~." The Bohemian knights and German knights who surrounded Ifu and Zipa and the war horses under their crotch were neighing and retreating. The owner on the horse's back quickly reached out to comfort them. The battle between the two warriors was too scary. The attacks of Ifu and Zipa had no fancy moves at all. They were like two primitive wild bears, fighting with each other to overwhelm each other.
"Clang~~~, don't hesitate." At the hilt of Yifu holding the sword of his big sword, Zipa's strange power and the power of the pure iron mace hit the sword in Yifu's hand, which made him numb. Yifu couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning. He looked at Zipa wearing a deer antler helmet from his mask, and for the first time, a faint sense of fear arose in his heart, especially when facing the other party's eyes that seemed to have no human feelings.
"Zipa, Zipa, Zipa~~~~." Zipa raised the mace in his hand and waved it. The wind brought by the pure iron mace made the knights around him feel a suffocating. They couldn't help but retreat again, and they thought that anyone who was hit by the terrible mace would probably be fragile, not to mention being hit or being knocked out.
At this time, the army led by the Duke of Bohemia set up a formation opposite the Mason Noble Alliance. They used the horizontal formations commonly used by the countries. The soldiers used their close formations to offset the lack of military literacy brought about by the attack. The Bohemia cavalry had fought for several hours. Most of the troops of Count Plaunn had become fragmented, and the defeated soldiers retreated one after another. Earl Ota had won half of the victory except for a small part blocked by Iv and others.
"Don't worry about where Count Plaun is, the other cavalry followed me to the Masons' palace." Earl Ota decided not to continue to entangle. He successfully attracted the attention of Count Plaun and others with Zipa and some Bohemian knights, but he led most of the cavalry to abandon Zipa and others, and ran wildly towards Arod's right wing. The flanks and rear of the German Mercenary Corps' spear formation were his weaknesses.
"My Lord Gong, the enemy has been fooled." Johnberg looked at the charge of Earl Ota and shouted loudly to Arod in ecstasy, but was soon covered by the rumbling horse hooves on the flank.
"What a pity, if I hadn't met me~~~~~." Arud looked at the Count Ota who was leading the cavalry unit with great enthusiasm. This brave count first became the tip of the wedge formation. If it were an ordinary army, it would have been completely defeated by attacks from the flanks and rear cavalry. The advantage of the cavalry is definitely the king in this era. It's a pity that Arud has knowledge and experience beyond them. Arud raised his right hand wearing arm armor and ordered, "The spearmen company set up a large array."
"Yes, the big square formation is ready." The order was issued quickly. At this time, there were still four hundred yards away from the Bohemian cavalry attack. This was one of the reasons why Arod wanted to distance himself from Earl Plaun. The spear square formation company moved. They lined up in three rows, and then arranged into rectangular square formations like magic. The first row of soldiers squatted down with spears, the second row of soldiers erected their spears, and the third row of soldiers raised their spears as they prepared to make up for the vacancy, while the company captain and crossbowmen stood in the center of the rectangular formation.
"Rumbling~~~." The Bohemian cavalry watched the changes in the German Mercenary Group's army during the charge. They did not believe that there was an army that could suddenly change the formation in such a short time, and it was orderly as if it was as simple as eating and dressing. Of course, this was the result of Arod's training of these spearmen in Mecklenburg Castle day and night. Although the huge expenses were spent to maintain a professional army, Arod's court officials in the Mecklenburg Palace had complaints, but Arod's persistence and efforts were finally rewarded today.
Chapter completed!