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Everything will be easy with archers! This is the most valuable lesson learned by Kabeamia after the disastrous defeat at Philipsburg.

At the position extending half a mile forward from the river island, about two thousand Tevris believers, holding iron rods and spears, clamored and formed a dense formation, stretched out all the weapons in their hands, forming a human wall to block the cavalry. Behind them were the Cuman soldiers who were all Yasen's subordinates.

To the south of here, there are endless mountains, to the north is the rolling Morava River, and to the east is the Plevensus River. In the end, only the gentle grassland on the west side can provide a place for the two armies to fight.

Quicksilver was like a flash of lightning, carrying his master to a place three arrows away from the front of Paul's formation. Under the red-handed feathered helmet, Gawain saw the busy heretics on the opposite side like ants: in front of them were three densely packed formations, and behind them were a large number of archers blocking the enemy. At the floating bridge in the back, many people were quickly building camp fortifications, preparing to occupy this river island.

"With no formation and disordered flags, this weak enemy should not be an obstacle for me, Gawain, to enter Constantinople. Don't worry, I won't stay here for too long." Then Gawain raised the phosphorescent sword, and behind him, the cavalry with flags arrived one after another, "Saint Cyril Cavalry Company, forward!"

"Ululululul." With the sound of the horn, the first to come were the captains and squadron leaders of the Saint Cyril Cavalry, wearing nose-protecting helmets, leather armor or chain mail, with a variety of weapons on their belts, including Byzantine single-edged sabers and German swords, carrying triangular shields or Saxon-style round shields, and holding extended Kontos lances. From the middle of each column, they protruded three or five steps forward, waving and shouting loudly, with narrow triangular flags tied to the tips of their spears, which served as a mark and guide for the successors, similar to the Byzantine ancient cavalry and the Normans; behind these warriors were one or two rows of Cumans or Magyars with a relatively sparse formation. They have small round shields tied to their arms, bows and arrows, light javelins, quivers hanging from their backs, and simple helmets and leather armor. In the third or fourth row slightly further back, there are Lombard cavalrymen (some of whom are Magyars who have undergone charge training) who are closely packed together. They are now considered "heavy-armored". At least in this land, most of them have chain mail, long kite shields to protect their legs, helmets of various styles, long stirrups that can straighten their legs, and double-sided elevated saddles, which can protect themselves well. In order to avoid falling off the horse and getting injured in fierce battles, they also have well-balanced Kontos spears, plus swords or axes hanging on their waists. Most of these people are small gentry in the Lombard alliance cities. Previously, Gawain and Matilda had called them to join the army. The long-term friction and confrontation with the German Kaiser and the Normans made many young people have excellent riding skills. They were not as wild and destructive as the Normans in combat, but they were more disciplined.

After the formation of the Saint Cyril Company, Gawain decided to split the Lombard cavalry that originally belonged to the Baptist Company, so that the two cavalry would be "evenly treated" and some Cumans and Magyars would change their style. They also received this kind of spear assault training.

What is particularly noteworthy is the shock cavalry in the front row. The front chest of the horse is also equipped with Gawain's newly purchased armor plate hanging gear, which is covered with white linen outside, which can better resist flying arrows and slings, and reduce the lethality of enemy projectiles.

Now, about 500 Saint Cyril Cavalry Company slowly approached the defense position of the believers' army. They trotted from the three arrows away from where Gawain stood with his sword, raising a lot of dust on the grass. The horses' heads neighed and swayed, and the colorful manes and feathers on the bridles danced in the wind. With oppressive waves, they rushed in front of the Tevris party in formation like a torrent.

Many Tevris party members felt the murderous aura like a rainbow rushing in their faces, blowing away their fighting spirit, and even felt that their armor and robes were blown away by the strong wind. They held very simple weapons and faced this group of fearless cavalry. They immediately felt that the momentum in the army had been overwhelmed first.

"Archers, go!" With this half-desperate, half-desperate cry, the archers in the rear of the believers' army concentrated on throwing waves of arrows. The black dots of arrows in the air drew various trajectories and fell in front of the Saint Cyril Cavalry Company. Some flew through the middle, causing few casualties. Many Paulicians also disrupted their own ranks, tilting their necks and opening their mouths, looking at where the arrows were flying.

However, on the opposite side, a thunderous sound sounded, and the cavalry of the Saint Cyril Company began to accelerate rapidly. The light cavalry at the front drew their bows and fired a round of arrows at the front line of the Tefris party. Many of them were still looking around. of The believers were instantly shot to the ground. Some of them stepped back in horror, while others picked up their weapons and spears angrily and stepped forward to throw them towards Gawain's light cavalry, but Gawain's light cavalry just stayed behind. After bursts of laughter, he rode on his horse The two wings at the front of the believer's army turned to the side parallel to the believer's army's line, galloped away, and then fired a second round of arrows. The arrows hit the forehead and chest of the believers who were still standing in the front, and then when the light cavalry were whirlwind After leaving , the "Blood Gate of Death" was opened - in the middle assault channel, a hundred Lombard cavalry with horse armor, and dozens of cavalry of various colors without horse armor, suddenly grasped the lances , hitting the human wall of the Believer Army.

Here are the devastating effects.

The spear points piercing the horses of the soldiers of the cavalry company were blocked and bent by the gears and kite shields. The soldiers stretched out their spears flatly or raised them diagonally, piercing the wall of believers with countless flowers that bloomed at the same time. "Flowers of Blood", long-handled weapons of various colors intertwined and exploded, and corpses were lying under the horses' hooves. Most of the believers in the first two or three columns were killed and trampled in an instant. Then, some of the Lombard cavalry took off their spears, and some put them down with their belts. They pulled out their swords and battle axes one after another. A flood of battle trumpets exploded, and the weapons hit both sides of the horses' heads like raindrops. The minds of the remnant believers seem to be dwarfed.

At this time, the line of the Believer's Army had almost collapsed, and the people in the back row were like arrows in the hands of the Cumans, rushing towards the Prevensus River. Among them was the Khan who Kabeamiya had previously trusted the most. Archers included.

Seeing people running away all around, the female consul was so anxious that she almost burst into tears. Determined to be brave to the end, she held up the holy fire flag with her own hands and rode on horseback, "Turn back, Paulists, we Where is the retreat? There is only a narrow pontoon bridge. You are in such chaos that you can only be crushed and killed by the enemy in disgrace. Rearrange your formation and force them back!"

Then, she held up the battle flag and ran towards the Saint Cyril Cavalry Company. Many co-workers saw Cabeamia's iconic golden hands and rekindled their fighting spirit. They dragged the He picked up his weapons again, and lined up again to join the pursuit of the Saint Cyril Cavalry Company.

At this time, the Saint Cyril Cavalry Company was really cornered, and the two sides began to fight. The cavalry were condescending to chop down, while the believers waved iron rods and thrust their spears against the horses. Many of the cavalry who came from behind were heartbroken. The mount would be killed or injured, so he jumped off the horse and fought with the dense army of believers.

At this time, the second front line was re-formed and glued together. Cabernetia also raised her hands and continued to direct and control, but soon she heard the voice of the devil.

That was Gawain's long roar, which rolled into her ears from a long distance away - at an oblique angle on the side of the array, Gawain led another cavalry company, the "Baptized Company" with a more powerful combat capability. , rushed to kill. In any era, the infantry had no time to adjust its formation to cope with the cavalry's multiple rounds of frontal and oblique charges.

This is one of the greatest advantages of cavalry over infantry.

Thousands of Pauline believers were crushed for the second time, but they never recovered. Some jumped off the steep river bank and fell into the rushing water, while others fled along the pontoon. More people were killed by two groups. The cavalry company joined forces to suppress the protruding and isolated river island, with no way to advance or retreat. Kabeamiya was about to burst into tears. She just wanted to grab some time and occupy a camp so that she could meet the main force of King Cuman Khan to cross the river. Gawain, you tough bastard, actually came directly with nearly a thousand cavalry. I!

"This cunning woman, it's you again!" Gawain, who was under the red-hand feathered helmet, was particularly annoyed when he saw Cabeamia holding the sacred fire flag, so he rode Quicksilver and came with his spear straight. Now when Kabeamia saw this scene, she couldn't bear it anymore. She didn't know the weakness of the military formation, and it would have cost her her life. If she had known better, it would be better not to cross the river of death rashly, at least she could survive The River Prevensus was used as a moat.

"Just take the flag." Cabeamiya turned around and galloped away, but the flag was thrown down again.

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But Gawain and the thousands of people didn't care at all and pursued her relentlessly.

The female consul was about to burst into tears. She kept looking back in horror, but the dazzling red hand feathers were always jumping behind her, and it was obvious that the speed of the war horse Quicksilver under Gawain's crotch was much stronger. She has many mounts.

In the long grass beside the river, Cabeamiya rolled off her horse, took off her black robe, and only wore a close-fitting leather armor. She lay on the ground and hid with her head in her arms. The rising sunlight kept swaying in front of her eyes along with the swaying grass. She smelled the gentle and precious breath of life, followed by Gawain's shouts and the sound of horse hooves, so Cabeamiya lowered her head lower .

With a bang, Gawain stretched out his hand and pierced the black robe of the female consul thrown on the field with a spear, then raised it high like a flaunting flag, "Everyone has given up resistance, your consul is dead, even My clothes were all stripped off." (To be continued~^~)