If I let you farm, will you become the emperor of the empire?

The next day.

The two armies observed each other's situation and advanced almost simultaneously.

They faced each other in the wilderness, five hundred meters apart.

Kate is the commander-in-chief of the rebel army.

Following custom, he divided his army into five armies.

The former army can also be said to be the vanguard, an army of believers composed of two thousand strong young people.

The Chinese army is the main force of the cracked armor.

The rear army was composed of three thousand believers, nuns, and priests of poor quality, led by the choir leader Mapel.

On the right wing were three thousand mercenaries, pressing forward as much as possible to assist the front army, led by mercenary Marshal Grana.

The left wing is the reserve team, a thousand troops of the Bechtes family. They are responsible for watching the show when there is nothing to do, and they are the fire captain when something happens, and they can play a key role.

The formation is quite satisfactory.

The reason for dividing the troops is to facilitate the deployment of the army.

Generally speaking, it is sufficient to divide into three detachments - namely, the right wing, the center army, and the left wing.

For an army of several thousand men, three separate armies are most suitable.

However, if an army of ten thousand people does not set up a few more units, it will be impossible to convey orders.

Even so, it is a bit difficult to operate and seems very sluggish.

It’s just that humans in this era are accustomed to this.

The whole army and Roman formed a confrontation.

Because they were so far apart, each other could only see each other's general formation.

By now, there is no need to say unnecessary words to each other.

Roman rode a white horse. He waved gently: "Attack!"

The flag commander immediately waved the flag.

Four infantry phalanxes, totaling 1,200 people.

Marching in square formation, they launched an attack on the enemy.

What they faced were two thousand believers who were the vanguard of the rebel army.

Because half of the mercenaries are long-range troops, such as archers and crossbowmen, they are not suitable to serve as front troops.

Two-fifths of the Crack Armor family's troops are cavalry units, so they are not suitable either.

Although the army of believers is extremely complex, it will not easily become a defeated army.

It is an ideal forward unit.

…

There is no saying in a war that everyone should rush forward from the very beginning.

Wouldn't that be a mess?

In this medieval era, large-scale military operations - especially such field battles between two armies.

These are all tentative confrontations first, and then the troops are pressed forward based on the subsequent situation.

You press me.

As a result, the battle line became longer and longer, gradually evolving into a full-scale battle between the two armies, and the scene became increasingly chaotic.

At this time, it will be tested who has stronger organizational power and whose soldiers are more resistant to pressure.

As long as you resist.

Then win.

There are no detailed tactics.

Because the basis of tactics is military formation, without strong enough military literacy, most tactical actions cannot be completed.

To be able to form the most basic square formation, even if these believer troops have been training for a period of time.

Their equipment can't be said to be good. At best, they are an army of civilians, and they don't even have much armor.

Of course, the armor is uneven, but the weapons are still good.

Such as spears, axes, knives, swords and shields.

This is the military equipment provided to them by the Split Armor Family and the Holy See. They cannot be allowed to go to the battlefield with a pitchfork.

As for why farmers are willing to go to the battlefield, it is naturally because of faith and money.

The five hundred nuns in the rear formed a choir and began to sing psalms.

The front army and the rear army were about two hundred meters apart, so the chant could be transmitted.

The voices of those choruses were extremely noble, neat, shocking, and sacred...as if their souls had been cleansed.

This is the inspiring power that nuns wield.

This power itself will not affect human sanity, but it will make humans extremely fanatical.

Because it has a terrible charisma.

For farmers in this era, the material world is scarce and the spiritual world is barren...

Let’s not talk about these premises for now.

Even a modern person will inevitably get excited once he hears impassioned music.

If this music is the national anthem, calling you to fight when the motherland is in crisis, with the capital behind it, then I'm afraid not many people can stay calm.

This has nothing to do with supernatural power.

Simply because humans are very emotional and get carried away.

"For the gods!"

"For faith!"

The two sides fought hand to hand in the wilderness.

Then, the believers with faith were pushed to the ground and beaten by Roman's infantry phalanx.

Don't look at the former, which is two thousand, and the latter, which is one thousand and two.

However, none of the battle movements of the Believer's Army was decent, and the formations were not neat.

Because of the choir, I was even more enthusiastic.

The choir cannot give them powerful and extraordinary power. They are just the lower level organization of the choir.

You can only add a buff similar to an adrenaline surge to the army of believers.

But war is not a problem that can be solved from above.

If you don’t know how to do math problems, you just can’t do them, even if you get extremely angry, it’s useless.

It should be what it is.

This kind of nature cannot defeat the infantry brigade that maintains its lineup.

Sadly, the rebel army was defeated by the rebel army.

They were retreating steadily, not daring to step forward.

The super spear is invincible in melee combat.

At this time, the mercenary in charge of the right wing received Kate's order and led the troops to press over. They could not just watch the forward being defeated.

There are three thousand infantry combat mercenaries in the Mud Swamp, and there are about a thousand crossbowmen.

The mercenaries rushed from the right and launched a volley.

Crossbows rained like rain, and the infantry formation was hit hard in an instant.

Although the sword and shield soldiers on the flanks took precautions and raised their shields, they still suffered heavy casualties.

About a hundred people died in this round of volleys.

"Run!" All the squad leaders shouted.

The infantry phalanx, which had originally dominated, collapsed in an instant, breaking into pieces and becoming disorganized.

The spearmen threw away their spears, just to reduce the burden, and turned around and ran.

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

No, buddy...

Kate reacted quickly!

"Chase!"

The front army received the order and started the pursuit.

At the same time, the rest of the squads also began to march forward, but the speed was a little slow just to maintain the formation.

When they advanced a hundred meters, they were surprised to find that the enemy's fleeing army had actually broken up their formation.

It was visible to the naked eye that Roman's army was collapsing.

The phalanx, which had originally been rigorous, had more and more people running away, and it could not be formed anyway.

In the process, the figure riding a white horse saw that the situation was not good and also ran away.

This time it was over, and the formation was completely gone.

There was a huge chaos, and it was a complete sign of a rout.

"Chase!" Kate was a little anxious, seeing that the enemy was almost gone.

He immediately ordered the army to march at full speed.

I didn't expect it!

He thought it was a tough nut to crack.

After all, the previous two battles showed how strong the valley army was.

The six nobles who fought against seven thousand with two thousand cried and screamed, and more than half of them were killed or injured.

Last autumn in the Buck Highlands, a thousand elite soldiers ran over Trick's face without giving the latter a chance to fight back.

As a result, they were defeated by him in one encounter?

Kate tried to think.

Is the army of 10,000 too many?

Because of the banner of the gods of the church?

Afraid of the choir and the Knights of Judgment?

Are the hired crossbowmen in the muddy swamp too strong?

All kinds of speculations emerged in his mind.

But the opportunity was fleeting, and he didn't have a moment to think.

The army of 10,000 rushed over.

Now no one cared about the formation, and all rushed to the discarded weapons.

Those weapons were of good quality, including short swords, axes, and broadswords. Although they were all common styles, the quality was much better.

More importantly, perhaps because they were too hasty when escaping, those weapons were lost along the way.

Every few meters, there was a cold and shining fine steel weapon, which was spread for a thousand meters.

In the medieval times, the army did not have the concept of returning the spoils to the public and distributing them uniformly.

Whoever grabbed this kind of spoils would own it.

Otherwise, the free riders would not be so keen on war.

Not only the believers, but even the mercenaries were tempted.

Mercenary Marshal Grana quickly led his men to rush over.

At this moment, no one restrained their actions.

Because the free riders and oath knights under the Split Armor Family also rushed over.

They rode war horses or pack horses, and their speed was much faster.

It was a pity that the terrain became more complicated as they went forward.

The gravel and hillside were not conducive to a full-speed charge by the cavalry, and they had no intention of using the speed of their horses to catch up with the enemy. They just got ahead of everyone else and dismounted to pick up their weapons.