Rise of the Empire Total War

"The two armies fought, screaming and screaming... As in most battles of the past, the Winster heavy cavalry played a decisive role."-Nick Crista, historian, account of the Battle of Athos "

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"For Your Majesty Caesar!"

On the battlefield of Assos, the infantry of the two armies collided head-on during the charge. The powerful impact caused the infantry in the front row to be knocked down one after another. When they fell on the ground, they were just about to struggle to get up when they were attacked by the enemy's sword or spear. The spear killed brutally, and those soldiers who were not knocked down fought back after gaining a foothold, and the two sides fell into a bloody battle.

In the melee, a Nordic swordsman had just raised his shield to block the enemy's hatchet when he saw his comrade in arms smashed in the head by a sharp stone falling from the sky, and fell into a coma on the spot. The spear pierces the heart and takes life. He was startled, and his attention was attracted by the stones that might appear in the sky at any time, and at the same time when his attention was distracted, the enemy in front of him abandoned the shield that was in the way, and grabbed the round shield in his hand with one hand, Pull it away forcefully, and before the Nordic swordsman could react, the ax slammed down on his face, only to hear a crisp sound, and the Nordic swordsman's face shattered like a bursting watermelon, red and white. splash.

After killing an enemy, the rebel soldier was complacent and shook off the brains stained on the axe, ready to continue fighting. At this moment, a spear came out from the side, and before he could react, it directly pierced his ribs. Immediately, he was lifted up high and thrown heavily on the ground, and the soldier died suddenly on the spot.

But not only the light infantry of the rebels were outputting wildly outside the field, but also the civilian archers of the Winster army were also shooting at the dense rebels at will. However, due to the angle, the archers only dared to shoot far away. Even so, the enemies in the battle zone caused heavy losses to the rebels—it was just that Richard forbade the use of gunpowder arrows for fear of accidental injury, otherwise the enemy might not die on the spot when a round of gunpowder arrows came down.

However, the gunpowder arrows were not sacrificed, but the heavy cavalry that Richard relied on most appeared.

puff! A sword sliced ​​open the belly of the enemy in front of him, causing the intestines in his belly to flow out together with the falling movement. Richard looked at the densely packed enemies around him and the lieutenants and general guards who were fighting hard, and kept facing behind him. Followed his own orderly and shouted: "Blow the horn and let Frank charge!"

"Obey!" The messenger replied after hearing the voice, and immediately picked up the horn. He did not join the battle behind Richard, so there was no trace of fighting on his body except for a small amount of blood spattered. He just put the horn on the He was about to blow his mouth, but a javelin happened to fly in midair. Before everyone could react, the javelin pierced the orderly's throat with precision. The inertia of the javelin also nailed the orderly to the ground, and blood gushed out instantly When he came out, the orderly opened his eyes wide, and let go of the horn, trying to cover the gushing blood, but he still died a tragic death.

Although Richard did not witness all this with his own eyes,

However, he still clearly felt a black shadow flying over his head. He was startled, and quickly turned his head to look. Seeing this, he was so startled that his eyes were cracked, and he almost screamed. Angry, Richard stepped back to the body of the orderly, and his position was filled by the general guard. He took a deep look at the dead orderly. This soldier had been with him for many years, but unexpectedly He actually died here.

Sighing, Richard planted his saber on the ground, reached out to pick up the horn that fell beside the corpse, and blew it by his mouth regardless of the grass clippings on it. With his movements, the dull sound of the horn resounded through the air. Over the battlefield, it quickly spread to the ears of Sir Frank and the knights in the distance. Hearing the familiar horn, the cavalry commander's heart tightened. He knew that the time to act had come. The knights said: "Forward, for God and Our Lady, for His Majesty Kaiser!"

"For God and Our Lady, for His Majesty Kaiser."

All the knights said together, and then, under the command of Sir Frank, the knights drove the horses under their crotches together and trotted forward. They could not let the horses run fast before launching a charge, because it would only consume the horse's physical strength.

Feeling the sound of the horse's hooves touching the ground when the horse trotted under his crotch, Sir Frank couldn't help clenching the heavy lance he was carrying. Although this was only one of the wars he participated in, he still became nervous uncontrollably , This is a normal physiological reaction, I believe not only him, but even the knights behind him will also be like this.

Tread Tread——

The news of the dispatch of Winster's heavy cavalry was quickly discovered by Prince Yairo in the center of the battlefield. He had just blocked the long sword cut by the Nordic swordsman when he discovered that a large cavalry was coming from behind Winster's army. His pupils constricted violently, and then he was startled, and he was shocked. With his knowledge, he didn't know what this meant. He suddenly remembered the rumors he had heard about the battle of the Winster army. According to the rumors, the Winster people always like to When the infantry of the two armies fought fiercely, they sent cavalry to go around and charge to end the battle in the fastest time. Now it seems that this is indeed the case!

"ah!"

When he was distracted, the Nordic swordsman who was fighting with him took the opportunity to stab his long sword into his ribs. The chain mail on Prince Jairo's body only briefly blocked the sharp sword's penetration, but it was still broken In defense, Yairo let out a scream and half-kneeled on the ground. Before the Nordic swordsman who was attacking him started his next move, he was knocked to the ground by a shield blow from the guards around the prince. Then, several long swords pierced into the ground. His chest was quickly stabbed to bloody flesh.

At the same time, the rebel soldiers at the outermost edge of the battlefield quickly discovered the heavy cavalry running towards them. They didn't react at first, but soon understood the purpose of the heavy cavalry, and they immediately screamed , to warn the surrounding comrades-in-arms, but this has no effect, because the heavy cavalry commanded by Sir Frank is getting closer and closer to them, and the horses are running faster and faster!

"The enemy cavalry is attacking!"

"Array! Array!"

The rebels screamed, and at the same time they formed a tight phalanx against the Winster heavy cavalry under the scolding of the officers. Attempts to rely on these for anti-cavalry - but under the high-speed charge of the heavy cavalry, even the phalanx formed by the sword and spear militia has no effect.

"Conical formation, prepare to charge!"

Sir Frank's muffled voice came out through the helmet, and his orders were quickly conveyed to each other by the knights. Then, the running cavalry formed a huge cone, like a sharp blade, about to pierce into the Rebel Army!

"Speed ​​up, level your gun, and charge!"

"For God, for His Majesty the Emperor!"

Amidst the thundering roar of the knights, the six hundred heavy lances were leveled together with the movements of the six hundred knights, and the huge conical formation collided head-on with the phalanx formed by the rebel infantry. The shield was destroyed, and the conical formation formed by the heavy cavalry was like a hot knife inserted into solidified butter, tearing apart the rebel formation, and all the infantry who dared to stand in the way of the cavalry charge were hit by the high-speed charge horses Turned over, and was trampled heavily, the entire flank of the rebel army fell instantly!