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Chapter 1467 Situation Reversal
"It's just nonsense! What are they doing?!" Sun Chuanting saw the cavalry of the King's Army reveling in the excitement of the chase, gradually disappearing from sight, completely ignoring the middle of the parliamentary army camp, the main force of the opponent has not been defeated yet!

The goal of the detour tactics of the two-winged cavalry is to defeat the opponent's flanking troops and pose a threat to the flanks and rear of the enemy's central army. As a result, the cavalry of the king's army began to chase and defeat the fleeing enemy before the battle was settled, and the great opportunity was lost in vain!

Sun Chuanting really wants to catch these knights and yell at them now!

Most of the cavalry of the king's army are knights, they are more elite than the cavalry of the parliamentary army, otherwise they would not easily defeat the left and right wings of the parliamentary army.It's just that they completely forgot their combat purpose after losing control!
Just as anxious as Sun Chuanting was Charles I who ordered the infantry to attack in an all-round way. After the victory, the royal cavalry should cooperate with the royal infantry in time. As a result, the royal cavalry disappeared and had no advantage.

Now Charles I can only bite the bullet and let the infantry continue to attack, in order to wait for the King's Army cavalry to return as soon as possible to join the King's Army infantry after chasing the enemy.

Astley, the head of the Royal Guards, led the main infantry of the King's Army. After Charles I ordered the attack, he knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly: "Lord! You can know that today I will have How busy. If I forget you, don't forget me."

Even as a senior officer, bullets have no eyes on the battlefield, and the lives of officers commanding in the horizontal line are no different from ordinary soldiers.

Astley stood up, pulled out the saber at his waist, and said to the infantry behind him, "Go forward, boys!"

The artillery position of the parliamentary army has fallen, and several rows of infantry from the king's army are marching forward in irregular but still well-formed steps, as if they had been spayed with chicken blood. Most of the pikemen in the middle are farmers, and some are holding long-handled sickles .

"Everyone follow me!" The Earl of Essex commanded the infantry of the parliamentary army and launched an attack on the king's army at the same time.

Obviously, the cavalry of the king's army has the upper hand, and he cannot wait for the cavalry of the king's army to return to the division, otherwise the parliamentary army is likely to fall into doom.He can't turn around and run away, that will shake the morale of his soldiers!
"Fill up your matchlock, take up your rifle..."

The musketeers in the first two rows perform mechanical loading, and the soldiers on both sides are as close as possible to ensure that the muskets are fired effectively.

"Shoot!" The saber in Astley's hand pointed straight ahead, and when the soldiers on both sides could even see each other's face clearly, the arquebus in his hand fired violently!
The smoke from the burning black powder filled the battlefield, and many soldiers fell in the first salvo.Each side team shoots and reloads alternately, causing casualties to the opponent continuously before hand-to-hand combat!

When the distance between the two sides got closer, almost touching their faces, the musketeers and spearmen in the front row started a fierce hand-to-hand combat.The musketeer either draws out the battle sword at his waist, or directly picks up the heavy arquebus to use as a blunt weapon, and uses the most primitive method to defeat the opponent's will!

Sun Chuanting and Charles I were sitting in the rear. They had only one infantry regiment beside them, and almost all the infantry pressed them.

"The opponent is using the Netherlands' horizontal formation, which has advantages in numbers and depth. Our infantry cannot break through the opponent's formation..." Sun Chuanting understood why Earl Lindsay advocated the use of a thicker 8 formation before the battle. shape.

When the firepower is not enough to destroy the opponent's military spirit, the deep and thick formation is not easy to be defeated. Moreover, although the cavalry of the parliamentary army is weak, the infantry seems to be better equipped, and they have begun to gain the upper hand in brutal hand-to-hand combat.

The king's army was very disadvantaged in this situation. They suffered from not listening to Earl Lindsay's words, and their thin front was squeezed and retreated steadily.

Charles I was even more anxious, but he couldn't put in any effective force. He only had one infantry regiment in his hands, and it seemed useless to join the battle.

"I'm going to find Prince Rupert!"

Sun Chuanting really couldn't stand it anymore. The disappeared Prince Rupert and the knights of the King's Army had not arrived for a long time. He got on his horse and planned to look for the disappeared cavalry of the King's Army in the dangerous battlefield.

"You guys protect Mr. Sun, go find Prince Rupert together!" King Charles said to several knights around him.

"Obey!" Several knights got on their horses and together with Sun Chuanting chased in the direction where the cavalry disappeared.

Sun Chuanting was really unlucky for eight lifetimes. He had never fought such a mindless battle since he joined the Kyushu Army.

This is also the shortcoming of temporarily summoning knights to fight. They don't have much discipline to speak of, and it is easy to be as difficult to control as a wild horse that has run free.

When Sun Chuanting left the main battlefield, he saw the reserve team hiding among the infantry of the parliamentary army. They even reserved two cavalry regiments as a reserve team!

Sun Chuanting was startled. The opponent's commander might not have expected such drastic changes as the rapid defeat of the left and right wings and the disappearance of the cavalry of the King's Army. The effect of infantry-two cavalry regiments can quickly form new left and right wings to threaten the flanks of the king's army and where the king's banner is!
The cavalry in the king's hands were all handed over to Prince Rupert and Wilmott, and it can be said that there is no cavalry unit in the king's hands that can be used.The king's army, which was about to win a complete victory, was in danger of collapse at this time!
"The most urgent thing is to find the king's cavalry as soon as possible!" Sun Chuanting was even more anxious, he had never experienced such a confused war.

Originally, even if the infantry and cavalry both used Swedish tactics, it didn't matter. The central army with cavalry and infantry pinching each other would win. However, who would have thought that the cavalry officers and knight lords only cared about chasing the opponent's cavalry!

If the cavalry officer of the Kyushu Army commanded such a battle, Sun Chuanting believed that he would be sent to the military court for trial.

But here is Britain, which does not yet have the concept of a standing army, and he can only fight in the way here.

Sure enough, when the infantry of the king's army and the infantry of the parliamentary army were engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the two cavalry regiments of the parliamentary army acting as reserves appeared on the flanks and began to pinch the infantry of the king's army.

And the king has no cavalry at hand!

The fighting on the plain became more brutal, and the infantry of the king's army began to falter.

"Seize the king's flag!"

Cromwell, who was in the reserve team, personally led 3 cavalry squadrons to the rear of the king's army and went straight to the king's flag!
A regiment of infantry tasked with protecting the king was thrown into disarray, and the spearmen hastily planted their spear butts obliquely in the ground, and used a 16-foot wall of steel spears to block the cavalry's onslaught.

(End of this chapter)