Heroes of the Invincible call a thousand troops

Under the heavy cavalry's unreasonable straight-line impact and crushing, it was almost a round, and the results of the orc's hard work for a long time disappeared in an instant!

Unlike the heavily armored knights, William's light cavalry is much more flexible.To make an inappropriate analogy, the heavy cavalry is equivalent to a heavy main battle tank, with heavy armor and heavy artillery, and its defense is solid. In terms of attack power, it is also like a 125mm smoothbore gun, which can penetrate the opponent's armor effortlessly.The same is true for the heavy cavalry, with heavy helmets and heavy armor, and a terrifying heavy lance. Under the action of acceleration, it is not difficult to pierce the armor of the orc heavy infantry.

When these heavy cavalry lined up in a straight line and the thickness of the array was not too thick, most of the orcs on the attack route, whether they were snake people, cat people or tiger people, all hiccupped...

It's not that they haven't achieved results. In fact, many heavy armored knights have also been defeated by the enemy's various counterattacks. It may not be a good outcome to wait for them.

More orcs had to leave the enemy's attack route in a hurry, or grouped against the knights at a certain point, some succeeded, some failed.The impact of the heavy cavalry, like a comb, combed the enemy, and also combed itself...

The reason why I said that I have sorted myself out, it has to start with the charge formation of the heavy cavalry...

We know that the training of heavy cavalry costs money!Burn money!

Wanting to arm a heavily armored knight is terrible...

The knight himself had to equip him with the best armor, and it was full-body iron armor, the best helmet, and the best knight spear.This whole body is iron bumps.It costs a lot, and the knight armor is also very demanding.Not only the pursuit of defense, but also the pursuit of comfort.Do not hinder the movement of the joints!

If conditions permit, it is also necessary to equip the heavy cavalry with good knight sabers.Once the impact reaches a certain level and loses speed, the knight's spear becomes a burden from a murder weapon.We know that the impacting knight's spear has sufficient impact kinetic energy and strong sharpness. It is a domineering weapon that even the dragon does not want to try easily.

But what if the knight loses the necessary speed?Such a long lance is too laborious to swing.Moreover, the lance is made into a conical shape, the killing is only done by a sharp point at the top, and there is no sign of sharpening around it...

Unless you can swing it like a big stick, otherwise, this kind of weight is an out-and-out burden for the knight.You know, even when charging, most of the knights put their spears on the fixed fulcrum of the horse armor.Even the flat end is struggling.

After losing speed and falling into the siege of the opponent, the knight will not hesitate to abandon the gun and change the sword, switching from the mode of charging with a spear to the mode of riding and slashing.Doing this will work very well.Relying on its own strong defensive power, coupled with the cooperation of war horses, it also has the advantage of being condescending.They are still very effective battlefield killing tools.Therefore, the knight saber is almost a must.The trick is, this kind of saber is really worth a lot...

in addition.The mount requirements for heavy knights are very strict.It must be a top-quality horse. Ordinary military horses are simply unable to bear the full weight of their own horse armor and knights.

The best war horse!That price is double the price of ordinary war horses...

That's not counting quality saddles and horseshoes.

If the above things can also bring direct benefits to the heavy cavalry, in other words, I can see the results directly after investing money.The following will definitely discourage investors.

Replacement horses!Every heavy cavalry must be equipped with at least one such replacement horse.In order to maintain the physical strength of the first-class war horses, these golden and precious horses are usually not armored.Therefore, whether it is the heavy horse armor or the heavy armor of the knight, another horse has to be carried and followed by the action.The heavy armored knight and his war horse will only put on these heavy armors when fighting.

The physique of human fighters is not as good as that of orcs, and the stamina is far behind.Few knights can keep themselves stuffed in that heavy and expensive heavy armor all the time, and there are not many good horses that can always wear heavy armor and display 100% combat effectiveness in battle.

How to maintain the endurance of the heavy knight in non-combat time?This has always been a huge problem, and it can be fixed, but at a great cost!

At least one flattering horse with excellent gravity and good endurance, help them carry supplies!At least one or two servants must be arranged to put on and unarm the knights.

That's right!These heavy armored knights are precious, not because they are hypocritical, but because of this kind of heavy full-body armor specially built, it is really difficult to complete the process of armoring and unarmoring alone, and they must be assisted.It is inconvenient for the knights to wear knight gloves, so they really have to be equipped with servants...

Fortunately, these servants are not too wasteful. They can serve heavy knights in normal times, and they can also carry simple weapons in war. Will be asked to attack... because their strength is really limited, it is okay to gather numbers, but they can't count too much.

In view of the many expenses and expenses of the heavy cavalry, but this kind of arms is quite powerful, so all countries hope to maintain a certain scale of heavy cavalry as much as possible.But the reality is that, either due to the difficulty of finding good horses or the high cost of high-quality armor, coupled with the huge military expenditure, all countries have to consider the practical value of this military branch.

For a country like Sunshine Kingdom with prairie and plains, it will naturally spare no effort to train heavy cavalry, because this kind of terrain is the most effective for heavy cavalry.In other countries, such as those with many mountains, waters, and swamps, most of them only maintain a very small scale, and they will hardly be sent out to fight in actual combat. Most of them are used as the king's guard of honor, reduced to a facade expensive arms.

Therefore, when you see a country's heavy cavalry, with beautiful equipment and various luxurious decorations, don't think that this country attaches great importance to the construction of heavy cavalry... On the contrary, it shows that they almost only That's all that's left.

In a plain country like the Sunshine Kingdom, their heavy cavalry would not be equipped with that expensive, beautiful, and mighty armor, but more would choose simple, practical, and cost-effective armaments. Because they are more pursuing actual quantity and quality, rather than just acting as an expensive vase-like support team. (to be continued..)