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And Feng Sen also converted the information into Saxon and informed Belvshka and others.

"Your Excellency, I personally guess that no matter how many people ride horses, the Danish cavalry will not exceed one-fifth." Belvshka carefully considered his words, "The Danish troops are not without cavalry. , but most of them are not good at riding and fighting. These cavalry are often only mounted infantry, riding horses for fast maneuvering.

When the Dan army is attacking, they will also send out real light cavalry to scout, but it is only for scouting.If it weren't for the group of Saxon cavalry, I can even think that the Danish coalition army is all mounted infantry.

The Danish cavalry will only attack when the opponent has no cavalry. In other words, the Danish cavalry will fight on horseback when attacking horseless troops.When facing Arima troops, the cavalry of the Dan people often only have the role of protecting the two wings. "

Listening to Belvshka's explanation, the general situation of the Dan people's troops was already clear at a glance. Feng Sen couldn't help feeling a little bit, leading the way is shameful but useful.

Chapter 32 Hey, why didn't you move?

Albion and Ragnaro rode horses and shouted among the crowd, gathering the team.

On the low slopes in the surrounding forest, and even on the distant hills, the scout cavalry of the Dan people had already fought with the light cavalry scouts of the Tang army.

From time to time, a throwing ax or a stray arrow flew out of the forest, and the screams before death and the whistle of the news echoed in my ears one after another.

The cavalry of the front army quickly dismounted and took the horse aside for safekeeping, while the infantry of the rear army also trotted to the front and joined the cavalry of the front army. They quickly assembled and formed an army formation of 1000 men.

Unlike the previous Saxon that was divided into several waves to form a shield wall, these 1000 people were closely packed together to form a three-layer shield formation that was more than 200 meters long.

They are different from those Saxon peasants and soldiers. They are elite fighters who have worked hard in blood, and their armor rate can reach more than [-]%.

The round shields of these Viking warriors all had a belt that could be hung around their necks. With the neck as a second point of leverage, it meant that their round shields could be made larger and thicker.

Two hundred Saxon mercenary cavalry galloped back and forth on both wings. They were Slavic mercenary cavalry from the Eastern European prairie. It was said that they had even confronted the Frankish cavalry.

Albion looked at several groups of cavalry scouts of the Tang Army slowly approaching in the distance, and said to Ragnarod slowly: "We basically understand this group of people, they are the ones who defeated Vikindur Avar mercenaries, but they had more than 1000 people at that time, now there are only 400 people, just these 400 people, they looted more than 50 of our villages and towns, and took the lives of countless warriors."

"This is a terrible enemy." Ragnaro said slowly, "We are not stronger than them. If the opponent does not fight, we will have no way to exert our strength advantage."

"As long as there are some gains, it is enough to drive them away, otherwise it will be difficult for you and me to do business."

The one-eyed Ragnarok nodded, dismounted, and walked to the front of the procession.

Ragnaro hit the round shield with an axe, different from the cunning and rationality before, at this moment, he changed his face, a grinning and arrogant face: "Guys, are you afraid of those monsters?"

"Afraid of an egg!" shouted a Dan warrior.

Ragnaro laughed loudly: "Yes, I'm afraid of an egg. I thought it was Odin who came down to punish us, but just now I personally investigated, and I saw, oh, it turned out to be Saxons and Avars, a group of 100 people Many people, a group of more than 150 people.

They just rely on the speed of the horse, which doesn't work.I said we are useful, we are Odin's shelter-how could Odin punish the warriors who went to sea to win glory with bravery?Odin's protection is about bravery, so what about their [-] cavalry, [-] cavalry can't break our shield!

Look at them, why didn't they plunder in the Lübeck area and come to us?Isn't it because they can only beat small tribes, and they still pass it on like a god, what is Odin's whip, how is it possible?Today, we are going to break their myths!

Warriors of the Hall of Valor!Odin is watching us!Chop off the heads of this group of people and show it to Lord Vidukind to see who is the number one warrior! "

"Bring their skulls around for wine!" shouted a Viking warrior.

"Hahahahaha."

"Odin is superior, this battle must be won!"

The sun was in the west, and the sun, which hadn't appeared all day, unexpectedly showed half of its face in the thick sunset glow. The brush made by the sun was dipped in various colors, and it was generously splashed and impastoed in the gray clouds in the blue sky.

The faint red light made the blood flowing across the ground look like blood-colored emeralds.

A cowhide and animal fur boot stepped on the dry and solidified black blood, and the black smoke after burning was still lingering in the air.

Under the leadership of Albion and Ragnarok, a large formation of more than 1000 Vikings marched neatly towards Kiel.

"Coming!" a Viking warrior yelled.

After bypassing the hill, the three cavalry formed three conical formations and rushed towards the Dan people's team, led by Zhang Shicheng.

"Shield Wall!"

The warriors in the first row squatted down instantly and protected their lower body with their shields. The warriors in the second row put their round shields on the top of the shields of the first row of warriors to block their upper body. The warriors in the back row raised their shields high , to block the top of the head.

Their speed was much faster than that group of Saxon peasant soldiers, and the round shields in their hands were also much thicker.

"Whoosh-whoosh-"

Countless light arrows pierced the sky and fell into the formation of this group of Viking warriors, but unfortunately, 90.00% of the flying arrows missed, and only a few long arrows passed through the gaps in the shield and knocked down A few unlucky ones.

"Change to heavy arrows!" Shouted a vague Saxon to the group of Saxons, Zhang Shicheng picked up his horse spears regardless of whether they understood or not, and rushed to the Vikings' camp with fifty cavalry from the Jingnan Army. cavalry.

Although in the stereotypes of various film and television dramas, the Vikings always have the image of infantry, but in fact, they also have cavalry, but they are only scout cavalry, they do not have their own shock cavalry.

The ancestral home of these hired shock cavalry was the Pannonian grasslands, and they were later driven out of their hometown by the Avars, but the tradition of being the remnants of the Hunnic Empire has not been lost. They almost grew up sitting on horseback.

A hundred Saxon light cavalry galloped back and forth around the long shield wall, constantly harassing and shooting arrows, while Zhang Shicheng led the Jingnan cavalry to fight with these mercenary cavalry.

The black horse under his seat snorted, while the leader of the Slavic cavalry narrowed his eyes, staring closely at the charging Tang cavalry.

Raising their lances high, the Slavic cavalry also began to charge.

Riding on the ups and downs of the horse, Zhang Shicheng rushed to the front corner of the cone. He clamped the lance under the armpit of his right arm, held the rear end of the lance with his right hand, and held the lance slightly forward with his left hand a little bit of location.

Tall horses trampled on the crisp, broken grass and broken leaves after autumn. The roar of the charge was mixed with the stench of horse dung, and it smelled a bit like flames.

The Slavic mercenary cavalry rushed towards the Tang army cavalry as if they were holding javelins, with their right hands holding their lances high and their left hands holding small shields.

The cavalry leader is old in battle, and he is too familiar with how cavalry fights. Like Zhang Shicheng on the opposite side, he knows that he is a novice at a glance. Holding your hands upside down like this is the most common mistake for novices.

Because although he doesn't know what reaction force is, he also knows that if you push someone else, you will also retreat. If you hold a lance like this, you will be pushed off the horse 100%.

In his impression, in the shock battle of light cavalry, the most common is the figure 8 surround hedge.

Both sides hold guns in their right hands and small shields in their left hands. When fighting, the small shields in their left hands push away or even hold the lances, and then the lances held in the right hand will stab out like lightning, piercing the enemy's throat.

This is the most classic tactic used by this group of Slavic cavalry to cross the grassland. Each of them has been well-trained, and they can seize the moment at the moment of lightning, push away the opponent's spear, and stab out their own spear.

The pasture was trembling, the sea breeze was burning the sun, and it seemed to be trembling too. The two groups of cavalry were approaching, getting closer, and both sides could already see each other's faces, ferocious and fierce faces.

"kill!"

The two groups of cavalry collided with each other, the clanging of weapons and the plop of flesh being cut one after another.

coming!The Slavic cavalry stared at the cavalry leader rushing forward with a strange spear.

The strong wind passed through, the two staggered, and the battle had already begun.

In the blink of an eye, the leader of the cavalry confidently pushed out his small shield, and as expected, it hit Zhang Shicheng's spear heavily, and the next thing was...

Hey, why didn't you move?

"puff--"

The gleaming spear pierced the cavalry leader's neck precisely, and blood gushed out along both sides of the blade.

Zhang Shicheng turned sideways, and Ma Qiang bent into a half-moon shape. After he deftly circled and retracted, Ma Qiang quickly returned to his position and shook off the corpse.

Falling from his horse and lying on his back on the ground, the experienced cavalry leader stared blankly at the sky. He couldn't understand or imagine that the times had changed.

The advantage of the Chinese-style charging action with two-handed guns is that it can use the strength of the waist and abdomen to resist the impact, and has a certain cavalry fighting ability. Through the twisting of the waist and abdomen, it can change the strength of the shaft while dodging, and block The enemy counterattacks the enemy.

Then why did Zhang Shicheng not be pushed off the horse by the reaction force when he used it like this?

When was the Chapter 33 version updated?

Then why did Zhang Shicheng not be pushed off the horse by the reaction force when he used it like this?

One is because the horse lance is light and tough, and the horse lance swings backwards in the same direction at the moment of the stabbing, which can relieve a lot of force. The second is that Zhang Shicheng's horse is equipped with a high bridge saddle and iron stirrups.

In fact, in this era, iron double stirrups and Takahashi saddles have already appeared, but they are not widely spread.

This tragic cavalry leader stayed in wild places like Kievan Rus every day, hanging out with the Eastern Slavs, and missed the version update of cavalry tactics.

Now it's the heavy cavalry version.

It is really a disadvantage of not having the Internet, the information is too blocked.

With the addition of advanced cavalry equipment, one-tenth of the Slavic light cavalry fell instantly when the cavalry rushed over.

But inspired by adrenaline and Maozi's blood, the Slavic cavalry not only did not fear, but became angry. They ignored them and charged again, the third time, the fourth time, the fifth time... until the anger in their hearts turned into fear.

Faith cannot really be turned into a sword.

After losing a third of their soldiers, the Slavs quickly fled the battlefield regardless of the roars of Albion and Ragnarok.

The Jingnan army is progressing smoothly, and the Saxon cavalry has pulled their hips.

The task Feng Sen gave them was to keep shooting arrows around the Viking shield wall, and then repeatedly pretended to attack. Although he repeatedly ordered and refused to get too close to the army formation, there were still some Saxon light cavalry who did not obey the command, and approached with enthusiasm. up the shield wall.

So when the Jingnan Army ended the battle here, more than 20 Saxon cavalrymen were killed by throwing axes and javelins, and they were on the verge of collapse.

When Zhang Shicheng blew the agreed horn, it stands to reason that the Saxon cavalry, who were supposed to retreat slowly while shooting, scrambled to escape, and the gradual retreat turned into a rout.

"Guys! They escaped! Odin is on top, kill—" Looking at the fleeing enemy army, Ragnaro was overjoyed. He waved the ax in his hand and chased after the enemy army.

Under the leadership of Ragnarok, the entire shield wall army began to run, changing from sticking to pigs.

By Odin, we win!Ragnarod led the soldiers under him and ran wildly. As for whether he was pretending to retreat, couldn't he see it?

The group of Saxons threw away all their armor and weapons, just to run faster, without formation, and fled in all directions. This is escape.

As for the Avar cavalrymen, Ragnarok had some doubts at first, until the group of Avar cavalrymen were so scared that they started throwing jewels on the ground to prevent them from chasing them, this trace of doubt disappeared.

Ragnaro's eyes had penetrated into the gold coins and silver coins with various portraits printed on them, as well as countless pearls and gems.

On the long field, some of the viking warriors who had fun even mounted horses and chased after the enemy, while others stopped to pick up jewels all over the ground.

They cheered and jumped, everything was so beautiful, everything was in line with Ragnarok and Albion's imagination of victory, until the grass on the ground gradually trembled

The cold wind blew across both sides of the black horse armor, and the broken stones on the ground danced and danced. The stones were dancers singing and dancing around the campfire, full of rhythm and gradually louder.

Ragnaro stopped, and the Viking warriors who were chasing countless around him passed him, and continued to chase forward. The Viking warriors around him passed by Ragnaro, and he looked at the side and rear.

what is that?that black spot?Ragnaro looked carefully, and a lone black armored cavalry circumvented the mound and appeared in his field of vision. Is it the reinforcements of this mob?Why only one?

"Boom."

The chaotic sound of horseshoes became louder, and Ragnaro's hair stood on end.

"Don't run away, come back quickly, form the formation! Form the formation!"

Bypassing the gray-yellow mound with gold-red borders, two hundred armored cavalry cavalry surged out. The pen is divided into two.

The horses roared loudly, while the Xuanjia cavalry crouched down and began to charge.

"Enemy attack—"

The Danish Viking warriors raised their heads one after another, staring blankly at the heavy cavalry who circled out from behind the slope.

"Shield wall!" Someone yelled a shrill scream, and the Viking warriors woke up like a dream, and began to gather in a panic.

Because the cavalry department was crushed by Feng Sen's Jingnan cavalry, they had lost their eyes to see around.

From the front of the team to the back of the team, the Viking warriors were scattered scattered within a range of two or three miles in the vast field.

Some of them saw the heavy cavalry of the Jingnan Army and were running backwards, some thought they were chasing the enemy and were still rushing forward, and more of them stayed where they were, lying on the ground, looking for gold coins in the dirt And jewelry, and even started a dispute over a piece of jewelry.

The cold wind blew Feimane's tail flying wildly, Feng Sen pulled off his golden visor again, and leaned on the horse, holding curved knives in both hands, his body undulating regularly with the horse.

On his side, Arvo was holding a round shield and wearing a Viking-style turbinate, goggles, and conical helmet on her head. She was holding an iron bone in her hand, and she was covering Feng Sen's left side.

Wearing horse armor, Fei Mane's eyes were faint blood red from the gaps in the horse armor.

Feng Sen raised the crescent-shaped curved knife, and under the support of the horse speed, the curved knife made a rustling sound in the impact of the air, and the bone whistle hanging from the curved knife made a sharp buzzing sound.

The black flood slammed into the loose Vikings, and as soon as they touched the enemy, seven or eight Viking warriors were directly knocked out. They rolled on the ground, their spines and necks were already broken, and many of them had their entire chests dented inward under the huge impact.

A Viking warrior who survived was struggling to get up. He propped up on the ground and gritted his teeth. When he straightened his upper body, the heavy horseshoe stepped on his face.

Blood spurted out of his ears, nose, and mouth at the same time, and the blood vessels on his body burst open one by one, and the blood sprayed out like a squirt gun.

Passing the Viking warrior, Feng Sen's curved knife danced in the crowd, and his blood turned into a rainbow, chasing the tip of the knife and running between the neck, chest and abdomen.

The round shield stretched out, and with a "bang", the throwing ax hit the round shield in Arvo's hand. He pulled out the throwing ax and threw it back the same way. The throwing ax spun and flew in from the forehead to the edge of the shield. Chin, half of the ax blade was sunk.

Blocking the throwing ax for Feng Sen, Arvo turned his hand and smashed out the iron bone. The Viking warrior blocking the way in front of him was not wearing a helmet, and the entire sky cap exploded like a flower.

Arvo was driving the horse happily, her hair was flying around her ears, and half of her face was covered with blood clots and pieces of flesh, but she didn't feel disgusted, but laughed heartily.

Heavy cavalry is the king of arms!

When the infantry faced the heavy cavalry, the only way was heavy armor and spear phalanxes. Even the elite multifunctional heavy infantry in the Tang Dynasty could only fight against the line with their flesh and blood, slowing down the horse speed with their flesh and blood, and then let the Mo Daomen in the back row take the heads.

Even if the heavy cavalry can't rush through the heavy infantry phalanx, then they simply don't engage in battle and run away. Your two legs can't run with my four legs, and the infantry can't expand the results of the battle at all.

Even in the case where heavy cavalry had to attack heavy infantry, regardless of casualties, the heavy infantry phalanx is not impossible to break through. The classic example is the Battle of Marignano. Really gave him a sudden win.

The tactics Feng Sen is using now is a simplified version of the Mughal tactics, or the Mangujai tactics. The basic tactical idea is to harass the opponent with a bow and arrow first, and then pretend to flee to lure the enemy to pursue and pull the enemy formation.