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But Huo Teng did not give an explanation, but said simply and neatly: "There is no doubt that I know that you are all very difficult. Everyone is in trouble because of the chaos caused by Howard and Skok brothers. Many people's hard work for half a year It was burned and looted. I hereby promise that one third of the hundred gold coins will be used to reward the soldiers who guard the formation. As long as the line does not collapse and the enemy cannot surpass your iron wall, I will give it all!

The remaining third is used to reward the fighters who kill the enemy.Regardless of whether it is an archer or a spearman, as long as they can pass the certification of at least 3 people and the inspection of arrows with engraved names, weapons with the same wound, etc., they can get double rewards!

The last third is used to commend knights who bravely killed and captured enemy knights.The honorable brave deserves a worthy reward. "

Huo Teng announced his reward strategy to everyone.

To be honest, the Cavaliers are very envious of so many bonuses.As long as one enemy knight is defeated, several gold coins will be added to the account. This number is enough to buy an iron helmet and many accessories, or a good sword.But they are also a little dissatisfied, how can they give so many rewards to the mud legs?Is there still an order of superiority and inferiority?

But Huo Teng has just shown his prestige, and no one is willing to be the first bird.Moreover, Huo Teng gave enough, and the knights pinched their noses and confessed.

Then, the army was dispatched.

Huo Teng brought more than [-] people, and the remaining [-] knights, according to their feudal obligations, led their retinues, sergeants and peasants to join in.

At this critical moment, Huo Teng, when the army had traveled five miles and came to the bridge to cross the river, suddenly said: "How can the army do without a unified command? Since it is crossing the river, it is better to directly appoint a commander here and let the commander lead the way." Lead the soldiers across the river."

Huo Teng's proposal is quite connotative. Both Knight Wagner and Baron Kennan understood that it was to divide the center army, left wing and right wing into a conventional three-sided battle.

"I think I still have a bit of a reputation among the knights. I will be the commander of the left wing and protect everyone's defense." Baron Kennan said, many knights walked out of his camp, and another Batch added.

If you observe carefully, you will find that most of the knights who left have been strong for many years, have many retinues, and many war horses.The added knights are middle-aged and not equipped very well, and most of their subordinates are infantry.

This is because, in a three-way duel between the central army, the left wing, and the right wing, the left wing is often the defensive side, and the right wing is often the offensive side.While this rule is not universal, it is common.One of the most basic reasons is that the human hand is usually the right hand, and the right wing is easier to attack.

It's like the spiral staircase of a medieval church, all of which are built clockwise.Because in this way, the sword in the right hand of the thug will be stuck on the wall in the middle, and the defender is condescending, with convenient hands and feet, and can counterattack in time.

After Baron Kennan suggested the left wing, Cavalier Wagner proposed himself to be the commander of the right wing, which also received a unanimous response.

Thus, the army was formed.

The middle army is Huo Teng's peasant army and Conosha's inner knights.

On the left wing are Baron Kenan and a group of veteran knights.

On the right wing are Wagner knights and a group of aggressive young knights.

"What are you lamenting?"

During the march, Jones gave Horten a soap eye.The commander cannot be dejected in front of the soldiers.

Huo Teng shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "If my prestige is sufficient and my commanding ability is strong enough, I don't need to set up a separate commander."

Obviously, why should there be three commanders in a battle of thousands of people? 1

It's nothing more than that Huo Teng's reputation is not high enough to convince the public.Moreover, the quality of soldiers in each territory is uneven, and they can only be commanded by these famous knights.

Huo Teng only needs to take care of the Chinese army.

But it should be noted that not many knights joined Huo Teng's central army, and everyone tacitly divided them into two sides.

"Hmph, sooner or later you will be convinced." Huo Teng gritted his teeth coldly.

……

A day later, Huo Teng and Schmalun's army met in a place full of primeval forests and earthy hills.

Because of the advantages of horses, Huo Teng's farmers on horseback and archers can quickly detect the enemy in advance and gain an advantage in shooting.

Shimalun rushed to the scene and found that he had killed seven or eight soldiers. He was furious: "What's going on? Who's going to be in charge of the investigation? The enemy has a mysterious cavalry force. Why don't you say it?"

Henrik, who was captured, was of course crying and defending himself: "No? No! As I said, Huo Teng has a team of archers and cavalry composed of peasant cavalry."

However, Schmallen didn't believe it at all.

Honorable Lord Knight, it takes more than ten years of cavalry training to master the mysteries of mass action.This is the basis of cavalry warfare.Otherwise, it is a mess of loose sand.

Huo Teng's mud legs, how do you understand this?

"I don't believe it! Give him twenty lashes as an example to others!" Shi Malun still cursed angrily.

As for the unlucky Henrik, he was pressed to the ground by the real knights who had long wanted to trouble the robber knight, took off his pants, and beat him severely with a whip.

After 20 lashes, they still didn't stop, as if they wanted to beat Henrik to death.

This displeased many of the bandit knights who were onlookers, they rushed up to grab the whip, and clashed and shoved with the knights.

Shimalun didn't expect to encounter such a thing before he went to the battlefield, so he hurriedly went off the field to appease and beat him, and then separated the two knight teams.

Earl Millhouse gradually realized that the true knight and the robber knight cannot get together.

Otherwise, if there is a fight, we still don't know who is cheating whom.

So he made a decision that he didn't know whether he was a genius or a fool.

He divided the two groups of knights into two teams.

Chapter 39 Lose Another City

"That's Shimalun's home formation? It looks rather shabby."

Huo Teng stood under the banner of the black sword angel, looking at the hill in the distance.

The sword angel is the symbol of the Northumborg family to which Conosha belongs.This is also the reason why Huo Teng's own flag style is a black and white angel.The family coat of arms of the subordinates is often inherited from the lord.

On the opposite side, Schmallen von Nosenberg, also from the Nosenberg family, also chose the angel flag, but it was a red angel with a lion crown.

In fact, the boss is not like the second child, Huo Teng's combat is also very simple.

After a consensus of more than a hundred knights, they believed that Huo Teng's large group of farmers was not suitable for a frontal deployment, so he suggested that Huo Teng directly set up the formation under the hill, and give full play to the advantages of having more archers.Letting the archers line up and shoot along the hillside can also effectively prevent their own people from being shot.

Huo Teng naturally followed the good advice and didn't think there was anything wrong with this plan.

This is the Middle Ages, and it is not the Roman Empire next door. When you go to the bathhouse to take a bath, you must prevent being murdered.

On the other side, the Schmallen army, with more than 160 knights, couldn't help laughing when they saw Huo Teng's army lined up under the hill.

"He is really stupid. In this way, his left and right wings are exposed to the attack of our army's cavalry. If he shrinks the left and right wings, so many knights will lose their function and hide under the hill. They are not live targets Is it?" Shimalun took a few glances, and his evaluation of Huo Teng dropped a lot in his heart.

In Schmalen's view, with so many knights, he should take the initiative.And Huo Teng didn't think about taking the initiative, but instead kept going, it was really stupid.

Although the rest of the knights felt that there was a problem, they generally agreed with Schmalen.

These days, whoever has more cavalry has bigger fists.

Therefore, Shimalun directly took the initiative to send people to Huo Teng's army to fight.

Gauntlet, is also a very interesting medieval rule.

In the social life of knights in Western Europe in the Middle Ages, basically there were very few undeclared wars, sneak attacks and other undignified combat methods.Even if it is a siege by the rebels, they must send a letter of war, agree on the time and place of the battle, and fight in an upright manner.

Therefore, Huo Teng not only couldn't sneak attack on Schmalen, but even couldn't make Jeffrey, who was in ambush, rebel in front of the battle.

Because no matter which one works, it will greatly discredit Huo Teng's reputation.

"Tomorrow? Okay, tomorrow!"

Huo Teng and Schmalun's envoys have made a deal, and the battle will start tomorrow morning.

But when he turned around, Huo Teng called for the team of artisans and food soldiers accompanying the army.

"Tomorrow at 3 o'clock in the morning, I will start to bury the pot for cooking, and at 5 o'clock in the morning, I will feed the soldiers and go to the battlefield. The enemy must be caught off guard and have no time to eat breakfast." Huo Teng rubbed his hands and began to be happy.

This is a small trick, to keep one's side fed and drunk, and the enemy's hunger is exhausted.The enemy will not refuse to fight for the sake of face.

Cruel but useful.

At the same time, Huo Teng also pulled out his modified Huo Teng cannon carriage.This improved torsion trebuchet is placed on the highest point of the hill, and can take advantage of the high altitude to attack enemies within a radius of 200 meters on the hill.

Not only that, the despicable Huo Teng also let the axemen cut down trees, rolled them down at the foot of the mountain, whittled them into simple thick wooden stakes, inserted them obliquely on the ground, and placed them in front of the spearmen and archers.

This trick is particularly disgusting for knights. Although it exists in this era, it is not popular.

Therefore, after Baron Kenan and Knight Wagner found out that Huo Teng had actually planted a stake, they all expressed their contempt for Huo Teng even lower.

But after the contempt was over, he couldn't help but chop up the stakes.

Who wouldn't want to stop the charge of enemy cavalry?Anyway, let the infantry line have fewer deaths.

……

On Huo Teng's side, he was intensively manipulating the battlefield, but on the opposite side, Schmalen chose to drink to relieve the pressure.

Recently, he has encountered too many troubles caused by robber knights, which caused Schmalen to suffer from severe sleep deprivation.At five o'clock the next morning, when he smelled the aroma of rice, did his subordinates break into the tent and tell him that the enemy had already started eating breakfast and was preparing to fight.

Schmalen thought for a moment: "How can this work? Isn't it embarrassing for me to wake up earlier than us?"

So Shimalun also hurriedly sent someone to call out his own army, and before they had time to eat breakfast, they nervously formed a loose mass outside the camp.

The knight lord and the robbers and bandits swaggered into two groups, and each fought for the ordinary peasant soldiers, which once caused the two sides to almost go to war.

By the time the noisy Schmallen army left the barracks and marched towards Huo Teng's army, it was already 7:[-] in the morning, and the sun was out.The peasant soldiers who had not eaten breakfast were hungry.Many knights felt that their horses were weaker than yesterday.

On Huo Teng's side, the soldiers sat next to the rows of wooden stakes, and received extra gifts in addition to breakfast in the morning according to the stakes.Although they are all farmers, they are well fed and clothed, and willing to serve Huo Teng.

Schmaelen's army advanced to the foot of the mountain.

After discovering that Huo Teng had mounted many wooden stakes, Shimalun couldn't help calling out that he was despicable.

But fortunately, he also discovered that the army in Göttingen County was divided into three parts to fight each other. If they don't take it now, when will it be?

Therefore, Schmallen wisely sent the real knights to surround the enemy's right flank, which is the camp of the Wagner knights, and sent the robber knights, such waste, to entangle with the veterans of Baron Kennan.He himself led the central army and launched an attack on the hill.

Both sides were peasant soldiers wearing simple armor and pointing spears, and went to war first.

But it was different. The peasant soldiers on Huo Teng's side looked well-faced, and Shimalen's peasant troops, who were hitting with spears across the horse-rejecting posts, collapsed at the first touch, and many people fled.Gein's oppression of the people by the group lords in the Middle Ages also includes the power of Latin men.There are too many peasant soldiers for military service, and Shimalun never thought about it. Peasant soldiers also need to be motivated and mobilized.

And these farmers are more hostile to Schmalun than to Huo Teng.With no financial benefits and rewards, it's no wonder they don't care.

At this time, the authentic knights of the Schmalen army had already started a head-on conflict with the right wing of the Wagner knights.Both sides are young and strong fighters, and their blood will inevitably boil.

Wagner's army also buried wooden stakes, but the swaying did not have a great impact on cavalry operations, causing the enemy to still break in and chop off a group of people's heads before continuing to fight.

The young and reckless knights rushed in, charging continuously and fighting with Huo Teng's knights.

"No, we're at a disadvantage. We can't compete just for the number of knights!" Widow Amelia, who was also on the battlefield, looked anxious and wanted to go up to help immediately.

"Why don't you fight the archers?"

Huo Teng smiled and commanded the rangers and longbowmen. These two excellent professional troops, not to mention the range, now also have the bonus of high terrain.

As a result, the bows in the hands of the longbowmen and rangers pulled their strings one after another, and the armor-piercing long arrows flew over the heads of the knights of the Schmalen army with the help of the wind.

Immediately, the screams of knights who were pierced into flesh and blood rang out again and again.

A continuous rain of arrows rained down on the knights.Although the damage was not great, the arrow pierced into the flesh, which was very painful.

Seeing that his knights were within the damage range of the enemy's longbowmen, Shimalun hurriedly waved the flag and ordered the left-wing knights to retreat.

With such a withdrawal, Schmalen lost another city.

Chapter 40 Beasts of War

Combat has always attached great importance to the tactical command of one bang and then one's failure.

When one's own soldiers are strong and strong, pushing away one of the enemy's positions in one wave may determine the outcome of the war.

On the small hill of Huo Teng's army, with a total of 160 people and 4 teams of archers assisting in shooting, the left-wing cavalry of Schmalun's army had to withdraw from the battlefield, leaving behind a large number of servant corpses.

On the battlefield, having or not having armor is a quantum leap.Without armor, arrows and knives from anywhere can kill people, like these hapless servants and yeoman; but with a set of chain mail and helmet, the fatality rate is greatly reduced, such as these knights.

The knight master hardly died, and the wounded were snatched back by his companions and followers.

Even if it is shot through by an armor-piercing arrow, it does not hurt the flesh. Very few unlucky people are shot through the neck and die on the spot.

"Damn, what a loser!" Cavalier Wagner yelled upon seeing this, and immediately got responses from many knights.They cheered their victory.

Of course, Wagner and other knights did not agree that they were saved by a group of archers.After all, these soldiers are the assistants and stepping stones of the knight master, and only the knight master is the decisive force on the battlefield.

At the same time, the left wing of Huo Teng's army, the army led by Baron Kenan, also encountered a large group of robbers.These usually fierce and brutal guys are still a little short of fire in front of the army commanded by the real knights.Baron Kennan even stabbed a robber knight to death with his spear.The old man spat at the unlucky guy: "Damn it, you little bastard, you really think you're the one. Go to hell and cry."

Many knights approached the enemy on foot, commanding their retinues and militia to drive the robbers back.

Yes, knights have been able to dismount and fight for a long time, and they are proficient in bows and horses, and they are not limited to single weapons such as swords and lances.Even many knights go to the battlefield, such as lower-level commanders such as captains, and some people are responsible for the command of archers and cavalry, which is similar to the knight literature in people's impressions, which provide fresh clothes, angry horses, spears and long swords. Cavaliers are the exact opposite.

In fact, those knight literatures were created precisely when the knight class was weakening and the new class was rising.Just like Bushido in Japan.During the Azuchi-Momoyama period, Japanese samurai were also proficient in guns, knives, bows and gunpowder, and they did not stick to any form of battle.However, the Bushido established by the Japanese government during the fascist period forcibly erected distorted symbols such as the samurai sword and suicide by caesarean section.

For Huo Teng, most of the more than 100 knights did not ride horses, or even charge.Their main task is to serve as grassroots commanders, to ensure the morale of the basic troops is stable, to be able to engage with the enemy, and to know when to advance and when to retreat.

The foundation of war is these grassroots commanders.

On the opposite side, Schmallen's knights were wealthy, so he once again organized a group of knights, preparing to break through from Baron Kennan's left flank, and then sweep through Horten's middle army.