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The knights are still wearing chain mail. If they fall into the river, there is probably no other good way to go except drowning.

So many ships simply hung here, and Lord Knight would rather surrender to Huo Teng than to jump off the boat and cross the river on foot to attack.

It's not that there are no such fools, but they are blocked by various branches before they go ashore, and they are shot into hedgehogs before they can be pushed away.

Some knights cried out in pain: "If you don't use the war monsters, it is impossible to tell the winner in this battle!"

Chapter 150 Eight First Victory

On the beach, the soldiers of the Spear Regiment gathered together, forming a circle of spears like hedgehogs, while Adlaib, as the captain, violently hammered, kicked and pulled the soldiers to keep them in formation.

"Raise the shield, raise the shield! Quickly raise the shield for me!"

Captain Adlaib was born in a wealthy squire family in the village of Bowenden.His father is Papa Huo Teng's good subordinate and friend, and now he is going to be the subordinate of old Ma Di's son.In fact, Adlaib was Brother Huoten's subordinate before, but because Schneider died so quickly, Adlaib ran to the Duchy of Lower Lorraine in one breath with the defeat of the army, and survived there for more than half a year before he was hungry. He ran back with his belly full.

Now, with his father's teaching and his own military experience abroad, he has become Huo Teng's sergeant captain.

According to the rules of the Romans, the position of this person is the commander of two hundred officers, and he can be regarded as an elite officer of the middle and lower ranks. Unfortunately, on the European side, the formal military establishment is still in the habitual stage, and there is no strict combat establishment.

Most of the army was brought by the fief knights. Their soldiers are their vassals, not yours, so the lord has no intention of arranging how to organize and train the troops of the vassals.

To organize, at any rate, you have to be mostly full-time fighters, right?

European bumpkins can't afford such high-end products.

Adlaib's rough behavior made the soldiers row like cattle.The formation of the Hedgehog Circle requires these newly recruited farmers to stand, so they have to stand.The archers at several outposts on the beach have drawn their bows and shot arrows for two rounds, and the infantry have not yet stood up for the first time.

In the eyes of a knowledgeable general, this is a good soldier with potential, but the brave and ruthless knights at the bottom think that such an army is too promising.

Not imposing enough!

A small group of knights and entourages who were lucky enough to cross the river and had not yet fallen into the water held spears, daggers and shields, and formed a dense assault formation to cover and kill several hedgehog circles.

And Huo Teng did not ask any troops to support him, just wanted to see the background of the infantry spear regiment led by Adlaib.They also upgraded their spears and added chain mail. After all this, if they are still battered, then Huo Teng may really have to give up the peasant army and consider an elite knight army.

"Hold on to your shield! Everyone hold on to your shield! Even if you lose your spear, don't lose your shield!"

Seeing the timid appearance of these new recruits on the battlefield for the first time, Adlaib was furious.However, he was also sitting on a saddle with mud legs, and it was the first time he got into such a good car. He was so nervous for a while that he even shook hands with the shield that he couldn't hold firmly.

From the perspective of the Saxon knights, they encountered an army that would only be beaten.

Whether you use spears, short swords or daggers to stab, beat, attack, or even carry shields like ordinary squires, this army will stand still and let you take them like turtles. There is no way.Your spear can't pierce their shields, even if your sword penetrates their flesh, these soldiers are like animals locked in a fence, motionless with their heads lowered against their shields.

"Okay, this is the battlefield."

Huo Teng held the spear, and what he saw was a funny battlefield.Two groups of elite infantrymen wearing chain mail actually held each other's shields and bulldozed each other.They seldom use weapons. After all, spears are too long and short swords are difficult to break through shields.

The mercenary captain Caron couldn't help nodding: "Good start, great."

Almost all the old and knowledgeable knights praised the excellent performance of this peasant army.They were evenly matched against a knight who had spent his entire life training in martial arts.

For ordinary knights, this is the limit of an army of peasants.Make an excellent anvil, stick the enemy firmly to yourself, and wait for the heroic knight as the hammer to smash the enemy's skull and share the glory of victory with the knight master.

"Is the group fighting back? We can't wait."

The knights clamored to carry the glorious Göttingen banner and push the Saxons back into the Rumer River.

"Do not."

Huo Teng raised half of his hand, and those knights who couldn't wait to step forward all shrank back guiltily.

This is also one of the legacy of the tribal principality's personal attachment. For these knights, Huo Teng is already similar to the existence of the patriarch of a big family, which makes Huo Teng's restraint on his subordinates stronger than that of France.

"Keep watching, if you can't even deal with such a small group of troops. I will pull off the chain mail on them and distribute them to your followers."

Huo Teng promised a generous reward, and the knights of more than fifty families around him were all tangled up.

Do you expect this group of mud-legged people to win or lose?

Of course, most people simply think that they must win.

Adeleb thought so too.

He is Huo Teng's brother's retainer. He was recently taken back by Huo Teng, but he has never been able to prove his ability.

"Do you still remember the tactics? Attack from the back row, counterattack and counterattack, launch a counterattack!"

As the commander, Adlaib was in the crowd. He was the first to raise his spear, stabbing and hitting the enemy's head and upper body from top to bottom, focusing on the shoulders, neck and other places with weak protection.

It sounds exciting to describe, but in the eyes of outsiders, it's just the rough waving of spears by the people behind, which even looks a little ridiculous.

But that's it, the front row was beaten with shields, and the rear was stabbed with spears indiscriminately, forming the core of the spear phalanx battle method for thousands of years.

Just fight like this, let's see who gets to the end!

The scattered Saxon knights half surrounded the circle of hedgehogs, which seemed to be rushing and beating wildly, while the phalanx of Huo Tengfang was like an old tortoise, which had just begun to move.

But between static and dynamic, the aura and strength of the two sides have already ebbed and flowed.

"Damn it, why don't you let them withdraw?" Many old Saxony knights couldn't understand.It can be seen with the naked eye that our army is at the end of its strength, and the enemy's phalanx has been stable so far, not even a single step back!

Our army is exhausted from crossing the river, and the time has come for the enemy to counterattack. Shouldn't we hurry up and reduce casualties?

Unfortunately, their leader is Bernard Jr.

Little Bernard saw the situation on the battlefield, but our side had the upper hand, chasing and beating Huo Teng's army fiercely.

"Our side is in full swing, how can we retreat?" Bernard Jr. replied in this way to the knight who advised him to retreat.

However, the change of the battlefield situation is impressive in an instant.

"They're out of energy, listen to me, loose shield, push!"

Adlaib commanded the soldiers who swore to die in the first row and started the offensive.

They and the enemy were desperately fighting against the shields, but Adlaib suddenly led the soldiers in the front row and took a step back to loosen the shields!

The balance was suddenly broken, and the Saxon knights and their entourages staggered unprepared after losing their power. They besieged and beat close to each other, and instead became a reminder of their own death.Because as the shield retreated, what greeted them was a sharp armor-piercing spear!

Pfft... The blood was sprayed on the dirty clothes, black and red were inseparable, so many lives fell down in an instant.

It all seemed... too peaceful.

"Second time, attack again!"

Adlaib engraved the training code in the brains of himself and the soldiers.After they defeated the enemy in the first round, they even huddled with the Saxon knights with their shields on their backs.After hitting it a few times, and finding that the enemy was no longer able to hold each other, he let go of the shield for the second time and stabbed out the spear.

The Saxon knights and retinues retreated easily in this way.

The knights in the first row fell down in disbelief.

The knights in the second row hurriedly retreated, collided with their subordinates, and rolled into a ball in the mud in a mess.

The followers in the third row have already started to turn their heads, paying attention to where the ships that can still move are.

After a few more rounds of fierce fighting, the Saxon knights were completely defeated, lost their offensive formation and turned around and fled to their own boat.

Adeleb was afraid that this perfect performance would go wrong, so he suppressed the army to continue to maintain its formation and move forward slowly.And it was this kind of reservation that made many subordinates and knights feel embarrassed, and they were able to drive the boat back to the other side of the Rumer River again.

But other than that, a large number of Saxon knights who capsized, fell into the water, and were still floating fell into Huo Teng's hands with no escape.

For the Saxon knights who died on the battlefield, Huo Tengfang also sent special nobles to count and prepare the coffins. After pulling out their chain mail and swords, they could not share the spoils immediately.

These bones and weapons and armor must first be redeemed by the other party's family, and then consider disposing of them by themselves.It's part of aristocratic life.

"Not a thrill, but a very good first fight."

Horten clapped his hands approvingly, and the Cavaliers welcomed Adlaib's victory back.

This is the first battle between Saxony and Göttingen, and Göttingen won!

On the battlefield, there were more than 100 corpses, two or three hundred prisoners of war, and a mess of boats and river banks.

Before the Saxon knights fought to the point of collapse, Huo Teng's army also paid a lot.

Primitive and barbaric, cruel and noble blood reverberates in everyone's heart.

Caron gave a pertinent final evaluation: "Both of us are bloody, tenacious and not afraid of death. If it was in the south, those Greeks would run away when they saw the situation was not good. They are slippery, and it is impossible to pay blood Go to war. How can you win if you don't want to sacrifice your blood?"

Chapter 150 IX Justice Speech

As Caron remarked, the Germans are bloody.

Even if the Saxon knights knew that they would be captured alive by Horten, stabbed and beaten to death by soldiers' spears and shields, they did not evade their due obligations. Support before retreating.

For both Saxony and Göttingen, starting from the bloody battle here, this war has surpassed the game of the so-called 'Marriage of Horten'.

At the stake of the reputation and dignity of all families in this county, every knight must serve in the war to defend the dignity of the people of Göttingen.Unless the Saxons put the Göttingen people in coffins with butcher knives.Just as Charlemagne taught the Saxons to either die or kneel in the same way.

Horten wore a black feather cloak, a Roman-style Lorgar robe composed of brown plush thick cloth, and a makeshift iron crown on his head. He met these captured Saxon knights in the bleak cold wind.

All the knights saw a young man as tall and strong as a tree, wearing a low-key yet dignified iron crown, and wearing a Roman robe similar to Charlemagne in the mural, and the robe could vaguely See his iron greaves.He smiled warmly and calmly. He walked in an orderly manner, with a sword and a Bible hanging from his waist, which seemed to be quite knowledgeable.

For the Saxon knight who had never seen Huo Teng before, such an appearance instantly overwhelmed little Bernard [-] times.Especially when he was just defeated on the battlefield, the psychological gap even more set off the tallness of Huo Teng, who is talented and strategic.

After Huo Teng glanced at the miserable conditions of the knights, he cleared his throat and said, "Thank you for your brave fighting, the warriors who died on both sides have never been ashamed of their fate, they deserve to be praised just like Achilles. "

These words are a bit literary, in fact, they are not suitable for lower-level knights who can't read big characters.Achilles, the protagonist in the famous Achilles' heel story, is a classic warrior in Greek mythology.

But even if Huo Teng wanted to create an impression of being both civil and military, he could only make do with it quickly.

For the Saxon Cavaliers, Huo Teng's image rose again after this sentence.

People with really high emotional intelligence will not say to the defeated, "I will serve your wife and daughter, and enslave your son", but praise the other party's bravery, "Both of us have a clear conscience, and we have never been ashamed of our fate."

Then, Huo Teng comforted every Saxon knight: "I was not willing to start this series of vicious battles with Duke Bernard, but the old old Duke was too stubborn to make this series of disasters happen repeatedly. I What more can I say? The honor and dignity of a warrior are only related to his brave heart, not the messengers running between tongues. So, I was forced to come here to fight this unjust war with you."

This passage is even more emotionally intelligent. The knights on both sides couldn't help but think that the old Duke Bernard in the north was completely unconscious, and he was the one who single-handedly pushed the war to an unjust war.

But in fact, Huo Teng is not weak in adding oil and vinegar, especially when he sent envoys to quarrel with each other, which prevented Bernard from focusing on the former, and pushed the incident to the direction he wanted to control many times.

But no matter what the facts are, it doesn't affect the atmosphere at the scene.

Unknowingly, Huo Teng has turned this place into his personal speech venue. His purpose is not to present facts and reason, but to incite these defeated knights to go back and fight against the war!

That's right, Huo Teng was going to let them go.

"Because this war is so unjust, I don't want more painful brother-in-law to happen. I am willing to let you go, as long as you keep your swords to show that you will not be in the next war Continue to serve Duke Bernard, and I will not pursue any ransom. Including your family members, if possible, I will return their inheritance and ashes after the war."

Huo Teng's words hit the heart of the Saxon Knight from both EQ and reality.

What are their desires?

Isn't it just to stop fighting and return to a warm room with firewood in winter?

Bernard couldn't satisfy such a simple desire!

In an instant, the group of knights could no longer restrain their grief. Some of them wept bitterly, and some cursed Bernard's injustice. Although very few people felt that Huo Teng was hypocritical, they felt heartbroken in the face of their painful comrades. There was Qi Qiran, who didn't dare to say anything more, and fell into a state of silence.

Attack on the heart!

Huo Teng kept in mind the key words of military science on paper.First disintegrate the fighting will of the enemy's main combat power, and then launch a focused attack around this direction. When the time comes to compete in the world, it is of course still unknown who will win the battle.

After the psychological defense of this group of knights had been defeated and their will to fight was extremely weakened, Huo Teng added another heavy hammer: "I know that all knights take their own swords as their honor, so I ask you to hand over your swords." It's really too hard to be a heart of honor. Why don't you just leave the scabbards behind."

Step by step, Huo Teng's bargaining chips for withdrawing from the war became lighter and lighter, but the defeat of the Cavaliers' psychological defense became more and more serious.

The price tag is getting lower and lower, and the Cavaliers know that if they drop again, they will never drop.

So they agreed to keep their scabbards, and took the followers back to the river to push the boats that could still be driven, and set foot on the way home.

After Huo Teng gave a speech, he not only convinced the defeated knights, but also brought doubts to his own knights.

"What about the ransom?" Some knights felt inappropriate.At least some money, right?

In this regard, Huo Teng smiled and told them to be calm: "Don't worry. Let these people bring back the will of defeat. They are like poisonous wolves mixed into the flock, and they will poison the brave warriors of the remaining soldiers." heart. Like a wind chill, it always starts most realistically with the old and the young.”

Only then did the knights figure out the crux of the matter, and they could only admire Huo Teng's strange idea again.

……

The knights went back.

They were downcast, completely lacking the vigor that a fighter should have.

After Little Bernard heard that Huo Teng had released the prisoners of war, in order to show that he was also generous and kind, he did not place these knights alone.

As expected, the direction of the matter was the same as Huo Teng's plan.The tumors he put back, bearing the signal of defeat, quickly transmitted all kinds of information to fellow villagers, causing the entire army's will to fight to begin to seriously frustrate and decline, so that little Bernard would be stunned by the road as he walked. head.

That was proof that the lower knights did not trust the young leader of the Saxon family at all.

A large number of knights began to pack their bags, and fled home in public regardless, not giving Little Bernard any face at all.