"Run! Run!"

On the open plain, a group of cavalry was rushing to flee in embarrassment. From their anxious faces, it could be seen that there was a group of terrifying existences chasing them behind them.

Whoosh-whoosh-

A few crossbows flew from behind them, with a slight whistling sound that cut through the air. This whistling sound was like the grin of death, making the fleeing cavalry cool behind their backs, and they subconsciously made dodge movements, but Hearing the screams of arrows falling from their comrades beside them, they did not dare to look back, for fear that they would be the next person to strike.

This is the eastern battlefield of the Principality of Lasik. The scout cavalry of Winster’s army and the rebels of the Lasik nobles have won several battles. In the face of professional hussars, the rebels have little chance of winning. The confrontation between Qingqi is just the beginning.

With the crossbow cavalry serving as scout cavalry clearing the way, the Winster army marched eastward under the personal command of His Majesty King Richard. They walked on the open Lasik Plain, and most of them encountered abandoned herders along the way. Tents and villages and towns. Under the threat of Winster’s army, the rebels were forced to move their population eastward, poisoned every well and discarded animal carcasses, with the intention of leaving Winster’s army without water-but they Underestimated the supply capacity of Winster's army and overestimated the scope of the Lasik Plain. It only took a few days for the Winsters to leave the no man's land and encircle the city of Abdra that had participated in the rebellion.

The city of Abudra is the regional capital of the Count of Abudra. Its lord Jinnakus is one of the two leading counts of the rebellion, but he is not in this city. In order to survive, he flees with the army all the way east. , Abandoned his territory and people to Winster's army.

Although the lord ran away, the city still resisted the enemy under the leadership of the chief executive. Their courage was commendable, but the low wooden walls of Abdra City turned all resistance into a meaningless act. The Sisters just used two explosive packs to blast the city wall open. Then, the buckler swordsmen with a close army lined up in one file and fought with the defenders who were frightened by the explosion. They only faced each other, and the defenders were all-round. Disintegrated, the entire city fell into the hands of the enemy in a short time.

In the first battle, Winster's army seized a large amount of grain and silver coins in the warehouse in Abdra. Richard then took out some of the silver coins and distributed them to the soldiers in the army to encourage them to continue to fight the enemy bravely. Regarding this resisting city, Richard considered that his banner was to help the Principality of Lasik put down the rebellion, so he did not ransack or punish the resisting city as usual, and receive it peacefully.

At the same time, part of the army that was separated before the expedition was also assisted by the local nobles to suppress the nobles of the new Grand Duke Freya. These nobles are really cartilage, but only after the first little noble was checked by the fully armed soldiers. The rest of the people were scared to surrender. They only had a small castle and dozens of hundreds of soldiers. How could they have beaten the prestigious Winster army, and their original intention was to let the new big public benefit appease them and gain their support. , But I didn't expect Freya to have the help of Winsters and start directly.

Therefore, in just a few days, the voice against Freya was completely suppressed. Everyone with a discerning eye knew what the relationship between Freya and Richard was. Who would dare to go and pick Richard with the danger of beheading? Tiger's whiskers?

Then, this partial division marched eastward and merged with Richard. However, during their march, the main force led by Richard had restored the entire territory of Abdera and attacked the rebel-gathered Athos. . In Athos, the rebels assembled all their forces and set up a battlefield, waiting for Winster's army under the command of Prince Jairo, with the intention of a decisive battle with him.

If the rebels win by luck, there is still room for operation, but if the Winsters once again play the tradition of winning streak, everything will be over.

...

On October 14, 1119, in the mainland calendar, at Assos in the Principality of Lasik, 20 miles north of Yinde Manor.

In order to destroy the successively victorious Winster's army and restore the daily decline in morale, Prince Jairo led the remaining four thousand main forces to be stationed in the Yinde Manor, and at the same time, before the arrival of the Winsters, the civilians who were forcibly taken away during the retreat were taken away. The young and middle-aged in China were forced to enlist in the army and stepped up their training. Finally, they trained more than 500 recruits before the enemy arrived. This still did not satisfy Jairo. He also recruited the stronger women in a coercive and lure way. They are equipped with simple wooden javelins and catapults to act as light infantry for harassment.

In this way, Richard will use more than 4,000 troops to fight the nearly 5,000 rebels. Originally, Richard’s strength was around 5,000, but he allocated some of his troops to suppress Lasik. Nobles, so only this is the main force of the infantry—most of the cavalry are divided away, and only one chain cavalry brigade, an imperial knight brigade, and two crossbow cavalry brigades are left by Richard’s side. .

But even so, Richard did not panic at all. In his opinion, the Lasik rebels on the opposite side were just a mob. There were nearly half of the cavalry in the opposing army. They were all native to the Lasik Plain. A good horseman, but except for those who have joined the standing army of the nobles, they are all equipped with simple equipment. A wooden shield, a long spear and a short bow are nothing else~lightnovelpub.net~ If you are better than riding and shooting, Although the crossbow cavalry under Richard's command is better than those of herdsman cavalry, the number of opponents far exceeds one's own. Let the crossbow cavalry go out and line up with them. Defeat and retreat is something that Richard cannot tolerate, so he can only move the cavalry back in time and attack at a critical moment.

On the first day of the encounter between the two armies, there was no war between the two sides. Winster's army built a camp under the watchful eyes of the rebels.

On the second day, it was only a small-scale battle between the two armies' rangers. The Winster crossbow cavalry and the rebel light cavalry fought back and forth, but generally speaking, the rebels had the upper hand. ——The short bow used by the rebel cavalry can be fired quickly, which is unmatched by the crossbow cavalry. After the crossbow cavalry shoots the crossbow, it takes a period of time to reload. During the time they are reloading, the enemy has fired several arrows. NS.

On the third day, the autumn wind was bleak, and the two armies finally walked out of the camp and set up formations in the open space in front of the camp. Richard ordered the sword and spear militiamen of the three companies under his command to list the spear phalanx and deploy them in the first row, while the spear sergeants and heavy sergeants were deployed on the two wings of the phalanx to guard the weak points of the phalanx. Nordic swordsmen (The buckler swordsman had a wrong memory, and I always felt something weird, but now I finally remember it) It was deployed after the sword and spear militia, if the square formation was broken, they could make up in time.