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At that time, the army led by Henry was led by a group of Eastern European cavalry, and the infantry and cavalry were disconnected, and the entire army turned into a long dragon. The Swabian knights who were blinded by the so-called "victory" and honor, especially the former Holy Roman Empire Guard Knights led by Henry himself, and the current Duke of Swabian guards. A total of 1,000 knights wearing composite armor on the chain, wearing war horses and chain armor, and covered with Roman black eagle. These knights rushed to the front, shouting the loudest, bravest, and the earliest to die...

When the Norman Empire mobilized the nomadic light cavalry from Eastern Europe to enter this area, it was immediately covered by the lush yellow weeds in autumn. It soon disappeared into the hills. When the knights and the knights of Swabian stopped and prepared to wait for their Duke's order to get closer, the Norman army, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly crawled out of the bushes and bushes more than half a person tall, and then heard the loud shouts of their commander-in-chief Sura, expressed by his general guards with the sound of horns.

Thousands of arrows were immediately fired in the crowd! One thousand five hundred heavy crossbowmen in North Saxony, one thousand five hundred heavy crossbowmen in the western Polish legion, and two thousand Liwanian crossbowmen conscripted from other parts of Poland, and a total of four thousand militia crossbowmen from Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and one thousand five hundred giant shield crossbowmen from Hesse. Total of 10,000 crossbowmen, plus fifty temporary rushing crossbows, ten thousand crossbows were fired in the same period, and the scene was spectacular!

Due to the different heights of the crossbowmen deployed on the hills, several rows of soldiers were able to shoot at the same time. Therefore, the Norman United crossbowmen projected several times more crossbows than usual at the first time. Only the entire battlefield was densely packed with crossbows, like locusts, making the teeth sore and the scalp exploded. They rushed towards the Knights of Swabian in a "buzzing sound"!

"There is an ambush!!!" The Swabian Knight, who was running in the front, most eager and most likely brave, shouted heart-wrenchingly. Then he was shot like a hedgehog by hundreds of crossbow arrows. Blood splashed out strange flowers. Look at the knight, even the man and horse, and the seemingly solid composite armor, were shot so that he could not tell what he was originally.

And behind the knight Zhou Tun, more knights, knight entourages and cavalrymen fell to the ground by arrows, hundreds of Swabian knights were killed in the flying arrows. Screams were heard endlessly.

"This...what is this?!" At this moment, Henry, the Duke of Swabian, who was still alive, was stunned in surprise. He was very lucky that he was not killed in the first time. However, tortured by severe suffering and crazy fear, he felt that he might as well die as soon as possible.

The Duke saw with his own eyes that the Knights he was proud of were attacked by the enemy's heavy crossbowmen at the first time. He saw the brave and fearless knights who were usually brave and skilled in combat, and they were shot like hedgehogs. The bodies were still thrusting and spasming. And the knights beside him who were loyal to him, shared life and death, and swore allegiance to him immediately stood in front of him. The crossbow arrows that were supposed to be shooting at him eventually shot them. The whine of the knights and their mounts on the battlefield can be heard...

"It's like a nightmare..." Duke Henry opened his mouth wide, but couldn't shout a single note. He wanted to turn his horse and escape from this hell. Or as he said before, rushed forward and died gloriously.

However, his blood seemed to have condensed. His body, torso, and limbs were completely stiff and he could not move at all.

"Master! What are you thinking?! Give an order quickly!" A knight of the personal guard could not see it, so he shouted.

"Command?!What command?!" Henry's eyes were unconscious and had no focal length when he spoke. It was like a sleepwalking, making the Knight of the Guard even more anxious.

"Whether to charge forward or backward, you will regroup with the infantry. No matter what, please make a choice quickly!" After the Knight of the Guard said this, a wave of crossbow arrows roared. Although he held a kite-shaped shield and tried his best to protect his body, the kinetic energy brought by the pulley crossbow was quite huge. Many crossbow arrows were "buzzing" and nailed to his shield. The huge force shocked his arm so much that it was extremely painful. At the same time, some crossbow arrows were unbiased and nailed into his arm through the shield, which made him scream in pain. The left hand holding the shield also drooped for a distance, revealing his chest.

Then, the conscientious Knight was shot through the heart in the next round, a crossbow arrow that was less than a second apart, and was killed on the spot.

"Peter!" Looking at his old subordinate who had been with him for more than ten years, he stood up straight like this

He died beside him and Duke Henry suddenly woke up and screamed at his name. For a moment, he seemed to be alive again.

"Retreat! The whole army retreats!!"

After experiencing the five-wheeled crossbow volleys of the Norman Union, Duke Henry howled and issued such an order. Then he turned his horse's head first and prepared to retreat under the escort of the remaining knight nobles. However, things were not that simple. Seeing the entire Swabian army retreating, such a good opportunity, the Norman Union naturally would not give up. In several relatively flat open areas separated by the hills, the Eastern European cavalry, who had been waiting for a long time, roared and chased the retreating Swabian knights.

These light cavalry riding naked horses without any armor are only equipped with hard leather armor, or light chain armor is naturally faster than those equipped with chain composite armor and riding war horses equipped with chain armor. Although these informal cavalry training levels are not as good as those of the knights who train hard day after day, when the enemy retreats, this gap is infinitely narrowed. The heavy weapons such as warhammers, battle axes, military pickaxes, maces and other heavy weapons equipped by these Eastern European cavalry are also effective in dealing with heavy knights.

Soon, under the pursuit of the Norman cavalry, the Swabian Knights suffered heavy casualties. Under such an advantage, Duke Lucivid of Hesse moved and urged his troops to rush towards the Swabian defeated soldiers. For a moment, a little commotion occurred on the left wing of the coalition forces under Hesse.

"Go really",... there is no order to let this guy attack." Next to Sura, the veteran Norman Legion Commander Anderson was resentful. Although he said that, under such an advantage, he was also a little eager to try.

"..., let's catch up, too." Sula thought for a while and said. At the same time, she did not forget to add: "Keep the formation." This general from the military academy was quite superstitious about the strict and neat array. He believed that this was the best way to win in the war. In this battle, he also set up a standard three-line trapezoidal array to maximize his long-range advantage. Although this effect was good, in the eyes of veterans like Anderson, it seemed a little rigid...

"Forget it, now I think about these useless things. And this guy is doing quite well." Then Anderson shook his head and thought. Immediately, under the dispatch of the two generals, the Norman infantry sequence began to be orderly, transforming the three trapezoidal arrays into a common square array. The soldiers began to chase while maintaining the formation, of course, so the speed was much slower. Soon, the chaotic Hesse army was rushed in front.

"Damn it!"

At the same time, Duke Henry, who fled in a panic like a betrayal dog, finally recovered at this moment. Such failure and such escape made the self-esteem duke angry and embarrassed. The knights under his command were constantly being chased by the enemy, and the murder of his despair also made him angry. The Duke immediately felt that if this happened, he would definitely fail, not the brilliant victory he thought, or the heroic death of the battle. But very aggrieved and very ugly and was chased and killed by the enemy cavalry. This was absolutely unacceptable to Henry!

"My friends! Germany's bravest knights! Look at what we look like?! We are chased by the enemy, as shameful as wild dogs! I've had enough! Okay! Now, let's cheer up and turn around and fight the enemy to the death!!"

Duke Henry stopped the horse and roared like this, and his shouts were also responded to by the Swabian knights. The knights who had already had enough of such shameful escaped turned around and fought wildly with the Norman Eastern European cavalry chasing their attacks. The Swabian knights who were motivated by shame fought to the death, and immediately caused the Eastern European cavalry who were happy in the face of the wind to suffer a severe blow! The situation also changed.

"We need to speed up the subsequent infantry! We must counterattack and defeat the Normans completely!" Blocked the attack of an Eastern European cavalry with a shield, and then cut off his head with a sword. Duke Henry was full of energy and shouted loudly.

Two knights immediately responded and left the battlefield as messengers and rushed towards the infantry sequence behind. At this moment, the Hesse army caught up with the Swabian Knights in the melee. Without any more imagination, Lucivid, the Duke of Hesse, shouted excitedly and issued an order to attack!

"Roar over and destroy them! Cut off Henry's head!!" Lucivid shouted loudly. The Hessian infantry under his command, these rough soldiers wearing heavy chain armor and holding long-handled axes, responded with a loud voice, shouting excitedly while charging towards the battlefield! (To be continued)
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