Compared with the weak Italians, the Swiss in short supply, and the unstable Bohemia, the two teams of Hessen and Brandenburg are powerful. The elite heavy cavalry, the strong heavy infantry. Learning the Norman army training methods and combat skills... All of this has created these two powerful princes of North Germany. As General Walter said: they flourished because of the Norman Empire. It can be said that in a sense, Hessen and Brandenburg were considered disciples of the Norman Empire.

And this battle, in a sense, is a war between the disciple and the master.

Thinking of this, General Walter found it absurd. The kindness and generosity of the Norman Empire ended up with hatred and confrontation. This made General Walter feel very surprised and not angry (of course, this general completely forgot that his emperor and the empire used to fight others, rather than those countries taking the initiative to fight against the Norman Empire).

But these things are no longer important. (The fastest update of the house) is about anger and unwillingness, but it doesn't matter now. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong. What's important is who can win this battle.

The 30,000 army of the Norman Empire advanced at the same time as the 28,000 coalition forces in Brandenburg Hessen. One side was uniform and the other side was uneven. However, the speed was basically the same. At the beginning, the two sides were about 800 meters apart. After a half minute of trotting, there were only about 500 meters left!

"Arson." When the Norman army began to move, General Walter opened his mouth calmly and said these two words. Then the front line, there were ten pieces in total, and the ammunition had been loaded. The 24-pound infantry artillery that had been corrected was ignited. Then a loud roar was heard. Ten solid bullets quickly ejected from the gaps in the Norman array. They rushed straight towards the coalition forces - and then several blood alleys were blasted out from the dense array in the front of the enemy. It was just a round of artillery bombardment. It killed and injured more than a hundred people.

"Continue bombardment. Be careful not to bombard your own soldiers." General Walter still ordered in a calm tone. However, the second round of artillery fire still needs to be slowed down. After all, cleaning the cannon chamber and loading ammunition is a troublesome thing.

"It's really damn..." Seeing the Norman Empire relying on its sharp artillery and killing its own army, both dukes gritted their teeth in hatred. Then they immediately sent an order to ask the soldiers to speed up their advance.

"Don't be afraid! When we rushed to the front, the enemy's artillery would not be able to be used!" The knights and noble commanders of the coalition forces shouted, urging the soldiers to move forward bravely. The coalition forces immediately accelerated, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to four hundred meters - and at this moment, the Norman army stopped at the backbone under General Walter's command. The two wings, which were slightly wider than the coalition forces, continued to move forward, and each moved forward for a certain distance before stopping. Adjust the angle.

When the coalition forces looked over, the Norman army's vanguard had changed from a flat section to a sunken arc. In the center of the coalition forces, the two dukes who were fighting on horseback, shouted secretly, "No!" After all, Duke Lucivid was more familiar with infantry combat, and his shouting was one step faster. The content of the shouting was like this: "Rise the shield in the front row, pay attention to defending the opponent's crossbows!!" The Duke Frederick next to him also shouted: "Yes! Do that quickly!!"

The reactions of the two dukes were very fast. They just spoke and sent orders. The speed was still slower. When the knights and nobles on the front line heard the order, the Norman Forward had already raised the heavy crossbow in his hands, using the Yanyue formation, attacked three sides, and also shot three-stage. In this way, the crossbow arrows were continuously fired at the coalition forces. At the same time, the Norman Longbower hiding in the Norman Central Army was also ready.

The Norman Empire's shooting was extremely fierce in this round, and there was also a formation bonus. The Norman Forward had more than 2,000 heavy crossbowmen shooting in one round, and the Norman Empire's second round of artillery bombardment was also given together. The coalition forward once again suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that his troops were constantly killed, the two dukes still had no good idea. After all, the gap in equipment cannot be reversed. The two dukes could not do anything else except to continue desperately urging the army to attack forward.

So, after a rain of arrows, the coalition vanguard opened the way with heavy shield spears and raised the shield to advance. Although he was still inevitably shot and killed by Norman's heavy crossbow, at least with more protection, it was better than nothing.

So they rushed one by one, and nearly one hundred meters later, the Norman Longbowman joined the shooting. Then the third round of gunfire came. The Norman army's arrows were like locusts and the cannons were like thunderbolts. The main forces of both sides had not yet been lifted. The coalition's front line had already lost thousands of troops and morale had also dropped a lot. However, at least at this distance, the coalition's crossbowmen could also start shooting. Although the giant shield crossbowmen in Hessen was not as famous as Italy, they were not much worse.

However, the Norman army was well-armed, and heavy crossbowmen were wearing steel helmets and three-quarters of plate armor. How could ordinary crossbows hurt them two hundred meters away? It was just a little painful when they hit the body. Only a few people who were unlucky and shot their exposed arms would be injured. Only those who were shot in the face would be fatal.

Seeing his army repeatedly frustrated and suffered heavy losses, Frederick thought to himself: If this continues, the battle will definitely be defeated. This passive situation must be changed. After making a decision, he exchanged glances with Lucivid. The two of them have been together for decades. Lucivid naturally understood Frederick's mind and nodded. Then Frederick shouted: "Can't go on like this anymore. Cavalry, dispatch cavalry! Heavy cavalry, and heavy cavalry on both sides attack the enemy's flanks! The frontal heavy cavalry launched a charge head-on! Kill those cowards who only dared to shoot arrows from a distance and did not dare to fight!"

Soon, the coalition heavy cavalry received the order and took action! The coalition nearly 4,000 heavy cavalry, among which the most elite Black Dragon Knight Knight Knights and a small number of knight attendants were placed on the right wing, while the other Black Dragon Knight attendants were placed on the left wing. The worst recruitment of noble knights and hiring heavy cavalry were placed on the front.

After listening to the orders of Duke Frederick, the three heavy cavalrymen accelerated their speed and left the large army to rush towards the Norman army. However, when the coalition forces changed their formation, General Walter saw through the coalition's intentions. He removed half of the crossbowmen early and ordered the Norman new army to advance. He also organized the remaining heavy crossbowmen into the super-spear phalanx. The coalition vanguard cavalry had not arrived. The Norman super-spear phalanx was already ready!

"It's really damn!" Seeing that the Normans were prepared, this round of attack would probably end in failure, the two dukes were very angry. However, a distance of hundreds of meters was only a blink of an eye for the cavalry. After a rain of arrows, the coalition heavy cavalry and the knights were approaching the Norman army formation. It was too late to change the orders. The two dukes had to be discouraged and secretly prayed to God, hoping that something miracle would happen.

Of course, there are not no miracles in this world. But it would be very rare to make the so-called "miracle" big enough to change the battle situation where tens of thousands of people participate. Lucivid and Frederick were not Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty, and they did not have such good luck (there were various unreasonable weather phenomena that were beneficial to Chengzu in the Battle of Jingnan. Students who are interested were Baidu themselves - by the way, similar things happened when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass and Li Zicheng were selected...).

Therefore, the final result is self-evident. At close range, the coalition heavy cavalry was sniped by Norman crossbows and musketeers. The crossbows caused heavy casualties to the heavy cavalry. The loud bang of the musket frightened the untrained war horses. These two factors combined further reduced the impact of the coalition. They could only use up to three or four percent of the strength when facing the Norman super spear array. Naturally, there was no possibility of success. Apart from being stabbed into a sieve by a sharp spear, they would not have any other fate.

After the heavy cavalry in the first row was killed, the heavy cavalry in the second row clumsy and tried to imitate the Norman band-style charge to carry out the second round of attack. But in the end, they did not succeed. Instead, they mixed with the heavy cavalry in the third row, who wanted to charge again. Their own people made a personal overturn. Only the Black Dragon Knights on the far right could barely do this tactical action and truly completed a round of charge.

"It is worthy of being the army at Brandenburg, and it is almost as good as our average knight." After observing this, General Walter's mouth curled up and showed a rather sarcastic smile. Then he said something about praise or mockery.

The Normans' phalanx was slightly frustrated, and the phalanx infantry in the front row was defeated by violent charges, and they broke their arms. Some of them were even pierced by the rifle. The severe pain made them scream involuntarily. At the same time, the destroyed formation also made the Black Dragon Knights even more like fish in water. In close combat, these professional knights were amazingly powerful, and the Norman phalanx infantry, who had lost the advantage of super long spear, could only deal with them with their long swords at their waists. The phalanx infantry, who were not professional swordsmen, were not opponents, and in a blink of an eye, they fell into a disadvantage.

But soon, this situation was changed. The Norman assault infantry mixed with the phalanx infantry roared and waved the battle axe to fight. He raised the battle axe high and chopped down with all his strength. The sword used by the Black Dragon Knight could not resist it at all. Often, when one axe went down, the person and the horse were cut in half. The blocked sword was knocked away, and half of the arm could not be taken. One hand was missing to block it with a shield.

Under the fighting of Norman assault infantry, the Black Dragon Knight who invaded the phalanx could only retreat. In this way, the coalition's tactics were declared completely failed...
Chapter completed!