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Chapter Fourteen: Rapid and violent as thunder, unpredictable as cloud

.The performance of the Norman Hussars was different from that of the Norman Hussars. In the battle with the Eastern Roman Lancers, the Celtic Knights did not have much advantage. Although the knights wearing full-body armor and holding maces and zither shields were more attractive than the Hussars. However, their actual combat power was not satisfactory.

Perhaps this is related to the fact that the Kingdom of Britain did not allow their knights to implement a virtual salary system like the Norman Empire and gathered them to carry out professional training. The knights of Britain still maintained the traditional feudal fiefdom system. Therefore, they were braver or better than the Norman Knights, but their professionalism was not very high. Not to mention that they adopted a uniform cavalry array like the Norman Knights, they launched a bo-segment charge. They could not even maintain a neat formation in battle.

However, it is undeniable that these knights, whose tactics are slightly outdated, are still a strong army, especially when they are equipped with heavy plate armor and Norman V war horses. The advantages in equipment and personal martial arts make them still have the upper hand when facing the Eastern Roman Lancers, which are three times more than theirs, and they are still able to win for a while.

"But it's enough." Artoria did not have many surprises when she saw her knights fall into a tough battle. After all, from the beginning, the tactics she chose did not rely on these knights. Instead, she placed her hopes on the Norman Hussars. The Norman Hussars were indeed very beautiful, like a destruction, and defeated the mobs on the right wing. Then the next time was the time to harvest the fruits of victory.

As Liliannu had imagined before, the Hussars slaughtered the remains and drove them toward the two mercenary legions that were waiting for. They hoped that these defeated soldiers could use them to destroy the morale of the other party and to destroy them.

However, the soldiers who had long received the orders of Liliannu did not collapse with the defeated soldiers as they expected as the Norman Cavalry. Instead, after shouting a few times to ask them to bypass the array, they began to shoot arrows and guns very decisively. Kill these defeated soldiers to prevent them from storing their own positions.

At the beginning, these mercenaries were still a little unbearable. However, the regular Roman troops beside them, as well as the resentful and ruthless Roman veterans, quickly took the lead. Under their leadership, many Roman mercenaries who escaped the disaster and were not killed by the Norman Cavalry were killed by their "owners".

However, such cruel actions at least prevented the collapse of the Roman army - at least for the time being.

When the Hussars discovered that their enemies had already formed a formation, guarded by crossbows, equipped with Roman heavy infantry and shield spearmen from Western and Central Europe, forming a solid defensive array. They quickly changed their strategy. The Hussars' commanders and centuries kept whistling continuously, and the flag bearers around them kept blew the trumpet. Soon, the Hussars changed their tactics. The breakthrough from the middle was changed to two sides.

The hussars, with the hussars who were excellent in equestrians, divided into two sections from a whole army, one left and one right, bypassed the front of the tightly arranged Roman army, and began to detour towards their flanks. At the same time, the soldiers also set their bows and arrows to attack their enemies with compound bows, cavalry crossbows, and short javelins.

"Damn it! Hurry up, turn around quickly! The enemy went around us!!" Seeing these Hussars trying their best to show off their equestrians and maneuvers, the Roman officers shouted in anger, asking their troops to turn to the left and right sides to defend against the opponent's attack. Therefore, the opponent's array appeared to a certain extent.

However, this is not the end. The Hussars turned into the wind and detoured after the Romans' wings. However, they did not launch a charge directly as the Romans imagined. Instead, after another whistle, the troops on the left and right wings were divided into four teams again. They still deviated towards their left and right sides - that is, the front that the Romans had defended before and their back formation.

"What are these Normans doing?!" The Romans were confused by the actions of the Norman Hussars. Many people could not react at all to what the Normans wanted to do. A few of them responded a little faster and ordered their soldiers to "turn over! Go to the left and right!"

"Turn over?! Where to go?!" After receiving such an order, many soldiers who didn't know a word, and even couldn't tell the difference between the east, south, west and north. They were directly confused by these inconsistencies and vague orders. The formation became even more chaotic...

In this case, the Norman Hussars would probably achieve quite good results if they charged. But they felt unsatisfied - after four cavalrymen rushed to the corner, two of them turned around and turned around and detoured towards the flank of the Roman army that they had just arrived.

So, after three roundabouts, the originally rigorous array of the Romans became completely chaotic. However, they deployed a 2,500 Hussar and a horse militia unit, both in front, behind, and on the left and right.

"charge!!"

Almost at the same time, the cavalry on all sides launched a charge together. They launched a charge against these Romans who had been completely in chaos and could not achieve effective defense! The Hussars howled like crazy wolfs, and the Hussars who were flat on light cavalry and raised their horse speed to the fastest, and then rushed towards the Romans. Norman's good horse sprinted with all his strength, and the speed could almost reach seventy kilometers per hour. The distance was less than two hundred meters and it passed in the blink of an eye!

Then there was the piercing of a rifle, the raid of a war horse, and the trampling of a horse's hooves! The screams that followed immediately replaced the roar and shouting, becoming the loudest voice on the battlefield! The army of nearly 20,000 Rome, nearly 30,000 Rome lost a quarter in an instant, and then completely collapsed! Whether it was a low-morning mercenary, a professional Roman heavy infantry, or even the angry Roman veterans. At this moment, they either died in battle or were directly soaked in fear, and could not think at all. Apart from panic screams and aimless running around, they could no longer take any action!

Then there was a one-sided massacre. The Hussars threw away the rifles that broke the ground in their hands, pulled out sabers, maces, warhammers and maces to slash them freely, and harvested the lives of the Roman army frantically. For a moment, the heads of people killed on the left battlefield were rolling, and those heavy infantry and those elite veterans in the Roman army were completely killed without having time to play a little role! The Norman Hussars completely defeated a Roman army with a wonderful tactic like performing!

"...This is simply..." This time, even Liliannu, who had been observing the whole process, could not speak at all. He could not comment on such a situation at all. It was like the first time that he met the Parthian archers and the iron armored cavalry. The Eastern Roman Emperor was speechless, watching the Norman Hussars perform as if he had seen a monster.

This is also thanks to the light cavalry of the Hussars, which do not have too many armor and heavy equipment on them, and their cavalry is also hollow and light. The new Norman V horse was replaced, and their speed and endurance were further improved. Otherwise, they would have circled and detoured around like this. I am afraid that the war horse would be exhausted before the enemy could be fainted. The horse militia were almost unable to participate in this massacre because of this reason. Many people and horses even missed their hooves and were thrown down by the war horses and fell to death. Their war horses were also lying on the ground and foaming at the foaming, and they were about to die of exhaustion...

But it's still worth it.

After easily defeating the Romans' left-wing troops and a total of 40,000 reinforcements, the Celtic army had completely occupied the initiative in the battlefield. Nearly 10,000 Norman cavalry stood at one end of the battlefield and began to rest and deter the Roman army. Liliannu had no doubt that after these cavalry recovered their physical strength, they would launch a charge on their flanks to completely defeat the Roman army with its degraded morale.

"I have more than 100,000 troops, can't I compare to the Norman rats and tens of thousands of troops?" After a short period of surprise, Queen Liliannu's face turned red with anger and gritted her teeth and said such words. However, the fact is indeed true. On the front, the Roman infantry sequence could not break through the super-long spear array deployed by the Celtics. The attack plan on the two wings also failed, and was even countered by the other party. More than 40,000 troops were lost in an instant.

Coupled with the losses on the front battlefield, the total number of Roman troops may have decreased by nearly one-third! This is already a very dangerous number. If you don’t find a way, this battle will probably be lost! The 130,000 army lost to the other side for 40,000 people. How could the arrogant Liliannu swallow this?

At that time, she pulled out her sword and roared: "If the whole army comes forward, if this war fails, then the entire empire will be over! The dignity of the Romans will be trampled on by the barbarians! Aren't you a nation that claims to be civilized and advanced?! Don't you look down on those non-Roman barbarians?! Then let me see your determination! The Imperial Army, follow me to fight!!!"

With Liliannu's personal battle, the war reached a heightened level. At the same time, a roar of a shaking beast came from the front line of the two armies...!
Chapter completed!
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