Seeing that his cavalry was stopped by the other side, Marshal Ess did not feel disappointed. All this was already in his calculations. Ilhan Hulagu was invincible in Arabia. How could it be so simple and defeated by such a simple tactic? If this is true, Marshal Ess would sneer, "There is no hero, and he will make the prince famous."

Marshal Naus did not pay attention to the battle between the two wings. Instead, he ordered the army to move forward. The front 100,000 troops were divided into three large arrays, and hundreds of small arrays slowly advanced forward. The troops on both wings retreated from the position that had been prepared and used wooden stakes as defense means. The main force in the center also abandoned the inconvenient artillery.

Seeing the opponent's army advance in the whole line, Hulagu was a little panicked. The chaos caused by his slave soldiers had not yet subsided. If Norman's army was pressing on him at this time, then his fate would be a dead end.

At this moment, the Khan had already secretly regretted that he should not have put slave soldiers who had basically zero fighting will onto the battlefield. This was really a big failure.

However, it was completely meaningless to care about such things at this moment. Ilhan Hulagu made a quick decision to issue an order, requiring the Persian and Arab heavy cavalry in his front row to advance to attack and block the Normans' advance.

This time, the command was sent for a long time. Every second, Hulagu felt that life was like years. But in the end, his army moved. The heavy cavalrymen from the Egyptian Empire, heavy-armed Mamluk, Gulam Kasakhi and other heavy cavalry roared and charged towards the Norman army.

Of course, before this, they had to solve one thing first--that is the slave soldiers who stood in front of them. This seriously hindered their speed of progress and made it almost impossible for them, such expensive heavy cavalry, to launch a charge.

Although these Middle Eastern-style heavy cavalry equipped with heavy maces are also quite good in melee combat. But looking at the appearance of the spears on the opposite side, you will know that if these people are not fast enough, they will not be able to break through the Norman super-spray array and cannot break through the opponent's gun array. Then melee combat is even more undeniable.

Under such a proposition, these heavy cavalry can only give one answer - kill! Kill all the slaves who blocked them!

They waved their maces, and the meteor hammers desperately attacked the slaves' heads. The blunt weapon with thorns on the edges broke the skulls and their brains burst. In this way, these heavy cavalry had at least opened a way. Then, they rushed towards the Norman positions-

What greeted them was the Norman crossbows and muskets that had already stopped moving and had been prepared.

While these people were entangled with their slaves, the Norman array had stopped moving and made a vigilant gesture. The soldiers in the forefront held the super-long spears in their hands tightly and arranged them into super-long spear arrays. The shield spearmen on the two wings leaned tightly together. Relying on the large shields, a dense array of spearmen was formed. In this case, the impact force itself was not very enough, and the chance of victory was lower.

About 150 meters. The best range of the elite Norman crossbows is also the death field of the heavy cavalry of the Il Khanate.

Marshal Ers' army was quite different from his colleagues. He inherited the garrison and Hussar Legion in the Near East. In addition, there were the defensive forces deployed by the Normans in the Mesopotamians. At that time, the Norman Emperor wanted to use the Euphrates as a natural shield to defend against the Mongol attacks. Although this plan ultimately failed, the plan did not end up finding nothing.

The 1,500 Egil crossbows that had invested huge amounts of money to build, was obtained by Marshal Ers, who took over the Near East battlefield. In addition, the 10,000 new army in his headquarters had 500 continuous crossbows. That total was two thousand.

This is the most important force Marshal Ers relied on. It is also the largest continuous crossbow-shooting unit established by the Norman army so far. The biggest ace of this "Gobi Battle in the Outer City of Jerusalem"!

The heavy rain fell from the sky, just like the Norman arrow. The Norman crossbow shooters roared the slogan "One second, one arrow" while throwing them at the heavy cavalry of the Il Khanate, like a rain of arrows like locusts.

Under such a powerful and dense rain of arrows, even the scale armor and chain armor of heavy cavalry cannot achieve perfect defense. Especially the war horses with larger targets and weaker defenses under their crotch are more likely to be shot. Some of the lower-level heavy cavalrymen who are not equipped with vests became the first victims of Egil's Wrath of Crossbows.

First of all, it was because of the slave riots. Then he had just taken the charge and was violently shot by the opponent's crossbowmen. Whether it was the heavy crossbowmen who were taking turns to shoot in four rows, or the continuous crossbowmen who kept shooting crossbows, they were extremely deadly for Ilhan's heavy cavalry.

They were almost crazy. They had lost so many troops before they had contacted the enemy. This was simply incomprehensible to the Arab warriors who were arrogant and brave. It was even more difficult to understand than when they failed in the Fourth Crusade.

Back then, under the command of Saladin, they fought fiercely with the crusaders commanded by Emperor Norman and were defeated immediately. However, at that time, Emperor Norman's crossbow soldiers had not yet developed to the point of being so terrible. These heavy cavalrymen were defeated when they were constructed with Emperor Norman, the Norman Knights, who were in the heavy cavalry sequence, were defeated during the battle. Although it also hurt the self-esteem of these elite warriors, it was barely acceptable. After all, they were fighting head-on, and were hundreds of charges from the opponent and the sharp axes in their hands.

However, this time, what happened?! They didn't even touch the enemy's face, and countless casualties were killed and injured on the way to charge. This was simply a foul weapon. The other party used such an immoral weapon to slaughter his own warriors! How can such behavior be forgiven?!

If Marshal Ess heard the other party's voice, he would probably sneer. This is the victory of technology and the victory of civilization. The so-called personal bravery can no longer gain a foothold in this society. It is better to become the garbage in the new era! If you are unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history, you don't mind giving you a ride.

That's it, Marshal Ers concentrated a large number of consecutive crossbow shooters to easily defeat the enemy's first wave of attacks, severely damaged the enemy's second wave of attacks, and severely frustrated the enemy's anger in the third wave of attacks.

After that, less than two thousand remaining heavy cavalrymen from the Ilkhanate finally crossed the boundary of death and rushed to the front of the Norman array. The remaining heavy cavalrymen roared excitedly and activated their war horses to launch a charge.

However, what greeted them was not a brilliant victory, honor and reward. It was the cold tip of the Normans. The soldiers in the first five rows of super spear arrays all held their spears tightly and formed a wall with cold light. Between them, a distance of fifty meters. The Norman musketeers fired.

The loud noise frightened the war horses that were charging. Therefore, a charge that was not very good completely became a one-way ticket to hell. The heavy cavalry of the Il Khanate howled sadly, and crashed into the Norman gun formation. The phalanx infantry in the front rows were defeated. However, that's all. In this way, their impact power was exhausted. The heavy cavalry who had lost their final mobility were soon killed by the Norman impact infantry, wielding a long-handled battle axe.

In this way, the Normans only paid the price of hundreds of phalanx infantry and wiped out more than 4,000 heavy cavalry in the Ilhanate. Although these heavy cavalry in foreign races were not Hulagu's confidant. However, they were elite troops after all. Hulagu saw these elite warriors being tortured by the enemy on the charge route as if they were a joke.

"Does the era when cavalry dominates the battlefield has ended? Where will my Mongolian warriors go in the future?" However, this idea was thrown behind him in a moment. Because his opponent, one of the hawks of Emperor Norman, Marshal Ers, had clearly told him that the cavalry of this era is still a pride in the battlefield with devastating power.

"One third of the cavalry gathered towards the center and launched a charge."

At this moment, the Norman army dispatched only one-third of the cavalry power to lure the light cavalry of the two wings of the Ilkhanate. Marshal Ers advanced forward and forced Hulagu to reimburse all the heavy cavalry in his first formation in front of the Norman gun formation. In the two battles, Marshal Ers had the upper hand. His advantage continued to expand in his hands, so this time, it was his turn to take action!

"cavalry!"

The main forces of the Ilkhanate, those Arab recruiting troops with large numbers but not very high combat effectiveness, were panicked as the large number of Norman Hussars, the knights and heavy cavalry began to gather in front of them. They couldn't help but panic. Their officers shouted loudly, trying their best to keep the soldiers calm and organize them to form a closer formation, hoping to stop the Norman Cavalry's charge.

These officers were all from Arab nobles, well-educated, and participated in many wars, and were experienced. If their subordinates could fight according to their deployment, it would be a difficult task for the Normans - however, unfortunately, they could not obey these orders because they lacked a very important thing that must be found in the battle between infantry and cavalry - enough morale. (To be continued)!~!
Chapter completed!