Chapter 771: The Broken Spear
More than 400,000 cavalry hedged in two groups on the undulating desert, so what would be the result?
It's tragic! Although both horses and knights are equipped with armor on the battlefield, how can the thin armor withstand the impact condensed when thousands of troops and horses gallop? As long as anyone falls off his horse, then the end that awaits him will be either trampled into slag by the hooves of the enemy's horses, or trampled into slag by the horses of his comrades who are coming forward behind him - no one dares to stop at this time, because once the cavalry army has charged, it will not be able to stop at all, unless the cavalry phalanx on your side has been completely scattered.
And now, when the frontal assault of the cavalry on both sides is completed, the gains and losses of the two sides are as follows: the Allies have almost lost a soldier of the regiment in less than 10 seconds, and the 4th Heavy Cavalry Regiment of the Sun, which is the front row of the Sunset, or the Sunset, as an outcast, has basically been wiped out. That's right, in less than 10 seconds, the 4th Heavy Cavalry Regiment of the Sunset at the front of the super-large heavy cavalry phalanx, including the regiment commander and deputy regiment, was almost all killed.
This is something that makes the prince of Uda who led the army very heartbroken but has long known, and the most important thing is that this matter is what Uda himself asked the 4th Heavy Cavalry Regiment to do, because if the 4th Heavy Cavalry Regiment is not chosen, then it will definitely be the other cavalry regiments that will be sacrificed.
Judging from the heavy cavalry corps that participated in the battle this time, first of all, because it was to be used as a front-row force, it was mainly equipped with hand-to-hand combat weapons on horseback and the cavalry regiment itself was basically eliminated for hand-to-hand combat, while the centaur iron cavalry army could also become a front-row force. However, due to the peculiarities of the centaurs in this battle, the cavalry regiment selected could only be selected from the 3 cavalry regiments of the Hospitaller and the 4 cavalry regiments of the Templar Order.
And among these 7 cavalry regiments, it is obvious to exchange high damage words in the most important hedge. Then choose from the four legions of the Knights Templar, because the knights of the Templar Order are more aggressive, and in battle, the Knights Templar will be more powerful under the inspiration of the Battlefield Order.
However, although the sun does not set and wants to exchange for the maximum lethality in the confrontation, it is impossible for the sun to set those veterans to be death squads, you must know that even if the veterans in each legion have a bad character, they cannot deny that they are indeed a treasure in battle. And even if Sun Lin himself has the cheat of the system, it is impossible for a veteran to be able to conjure it up by saying and thinking about it, and any veteran has to go through several or even dozens of battlefields before he can really be regarded as a veteran.
It is well known that among all the regular arms, the veterans of spearmen and cavalry are the slowest to accumulate. Because these two arms are basically in the front row to absorb damage Huo Huo died and used it to charge into battle, so under the influence of factors, Wu Da himself could only choose the 4th Heavy Cavalry Regiment of Sunset, which had the smallest number of veterans and was established at the latest of the 4 cavalry regiments.
But no matter how sad the fate of the 4th Heavy Cavalry Regiment was, at least it was comforting to Uda . The 4th Heavy Cavalry successfully completed their mission: the 4th Heavy Cavalry used the flesh and blood of all the Legion's soldiers and horses. Blocking the steel torrent of the Allied cavalry, even if some scattered Allied heavy cavalry did not stop their pace, but the movement speed of the entire oversized rectangular Allied steel torrent was indeed slowing down as visible to the naked eye, and the Allied army's plan to penetrate the cavalry phalanx without setting the sun was completely frustrated, and now the two sides could only engage in more tragic hand-to-hand combat.
Many people may wonder, isn't the heavy cavalry the best? Isn't it very well equipped? Isn't it good to fight suzhì? It stands to reason that the sun never sets, and this side should be the cavalry phalanx of the allies! And the cavalry that never sets the sun has been running around with the cavalry of the allies, why is the situation like this now?
In fact, people who almost have this kind of thinking have basically entered a misunderstanding, that is, these people mistakenly believe that the Sunset Cavalry is better than the Allies.
That's right. The equipment of the party on which the sun never sets is indeed excellent, and even in terms of war horses, each batch of war horses is stronger than the war horses under the crotch of the allied knights. And the cavalry army on this side of the sun never sets is complete, not only has the most assault heavy cavalry, but also has strong hand-to-hand heavy cavalry, and even the heavy archer cavalry known as the mobile battery Sun does not set here, in addition, not to mention those Cuman archers and auxiliary cavalry who are free near the heavy cavalry army. The former is the best archer cavalry in the King Continent, while the latter is the most comprehensive light cavalry, equipped with combat weapons that can cope with all situations, including crossbows, javelins, maces, etc., and even when necessary, you can use the lighter light cavalry guns in your hands to make a cameo appearance in the front row of troops.
However, please keep in mind that although there is a saying in the Celestial Empire of the original world called four or two thousand catties, there is also a saying called one force to ten meetings, and this sentence is very suitable for the cavalry of the current Allied forces: although the Allied side is basically heavy cavalry, the light cavalry in hand-to-hand combat only has the worst knight servants, and the archers are only the Elite rangers who cannot be regarded as real archers, and the range of the Elite rangers is destined to be unable to carry out long-range kite tactics very easily like the Cuman archers.
But in any case, people can't deny that the allies with huge heavy cavalry can beat the side of the sun that never sets when they are just facing it, and if it weren't for the fact that the sun doesn't set on this side in order to annihilate the enemy cavalry army at one time, and has drawn up a strategy to deal with the group of knights in front of them, the sun will not set and the allies will not have to fight hard.
As for the fact that the sun never set on the side of the Allied troops before, it was because the sun did not set and discharged the Cuman archers and auxiliary cavalry, and the harassment tactics were also played: if it was only the Cuman archers, the Allied side also said that although the Cuman cavalry moved at an amazing speed and was equipped with a powerful compound bow in its hands, the armor-piercing power of this steel composite bow was not enough to penetrate the armor of the Allied heavy cavalry head-on, at most it was just to tease the Elite cavalry and knight servant troops of the Allied army. But the problem is that the sun never sets, but this side is equipped with the auxiliary cavalry, which is a big killer.
The crotch horses of the auxiliary cavalry still use the older No. 3 war horse. It is a combination with the Western Qin war horse, which is not tall and the load capacity is not strong. And the mobility is not as good as that of the purebred Cuman Malay, but the No. 3 horse is better than the average ability.
The auxiliary cavalry that never sets is equipped with a light cavalry gun, mace, light Mo forged crossbow and two or more steel javelins, at most a smaller steel round shield, plus the half-body steel armor on the cavalry, although the auxiliary cavalry horses do not wear war horse armor, but the weight of the war horse itself needs to bear at least 1/3 of the Templars, so the average ability of the No. 3 war horse is very suitable for auxiliary cavalry. The most important thing is that the auxiliary cavalry equipped with the No. 3 war horse will not move as fast as the Cuman archers, but at least it will be stronger than the Elite rangers.
In this way, the auxiliary cavalry becomes a nightmare for the heavy cavalry. Needless to say, the armor-piercing ability of the steel javelin, and the armor-piercing ability of the light Mo Forging Crossbow is slightly lower than that of the old Mo Forging Crossbow, but it is completely sufficient to penetrate the armor of the heavy cavalry, so as long as the auxiliary cavalry does not go head-to-head with the allies but wanders. The Cuman archers assisted the auxiliary cavalry in destroying the Elite rangers who had come to fight against the light cavalry. Of course, the Allies could only be driven away, but in fact, the Allies lost at most some light cavalry on the way, and the heavy cavalry did not suffer any casualties at all, at most the Allied soldiers suffered some physical and mental trauma.
But now it is fundamentally different from before, the reason why Sunset wants to confront the Allied cavalry troops head-on this time is not because Sunset's side thinks that its side has occupied an absolute advantage in the previous battle, but because of the changes in the entire battle situation, Sunset's side has to engage the Allied side head-on. If it is more popular, it is the high-level of the sun that has received the news that the Holy Light Empire wants to withdraw its troops. It is hoped that all the Allied forces currently staying in the Northwest, Western and Southern Regions of the Central Continent can be left behind, because this will directly contribute to the victory rate of the subsequent counterattack war.
And last and most importantly, the armor equipped by the heavy knights on the side of the sun does not set, whether it is a war horse or a person, belongs to the full-body plate armor, while the allied side is equipped with a coverage rate lower than the full-body plate armor, but the thickness and weight are all higher than the heavy plate armor of the whole body, and even some heavy cavalry are equipped with super heavy plate armor, and even a layer of inner armor and chain mail are put on the plate armor.
In this way, if the charging power of all the heavy cavalry on the side of the sun does not set is maintained at a number of about 18, then the impact power of the Holy Light Empire is 22, or even higher, you must know that the difference in attack power of 1 point in terms of number jù can completely determine who can win the battle class of the two sides, remember that it is a victory and not a residual victory, then the difference in charge power of 4 points does not need to be explained.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Templars were 2 points more powerful than the Allied heavy cavalry in terms of attack power, and had an extra piece of armor in terms of characteristics, the Templars would not have paid 1 regiment of troops.
Fortunately, the gamble was won, and although there were still scattered Allied heavy cavalry breaking through the charging line of the 1st Templar Regiment, the movement speed of the entire Allied heavy cavalry phalanx had been reduced from the gallop 10 seconds before the confrontation to the movement speed of the cavalry trotting before, and most importantly, the originally neat formation of the two sides had now begun to become scattered.
In terms of ordinary horse warfare, the two sides would either start hand-to-hand combat or regroup and charge again, but due to the large number of troops in this battle, and the fact that the surrounding terrain forced both sides to send all their forces at once, the two sides could only engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Although the sun does not set and suffered a big loss during the confrontation, losing the strength of 1 regiment at once, don't forget that the sun does not set now that the side itself wants to fight hand-to-hand combat, and there is also a cavalry regiment that specializes in hand-to-hand combat on the side of the sun does not set, and this advantage can be completely pulled back.
At the same time, there are 100,000 centaur warriors on the side of the sun, so will the sun never set really obediently fight a hand-to-hand combat on horseback?
At this time, Uda who was watching from a distance as the soldiers on both sides began to stagger into a sneer, and immediately gave an order to a tall centaur horn player to start the second phase.
Suddenly, the horns sounded one after another, and the centaurs who were on the front line of the more scattered phalanx behind the regular heavy cavalry phalanx where the sun never set were also led by the centaur chiefs, and suddenly thought about moving on both sides of the "meat grinder" in front, and their purpose was obvious, these special heavy cavalry soldiers who were no less flexible than light cavalry should cooperate with the soldiers of the regular cavalry regiment on which the sun never sets, and surround the more than 200,000 allied heavy cavalry in front! (To be continued......)