"Let's take a gamble" "Just bet Hastings won't really fight us to the death" Adric and Fat Ruhr make a decision In the middle of the night, the lightly trimmed soldiers were ready for battle The horsemen tied their saddles tightly, polished their spears, removed the bags tied to their horses, and then gently patted their beloved horses and turned over and mounted.
In the darkness of the night, the cavalrymen lined up, and under the majestic urging of the officers, they held their heads high and slowly lined up the ranks as they advanced.
The wedge-shaped charge procession, which had been formed in the wilderness, was at the forefront of the heavy cavalry of the commander of Sosia, whose task was to break through the siege of the Odin from the front, and it was necessary to completely "gouge through", and in the middle was the sixth corps of the Ruhr, the infantry lost most of their equipment, only the people around the queue were armed with weapons and armor and shields, and the people in the middle were left with only a uniform, they did not need to fight, There was only one thing to do: run hard and run hard After the forward heavy cavalry broke through the Odin ranks, they had to risk their lives and run through the entire line of the Odin.
And the last, in charge of the rear of the palace is the fourth banner regiment of the thirteenth cavalry regiment, the flag officer of the fourth banner regiment, Feng Nata, a thirty-seven-year-old typical Byzantine Empire soldier, born in a middle aristocratic family, has been in the army since he became an adult, a middle-level sixth-level samurai, his left hand has only three fingers, and the missing two were cut off after frostbite in the ice and snow when he was fighting in the northeastern frontier of the empire five years ago.
At the age of thirty-seven, Fonnata was given an important task: to break the queen Not only did he have to guard against the Odin army behind that had been blowing the horn and tailing in a farewell manner, but he was also responsible for the task of covering the smooth escape of the headquarters in a desperate battle in the event of danger after the large army attacked Hasting's headquarters When Adric gave the order to Fonnatta, he whispered with a straight face: "You can die." ” Hearing this, the thirty-seven-year-old Fontata had a calm face, the resolute lines on his face did not change at all, he did not say even a word, just straightened his body, looked at his general, and then made a chest-beating military salute with Li, turned around and strode away.
Assaults are launched before dawn, and this is usually the time of the day when people are most tired and less vigilant.
The assault troops slowly advanced along the wilderness in the direction of their target: the besieged garrison.
When the front was less than three miles away from Hasting's besieging army, at last, a loud charge sounded The trumpet tore through the silence of the night, and in the fierce trumpet, the cavalry roared hard, kicked the horse's belly fiercely, urged the horse, and galloped forward frantically Dawn was the darkest time before dawn, and it was as if the heavens were on the side of Byzantium, with dark clouds and no stars in the sky In the midst of the trumpet, a black-pressed team of horses galloped up across the wilderness, pouring out like dark clouds Hasting's besieging army was in front of the garrison in a half-moon array, and the breakthrough of the assault cavalry was chosen in the center As soon as the Byzantines' loud trumpets sounded, there was an immediate uproar in the camp of Hasting, with people shouting and neighing, and torches scattered in many places.
Sosia's heavy cavalry rushed to the forefront, horses with horse armor, heavy armor, cavalry with spears, swept wildly over the wilderness, in the dark night, you can also see the surge of a large dark cloud, the vanguard is very open and rushed to the camp of the besieging Odin, forced to break through the middle Originally, there were not too many fortifications to defend the horses, the simple camp wall was frantically broken by the heavy cavalry, and the heavy cavalry broke into the camp of the Odin, only to see a chaos all around, the Odin warriors ran and exclaimed, the horses' hooves galloped down, and the scattered resistance could not effectively form a blockade at all, and the small resistance was instantly shattered under the trampling of the iron hooves, and the horse's hooves trampled through a tent, and the discarded torches ignited a group of flames, and the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky, as if the whole earth was trembling in the dark night Sosia's heavy cavalry almost did not encounter decent resistance, and rushed directly into the depths of the inner belly of the besieging army, the gallop of the heavy cavalry, the strong impact, no Odin can use the body to resist, after going deeper, the resistance of the Odin gradually showed its strength, some Odin warriors gathered, formed a large-scale resistance, small groups of reindeer cavalry entangled, the speed of the heavy cavalry charge was delayed little by little.
At this time, the infantry of the Sixth Corps who followed behind also rushed into the camp of the Odinites, Ruhl, the fat man, walked with his own corps, this fat rabbit wore a heavy cavalry full body heavy armor, fortunately, the war horse under his crotch was also a first-class quality, otherwise, with his weight plus heavy armor, I am afraid that he would not be able to eat.
The fat man rode on his horse, carrying a long-handled battle axe in one hand, and was surrounded by his own soldiers, while shouting quickly and giving orders one after another.
The Sixth Corps specially listed more than a dozen squads, after following the heavy cavalry to break into the camp of the Odin, they scattered on both sides, running all the way, and at the same time began to set fire along the way, tents, grain and grass, wooden fences and everything that could be ignited were directly thrown with a few torches, these special fire squads obviously did not do this kind of thing for the first time, while setting fires, their mouths shouted hoarsely in Odin.
General Adric led his guards and the rest of the troops in the third wave, and rushed into the camp of the Odinites in front of the shouts of killing, and the heavy cavalry in the vanguard were fighting hard, struggling to sweep out a passage, and the fat man's men were busy setting fires.
As far as the eye can see, in the camp of the surrounding Odin, there are people on their backs, fires everywhere, and figures running and shouting everywhere.
It's too easy, it's too easy, Adrick was vigilant in his heart, and he shouted hard for the troops to speed up The Fourth Banner Regiment responsible for the rear of the palace was all light armored cavalry, and Kevin and a team of personal guards were also formed into the queue behind the palace.
After the large army broke through, the troops behind the palace cautiously followed and went up to Fonnata with a solemn expression, and Kevin rode along, they had heard the distance behind them, the Odin who had been "following" behind these days began to move, the sound of the Odin bull horn, mixed with the chaotic sound of hooves, obviously these guys will not let go of this good opportunity to bite themselves In the darkness of the night, Hasting's camp had fallen into complete chaos, and the heavy cavalry in the vanguard had almost completed an unimaginable task before: to cut through Hasting's camp, but at this moment they had really done it, the front had already protruded from the camp, and in the distance, as long as they passed through the battlefield, it was the wall of the garrison At this time, whether it was Sosia who led the charge at the front, as well as Ruhr or Adric in the Chinese army, they all had a heavy question in their hearts at the same time Hasting: What the hell would he do It was like a hand in the dark, gathering all these nodes of time together, and when this question surfaced in the minds of several senior Byzantine generals at the same time, Hasting's action finally came A fierce and short bull horn sounded On both sides of the assault troops, there was a sudden shouting of killing in the camp, the crazy roar of the Odin, the neighing of the war horses, the roar of the black bear, and the howl of the reindeer On both sides of the assault route, two black torrents, like fierce beasts hidden in dark corners, finally found the enemy's weakness and pounced frantically It was like a pair of pincers slamming into the assault troops from both sides Hasting, when he finally made a move, was very clear about the timing he chose, and his intentions were clear Target: His Royal Highness's troops He really had no intention of fighting to the death, but if he wanted to get through his Hastings' defenses, the Byzantines still had to pay some price This is Hasting's answer.
The vanguard and the Chinese army had successfully rushed through the camp, the heavy armored cavalry in the vanguard had been bloody and sweaty, and the fat man's infantry, even if they could run again, were so tired that they only had to breathe.
Although Hastings gave up the frontal interception, and even evacuated the strength of the large battalion, the real killer move was aimed at the tail of the assault force.
Adric heard the voices of the Odin people on both sides shouting to kill, but the voice did not come to him, but swept away in the direction behind him At this moment, Adric was facing a huge problem Turn around and kill back Or move on As the commander of the 13th Corps, Adric finally gritted his teeth and shouted: "Go forward, continue to move forward" Two black torrents slammed into the assault force's route from left and right, and then merged, and at the forefront was Odin's powerful class: the Berserker This kind of black bear with heavy armor rushed into the queue behind the temple, and dozens of black bear warriors quickly formed a wall, blocking the team behind the palace The cavalry of the Third Banner Regiment did not have a trace of fear, the cavalry roared wildly, and rushed forward with spears, and the cavalry running in front was soon swept down by the black bear's running and collision, and the cavalry who followed up waved their spears fiercely and greeted these behemoths in front of them.
The line was quickly pulled apart and then completely disjointed More and more Odin people poured up, dozens of black bear berserkers blocked the cavalry for a moment, and their path of advance was gone, when the cavalry paid a heavy price, and finally stabbed down the dozens of behemoths in front of them, the ground was full of human corpses, horse corpses, bear corpses, and in front of them, the reindeer cavalry of the Odin people almost rushed in front of them There was no road ahead, only the bright axe of the Odin The reindeer cavalry of the Odin people surrounded it layer by layer, like kraft candy, wrapping the army behind the palace of the Third Banner Regiment layer by layer, layer by layer, densely packed, and the pursuing troops of Ke Curan behind also forced up, they obviously changed their previous attitude of farewell, and the reindeer cavalry roared and chased after happily Then, there is, the scuffle The troops behind the palace were no longer at all, and they were fiercely interspersed with two wings of Odin during the run, and were soon cut into three pieces, like three black clouds sprinkled on the earth, and then they were wrapped in the dark clouds of more Odin.
The sound of blades slashing on armor, the sound of spears piercing flesh, the screams of warriors wounded and falling from their horses, the last cries before the death of life Iron and blood were inextricably blended together at this moment The camp gate of the garrison had been opened, and the heavy cavalry in the vanguard had rushed in, and Sosia was already exhausted, although Hastings had consciously released the water, but the heavy cavalry had taken on the heaviest task of clearing the road at the forefront, and they still lost about twenty percent of their troops, and the armor of each cavalry was no longer black, but a miserable red.
Then the fat man's infantry came running, and as soon as these guys from the Sixth Corps rushed into the gate of the garrison, they frantically threw themselves on the ground and gasped for breath, and half of the squads responsible for setting fire on all sides were trapped in the chaos.
When Adric entered the door with the remnants, behind him, there was not a single Odin soldier chasing the empty battlefield, in the distance, the shouting and killing sound became thicker and thicker, and around, countless torches lit up to illuminate the sky and the earth as if it were day Hasting's answer is clear: I don't have much appetite, and it will be enough to eat your royal troops Adric's heart was bleeding, he knew that one of his banners was trapped, but there was nothing he could do All the cavalry had squeezed the last of their strength out, the heavy cavalry was no longer able to fight, and the Ruhr men were infantry, and you could not expect a group of infantry to die on the battlefield with bare hands and exhausted after discarding most of their ordnance during the three days and nights of the rapid march Damn it, I only need a fresh army, even if it's only a thousand or five hundred, even if only five hundred people rush out, maybe I can get more brothers out At that moment, Adric heard a deep roar "Get out of the way" The roar was full of anger, and then from the station came a powerful sound of horses' hooves running, which was immediately audible in Adric's experience, and these hooves were full of power, apparently the result of recuperation A group of cavalry rushed out, although in Adric's eyes, this group of cavalry was really not elite in terms of clothing, and only half of the horses could be considered qualified war horses, but more horses seemed to be short horses or even mules But the riders on horseback, with their straight waists and the sparkle in their eyes, fully showed their abundant physical strength and exuberant energy The rookie soldier who had just been collected by himself ran at the front, he carried a battle axe, rushed to the front, the axe in his hand waved in the air, and a loud roar shook the audience "Come with me to pick up our brother" The horses' hooves roared, and one by one the cavalry roared loudly, and after Char, the formation swept away from Adric's side like a violent wind, and rushed out of the wide open camp gate At this moment, the charging momentum of only two hundred horsemen was like a thousand horses: