The Frankish heavy cavalry was an important unit of the Frankish kingdom.
It was formed by Charles Martel, the grandfather of Charles the Great.
At that time, the Frankish kingdom was still in a state of fragmentation.
Nobles and tribes in various places were in charge of their own affairs.
After Charles Martel came to power, he organized a force composed of free people.
The powerful infantry quickly suppressed the rebellions of nobles and tribes everywhere.
However, before the Frankish Kingdom had stabilized for a few days, the powerful Arab cavalry crossed the Pyrenees from Spain and entered the Frankish territory.
The Frankish army was defeated at first, and the heavy infantry moved slowly.
Fighting Araby light cavalry in open areas can only lead to death.
Later, Charles Martel learned the lesson.
He first discarded a large amount of baggage.
After the Arab cavalry was captured, the burden increased and they lost their strong maneuvering speed, which gave Charles Martel time to concentrate his troops.
He assembled a heavy army in Poitiers.
The heavy infantry was deployed at the intersection of the two rivers and formed with their backs to the water.
At the same time, a large number of flags were erected behind the army to block the sight of the Arab general Abdulrahman.
Hermann did not know the strength of the Frank army, so he led the Arab light cavalry to attack the Frank army formation from the front.
When the Arab cavalry broke through the Frank army formation at a huge cost, they discovered that what appeared in front of them turned out to be a river.
There was no road ahead and no cavalry.
In the space to maneuver, the powerful Arab cavalry lost speed and was caught in the middle by the Frankish heavy infantry and beat them severely.
They collapsed on the spot and their coach Abdul Rahman was killed in action.
After this battle, Charlie Martel reversed the entire war situation and changed the destiny of Europe.
However, Charlie Martel also discovered from these successive battles that in the face of the powerful and fast Arab cavalry, the powerful heavy infantry in his hands It didn't play a big role at all.
He was able to win this time because of the terrain he used.
If he clashed with the Arab cavalry again, the Arabs would not be so stupid and would fight him in this terrain, so he used the terrain at that time to fight him.
The actual situation in the Frankish Kingdom and surrounding countries led to major reforms in the Frankish army.
At present, the Frankish army mainly consists of a group of heavily armored and speared cavalry, coupled with heavily armored and speared infantry.
The heavily armored spear cavalry were all composed of tall and strong Franks.
These cavalry wore steel helmets that could protect the entire head, and they even wore iron gloves on their hands.
Steel armor.
The weapons are a 3-meter-long spear, a heavy sword and a large pointed shield.
The cavalry's horses are the famous Gallic Spanish horses.
Strong endurance, fast running speed and heavy weight carrying.
The war horse is also covered with iron armor covering its whole body.
Lian Ma TouTou was protected by a face shield.
Such heavily armored spear cavalry has extremely powerful protective power and lethality.
The disadvantage is that due to the heavy equipment, the speed and maneuverability are not as good as the light cavalry.
The sudden appearance of the Frankish heavy armored cavalry made Li Su's eyes narrow.
The Western Allied Forces had indeed arranged a backup plan.
No wonder they dared to send five thousand infantry.
It turned out that the real trump card was these thousands of Frankish heavy armored cavalry.
Several captains on both sides of "General" screamed at the same time, and the faces of other Western Qin cavalry also changed.
Li Su looked at the surrounding terrain again and saw that the plains on both sides were already covered with Frankish heavy infantry.
His Western Qin light cavalry had no extra space to take advantage of the light cavalry's mobility.
"It seems that these Westerners have already planned to use this place as a battlefield.
They just use the terrain to limit the maneuverability of our cavalry."
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Li Su said and snorted coldly: "Humph, you want to use this method to get rid of me.
I dreamed of sending an order, the whole army turned around, the front team changed to the rear team, and the rear team changed to the front team.
The people in the last row prepared the caltrops.
Once This general has ordered that the caltrops must be sprinkled immediately.”
"Yes, General" The flag signaling the order was waved.
After seeing it, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army completed the U-turn as quickly as possible.
At this time, the front row of the Frankish heavy armored cavalry had already rushed to a position less than a hundred meters away, and the closest distance was only Fifty or sixty meters.
Li Su gave the order: "Return to the horse and arrow tactics, move forward."
After the order was issued, the Western Qin cavalry officers showed superb tactical execution.
The entire military formation started moving in an instant, starting slowly and then slowly accelerating.
In the process, the Frankish heavy cavalry's sprint speed increased.
When they got up, the distance between the two sides was shortened by a large amount again, and the closest distance was only thirty or forty meters.
Waiting for the Western Qin cavalry to increase to high speed, the cavalry on both sides was only a dozen meters away.
Li Su, who was running in the last row, immediately ordered and shouted: "Throw the iron caltrops!"
The last row of cavalry reached into their bags, grabbed handfuls of caltrops and swung them back.
In the blink of an eye, they heard a lot of screams and the painful neighing of horses from behind.
The Frankish heavy armored cavalry in the front rows One after another they fell to the ground.
For the cavalry who have already nailed the horseshoes, of course the caltrops cannot penetrate the horseshoes, but it can make the war horses stumble and fall over after stepping on them.
When running at high speed, once the war horses step on the caltrops, they will inevitably fall.
Losing balance is fatal to both the horse and the rider on horseback.
Although the knights and horses who fell to the ground were not necessarily fatal, they would be trampled by the companion horses that rushed over later.
Casualties occurred and became more and more serious.
The Frankish heavy armored cavalry did not know these Western Qin soldiers.
What did the cavalry throw out?
They only knew that these things could make the horses lose their balance and fall.
They were afraid in their hearts.
Although they were still chasing and charging forward, their fear and hesitation made them slow down. .
At this time, Li Su was not merciful and shouted to the herald: "Commander, trumpeter, blow the trumpet and shoot arrows!"
"Beep beep beep beep beep" The short and rapid trumpet sound sounded, and the Western Qin cavalry who heard the trumpet turned around on their horses and shot to the rear.
A large number of arrows kept shooting from the fast running Western Qin cavalry to the Frank heavy pursuit behind them.
For the mounted cavalry, although the steel armor and vests on their bodies protected them from most of the arrows, there were always unlucky ones who were shot through the weak defenses of the steel armor.
The Frankish heavy armored cavalry were still pursuing, but they could never catch up with the Western Qin light cavalry.
However, the Western Qin light cavalry kept firing arrows to kill them, and the rear row also kept throwing down caltrops. , causing more and more harm to them.
Oliver was anxious, but he was calm.
He was good at observing the situation and knew that the heavy cavalry could not catch up with these Western Qin light cavalry.
If they caught up again, they would only increase casualties.
Once the horses were tired, they would be slaughtered. , he immediately ordered: "Stop the pursuit and withdraw the entire army."
The Frankish heavy armored cavalry slowed down and came to a slow stop.
There was no time for collision or casualties due to the stop of advancement.
After Li Su found out, he immediately ordered the entire army to stop.
When the Frankish cavalry turned around, he immediately completed the turn and turned around. , first a burst of bow and arrow strikes, causing the Frankish heavy armored cavalry to knock down some corpses, and then draw their swords to charge.
"The rear team holds them back, and the front team retreats."
Oliver is indeed a general who has experienced hundreds of battles.
He has rich combat experience.
He also grasps the timing of Linji's decision very well, and has the courage to cut off the wrist of a strong man.
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Hundreds of cavalrymen lined up in the rear group to block the charge of the Western Qin light cavalry, buying time for the remaining two thousand heavy cavalry to retreat.
Hundreds of Frankish heavy armored cavalry who had lost their speed had completely become lambs to be slaughtered.
The three-meter-long heavy spears in their hands were useless in close combat, while the swords of the Western Qin light cavalry could easily Perform chopping.
The battle was over.
There were a large number of corpses of Frank cavalry lying on the ground.
The horses that had lost their owners ran away.
Li Su pulled up his mask and showed a stern face as he looked at the two thousand Frank heavy cavalry who fled away with a thoughtful look on his face. .
A captain next to him rode over, sheathed his sword and asked, "General, what should we do next?"
Li Su said: "This Frank general leading the army is not simple.
I thought he could eat these three thousand Frank heavy cavalry, but I didn't expect this guy to be so smart.
He immediately retreated when he found something wrong, and he still had the courage to count.
Hundreds of cavalrymen broke up to stop us, and I took most of them with me.
After the battle, the coalition forces will definitely be more cautious and will not dare to fight with us casually.
However, we are afraid that it is too easy to find an opportunity to attack.
We sent an order to the entire army to send people to inquire about the enemy's movements and Be on alert while others quickly clean up the battlefield and retreat for twenty miles to rest.”
"Follow your orders" After Oliver fled back with two thousand troops, he immediately dismounted and knelt in front of Charlie: "Your Majesty, Oliver is incompetent.
He failed to defeat the Western Qin cavalry.
Instead, he was defeated.
He had to escape back with everyone.
Please punish your Majesty."
Charlie sighed, dismounted and helped Oliver up and said: "I saw the whole battle just now.
You did it right.
I underestimated the opponent's general too much.
I didn't expect that their cavalry tactics are endless.
In this unfavorable situation, Any disadvantage can be turned into an advantage regardless of the terrain.
If it had not been the case today and someone else had led the battle, I am afraid that not many of them would have come back alive because of this.
Because you chose to withdraw without hesitation, most of the people were saved.
Come on, increase the defensive force immediately.
At this time, we must not let the Western Qin cavalry take advantage of it.
Let's have a good rest in the afternoon and eat early at night.
After dinner, the whole army will retreat westward overnight.
We must keep distance from the Western Qin cavalry and try to cross the boundary river before they catch up.
As long as we cross the boundary river, we will be temporarily safe."
"Yes, Your Majesty" That night, the coalition forces quietly set off and marched as fast as possible in the freezing cold.
However, the Western Qin reconnaissance cavalry was blocked by the coalition sentries and could not detect the movements of the coalition camp at close range.
They waited until they had eliminated the coalition sentries and approached it.
It was already the next morning when the camp discovered that they had all evacuated
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