The wind is freezing and the sun is setting in the west.
The battle of Walloon Castle has come to an end. The siege team that gathered the "Palace Guards" and local elite infantry spent half an afternoon clearing the remaining enemies and obstacles between Walloon Castle's outer wall and the inner fort, and then clenched their fists and smashed into the Swabians' stubborn inner fort tower.
Att left the battle of the inner fort to Odo, and he himself led the guards to patrol around, clearing out the remaining Swabian soldiers who might be hiding in the houses and shacks in the streets, and supervising his own soldiers not to violate military orders and steal the spoils of war with friendly forces.
In a stable in the fort, the guards caught a Swabian soldier hiding in a dung heap. He was seriously injured during the offensive and defensive battle on the outer wall in the morning. The battle was fierce and there was no one to treat him. The Swabian soldiers dragged him here and threw him down to support the battle on the wall.
At noon, the outer wall fell. Seeing the Burgundian army entering Wallonburg, the wounded soldier had no choice but to hide in a pile of livestock dung...
Ron dragged out the wounded soldier who was covered in cow and horse dung, and pointed his sword at the guy on the ground who was covered in blood and stinking of blood.
The wounded Swabian soldiers on the ground kept crying and begging, hoping that Art would spare his life.
At looked at the wound on the abdomen of the wounded Swabian soldier that was covered with feces, and said calmly: "If you can't save him, kill him."
After saying that, he walked aside and took off his waist. He took a sip from the water bag filled with ale and watched as Ron took out the hunting knife with a wooden handle from his waist, leaned over and strangled the wounded Swabian soldier's head. The hunting knife cut the blood vessels on the wounded soldier's neck, and blood gushed out along the wounded soldier's wound.
The movements were completed in one go, without any sloppiness.
At this time, Odo, whose armor was stained with blood, ran over and found Art. He glanced at the Swabian enemy soldier who was convulsing on the ground with Ron's throat cut, and said to Art: "Sir, the inner castle has been breached. We captured the Swabian garrison commander. He hacked to death seven or eight Burgundian civilians who were captured in the inner castle, and then Then he put down his weapon and walked out. "
"That guy is really not a good guy. Almost all the two knights and soldiers around him died in the battle, but he asked us to give him the courtesy of a noble prisoner of war with a stern face. If the friendly brothers didn't want to keep him in exchange for ransom, I really want to chop his head open with an axe."
Matt handed the water bag in his hand to Odo, looked at the smoke-filled inner fort, and said: "Forget it, it's not easy for the local army guys. They have been fighting for a month or so, hoping to seize some loot and ransom from Wallonburg, so let this Swabian dog live for a few more days." I have to compete with friendly soldiers for the spoils. After the war is over, I will issue military rewards according to the size of the military merit."
Matt is worried that if he competes with the local army for the spoils, he may not only cause trouble, but also may not be able to successfully regain the first attack of Wallon Castle. After all, he only fought the last battle in the entire war, and the road was paved with the lives of the local troops.
"By the way, the battle here is over, so the baggage team immediately started to set up a rescue center to treat the wounded soldiers, and the wounded soldiers of the friendly forces were also treated. Then the outer walls and the inner city were strengthened to guard against possible enemy reinforcements."
"Yes!" Odo took a sip of the ale in Art's water bag, returned the water bag to Art, and left.
Matt glanced at Ron who was wiping off the blood on his hunting knife, and ordered: "Ron, the battle in Wallonburg is over. You immediately take two guards to the east ferry to intercept the battlefield and check the situation. The sergeant major and the others have not been there. I was a little worried when I sent someone to reply. "
"Sir, I'll be there right away."
Ron put the hunting knife into the leather sheath on his waist, called the two guards and walked towards the hitching post at the castle gate.
As soon as Ron came to the horse-hitting post, a cavalryman from the Sentinel Cavalry ran into the gate of Wallonburg.
With his left hand, Reid restrained the raging war horse , and his entire right arm was soaked in blood .
"Ron, sir, where is your lord?" Reid asked anxiously.
"Master is in the castle, what happened?" Ron stopped untying the horse's reins and looked at Reid nervously.
"The battle at the ferry was defeated, the Swabian cavalry~ rushed over!"
"Ah!!!"
"Follow me to find the master~"
Ron turned around and led Red and ran towards Art's location...
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"Sir, we are defeated! The enemy has heavy cavalry, the infantry collapsed, and our cavalry was scattered." Red ran a little hastily and was out of breath.
"Sir, the Swabian cavalry is coming, right behind!" Ron added.
Reid swallowed, took a breath, and said: "Yes, Lord Angus doesn't know that the outer wall has been broken, and is leading the sentries and the remaining friendly cavalry to harass and delay the Swabian heavy cavalry. Let me run back first and tell you to retreat or "It's to defend against the enemy."
At no time to ask where the Swabian heavy cavalry appeared, he hurriedly led people to the crenellations on the outer wall of Wallonburg's east gate...
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The cavalry team assembled by the Count of Burgundy had been dispersed in the cavalry battle at the ferry. After leaving more than ten cavalry dead or injured, the remaining cavalry broke through or were dispersed.
After the Swabian cavalry defeated the infantry at the ferry and dispersed the mixed cavalry, the light cavalry was left behind to drive away the remaining enemies to clean up the battlefield. Then more than thirty heavy cavalry rode across the crossing towards Wallonborg...
Compared with several other cavalry teams, the cavalry of the Sentinel Cavalry was lucky. In addition to Reid who reported the news, Angus was still accompanied by four cavalrymen including deputy captain Jafar. The five of them gathered three or five local cavalry who had scattered along the way to form a cavalry team temporarily commanded by Angus. They caught up with the Swabian cavalry team rushing towards Wallenberg. They used the relatively flexible advantages of the light cavalry to harass and delay the heavily armored Swabian cavalry.
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One mile outside the east gate of Wallonburg, two cavalry teams were running and fighting.
Angus controlled the horse with his left hand, and with his right hand he took out the last throwing spear from the saddle bag on the back of the horse. He raised the throwing spear, turned the reins, and rushed towards the Swabian cavalry queue 60 steps away on the left. A group of cavalry behind Angus also raised their spears or drew their swords, axes and hammers to follow.
Hunting more than twenty steps closer to the Swabian heavy cavalry, Angus loosened the reins with his left hand and grabbed the saddle bag of the front saddle. He leaned back, tilted the tip of the throwing spear in his right hand, and then pulled hard with his left hand. The force of his waist and abdomen drove his body to bend forward instantly, and the spear was thrown out. Flying straight towards the Swabian cavalry queue...
Bang～
The horse under a Swabian cavalry was hit by a spear and fell to the ground with a thud. A galloping horse behind was also kicked over, causing chaos.
The Swabian cavalry originally wanted to rush to the outer wall of Walloon Castle as soon as possible to harass the enemy troops attacking the city and reduce the pressure on the defenders inside the city. However, after being harassed all the way, they finally couldn't stand the Burgundian light cavalry.
The Swabians sent five heavy cavalry to separate into formations and charge towards Angus and others.
"Retreat!" Angus hit the target without stopping. He pulled the reins to the right, and the horse ran to the right wing close to the ground.
Jafar had already finished throwing his spear, and now he was holding a riding bow in his hand. After adjusting the reins to keep up with Angus's horse, he let go of the reins and let the horse run on its own. Then he drew his bow and nocked an arrow. He leaned back and leaned to the left, aiming at the chasing Swabian cavalry on the jumping horse.
Boom~
The armor-piercing arrow left Jafar's riding bow, twisting the arrow and flying toward a heavy cavalryman who was galloping with a lance~
This Swabian heavy cavalry was fully armored and wore a barrel helmet. Even the horse beneath him had its chest and head and neck covered with armor. A moving iron tower was not afraid of arrows coming from the front, so the Swabian cavalry did not make any evasive action at all.
However, the Swabian cavalry underestimated Jafar's shooting skills. Jafar's arrows avoided the armor of the cavalry and the horse, and nailed straight into the ankle bone just above the horse's hoof. The war horse suffered pain from its front hooves and lost its balance. It rolled to the ground, slamming the heavy armored cavalryman on the horse to the ground and breaking his neck~
一个重骑兵落马摔死，敌人又是轻骑兵，施瓦本重骑兵们追了数十步见敌骑越跑越远，便停下了脚步转向追赶大队......
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「军士长，万幸！我军已经夺下了瓦隆堡！」一个哨骑队骑兵已经看到了瓦隆堡外墙上飘起的几面纹章旗帜。
"Let's take a detour back to the ferry and see if we can find Lusignan, Master Felix and the others~" Seeing that the siege army had already defended the city, Angus refused to let the panting horse beneath him rest for a moment, and immediately turned the horse's head and rushed towards the east ferry...
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Eight miles north of the ferry battlefield, at the junction of plains and dense forests, seven or eight scattered Burgundian cavalry fled here. Most of them were exhausted, and two seriously injured horses fell to the ground.
Lusignan and Felix were among them.
In the ferry blocking battle, when the Burgundian light and heavy mixed cavalry rushed into the Swabian cavalry formation, it failed to penetrate the enemy's formation. When the two cavalry were fighting in a melee, the front infantry formation collapsed after being trampled by the Swabian heavy cavalry.
The scattering of the infantry caused the Swabian cavalry to pull away. They ignored the collapsed infantry and turned around to surround the Burgundian cavalry in the formation...
The infantry had collapsed, and seeing that the cavalry was about to be destroyed, the makeshift Burgundian cavalry captains ordered to retreat to protect themselves.
But how could the cavalry who had smashed into the enemy's formation retreat easily? They were bitten by the Swabian cavalry.
In the end, only a dozen cavalrymen escaped successfully, while nearly twenty other cavalrymen were left in the enemy formation and struggled to break through.
In the melee, Angus and Jafar used their superb riding skills and mounted combat abilities to break through the siege of the Swabians, and led three or four sentry cavalry to rush out.
Lusignan originally had a chance to break out, but in the chaos he caught a glimpse of Felix, who was shot down from his horse, and his personal entourage who was guarding him against the Swabian cavalry, so Lusignan rushed forward regardless of the danger.
Fortunately, the Swabian heavy cavalry’s primary goal was to rush to Wallonia Castle, so when they saw that the Burgundian army had been defeated, leaving a dozen light cavalry to pursue the remaining enemies and clean the battlefield, they crossed the crossing and ran westward.
Lusignan, who was under less pressure, picked up the seriously injured Felix and put him on the horse, and ran out through the gap...
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Lusignan looked at Felix's whole body. His left leg bone was broken by the horse, his left chest was slashed, and there were several minor injuries. Apart from his broken left leg, there were no other fatal injuries on his body, but he had fainted now.
"Master Felix! Master Felix!" Lusignan gently lifted Felix up, pointed the water bag at Felix's lips and poured a small sip of water.
Felix coughed a few times and then immediately screamed, because there was severe pain in his broken left leg, and Felix began to twitch and roll.
Lusignan quickly held Felix down and shouted to the people next to him: "Here, help me hold him down, he is injured."
A local cavalry stepped forward and held Felix down.
Lusignan gently lifted up his trouser leg and looked at Felix's bloody left leg, which was already purple, bruised, and somewhat deformed.
Lusignan's heart felt cold, the fracture had begun to become necrotic, "It's over, how do I explain it to you, sir~"
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"Sir Angus, we found horse hoof prints. They should be our cavalry heading towards the dense forest~" A cavalryman from the Sentinel Cavalry pointed to the dense forest in the distance.
"Approach with caution!"
Angus led a few remnants of the Sentinels and chased them to the edge of the dense forest...