In just a few moments, two changes occurred unexpectedly.
Matt was also a little confused. He didn't know why the Swabians collapsed just before the heavy cavalry returned for reinforcements, because he didn't expect that the enemy would collapse because of his helpless car formation.
But he decisively seized the opportunity, "Matthew! Matthew!! Blow the trumpet and charge! Blow the trumpet and charge!!"
Matthew, who was looking at the stunned battle group, was ordered back to his senses. He quickly called two trumpeters to change the withdrawal trumpet to a charge slogan.
Angus, who led the cavalry into the Swabian army formation for the third time, had already seen the collapse of the Swabian rear array, not only because he had a wide view from the back of his horse, but also because he had felt that the Swabian army array was getting thinner and thinner.
Three blasts of the levy horn. The levy horn in a fierce battle means chasing the enemy and destroying them. All the soldiers under Art are familiar with this order.
They immediately rushed towards the retreating formation of the Swabians amid the sound of bugles, and their momentum became more and more powerful.
At this time, Earl Randy also saw the three wolf smoke in the west. Although he did not know what it meant, judging from the sudden and fierce offensive of the Burgundians, it must be Burgundian reinforcements arriving (another huge misunderstanding). He personally led the Earl Guard beside him (acting as Supervising the battle team) killed the defeated Swabian officers and soldiers, while organizing the orderly evacuation of the army's food, grass and baggage from the rear...
The Swabians did not know that their heavy cavalry was about to return for reinforcements, but Art knew that there was still a disparity in strength between the enemy and us.
“Blow the trumpet, assemble, assemble!” Seeing that the Swabian troops had fled half a mile, Art stopped as soon as he saw what was going on and immediately ordered the troops who pursued the routed enemy to return and assemble.
As for those Swabian soldiers who were caught in a fierce battle and could not escape, they suffered. They were trapped in a tight siege and lost their backup. They were resisting with the last instinct of survival.
Yat wanted to end the battle immediately, but those who were surrounded and killed were mainly elite Swabian heavy armored infantry. These people were originally very powerful, and now they are even more powerful in fighting to the death.
"Chariot formation, surround the remnant enemy. Chariot formation, surround the remnant enemy, form a circular vehicle formation to defend against the enemy!" Art gave the order again, and the two messengers immediately pulled out a military flag with a chariot pattern on the front saddle, raised the flag and waved it in a circle in the air. Then the flag paused and pointed at the battle group that was still fighting in the final battle.
The chariot drivers who saw the Yate flag immediately drove their chariots according to their daily training to surround the chaotic battle group, forming a circular formation of inner and outer defenses...
"Ignore the prisoners of war and the spoils! Return to the assembly immediately!"
"Don't grab the spoils, return to the assembly immediately!! Return to the assembly immediately!"
The enemy's heavy cavalry When the attack comes, return to the vehicle formation immediately to defend! "
A ring of enemy vehicle formation has been built on the flat ground where the Swabian army was just arrayed. However, at this time, the frontier cavalry and a few prisoners who were chasing the remnant enemy (the Welsh Army's military order stated that the loot could not be collected until the commander announced that the battle was over) actually jumped off their horses and stopped their retreat to loot the discarded weapons and armor and the gold and silver belongings from the dead.
"A group of desperate lunatics, follow me and retreat to gather against the enemy!" Three wolf smokes had already risen into the sky. Angus felt the Swabian heavy cavalry getting closer and closer. He mobilized his war horse to shuttle back and forth among the crowds of people snatching the spoils, trying to make the jealous soldiers regain their senses. However, at this moment, the soldiers thought that the war had been won, and if they did not snatch the spoils, they would have no chance.
"Stop grabbing it! A large amount of Swabian gold and silver was intercepted in the car formation. If you don't go back, they will divide it up!" At the critical moment, the cavalry captain Lusignan shouted to the sky. This voice was so shocking that most of the The soldiers who were snatching the trophies came to their senses. They really thought they had intercepted Swabia's valuable military supplies. A few clever soldiers had already thrown away their ragged armor and clothes and ran back to the chariot formation. Then a large group of cavalry jumped on their horses and rushed towards the chariot formation...
“Master Sergeant, quickly retreat to the car formation, the Swabian heavy cavalry is about to rush over.” The cavalryman Red, who was alerting the west, rode back to Angus.
Seeing that there were dozens of desperate guys scattered around the battlefield still desperately trying to collect money, Angus couldn't care less. Finally, he loudly ordered the soldiers to retreat, but the soldiers whose ears were blocked by gold cakes and silver coins were unwavering in their pursuit of wealth.
Angus sighed helplessly and led Lusignan, Reyek, Jafar, Red and other cavalrymen to gallop back towards the carriage formation.
As soon as Angus and the others rushed into the car formation, the skyline of the plain to the west was filled with dust. In a moment, more than a hundred Swabian heavy cavalry appeared in the west.
Those soldiers who were scattered around the battlefield to grab the spoils ran back in panic, and then the vengeful iron hooves of the Swabian heavy cavalry had already stepped on their bones...
"Immediately kill the remaining enemies in the car formation, end the battle and prepare to welcome the enemy's cavalry to charge into the formation!" At saw that there were still a dozen Swabian heavy armored infantry in the middle group of the car formation who were desperately resisting, and ordered the army to immediately kill and clean them up.
Angus led his army back to the car formation through the specially left gap to report the battle situation to Art.
"There were about twenty cavalrymen and about forty infantrymen who were greedy for money and were killed by the Swabian heavy cavalry." Angus sighed.
At glanced up at the soldiers who had been trampled into mud by the Swabian heavy cavalry, he shook his head, "They don't want to live, then let them die."
"Sergeant Major, hurry up and get your cavalry ready to go out to meet the enemy." Art didn't want to let Angus, who had just returned from killing the enemy, rest, because although the battle had been won or lost, there were still dangers on the battlefield.
After the Swabian heavy cavalry killed dozens of Burgundian frontiers and prisoner soldiers who were greedy for goods and profits, they pressed towards Art's car formation. However, when a burst of crossbow arrows hit the horses under them, they quickly gave up the meaningless attack and turned towards the retreating Swabian army.
After the Swabian heavy cavalry retreated, Angus once again led more than sixty remaining light cavalry to follow the sentinels.
Yat also took advantage of the temporary stability of the war situation and ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield within the vehicle formation and within fifty steps of the surrounding area, and collect all the Swabian weapons and armor...
Looking at the stripped corpses of the Swabian enemy soldiers in the middle of the car formation and the piles of armor and weapons that were also piled up, Art couldn't help but smile.
In this battle, Art's men were killed in a total of 105 people (including a Welsh regimental flag captain, seven squadron captains, 12 squadron captains, a local knight, and seven sergeants (cavalry)), and 32 people were seriously injured. The slightly injured soldiers were too late to be reckoned with; 187 Swabian enemy troops (including three leading knights, and 39 heavy armored infantry) were killed, and no one was seriously injured. , and no one was seriously injured, because everyone who was still breathing at the end of the battle was killed. More than 230 weapons were seized, 65 sets of sophisticated heavy armor (plate armor, chain mail, full body mail, iron scale armor, etc.), 52 sets of simple light armor (half-sleeved mail armor, cotton armor, leather armor, leather armor, etc.), 7,000 pfennigs in money confiscated, and countless other fragmentary military supplies (clothing and armor, tableware and cooking utensils, boots with belts, etc.).
The battle losses were definitely not small, but the gains were also great, and the profits were...
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Across the vast territory of the Yona Province, the center of Burgundy's rule was located five miles north of Besancon, the central camp of the Liberation Army.
Baron Galvin, the Military Advisor to the Liberation Army, held a thick stack of parchments of different sizes in his hand and reported to Flanders, who was sitting on a high chair.
“…Lord Flanders, the Dijon court secretly sent 100,000 pounds of grain, 50 sets of mail armor, 200 pieces of cotton armor, and 350 pieces of various weapons two days ago. They are currently secretly stored in the Black Iron Castle. I have arranged for David to take a hundred elite Chinese troops to the Black Iron Castle to deliver the weapons and supplies. The capital was escorted back, and the deputy military officer of the Dijon Palace sent a secret message saying that a thousand Burgundian Palace Guards had already departed from Dijon and were expected to be stationed at the border in the middle of next month. Galvin glanced at Flanders, and Flanders just closed his eyes and sighed.
Galvin opened the next piece of parchment and said, "This morning, Count Lucesien sent a secret envoy to the military camp, saying that Count Lucesien hopes to have a secret meeting with you to discuss Lucesien raising troops to support the Liberation Army. In addition, Bishop Olof of Lucesien Diocese also sent a secret message, saying that he will come with Count Lucesien."
Flender opened his eyes and stared at the military tent door. "I replied to Count Lucesien and said that Besançon was about to be destroyed. If he hesitates again, I will wait for him to come to see him in the palace hall of Besançon before the next heavy snowfall."
Earl of Flanders was a little dissatisfied with the Earl of Lucese who was hesitating and watching. The battle for succession had been going on for several months, and the situation had become increasingly clear. At this time, the old guy did not dare to send troops to help. He was really a courageous person.
Flender thought for a moment and looked up at Galvin, "I have to trouble my uncle to go to Bishop Olof in person. It is all thanks to Bishop Olof that we have the secret support of the Archbishop of Paris. Please go and express my gratitude to Bishop Olof on my behalf."
Galvin nodded, and then successively reported to Flanders some general affairs such as food, military supplies, military supplies and armaments of the Liberation Army. As the advisory minister of the Liberation Army, Baron Galvin, who was good at doing business, took care of the general affairs of the Liberation Army in an orderly manner.
Thousands of troops attacked the city and plundered the land, and consumed huge amounts of food, supplies, military weapons, and weapons. Galvin rushed around to raise food and wages for the Liberation Army to find support, and he was so busy that he never touched the ground.
"Uncle, you have worked hard these past few months. If you hadn't gone to Provence to borrow 1.2 million pfennigs for my military pay and military supplies, my army would have attacked the city on an empty stomach, wearing single clothes and using wooden sticks."
Galvin was very grateful.
"Finally, there is a letter sent back from the eastern border of Yona Province. Baron Art, the military officer on the eastern border, has led his army to block the Swabian offensive. Half a month ago, he was ordered to summon a thousand border troops to start preparing to recover the four border towns. If everything goes well, he should have begun to attack Geneborg by now." Galvin opened the last letter to the command camp of the Central Army of the Liberation Army.
Flender had a smile on his face. The task he and Count Baldwin gave Art was to lead the army to hold on to the eastern border for two months and then wait for the Liberation Army to turn around and rescue him. Unexpectedly, this guy not only resisted Swabia's offensive momentum, but also led his army across the border and sacked a small border county in Swabia.
Rather than stabilizing the Swabian offensive, he also offered to use the huge profits gained from plundering the Swabian border to recruit troops to regain important border towns. When the Liberation Army was in short supply and Besançon could not be captured for a long time, such subordinates were really admirable.
However, there was something a little strange in Flanders's heart. A small baron dared to summon two thousand troops to attack the Swabians. The key was that he could make thousands of patchwork troops march and fight... Such subordinates really made people feel uneasy.
But this strangeness is not enough to change Flanders' appreciation of Art, at least not under the current situation.
"Cousin Art (brother-in-law) is a rare commander-in-chief. Uncle, you have a very high vision!" Flanders put aside his thoughts and praised him.
"Now many forces are watching from afar. If we can completely defeat the Swabians in the east at this time, those who are watching should also know who is stronger."
"Send a letter to Count Baldwin, asking him to assist in the supply of food, wages and materials for the fighting army in the east, and strive to collect the goods before the middle of next month. Fort Regenere. In addition, the Chinese army was ordered to select 20 heavy cavalry and 100 elite infantry to rush to the border of Yona to support cousin Art. "Uncle, who do you think is safer to send to support cousin Art?" The commanders of the Restoration Army were all stuck on the battlefield of Besanron, and there were not many commanders available.
"Let Sir David lead the army. He has rich combat experience and has interacted with Art, so it is more suitable." Galvin suggested.
Flender patted the armrest of the wooden chair and said, "Okay, let him lead the troops to help the eastern border."
Flender was also preparing to discuss with Galvin about borrowing military pay from the Holy Order Knights' treasury, but suddenly the guard broke into Flanders's military tent with a secret letter of varnish.
"My lord, a secret message from the flying pigeon from the province of Codor!" The guard did not have time to salute and handed the secret message to Flanders.
Flender wiped off the paint and unfolded the secret letter, his face suddenly darkened.
Galvin stepped forward to take the secret letter from Flanders' hand, glanced at it, and exclaimed in a low voice, "What? The province of Codor has fallen to the Western Army?"
Flanders wiped his face to regain his composure, "Uncle, write a letter to Count Lucesien immediately and tell him that I will go to the city of Lucesien to meet with him in two days."
“No, please pack up and we’ll set off tonight...”