Chapter 1299 The First Battle of the Polish Winged Cavalry (Part 2)
The charge of the plate-armored knights is not a very simple thing. Before the war, the plate-armored knights on both sides would not always wear plate-armor and hold oak rifles. Because it would be very physically exhausting.
Therefore, before the charge, the plate-armored knights would not board the war horse, but rode on the horse. Some knights even rode on the back of mules to travel.
Before the charge began, the knights wearing plate armor began to struggle to get on the horse with the help of their servants. The main reason was that the trousers of the plate armor seriously affected the knight's flexibility. Without the help of the servants, it would be difficult to climb onto the horse.
When Marin was driven out of his house and became a wandering knight, the reason why he did not wear plate armor pants was because he did not have it; and the other hand, it was because plate armor pants were affected by the influence of getting on the horse. After all, Marin, who became a wandering knight, had no money to hire a servant. Without plate armor pants, he did not need a servant to support him on the horse's back, so he was relaxed and comfortable alone.
But for regular knights, there will be servants holding his butt to help get on the horse before charging. Behind the horse, the person responsible for managing the rifle will hand over a brand new oak rifle. After returning from a round of charge, unless the knight's air gun has not experienced collisions and battles, it will definitely be used.
On the Principality of Mazovia, 2,200 plate-armored knights, under the service of their servants, all mounted their horses and took over the oak cavalry. On the side of the Jagelon royal army of Zigmont I, the 1,000 knights responsible for decorating the storefront began to slowly wear armor, board the horses and took over the oak cavalry...
However, unlike the "one battle will determine the world" requested by the army of the Principality of Mazovia, Yankel, the head coach of the Knights of the Jagelon royal army, was giving completely different instructions -
"Boys, remember that your mission today is not to fight the enemy's heavy cavalry, but to lure them out!"
"We dispersed our formation and moved forward slowly. When we approached the center line, we would turn around together. Then, we divided it into two strands and retreated to both sides of our army's battle formation at a 45-degree angle..."
In fact, this tactic has been practiced by the Jagelon royal army in advance. Yankel has mentioned it again now, just because he is afraid that someone will forget it nervously.
It is obviously unwise to have 1000 plate knights against the 2,200 enemies. Therefore, Zigmont I completely let the 1000 plate knights act as bait.
If the 1,000 plate-armored knights of the royal army do not come forward, the enemy plate-armored knights may also remain unmoved. This is a conventional rule on the Eastern European battlefield - a showdown between cavalry and cavalry...
As for infantry, to be honest, in Poland and Lithuania, they are completely foiling roles. Infantry even serves the knights. Just like before the battle begins, the attendants who support the knights on horseback are the infantry's guest appearances. Or, those attendants who hold spears and are infantry... Such infantry can imagine the combat effectiveness of such an infantry...
But the Poles didn't care, they believed that the knights would compete with each other. Once the knights decided the winner, the infantry often didn't want to fight. Only when the two sides tied, the infantry would become the force that determines success or failure...
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The 2200 plate-armored knights of the Principal of Mazovia, led by the parent-child of Berenev, the adjutant of Wazinski, slowly accelerated from 3 kilometers away, and rushed towards the opponent resolutely.
On the Jagelon royal army, 1,000 plate-armored knights who decorated the storefront accelerated slowly under the command of chief instructor Yankeel, but the speed just couldn't be increased...
"We're sure to win!" Seeing the opponent's "retreat" look, Berenev, the deputy general of the Duchy of Mazovia, was overjoyed. The knights hedged, and the most likely opportunity was to be afraid of his hands. The opponent did this, and he was completely here to die...
But before they could fully lift their speed, the opponent's 1,000 plate-armored knights seemed to be scared, and they turned around collectively, divided into two strands, and ran away... escaped... escape... ran away...
"What's the situation?" Berenev, who was speeding up, was a little confused. It was the first time he saw such a cowardly plate knight, because generally speaking, the knights would never escape in the face of honor...
Even the commander was like this, and the heavy cavalry of the Principal of Mazovia were also a little confused. Seeing that the enemy was divided into two groups to escape, they didn't know which group to pursue...
"Chasing the one on the left!" Berenev thought for a while and ordered loudly.
Because, according to custom, the knights are holding guns in their right hand. Facing the enemies on the right, the knights have stronger combat power. If the enemy is on the left, the knights will be a little awkward and cannot be used.
However, it seems that the Polish winged cavalry had similar ideas to them. Therefore, the lancers led by Lewandorf, the first fierce general of the Jagelon royal family, appeared from the left side of the Jagelon royal family.
When they appeared in the left front of their battle formation, the knights of the Principality of Mazovia were turning their horses to charge to the right side of the Jagelon royal army. Just in time, the backs were left to the winged cavalry...
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"You must not miss the opportunity!" Lewandows, the commander of the Polish Wing Cavalry, quickly ordered his wing cavalry to raise their slender spring lances and start charging from behind...
"Go ahead! Crash! Kill all these gangs of traitors!" Lewandow yelled.
"Kill all the rebels!" The winged cavalry also yelled.
As they accelerated, the bird feather wings behind them were dragged by the wind during high-speed movement, making a "rustling" whistling sound.
The mask of the Winged Cavalry mainly protects the nose. But its shape is a bit like a hooked nose...
The rustling sound of the two wings adorned under the wind, coupled with the mask shape of the hooked nose on the face, makes the running winged cavalry feel like the eagle winning face...
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"Not good! There are enemies behind you! Everyone turns around to meet the enemy!" Berenev was shocked by the sound of horse hooves with different frequencies behind him (the winged cavalry is much lighter than the plate-armored knights, so the horses run faster, and the frequency is naturally faster). When he looked back, he was even more shocked.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Then, 2,200 plate-armored knights from the Principality of Mazovia turned around in a hurry, lifted their jaws, and began to slowly accelerate...
However, they accelerated too late. The whistling winged cavalry had already rushed up...
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When the plate-armored knights of the Principal of Mazovia accelerated to halfway, 4,000 Polish winged cavalry had already rushed up like a tide...
What made the knights of the Principal of Mazovia despair was that the 2.85-meter-long bulky oak cavalry in their hands was obviously shorter in front of the slender spring cavalry that was more than 4 meters long...
They stretched out a 2.85-meter-long lance and made a futile stabbing action. But before they stabbed their opponent, their spring lance had already flexibly aimed at their heads...
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"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang..." A series of dull metal impacts sounded, and the plate-armored knights of the Principal of Mazovia fell off their horses. Only a few people struggled to avoid the opponent's cone spear tips...
However, the full-body plate armor has too much restriction on the flexibility of the knight, especially the heavy helmet that protects the neck. Although it protects the neck, it also restricts the twisting of the neck. Therefore, most plate armor knights were unable to avoid it and could only be knocked down.
If both sides have the same weapon size, they may be able to use their strong martial arts and arm strength to knock the opponent's rifle and throw it to the opponent's head.
However, the weapons of the two sides are too different. The spring rifle is strong and slender, so it is very easy to turn and aim. The oak rifle is relatively bulky. If you want to push the spring rifle, you have to ask whether the winged cavalry holding the spring rifle will agree...
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In this way, after a round of charge, the Principality of Mazovia lost more than 300 plate-armored knights. After these plate-armored knights fell off their horses, some of them were directly trampled to death by the war horses of allies who could not stop the car. Those who survived were directly captured by the infantry of the Jagelon royal family. After all, the battlefield was very close to the Jagelon royal army...
When the cavalry on both sides passed by, before Berenev could reorganize a counterattack, something that made him despair--the horse was shocked...
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Yes, it was shocked...
Horses are very timid animals. Although the courage of war horses is considered to be great among horses, they cannot change the fact that horses are timid.
These war horses from the Principality of Mazovia have never seen enemies with bird feathers on their backs and masks similar to hooked noses on their faces. They don’t feel far away from the horses and are so reliable that they are so reliable that some war horses mistakenly regard the enemy’s cavalry as hunters of nature—the eagle in the sky…
Then, some war horses began to stir up, and began to run around like headless flies, and they also made horrors from time to time...
Panic is contagious. When some horses were frightened, the other horses in the Principality of Mazovia became uneasy and began to lose control...
On the other hand, the Wing Cavalry side was fearless because the war horses drank these bastards in "strange costumes" every day. Only the war horses from the Principality of Mazovia, because they "have never seen the world", were frightened when they saw the non-mainstream of the Wing Cavalry...
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Berenev loudly ordered the knights to restrain the war horses. If enough time is given, the war horses may be comforted. But will the opponent give them a chance? It doesn't exist...
"Wing Cavalry, Charge!" Lewandow, who had reunited his formation, ordered a charge again. The Wing Cavalry used 200 people and one squadron in one wave and three waves in one batch, divided into 7 batches, each wave of river and each batch was separated by a distance, launching wave after wave of attack on the enemy...
The plate-armored knights of the Principality of Mazovia fought to the death, but because of the war horses, the formation was extremely chaotic and the charge speed was lost.
"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang..." Faced with an opponent without impact and chaos in formation, the winged cavalry naturally had a great advantage and once again defeated hundreds of enemies...
The spring cavalry's spring cavalry is very strange because it has a spring buffer. Although the charge speed is fast, the damage to the wrists of the wing cavalry is very small. However, the powerful kinetic energy brought by the high-speed charge is not reduced. Therefore, the plate-armored knights of the Principal of Mazovia were knocked off the horse, but the wing cavalry did not have to let go of their cavalry...
The original Polish winged cavalry in history, because there is no spring buffer, often after charging, the spear penetrates into the enemy's body and has no time to pull it out, and the reaction force is too great. Therefore, the original winged cavalry often needs to throw away the spear and draw out the sabre to learn from the Hungarian Hussars to kill the enemy... Therefore, the original winged cavalry not only had to be proficient in using the cavalry spear, but also had to be proficient in using the sabre. With the spring cavalry invented by Marin, the cavalry spear is no longer a disposable consumable. Moreover, because of the conical spear head and the complex, even if the spear head is pierced into the enemy's body, it can be easily pulled out and continued to fight. There will never be a phenomenon that the cavalry spear pierces the enemy and cannot be pulled out...
However, a small number of the plate-armed knights of the Principal of Mazovia realized that the enemy did not wear plate-armed pants and injured the legs of several winged cavalry with oak cavalry. But that would not hinder the overall situation. The plate-armed knights of the Principal of Mazovia were defeated...
When Berenev realized that the situation was hopeless and planned to run back with the rest of the people, it was too late...
The plate-armored knight's warhorse is very heavy, so its speed is naturally not as fast as the winged cavalry that bears much lighter weight. What's more, escaping leaves the younger generation to faster enemies...
Chapter completed!