Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 176

Henry II watched those fierce Tatars suddenly retreating back and forth in front of his troops. Although he saw the serious loss of the forward troops, he was also very happy.

In his opinion, the Yuan army with thousands of people was hitting a stone with a pebble in front of his tens of thousands of troops. Obviously, they suddenly retreated now, which meant that they gave up their attack, knowing that they could not chew on their tens of thousands of people. of!
Henry II immediately decided to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and decided to teach these Tatars who had a serious impact on the surrounding countries a profound lesson, kill these Tatars, and then he will have everything he imagined!

The unknown interests of the future completely dazzled Henry II. He began to order all the troops to move forward. The cavalry on the two wings were the first to dispatch, and the infantry in the middle also picked up their weapons and moved forward under the drive of the knights.

Seeing the retreat of the Tatars in front of them, the soldiers of the coalition army felt that their opportunity had come, and they were all very excited at the moment. The speed of the troops gradually increased, and they chased after the slowly retreating Yuan army.

Seeing that the other party fell into the trap so simply, Li Mu couldn't help shaking his head. His own side didn't have much to lose, and if he retreated so simply, didn't the commander on the other side even realize that this might be a conspiracy?
Li Mu really saw the level of these people. When he followed Alexander, such tactics were completely useless. To pursue them, he must have sufficient troops, and he must not let the infantry phalanx become scattered.

The Yuan army continued to retreat, but Henry II's troops gradually showed layers. The fast light cavalry was at the front, some miscellaneous infantry in the middle, and finally some heavy knights and heavy knights protecting Henry II. infantry.

The entire coalition army was divided into three or four parts, and the original compact formation had been completely discarded.

And this is exactly what Yuan Jun wanted to see.

I don’t know when the horn sounded somewhere, Li Mu turned his head and looked, and saw someone among the retreating cavalry on the left began to deflect the horse’s head, and looked intently, it was a general under Subotai’s command Son.

He made a counterattack action at the first time, and at this time the horn of the whole army's counterattack also sounded, Li Mu also shouted at his soldiers, and the knights followed Li Mu's movements and began to draw a big arc , Gradually turn the front of the soldiers back.

The coalition forces were still indifferent to this situation. They seemed to think that this was just a desperate counterattack by the Yuan army, and the increasingly advancing formations made them think that they had thousands of troops on their side at this moment, and that the mountains and plains were full of their own support. .

This time Li Mu didn't choose to draw arrows from the quiver one by one, but held four or five arrows together with the short bow, and the other hand pulled the arrows to the string at a very fast speed.

Almost all the knights of the Yuan army were doing this. They quickly released the arrows in their hands, creating a rain of arrows in front of them in an instant.

The cavalry unit that rushed up at the earliest suffered a blow. The European horses were very tall and became the best targets. These arrows were shot down densely. The cloth covered on these horses could not stop the arrows at all. Many horses fell off.

The coalition forces panicked in response to the Yuan army's sudden attack. They thought they would be able to win by surviving the arrow attacks, but when they saw the arrows falling like a rainstorm and never stopped, the comrades around them screamed. As they fell down, their hearts suddenly panicked.

Henry II, who was in the rear, also saw this scene. Seeing that his soldiers were being slaughtered because the front was too long, he frantically ordered the second line that had distanced itself to rush to the rescue immediately.

But he overestimated the movement speed and combat power of the infantry. When the second wave of infantry rushed forward, they were shocked to find that the first front line was almost completely wiped out, and they were now all exposed to the Yuan army's offensive.

Moreover, those cunning Yuan troops never fought them at close range, relying on the flexibility of their horses to run continuously, but the arrows shot straight into their eyes.

Invisibly, Henry II turned this battle into a battle of fuel, and from beginning to end, only Henry II's troops were consumed, and the sacrifices of the Yuan army were minimal.

Li Mu had already used up one quiver in his hand, and at this moment the second wave of enemies were also completely dead. Li Mu took aim at the enemy troops who were coming here to support them further away.

Even without Li Mu saying anything, the knights rushed forward one by one. This time, everyone took the initiative to shorten the distance to the enemy, and someone even took out a scimitar to make a final impact on the last front in the distance.

The surrounding soldiers shouted loudly one by one, expressing their joy. This kind of battle was very easy for the Yuan army, and it could even be said that victory was within easy reach. Li Mu's heart immediately eased, but the next moment he saw a Shiny helmet.

It was a western-style helmet, the only difference was that there were two horn-like things on both sides of the helmet. The man was a complete knight in costume, and there were dozens of knights like him around him.

This is a Western-style heavy-armored army. The thought flashed across Li Mu's mind, Teutonic Knights!

The West was still under the theocratic rule of the Holy Roman Empire, and the most powerful fighting force here was naturally the Knights. Unexpectedly, after so many battles, he finally encountered the Knights here.

Those noble knights and the former miscellaneous soldiers have undergone earth-shaking changes. They are more stable and have stronger combat power.

Most of Li Mu and others were wearing leather armor, with only their helmets and breastplates made of iron. Facing those canned knights, Li Mu suddenly changed his attitude.

Silently inserting the light arrow back into the quiver, Li Mu opened the last quiver, pulled out the arrow with a larger diamond-shaped arrow inside, and replaced the short bow in his hand with another one.

This is a heavy arrow, although it can't shoot far, but the lethality within the attack distance will be more terrifying than light arrows. To penetrate these knights with armor, heavy arrows are necessary!

Li Mu also immediately passed the order to change arrows to each of his subordinates. Facing the armored knights in front, everyone will continue to use the previous kite-flying tactics.

In the distance, Henry II has already urged several knights to start attacking. These knights hold their lances horizontally one by one, hold the reins with the other hand and carry the shield, and start to run with the horses under their crotches. get moving.

One or two hundred armored knights began to run slowly. Their speed was not fast, but they were also shouting and rushing towards Li Mu and others.

Li Mu looked around and found that there were still about three or four thousand troops. He believed that these heavy cavalry could not pose a sufficient threat to him.

The cavalry on both sides began to charge at the same moment. The difference was that Li Mu and the others had already stretched their bows and arrows and waited to attack, while the members of the knights standing aside just lowered their heads and rushed.

Na Bai Da'er's offensive was even more fierce. Obviously, he was more eager to win. The cavalry he led rushed to the front, and the arrow in his hand was also the first to shoot.

The Mongolian horse archers' tactics were used to the extreme when fighting against Western battle formations. This feeling of hanging and fighting made Henry II unable to fight back. His infantry was exhausted and he could only rely on these weapons. Mounted cavalry.

But even though these armored cavalry have the most complete protection, those Yuan troops never engage in battle with them, and always keep a certain distance, and the arrows they shoot can always pass through the gaps in the helmet visor trickily, Shoot the noble knights off their horses one by one.

Seeing those majestic Knights of the Knights fall instantly in such an attack, Henry II was frightened and began to charge behind him.

But obviously they were already too late, and everyone had been surrounded by reinforcements from the Yuan army.

While the massacre was going on, Henry II broke out under the guard of three knights, but was overtaken by a Yuan army cavalry the next moment.

Li Mu was the one who led the cavalry. Seeing the man in gorgeous clothes being gradually caught up with him, and sweeping his armor across his body, Li Mu drew out his scimitar.

After a confrontation, blood licked the tip of the knife. Li Mu slowly reined in the horse, pulled the reins and turned to look, watching the headless corpse with heavy armor fall.

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(End of this chapter)