The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

After Ye Tianlong inquired about the information, he immediately understood that Baron Saul was afraid that he had been betrayed by his colleagues. The two viscounts before deliberately slowed down the march, probably in order to send someone to notify Swadia. Some noble lords in the kingdom who have good relations with them.

The reason why the two viscounts of the Nord Kingdom dared to do this was probably because of the tacit approval of other nobles.

After all, Baron Sol is an emerging nobleman who has only recently emerged. In the eyes of the established noblemen with more senior qualifications and higher titles, he is probably just an upstart.

However, this upstart was valued by King Ragnar. This time, he did not know how he got so many sophisticated weapons and armors, and raised an army of more than [-] people.

If there are no accidents, Baron Saul, who has hundreds of elite soldiers, will definitely achieve more military exploits in this national war than in the previous war. At that time, his title and territory will definitely be greatly improved.

Of course the old nobles of the Nordic Kingdom cannot tolerate this! A mere upstart is going to climb over them so soon, and it is very likely that they will have to allocate part of their territory to reward Baron Saul who has made great contributions at that time. This kind of direct infringement on them Matters of profit are as uncomfortable as cutting their flesh.

So I guess those guys have been holding back their bad intentions for a long time and want to kill Baron Saul. This time, Baron Sol took the initiative to invite Ying to fight, which allowed these guys to find an opportunity and sold Baron Sol outright.

The question now is whether to save Baron Saul. After all, Ye Tianlong is not the other party's real subordinate, so whether to save the other party depends entirely on Ye Tianlong's own thoughts.

After thinking for a while, Ye Tianlong decided to save the other party. After all, in his opinion, Baron Sol was relatively simple among the nobles. This time, the other party would be so easily plotted by the other two viscounts. You can see that Baron Saul is really an honest boy! He never thought that other established nobles would be willing to betray their country's interests in order to get rid of him.

And Ye Tianlong spent so much money and had a good relationship with Baron Saul. If he watched the other person being killed by other nobles, and then a new noble lord came over, Ye Tianlong would have to spend more money. A large sum of money is used to bribe the other party. And it may not be possible to bribe him successfully. After all, other nobles are much more treacherous than Baron Sol, an upstart who has just come to power. Maybe he will still be mercilessly paid by the other party after spending a lot of money. Sold, just like that Baron Saul.

After Ye Tianlong shared his thoughts with other team members, everyone agreed with Ye Tianlong's decision.

So Ye Tianlong did not lead his troops to visit His Majesty the King first, but turned around to rescue Baron Saul.

Almost all of Ye Tianlong's troops were mules and horses. They marched very fast and quickly arrived near the battlefield. Ye Tianlong used a telescope to check and found that Baron Saul was in a very dangerous situation at this time. There were more than [-] soldiers under his command. , now there are only more than fifty people left, and all of them are trapped on a small slope.

There were many corpses around the small slope, most of which were the corpses of soldiers under Baron Saul.

This is actually normal. After all, except for the small slope, the rest of the area is plain terrain, which is very suitable for Swadia's heavy cavalry to launch a charge.

The reason why the Kingdom of Swadia is able to occupy such a large and prosperous area on the continent of Calradia relies on its powerful heavy cavalry troops, or shock cavalry.

The so-called shock cavalry is a cavalry unit that relies on lances to charge and break formations. Although they are not necessarily all heavy cavalry units with both men and horses, their main combat methods are close combat cavalry units that rely on lances to charge.

This type of cavalry unit can be said to have a great advantage when facing the Nord Kingdom, which is dominated by infantry, on plain terrain.

In addition, Baron Sol was attacked unprepared, so it is very likely that shortly after the war began, Baron Sol's troops were scattered and cut apart by the opponent's large groups of heavy cavalry.

Once the infantry is broken up by the cavalry and cut into small pieces, they will almost have to wait for death. After all, the mobility of the infantry is far inferior to that of the cavalry. Even if they discover something is wrong, they will not be able to do so. The cavalry generally relies on its speed advantage to break through, and can only be surrounded and annihilated one by one by the enemy using its strength advantage.

However, this guy, Baron Thor, was valued by King Ragnar. He was obviously not a waste. Faced with that unfavorable situation, he was still able to lead dozens of people to break out and defend on a small slope.

Although the small slope is only a few dozen meters high and not large in area, it is able to restrain Swadia's shock cavalry very well.

After all, if Swadia's shock cavalry wants to launch a lance charge, they have to let their war horses reach a certain speed. However, the small slope in front of them makes them have to attack upward when they want to attack. Only then, the speed of the war horse will inevitably slow down due to the terrain, and it will no longer be possible to sprint with a lance.

As for the shock cavalry who were unable to charge with lances, at least [-]% to [-]% of their combat strength was lost. If they continued to attack by force, they would definitely be massacred by the heavy infantry under Baron Saul.

The commander of the Kingdom of Swadia obviously also saw this, so he did not continue to let his cavalry troops attack. Instead, he mobilized more than [-] elite infantry and crossbowmen, preparing to let these infantry and crossbowmen Come and annihilate the last remaining force in Baron Sol's hands.

Ye Tianlong noticed that most of the last few dozen soldiers left beside Baron Sol were equipped with the same low-end version of the iron pagoda heavy-duty armor as the soldiers under his command.

Although these armors appear to be low-end in Ye Tianlong's eyes, in fact, the defense power is already among the top in the current continent of Calradia. It is precisely because of his elite heavy infantry that Baron Thor can He was able to successfully reach the top of this small slope and hold on until now.

But now Baron Saul's situation is getting worse, because the enemy has mobilized hundreds of elite heavy infantry and crossbowmen. Unlike cavalry, these guys are not so demanding on the terrain, even if they are looking up. Attacking, it can still exert most of its combat power. Even if Baron Sol had a geographical advantage, he would be completely wiped out if he held on for a few hours at most.

Fortunately, Ye Tianlong and his army arrived at this time. Although the team of more than [-] people was not as large as the troops of the Kingdom of Swadia here, it was enough to pose a certain degree of threat to it.

Therefore, after discovering the arrival of Ye Tianlong and his team, the commander of the Kingdom of Swadia suspended the attack on Baron Saul's defeated troops and instead carefully dealt with this unit of unknown origin.

Since Ye Tianlong is not yet a formal noble, but just a knight, he is naturally not qualified to use the heraldic flag that belongs to his own family. The flag he carries is still the family flag of Baron Sol. The pattern of this flag is a two-handed flag. A simple pattern of crossed double-edged battle axes.

It is precisely because of this that the commanders of the Kingdom of Swadia felt a little confused. They thought that Sol, a mere baron, was able to pull out more than [-] elite troops. They were already surprised. Alright! Why is there another army under his banner now? Judging from the number, there are even more than the previous one, probably more than [-] people!

Different from the confusion of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Swadia, Baron Saul immediately guessed who the person was after seeing the flag. He was moved that Ye Tianlong would send troops to rescue him at this time, and at the same time But he was worried that the other party would not be able to withstand the attack of the Swadia Kingdom's army.

There are currently more than [-] troops from the Kingdom of Swadia here!

The army of the Kingdom of Swadia that ambushed him at the beginning consisted of a thousand cavalry. During the fierce battle with the opponent, he killed about [-] of the opponent's cavalry, and he also lost all his troops. If it were not for the timely breakthrough to the present moment, On this small slope, I am afraid that the dozens of people in his hands would have been overwhelmed by the opponent's large number of cavalry troops.

Later, in order to avoid further heavy losses to the precious cavalry troops, the other party mobilized more than [-] elite heavy infantry and crossbowmen after besieging him here. So now the Kingdom of Swadia has a total of There are more than [-] troops, and they are all obviously selected elites with good combat prowess. There are more than [-] people on Ye Tianlong's side, and most of them are probably new recruits. It is no wonder that Baron Sol is worried that Ye Tianlong may not be able to withstand the attack of the Kingdom of Swadia.

Ye Tianlong, who was not far away from the opposite side, was facing the slowly approaching army of the Kingdom of Swadia, but he did not panic at all. He calmly let his soldiers form a circle around the carriages in the team. , a car formation was set up.

The carriages of these carriages were all made of fine steel, with sharp spears more than two meters long inserted on them. A little later, there were twenty carriages carrying the small-caliber company. A gun carriage that fires artillery. The melee soldiers who also served as artillerymen had quickly adjusted the direction of the muzzles of the artillery pieces, and shells were being loaded into each cannon.

Further behind, there were more than three hundred long-range soldiers equipped with flintlock rifles, who were loading ammunition for their flintlock rifles.

At the very back were Ye Tianlong and his trusted officers. Not only Ye Tianlong, but also the faces of the cronies around him were very calm, and there was no look of panic and nervousness at all as they were about to face a war.

Although the Kingdom of Swadia was confused for a while about the origin of this team under the banner of Baron Sol's family, the other party was obviously coming to rescue Baron Sol, so it was right to fight. One thousand and three One hundred versus five hundred, the advantage is mine! It was an unexpected surprise for them to be able to gain more military glory before leaving.

The [-] cavalry troops, who had been idle for a long time, were quickly divided into three teams, preparing to launch multiple waves of powerful charges against the enemy in front of them.

Of these three teams of cavalry, the first team is the most elite. Although there are only about two hundred cavalry, most of them are the Swadia Knights, the ace unit of the Kingdom of Swadia.

The remaining two teams, both with about [-] cavalry, were mainly composed of Swadia heavy cavalry.

According to previous experience, after the first team of Swadia knights launches a charge, the enemy formation will basically be smashed to pieces. At this time, the subsequent two teams of heavy cavalry will then launch a charge, and the charged troops can be The disordered enemy soldiers were easily harvested.