Warlord: King of All Clans

Flynn actually wanted to send the Armored Knights to directly attack the enemy's infantry shield formation.

Theoretically, a shield formation of more than a thousand infantrymen could be crushed in one fell swoop by hundreds of armored vehicles.

Two thousand neatly-organized infantrymen followed their armored troops and charged into the disorderly formation of more than a thousand infantrymen, crushing them easily.

However, the human wall and forest of spears formed by the armored infantry would also take the lives of some armored knights.

Flynn doubted that if he gave such an order, the mid-level knight commander sent by Tariq and the loyal corner flag knight would turn around and leave with their core troops.

They came to the war to share the fruits of victory, not just to die on the battlefield.

If part of the lord's army died, they could still be recruited and trained, and let the lord die? No one is a fool!

To put it bluntly, the Square Flag Knight can form a legion and command the corner flags, but he himself is not the earl of the corner flag lord, and the corner flags are not actually obliged to swear allegiance to him until death.

If the new Earl Tariq, to ​​whom they are loyal, were to come in person to lead the charge, perhaps these knights would be willing to take the risk.

But Tariq is a known coward.

His father died in the racial war, and his two elder brothers were leading legions to fight, but he was the only one who was still hiding in Isenpol, engaging in conspiracy and infighting.

It is understandable that even the flag of his own territory does not think highly of him.

As long as there is no flaw in the enemy's formation, these armored knights have no desire to charge and kill the enemy.

Their main purpose of coming to support was to deal with the cavalry units of Petukhov's Corps.

On the other side of the Petukhov Corps, Commander Rigolav seemed a little absent-minded and hardly paid serious attention to the battlefield.

From time to time, he turned his head and looked at the kobold artillery team led by the minotaur Strong.

Just the day before yesterday, Leo threw the Kobold artillery team to him and showed him the power of a cannon.

In the eyes of modern people, it has no long range, high rate of fire, and fixed trajectory. It can only be regarded as a large-scale musket, at most an early artillery of a mortar, but it deeply shocked Rigolav.

This is the mortal's Pyroblast!

A mid-level mage's Pyroblast spell takes fifteen seconds to chant, and a fourth-level Pyroblast spell is enough to take the lives of ten heavily armored elite soldiers.

And he now has twenty-five rounds, and if he uses them well, he can be as powerful as twenty-five beggar's version of mid-level combat mages.

But the Minotaur Strong had his own ideas and was not willing to follow Rigolav's command.

Twenty-five cannons were pointed behind the infantry shield formation, but were suppressed by Strong and could not take action.

This made Rigolav feel a little uneasy, and he was somewhat afraid that these strange aliens would suddenly attack him from behind.

Out of trust in his adopted son, Rigolav forced himself to suppress his uneasiness.

As members of the Petukhov family, the second son Babik, the third son Solovy, the eldest son Roman and others were all by his side.

Including the corner flags of the relatives and all the knights' attendants, the cavalry unit of the Petukhov family also has more than ten armored cavalry units.

But compared to the Knights on the opposite side, it is still far behind.

Armored knight refers to a group of people who are both wearing heavy armor, including plate armor for knights and heavy horse armor for war horses.

However, the knights of the North were too tall, and ordinary Northern war horses could not bear the burden of such heavy armor in charging combat.

Every armored knight rides a high-quality warhorse selected from hundreds of miles away, which can be called a noble horse.

The better the quality of the warhorse, the less likely it is to appear on the ordinary market, but rather it will be monopolized by the great nobles.

In the horse market of Isembol, there are very few high-quality northern heavy war horses, and you can't buy them even if you have money.

The high-quality war horses bred in the surrounding ranches all fell directly into the hands of the lords, and most of them were traded privately.

Rigolav was able to gather two hundred cavalrymen wearing heavy chain mail, but he was unable to put armor on these ordinary war horses.

Moreover, cavalrymen of commoner origin did not have the time to receive lance training from a young age like the children of aristocrats. They could only use their lances to pierce the infantry or chop with their swords.

To engage in a clash with a knight or a knight's squire who has been trained in lance wielding since childhood would be to seek death.

The Minotaur Strong sat on a huge mammoth, overlooking the entire battlefield. He stared at the enemy's armored heavy cavalry and then at his own cavalry, and couldn't help scratching his head.

Seeing that the infantry corps of both sides were about to engage in battle, Strong finally couldn't help it and shouted to Rigolav: "Woof woof woof! Stupid human, send out the cavalry!"

"Go around and charge from behind! Disperse their infantry!"

Rigolav said helplessly: "Do you think the other party's equipment is just for show? They are just waiting for us to deliver it to their door."

"Take off the iron skin of the horse, they can't catch up, just take it for a walk, walk them to death!"

Rigolav's eyes lit up slightly, and after thinking for a few seconds, he immediately ordered his knights: "Everyone take off your horse armor and ride lightly. Solovy, you lead the cavalry to attack the enemy's infantry shield formation."

He couldn't help but glance at the Minotaur Strong and said to Solovy, "It's just a feint. There's no need to engage in battle. When you see the other side moving out in full gear, circle back."

"yes."

Solovy took the order and left, leaving only a dozen cavalrymen to guard the head of the family, Rigolav. The remaining hundred-plus cavalrymen all took off their light and heavy horse armor, went into battle lightly, and went around the flank of the infantry shield formation of the Adonis Legion from the right wing, trying to launch an attack.

The infantry units of both sides had just engaged in battle, and the giant shield crossbowmen who had shot out all their crossbow arrows had retreated to the rear and became the reserve of the infantry.

Hundreds of cavalrymen led by Knight Solovy came charging forward and approached directly into the array of giant shield crossbowmen.

Flynn on the opposite side had already seen the Solovi cavalry and couldn't help but laugh: "They are anxious."

With a wave of his hand, all of Adonis' armored knights moved out and charged towards the Solovie cavalry.

The Armored Knights had been waiting for this moment. Once they defeated the enemy cavalry, the outcome of the battle would be decided.

Unexpectedly, the Solovian Knights did not rush into the infantry formation at all. After seeing the armored knights chasing them, they immediately brushed past the defensive formation of giant shield crossbowmen and continued to run forward.

Pursued by the armored knights, the Solovian cavalry circled the entire battlefield and returned to Rigolav's flag.

The armored knights led by the mid-level knights chased for several hundred meters, then stopped and slowly retreated.

They are not fools and will not follow the light cavalry and eat dust. Naturally, they have to be careful to conserve horsepower.

Light cavalry can circle the battlefield a few times, but heavy armored cavalry will have to lie down after just one circle.

Seeing the armored knights retreat, Strong mooed and shouted, "Keep going! Keep going!"

Rigolav also began to think clearly and ordered without hesitation, "Do it again."

The Solovie Knight set out again and repeated the same trick.

Although they passed by the rear of the enemy infantry corps from beginning to end and only stabbed to death three or two lone soldiers without actually charging into the battle formation, the infantrymen in the fierce battle felt the sound of horse hooves approaching from behind, and they also panicked and their formation loosened slightly.

The armored knights, led by the mid-level knights, chased them for several hundred meters and drove them away.

Flynn was no fool. He quickly moved forward with his personal soldiers and flags, braving the rain of arrows from the longbowmen, holding off the infantry troops and preventing further harassment from the enemy's light cavalry.

Seeing the Solovie Cavalry leisurely returning to the command flag, the mid-level knight felt provoked and flew into a rage.

If they don’t dare to charge the infantry shield formation, they won’t dare to charge your light cavalry?

Adonis has more infantry than Petukhov, and as long as there is no interference and he advances steadily, he will not be easily defeated.

And their own armored knights are not afraid of the enemy's light cavalry. As long as they break up the enemy's command flag, the morale of the enemy's infantry corps will plummet!

If a wave of charges came over, Petukhov's light cavalry would either have to fight hard with him or abandon the infantry corps and leave the battlefield.

The mid-level knights who had already caught up to the flank of the battlefield did not hesitate any longer and continued to advance with the armored knights, heading straight for Rigolav's flag.

Strong shouted excitedly: "Here they come! They are coming!"

Behind the Petukhov Infantry Corps was the Kobold artillery team that had been slacking off for a long time.

All the gun barrels were aimed at the armored knights rushing from the flank.