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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 65 The Third Batch of Heavy Cavalry

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    The war has entered a fever pitch.

    When the infantry units from both sides joined the battle, the entire suburb of Jerusalem and the ground within a radius of hundreds of miles boiled.  Those animals and birds in the desert next door.  After hearing such a terrifying and huge sound, everyone fled in all directions.  Don't dare to come back.  After all, the troops invested by both sides were as high as 400,000.  It's four hundred thousand.  Even in such a unified era where great empires were at war with each other, this number was impressive enough.

    General Erth is very lucky.  He felt it too.  If nothing else happens, this battle may be the last large-scale battle in his life.  After this battle.  throughout the Near East and down to Mesopotamia.  will be included in the territory of the Norman Empire.

    The Mongolian offensive against the West completely collapsed.  And the empire's expansion of territory has reached a limit.  Next.  I'm afraid it will be decades of recuperation.  It's too late to fight.  It will be difficult for him and his colleagues to command such a large-scale battle in the future.

    "It's a bit regrettable to say the least. But this is indeed the final battle. In the north, Your Majesty will completely defeat the main force of the Mongols. And here, I will defeat their largest branch.  It¡¯s worth remembering. As long as I can lead this battle to victory, my life will be worth it.¡±

    General Erth said this while observing the battlefield.

    After the infantrymen join the battlefield.  The density of soldiers on the battlefield suddenly increased a lot.  The cavalry on both sides were suddenly reduced to the role of foil.  In the torrent of large numbers of infantry, it seemed so inconspicuous.  On the front line, the Norman super-pike phalanx turned from defense to offense, relying on its powerful firepower and solid formation.  Advance unswervingly on the chaotic battlefield.  Kill the enemies who come up one after another and smash them into sieves.

    On the two wings, the battle between a large number of Italian spearmen, French spearmen and the Arabs was a little boring.  These two armies were both influenced by the Byzantine Empire.  Infantry tactics are all classic Roman phalanx formations.  It's just that the Normans made certain improvements on this basis.

    The training methods of their soldiers are also more scientific and standardized.  therefore.  The array of shields and spears arranged by the Norman levies was even more strict than the real, traditional Roman phalanx.  Those are not Arabs, these are just soldiers who have learned a lot and are comparable.

    In addition, there are a small number of soldiers armed with heavy weapons such as long-handled hook axes and infantry halberds among the levies.  They also formed a dense array and used the heavy weapons in their hands to form a cold steel wall to launch an attack.

    Talk about it.  Although such an array of long-handled halberds is not as stable as an infantry phalanx composed of shield spearmen.  But the aggression and lethality are better.  And it¡¯s easier to train.

    Compared with the elite levied troops of the Normans.  The Arab troops appeared lackluster.  A few of the more elite Arab troops were able to form a tighter formation and push each other against the Norman array.  Shield against shield, and then stab each other with their spears.  To maintain an unbeatable situation.  However, more of them were defeated and pushed away by the dense array of Norman militia.  They were stabbed into sieves by the spears they thrust out continuously and uniformly.

    In the battle between infantry and infantry, the Normans won an absolute victory.  The Arabs lost their armor and were defeated in succession.

    But this is not the end.  Such occupation.  Although the Normans gained a great advantage.  But it is very difficult to convert these advantages into victory in one go.  The Arabs were able to persevere despite the hardship.  They relied on a large number of composite archers and harpooneers to support their attacks.  They guarded every front with difficulty.  And Hulagu, as well as the battle-experienced Mongolian Nayans under his command, also commanded very well.

    Under the command of these shrewd and capable generals, the Arab formation was like a ship that was leaking everywhere but could always remain unsinkable.  Advancing with difficulty in the Norman storm.  They discovered the loopholes one by one with quick eyesight and quick hands, and then immediately sent a large number of reserve troops to rush over and block these gaps.  Just like using planks and plugs to block the holes in the ship.

    The Arab army numbered more than ten or two hundred thousand.  The reserve force is sufficient.  If the Norman army could not cause them too many casualties at one time.  Then this game of filling holes will continue forever.  Although this "continuation" will certainly not be unlimited.  But Hulagu has this confidence.  He was able to maintain his "undefeated" streak.  Until tonight.  In this way, both parties had to stop.  Stop fighting.

    "It's really abominable." On the opposite side, Marshal Ersi could also see Hulagu Khan's thoughts.  He snorted softly, regarding this just nowHe was still aggressive, but now he didn't even dare to make a tentative attack, and instead turned all defensive, the bastard responded with contempt.  However, I agree in my heart: This may be the only way for the Arab army with slightly lower technical content to be able to sustain itself.

    but.  An unwinnable battle might be good for Ilhan.  But for Marshal Norman, it was unacceptable.  It is precisely because of this that Marshal Erth has reserved such a hand.

    Before that, he used one-third of his cavalry troops in order to draw out the Arab cavalry and Mongolian cavalry on both wings.  Then.  In order to draw out Ilhan's heavy cavalry, he used another third of the cavalry.  The heavy cavalry that Ilhan still had, those heavy cavalry from the Arab ethnic group, were completely lost in the face of the Normans' spears and crossbows.

    In other words, when the marshal presses the entire army and attracts all the opponent's cavalry, and also attracts all the infantry.  One-third of the cavalry force was still retained.

    This is the key to Marshal Ers¡¯ victory!

    "The cavalry on both wings is dispatched, go around and attack the opponent's flanks." This order from Marshal Ers cruelly cut off the last hope of the Ilkhanate.

    When they struggled to muster up the last bit of courage to resist the powerful offensive of the Norman army in front of them.  From the flank, there was a scream: "Cavalry!"

    There were a total of more than 3,500 cavalry, including 300 Norman knights, two hussars organized into teams of 1,000 men, and more than 1,000 levies from local provinces.  These cavalry were divided into two groups of about 1,700, one in the west and one in the east.  He circled to the flank of the battlefield as quickly as possible.  Then, amid the exclamations of the Arabs, a violent attack was launched.

    These people have been waiting for a long time, watching their comrades and enemies being killed with blood and corpses scattered all over the field.  But he could only stay aside and wait for the marshal's order.  This made them almost unable to contain their ferocity.

    So, after receiving the order from Marshal Erth, these Norman knights and cavalry who had been patient for a long time finally became happy.  They shouted loudly to vent their dissatisfaction.  On the other hand, he jumped up and climbed onto the horse.  He rode his horse and rushed to the flank of Ilhan's team in the shortest time, and also prepared the formation in the shortest time.  Then the charge was launched.

    It all happened so fast.  It was so fast that Ilhan Hulagu was unable to take any measures to counterattack.  In fact, even if he could react, there was nothing he could do.  The vast majority of his troops were deployed on the front line, on a crazy meat grinder-like battlefield.  Especially the cavalry.  Ilhan was injured, and there was no more mobile force that could be used to stop the wolf-like Norman cavalry.

    He could only hold the idea of ??"giving it a try" and ordered the Arab levies on both sides to turn around and reorganize into a dense array to defend against the charge of the Norman cavalry.  However, this is simply a mantis trying to trick the chariot, and it will not help.

    The continuous cavalry charges are like waves hitting the salt.  The former was instantly washed away and disappeared without a trace.  Under the wave-like charge of the Normans, the Arab troops fell one by one, row by row.  Screaming and unable to get up.  This can be said to be the biggest loss the Ilkhanate's army has suffered since the war began.  In the blink of an eye, the 20,000 to 30,000 troops on both wings were overwhelmed by the Norman cavalry.  What this brings about is an avalanche-like chain reaction.

    The Arab troops began to cry and flee.  One person's behavior of escaping can infect ten people, and ten people can infect a hundred This shows a geometric level of rout behavior, and the final result is the complete collapse of Ilhan's army.

    ¡°Damn it! Damn it!!¡±

    From heaven to hell is only a short moment.  Hulagu felt like he was going crazy.  I don't even know what to say.  No orders could be given and no action could be taken.  Because he has experienced many battles.  So he knows how bad this situation is nowhis khanate, his ambition, and his dream lover.  They were all wiped out with this round of attacks by the Norman army.

    The troops on the front line collapsed, collapsed, collapsedcontinuously collapsed, like an avalanche.  As fast as a neural network.  The soldiers, even the strongest Mongolian warriors, had no idea of ??continuing to fight.  As if they were the Arab cowards they had always mocked, they discarded their weapons and shields.  Riding the horse, he turned around and ran away.

    ¡°Big, sweaty?!¡±

    Even the followers around him, the Mongolian guards who were most loyal to him, and the Mongolian Nayans, could not remain calm in such a bad situation.  They looked at Hulagu eagerly, the meaning of which was self-evident.

    Looking at these Mongolian faces, Hulagu smiled instead.  He said to them in a mocking tone: "Do you still want me to escape?"

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