EP.329
The knights and archers of the Reich Empire and the knights of the Venetian Union, which can be said to be the core forces of both armies, were the imperial cavalry that moved toward the enemy camp first.
This is because, according to Peter Yeager’s orders, they were prepared to move as soon as the war started, as long as they completed the minimum preparation.
“Captain Jaeger ordered us to attack the enemy’s rear! “Hurry up!”
“Move quickly, but maintain your formation! Don’t forget! “If both the knights and archers cannot maintain their formation, they will charge and die!”
“Do you understand that a bastard who is told to hurry and steps on the spur like crazy and canter (over 19 km) will face a court-martial?”
Major General Sieghardt, who was at the forefront of the Reich Empire’s arch cavalry and the Anya knights, was talking to his subordinates while they were reorganizing their formation.
“Well, then, our knights will charge their lances first and then leave, as per the plan. Major General Kergit. “Even though it’s an order, I feel a little heavy because I feel like I’m giving up the lead of the charge.”
In this operation, it was necessary to shock the enemy militia and shake up the Venetian allied forces, and to do so, knights wearing iron armor needed to deliver a big blow first.
Since it was an agreement based on tactical necessity, Major General Sieghardt’s voice contained a playful tone to ease the tension before the assault.
“It’s because of operational necessity. And after charging the lance, I will charge in and decapitate Captain Campito like I did before when I decapitated Ishtaven.”
“As expected, he is a young talent who has risen to the rank of major general before the age of 30. “I was barely a major at that age.”
“Compared to you, Captain…”
“According to my research at the Staff College, the Captain is of a different species than us, so I told you not to even think about following me. “Just being able to compare myself to him is incredible.”
After some joking and agreement, Major General Sieghardt took the lead and began to move, commanding about 20,000 knights, followed by the archer cavalry led by Anya.
On the other hand, the knights sent by Captain Campio moved in the opposite direction of the imperial cavalry, so the two armies did not encounter each other.
Peter Yeager went to the rear and personally inspected the returning vanguard soldiers from the command post in the center of the camp.
Units that seemed unable to fight were placed slightly forward from the rear and sent to a completely safe place, while units that could not fight were directly encouraged and promised huge rewards.
At the same time, scouts continued to report information such as where enemy knights were.
“The number of enemy knights is approximately 20,000, and as you predicted, they are returning to our rear!”
“By coincidence, the paths diverged from those of our knights, so there doesn’t seem to have been any engagement.”
“After scouting the current infantry formation from afar, our troops have the upper hand even though their numbers are small!”
The number of soldiers was 100,000 fewer than that of the Reich Imperial Army, but the momentum was already completely pushing back the Duchy of Venetia.
It was difficult to guarantee victory unless the charge of more than 20,000 knights was blocked and the charge of the Reich Empire’s archers and knights worked.
‘In order for us, who are outnumbered, to win this battle against the Venetas, the soldiers must carry out all my orders…’ At
this time, Major General Sieghard succeeded in returning to the rear of the militia with 20,000 knights. .
After confirming that the archer cavalry unit led by Anya was following behind, Sieghard gave orders to the knights.
“I will stand on the far left and take the lead. Each battalion unit forms a wedge formation and forms the formation ordered by Captain Jaeger!”
Then, they began to form the very difficult formation they were first instructed to do, and after about 30 minutes, they succeeded in completing the diagonal formation.
As a result, they formed a diagonal formation with the left being at the front and the right being at the back.
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“Knights, charge!”
As the battalion directly commanded by Major General Sieghard rushed out at the command to charge, the other knights on his right also maintained their distance and began charging their lances.
The nobles commanding the militia, seeing them gradually speeding up, began to make a fuss.
“Campio Bog! “Make our militia, not the mercenaries, fight the knights with a spear in hand!”
“f*ck Peter Ye -ger!”
“square! square! “Maintain more space and stick together closely!”
The militiamen who saw the Reich knights were so confused and shocked that they began to tremble while holding their spears and maintaining their square shape.
The tip of the spear was shaking and some of the soldiers were so terrified that some were even crying.
“f*ck you Reich bastards!”
“If you don’t want to die, fight! square! “I told you to keep it!”
“I told you to aim your polearm at the horse’s neck!”
Maybe that’s why, in order to block the knights’ charge with a long spear, the spear pole had to be driven deep enough into the ground, but idiots who just planted it roughly appeared one after another.
Those who had to shoot arrows and somehow kill the momentum with magic began to aim at strange places.
The imperial knights who saw this burst into laughter as they charged.
“Those idiots are sitting there shooting fireballs into the sky!”
“What signal are you sending? “Is this a signal for us to step forward?”
“Don’t you think so?! Battalion commander.”
Such a clumsy response boosted the morale of those charging with lances, and soon the knights attacked the extremely sloppy militia formation.
When the battalion led by Major General Siegharg on the far left and others entered the infantry square, they entered without much resistance.
Some of the militia soldiers were trampled by the hooves of war horses or impaled by lances and were skewered like 2 or 3 people.
After the lance was broken, he slaughtered the wandering militia on his left and right using the mace or sword he wore around his waist.
Some of them, who had never experienced a proper battle in their lives, especially against a knight with an overwhelming superiority in terms of power, screamed or tried to run away.
There were some who resisted properly, but they were helpless in front of the 0.6 ton steel block.
“Reich bastards! “You f*cking empire bastards!”
“Save Mom and Dad! no! “I have a wife and children!”
“surrender! I surrender! “I will pay enough ransom, so please just spare my life!”
The formation collapsed with a single charge of the knights’ lances, and their agitation was also transmitted to the mercenaries fighting on the front lines.
The mercenary leaders and veterans realized that they had been deceived by the mere sound of war coming from behind them.
“f*ck, this looks like Veneta bastards are applying it?”
“… Captain, shall we retreat? It’s true that you’re working hard to make money. “What good is it if you die?”
“Huh, not yet. “Even if the militia are idiots, their numbers are extremely large.”
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Then, the Reich Imperial Knights retreated with fewer casualties than expected, perhaps because the militia was worse than Captain Jaeger had expected.
After that, Anastasia attacked in the same formation as the knights.
Unlike the knights, who secured their defense by equipping their horses with heavy armor, they were light cavalrymen, and it was quite reckless for them to charge like this, but the already broken militia was defeated without even using their hands or feet.
“… They are barbarian cavalry! “They came to kill us!”
“Jinhyung! Prepare your formation! “Get your formation in order, you lowly bastards!”
“You idiot, do your best to reorganize.”
Some were lucky enough to escape, but the rest of the soldiers had their heads cut off by soldiers holding cavalry curved swords in one hand.
Even if I tried to stab him with a spear, I couldn’t even think of fighting back against the enemy who was approaching so confidently at such a fast speed.
The northern cavalry, led by Anya, made up of archers, almost broke through the tens of thousands of militia formations, and those in the rear among the mercenaries clearly witnessed the scene from the middle.
The situation was that the infantry at the front was pushing back, and the militia at the rear were being crushed to dust by the knights and archers.
In a situation where there seemed to be no answer, some of the mercenary leaders gave orders that even Peter Yeager could not have expected.
“If we continue like this, we will be annihilated! If you don’t want to be killed, run away!”
“Anyway, if something breaks like this, even Veneta won’t be able to give you compensation!”
“Campio Captain’s Captain Dog Dog Dogs Unfared and made us soaked like this.”
Then they began to retreat voluntarily without anyone giving them any orders.
Some of them, like mercenaries worthy of being called outlaws, stole away a cart containing the armor of the Veneta allied forces, perhaps intending to completely sever ties with the Venetas.
They probably made that choice because armor is the most expensive military item.
On the other hand, at this time, the Reich Imperial Army, commanded by Captain Jaeger, was in a situation where it had to repel the assault of 20,000 knights.
“20,000 enemy knights are charging in a wedge formation!”
Peter Jaeger saw that and laughed as if he had expected it.
“Isn’t it funny that people who can only use damned militia and mercenaries are called knights! Even if 20,000 or even 100,000 of those guys come, they are no match for the Reich Imperial Army! square! Form a long spear phalanx!”
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