Black Iron Crown

On January 18th, thirty-three years of the empire, it was still Shuodong in the north, a scene of ice and snow, but near the imperial capital, there was not such a harsh climate.

There is only a thin layer of snow on the ground here, and the low temperature is nothing in front of the owner's cold-resistant physique but the northern army.

It was already noon at this time, and the sun at eleven o'clock should have been incomparably blazing, but since it was winter, there was always a gray layer on the sky, and even the brilliant sun's light became languid.

A gust of cold wind was blowing, bringing with it a bit of damp coldness, and Reiner couldn't help shivering.

He shook the black bearskin cloak on his shoulders, looking energetically at the enemy in front of him.

A long-lost, passionate feeling surged in Reiner's heart, and he hadn't felt such excitement for a long time.

The edge of the enemy's formation in front cannot be seen, and Leiner's own army is also so huge. The 6,000 people in the north had already arrived at the imperial capital two days ago, and they were simply reorganized by Leiner. After that, he went into battle.

The battle formation set up by Leiner is very simple and rough, and his own army is placed in the center as the central army.

Sergeant Moreland was in the front, and behind them were regiments of soldiers from the Northern Territory. At the front were the Golden Lion Guards and some soldiers with large shields, who acted as defenders.

If an enemy armed with short weapons crossed the iron line of long spears, it was their turn to perform.

The archers and crossbowmen are in the center of the infantry formation. Reiner's 800 archers holding recurve bows and 400 crossbowmen holding pulley crossbows have a long range, but in order to cause maximum damage to the enemy , Reiner did not arrange them completely in the rear of the infantry.

In that case, a distance of hundreds of meters would be wasted, and the range of the recurve bow, which has huge lethality, is only about 120 meters. He didn't intend to let his long-range strike power be abolished.

Except that the central army is directly under Leiner's own forces, his two flanks are all his vassals. After the troops under the command of these vassals were changed under the supervision of Leiner, their combat effectiveness has returned to what was once famous. To the point of the first strong army.

But even so, he was still very worried about the connection between the flanks and the central army. The connection part in such a phalanx confrontation was very important. Once it was broken through, he would be completely passive.

Reiner's Scarlet Griffin Knights did not participate in the previous siege battle at all, so there was no shortage of people in the establishment. They were standing with Reiner's direct fief knights, cruising on the right side of the battlefield.

On the left side of the battlefield are Leiner's five grassland vassals. Together, they have more than 2,000 light cavalry from the grassland. combat ability.

"Woo... woo..."

A low-pitched horn sounded throughout the battlefield, straight into the sky, and the heralds beside Leiner held the command flags tightly in their hands, waiting for Leiner to give orders at any time.

Although the horn sounded on Leiner's side, he did not give an order. His central army was wearing multiple layers of heavy armor, which was as solid as a rock. If he took the initiative to attack the enemy, he would lose some energy. Leiner didn't want to Going to do it.

Anyway, he is not afraid that people from the Kingdom of Bookern will not attack,

At worst, the two sides will continue to consume like this, and the food on Leiner's side is enough to feed a huge army like him for five or six years.

Sure enough, as Leiner speculated, King Satli saw that Leiner's army sounded the horn but did not move forward, so he had no choice but to take the lead in attacking.

The two flanks of the Kingdom of Bukden moved forward slowly, the central army was about a hundred meters behind, and the two flanks were placed in front of Leiner like double fists.

Under such a large-scale battle, there is no flat command anymore, and King Satli directly ordered the army to move forward.

On the other hand, Leiner carefully observed the enemy's situation in his main formation, speculated on the situation of the battle and made the next arrangement.

He watched the enemy soldiers advance slowly, without any confusion.

You must know that even if it is Reiner's own army, it will take a year or two to train if it wants to advance without any disorder. The most important thing is that he has never seen any army with such discipline.

Reiner's complexion couldn't help but become slightly dignified.

He said to a herald beside him: "Send me an order to let Tilihan lead the light cavalry to harass the enemy's right flank, but don't engage in frontal assault combat, just disrupt the enemy's formation!"

After listening to Leiner's order, the herald immediately stepped on the horse, took a command flag from Leiner's hand, and quickly galloped to the left.

Two minutes later, Tillihan received the order conveyed by the herald, and after he confirmed that the order was indeed from His Majesty, he shouted.

"Everyone get ready! Baron Samuza! Baron Kamal! Listen to my orders! Harass the enemy's right flank! Do not engage in hand-to-hand combat! Follow me! Follow me!"

Tillihan's order immediately spread throughout the light cavalry ranks, and the two thousand people immediately got ready, stroking the war horses under their crotches, and took out their riding bows from the saddles.

Although these light cavalry are not good at riding and archery, if they are just harassment, they can still be of some use.

Tillihan rode his horse first and rushed out, and the light cavalry behind him formed a long and narrow formation, trying to ensure that everyone's arrows could hit the enemy as much as possible.

Such a formation is absolutely useless in short combat, but they are now using cavalry and shooting, which is the best formation.

The sound of horseshoes was the first to sound on the battlefield. These soldiers looked around for no reason, and their footsteps were already slightly scattered.

"Don't mess! Adjust your steps! Don't mess!"

Under the yelling and scolding of the grassroots officers, the right-wing army of the Kingdom of Bukeden regained order and continued to advance.

However, as the sound of horseshoes got closer, these soldiers couldn't help but panic.

On such a huge battlefield, only the commander level can fully observe the entire battle situation. Even most noble lords cannot fully understand their own situation.

For example, right now, the soldiers on the edge of the right-wing army have seen the light cavalry rushing towards them, while the soldiers inside are still looking around because of the sound of horseshoes coming from nowhere.

Tillihan shouted, "Bow!"

He opened the riding bow in his hand, and an arrow made a sharp sound, cutting through the air and falling into the enemy's right flank.

The senior cavalry archers behind him did the same, sending out the arrows in their hands.

The narrow line allows everyone to shoot at the enemy, but they keep a distance from the enemy, so that the opponent cannot counterattack themselves.

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