I am Da Song

After Zhao Chen's mobilization was completed, he turned to look at the coalition forces in the distance.

The armies from Byzantium and Franks were equally large.

These two countries may have been regarded as the most powerful European kingdoms in the West in the Middle Ages.

The coalition army they formed was as high as 4 people.

Among them, the 1 people in Byzantium all wore purple military uniforms and scale armor, which was the most elite armed force in an empire.

No one dares to underestimate the [-] well-trained professional soldiers in armor.

The French Crusaders were even more elite. After all, they were the richest agricultural empire in the Middle Ages in Europe. They only had more than 6000 nobles, large and small.

This scale is not too big. After all, in the Battle of Agincourt, the famous battle of English longbowmen, there were more than 5000 nobles who were nearly captured by the French army.

Many of these nobles were feudal manor owners who only owned one fiefdom. They brought their attendants and personal guards to participate in this festival-like crusade, mainly for the purpose of plundering wealth.

These people are well-equipped and are brave and skilled knights, but they are definitely not a well-trained army, because they do not have any subordinates to each other, and there is no unified military order.

Therefore, King Louis of France ranked them on the far right, preparing to put them into the battlefield at the most anxious time of the war, give full play to their advantages as heavy cavalry, and rely on lances to secure victory with one charge.

And their front army was eight thousand helmets, that is, eight thousand knights who dismounted and fought on foot.Followed by 1 armed squires, fanatics, and crusaders, supported by [-] archers and [-] crossbowmen.

The deployment of their allies, the Byzantines, is completely different from theirs. Their iron armored cavalry is a professional army and has received the most professional training, so it is placed at the back of the team and will cooperate with the main infantry to participate in the impact. Fatigue, when the formation is chaotic, launch a swift strike, smashing the enemy army and causing mass chaos.

The gap between the blue uniforms of the French army and the purple formation of the Byzantines was so obvious that Zhao Chen, king of Qin, could see the two distinct armies.

He turned his head to Shu Lingshi, the guard of the Privy Council next to him, and said, "The enemy army doesn't seem to be united. Should our army take the initiative to break into the boundary between the two parts and divide them into two?"

The shouqueshulingshi is a typical minister of the Central Plains, and asked directly: "Your Majesty, self-examination, who is the holy warrior or the official?"

Zhao Chen's literary accomplishment was very deep, and he immediately knew what the Shouque Shu Lingshi was going to say, blushing, and said: "I have just been crowned, and I have little experience, how dare I compare myself with Daddy."

Shouque Shuling Shi said unceremoniously: "With the supernatural talent of the officials and not intervening in the military command of the 10-level military command in the Battle of Tokyo, how can the king have the confidence to command a battle of [-] people?"

Zhao Chen was very open-minded. Although he was directly remonstrated by the Shouque Shuling Shi, he was not angry. , but established unprecedented martial arts. What you said is very true, this battle is just a sideline, and it is completely under the command of the Privy Council."

Shi was satisfied with the defense of the palace, and explained to Zhao Chen: "Our army is not in a hurry to fight in this battle. Strategically, the opponent is more urgent. Every moment of delay, the possibility of Wang Shi participating in the battle is more likely."

"Tactically, the heavy cavalry charge they rely on must take the initiative to consume our army's energy. Only when the barbarian soldiers are confused can they charge violently and win the battle with one blow."

"As long as our army has a well-organized formation, we will surely be able to thwart the rushing sharpness, demonstrate the strength of strength, and win this battle."

The two were communicating, when they suddenly heard the rapid and chaotic sound of horns in the distance.

The Franks and the Byzantines did not have much coordination, and each pressed forward.

Tens of thousands of foot soldiers moved forward slowly holding their shields and spears.

Immediately there was a sound of orderly and heavy horns in the Song army formation. Amidst the sound of the horns, dense nomadic cavalry rode out from the corridor in the middle of the phalanx. These nomadic cavalry included Balkans, Avars, and even Hungarians.

Tens of thousands of cavalry galloped, and the whole land was shaken, and the green grass clippings and black soil of the grassland were flying with it.

Under the gaze of 10 people, tens of thousands of cavalry galloped in front of the French and Byzantine troops, throwing a rain of arrows all over the sky.

Even infantrymen holding shields couldn't stop the rain of arrows like locusts covering the sun, and people kept getting shot with arrows and screaming.

Arrows are disgusting. If they hit the body, the heavy arrow shaft bumps up and down as the soldier travels, causing the arrow to cut the soldier's organs and blood vessels up and down in the body.

Therefore, even if the sky is full of arrows, the soldiers who are hit by the arrows must quickly take out their waist knives or daggers and cut off the shafts of the arrows.

Under such blows, the advancing French army and Byzantine soldiers quickly left a sparse line of soldiers behind the formation. Some were killed by arrows, some were seriously injured, and some were gritting their teeth to heal their wounds.

The war fell into an extremely tragic situation from the very beginning.

Some nobles in the French army suggested using archers to defeat the nomadic cavalry harassing in front. After all, the French infantry and heavy crossbows were much more powerful than cavalry archers.

If they shoot at each other, the cavalry will definitely fall into a disadvantage.

But King Louis of France was very cold, and ordered: "All archers and crossbowmen are not allowed to stop, follow behind the infantry, and continue to move forward! If the archers are so easily defeated, why should the Easterners spend the price? The formation is powerful. Why should the nomads be afraid of the horse archers?"

At the same time, Manuel the Great of Byzantium also came to the same conclusion and encouraged: "The enemy deliberately used cavalry archers to slow down our attack rhythm. Ignore them. The infantry raised their shields and moved forward quickly. As long as they are close to the barbarian army Relying on our powerful infantry and elite fighters, we will surely defeat the enemy."

Those who fought were all elites, so although there were tens of thousands of cavalry archers galloping and shooting, neither army collapsed, they gritted their teeth and marched forward.

The large-scale battle was fierce and protracted, and the horse archers galloped and fired for a full quarter of an hour before they withdrew from the battlefield from the two wings.

Because at this moment, the distance between the two huge infantry is only a stone's throw away, and the two sides are about to contact!

However, although the cavalrymen withdrew to the two wings, they definitely did not leave the battle. They wanted to harass the enemy continuously on the two wings.

The plain of Thrace is the stage for French knights to display their spears, and it is also the most suitable battlefield for nomadic cavalry.

In this battle, both sides can exert their combat power to the extreme, and it is completely unknown who will win and who will lose.