king of ros

Chapter 190 Passive Aggression
On the vast meadow, two huge armies have already lined up and are ready to fight.

This meadow battlefield is very wide, which is very suitable for the army to start a decisive battle. There is no part of the forest until the edge of the meadow.

On that battlefield, many people couldn't help calling out the name of God, hoping that God would grant them a great victory and give the enemy merciless death.

However, as always, God will only silently watch this battle among Christians, witnessing silently, and will not help any party.

"Hey!"

With a uniform roar, Duke Bella's army began to advance. The soldiers directly under the Duke held spears and triangular shields, walked at a gentle pace, and slowly approached the enemy line on the opposite side.

The nobles of the noble families with gorgeous and complicated equipment surrounded the Duke of Bella. Many people's ancestors had galloped on the battlefield when the Magyars migrated to this land, and the horseback business has also been passed down to this day.

And further back are the Duke's cronies, they are recruited by the Duke from all over Hungary, they are his personal soldiers, his knights, people who are willing to die for him.

With the duke's army as the core, the armies of the feudal princes are deployed this time. Although the soldiers have different armors and weapons, they can be roughly divided into three types:
One is soldiers with cotton coats and iron helmets. These people are generally wealthy urban or rural residents. Their ancestors were either the first batch of farmers to transfer to farming, or those who made achievements in the battles and plunders in those years.

They have a high enthusiasm for fighting, after all, war is no stranger to these people.

The other is those nomads who wear hard leather and fur armor, with their faces covered under leather helmets. The weapons in their hands vary from spears to hatchets, and the horses under them are also good and wilted.

Although the equipment and horses are different, this group of people is very motivated to fight. For them, war is a business without capital. If you win, you will get rich, and if you die, you will die.

From time to time, they made various sharp and strange screams. These sounds were the most feared by western farmers a hundred years ago, because when these sounds sounded, it meant the arrival of those terrifying pagan cavalry.

The last type is the civilians who can’t afford weapons and armor at all, holding farm tools or ancient weapons of God knows what age, they are the largest group in Magyar society, and they are driven to the battlefield only because they need cannon fodder.

These people also have the most negative attitude towards war, but they are also eager to win, because victory means spoils, which is the only reason that attracts them to the battlefield. At the same time, they are always paying attention to failure, and if they fail, they will run away immediately.

The Magyar nobles surrounding the princes wore chain armor or scale armor, some had flamboyant feathers on their helmets, and riding bows on their waists, while others were dressed in a complete eastern and western heavy cavalry dress. Like a steel doll.

They all put on a very proud look. For them, war is a ceremony, a place for them to show their martial arts and demeanor.

The Duke himself was wearing a simple long-sleeved chain mail, which was the core of the stars, and everyone in the enemy line could clearly see this large area of ​​densely covered horses and riders in iron clothes.

And the king's army opposite them had almost the same configuration. The king's elite was also spread out in the central army, and then soldiers of all stripes were spread out all the way.

The king's attire was much more gorgeous than the Duke of Bella's. The holy crown was worn on the king's head, and the sword was slung around his waist. The fine clothes concealed the king's weakness. Aristocrats and generals like a crescent moon.

Behind the king is the Arpad family's heavy cavalry team, which is composed of the essence of the entire Magyar country, and their leader is David who had a relationship with Edward.

This team is also the most powerful card in the hands of King Andrew, and it is also the card that Duke Bella fears the most.

This is the most fighting-minded unit in the king's army. These soldiers are extremely eager to use the blood of the rebels to wash away the shame of the monarch's fall to the empire.

This is a red team, everyone is wearing red blouses, and their fighting spirit is as terrifying as red fire.

After all, the main colors of the two armies were originally red. After all, both sides are descendants of Arpad, and both claim to be the orthodox kings of Hungary.

But among the two sides of red, there are some different colors, which are truly different.

On the Duke of Bella's side, the knights from Poland either rode horses or walked on the left flank. Some of them were dressed like imperial knights, while others were still in ancient Norse or Slavic attire.

Although the equipment styles are so different, they are all Polish knights. After all, Poland is still in the process of reforming from soldiers to knights at the moment, so it is only natural that such a mix and match appears.

Although the equipment is mixed and matched, their combat effectiveness is not mixed and matched. These are fighters who have experienced the test of the Polish Uprising, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than any warrior!

Sichech led them. The nobleman was now dressed as an ordinary warrior, but wearing an ordinary chain mail and blouse, surrounded by a group of people dressed in the same way.

They are civilian warriors promoted by Sichech. This nobleman does not consider their origin when selecting talents, and appoints them as long as they are capable.

This kind of knowledge made this group of people willing to die for them, and they are also the sharpest swords of Sichech.

For this reason, Sichech was also accused of not being nepotism, and only using some low-status people, and even the peasants who rebelled, but Sichech never cared about it.

Siciech is a nobleman trusted by King Boleslaw and a high-ranking presence in Poland, so he doesn't need to care about those gossips.

This time he was entrusted with such an important task by the king to carry out the important strategic deployment of the king. For this reason, he brought all the strength in his hands and must fulfill the king's orders!

And on King Andrew's side, opposite the Polish knights, the imperial army was on his right flank, facing the Poles far away, and the Bishop of Turin stood under the banner of the Archangel Michael, which was the military standard of the empire.

Most of the imperial army is armed with contradictory fighters, and their equipment is much better than those cannon fodder soldiers. These people are from the emperor's direct administration, and they are the troops that the queen strengthened for Uncle William Bien.

There is also a group of soldiers holding machetes in the imperial army formation. They wear round helmets and chain mail under their black smocks. These people are good soldiers who can break the formation easily.

As for the knights, they stood beside Uncle William Bian. These steel dolls formed the powerful charging force of the imperial army, and several knights from the border regions of the empire formed their mainstream, ready to enter the battlefield at all times.

In order to assist the newly conquered vassals, the empire is willing to give some resources.

Today's Queen Regent still remembers the ambition of her deceased husband. He wanted to rebuild the glory of the Roman Empire, but he struggled for it all his life but achieved almost nothing, and finally passed away with regret.

Therefore, for the sake of her husband's ambition, the queen is willing to spend resources and troops. Hungary is the most successful expansion area of ​​the empire in recent years, and she must keep this area.

In this way, the two armies faced each other on the predetermined battlefield, and the battle could start at any time. Both armies claimed that their ruler was the real Hungarian king, but in the end who was the king still had to use the sword to speak.

However, the next development was a bit embarrassing. No one wanted to launch an attack—both sides knew that with their weak and weak armies, whoever attacked would suffer.

On the king's side, although Edward's victory boosted morale, problems with the soldiers' morale and cooperation with the imperial army still existed. If they took the initiative to attack, they would definitely fall into a disadvantage.

On the Duke's side, Duke Bella knew that his army was a mixture of various state governors' armies after all, and its organization and cooperation might be worse than that of the other side. The Poles and his immediate subordinates were certainly credible, but their numbers were too large. Too limited.

Therefore, everyone wants to be the one who defends, but this makes no one willing to take the initiative to attack, so the two armies can confront each other. Andrew and Bella are very calm, and they can afford it. In the evening, each retreated.

But what no one expected was that the opportunity to break the embarrassing situation on the battlefield would come soon.

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As time went by, as the cool morning passed, the temperature immediately became hotter, and the sun was rare in this season today, and the soldiers of the two armies became restless because of this.

After all, in such weather, wearing armor and facing such a big sun, although the physical strength consumed is not worth mentioning compared to fighting and killing, it makes people feel extremely tormented.

The people below are not as clear about the overall situation as the ones above. For them, the sooner the war starts, the better. The consumption here is too tormented.

As the feeling of suffering became more and more serious, they also spoke more and more bad words to those big shots. What are those big shots doing?Is it fun to let them bask in the sun here?

This phenomenon is especially serious in Duke Bella's army. His army is full of rebellious Magyar nobles. For these people, only the death of the king can make them feel at ease. They were upset, and their desire to fight became stronger because of this.

And because of their superiority in military strength and the impact of the Duke of Bohemia's withdrawal, their morale is now high, and they are eager to fight the king's army immediately.

Therefore, under such circumstances, some nobles in Bella's army began to make up their minds. Anyway, if we want to start a war, it would be too easy to fight on the battlefield...

"This is your son's first time in battle."

On the flank of Bella's army, a state governor suddenly put his hands on the shoulders of a nobleman, with a smile on his face and a message in his eyes.

"Yes, my lord, it is his first time in battle."

The nobleman glanced at his son who was irritable because of the sun, and then at the governor's face, as if he understood something, but he remained calm.

"I believe he must be very curious about the front line. Take him to see it. Young people are sometimes too excited. You have to control it so that he doesn't get lost."

Next, the noble just glanced at the state governor, then at the stalemate battlefield, and nodded understandingly. The state governor hinted so clearly that he already knew what to do.

"I understand."

The noble said obediently.

After a while, the nobleman's son led a team of horse archers across the forest on the left side of the battlefield, and then they "lost" logically.

Then they met King Andrew's scouts, and they subconsciously chased the king's scouts to the front of the king's army.

The whole process was extremely natural, everything seemed to be happening normally, no one could pick out the fault, and no one was willing to pick on that fault. Those horse archers knew what they were doing, but they all cooperated silently.

Soon, the "lost" army fought with King Andrew's army. The sound of the fighting spread quickly, and after a while, the entire battlefield was filled with such sound.

The sound of battle made everyone restless. This was the moment they had been waiting for for a long time. Even the most slack soldiers cheered up 12 points.

"Tell His Majesty the king that my subordinates are already at war with the enemy, and I must advance the front line, and ask him to send support immediately."

The state governor who ordered all this gave the order without changing his face, and following his words, his troops began to move forward.

As his troops advanced, the others also followed. It doesn't matter if he ordered or not. If someone takes the lead, it means a war. Just keep up with the team. If you don't keep up, continue to wait here?

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"Bastard! What's the matter with those people? Didn't they be told to guard their positions before! What are they doing?"

Seeing the troops under his command disobeying his orders, and watching the troops of the state governors advancing towards the enemy one after another under the effect of the broken window, Duke Bella uttered such an angry roar that this group of people actually defied his orders openly.

Facing the Duke's anger, everyone kept silent, for fear of becoming the target of the Duke's anger.

"That's an order! How could he do that!"

When the envoy of the governor who initiated the crime told the Duke of the governor's decision, the Duke's anger also reached its peak.

Bella had planned to use time to consume her brother's army until the moment when her brother couldn't help it, but it was impossible now.

"There is no other way now."

Just when everyone thought the Duke would continue to get angry, the Duke's words suddenly changed, he sighed again and again, and then returned to his usual calmness.

Just now he recalled what was going on. There was no need to investigate these things. Bella could automatically deduce them according to logic. It can only be said that everything is irreversible.

He should have thought that things would go like this, so he wouldn't have to be so passive now, and it's too late to say anything now, then he can only use swords to prove who is more suitable for the throne.

"Go forward, the front line can't be messed up."

Now the situation has forced the Duke to put his entire army on the line. If the army of the state governors is allowed to fight there, they will inevitably be defeated, and it is obvious what will happen next if these people are defeated.

Under the duke's order, horns sounded one after another, and these horns meant only one thing—attack.

Under this horn, the Magyar troops moved one by one.

"Brother, it's time to end this."

Watching the movement of the troops, Duke Bella said, his eyes became firmer.

And watching the movement of Bella's army, King Andrew, who was surrounded by the stars of the nobles, smiled on his face, and then he said the same words as Bella, and his eyes became firm as well.

"Brother, it's time to end this."

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(End of this chapter)