Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

"My knights will attack with you, and we will break through the Mongolian lines head-on and break up their formation." Von Ostern, the grand leader of the Teutonic Knights, said.

He always felt a little worried about letting this person launch the attack alone. It was better for the Teutonic Knights to help him!

This time he brought the elite of the Teutonic Knights, more than a dozen knight masters. These were all people who joined the knights with him, and they were all qualified to call him brothers.

All those who become official knights will treat each other as brothers, just because of the length of time they have been in the order. Young people cannot directly address older people as brothers, but as mentors.

Although he became the leader, those who joined the knights with him could still call him brother.

In addition to the elite Teutonic Knights, he also brought a large number of members of the Knights of the Sword who had just recovered and annexed a few years ago. This is equivalent to the most elite group of knights in the entire Prussia region.

They just hope to defeat the Mongols or severely injure the Mongols. If they can defeat the Mongols, that would be the best.

Now that the land of Rus has been devastated by the Mongols, if they can defeat a main Mongolian army, they can take advantage of the situation and seize the Rus area that they have long coveted.

If you can't defeat the Mongols, then you can lead the knights to severely defeat them, and then figure out the Mongols' combat system, and wait until you return to the Teutonic Knights.

Integrate the power of the entire Prussian region, as well as the power of some countries such as Sweden, to deal with the next stage of Mongolia's invasion.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let us launch a charge! The glory of God belongs to us! The angels are smiling at us, which indicates victory." Grand Duke Sulislav roared and led his knights to directly attack the Mongols again. The impact.

"Brothers of the Knights, charge with me! The glory of the Lord shines on us." Von Ostern, the grand leader of the Teutonic Knights, led all the members of the Knights to launch an attack.

The equipment of the Teutonic Knights is quite sophisticated, even more powerful than the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller at the same time.

They wore heavy armor, carried shields, and spears, and charged with guns.

The knights of the Teutonic Knights wear white robes with a black cross embroidered on them, while the Knights of Swords on the other side have two red swords crossed embroidered on their badge. (Note that the three major knights were the most powerful during this period, but in addition to the three major knights, there were also some small knights. The Knights of the Sword were annexed by the Teutonic Knights, one of the three major knights.)

during the medieval period. When European knights fight, once they launch a charge, the impact is quite terrifying. A charge launched by hundreds of heavily armored knights can break up an infantry square of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

As long as the members of the three major knights are named official knights, then all of them are experienced in many battles. These official knights.

They usually start training from childhood, from knight apprentice to knight squire, and train for at least ten years before becoming a formal enlightenment.

On the other side, Henry II, who is commanding his own phalanx, is a little numb. What are you guys doing? Why don't you obey my orders?

His original intention was to put the entire army into formation and then launch a defensive counterattack. He had just observed that the Mongols were in formation.

He did not see the heavy cavalry wearing heavy iron armor. They were all light cavalry holding scimitars and wearing leather armor.

If the light cavalry attacks the infantry square, it is likely that the entire army will be annihilated. Therefore, Henry II's strategy is very simple, which is to defend against the Mongolian attack.

Relying on the front row of heavy infantry and heavily armored knights to defend against waves of Mongolian attacks, they then reduced the number of Mongols through arrow rain.

They can also rely on heavy armor for defense. As for the miners, serfs, and militia troops who do not have heavy armor, ignore them. They are here to fill up the numbers anyway.

But Henry II probably didn't know that the most powerful thing about the Mongolian cavalry was not collective charging, but mounted shooting.

When facing the Russians, the Mongols defeated them without even using their cavalry and archery tactics.

But who could have imagined that as soon as the battle started, the knights of the Holy Roman Empire rushed forward and sent a wave of attacks, and then followed immediately.

The Grand Duke of another Polish principality, with the elite knights of the Teutonic Knights and the Knights of the Sword, actually launched another attack.

On the other side, Boleslav, the general of the Holy Roman Empire. Seeing that the knights launched an attack, they also rushed forward with the remaining hundreds of cavalry.

"Quick! Convey the order to them and send a messenger to tell them to withdraw immediately. Now is not the time to attack." Henry II said immediately.

Commanding European knights is sometimes a big problem. They had no drums, horns, or flags to command the soldiers on the battlefield.

Under normal circumstances, small nobles command their own private soldiers, more powerful nobles command lower-level nobles, the grand master commands high-level knight masters, and the knight masters command ordinary knights, while ordinary knights command knight squires. .

But before the messenger could rush out, the Bohemian cavalry on the other side saw a large number of cavalry launching an attack and immediately launched a charge. Thousands of cavalry rushed out.

In this way, except for Henry II's Silesian cavalry, which did not follow the charge, all the cavalry basically launched an attack. The remaining four infantrymen in the square formation saw their knights rushing out and began to set up their predetermined formation. , and began to move forward.

This is a traditional European tactic. After the cavalry charges, the infantry units must take immediate action to support the cavalry units or clean the battlefield.

"Grand Duke! I don't think they will obey your order. Although you are the nominal commander, there are several Grand Dukes present with the same status as you." A great nobleman came to Henry II and said.

Although the Grand Duke of his family is very powerful and even takes the title of King or Earth, he is still a Grand Duke in name. There is no Archbishop or Pope to confer the title of King or even Emperor.

In this case, let alone several other major projects. Even Von Ostern, the Grand Master of the Riding Knights, would not obey his orders.

"Damn it, these idiots, we don't have the advantage in numbers, we should be on the defensive." Henry II said speechlessly.

This is completely different from his established strategy! Today's battle was originally a defensive counterattack, and he had no intention of going to a decisive battle. After today's battle, he planned to withdraw to the city, then strengthen the city wall, and deal with the Mongols.

But the members of the Knights, as well as some reinforcements from other areas, did not seem to intend to obey his orders. The number of reinforcements he recruited was very large, but unfortunately, they all fought independently and only listened to the commands of their own leaders. Don't listen to him as the nominal commander-in-chief at all.

All the European knights soon had a fierce battle with the Mongolian Mangu army.

These servant armies were not the main force of the Mongols at all. They were all tribal cavalry temporarily recruited from the grasslands and surrendered to the Mongols.

No matter how many they die, Ba will not feel sorry for them.

"Brother Batu! Are we launching a general attack now?" Brother Meng came to Batu and asked. In this situation, the enemy has already rushed forward except for a reserve cavalry team.

Yes, in his opinion, Henry II's Silesian cavalry was just a reserve cavalry for the enemy.

"Don't worry! Let those Manguya play with them for a while. It doesn't matter if Manguya consumes a little bit, it will help us rule them." Batu said.

(I’m writing Manguye. Many people don’t understand it. I’ll just use the servant army from now on!)

These steppe tribe men who surrendered to Mongolia will die more often, which will benefit the development of Mongolia in the future. Their tribe women can give birth to children for the Mongolian army. When the time comes, they will receive Mongolian education, and their descendants will be Mongolians.

The Mongolian servants began to fight fiercely with these European knights.

Relying on their tall war horses, their size advantages, and the heavy armor they wore, the knights immediately gained the upper hand against these Mongolian servants.

These Mongolian servants began to retreat slowly.

"Hahaha! These Mongols are nothing to be afraid of. Those screw men are really bad. They were defeated by such a guy." A Teutonic knight said after cutting down Pu Congjun.

"Yes! If it is just this kind of combat power, it cannot be compared with our knights. Our plan to conquer Northern Ross can also be implemented."

"Warriors, victory is before our eyes, everyone charge with me!" Grand Duke Meshkov waved the sword in his hand and shouted.

Henry II, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was also hesitant about whether he should launch a charge to help his friendly forces at this time.

"Grand Duke, we should launch an attack immediately. This is a good opportunity to eliminate the Mongols." A baron said.

"Yes, Grand Duke, don't hesitate any more. Now we have the advantage. As long as our cavalry rushes up, it will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and then the Mongols will be completely defeated."

"Give the order, all the infantry will follow the cavalry and advance together. Our cavalry from Silesia will rush forward to support the knights, as well as the cavalry from other regions." Henry II gritted his teeth and said.

In this situation, he could only take a gamble and charge forward with them. If he did not launch a charge, and the Mongolian reserve cavalry rushed up, then he would be the cause of their disaster. Launching a large-scale charge at this time can drive the enemy's cavalry back and form a great rout.

"Kill! For the Kingdom of Poland!" Henry 20 drew his long sword and rushed forward with his own cavalry and the cavalry from the entire Silesia region as the last remaining cavalry force.

"Haha, our reinforcements are coming, Mongols, you are finished."

"Run quickly! Yellow-skinned monkeys, your end has come."

The knights of the Teutonic Knights began to joke.

After a new force of cavalry joined, the Mongolian servant cavalry finally began to be unable to withstand the pressure and retreated backwards.

Large numbers of Mongolian servants and cavalry threw all their weapons and flags on the ground, and then began to flee.

He even dropped his weapons in order to reduce his weight and run faster.

"Attack! Attack! The whole army attacks! We won." Henry II shouted excitedly, waving the sword in his hand.

He seemed to have seen the future. He sat on the throne of the Kingdom of Poland, formally accepted the canonization, and then accepted the coronation of the archbishop. A new dynasty was about to begin.

"Retreat! Let's retreat back and let their cavalry and infantry camps spread out. The longer the battle line is for me, the better.

The light cavalry attacked from their two wings, went around behind them, and then lit a wall of fire to block the infantry's advance. All the heavy armored cavalry were ready to rush into their main army formation, annihilate all their cavalry units first, and then annihilate their infantry phalanx. . Batu said.

Under Badu's order, the Mongolian army began to move quickly, and all the princes began to retreat with their armies, as if they were fleeing.

In order to make the acting more realistic, I even threw away a lot of silver or gold that I carried.

Seeing this, the European knights became even more excited. They felt that the Mongols were afraid. After seeing the torrent of steel composed of these knights, they became afraid.

Stupid nomads, see the power of a true noble knight. Look at our armor. You can't even think of hurting us at all. Even if you have the advantage in numbers, you can't win.

The pursuit lasted for a full hour. At this time, the infantry phalanx could no longer see where their knight master had gone. The nobles responsible for commanding the infantry phalanx could only grit their teeth and move forward.

"Don't panic, everyone, move forward steadily together, the knights have achieved a major victory.

We just need to follow them and kill the Mongols who have been defeated! "A baron shouted.

After advancing for a while, they saw a large number of cavalry corpses.

However, these cavalrymen were not their own masters, but nomads, and even some discarded armor and the like.

"Hahaha! We won, those knights defeated the Mongols."

"Noble discrimination is the strongest."

Suddenly, the advancing infantry team was greatly encouraged and their morale was high.

Although they could only see the back of their knight master from a distance, they still firmly believed that their knight master had achieved a brilliant victory.

These German miners, the Bohemian region, the militia formed by the Bohemian region, and the serfs continued to move forward excitedly.

The pursuing knights did not notice the Mongolian retreat at all. Although it seemed chaotic, it was actually very orderly.

After the infantry and cavalry had set a sufficient distance apart, two groups of real Mongolian light cavalry, numbering about 10,000 people, came out from both sides of the large army.

Directly bypassing the charging knights.

"These Mongols want to outflank us?"

"Don't let them succeed and break their formation!"

The European knights also sent two light cavalry troops. Under the cover of some members of the Teutonic Knights and the Knights of the Sword, they launched an attack on both sides of the Mongolian cavalry.

However, they were greeted by waves of arrows. Some of the knights at the front wearing heavy armor would naturally not be hurt.

But after all, not all cavalry were knights wearing heavy armor. Some cavalry were shot and turned upside down.

The speed and endurance of the Mongolian horses also put them beyond the reach of these European war horses that had been pursuing them for a certain distance.

Soon, the Mongolian army came behind them, and these light cavalry took out clay pots one by one.

Then some golden liquid was poured on the ground, and then some of the cavalry threw the straw and dry firewood they were holding on the ground.

Hundreds of cavalrymen raised their bows and nocked arrows, then lit their sword fingers and fired the rockets in their hands.

Bear! Bear! A wall of flames formed behind these European knights.

The group of infantrymen following behind saw a huge fire wall and the Mongolian cavalry outside the fire wall.

These Mongolian cavalry were wearing black armor and holding scimitars. They were completely different from the cavalry wearing animal skins and leather hats just now.

After setting the fire, the 20,000 cavalrymen paid no attention to the knights, but charged towards the infantry phalanx.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Raise your spears and shields to meet the enemy. The crossbowmen are ready to shoot at them." A large group of nobles began to give orders.

Some well-trained heavy armored cavalry quickly put their shields in front, and then placed their spears in the middle, forming a formation.

Some of the militiamen and miners behind them seemed a bit disorganized. They huddled together in fear and had no idea what to do.

But fortunately, with the reminder from the nobles, they were placed on the outermost periphery, surrounding the archers.

The arrows that covered the sky were like rain, blocking the entire sky.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Right in front, a large number of Mongolian heavy armored cavalry, holding heavy scimitars, rushed towards these knights.

These heavy-armored cavalry were wearing thick armor. The armor on their bodies was all made of pierced armor made by the Han craftsmen who had captured Halaholin. They wore an iron mask and looked extremely majestic.

Two heavy armored cavalry charged head-on and collided. The once arrogant knights finally knew what a strong enemy was!

A powerful enemy that is impossible to defeat!

Under the charge of tens of thousands of Mongolian heavy armored cavalry, these European knights quickly began to retreat.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted in Polish. :

"Get out! Get out! Run!"

The coalition's cavalry formation began to be in chaos, looking at the wall of fire behind them.

There were also the screams of the infantrymen coming from the distance, and these knights finally realized that something was wrong.

A feast of slaughter began. (End of chapter)