When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 915: Forward, Forward! Raise our flag! (Part )
Although he managed to temporarily resolve the conflict between the two, Jinigis did not dare to put them together again.

So the latest deployment looks like this:

The commander of the First Legion was Lavr, who arrived from Xia Lucheng alone on horseback, while Duke Barry was responsible for commanding the Blood Knights.

Duke Alaric was the commander of the Second Legion.

As for the commander of the Third Army, it remains unchanged, the Duke of Nava of Eagle Foot Bay.

Along with personnel changes, the troops below also need to be fine-tuned.

Because the noble knights below have their own likes and dislikes, and the factional relationships between them are complicated, adjustments must be made in order to exert maximum combat effectiveness.

In fact, after the adjustment, the combat effectiveness and morale are not improved much, and the combat effectiveness may even be reduced due to unfamiliar troops.

But Jinigis was willing to do this complicated and tedious task.

Facing the Holy League, he had to maximize the possibility of victory and not let go of even the smallest improvement.

After a series of minor personnel transfers and personnel changes, the organization of the three legions has changed.

The First Legion: 1400 heavy-armored imperial edict knights, 2800 square-flag knights as the core, 1200 blood knights, 500 crossbowmen, a total of 5900 people.

The Second Legion: 7500 King's Guards as the core, 5000 spearmen, 500 two-handed greatswordsmen, 1200 longbowmen, a total of 14200 people.

The Third Legion: 2500 extraordinary knights (from royal orders to squire knights), 9000 ordinary infantry (from foot knights to guards), a total of 11500.

In addition, there were 500 clockwork gunners listed as a separate company and 14 three-pounders and 4 six-pounders.

Although the peasant army corps was still there, they were assigned to monitor Haji Fort and guard the baggage.

Previous battles have proven that sending peasant soldiers to consume the Holy Alliance's army is of no use other than affecting their own morale.

Therefore, the actual number of soldiers on Leia's side on the battlefield is about 32000.

The sun was blazing high in the sky and the hot wind was howling and dancing, blowing the hats off people's heads.

There were horns and shouts, accompanied by the chaotic sounds of footsteps, horse hooves, and drum beats; one team of infantry and knights after another moved forward in a clear and distinct manner.

Looking down from the sky, a dazzling torrent of water flooded the plain.

Originally, two legions of Leia had been marching here since dawn.

It took almost three hours, which was already a miraculous marching speed, but there were still many soldiers who had fallen behind and were returning to the team.

A lot of time was wasted due to the previous quarrel between Alaric and Duke of Barry.

By the time Laffer actually arrived at the front line to inspect the troops, it was already noon, the hottest time of the day.

The great knight's physical fitness was different from that of an ordinary person. The heavy white crystal steel armor was steaming like mist, but Laffer was able to move freely.

Riding on the dragon-blood horse, which was also covered in heavy horse armor and had a shoulder height of nearly two meters, it looked like a giant iron mountain tower from a distance.

Taking off his helmet, Laffer squinted and looked towards the battlefield.

The undulating earth slope area, the miles-long gray hills, and a tributary of the Nauan River cut the entire battlefield into a fan-shaped battlefield with a single side of more than ten miles.

Based on his experience alone, Laffer estimated that his side was located at the arc of a fan, and the width of the battlefield was about 15 miles.

The distance from their side to the camp is about 6 to 8 miles deep, with only a few bushes and streams.

The terrain is flat, with the highest being only two or three small earthen slopes of five or six meters high.

"Oh my." The page boy following Laffer couldn't help shaking his head, "Great, this terrain is great."

"What's good about it?" Rafele asked sullenly.

The knight's page knew he had said something wrong, but he didn't know why, so he could only bite the bullet and respond, "It's wide, so that the cavalry can deploy more easily."

"Oh, you just think that the battlefield is widening and it is convenient to charge." Grabbing the boy's collar and pulling him to the front, Lavle asked rudely, "Don't you see that the battlefield is getting narrower and narrower?

To the north is the Sifu River, with orchards beside the river. This is an angle, and the width of the river becomes smaller as you go forward.

Do you see those earthen mounds and slopes? Do you see those breastworks built by the Holy Alliance troops, the battle formations?
The width of the battlefield there is only about 8 miles, and it is less than 4 miles to the Holy Alliance camp.

When engaging the Holy Alliance army, the width of the battle line for 3 infantrymen must be at least 4 to miles.

There are only 4 miles of battle width left, which means either reducing the number of attacking knights or having the remaining knights just watch from the sidelines.

Otherwise, you can only choose between flanking and heavy armor assault tactics, do you understand?"

Loosening the collar of the knight's page, Lavle said angrily, "I'm not being harsh on you. The Kingdom of Leia is in crisis right now. You who eat the royal bread should cheer up."

The knight's page nodded timidly but did not dare to answer.

With a sigh, Laffer took out a replica telescope from his bag and looked at the battlefield again.

With the help of Eagle Eye magic, he could see more clearly than Horn.

On the three irregularly distributed earth slopes, there are still bunkers with a mixed structure of rammed earth and mortar, as well as clockwork cannons that make people's scalps tingle.

A simple rammed earth breastwork was built under the slope, and in front of the breastwork were soldiers lined up.

Rammed earth and wooden breastworks cannot resist the impact of extraordinary knights, but will affect the march of the Holy Alliance army. Therefore, they are only used to protect the bunkers on the upper layer of the earth slope and the function of speed bumps for war horses.

In front of the breastwork, the three regiments were still in the classic Holy Alliance tactical formation - the diamond formation.

That is, there are two corps in the front, two corps on each wing 90 meters behind, and two corps 180 meters behind, namely the reserve corps.

Generally, the vanguard regiment is at the front and the first corps is at the end.

The three battle groups were connected horizontally and controlled an area of ​​about three miles in width.

On the side of the regiment, there were teams of fifty-man Kush Cavalry and one hundred-man Holy Grail Cavalry.

Surrounding these cavalry regiments, there are seven or eight hundred ordered holy musketeers.

These holy musketeers were alchemist priests temporarily transferred from the alchemy workshop. After two weeks of training with clockwork muskets, they were sent to the battlefield to assist the cavalry or serve as dragoons.

As for the basic combat capabilities of these temporary soldiers, there is no need to worry. The army will give priority to those who have served as crusader soldiers and trained in marching.

Many people even have a breathing technique level.

The cavalry could barely control the battle width of about three miles. As for the remaining two miles, they could only rely on clockwork cannons to fill in the gaps.

Anyway, at the end, there are still the Shadow Crow Army and the Guards to provide mobile support.

Standing on this battlefield, Laffer's eyes were extremely solemn.

The warhorse under him growled, and in front and behind him were soldiers marching all over the mountains and plains, with even a large phalanx of infantry in formation.

Even though Laffer was a veteran, he tightened his grip on the reins.

This is not a battle like the Battle of Marienburg or the Battle of Chalukye, where if you lose, you lose and you can always fight again.

If they lose this game, the Blue Bee Dynasty will collapse and the Holy League will survive.

If they win this game, the Blue Bee Dynasty will survive and the Holy League will collapse.

It was a fight to the death, but it was a pity that the knights and servants around were still pretending to be calm.

Laffer knew that, in their eyes, winning or losing was not important, as long as they could survive, it was nothing more than changing their allegiance to a different dynasty.

It doesn’t matter who is the king, they just want to be the king’s vassals.

Believe it or not, as long as the nobles dared to say that they recognized the title of the evil monk Horn, they would be more attentive to Horn than to Jinigis.

After all, Horn was the one who had defeated them on the battlefield, and Jinigis had merely inherited his father's position.

Only a few in Leia's army were prepared to fight to the death.

So is the Holy Alliance mentally prepared for a fight to the death?

Taking a deep breath and clearing his mind of distracting thoughts, Laffer lowered his voice and began to deploy his troops.

"1400 Imperial Order Knights, divided into 14 assault flag teams of men each, with captains nominated by themselves. Sir Bodman, you will lead one team and be in charge of the command."

Bodman nodded without saying anything.

"1400 square-flag knights will also form a hundred-man encirclement flag team, and the squire knights will similarly form a harassment flag team, commanded by Duke Barry."

"Your wish, sir." Duke Barry was very respectful to Lafleur, without any of the arrogance he showed in front of Alaric.

"The Third Legion, 2500 extraordinary knights, as a reserve force, ready to attack and support at any time. Duke Nava, do you have confidence?"

Duke Nava leaned forward with a serious expression: "Please believe me."

"The second legion's infantry phalanx will press forward directly, and the third legion's infantry phalanx will follow in a staggered pattern with a hundred steps in front and behind."

"Understood." Duke Alaric nodded heavily towards Laffer.

Seeing that everyone had accepted the order, Lavle emphasized again: “The first attack is a test, the infantry will go first, and the cavalry should not engage in battle rashly.

But when necessary, the cavalry can charge or outflank to cover the infantry's retreat and prevent collapse.

This battle doesn't have to be finished today. Although we are in a hurry, we can still afford to spend two or three days."

"Good!" There was a soft applause, and several senior generals turned their heads and saw Jinigis walking slowly towards them.

He looked around at everyone with a smile, and suddenly took a plate from the servant next to him, which was filled with ice-cold melon.

"I was just eating watermelon, it was so sweet, so I thought of asking you to try some too."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

No matter what the generals thought in their hearts, their faces showed great emotion and they all took the melons.

"Melon instead of wine." Jinigis picked up a piece of melon. "Can I wish you all victory in advance?"

Holding the melon, Lavle looked deep in his eyes: "Please believe us, we will definitely bring victory back to Leia! Even if it means death!"

(End of this chapter)