The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 588: One ride is worth a thousand

The Frankish army was a dark mass, like a mountain pressing down on one's head. Many tribes that had originally surrendered became frightened after seeing such a large number of troops.

There are even many people who have regretted surrendering and joining Richard's army. Richard had long anticipated the temper of these fence-sitters.

Therefore, before the war started, he sent his men to control this mob.

Those people were frightened when they saw the large army, but Richard shook his head slightly when he saw the Frankish army.

"General, is there something wrong?" Drenos asked beside him.

Richard smiled and pointed at the Frankish army not far ahead and said, "These Franks have only formed a coalition army, but the command of the army is still in their own hands!"

"Look at those Franks, each of them is carrying their own flag. They look very impressive now, but who will they obey when the battle starts?"

After hearing Richard's words, Drenos looked at the troops and found that the Franks were just as Richard said, although there were many of them, they had no unified command at all.

Without a unified command, the army before us is completely in disarray.

Not only that, although these military formations appear to be together, a closer look reveals that there are many inconsistencies in these Frankish military formations.

That was because there was no coordination between the tribes. Although they were forced to stand together, there was no coordination at all. Seeing this, Drenos said excitedly: "General, let me clear the way for you!"

"Let me do it this time!" Richard shook his head and refused.

These extraordinary knights under his command are quite powerful, but they have no experience in commanding large armies in battle. Faced with an army of more than 10,000 people, there is a high possibility that they will not be able to break through the formation.

So Richard prepared to take action himself. He had a bird's-eye view, so it was not difficult for him to deploy the troops.

"Order the heavy infantry to move forward, and the archers to prepare!"

With the sound of war drums, the war began to break out. After seeing that Richard's army had only six or seven thousand people, Merovice directly ordered the central army to attack and use the tactics of encircling the two wings.

It's just that he overestimated his own command skills and the strength of the military formation under his command. They were not an army in the first place. They were fine in formation for defense, but once the army attacked, the formation immediately became disorganized.

Sean was born a gladiator, and after following Richard, he became a transcendent knight. Unlike others, all of his soldiers were heavy infantry.

Sean drew his bow and shot an arrow forward, the arrow landing 80 meters in front of the formation, which was the area where the arrows had the strongest lethality. As long as the enemy entered here, the army would throw arrows.

These heavily-armored soldiers were more fully equipped than the Roman heavy infantry. They were trained by Richard according to the heavy infantry of ancient Dongda. Each of them was a sturdy man wearing a full set of armor, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and carrying a bow and arrow on his waist.

They were not equipped with javelins because throwing javelins at a shorter distance would require more effort.

When the enemy attacks, they first shoot arrows. These strong men with big arms and waists can shoot hard bows, although their accuracy can only be said to be passable. However, on this kind of battlefield, covering shooting is usually used.

Thousands of people fired projectiles together, and most of the Frankish soldiers who were charging in the distance fell down immediately. These Frankish soldiers wore very little armor and were basically cannon fodder.

After the launch, Sean immediately ordered a second shooting, and five rounds were fired, killing a large number of Frankish soldiers directly.

After the enemy rushed into the 30-meter area and fired the last wave of arrows, all the heavy infantrymen dropped their bows and arrows, drew their swords, raised their shields, and waited for the enemy to arrive.

The first line of defense transformed into a dense formation, and after resisting the first wave of enemy attacks, they immediately used long swords to hack and kill. The soldiers behind them began to launch projectiles.

The arrow flew over the first three rows of soldiers and landed on the enemy's head.

As long as the first wave of attacks can be resisted and the enemy's strength is exhausted, the second row of soldiers will launch a counterattack.

The Franks were not used to this style of fighting against a large army. They had never encountered such a situation before when fighting against the Germanic barbarians.

The army charged three times in front of the formation, but failed to break it and instead suffered heavy losses.

From Richard's God's perspective, the Franks surged up like a tide and then crashed into the army formation that was like a reef.

No matter how hard it hits, the reef remains motionless.

The Franks' axe-throwing infantry could not play any advantage in front of this kind of army formation. Although the hand axes they used were accurate, the distance was too close.

It is only lethal at a distance of thirty meters, but if you want to reach a distance of thirty meters, you will have to go through several waves of arrow rain.

The Germans that the Franks encountered in the past preferred to let out a war cry and then charge forward in a wave.

This method is quite useful against poorly trained or demoralized troops, but it is completely useless against Richard's army.

The flying axes hit the shields with a bang, and then the hot-blooded Franks rushed up, but were hit dizzy by the shields of the heavy infantry. Before they could react, the long swords swept across and killed them directly.

After blocking three consecutive waves of attacks, even the Franks did not have the strength to continue charging. Seeing that the Franks were in a weakened state, Sean directly ordered the army to counterattack.

Following his order, the soldiers in the front row immediately made way, and the soldiers in the back who had gathered their strength rushed forward immediately.

These soldiers were basically the vassal troops that Richard recruited from the Germanic barbarians. These barbarian troops had poor discipline and were easily overheated. Once they got overheated, they would rush forward without caring about anything.

These vassal troops are not suitable for forming military formations for defense; they are better at charging.

The way Richard used them was to let them charge. He never restricted their formation, and these people only needed to charge.

The German vassal army roared and rushed forward. The already exhausted Franks never expected that the enemy would launch a counterattack here.

Caught off guard, a large number of soldiers were killed. The central army showed signs of collapse. The Franks' left and right armies were also in bad shape. The left side was also defended by hundreds of heavy infantry, while the right side was the Franks' vassal army.

Although both sides were Franks, they showed no mercy in their killing. Although the 3,000 right-wing troops were suppressed by the other side, they did not collapse.

At this time, the enemy's central army was defeated, and the left and right flanks were immediately exposed. There was no need to target them, and the enemy's formation became shaky.

Seeing this situation, Richard acted decisively and led his two hundred heavy cavalry to launch an attack from the left wing of the army.

At this time, there was a gap in the Franks' left wing formation, and Richard's two hundred heavy cavalrymen rushed directly into it. At this moment, the heavy cavalry seemed to have entered an empty space.

Richard charged forward, swinging his sword and hammer continuously, leaving corpses everywhere where he passed.

No one could get past him.

Under Richard's leadership, the heavy cavalry directly tore through the enemy's formation. But in just a moment, the left wing began to collapse.

When Merovice saw that there was a problem with the army formation, he immediately ordered his troops to provide support, but before his order was delivered, the left wing of the army began to collapse.

Merovich's order was too late. These independent armies had no unified order at all. An order had to be passed around several times before it could reach the soldiers below.

With such complicated communication, by the time the order arrived, the army had already been defeated.

Richard did not give Merovice any chance at all. From his God's perspective, the Frank army began to collapse little by little. Richard led the cavalry to attack the gaps in the army formations. The two hundred cavalrymen were like a sharp chisel, piercing through the Frank army formations one by one.

Wherever he passed, all the troops were pierced through, a large number of soldiers were killed directly, and the rest fled directly. The entire army soon became riddled with holes under Richard's chisel.

At the same time, under Richard's order, Cruz also led the remaining 1,000 light cavalry to charge with Richard.

The Fran army was directly dispersed by Richard's cavalry, and then divided into three parts by Cruz's army. Drenos commanded the army to start encircling and suppressing these enemies.

Destroy the enemy forces that have been separated.

Throughout the battlefield, the Frankish army was in complete chaos. Even Merovice could only command his own guards; the rest of the army had completely lost their ability to command.

Richard was in the army formation as if he was alone, and he quickly penetrated the formation. After seeing Merovice not far away, he led the soldiers to charge forward without any hesitation. Among his personal guards, ten were extraordinary knights.

These superhuman knights were like sharp swords, directly cutting through the enemy's army formation.

Tens of thousands of Franks were fleeing, and Merovingian had never expected that his army of 20,000 would be defeated less than a morning after the battle began.

Even he didn't know why his army was defeated.

Richard Yobo charged into the formation and killed dozens of people. The soldiers who followed him rushed forward and directly defeated a team of thousands of people, and then drove these defeated soldiers to attack other military formations.

From a God's perspective, Richard quickly found Merovice's position, and then drove the fleeing soldiers forward. These soldiers were the most loyal under Merovice, and their equipment was the best among the Franks.

But facing Richard and his extraordinary knights, it had no effect at all. Richard raised his hand and threw the javelin directly. The powerful force instantly nailed a soldier to the ground. Richard charged on his horse and rushed directly into the gap.

The same was true for those extraordinary knights. They threw spears everywhere, and the originally neat army formation was instantly riddled with holes. More than a dozen extraordinary knights rushed into it in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, the army formation was directly broken.

(End of this chapter)