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Chapter 174 Out of the city for a decisive battle

Roger ordered a Norman Knight to be in charge of guarding the city gate.

He didn't want to be locked outside the door like Luo Cheng in the Romance and die in battle.

Then to prevent the opponent from raiding when he leaves the city.

Roger first lets the crossbowmen guard the city wall.

Then send heavy soldiers out to form a formation.

Then the crossbowman quickly left the city and scattered horizontally behind the gun array.

The opponent watched from afar outside the city gate without raid.

So Roger, the round shield swordsman, and the caravans and militias rode out of the city respectively.

Roger stood behind the crossbowman, and the swordsman and the cavalry lined up the crossbowman.

Roger put on a regular formation.

Unless the opponent goes around the rear of the formation to attack, it is impossible to directly attack the crossbow soldiers.

The attack distance of the crossbow arrow is farther than that of the javelin, which means that once the opponent approaches, he must first receive the baptism of the crossbow arrow.

The two teams of javelin cavalry on the other side were still watching from a distance.

Roger ordered forward.

The entire formation maintains a unified speed. After walking forward for a while, stop and adjust, and always keep the formation stable.

The opponent did not move until the distance between the two sides reached the maximum range of the crossbow arrow.

Then before Roger could order archery.

The opponent turned around and retreated with an arrow.

Roger knew that the Castile and the Aragonese had worked together for many years, so both sides were familiar with each other's equipment.

He expects his opponent to make a mistake and enter the range of the crossbow arrow and directly breaks his birth.

Roger told himself to be patient.

He ordered the formation to continue to move forward.

When both sides approached again, the opponent did not continue to retreat this time.

The two Javelin cavalry teams dispersed left and right, surrounding Roger.

They were very careful and were always outside the range of the crossbow arrows.

Roger needs to change his formation.

Roger ordered Rubio to command the spearmen and crossbowmen, asking him to keep the formation of the spearmen in front and crossbowmen behind and drag the enemy on the left.

And he himself, with his cavalry and swordsmen, took the initiative to fight against the enemy on the right.

Roger was not worried about Rubio, the spearmen defeated the cavalry, and the crossbows defeated the javelin.

As long as Rubio does not make any mistakes, there will be no problem with the two teams of infantry on the left fighting a team of cavalry.

He was a little worried that he would suffer a loss when he had no remote attack methods on his side.

But Roger has no choice now.

He wanted to divide the crossbow soldiers into two teams, one side and the other half.

He also wanted to clamp the crossbowmen into the spearmen, just like the Spanish square formation seen on the Internet in later generations. The musketeers hid in the spear square formation, and they could attack and retreat or defend.

He also wanted the raiders to form a hollow square formation, just like the Napoleon infantry plaque seen on the Internet, with the crossbowmen hiding inside, so no matter which direction the cavalry attacked, there was no need to worry.

But he can't do anything.

All these ideas require training, and even something as simple as division of troops requires training.

Roger received military training in later generations. He knew what the results would be when a team that had not been trained in a targeted manner would be when they received an order that they had never been trained.

Even if this is just a very simple command.

Roger clearly remembered that the order of turning left and right during military training caused chaos in the team.

The students were laughing and the instructor didn't mind, just start over.

But now on the battlefield, two javelin cavalry teams on both sides are like two cruel hungry wolves, staring at themselves tightly.

Will they give the chaotic team a chance to get back?

Roger dared not gamble.

So he would rather use cavalry and swordsmen to face the Javelin cavalry.

He plans to resist a round of javelins, use cavalry to rush forward to drag the opponent, let the swordsman keep up, and use the advantage of the number of people to solve the opponent.

The enemy in front of Roger did not attack, so they chose to retreat.

Roger ordered the swordsmen and cavalry to keep their pursuit in sync.

He turned his head and saw the enemy on the other side retreating.

Rubio firmly carried out Roger's orders, and the spearmen and crossbowmen kept their formation and pursued.

Roger watched as the two sides became farther and farther apart.

He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, and his opponent was constantly running, tempting him to make a mistake.

Roger's brain was running rapidly.

He thought that in war, in addition to expecting his opponent to make mistakes, he could also induce his opponent to make mistakes.

No, now is not the time to think about this.

Roger thought that the opponent obviously wanted to distance himself from Rubio.

When the distance reaches a certain level, they can use the speed difference between horses and people to assemble two teams of javelin cavalry to attack themselves or one of Rubio.

In this way, in this part of the battle, the number of people is gone, and the elite level of the soldiers will determine the outcome of the battle.

Obviously, the soldiers in his hands are far less good at fighting than these javelin cavalry.

They can cause a major, even devastating blow to the target before the person on the other side arrives.

Roger thought, which side would they hit first?

Should I kill the crossbow soldiers who pose a greater threat to them, or should I kill myself?

Roger instantly figured out the answer, and of course they would attack themselves with all their might.

When the commander dies, the soldiers will collapse, and they can chase the death to the north, expand the results of the battle, and even capture Toledo in one breath.

Roger felt a chill in his neck.

He thought of Alfonso's calmness in treating himself as bait when facing the Arab desert cavalry.

He thought of the generals and coaches in chess, and the military flags in chess.

Roger figured it out that if he wanted to be the commander on the battlefield, he had to have the awareness of being concentratedly attacked by the enemy.

Roger then ordered the pursuit to stop.

He shouted loudly, telling Rubio to stop chasing and move closer to him.

So the two separate sides gradually approached.

Roger noticed that the Javelin Cavalry on his side stopped retreating and pursued him instead, but was not very close.

It was like a girl who saw a boy who was pursuing her turned around and left, and she hurriedly wanted to keep him but was embarrassed to reach out and pull him.

Roger found that the situation had returned to the state of just being a separate enemy.

He hopes that the other party will rush over to attack him now.

Now the time difference between the two parts will not be much.

Roger believed that he could withstand the attacks of two teams of Javelin Cavalry and support Rubio led the team to join the battle.

That would turn into a melee, and Roger would have a numerical advantage.

But the opponent didn't give Roger this opportunity.

They always follow them carefully, neither far nor near, neither anxious nor impatient.

Just the moment Roger's four teams met.

Roger glanced at the corner of his eyes and felt relieved when the caravans rode the militia, the formation was a little messy.

Then he saw the javelin cavalry who had been following him suddenly launched an attack.

The round shield swordsman immediately turned around and formed a formation.

The reactions of each person in the caravan and horse-riding militia were different.

Some people turned their heads to meet the enemy, while others wanted to take a few steps quickly to meet with the gunmen.

A round of javelin was like a densely launched rocket, inserted into the caravan's horse-riding militia.

Blood appeared and screamed in pain.
Chapter completed!
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