——Of course. These are all lie. The legendary heavy cavalry carried super long spear quadratic arrays in front of each other. Generally, no fool would really do this. Moreover, the gun arrays are not just used against cavalry—it is also very useful when fighting infantry. You can imagine that when two armies face off, a large group of people standing in front of you rushed towards you in a rectangular array—you can't even see the other party's body, you can only see dense spear heads that look like hedgehogs.

Speaking of which, everyone has more or less a little bit of intensive phobia. Especially when facing dense things - something that can stab you to death.

Of course. The representative Macedonian phalanx of ancient Greece did have fatal weaknesses, that is, the flanks. After the flanks were broken, the tragedies holding super-long spears naturally could not fight against enemies holding short weapons at close range - so the flanks were very important - but then again. All formations and flanks were very important, and after being defeated, they would have a very bad impact. It was just that the impact of the phalanx was a little bigger.

——So, in the late Middle Ages, the lovely Spanish square formations with phalanxes, super long spears + swords and shields + convexers were still dominated by the battlefield. The combat power was still strong to the level of a bunker. Moreover, because swords and shields and long-range convexers were deployed on the flanks, the entire square formation became an all-round player who could be far, near, chopped, stabbed and sprayed.

——But, the question is: Where should your sister’s labor management go to find a comb?! Or is it called a comb, but a longbow or pulley crossbow can be replaced - can it be replaced by a really?

So, the key is to wings, flanks, flanks... What if two rows of guys carrying large shields on both sides of the phalanx, like Roman legion infantry, and then they are asked to arrange a defense similar to tortoise shells?

Well, it seems to be a big deal. Use the powerful legion infantry to guard the two wings of the square formation.

But speaking of this, it is better to use cavalry. Use cavalry to guard the two wings of the phalanx - why do you have to be unable to match the two wings and the phalanx. The scattered array composed of projection infantry is actually quite good, right? Although it will be tortured by cavalry.

Okay, that's the square formation. The square formation + the legion. If you have a little innovation, it will be called the Viking square formation.

At this moment, Egil finally escaped from his delusion, then laughed at the other two allies, and said, "So, the cavalry and heavy cavalry are the most powerful and seriously ill. The phalanx and other things can only be used to defend passively. Then he went to the defensive counterattack. I don't like that very much. Isn't that right, Lord Wallace?"

William Wallace thought for a moment, then smiled and didn't say anything. But Wald couldn't sit still: "What kind of cavalry is the strongest - I don't like to hear it. If you have the ability, let's take the army to the Scandinavian Mountains, and you will meet our dwarves in the mountains!"

Indeed, in mountain combat, the dwarves' heavy infantry were almost invincible.

"Ah, why do you say such things? We are allies, killing each other will not happen at all. Do you think so, Lord Wallace?" Egil said afterwards.

"Of course, the friendship between the dwarves, the Scots and the Norwegians will last forever! That's it." Wallace also said.

Next, they exchanged war letters with the English, and agreed to see life and death in the suburbs of York City in half a month. Then Egil took a look at the large area of ​​arable land in the suburbs of York City, with most of the terrain being plains. It is very suitable for large-scale battles - and there are only two points to pay attention to. First, the two monasteries in the center of the battlefield - the priests have all retreated and are currently empty.

Speaking of which, medieval monasteries are actually no different from castles. At most, they are a little more religious. In Egil's eyes, these two monasteries are two solid small fortresses, which can accommodate hundreds of people - the courtyard wall is more than two meters high, and the spires and bell towers everywhere can also be used as arrow towers. In other words, if you can occupy these two monasteries first in battle, you can get two sufficiently strong support points, which is very beneficial for battle.

In addition, there are a large area of ​​messy houses in the north of the battlefield, as well as mills, pigpens, etc. The farmers who originally lived here were either recruited as peasant soldiers or fled to the mountains farther away. The animals and other animals were all taken back by soldiers from both sides, and the stew bars and stew bars were in their stomachs. This messy place is more suitable for guerrilla formations of scattered soldiers. Of course, Egil thought for a little while. It seemed that his army was not that convenient, and it was specially suitable for street combat. Professional Viking warriors were barely half. However, because the armor was a little thicker and the weapons were equipped, the power was insufficient.

Therefore, in this area, you need to be careful of sneak attacks by stragglers from England opposite, as well as ambush, etc.

Apart from that, nothing is left.

Egil discussed these two things with Wald and Wallace, and then Wallace patted his chest and said that the large residential area would be left to him to clean up. And the two monasteries needed faster cavalry to grab it. This could only fall on Egil's shoulders anyway.

Three days later, the sky was clear and the cloudless army gathered. Because there were too many troops, there was no need to arrange the array or something. Even in such a battle, it would be impossible for both sides to decide the winner in one day.

The first move of the first battle was to get the Norwegians. The only two hundred cavalry patrol cavalry in Norway quickly set off and rushed towards the two monasteries in the middle of the battlefield - but the English seemed not interested in the two monasteries. The chaotic array of recruited peasants, hooked peasants and spear soldiers of the first formation slowly moved towards the center of the battlefield under the shouts of the knights and their entourages. However, the proud longbowers in England were arranged in the second formation, followed by the vanguard of about three thousand people. Behind the English longbowers, in addition to the longbows, there were two sharp wooden stakes cut at the ends. It seemed to be used to fight against the cavalry.

It seems that a few days ago, Egil lightly broke the English outpost battle, which left a deep impression on Alfred. Such configurations - horse-rejected piles and cannon fodder, were all prepared to fight against the frontal charge of the cavalry.

However, slightly different from what he imagined, the Norwegians did not use the tomahawk cavalry equipped with heavy armor and weapons at the beginning. Instead, they used light rangers to snatch the two monasteries in the center of the battlefield. Then, a row of Norwegian crossbowmen and dwarf crossbowmen quickly armed the two monasteries. When the Englishmen on the opposite side were in amazement, a large number of Scottish Highland spearmen and dwarf guards were already densely packed between the two monasteries, forming a very dense array of spears. Behind them, a formation of thousands of Nordic archers and Scottish Highland archers was preparing to shoot.

In this way, the two wings of others are the legendary monastery of large stone buildings. You can take a look at it with me. The wings disappeared, they disappeared, bastard!

That's it.

Then, under the dispatch of Egil, next to the two monasteries, a large number of dwarf heavy infantry, professional Viking warriors, as well as death warriors and dwarf assault warriors holding long-handled battle axe, formed a solid infantry line. The dwarf elite infantry held high the shield in their hands and formed a shield wall on the front line to provide assistance to the comrades behind.

So, the preparation was complete and the English were waiting for the attack.

Seeing the garrison formation of the coalition forces opposite, the English cannon fodders on the opposite front could not even cry. Even in this case, even facing the extremely tight enemy troops defending the formation - at this time, they could only charge.

So, the first English array began to charge. Most of them were only equipped with shields and short spears. The tragic soldiers who were not equipped with any armor were first killed by long-range crossbows, and then they hit the thick spear square array, and were stabbed into sieves. Those who hit both wings were shocked by the flying axes all over the sky, and then they were beaten into pieces by the counter-charge of the Viking Death Warriors and the Dwarfs' long-handed Axe Warriors. The dozens of knights and their entourages in the first formation were the chance to launch a charge, knocking over many assault troops. However, the dwarves and Vikings who had reacted were chopped into meat with big axes.

Although I knew that the first round of attack was just a test, I saw the opponent's excellent and almost spent much effort to disperse thousands of his soldiers. The opposite Emperor Alfred also felt a burst of chill. He thought to himself: "It seems that there is no chance to win when fighting head-on hand-to-hand combat - it is even more a brainless person who can do something that can only be despicable.

However, the English did not need to do this at all. After gathering the defeated troops, it was almost noon. Because both sides had not yet invested in the main force and fought a decisive battle, the soldiers on both sides were relatively leisurely. Some of them took out the black bread they carried close to and ate lunch with the water from a small river next to them.

At this moment, England's second array advanced - a total of three thousand longbow soldiers and two thousand heavy spear sergeants stopped directly within the range of the longbow - followed by a heavy rain of bows and arrows pouring down.

"Tsk, do you think this is enough?! Heavy spearmen are almost the same as dealing with ordinary cavalry, but they are still far from fighting with my heavy cavalry!" Standing on the bell tower of the left-wing monastery, Egil snorted twice, and then the big bell behind him was knocked five times, three long and two short. After that, the Norwegian knights, who had long been unable to hold back, and the improved tomahawk cavalry, stood out from the coalition array and rushed towards the second English formation...
Chapter completed!