Maybe now is the perfect opportunity to escape.

Right at the riverside camp of the Ross Alliance Army, standing here you can clearly see the cross flags flying on the thick stone walls of Maastricht City on the other side of the river and the huge cross erected specially.

In any case, the captured Princess Gisla was not willing to agree to any promises made by the Norman nobles, even if they were based on her own beliefs.

She has learned that the powerful Frank cavalry is on the other side of the river. If they know that they are trapped in the palace, why not rescue them?

"No! They must be here to save me!"

The princess wanted to run away, but she was still being watched closely by Shishuang Anjing, and all her actions were under surveillance.

"God, grant us victory! Let our army defeat these Normans." She prayed silently, closing her eyes as if in meditation, reciting the prayers and curses silently in her mind.

But there was another girl who had already changed her mind.

The young Norman noble promised an extremely bright future. If the boy died in the battle, or was injured, and if there was a big problem with the Norman army, what would he do?

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Even if you are rescued, it is better not to be rescued.

After all, Alicia is just a maid, and now the princess who originally cared about her has also claimed to break up with her. The most fatal thing is that she has become unclean due to an affair with a Norman nobleman. The so-called best result of being rescued is to be sent to a women's monastery to perform hard training.

Life is just another form of imprisonment.

She won't run away, even without shackles.

She was still wearing the men's clothing of the Russian army, and now she was standing by the river, crossing herself subconsciously on her chest, praying to the Virgin Mary to bless her Asgard. Such behavior was very weird, but now no one pays attention to such a girl.

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The coalition forces now did not care about the spoils of war. Due to the strong stimulation, all the previous war-weariness was swept away.

Meanwhile, in the residential areas to the north of the city, all the narrow streets were now crowded with cavalry.

Although it rained heavily before, summer rain comes and goes quickly.

The bright sunshine for many days has caused the land that had been soaked by rain to become a slurry lake dry again. The rain has stimulated the wild growth of green grass and stimulated the wheat fields near the city.

Maastricht Parish is an important food-producing area. In principle, a large part of the food in the area will be transferred to the Brussels military camp. But now the nearby villagers have fled. For General Tristan, who has regained the city, if he cannot

The Norman problem can be solved quickly and quickly. Once the farming season is delayed, although the harvest will not be wiped out this year, the worst result is that all the soldiers will dismount and bend down to serve as wheathers.

The streets and alleys in the north of the city were filled with mourning. The cavalry remained absolutely silent. Only some war horses neighed slightly unconsciously and shook their heads. The horses clearly felt the uneasiness before the battle, or they completely understood the orders given by their masters.

Future battles will change the traditional Frankish tactics, which is to organize multiple cavalry detachments to retreat with a single poke like an eagle. This tactic can protect the horses, and can also continuously weaken the enemy's strength and force the enemy to retreat.

There was a flaw. But now the Frank army had no patience to wait for the Normans to form their formation.

In other words, once the Normans are really allowed to form a majestic battle formation, the tactical effect General Tristan desires cannot be achieved very well.

He intends to organize the cavalry to launch a mass charge of two thousand cavalry. Currently, all the war horses with the best armor are placed in the front position, and the unarmored light cavalry are behind.

A large number of cavalry are equipped with spears, which are essentially a relatively soft pole with a fusiform spearhead.

The cavalry brought by Earl Gilbert basically did not carry this kind of equipment. In order to facilitate movement, he urgently ordered the army to find wooden poles while stationed in the city, such as pitchforks replaced by low-quality lances to make up for it.

General Tristan is waiting. The soldiers under his command are well-trained. The other two flag captains are closely watching his actions and will not attack rashly without orders.

There is also an element of instability here.

Tristan was very worried about Gilbert, Count of Ramongao, who was an aggressive young man who was only 21 years old. After all, the streets hiding the cavalry were narrow, so he had to be separated from Ramongao's army and was covered by a lot of thatch.

The house obscured his view, so Tristan had no idea what Gilbert was doing at the moment.

When the first batch of Norman troops landed, the executioners, who felt their mission was accomplished, hurriedly began to evacuate.

These people were originally cavalrymen, so naturally there were escape horses placed at the execution site.

They moved lightly and rushed to their respective horses at extremely fast speeds. They quickly mounted their horses with their pedals, their slightly bowed legs suddenly clamped down on the horse's belly, and they and the horse quickly ran towards the due west.

The reason why they did not run towards the residential areas in the north of the city where there was a heavy ambush was all due to General Tristan's strategy, so they seemed to be escaping through the open space to the west.

How can a human's legs be as fast as a galloping horse?

Bjorn, who wanted to kill several executioners, was furious. He pointed his sword directly at the back of the horseman and yelled: "Go to hell! You bastards! Sooner or later I will kill you all!"

At this moment, some of the subordinates made a surprise inspection of the slaughtered companions. Some of them had lost all their blood and died, while others were still very angry.

Even when some people are dying, their lips are still trembling, as if they want to say something.

The Mellaren warriors of the same race wanted to stab their companions with a sword to show them off. Since their companions had last words, they should put their ears to the side.

"There is... there is an ambush. You are all idiots, looking for death. Get out! Get out!"

The person who is about to die speaks dirty words in the weakest tone, just to alert his companions.

After saying that, the person died.

Ambush? Is there an ambush here?

The soldier looked left and right, and saw that it was clearly an open field. Not far away lay the corpses of the enemy who had been stranded after the battle more than ten days ago. The smell that had been permeating the place was really uncomfortable. As for the ambush, there was no danger at all.

Each soldier urgently informed the boss Bjorn, who was at a loss for the moment, about the news that his companions had sacrificed their lives for.

"The deceased said there was an ambush? Is this true? Did you hear it correctly?"

The subordinates hesitated and acquiesced that it was indeed true.

It was only then that Bjorn finally felt an inexplicable risk. After all, during the initial battle, a large number of armed men rushed out from a residential area not far away. They were some poor militiamen, and most of them were not even decent.

With no clothes on, killing these guys was as easy and quick as cutting up fish and felling wood.

But... what if it's a cavalry?

Fortunately, when he looked back, he saw that the Ross army was beginning to land one after another, and more friendly troops were also landing. The feeling of being isolated and helpless disappeared without a trace as soon as it emerged.

"Ah, maybe the enemy is just venting their anger. They don't have the guts to fight us."

Optimism soon outweighed fear, and Bjorn began to order his men to pick up his murdered companions and prepare them for burial on the spot.

No, Askard, who wanted to fight the enemy to death, landed with his brothers. He was quite well prepared, including three centurions of sword and shield bearers and one centurion of crossbowmen. Ordinary soldiers would set up a shield wall when they landed.

, crossbowmen have also formed a tactical matrix. Young people are impulsive. Because they train very diligently on weekdays, they instinctively set up their own formations on any open battlefield.

This move was as if they were really facing a powerful enemy. The prepared posture of the Seventh Flag Army caused subsequent landing soldiers to be on high alert. Even the free Danish fishermen who followed the coalition forces spontaneously followed Yinvar the Boneless' personal soldiers.

The town built a shield wall on the shore.

From the perspective of the ambushing Frankish army, the Norman army was on alert as soon as they landed, as if their ambush had been exposed.

Tristan, who has experienced many battles, feels that this is not the case. Those Norman gangsters have developed the habit of being cautious after robbery. After all, it is a despicable business. They must know that everything they do is extremely hated.

But Count Gilbert of Ramongo did not have the determination of a veteran.

"Sir, the Norman gangsters are setting up a formation, really let them prepare well, we..." The soldier's suggestion was decisively stopped by Gilbert.

Let’s look at this young earl. He holds his helmet with both hands and hangs up the armor piece of his face guard. The huge nose guard and the decorative eyebrow arch of the helmet form a "cross" on the front of his face. His blue eyes

Staring brightly at the north.

The young man angrily pulled out his gem-encrusted iron sword. This sword was of great significance. It represented family inheritance and also symbolized the glorious victories of his fathers and ancestors in the past.

With a cavalry regiment composed entirely of people from his hometown, he was in high spirits.

"Warriors of Namur! Do not disgrace the glory of our ancestors! For glory! For faith! For morality! For the king! And for the innocent people who were killed! Kill the Normans! Let's go!"

In an instant, the entire Ramon Gao army became more powerful, with soldiers shouting and horses neighing collectively.

On the opposite side, the earl was also infected by the high emotions he had provoked. The more the soldiers shouted, the more he felt that his courage could bring about a glorious victory.

The thatched house can no longer hide this cavalry force of more than 400 people. They are the most elite army in the entire Earl of Ramongao. The knights in the entire territory bring their own elite retinues and cooperate with the Earl family cavalry to form a single force.

The military strength is similar to the military strength of the King's standing army.

In this battle, Count Ramongo entered and exited with elite troops. Even though he saw more and more enemies landing on the beach, young Gilbert still believed that he had the upper hand.

He took the lead and charged with his sword raised, followed by the cavalry behind him. They appeared like magic from many narrow alleys. More than four hundred riders rode on the grass-covered riverside battlefield, causing the earth to tremble.

A behemoth appeared, and all the Ross coalition soldiers who landed were shocked.

However, after a brief shock, everyone remained calm.

Askard bared his teeth, pulled out his sword and stood with his brothers: "Hold on! Shield wall! Hold on."

He quickly arranged, and the well-trained crossbowmen stood in three rows. They carried round shields and swords at their waists. Although they obviously only had one chance to face the cavalry with their crossbows.

The distance is a little further, but the cavalry's attack speed is very fast. Nowadays, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Ross is expanding. Askard, who can ride a horse, knows a lot, and his confidence comes from this.

The soldiers of the Seventh Flag Team began their three-stage attack, and they were also the first team to launch a counterattack.

As Gilbert charged, he found that the Norman counterattack came much faster than he expected.

The armor-piercing arrows fired by the light crossbow modified from the recurve bow can still ensure a certain degree of lethality at a relatively long distance, but Ramon Gaojun is not a fool. Since he wants to attack with all his strength, the soldiers in the front row are not only wearing chainmail

, but also wear a cloth-faced vest to protect the torso, and even the war horse's chest is hung with cloth-faced armor, and the war horse's forehead is also covered with a layer of hard leather riveted with iron sheets.

The arrows missed and hit the horses, but some arrow clusters happened to pierce into the gaps in the warrior's armor.

The injured cavalry gritted their teeth and clamped their spears in their armpits, charging toward the enemy in a martyr's attitude.

The three-stage attack technique had been exhausted. Seeing that the enemy's charge was still not delayed, Ascard was so shocked that he could not panic at all and could only maintain the shield wall with his brothers in order to resist the impact.

After holding the buckler, Ascard felt the fear of death for the first time. His optimism was gone. Although he clenched the hilt of the sword tightly, he closed his eyes subconsciously, silently praying that he would not be knocked away by the war horse.
To be continued...