Cavalry is another item in which humans have a comparative advantage. Of course, the advantage here mainly refers to the advantage of heavy cavalry. As for light cavalry, the light cavalry of the orcs is really stronger.
Thanks to advanced armor forging technology, the human heavy cavalry is a well-known and powerful force in the mainland. Of course, the heavy cavalry is good at attacking the front, while the light cavalry is good at detours. Currently, the front is pushed by the heavy infantry, and the heavy cavalry is advancing
There was no way to go up, so we had to send light cavalry to attack the flanks.
As for why the heavy cavalry was not sent to charge from the center, it was mainly because I did not expect that the first wave of attacks would be effective. According to Scram's original plan, the first few waves were to deliver food.
Let’s consume it first. Since the heavy cavalry is an ace unit, it cannot be used as a gift.
There are currently so many enemies, and it is impossible for the heavy cavalry to break through the enemy's formation. Once they are unable to break through and are surrounded and annihilated, it will be a real loss. However, I did not expect this tentative consumption effect.
It would be so good, easier than Scram thought.
In short, the side attack must also start now, otherwise if the enemy's two wing troops move toward the center, the troops in the middle will be surrounded, so pressure must be put on both sides.
Scram's arrangement was very timely, because he is indeed very good at commanding large-scale battle formations. After all, he is a commander who has been involved in so many years of fighting. Not to mention his ability to adapt, but his ability to push the line of troops
That's really awesome. She knows what to do when. Although it sounds basic, she still has the initiative. Unlike the general general Xi Weier on the opposite side, she actually doesn't know when to do something. Until now
So far, it has always been the Human Race that responds to what they are doing. To put it nicely, it means taking advantage of the situation. At worst, it means passive adjustment. It has always been the Human Race that takes the initiative.
Just like now, the human cavalry on both sides began to take action, and the elves naturally responded accordingly. The troops on both sides were preparing to meet the enemy, and at the same time, the elves' cavalry also began to take action.
Yes, the elves also have cavalry troops. Linton knew this before. When he was walking around in the elven military camp, he had seen elves riding a strange-looking monster. I have to describe it.
It is a large, blue-skinned, four-legged lizard. It is not a reptile lizard like the Komodo dragon, but one with long legs that can run.
Different from horses, this kind of lizard runs on its two hind legs when it runs. When it is not running, it lands on all fours. Because its limbs are claws, it is estimated that it still has some attack capabilities, and its overall strength should be stronger than that of a horse.
More. Probably an evolved version of a velociraptor or something like that.
Such mounts gave the elven cavalry a bit of an advantage, but Linton didn't think it would make much of a splash. The main reason was...the number was too small.
Linton guessed that the number of these unknown monsters was not very large. In short, the number of the elven cavalry itself was not very large. Now that I have seen them attacking, the number is only...about 2000?
Linton didn't know why the number was so small. After all, the elves had an army of 80,000, and there were only 2,000 cavalry in it. What effect could this have?
What made Linton even more suffocated was the way the elves responded. On the human side, the light cavalry was outflanked by the left and right wings at the same time, but the elves actually dispatched cavalry from both sides to deal with it at the same time. The reason the humans did that was because they had more cavalry.
, there are tens of thousands of cavalry on each of the left and right roads, but the elves themselves only have so few cavalry, why do you still divide the roads?
The correct response should be to concentrate the cavalry on one side, let the infantry hold up on the other side first, and concentrate all the cavalry here to defeat one side first, and then support the other side. After all, you have few cavalry, so you can only use this local advantage.
Strategy, but now that you have fewer troops, you have to divide your troops, one on each side, 1,000 against 10,000. Can this be played?
Linton didn't know whether it was because Xiweier opposite was addicted to copying homework, or because she was too confident in the elves. Do you think it's okay for the cavalry to hit ten of them?
Sure enough, the development of the matter was no different from what Linton expected. The cavalry on both sides clashed for a short time. The cavalry on the Elf side also had another advantage, and that was their shooting ability. Because the Elf tribe had average marksmen per capita, shooting from mounts was theirs.
The basic ability of a rider is not only to be able to shoot, but also to shoot very accurately.
There are no magical skills of this level in the human race. There are also people who can ride and shoot, but each team only has a few people who are good at equestrian skills. Most people don't have this ability, but they do have it.
The way to deal with it is to use a crossbow.
Because of the high forging technology, the human race already has the technology of one-handed crossbows, which can be fired with one hand without using two hands. Such inventions have greatly lowered the technical threshold for shooting immediately. Although loading requires both hands, the loading of the crossbow is
The technical content is much simpler than aiming and shooting.
Of course, accuracy is another problem, but like the previous infantry team, with the same number, the human cavalry team is indeed no match for the elves. But the problem is that now it is ten to one, and the accuracy is not enough. With the number, ten
If someone shoots you, you won't be able to hit it with perfect accuracy.
Therefore, the cavalry confrontation between the two sides ended very suddenly. They first fired at each other. Both sides suffered casualties. The number of casualties was almost the same. However, the number of casualties among the human race was 10,000, and a few dozen fell down was insignificant. The elves only had 1,000, and a few fell down.
Ten, it hurts the muscles and bones.
Then there was a head-on confrontation. Unexpectedly, the cavalry teams on both sides collided. The elven cavalry team here was directly knocked apart. From a distance, it looked like the human cavalry team directly defeated the elven cavalry team.
After eating it, the huge numerical gap could not be made up even if the elven cavalry had an advantage in some items. After a round of confrontation, the entire elven cavalry team became in shambles.
However, after breaking up the elves' cavalry, the human cavalry did not continue to harvest the rest of them. They continued to move forward. After all, their main task was to attack the flanks, not to wipe out the opponent's cavalry. On the human side
The cavalry team's choice was to directly collide with the elves' flanking troops.
When the light cavalry attacks the flanks, they can mainly use harassment. After all, the human race's light cavalry has long-range weapons. Of course, it is also possible to shoot from a distance. But for the elves, this method is not possible. Their infantry teams have better shooting capabilities than you.
, at this time, keeping a distance and shooting is seeking death, so the cavalry team here did not say anything, and bumped into it first. This is a bit like using light cavalry as heavy cavalry, but they did not intend to cause much damage, mainly because they were scattered.
The formation, because there was no intention to break through from the flanks, was only intended to harass the flanks from the beginning.
It's just that the human side didn't expect that the impact was so effective that the light cavalry broke through the opponent's formation. The human cavalry didn't understand why the elven infantry was so resistant to impact.
The difference is, after all, they have no experience fighting against the elves before.
They didn't know that the elves themselves had little experience in fighting against cavalry. As mentioned before, the elves had not fought in more than thirty years, and they had almost no experience in fighting against cavalry on such a large plain.
Most of the terrain in their country is forest, which is not suitable for cavalry combat. Therefore, the elves did not plan to develop any cavalry at the beginning. It was useless, and their soldiers did not know what to do when facing the cavalry.
Coping with it is something I have never encountered before.
Weapons against cavalry are also unprepared. The human cavalry has been fighting against other countries with cavalry all year round, and they all have ways to deal with each other. It can be said that they are involuntarily rolled out. I am so surprised now.
They said they had never seen anything like that.
Although I don’t know what happened, the human race also has experience in what to do next. Although there was no such plan at the beginning, but if it breaks through, it will naturally be divided and encircled. This situation has actually been encountered in previous battles.
Above, it was used by the light cavalry when they harvested the remaining soldiers of the opponent. The opponent's morale collapsed, the battle formation was shattered, and the enemy just wanted to escape, so they harvested in this way. This kind of scene where a frontal blow directly shattered,
This is really the first time I've met.
In short, now that the human race has really opened up, they have gradually discovered that these elven soldiers are really... addicted to human food. The generals above said before that this was a tough battle, and the elves were very powerful.
They were all very nervous. But when it came to a real fight, that was it?
The generals who were observing the battle from the rear also looked confused. Is that it? They agreed to harass the flanks, but why did both sides seem to be penetrated directly? They all began to doubt themselves. The elves were probably showing weakness to the enemy and tempting them.
If the enemy goes deep, lure their cavalry to go deep, and then surround and strangle them? This situation has been encountered in previous wars. After all, during the period of involution, everyone really used all kinds of tactics.
"You are overthinking. The general of the Elf clan is not of that level." Fortunately, Scram's mind is still very clear. In the current situation, as long as he does not think too much, he must also lower his level of thinking to cooperate with the other party.
Don't do anything superfluous.
"Just act as normal, look toward the surface, and don't think too much," Scram said.
"Marshal, we seem to have the advantage on the frontal battlefield." The general next to him reported again. Scram looked at it and found that the troops in the middle of the two sides had indeed begun to fight closely. The elves could not see clearly what was going on, but they
His own troops' formation did not collapse, but actually withstood the situation.
"Can you withstand the first wave?" The general next to him was a little unconvinced. How could he withstand this?
"Never mind it, the second wave of support is coming." Scram waved his hand and said.