There are countless nobles in the North, but Victor is not included. Hugo's main force is heavy infantry. And his infantry is different from other infantry.
After eliminating the nobles and removing personal attachments, Cold Wind City's soldier base suddenly increased dramatically. Others used slaves as infantry, while Cold Wind City used free citizens as infantry.
When other people's free citizens serve as soldiers, they need to bring their own dry food, prepare their own weapons, and earn money by looting on the battlefield. All the food, drinks and toilets of the infantry in Coldwind City are considered as the lord's, and they also get monthly allowances, and they can climb up the ranks based on their military exploits.
The result of this is that the infantry regiment of Cold Wind City has a strong motivation to fight. As long as they can obtain military exploits, they can not only make money, but also change their destiny.
Even if he dies, the lord will provide him with a pension.
From an institutional point of view, Cold Wind City can surpass other northern lords by ten blocks.
In addition, in Cold Wind City, the price of iron is only one-tenth of that elsewhere. However, the price of horses is difficult to reduce. The cost of raising one cavalry can be used to raise five infantrymen, and the consumption ratio between the two is too big.
War is all about attrition, and Hanfeng City struggled to raise troops. After Zhou Qingfeng killed 500 infantrymen, he could easily train another 500 or 5,000 more.
Horses are difficult to handle, and they cannot give birth to more than a dozen in a litter like sows. It takes only two or three years to train a war horse.
But on the battlefield, just a shallow pit is enough for the horse to stumble and scrap a hard-won war horse. The horses in Cold Wind City are generally used for light cavalry for reconnaissance and harassment and for logistics transportation, and will never be used to charge into battle.
Hearing the sound of military drums in the night wind, the nobles of Broken Bridge City who were trapped in the wild village were all shocked. Human beings lack night vision, and night attacks are a very difficult battle mode.
But if you play the night attack well, you will be invincible - when this dynasty started, it relied on resolute and brave close combat night combat to develop and grow.
The lively rhythm of the snare drum became clearer and clearer, but Kyle Holden calmed down. He called a few close associates and asked to ride horses to see the situation outside the village. At the same time, he ordered other personnel to build roadblocks to resist the coming attack.
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"Don't be afraid, this may be harassment." Lord Holden still insisted on his opinion, "The enemy only has more than a hundred cavalry, so they can't take any advantage from us."
It is indeed a good thing to have more troops, and it will naturally be easier to deal with it. There are more than two hundred knights in Broken Bridge City who can fight on foot even without riding horses, so it should be no problem to defend a small village.
But five hundred meters outside the village, heavily loaded carriages drove into the battlefield. One carriage transported six infantrymen, including their equipment and supplies.
On the carriage, the soldiers cooperated with each other to put on armor and helmets, and checked their equipment. They were equipped with three-meter long guns. Steel gun heads, half-meter-long holsters, and three-meter-long hardwood poles.
Each spear is heavy, about five kilograms, very substantial.
It is already difficult to perform any tricks at this weight, but Zhou Qingfeng never expects his infantry to use any fancy tactics. In fact, they only practice one trick - forming a dense formation and thrusting.
Currently, the infantry regiment in Cold Wind City is small, with only 500 people in total. There are only more than 400 combat personnel. In addition to logistics and transportation personnel, the most important thing remaining is the military band.
Armored soldiers drank stamina potion and night vision potion before entering the battlefield. The officer directed the military band, and everyone lined up to the beat of the drum and moved forward slowly.
Outside the village in the dark night, Ma Han, who commanded the infantry, took the initiative to stand at the forefront of the team, carrying his iconic aluminum alloy shield.
Zhou Qingfeng led the cavalry to hold down the formation for the infantry, covering the enemy's small-scale probing and preventing the enemy from possible harassment of his own side.
Seeing Mahan's actions, he had to shout to the messenger: "Go and tell Mahan that what I want is a commander, not a top soldier. He is the commander-in-chief of the entire regiment, and he should stay where he should."
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The last time we captured Cold Wind City, the infantry regiment's rush and slow rush had no effect. Tonight, facing an enemy with considerable strength, it was the important battle where its light flashed and announced its arrival to the world.
Just thinking that he could lead this powerful infantry into the enemy's formation, kill the generals, capture the flag, and be honored, made every muscle in Ma Han's body tremble with excitement.
But Uncle Zhou was stunned and sent someone to scold Ma Han, forcing him to return to the heavy infantry ranks dejectedly. The bloody charge had nothing to do with the senior commanders.
In the unknown village, the knights of Broken Bridge City drove away the hungry villagers to strengthen their defenses. The only stone mill in the village was pushed to the intersection and piled together with the wooden boards of the demolished houses.
The gentlemen whipped them with riding whips and kicked them with riding boots, and loudly cursed the villagers for being too lazy.
Under the light of the torch, Lord Kyle Horton ignored the atrocities of his subordinates and only stared at the thick darkness of the night with a cold face.
The wizard accompanying the army released the secret eye, and the sentry guarding the perimeter was escaping back in a hurry, while the cronies who went to investigate were reporting sweatily.
When all the information was put together, none of it was satisfactory. Especially when the trusted knight who went to investigate on the spot came back almost pissed off, "Your Excellency, there is an army of hundreds of people coming from outside."
Hundreds?
Two hundred counts as "hundreds", and nine hundred counts as "hundreds." There is a big difference between two hundred and nine hundred!
How many hundreds are these probes for?
The sound of the military drum in the dark night was getting louder and closer. There was indeed an army advancing in the darkness that should not be underestimated.
Under the tension, the simple but neat rhythm of the drum sounds like the earth is shaking. Gradually, the sonorous and commanding sounds of starting and stopping can be heard, which makes people's hearts flutter.
It's not easy to defeat someone who can walk like this!
"Sir Holden, there is a group of infantry outside, numbering at least three hundred." The wizard's mystical eyes floated in the air, allowing him to see more calmly and clearly.
The image projected by the Mystical Eye is dark and the light is very dim, and only groups of enemies can be vaguely seen surging forward. They line up neatly and act in a unified manner, which represents long-term training and extremely high command ability.
infantry?
There was a rumbling sound in Kyle Holden's mind, and he realized that he had indeed fallen into a trap. The opponent seized the fleeting opportunity, used cavalry to lure him out, and used infantry to attack him.
Came so fast!
The knights of Broken Bridge City were on the move throughout the day and could not be caught by a group of infantry. If the situation on the battlefield was found to be wrong, Kyle Holden would flee back to the city quickly even if he lost a group of horses and subordinates.
This infantry must have been hiding in Green Valley Town. They set out after dark and marched to kill them in a short period of time. This was not only a matter of fast marching speed, but also had extremely high requirements on the morale of the command and liaison.
"Sark, Sark." His Excellency the City Lord shouted loudly.
A tall, strong man stood up with an ax in his hand. His face covered with scars was very scary in the dark night. When he heard the call, he responded in a low voice: "Master, what do you need me to do?"
"Bring my guards out and drive away the infantry outside. Don't let them spread out easily." Kyle Holden felt his mouth was dry and he was really anxious.
Ordinary serf soldiers cannot march in the dark, and do not even have the courage to go out at night. The strength of hundreds of infantrymen who can suddenly kill them cannot be overestimated.
The scarred man responded again, and in a moment he pulled out an elite guard of more than 20 people. All of them were heavily armored and heavily armed, and even their mounts were tall and majestic. They were typical heavy cavalry that charged into battle.
The mission of this heavy cavalry is to attack with force!