There were only a thousand or so cavalry in the second wave. Phoenix could not organize too many cavalry, and Siding Star City was not an important city. Most of the soldiers had only gone through simple cavalry training.
The equipment of the 6th Battalion was obviously much better than that of the enemy. After the large crossbows were set up, the soldiers calmly watched the enemy get closer and closer. When they were 500 meters away, they rushed to the flanks.
The soldiers guarding the chariot formation calmed down. The quality of the enemy cavalry was not bad, but if they could not attack from the front and could only attack from the side with crossbows, they should have sent light cavalry. It was faster. These heavily armored cavalry attacked from the sides with bows and arrows, which was much slower.
The strength of a warhorse could last for an hour after the first burst. If it was a bad horse, it could not even last ten minutes. If the cavalry could not break the enemy formation, it would be a complete failure.
The formation of the 6th Battalion was very complete. The front was a chariot formation, the side was a big shield, and the back was the envoy group of Sacred Rock City.
The envoy group of Sacred Rock City ran to the back because they wanted to see the quality of the soldiers of Metatlin City. If it did not work, they could use a strong attack to take back the disadvantage. Unexpectedly, the enemy's attack did not shake the formation of the 6th Battalion at all. The defense of the 6th Battalion was like an iron bucket. The soldiers in the middle were in a neat formation. They sat on the temporary frames on the ground, ready to stand up and rush out of the shield formation at any time.
Duke Valde looked at the battle calmly and muttered to himself, "This should be Salin's most elite force, right?" There were two Magic Shooters beside him. He would not take the initiative to ask. He was afraid that they would refuse to answer. That would be very embarrassing.
Tiffany was not so cold. She said, "Not bad. It is similar to Qin Yin's main force. In terms of equipment, it is better. "
Tiffany was obviously talking about the 300 alchemy crossbows that could shoot 500 meters away. These things were contraband in Qin Yin.
"It is not the same, Master. Not to mention the commander, even Salin's flag commander has no respect for Viscount Pijacques." Duke Valde observed carefully. He was also a person who practiced swordsmanship and had excellent vision.
Tiffany said casually, "It is just a habit of the Fourth Dynasty. The direct troops of the royal family or the royal family have a higher status than the nobles." That was because the Metatlin surname did exist in the Fourth Dynasty. She didn't think too much about it, and naturally assumed that Sarlin was a descendant of a certain royal family in the Fourth Dynasty.
"That's the scariest part. Salin only needs to build up the main army, and the rest of the army will be raised by the nobles. The nobles won't dare to betray them, and Salin can endlessly strengthen the army's equipment. Using these elites to control the nobles to fight for him, it would be easy to raise a hundred thousand soldiers in Metatlin City. "Balde did not forget to remind him.
"His Majesty has his own plans. Balder, you're meddling too much," Tiffany replied coldly.
The cavalry of the Sixth Battalion was like a hot knife through butter, and they crashed into the Phoenix cavalry. The difference in weapons between the two sides was immediately apparent. At close range, as long as there was no one in front of them, the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion would immediately fire their crossbows, destroying everything within ten meters.
Other than the twenty soldiers riding on skeletal warhorses who wielded huge scimitars, the rest of the cavalrymen wielded cross spears.
During a cavalry charge, the spear was clearly more advantageous. However, if the spear pierced into the enemy's heavy armor, it would be very difficult to pull it out. Once this happened, the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion immediately abandoned their cross spears and drew their long swords from behind their saddles. After the Phoenix cavalry threw away their spears, their weapons became heavy swords.
The swords clashed. Both sides were wearing heavy armor, and with the impact of the horses, weapons flew everywhere. Only a powerful swordsman could hold a weapon properly.
Most of the Phoenix cavalry were shot off their horses by the crossbows. On average, it would take more than two cavalrymen to fight against one cavalry of the Sixth Battalion. Their numbers were originally smaller than the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion. After the fierce collision, only about two hundred of the Sixth Battalion's cavalry were knocked off their horses. There were some unlucky ones, but most of them were only injured.
The Phoenix cavalry, on the other hand, had lost more than five hundred men. Now, there were less than a thousand left. Although they were heavy cavalry, the Sixth Battalion was the same.
The leading Phoenix general could only blow a sharp metal whistle and lead the cavalry south, trying to shake off the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion. Both sides had slowed down. Even if their warhorses were not as good as the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion, they could still temporarily shake off the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion.
The cavalry of the Sixth Battalion did not pursue, because a thousand cavalrymen appeared behind them. They were from the Royal Swordsman Battalion. Tiffany gave the order and directly released two group buff spells with Stephanie. Under the light of the magic, the thousand cavalrymen shone with huge runes and rushed out at twice the speed of ordinary cavalrymen.
This kind of group magic could not last long. The problem was that the distance between the two sides was less than two miles. More than twice the speed, the cavalry of the Royal Swordsman Battalion quickly approached and raised the crossbows in their hands.
This kind of crossbow shot by a spring was not powerful enough. The problem was that the crossbows of the Royal Swordsman Battalion were all alchemy arrows, and their sharpness could make up for this.
Behind the shield formation, more than five hundred infantrymen of the Sixth Battalion rushed out and dragged the injured cavalrymen back. That was not all. Another five hundred soldiers also walked out of the shield formation and came to the injured Phoenix cavalrymen. They pulled out their triangular swords and stabbed into the weak points of the injured cavalrymen's armor.
Qin Yin's armor protected his whole body. There were no gaps in the heavy cavalry's armor, but for the cavalry's flexibility in battle, it was inevitable that there were some weak points. These weak points were made with more than two layers of metal sandwiched between the skin of magical beasts. But the triangular swords were specialized in breaking through heavy armor, and it was even easier for the defenseless wounded.
Originally, only a hundred of the Phoenix cavalrymen had died on the spot. The remaining four hundred were all injured and fell off their horses. If they were taken back, they would not die under the treatment of the Mages' potions.
The commander of the Sixth Battalion sat firmly in the middle of the army, watching everything coldly. The enemy's infantrymen were already half a mile away. They dismounted and adjusted their equipment, ready to attack. At this time, the Sixth Battalion could not capture any prisoners.
In the last invasion by Qin Yin, the Phoenix army did not encounter such a situation. Most of the wounded were treated. But this time, Salin's army killed all the wounded on the spot.
When the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion did this, they did not feel any psychological pressure, because this was the first time they encountered an enemy. If they did not completely kill them, they would continue to fight. As for the expeditionary army of the Vatican, as long as they could move a finger, they could pull the trigger and kill an enemy before they died.
Balder was not surprised that the Phoenix cavalrymen were defeated by the countercharge. In his opinion, the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion were of good quality and well-armed. If they could not defeat the Phoenix, there was no need for them to exist.
But this neat and orderly massacre made him feel a chill in his heart.
If Salin's army was like this, the war in the future would be incomparably cruel!
Of the three thousand soldiers in Holy Rock City's diplomatic corps, two thousand had joined the battle, leaving only one thousand to protect Balder. The two Magic Shooters did not make a move. The enemy's numbers were small, and there was no need for the Magic Shooters to appear. Moreover, on the battlefield, mages of this level would only cast supportive spells from the side. Unless the enemy directly attacked them, they wouldn't slaughter ordinary soldiers.
There was also a safety factor. Because of the popularity of alchemy equipment, if the Magic Shooters encountered powerful weapons in the army, they could fall under siege. And in the middle of the army, surrounded by soldiers, the Magic Shooters were the safest.
The formation of carriages at the front made the Phoenix very depressed. Left with no choice, the approaching infantrymen spread out like the cavalrymen, and their forces were scattered. In fact, the large and small carriages of the Sixth Battalion could form a ring to protect all the soldiers, but that would only happen when they encountered an enemy that they could not fight head-on.
There was not a huge disparity in military strength. The formation of carriages at the front divided the enemy, and they looked forward to close combat with the enemy.
The Phoenix's idea was a little too simple. They wanted to use the heavy cavalry to disrupt the formation of the Sixth Battalion, and then use the infantrymen to attack. But their own cavalry had been defeated. If the infantrymen wanted to win, they would have to fight head-on. There were no tactics to speak of.
The commander of the Sixth Battalion did not expect any tactics either. The terrain here was flat, and there was no terrain that could be used. And the enemy was well prepared. All the plots were not as good as a direct confrontation.
When Rex trained these soldiers, he did not teach them any advanced swordsmanship, but focused on discipline. The officers did not understand at the time, but now they were all very happy about this.
There were no flaws in the command of the Sixth Battalion. Because the soldiers had gone through cruel discipline training, they reacted instinctively to many things.
The officers of the Banner Corps only needed to give a simple order, and the entire army would coordinate. No matter how nervous the soldiers were, their execution was perfect. On a battlefield like this, individual ability was reduced, and collective strength was expanded.
"Advance!"
Suddenly, a loud shout was accompanied by intense drumming. A Banner Corps infantryman passed the shield formation and charged at the second wave of cavalry from the flank. This thousand cavalrymen did not split up. Instead, they tried to disrupt the pursuit of the retreating cavalry by the royal swordsmen in the south. No one expected that this Banner Corps infantryman would attack the cavalry from a distance of two hundred meters.
Magic light flashed on the legs of the thousand heavily armored infantrymen. This Banner Corps infantryman charged out at high speed. Two hundred meters was a long distance for infantrymen, but these heavily armored infantrymen, with the help of magic equipment, instantly exploded with terrifying momentum.
The distance they could run was only five hundred meters, but it was enough. A Banner Corps, one thousand people, was divided into five platoons, each platoon of two hundred people. The infantrymen in the front row were all strongmen with axes and halberds.
The heavy and sharp axes destroyed the Phoenix cavalry's hope from the flank. They did not have time to throw away their spears and were cut off their horses by the heavily armored infantrymen.
Everyone knew that cavalry had to be careful when encountering heavily armored infantrymen. It was best to rely on speed to attack. But who would have thought that the Sixth Battalion's heavily armored infantrymen would attack the enemy as cavalry? The cavalry's counterattack was a little weak. Attacked from the flank, the cavalry pulled out their long swords and hacked at the armor of the heavily armored infantrymen. Without the advantage of speed, they could not break through the armor.
The second Banner Corps infantrymen charged out. This time, they did not have heavy armor and could not keep up. They targeted the enemy's wounded and stabbed the wounded on the ground with the short spears in their hands.
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