Black Iron Crown

In this way, the knights found that no matter how they stimulated their horses with the spurs on their boots, they could never catch up with the enemy.

It is obvious that the other party is very close to him, but this short distance seems to be like a sky, which cannot be crossed.

The experienced cavalry archers looked at the knights hanging tightly behind them with smiles on their faces. They didn't even push the speed of their horses to the extreme, so they could easily throw the enemy away.

Some people have even started to turn left and right on horseback and make fancy movements. This behavior further angered the knights who followed closely behind, and the anger in their hearts burned like a ignited fire.

Some cavalry archers set up bows and arrows in front, skillfully firing arrows at the group of enemies behind them.

The arrows did not cause much damage, only one of the subordinates fell from the horse's back, and the rest of the arrows were all bounced off the knights, and the luckier ones hung on their burqas and chain armor, but they couldn't shoot through their armor at all.

The effect of the shooting was not great, but the hearts of these knights were about to explode. Although no casualties were caused, the insult was self-evident.

"I'm going to kill them!" A knight in the front roared full of anger. He already had two arrows hanging on his body, and he could clearly see the contempt and mockery on the face of the enemy in front of him. .

Just when they were about to speed up their horses and charge up, the senior cavalry and archers turned their horses' heads, changed the direction in an instant, and continued to run swiftly.

These knights are not as fast as the opponent, and they can only follow the enemy's ass completely like a hunter who has been washed away.

Another wave of arrows flew over, and the knights lowered their heads and raised their shields to prevent the arrows from hitting the peepholes on their helmets. They circled in front of the stations on both sides, and even ran to the side of Earl Zhebo's army formation. As they walked away, several knights could not control the burdened horses, and even injured some infantrymen who were advancing.

There is a group of cavalry in front of them who are chasing and fighting. The advancing soldiers are a little hesitant. They are afraid that their progress will be affected and injured at this time.

In this regard, Earl Zhebo shouted furiously: "Leave them alone! Go up! Go up!"

"I don't care about these damn idiots! Let's attack the enemy's formation directly!" In fact, Earl Zhebo was a little apprehensive when he saw Reiner's neatly lined army. As a great lord, he knew what military discipline represented. , which means that the enemy army must not only have strict military laws, but also need to train the soldiers for many years.

The military discipline of the soldiers under Earl Zhebo's command is not bad, and they can be regarded as top-notch in their contemporaries, but they still pale in comparison when they are placed in front of Rainer's army.

Therefore, I don't want the soldiers to spend a lot of energy and hesitate because there are only twenty light cavalry in this area. A quick battle is the safest way.

The soldiers under strict orders can only obey the orders of Earl Zhebo, but his vassals and the lords who have taken refuge in him are a bit obedient. No one wants their soldiers to suffer casualties because of their own people. If they can It would be best to let Earl Zhebo's army step on this mine first.

At the same time, the other lords were also entangled with the lords who took refuge in Earl Zhebo. Earl Zhebo had the upper hand in numbers, and even some hills that were difficult to attack had to face the joint attack of two lords. .

Unlike the strength of the lords in other places, the imperial family had a strong control over the northern border at the beginning. The size of the territories of these lords who were enfeoffed will not vary greatly. They didn't dare to go to war, so the distribution of territories in the northern border hadn't changed much for more than 20 years.

The situation here is completely different from that inside the empire,

If a baron in the empire passed down a large amount of land from his family ancestors, it is possible for him to surpass some small earls in strength.

There are quite a few people who hold the title of earl, but those with a huge territory and strong strength have fewer opportunities. Therefore, it is not only the title that can distinguish the strong from the weak in the empire.

However, the size and strength of the lords in the northern border are not much different, so two lords besieging a lord for so long means that the lord will face more than twice as many enemy troops.

In this way, the battle was very difficult. The soldiers on the hill fought hard against the enemy. They were all promised rich rewards, and they screamed like hungry wolves and rushed towards the enemy. The enemy wields long swords and spears in their hands.

Even so, their battles are very difficult. There are too many enemies. Just after they have eliminated the enemy in front of them, the next enemy will immediately charge up, and there is no time to catch their breath.

In this way, under such a battle situation, a large number of soldiers were killed and wounded. The broken arms of table paper covered the small hill, and blood even slowly flowed down the hill. Everyone's body was full of blood and mud. , Can't tell whether it's your own or the enemy's.

The enemy's offensive is extremely ferocious. They frantically attack the people in front of them. In their eyes, these people are no longer enemies, but meritorious deeds one by one, and steps to improve their lives. In their eyes, these people are one by one. Copper that can make you live a good life.

It was not only the lords of the Royalist party who promised huge profits for victory, but Earl Zhebo's minions also promised rewards for victory.

The chase had been going on for quite a while, and the knights could clearly feel that the horses under their crotches had begun to pant. They looked at the enemies in front of them, and they were clearly only a little short, and they were able to do so with just a little distance. Slash those nasty bugs with your sword.

At this time, the knights had at least seven or eight arrows stuck in their bodies, and they were chasing the enemies in front like hedgehogs. Three of them had already fallen off their horses, all of them were knights. More than a dozen people fell off their horses.

There were even quite a few of the subordinates' horses that fell dead. If it wasn't for the fact that the horses under their crotch were all carefully selected good horses, I'm afraid their situation at this time would not be much different from that of the subordinates.

"Plop!"

A war horse finally couldn't bear such a wild run and fell on the ground, kicking its legs non-stop, struggling for the last time, and the knight on the horse flew out with the forward leaning of the horse, and landed on the ground. After rolling for a few times, he stopped moving, life and death continued. Judging from his distorted appearance, his neck might have been twisted and broken by a huge force.

The fallen horse caused a great obstacle to the knights behind. The two knights couldn't dodge it abruptly, causing the horse to fall and fly out like the previous knight.

In this way, the remaining knights finally stopped competing with the senior cavalry archers, turned their horses and walked towards their own army formation.