In the dark night, the troops were quickly organized. They were all elites wearing leather armor and holding iron weapons. Most of them were slaves who were prisoners of the Silver Plate Kingdom and had a deep hatred for the Lion Principality.
This battle is about their future. If they don't want to die in the fertile fields of Nanjun, they need to be united and almost desperate to defeat the enemy, and those civilians who are coerced can't do this, only the humble All this was possible only with slaves and serfs who could not be attached.
They have nothing at all, even if they try their best, they will die. Compared with the hard and unbearable amount of labor in the fields, fighting desperately and dying gloriously on the battlefield may not be a shortcut.
The Lion Principality advocates force.
Although the Silver Plate Kingdom does not have a tradition of supremacy of force, it also encourages the practice of fighting skills.
Although there was no contact for ten years, the endless work made them even more hostile. The fighting skills they were familiar with now became even more deadly, because they wanted to pay for their humiliating slave career. To put it this way, he is even willing to exchange his life for his life, using the most brutal means to torture and kill the enemy.
You must know that those who can survive this kind of serf life can be counted as the most elite, and some of the serfs sold here from various countries are also former war losers and elite fighters.
That's why they were so strong in the early days.
It's really scary!
initial.
The manor owners and village chiefs of the lion principality didn't care.
Serf rebellions were not unheard of, and several villages were even occupied together.
But so what
In the end, they assembled the militia and easily suppressed it!
Summing up the experience, the pure reason for the rebellion was not inhumane behavior such as bullying, beating and scolding, but simply despising these serfs, allowing them to be free temporarily, thus obtaining some weapons in the early stage, and beating up the manor guards or village militiamen One was so caught off guard that it had the effect of crashing.
But once the militias in other places are organized, plus many private troops belonging to the nobles, they can easily suppress these militia rebellions, and even the longest time did not exceed three days.
Although the Lion Principality's troops are smaller than other kingdoms, they are indeed elite!
Even the militia.
In the well-known Nanjun leader, even the militiamen have their own horses.
In other words, their militia is actually equal to the light cavalry that can only be armed by wealthy free citizens. In other human principalities, they can be used as grassroots commanders or cavalry.
Compared with the troops in the North County, most of them are infantry, while the South County is mainly cavalry.
It is because of the money!
Wearing iron-inlaid leather armor, holding a spear and a long sword, plus a better riding horse, they are the militiamen of the South County leader.
The combat power is extremely strong, and the mobility is also extremely strong. It is completely organized as a group of light cavalry, and its combat effectiveness is almost comparable to that of desert bandits. , are not as strong as these militias.
But it is precisely because of the wealth of the Nanjun leader that most people are more reluctant to die. Even the militiamen who were originally responsible for defending their homes and the country lost the initiative in waves of shocks, and even fled.
If there is no backbone to call, their morale is completely low!
Therefore, none of these mounted militias are currently engaged in combat.
The nobles also know it well.
The combat effectiveness of these militias can only be used to hinder the enemy's attack speed.
As for the real main force of the battle, it still depends on the Knights. Those real knights, led by the knight attendants and followers, launched a charge almost like a tsunami, and completely defeated the enemy in one wave!
But there are also deeper metaphors.
The civilians should not be allowed to have too much power, as this will affect the power control of the nobles.
...
In this kind of thinking, five knights came to the valley of the South County Territory.
They were resting, but they didn't know that in the village far away, nearly 20,000 infantrymen were gathering, holding long guns and running quickly, preparing to launch the most direct night attack on them.
For this night attack, the soldiers of the rebel army did not even use any cavalry.
All for success!
late at night.
The light of the stars and the moon fell on the land of Nanjun Territory.
Teams of infantry appeared in the dense forest outside the valley.
And in the valley, most members of the Knights are still resting, only a few dozens of people stand at critical checkpoints to act as sentries, but looking at the weak and tired appearance leaning against the tree, it is also clear that they are absent-minded.
After marching such a long distance in a hurry, even riding a horse is already quite tired.
Now they most hope to get some sleep.
But.
Obviously not now.
The enemy is in a village not far away. Although judging from their experience, this serf rebellion can be easily extinguished, but after all, it is a large-scale rebellion that has swept through so many villages. It has never happened before. The war is going on, of course they dare not relax their vigilance easily.
But it doesn't mean that they will act as sentinels with absolute vigilance. After all, the small rebels they encountered before were all easily killed by them, which made them very optimistic, and even proposed the slogan of fighting for one day and resting for three days.
With the excuse of countering the rebellion, it is undoubtedly the best enjoyment to retreat to the second line to rest.
At least.
On the front line, they still have pressure on the troops of the North County Territory.
After all, although the North County leader is poor, his people are tough. Even if the organized troops have fewer cavalry, they can still bring them casualties. If they waste their lives in vain, it is better to temporarily hide in the second line and wait for the follow-up decisive battle!
However, in the middle of the night, in the darkness not far from these sentinels, there appeared one after another bent figures.
The bandit elite from the Sarande desert touched it.
Not a machete in hand.
It's a spearhead like a dagger!
The boots on both feet were wrapped in several layers of linen, and there was no sound at all when walking.
Touching them slowly one by one, when these sentries were bored and still dozing off, they rushed forward and pierced the throats of these sentries with spears. Within ten minutes, dozens of sentries were all killed , and at this time, hundreds of tents were neatly installed in the valley under the moonlight.
These tents represent the number of five knights, nearly 5,000 people, but on both sides of the valley and at the front and rear entrances and exits of the valley, there are 20,000+ rebel troops blocking there.
And step by step, he quietly moved forward, gradually reaching the distance of the infantry charge.
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