It took an hour for the 15,000 heavy cavalry from the coalition of the nobles of the South County to arrive at the center of the battlefield from Fort Selia.
In the center of the battlefield, the camp of 30,000 infantry regiments of the North County Noble Alliance Army was set up with tigers and dragons, and the rules were strict and well-arranged.
In the plain at the junction of the South County and the North County, the two armies can see each other's army more than ten miles apart. Therefore, when the three heavy cavalry regiments of the South County Leader's coalition army appeared one kilometer away from the North County Leader's noble coalition army, They were ready for the cavalry charge.
The ten outermost rows of tents were completely put away, and all the infantry shrunk, retreated between the tents of the inner camp, and even entered the tents, gathering into a tight square formation.
In the face of the charging cavalry, the scattered infantry is simply looking for death. Only by gathering into a dense phalanx can they resist the impact of the cavalry.
The tents in the phalanx were never put away at all, but the tarpaulins on all sides were half rolled up. Like parasols with half curtains hanging down from top to bottom.
The function of arranging the tents in this way can enable the soldiers in the tents to obtain a nearby view, but they cannot see too far, which will be blocked by other tents.
Even if the army formation in front is broken by the impact of the cavalry, they will not shake their morale if they can't see it, and they can still stick to the tight formation and resist the enemy's heavy cavalry.
On the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, the screams of killing are loud, and people are injured or dead all the time. As long as you can't see the rout of your front army, the screams of the defeated soldiers can't affect the morale of the rear army at all.
And the dense formation of the army did not leave space for the front army to break up and attack its own army. If they dared to retreat to the rear, there would be stricter military regulations waiting, and they would be directly killed by the soldiers in the rear. Therefore, even if the front line is really disintegrated, it will not have a substantial impact.
Facing an infantry phalanx charged by cavalry, the most taboo is to break up, which is no different from courting death.
At the same time, such a tent arrangement can also block the cavalry's field of vision, so that the cavalry trapped in the infantry phalanx will feel isolated and divided due to the blocked sight. This is the situation that the heavy cavalry rushing to the battle is most afraid of.
The isolated cavalry trapped among the vast infantry had a very miserable end.
Outside each tent, there are some carts loaded with military rations, and what's more, there are wooden horses made of sharpened logs tied together. The aisle between the tents, with these things placed, seemed a bit narrow.
The effect of these things will make it difficult for the cavalry who rushed into the formation to move forward.
Inside and between the tents are dense infantry, and each infantry has a spear at least three meters standing beside it.
It is easy to stab the cavalry on horseback!
Such an army formation is simply a nightmare for cavalry.
The design of Fatis' camp brought into full play the essence of infantry fighting against cavalry.
Only four words.
Stop still!
Try to make your own infantry "quiet", no matter how the cavalry attack, they just need to stay in place and stretch out the spears in their hands to stab straight.
Do everything possible to restrict the "movement" of the cavalry. As long as they can't run, the cavalry who enters the infantry square will become a dead man and a dead horse.
Although this kind of camp seems to have great flaws, such as being afraid of fire attacks, it doesn't matter if it is perfect against the heavy cavalry regiment of the Nanjun leader.
What's more, even if the opponent really uses fire to attack, Fatis still has corresponding countermeasures. The formulation of the war plan does not allow such serious omissions.
Not much to say about the miserable fate that the Nanjun leading heavy cavalry regiment will encounter when they rush into this infantry phalanx.
Because they may not be able to rush into the infantry phalanx.
Just when the 15,000 heavy cavalry regiments of the three southern county nobles' allied forces were about to enter the charging distance.
"Command: Sergeant Swadian! Shield!"
Fatis gave the order.
Fatis stood on a high platform in the middle of the infantry camp to gain a good view.
In this way, corresponding orders can be issued in a timely manner according to changes in the battle situation.
There were ten Swadian royal knights beside Fatis, and the ten Swadian royal knights mobilized their extraordinary power to repeat Fatis' order together, and the voice spread throughout the infantry phalanx.
"Command: Sergeant Swadian! Shield!"
"Command: Sergeant Swadian! Shield!"
"Command: Sergeant Swadian! Shield!"
As the voice of the Swadian Royal Knights spread throughout the infantry phalanx, the Swadian sergeants on the outermost sides of the infantry phalanx raised the tower shield in their hands high, and then thrust it heavily into the ground in front of them.
"boom!"
The uniform movements and voices merged together to form a loud noise.
The ground shook a bit.
Under the tremendous force of the Swadian sergeant of the fifth-level unit, the lower body of the thin and dense tower shield penetrated at least 20 centimeters into the ground.
The Swadian sergeant only needs to use one part of force to withstand the impact of three parts of force.
What's more, the tower shield of the Swadian sergeant is so wide that it can completely cover the whole person and there is still room left.
Therefore, the Swadian sergeant is fully capable of using the "shield stacking" method.
Just like the three "you" characters on the word "stack", it very vividly shows what is called the method of "stacking shields".
The shields in the first row and the shields in the second row are patchwork. The impact of the first row of shields on each side can be shared by the impact of the second row of shields on both sides, and the impact of the second row of shields on both sides , and can be shared on the third row of shields on all sides.
The Swadian sergeant has an arc in his hand (take a piece of paper and roll it around, and then let him stretch it out, that's what it looks like), and he can perfectly perform the "shield stacking" method.
However, Swadia's sergeants are limited, only 1,200, so only two layers of "shield stacking" can be achieved
However, it's not just the Swadian Sergeant who has the mighty Tower Shield.
The fourth-level Swadian infantry also has tower shields. There is no difference in the size of the tower shields they own. The real difference is only the thickness and material of the tower shields.
The Swadian sergeant is stronger and far more powerful than the Swadian infantry. Therefore, the tower shield of the Swadian sergeant is thicker, heavier, and better in material than the tower shield of the Swadian infantry. The defensive ability is much higher than the tower shield of the fourth-level Swadian infantry.
But in any case, the fourth-level Swadian infantry can perfectly cooperate with the Swadian sergeant.
800 Swadian infantrymen perfectly increased the Swadian sergeant's two-layer "stacked shield" to three layers.
If a single attack falls on the first layer of shields, then the number of infantry sharing the attack force will change from three to seven.
(end of this chapter)