172 – Eastern Franchi Expedition (7)

The sound of the horse’s hooves, which had been so quiet until just a moment ago, began to grow louder and louder.

With the sound of multiple, multiple, multiple sounds, the images of the horses and the knights riding on them appeared more clearly and clearly…

Curiously, my hands didn’t shake from fear or tension.

For their target is not us, but the poor serfs of the Duke of Orléans, who are preoccupied with fighting the enemy in front.

Recognizing the approach of the knights’ lances, the Duke of Orléans’ junior commanders gave orders to the foot soldiers as if their feet were on fire.

“Six people in rows 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 quickly turn the window! Then get down on your knees and drive the spear handle into the ground!! Do you not want to live?”

“What are you doing, turn the window!! Get down on your knees and hit the window!! Deep as when you drive a stake with a hammer! deep!! Do you want to die?”

“If you follow orders, you can return alive!! Move on command!! Like a stake, no, just be a living stake!”

It’s the smartest thing they can do, but the hastily conscripted serfs, without proper training, are failing to obey the order.

“Ahhh… Article… The knights on horseback are coming to kill us!! What is that? Why do these chunks of iron come with their eyes shining, threatening to strike and kill us lowly Zacries?”

“Jack, do you want to rummage? He said he was going to go back to his hometown and propose to Maya! Then turn the window as the 30 chief said!! The other seniors are already sitting with their windows turned, but you and I are the only ones doing this!”

“Should I just run away? If you run away, you’ll be able to return alive. yes… Even if it goes all the way to Akitel… ”

If I had tried to save them in this battle, I would have been more hasty and completely covered the flanks to prevent them from dealing with the knights as much as possible.

However, our goal in this war is to win with maximum losses to everyone except my family’s soldiers.

Therefore, they will face death for the crime of meeting their lord by mistake.

Instead, if you later desert and come over to our territory or try to escape… I’m thinking of giving at least some help or pretending I didn’t see it.

And now I don’t have time to think about it.

“Move back 20 steps while maintaining full army stance. After that, when the enemy’s 3rd row of lance charges pass through the left side, they fire all at once. Try to fire all 5 rounds until they retreat. After that, just pretend to keep the spear in check.”

Immediately after my order was given, the battalion commander, company commander, platoon commander, and noncommissioned officer repeated the order.

Soon after, the knights ignored us and, as I expected, started charging at the Duke of Orléans’s infantry.

The conscripted infantrymen clumsily set up squares, but the first row of knights they encountered were not able to deal much damage because they were armored even on horses.

At most, one out of 20 people died.

However, the infantry of the Duke of Orléans began to crumble like cookies being crushed with a single blow of a hammer.

Although only one or two columns had penetrated the enemy’s dense formation, one-third of the square of 200 to 300 men had been completely destroyed.

As a result, fragments of the cheap armor worn by the foot soldiers, organs trampled by the horses’ hooves, human flesh, and red blood exploded like fireworks.

“Reserve Forces!! Where are the reservists? Miles said there was no problem because he had a reserve army!”

“Dumb Jack!! Don’t fall behind yet!!”

“smith!! Malfoy! Potter!! oh heck… ”

In addition, their screams are resounding enough to hurt your ears even from 200 meters away.

I calmly watched as the enemy knights blew holes in the infantry squares, and began timing the best shots.

1,2,3… When the third column broke through the squares made by the infantry under the Duke of Orléans, I raised my sword to the sky and ordered

“It is now. All-army shooting! Do not wait for the next order to open fire and shoot at will!!!”

“Kill them all!!”

“Drop the blue blood of noble knights like watering the grass!!”

With a boom, a boom, the front of my eyes was colored with gray smoke close to black, and through the gap, I could see the sight of the silver-shining knights’ armor being punctured and stained with blood.

Horses were also shot and killed along with their masters, but unlike before, few of them were frightened by the sound of the gun and ran amok.

Horses are timid animals, so even hearing the sound of thunder from afar is an animal that frightens them.

Countess Akitel, who was shot, must have come up with a countermeasure to train her, or blocked her ears so she can’t hear them.

He showed an extraordinary figure in the battle in Waine Plains last time, and he’s acting like this here as well…

Thanks to this, the operation to scare the enemy’s horse with a gun was completely sealed.

“Stop firing! Spearmen protect the soldiers with the matchlocks, and those with the matchlocks, scrape as much lead and gunpowder dross from the barrels as possible!”

At the same time, a cool breeze blew from the west and the acrid smoke cleared.

When the smoke dissipated, in front of him were still dying, bleeding horses crying bitterly, knights collecting spilled entrails, and many of their bodies lined up in front of them.

Also, at the same time, the knights who were not hit by the infantry with 100% power due to being attacked from the side by us were seen retreating to reorganize with secondary weapons instead of broken lances.

They trampled past the horses and knights of their dying or already dead comrades.

We also fired 5 shots, so it was difficult to shoot without rearranging because lead was stuck in the barrel.

“Return to unit! However, do not run, and in case of emergency, move prepared so that you can create a square with a spear at any time!”

Among the 2,000 soldiers I personally led, the spearmen held their long spears at right angles with both arms, and the matchlocks held their guns at an angle with both hands and walked away.

As he retreated, he grabbed a messenger passing by and asked him.

“Are Count Elias and Count Isra still fighting on the left? Also, what about Baron Baltic and Baron Biermann, who were sent to support them?”

“Your Excellency Count Elias and Count Isra heard the news that enemy knights were charging at Your Highness the Duke of Orléans to break the square of the infantry, so they led the knights and sortied together with Your Highness’ knights to attack the enemy base and supply route. And His Excellency Baron Balt, who is on the left wing where the attack is concentrated, is using the matchlock to its fullest to block the enemy’s attack. As for His Excellency, Count Isra, the attack is yet to come… ”

Seeing that there was no talk of the Baltic guy stepping forward and playing an active role, he must have been following my instructions to adjust the damage to the point where Count Ilias’s army was not completely annihilated.

Otherwise, Baron Balt would have gone to support and said that he wasn’t doing his job properly or asked for more support.

Also, the two Counts Elias and Isra seem to have the ability to raise spoons at the right timing for the table.

If not, I tried to hasten the attack by ordering a messenger to send a secret letter written on my chest…

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My apparent allies are in a difficult situation with fierce battles and melee, but everything is working as I planned.

Satisfied, I handed the messenger a jewel-encrusted dagger I had captured from the enemy.

“Okay, thank you for carrying out your mission under these circumstances.”

“No, Your Excellency. I just did my job.”

“Okay, then tell His Highness the Duke of Orléans that the two counts have launched an attack, so it seems that the central army will need to be more vigorous in order to draw attention to this side. Also, I said that I would mobilize the reserve forces from the rear to help.”

“Yes, then I will go right now.”

To think that the guy who had looked like he was going to die while catching his breath just now regained his energy and started running…

After all, money or expensive things must have a charm that goes beyond a person’s limits.

If not, there would be no way such a tired messenger would be able to recover his strength in an instant.

“After returning to our base, we split the gaps between the squares in company units, use long spears and rifles to surprise the enemy units and escape, repeatedly. Unless His Highness’s infantry are in danger of being annihilated, never make an unreasonable attack. If you disobey my order, I will punish you even if you capture the enemy commander, the Marquis Simon!”

Now, then, slowly, we should show respect to His Highness, the Duke of Orléans, who is in the Central Army as much as possible.

To be precise, it is buried in the achievements of three people, but it is so large that it is not to be criticized.