"We cannot afford to offend either side. Danny, just take a look. What you need most now is to get married and have lots of eaglets. Only then will we have a future." The woman was a genuine grassland person and knew what the grassland needed.
Danny turned his head to look in the direction of the battle. Deep down in his heart, he hoped that both sides would suffer heavy losses. Expectation was just an assumption. He knew in his heart that it was impossible for two strong male wolves to fight for the position of wolf king and both would suffer losses. Once the winner was decided, it would be time for him and the little wolves who were watching to contribute their loyalty.
"I hope you can win this time! This may be the best choice for the grassland, young master!" Danny sighed in his heart and went to set up the tent with his mother.
On the front battlefield, blood and flesh were flying everywhere, horses were neighing and people were howling. Everyone had only one goal, which was to kill the enemy and survive themselves.
The empire's situation lies in its large numbers, while Kurma's advantage is that they have complete weapons and armor, and everyone is wearing helmets and armor. At this moment, the advantage of steel is revealed.
The Empire still used their usual style, with heavy cavalry charging in the front and light cavalry guarding the flanks. Behind the heavy cavalry were infantry phalanxes that cleaned up the battlefield and cleared out the enemy troops that were dispersed by the cavalry. This kind of plain warfare had been used by the Empire for many years and had never failed.
The amount of steel produced determines the amount of armor an army wears. The steel production of the Sharpnero Empire is several times greater than that of the early Kurma, so they use heavy cavalry.
Although the history of the establishment of the empire is similar to that of Kurma, their ancestors were very thoughtful, so they took the initiative and thus won an empire that spanned eight hundred years.
The saying that the strong become stronger still applies in this world, but unfortunately, the upgrading of technology has also brought about great changes in tactics. In the empire, only nobles and knights have a complete set of armor.
But in Kurma, with the birth of the magic steam engine, the emergence of the stamping press and the mass production of steel, Kurma reversed its disadvantage. Everyone in the front infantry phalanx was wearing well-defended armor, and the most comprehensive three rows of heavy infantry carried large iron shields half a person's height.
As long as they crouch down, the tall iron shield can protect themselves well. The infantry in the first three rows not only have the best physical strength, but also the best treatment. Before the battle, everyone was distributed several bottles of potions. The highest-level strength and physical potions gave them a greater advantage.
The first row of men carried three-meter-long spears on their shoulders. Starting from the fifth row, the spearmen's weapons were seven meters long. The fifteenth row of spearmen were all protected by thick armor. Each spear phalanx had fifteen rows and there were six such phalanxes in total.
The large square formation consisting of four regular square formations in the front was kept at a distance from each other, and each step was advanced to the beat of drums, while the remaining two square formations were guarding on both sides of the large square formation in the form of a right triangle.
In order to prevent the enemy's cavalry from attacking from the flank, the protection of the phalanx is only a basic operation. The cavalry formations on both sides of the phalanx are the real protectors of the phalanx.
Kurma's heavy cavalry was not as good as the Empire's, so Albert directly placed the heavy cavalry at the end as the last insurance to prevent the Empire from breaking through the light cavalry on both wings.
Following closely behind was an even larger rectangular phalanx. Their weapons were long bows and arrows. These nearly 100,000 archers and various catapults were the main attackers in the army.
The empire's confidence lies in the fact that no one can withstand the empire's overwhelming charge of heavy cavalry and light cavalry, and Kurma has changed his previous image of an imitator and faced the empire with the attitude of a pioneer.
There was not much exchange between the two sides. After all, both sides had already made it very clear what needed to be said. The Empire needed them, Kurma, to cede the Maple Leaf Territory and its many important technologies, and Kurma's response was very straightforward: the technology was in their hands, so if you had the ability, come and get it yourself.
The dull and majestic sound of the horn sounded, which was the order for the empire to attack. The cavalrymen controlled their companions and began to move forward slowly.
After the first row walked out a dozen steps, the horses slowly accelerated under the control of the riders, and the second row also followed in time. They had practiced this sequence countless times, and it also brought them countless victories.
The cavalry is the most important fighting force of the empire. At the other end of the empire, there is a huge horse farm of the empire itself. The cavalry is a valuable branch of the army for the Kurma because they do not produce horses.
The slow acceleration at the beginning was to save the horse's energy and to maintain the formation. Only a complete formation was very important for heavy cavalry, which was an experience they had verified over time.
When the imperial horn sounded, Kurma's actions followed suit. The infantry phalanxes took out their own potions one by one, and they began preparations for the various potion entrances.
The great shield bearer in the front placed his great shield upright on the ground, ready to deal with the cavalry charge, while the spears of the first row of spearmen were already placed on the shoulders of the great shield bearers in the front row.
When the cavalry reached a certain position, they raised their spears to fight. The archers arranged themselves in formation one by one. The quivers were filled with bows and arrows that came off the assembly line, all of which were armor-piercing arrows. They also had a short sword on their waists to deal with any enemies that might appear.
The magicians have already taken off and are ready. Their attack is to continuously release magic towards the crowd. Of course, in order to deal with them, Kurma also has a large number of magicians.
If the quality is not enough, then we have to make up for it with quantity. Not only quantity but also medicines are needed to help. Large quantities of medicines are enough to deal with this war.
As the imperial cavalry began to charge at full speed, the group of mages on Kurma's side began to move, continuously releasing various earth-based magic to harass the speed of the imperial cavalry.
Such scenes were common, and the empire's magicians responded to each move with their own tactics to protect the cavalrymen from reaching their destination safely.
Following the observer's order, a rain of arrows flew towards the imperial cavalry like locusts. This dense rain of arrows fell on the empire in waves.
Unlucky people were constantly shot to death. After three waves of arrow rain, the observer once again adjusted the scale of the arrow rain and concentrated it on the light cavalry on both wings of the empire.
The scene of sharp armor-piercing arrows shooting at the light cavalry wearing mainly leather armor was very tragic, but the opponent's archers were not idle either, and they also fought back.
Although they are both light cavalry, the Kurma ones are protected by iron sheets. Once the long lances of the knights pierce the imperial knights, they will break due to the impact force. This is the best result obtained after hundreds of experiments by dozens of groups of people.
The broken spears would not cause any damage to the riders due to the impact because all the force was consumed in the breaking process. At this time, they would draw out their long scimitars and engage in close combat with the imperialists.
Archers continued to shoot at the enemy's manpower in the rear. The frontal force was what the commanders of both sides paid the most attention to. The heavy cavalry, which the empire was proud of, suffered the biggest blow in its history.
The spearmen had already started fighting with the infantry phalanx when they were still four meters away from them. The tail ends of the spears were inserted into the ground in order to resist and remove the force brought by the heavy cavalry.
Many heavy cavalrymen in the first row fell to the ground before they even came into contact with the enemy. Once the front row of the cavalry fell during the charge, they were basically dead, and the cavalrymen running behind them could not stop at all.
It was their luck that they were not tripped by the corpses of their companions. If they were greeted by the second row of spears, if they could still dodge them, their horses would have a close collision with the big shieldmen in the front row.
The large shieldman with the potion blessing was knocked away by a charge, but the cavalryman also fell to the ground. This was a game of life for life.
However, the cavalry had no potion support and the infantry had a commander who did not take potions seriously. For a time, the empire was faced with its greatest enemy in history.
Failure to break the deadlock head-on means that the cavalry cannot exert their due strength. Once the number of cavalry stops, death will be waiting for them.
A large number of auxiliary soldiers appeared from behind the archers. They were holding machetes and wearing iron armor and rushed towards the cavalry who had escaped the net. They did not cut the bodies of the horses or the knights on the horses, but only cut the horses' legs.
There were also some soldiers carrying two-meter-long spears who kept stabbing the riders on horseback. They attacked in large numbers and coordinated with each other, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner.
As the spear phalanx continued to advance, when Bartlet saw the heavy cavalry in front suffer a setback, he knew he was in trouble this time, and quickly pushed the infantry behind him forward in the hope of making up for the previous cavalry defeat with numbers.
"The materials and time required to train a heavy cavalry are very expensive, while the cost of training a spearman and a large shieldman is low. We can only use the cheapest troops to consume their most expensive troops."
This sentence was said to Lin Xingchen and Albert at the beginning, so we have the current enhanced version of the Macedonian Phalanx. Even if the damage is three to one, Kurma will still make a profit.
The phalanx has its own way of replacing losses. If there is a hole in the first row, the second row will fill it in time, and so on.
The appearance of this kind of phalanx is almost impossible to break without the destruction of local magicians, but Lin Xingchen, who proposed this concept, and Albert, who realized this concept, are actually aware of the weaknesses of this phalanx. They need a strong flank protection to make their phalanx invulnerable.
Albert did this. Contrary to his usual practice, he put the heavy cavalry at the end, and the imperial light cavalry and heavy cavalry that crossed Kulma collided with each other.
The potion maniac naturally has his magic uses. Lin Xingchen got a horse from the farm that looks very scary at first glance. The average shoulder height of the warhorse is as tall as a person. These war horses have been bred continuously over the years and then ripened with potions. All of this is for today.
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