Chapter 52: Magical Weapons (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 52: Magical Weapons
Stirrups, saddles, horseshoes.
During the period of forming the new army, Bruno was pleasantly surprised to find that among the three great artifacts of cavalry in the previous life, only the saddle had appeared in this world.
As for horseshoes and stirrups, or similar substitutes, they had not yet been invented by anyone.
The cavalry of the Norman Empire was still in a relatively primitive stage of development and could only be considered to have just taken the steps towards standardization and formalization.
Most of them wore chain mail and large shoulder pads, and wore hard helmets on their heads.
However, the cavalry's weapons are still mainly short swords, and some cavalry also carry spears and bows and arrows. The spears can be thrown or stabbed, and the bows and arrows are used to cooperate with the cavalry to shoot while moving quickly.
However, such cavalry had an extremely fatal flaw. They only laid a blanket on the back of their mounts and tied a leather saddle on them, but there were no stirrups.
This meant that when fighting, cavalrymen had to rely on clamping their legs around the horse's belly to maintain their body balance, so that the reaction force generated during close combat could easily knock the cavalry off their horses.
Moreover, even if there is no close fighting, it is often necessary to hold the horse's mane tightly with your hands when the horse is galloping or leaping, otherwise you will be thrown off the horse if you are not careful.
Therefore, after discovering this problem, Bruno specifically ordered blacksmiths to make dozens of sets of stirrups, and immediately equipped them to the Royal Guards.
The making of stirrups is extremely simple. With just a brief description, even the worst blacksmith can make one.
With stirrups, Idar's cavalry could completely free their upper bodies, ride and shoot, chop left and right, and use stirrups to offset the reaction force during close combat, allowing the cavalry to truly exert the power of the unity of man and horse.
As for horseshoes, although their role in combat was not obvious, they were of great significance in the long run.
The hooves of horses without horseshoes will easily crack or fall off after a long and long-distance gallop, which will directly make the cavalry lose the ability to gallop and fight.
The existence of horseshoes allows cavalry to charge or charge boldly without worrying about the wear and tear of the horseshoes.
Therefore, when the Idar cavalry equipped with these three artifacts engaged in a head-on battle with the Soran cavalry, the victory of the Idar cavalry was almost certain.
The dusty Herman Barkley was not dead. He was just knocked to the ground by Sam. He felt so ashamed that he stuck his butt out and refused to get up.
Fifty knights were rushed to pieces, and those infantrymen led by Soran who were lucky enough to survive were all captured.
In fact, as early as when Herman Barkley was thrown to the ground, the civilian soldiers of Soran Territory simply raised their hands and surrendered.
This war could no longer be fought. The civilians of Solon, who had been forced to fight, had no resistance to surrender. They surrendered their weapons obediently and then cooperated with each other to tie themselves up.
More than 300 soldiers and knights from the Soran territory were captured, and more than 100 were killed or wounded.
As for Lord Idar, only three men were killed, and more than a dozen regular army soldiers were slightly injured. As for the royal guards, they were all alive and well.
This can be called a miracle in the war history of the Norman Empire.
Such a result was achieved, on the one hand, because of the high-intensity training of the regular army and the guards and the use of various new weapons, and on the other hand, because the army of Lord Sauron was too weak and the civilian soldiers had no intention of fighting at all.
At this point, the soldiers of Soran's territory were either dead or injured, and the plan to annex the Grand Heights was completely declared bankrupt.
Bruno finally arrived with his entourage after the war was over.
Seeing that his army had won the battle, Bruno naturally felt refreshed and his mood suddenly became good.
"Are you Earl Soren's eldest son, Herman Buckley?"
Bruno asked curiously after looking up and down at Herman Buckley who was tied up.
Herman Buckley turned his head to the side and said, "Yes! It's me! Let someone let me go."
"You are my prisoner now, why do you have so many demands?"
After saying that, Bruno kicked the big guy hard.
"You are insulting me! I am a noble! The only heir to Earl Soren!" Herman Barkley widened his eyes and shouted in disbelief.
"This guy has a loud voice..." Bruno covered his ears with his hands: "Sam, shut his mouth!"
Sam Layton looked around, picked up a piece of black bread dropped by Soran's soldiers, and stuffed it into Herman Barkley's mouth.
"Um... Um... Um..." Herman Buckley struggled, but couldn't speak.
"Are there any fish that slip through the net?" Bruno asked Sam, ignoring Herman Barkley's struggle.
"No! The troops that invaded Idar Territory are all here. I sent scouts to keep watch on the periphery, and no one has escaped back!"
Sam Layton was also very excited at this time. After all, this was a great victory won under his command. It had been a long time since the Idar Territory had won such a victory.
Of course... the main credit must go to his own lord. From forming a new army to inventing stirrups and horseshoes, none of them was not Bruno's credit.
Although Sam Layton could only come in second, he was already satisfied.
"In that case... let's prepare for a counterattack!"
"Counter...counterattack? Now?" Sam Layton asked in surprise.
"Of course, didn't I discuss this with you guys before?" Bruno said as a matter of course, "They've come to our doorstep to cause trouble, so why shouldn't we fight back? Besides...hasn't Soran's army already been annihilated here?"
"Great!" Sam agreed immediately.
After all, after this battle, the territory of Soren was almost completely undefended, and Idar's army could march straight in and reach Sorenburg in one fell swoop.
"But...how far should we go in our counterattack this time?" Sam was a little unsure, so he asked Bruno.
Although the Norman Empire turned a blind eye to conflicts between noble territories and could tolerate territorial disputes, it would never allow nobles to be directly exterminated. This was the bottom line! It was for this reason that Earl Soren had only taken the Gran Highlands in the north of Idar Territory.
"Since the people of Soran's territory like land so much, then... let's just rob him of his land..."
Bruno drew a line on the map he had just taken out with a quill pen: "I don't just want the Grand Heights... I want all the land south of this line!"
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