Unknown Knight

Chapter 413: Battle of Ruibao (1)

When Aix led 4,000 people to Talboliya, his father-in-law Iaya and brother-in-law Borba had already arrived here three days earlier. This time, the father and son led more than 1,500 Nord warriors to come to help Aix.

Aix's opponent, the army of the Kingdom of Swadia, had just arrived near the Fort of Ripolet. King Harlaus seemed to be hesitating about whether to attack Ripolet or Talboria first, and was hesitating in the wilderness.

It is also possible that King Harlaus is waiting for follow-up troops. Intelligence shows that one-fifth of the Swadian army is still on the way, which shows their fragmented mobilization capabilities.

After a military discussion with his father-in-law Iaia, his elder brother-in-law Borba and several confidants, Aix decided to take the initiative and head to the fields near Reporet to have a decisive battle with the Swadian Kingdom army led by Harlaus.

Logically speaking, with the Nord warriors brought by his father-in-law Iaia and his son, the main combat force in Aix's hands is mainly infantry, and the advantage of defending the city would be greater. However, there is still an army led by King Gryphus marching towards the city of Wadin.

This is a huge army that has been mobilized from all over the country. Attacking cities and strongholds is no problem. If the war here is delayed too long, there is no guarantee that some unexpected situation will occur in Rivadin City. It is better to end the war here as soon as possible and return to Rivadin City to be on the safe side.

On the field outside the Repolet Castle, nearly six thousand warriors from the Kingdom of Swadia stood on full alert, watching the slowly approaching army of more than five thousand five hundred men from Aix.

Soon, the armies of both sides formed their battle formations and confronted each other. Aix's side formed a V-shaped goose formation, with Aix's array infantry and the Nord warriors of his father-in-law Iaia and brother-in-law Borba in the middle, and 500 light cavalry on each side to support the formation.

The Kingdom of Swadia deployed a vanguard cone formation, with the vanguard in the middle consisting mainly of Swadian knights and heavy cavalry, numbering nearly a thousand, followed by a mixed army consisting of Swadian crossbowmen, light infantry, and some conscripted militia.

It seems that King Harlaus is preparing to use his superior cavalry to make a breakthrough, hoping to defeat the center of Aix in one fell swoop, disrupt the entire military formation of Aix, and ultimately secure the victory.

You know, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Swadia is the best on the continent, especially the dense charge composed of Swadian knights. No type of troops on the continent can stop their edge.

Not only are these Swadian knights wearing heavy armor, but their horses are also covered in armor. It is difficult to hurt these cavalrymen with the hacking of ordinary weapons. Only hammers and cone weapons can cause substantial damage to them at close range. They are the top tanks of this era and the ceiling of combat power in the cold weapon era.

Of course, this was in the past. Now, the heavy cavalry equipped with armor in the Territory of Aix is ​​not inferior to the Swadian knights. Not only are both the men and horses of the heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor, but the performance of their armor and horses is even better than that of the Swadian knights.

However, these heavy cavalry are the core top combat force, and each one is built at a huge cost. If they are really used to offset each other, there will be great losses, which is a pity. They are usually used to maintain order and secure victory at the critical moment.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, even His Royal Highness Prince Aix, who is now wealthy and powerful, would not be willing to use such cavalry to fight against the enemy's heavy cavalry. The loss is really painful.

However, looking at the posture of the Swadians today, it seems that they are really preparing to use the Swadian knights to tear open the center of Aix.

It is estimated that King Harlaus thought that now that the three countries were attacking Aix at the same time, as long as they defeated the main force of the Aix army at all costs, they would basically secure victory and have no more worries. Even if the casualties were greater, he could accept it. As long as they recovered the lost territory and captured the city of Kulau, any loss could be made up.

In addition, he was also clear about the shape of the army he led. It was no different from a group of rabble. It would be fine for such an army to charge forward in one go, but it was impossible to let them form a formation and fight like the army of Aix on the opposite side.

They simply deployed a cone-shaped formation with the Swadian knights leading the way, and broke through the center of Aix in one fell swoop, ultimately winning the victory.

King Harlaus was quite confident about his country's Swadian knights. In all previous wars, no army had been able to stop the Swadian knights' charge in formation. Not even the Rhodok soldiers who were good at forming formations could stop them. However, the disadvantage was that the losses were quite large, so he generally did not dare to use them easily.

It's just that the Kingdom of Swadia didn't have much interaction with the army of Lord Aix before, so the specific strength of the Aix army is unknown. In fact, not only the heavy armored cavalry in the Aix army can rival the Swadian knights, but even the formation composed of array infantry cannot be shaken by the Swadian knights.

Now the array infantry of Aix County all use ring-connected shields in the front row. This kind of shield is not only covered with a thick layer of iron plate on the surface, but also has a fixed iron ring at the bottom, which is specially used to deal with cavalry charges. As long as a wooden stake is inserted into the iron ring, the shield can be firmly fixed to the ground. Then the shields are connected by rings, like a copper wall and a four or five-meter-long spear is placed on it, which is not afraid of any cavalry charge.

Soon the armies of both sides were ready to fight. As usual, before such a big battle, both armies would have a verbal battle in front of the battlefield. They would simply point out some faults of the other side in order to highlight the justice of their own side in fighting this war and to boost morale.

At the same time, it was also a symbolic pre-war negotiation and reconciliation, mainly to let the soldiers see that the leader did not send them to die, but the enemy was steadfast and there was reason to fight.

Of course, there are indeed successful pre-war negotiations and reconciliations, but such cases are very rare, unless the leaders of both sides do not want to fight, but have to gather their troops and set up a dragon gate formation, and then the leaders of both sides can reach a tacit understanding, and finally the pre-war negotiations and reconciliation can be successful.

Once either side wants to fight, or if there is any slight mistake during the negotiations, a war is inevitable.

But today's situation is special. Aix was once a vassal of King Harlaus, but Harlaus, a short-sighted guy, exiled Aix.

But he didn't expect that Aix not only did not decline, but became better and better. Now he is the regent prince of Virgia and a big man of the same level as him. If the two met in front of the battlefield today, King Harlaus really didn't know what to say to Aix.

King Harlaus was too embarrassed to talk to Aix in a tone of equal standing, so he simply chose to forget about the negotiation in front of the battle line and directly ordered the messenger to blow the horn for the entire army to charge.