Chapter 766 Black Stubborn Stone

Henry VII looked at the coast in a daze, his expression a little bitter and confused. First, his brothers and some important Palermo figures left the formation. However, they did not go far, but went to another nearby hill to watch the battlefield.

This caused some commotion among the soldiers, but most of the soldiers remained silent because of the strict military rules. They just looked at Henry VII on the hill and waited for his military order.

Another thing is that on the coast, the follow-up troops of the black-armored cavalry came ashore, and there were no more than 2,500 people together. At this time, they had advanced less than 2,000 meters from Henry VII's troops.

"It seems that we have too much room for them to get ashore!"

This is the Middle Ages of the Land, an era where decent combat is the most important. Even when two armies confront each other, they often agree on location and leave enough battlefield space. Moreover, before the battle, they will wait until the other party is ready before attacking.

This method may seem a bit stupid, but just as things in the world are divided into two sides, doing so also has its benefits. The advantage is that in a relatively fair confrontation, more skills are required, and more importantly, the confrontation of weapons and equipment.

From a certain perspective, this has led to the advancement of technology.

In Henry VII's slightly puzzled eyes, 500 of the 2,500 troops with only one banner were lined up behind the army and were opening the boards on all sides of the carts, not knowing what was inside.

Unlike him, his brother Manfred was a little bit better than him. Because Manfred received a small gift when he accompanied Louis IX to meet his brother Henry VII.

"It's really good. It can bring the distant scenery very close. If I read it correctly, the thing they lined up on the coast is a barbarian."

Manfred handed the telescope in his hand to the others around him, which naturally caused another exclamation. Many people didn't understand why two glass pieces could see the scenery so close? However, some people confirmed that the things that had just unfolded the four walls on the cart were exactly the crossbows that almost no one in Europe could make.

"Yes, it's the crossbow, I've seen it in some books!"

"You must know that Henry has prepared a lot of stone throwing machines for these strange things. If they want to dock the crossbow, they may suffer a loss!"

Manfred did not object to the people around him. Relatively speaking, he trusted Louis IX, the knowledgeable monarch who had just returned from the East.

"Maybe!"

Then he stopped talking and looked at the battlefield in front of him intently. At this time, with the orders of Henry VII, the cavalry in a neatly formed formation had begun to move slowly. The war horses took brisk steps and then accelerated slowly.

At the front of the entire formation was a group of the bravest knights. They had a majestic war horse and a very thick armor made by Milan. The long rifle in their hands formed a cruel line of death forward. Although they had not officially participated in the war, Manfred knew the power of such a formation.

The heavy armored cavalry are all tall German heavy horses. Despite this, it takes a long time for them to reach extreme speed in knights wearing heavy armor, not to mention the problem of maintaining formation. Although there are problems such as unfast movement, the power of these heavy armored cavalry will overturn the opponent's collision.

The distance of nearly 2,000 meters is enough to accelerate them to the highest level, and of course it has basically reached the end of the strong crossbow. Although a horse as strong as a heavy horse still has no strength to gallop with that speed for a long time.

"They are like black stubborn stones! Don't these Orientals plan to make an impact? It looks like their horses are good, but they are a little thinner."

Through the telescope, Manfred could see that the horses of the Eastern Black Armored Knights seemed to be mixed stallions. They were not as strong as German heavy horses, nor as handsome as Arabian horses.

Of course, the pastures on Socotra Island can now supply batches such warm-blooded horses that use German heavy horses, Akhaltekin horses (sweat-blooded horses), and Arabian horses to cross. After having hot weapons, this kind of horse with gentle personality and smarter than German heavy horses and majestic Arabian horses is the best cavalry horse.

Obviously, the Black Armored Knights who are about to be impacted will not have any hope for them when they see the people around Manfred. After all, 2,000 meters will not take long for the cavalry that is full-speed. If it is launched late, it can only be fought against the heavy Armored Knights with insufficient impulse, and the result will undoubtedly be very miserable.

The speed of the entire team of cavalry has been completely increased. Because when the heavy armored knights sounded on the underground grass, the horse's hooves were as heavy as heavy drums. Not only did they set off the momentum of the knights' impact, the drum sound was also as if it was directly ringing on the heart of a person.

The impact formation was also maintained almost perfectly during the advance of the cavalry. Manfred breathed a sigh of relief. It was the first time he watched a battle happening so close, especially the black-armored cavalry that was about to be impacted were still motionless. This made him doubt what Louis IX said while sweating for them.

"Can such cavalry be invincible in the world? How is this possible? I'm afraid they were knocked into pieces under the impact of these 5,000 cavalrymen. Unfortunately, I can't stop Henry's actions!"

Soon the distance of 1,000 meters was crossed, and the black-armored knights on the coast were still motionless like stubborn stones. If their black cloak had not floated up under the sea breeze, it would have made people think they were just some black sculptures.

Seeing the distance shortened from 1,000 meters to 800,700, Henry VII was busy letting go of his heart because of Louis IX's warning. The distance of at least 700 meters was not enough to accelerate the cavalry, so even if they came up, they would not get any advantage under the long cavalry.

At the same time, Manfred's heart was raised. At this moment, his confidence had completely shaken. Even when he was watching Henry VII, he saw the smile on his brother Henry's face through the telescope, which made his heart sank.

Manfred closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at the black armored cavalry who had not moved until now, and the flesh and blood were flying under the spear.
Chapter completed!