There is a large swamp near Bonneville, which is the battlefield carefully selected by Cherchen for Colonel Jerzy haretsky. Because of this terrain, the impact of the cavalry led by Jorge halletsky can be controlled to the greatest extent.
In the middle of the two swamps, Cherchen ordered the soldiers to build a trench, and put half of the musketeers and long gunners and 400 people of bachit here. Of course, such an arrangement is not difficult for the veteran Jerzy halletsky to see Cherchen''s intention, but Cherchen placed something that Jerzy halletsky could not refuse behind the trench - some materials and money collected by the mercenary regiment from Bonneville manor. If the deputy commander of sapega is really as poor as the legend, the money and materials are not a small temptation for Jeri haretsky.
"Chechen, is this really no problem?"
Seeing that Cherchen stacked Taylor and materials from the manor behind such a weak front, Pedro began to feel uneasy. He mainly hurt those Taylor. According to the order of Prince yanush, at least half of them will be mercenaries, that is, himself and his nephew.
"Don''t worry, uncle, there will be no problem. We have fought with the infantry of the Polish army in Smolensk and Polotsk. The combat effectiveness of their infantry and cavalry is like heaven and earth. As long as we destroy the Colonel''s infantry according to the way Chris gave us, even if there are more cavalry in such a terrain We can''t give full play to the advantage of the number of people, "Chechen vowed.
"You said who gave us the way?" Pedro was a little confused. He always thought this was the strategy that Chechen came up with himself.
"Chris, the one we rescued from boguslav. Before she left, she left some books for Ingrid and asked Ingrid to give them to me. My current arrangement is to arrange the array according to the methods in those books." Cherchen explained.
Pedro had no idea that his nephew wanted to defeat two or three times more enemies by reading, and this book was not written by a great strategist. He began to persuade Cherchen to give up his unrealistic idea. According to his own meaning, everyone can take as many Taylor as he can, and the rest will be burned. Then everyone went to the forest to escape for a while, and how much he can escape. Don''t come out to Werner until Jerzy haretsky leaves here with his men.
But this time, Chechen was surprisingly tough. He didn''t listen to Pedro''s advice and had to meet Jeri haretsky here.
When the soldiers inserted the last resisting horse into the soft soil, Fatima, who was responsible for bringing Jerzy halletsky and his troops here, sent someone to report that Colonel Jerzy halletsky, with 250 cavalry and 50 infantry, was less than ten miles away.
Although Cherchen had long expected that Jeri haretsky''s troops were mainly cavalry and there would be some infantry, such a wide riding step ratio was greatly beyond Cherchen''s expectation.
"Fatima, do you have anything else to bring back?" Chechen asked the scout on the horse.
"Twenty of the enemy''s cavalry are winged cavalry. Lord Fatima wants you to be very careful," the Scout said to Chechen.
Che Chen nodded to show that he knew. The Scout saluted, then turned his horse and rode in the direction of coming.
After the scouts left, Chechen put all the long Gunners in front of the horse, covered the horse behind him, and prepared to welcome the arrival of the cavalry of yeri halletsky.
As for the Colonel''s infantry, Cherchen has arranged for fedot to take care of them. This is also the key to the success or failure of the campaign. If the enemy''s cavalry and infantry cannot be divided, it will be difficult for Chechen to win here.
"The Polish winged cavalry charge quickly and have a dense formation. They will often break through the formation of my army like a sword. However, the Polish infantry rely very much on Cossacks and mercenaries, and have lagged behind my Swedish infantry in combat technology. Our army is far behind in the cooperation of infantry and artillery." Che Chen silently recited the words recorded in the book given to him by Chris. Although the book is estimated to be thirty or forty years away, he still hopes that the knowledge in it will work.
In the distance, there was a burst of gunfire. Fedot and others, who were ambushed in the forest, began to attack the Colonel''s team. The trees in the forest are high and dense, which is not suitable for cavalry action. To destroy fedot and others, Jerzy haretsky must send his own infantry into the forest. In this way, Chechen could separate the Colonel''s cavalry from his infantry.
Neither fedot nor Colonel Jerzy halletsky let Cherchen down. Soon, a team of cavalry with silver armor and high wings appeared in Chechen''s vision. The wing cavalry of the team stood outside the firing range of the musket and kept watching the enemy in front of them. After a while, no more enemies appeared behind the winged cavalry, and it was obvious that the others had been dragged by fedot and them.
Because Chechen deliberately put some bachit people at the front of the team, what came into the eyes of the winged cavalry was undoubtedly the impression of a group of weak recruits with large numbers, but uneven equipment and no combat experience. However, zigmont and his winged cavalry had not experienced the battle between Mia telsk and Chechen mercenary regiment, which misjudged the real strength of the group of enemies in front of them.
At this time, Cherchen "just" released some carriages full of materials and retreated towards the rear, which strengthened the determination of the winged cavalry commander zigmont to attack.
As siegmont raised his scepter, thirty winged cavalry quickly formed three columns. It''s not that they don''t want to expand the attack surface, but because of the barrier of the two wing swamps, they can only put so many people in front. However, the commander of the winged cavalry is still confident in defeating the enemy in front of him.
The lances of the winged cavalry were 4.5 meters long, and the long guns used by the mercenary regiments opposite them were only 3.2 meters. Before the enemy''s long guns stabbed themselves, the lances of the winged cavalry had already stabbed the front row of the enemy. After that, the infantry team with general weak will will will quickly run away. The next job is to harvest the fruits with the saber of the winged cavalry.
This is the experience accumulated by the wing cavalry after countless brilliant achievements.
But this time, zigmont miscalculated. Their enemies have not only long guns, but also muskets. The Musketeers who were half kneeling behind the trench had long blown the fire rope on the gun and were ready to shoot at any time.
"Steady, steady."
In the face of the winged cavalry rushing in like an avalanche, Cherchen standing in the first row of the long Gunners inspired the recruits who were afraid and trembling with their hands from time to time. At the same time, he slowly lowered his body. All the Lancers acted like this.
When the winged cavalry was only thirty or forty steps away from him, Che Chen shouted "squat down". All the people squatted down, and their long guns were aimed at the front at a 45 degree angle. The Musketeers behind the trench quickly stood up. They aimed at the winged cavalry moving at high speed and pulled the trigger at the same time.
"Gustav''s thunder" resounded on the battlefield again.
A projectile fired by a gun nearly twice the number of winged cavalry tore the armor of the first and second rows of winged cavalry and hit their horses to the ground. The charge of the winged cavalry was immediately contained.
Cherchen originally wanted to take this opportunity to rush forward to surround and destroy the third row of winged cavalry who lost their impact. But it happened that the enemy''s armored Cossack cavalry and dragon cavalry felt the battlefield. As soon as they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately supported them. The armored Cossacks and dragon cavalry restrained the actions of Chechen and the long Gunners with bow, arrow and carbine bullets. Several unfortunate long Gunners were concentrated by stray bullets and feather arrows and lost their lives.
For thirty or forty years, although the winged cavalry of the Republic of Poland did not keep pace with the times in fighting methods, some officers of the Republic did not find the disadvantages of the single attack of the winged cavalry. As one of the compensation methods, these officers allocated some cavalry wearing medium armor and unarmed cavalry to the winged cavalry, The cavalry fought with long-range weapons. When the winged cavalry attacked the Swedish army position with a spear, the cavalry rushed forward to fill the gap between the two wings of the winged cavalry, shot sideways with long-range weapons, and then retreated like a nomadic cavalry. The winged cavalry used the short confusion caused by shooting to launch an attack more effectively. The reason why they did not cooperate with the attack this time is mainly due to the terrain and the carelessness of the old wing cavalry commander who has long been unable to adapt to the times.
The armored Cossacks and dragoons saved the surviving winged cavalry and took them back to their starting position. As for the dead winged cavalry, they were unable to recapture them and had to let their companions'' bodies lie in front of the position.
Taking advantage of the other party''s repair, Chechen felt that with the long spears, the soldiers withdrew to the back of the trench, and let the Musketeers push to the front.
When Colonel Jerzy haretsky led the remaining cavalry to the battlefield, such a sad scene appeared in front of him. Twelve winged cavalry and an equal number of war horses lay on the ground. Their blood dyed the land dark red. From time to time, the bodies of war horses and people twitched convulsively.
"Who made you attack without my order?" Colonel Jerzy haretsky asked with a blue face.
The officers bowed their heads and dared not look at the colonel. If the attack breaks down the mercenary regiment, they will not be scolded, but will be praised and rewarded. But now the attack failed and lost valuable wing cavalry.
"Where''s zigmont?" Colonel Jerzy halletsky asked.
A dejected officer stood up and said to the colonel, "old lord zigmont rushed to the front. He was screened by bullets."
With that, the officer pointed to the body closest to the trench in the distance.
Due to the distance, Colonel Jerzy halletsky could not see the face of the body, but he clearly saw a cluster of red feathers on the body''s head, which was the ornament on the old man''s helmet.
"Asshole!" Colonel Jerzy halletsky cursed.
I don''t know whether he was scolding zigmont or other officers.
Hearing the Colonel''s scolding, Paul and Archie and the other officers lowered their heads.
"Dismount!" Colonel Jerzy halletsky suddenly said again.
A cavalry is not a cavalry when he gets off his horse. The officers looked at Colonel Jerzy halletsky and wondered why the colonel had given such an order.
"A bunch of fools. Do you want to ride on a horse to be the other party''s live target?" Colonel Jerzy halletsky really regretted that he had recklessly sent all the infantry into the forest to eliminate the sneaking enemy, so that he had no infantry available now.
At the Colonel''s words, the officers obediently dismounted. Under the command of the colonel, they formed four echelons ready to attack.
Of course, this change of the enemy was not seen by Chechen and others. Obviously, his opponent is going to fight hard.
Colonel Jerzy halletsky simply dragged the war into the war of attrition that Cherchen did not want.
But no matter how unwilling, Chechen has to face and solve it.
"The spearmen all stand in front and protect the musketeers." Chechen ordered.
Next, the Musketeers will be the main force. If we can reduce the casualties of anyone, we can win more hope for victory.
The first wave of Colonel Jerzy haretsky''s attack began. Starting with the armored Cossacks. They hung the shield on the hand holding the bow, and the other hand opened the bow string and threw feather arrows at the mercenary group behind the horse.
These feather arrows jingled down on the armor and trenches of the former platoon long gunmen, and sporadic feather arrows fell into the back row, but except some shot through the arms and thighs of the Musketeers, causing some minor injuries, and did not let the mercenary regiment lose a soldier.
The Musketeers'' muskets at the same distance caused many casualties among the armored Cossacks.
But no matter how much losses they paid, these armored Cossacks still rushed forward without hesitation. When they reached the effective range of flat shooting, the bow and arrow in the hands of the armored Cossacks finally played its due power.
When the Musketeers fired a shot, the armored Cossacks could shoot three or even five arrows. In this era, the high firing speed of the bow is not comparable to that of the musketeers.
The spearmen standing in the first row had four or five arrows inserted into their bodies, and some unfortunate spearmen were shot through their throats and faces.
Several armored Cossacks finally rushed to Juma. They slashed Juma with a saber and flew the sawdust. The shield in their hands blocked the hatchet thrown by bachit''s men.
Seeing that the situation was urgent, Chechen took a long gun and rushed in front of the Musketeer. He stabbed a armored Cossack.
The spear pierced the belly of the armored Cossack, but was caught by his chain armour. Cherchen took a lot of effort to pull it out.
Inspired by the commander''s heroic battle, more long spearmen rushed forward and stabbed the enemy in front with their long guns.