"Wings up!" Murphy stood on the high slope giving orders, while the herald ran in front of the army as a microphone.
In the age of cold weapons, the command is quite inconvenient. It is not enough to rely on the horn and flag alone. Generally, a general will be equipped with one or even several heralds.
When the two armies were only 300 meters away, Murphy ordered the wings to close up to make room for each other.
The Greek infantry moved in at a neat pace, turning the formation into a dense one.
The heavy cavalry running in the front looked at the square array with long guns in front and was stunned. They didn''t react until their wings were closed and their positions were empty. They drove their horses to both sides.
As the distance drew closer, Murphy could see each other''s form.
Strictly speaking, it''s not a break-up, it''s a retreat.
Although it looks a little embarrassed.
At the front of the line were the heavy cavalry. The number of these heavy cavalry was about 80, wearing armour and holding long guns. The heavy cavalry was followed by infantry, who looked a little embarrassed, with incomplete armor and weapons. Then came the refugees, a huge number, conservatively estimated to be close to 5000! Many of these refugees are adult males, some equipped with simple weapons. At the end of the line were heavily armed infantry, dressed in half body armor and helmets, holding a large square shield about 60 cm in length and a dagger as their weapon.
It looks a bit like the Roman army''s heavy infantry.
Along with these heavy infantry holding large shields, behind the hall are a Greek infantry and light cavalry with a number of about 300.
Too many people, the ground rolled up smoke, Murphy failed to find Lady Elizabeth''s figure from inside.
From Murphy''s point of view, less than 1000 of these 5000 or 6000 people can really count as soldiers, that is, the former heavy cavalry and the rear heavy infantry and light cavalry. Those in the middle of the formation are not so much soldiers as peasants who take up arms.
At the back of the line, the figure of the Jackal came out gradually.
The jackal is a creature with strong short-range charging ability, but its endurance is not very good. They followed closely about 500 meters behind the team and pursued them. Occasionally, some quick jackals came after them, but they were all killed one by one by the light cavalry in charge of the rear of the hall. The chase seemed to last for a long time. Murphy could see that the jackals were very tired.
The retreating soldiers passed through the empty passage, while the shield heavy infantry in charge of the rear of the hall filled in the empty position together with the Greek infantry.
At this time, Murphy found Lady Elizabeth''s figure. She was wearing a body armor, and the cavalry were around her.
With the general''s guard riding down, Murphy approached Mrs. Elizabeth.
After passing the heavy cavalry, Murphy found that they were covered with blood and most of them were wounded, as if they had charged once in the previous battle.
After reaching the rear of the line, the heavy cavalry divided into three and began to organize the soldiers around the line, ordering them to form a second line behind the Greek infantry. Most of these heavy cavalry were canonized Knights of nobles, with good martial arts skills and systematic military training. In the army, they are also the commanders of the middle and lower classes, responsible for assisting the Lord to command the army.
After a brief period of confusion, the retreating soldiers began to line up, while the peasants with weapons were placed at the end.
At present, those who have not received much military training will only do bad things and turn the impeccable defensive array into a mess!
Just now Murphy made a rough estimate of the number of jackals.
Although it is very impressive, there are only about 2000 people, far less than the 3000 people mentioned by the middle-aged knight.
The only difference is that in this group of jackals, the number of males is very large, close to one third!
The distance is getting closer again.
About 300 meters in front of the Greek infantry square, the jackals stopped their pursuit and began to regroup.
In the process of pursuit, not only the human soldiers were drawn into a long snake line, but also the jackals. The strong and endurance males followed, while the weaker females fell behind.
About 150 archers were put together, and they were at the back of the square.
Mephistone took over the command of the army from Lady Elizabeth.
The heavy cavalry and light cavalry were ordered to gather on the high slope, waiting for the chance to rush into the enemy''s line at the most lethal moment.
The two sides are against each other.
The jackals rest after rearranging, while the Greek infantry stand ready.
Those who have retired also need to recover.
"All right." Murphy rode up to Lady Elizabeth and inquired.
Lady Elizabeth shook her head and inserted the bloody sword into the scabbard. She was dressed in a half body armor, with bloodstains on her body, and apparently took part in the battle herself at the beginning.
Murphy hasn''t seen her use a sword all the time, but she doesn''t know she can fight.
"Less than one third of the three hundred Knights survived. That''s all that''s left of the two thousand armored infantry. The whole army of eagle flag and silver shield infantry is destroyed! " Mrs. Elizabeth''s voice, with a trace of sadness, spoke slowly in a low voice.
In this world, the so-called Knight order is mostly composed of highly skilled knights.
They were all low-ranking nobles, with one or two village fiefs. According to Murphy''s estimation, Lady Elizabeth''s territory may be as big as a prefecture level city in her previous life.
The eagle flag and silver shield infantry are the most elite soldiers in her territory, just as the Spartan heavy infantry are to the Greek city states.
In this world, the most elite troops of human city-state mostly use the pattern of beast as the flag. Among them, the most elite soldiers were given the titles of eagle flag and wolf flag.
"Tens of thousands of leaders did not escape. They became slaves of jackals!" Lady Elizabeth''s eyes turned to determination. She looked at Murphy and said in a deep voice, "I have to save them!"
"I need your help. Feifei It was not until this moment that there was a trace of weakness in Lady Elizabeth''s eyes.
Murphy didn''t say much. He just raised his hand to wipe the blood from Mrs. Elizabeth''s face and said slowly, "get ready to fight!"
After a short break.
The Jackal''s army began to move forward, and the male jackal armed with leather armour and round shield was placed at the front.
These jackals are more elite than Murphy has ever met!
And their weapons are much better than in the past. A small number of jackals are even equipped with heavy armor!
The only thing to be thankful for is that Murphy did not find any higher jackals who were much taller than ordinary jackals. It seems that there are not many elite jackals over 2.5 meters tall, even in the whole jackal race.
Three hundred meters.
This is beyond the archer''s range.
Two hundred meters.
The male jackal standing in the first row holds his shield high in front of his chest and pushes it forward slowly.
One hundred meters.
The male jackal at the front starts to push fast. The archers started shooting.
Fifty meters.
The male jackal at the front charges! The archer pours as much fire as he can!
Thirty meters.
About fifty jackals fell to the ground with their arrows and lost their fighting power.
Touch!
After the distance was shortened to five meters, the two sides entered a hand-to-hand battle, and the powerful frontal lethality of the Greek spear square began to work. At this time, a group of about 300 adult male jackals went around the hillside from the other side