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Chapter three hundred and ninetieth, magic tricks and horse lance

The battle was fought from morning to evening, from the grassland to the Korqin Sand.

The battlefield was full of corpses, human corpses, elves, orcs, war horses, and wolf corpses, all over the ground.

These corpses were densely covered on the prairie, and the blood flowed out dyed the grassland and sand bright red.

With the assault of the Three Thousand Dwarfs and Rising Bear Knights, the Condor Heroes successfully broke through the formation of the orc army, and then used the tactic of front and back attacks to defeat the orc Quick Response Legion in one fell swoop.

The army of more than 200,000 orcs, except for the less than 60,000 owl soldiers who escaped, all other troops were annihilated.

Although the Condor Heroes successfully shattered the conspiracy of the Eagle Hoof Empire, the cavalry legion that participated in the war also paid a considerable price.

More than 9,000 light cavalrymen of the 100,000 human race were killed, more than 15,000 were seriously injured, and more than 2,000 elves of the archers were killed.

Most of the seriously injured human light cavalry were injured by the owl warriors. They were lucky and were not trampled by their subsequent cavalry.

The dwarf knights of the Dwarf Rising Bear Knights did not suffer any casualties. The reason for this was entirely because the mount bear under their crotch was too fierce.

Facing the violent earth brown bear and the Arctic ice bear, the werewolves instinctively chose to avoid it after losing. They would rather face the knight guns of the human cavalry than face these violent giant beasts.

In order to ensure that they are not thrown by the giant bear during the battle, the dwarf knights used ropes to fix themselves on the saddle before the war started. In addition, they were wearing heavy armor, so as long as the giant bear under their crotch is still alive, they have a high chance of survival.

After cleaning the battlefield and repairing it on the spot for a night, Baiyutang left behind 20,000 light cavalry and 20,000 elves archers to take care of the wounded. Then he and Dybala led the remaining cavalry to head north along the edge of the Korqin sand.

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While Bai Yutang was leading his army to fight with the Orc Legion, Ning Yuan led the army to the edge of the Korqin Sand.

After one day of repairing the last supply station, Ning Yuan brought 500,000 cavalry into the Korqin Sandland with 500,000 cavalrymen.

Facing the Condor Heroes coming from afar, Li Tianqi and others had already set up their formations to wait for their hard work.

They occupied a high ground on the sand, and the army of 700,000 was sturdy, like a giant dragon, stretching for dozens of kilometers.

Seeing the enemy occupying the high ground and condescendingly, Ning Yuan signaled the army to stop and start arranging the formation, and then handed over the command to James.

Seeing that the Condor Heroes stopped a few kilometers away, Li Tianqi and others did not choose to take the initiative, but waited for the Condor Heroes to take the initiative to attack.

They wanted to take advantage of the terrain and give the Condor Heroes a warning to the Condor Heroes.

Although the dune was not very high and the slope was very smooth, it was still very disadvantageous for the cavalry to charge from the bottom to the top.

Seeing that the enemy was still holding his troops and wanted to wait for his side to take the initiative to launch an attack, James immediately began to mobilize his troops.

"The heavy cavalry will conduct a main attack in accordance with Plan B, and the elf archers will be responsible for covering both wings."

With James' order, Ning Yuan led 20,000 heavy cavalry slowly towards the enemy.

Seeing the heavy-armed cavalry riding a war horse walking, Li Tianqi and others immediately looked at each other.

"Didn't the heavy cavalry rely on speed to rush forward? Can anyone tell me what the impact of this walking speed has? Why can't I understand?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of anyone using heavy cavalry like this, but isn't this good? At least you don't have to worry about being drilled through the formation by heavy cavalry."

"Yes, anyway, we are now occupying the high slope and can adapt to changes in the same way. Since we can't figure it out, let's take a look first and see what they want to do."

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Just as everyone in the Tianfeng Alliance was confused, the 20,000 heavy cavalry had already walked two kilometers away from them.

"Drop off the horse, hold the spear, and line up."

With Ning Yuan's order, the 10,000 heavy cavalrymen in front immediately stepped down to the ground, and they quickly arranged a huge square array holding a weapon about four meters long.

This kind of weapon, which is four meters long, is a spear or a horse lance.

Horse lances were famous noble weapons in the era of cold weapons. Because their manufacturing process was very complicated, it took three or four years to make a qualified horse lance, so it was not something that could be bought with money.

After Ning Yuan obtained the drawings for making the horse spear, he immediately handed it over to his craftsman group.

After more than five years, the craftsmen of the craftsman group finally created ten thousand qualified horse lances.

Although the number of 10,000 seems to be a lot, if you understand the success rate, you can know how difficult this weapon is to build.

The craftsmen of the Condor Empire built a total of 40,000 horse spears, but 30,000 failed to build, with a success rate of only 25%. This shows how difficult this weapon is to manufacture.

The application of horse lances was the most popular in the Sui and Tang dynasties because their spears were soft and elastic, and their weight was relatively light. A two-meter-long spear was about the same as a seven or eight-foot-foot horse lance, so knights could hold a spear in one hand to rush forward.

The elasticity of the spear rod ensures that the horse lance can be bent after stabbing the target, so as to release the impact generated by high-speed impact and will not hurt the knight's wrist. Therefore, this long, elastic and light horse lance is simply a powerful tool for cavalry battles.

Of course, horse lances can also exert great power in infantry battles.

There is an old saying that a spear is a spear that is eight feet long, and a horse spear can also be used as a spear during infantry battles.

Because the heavy infantry was slow to move, Ning Yuan did not bring them with him this time.

However, considering the effect of heavy infantry on light cavalry in frontal combat, Ning Yuancai and James and others have studied the tactics of letting heavy cavalry dismount to temporarily play heavy infantry.

Although heavy cavalry charges are powerful, if the enemy sets some traps against unprotected horse legs, they will easily get caught.

But heavy infantry is different. They are invulnerable to swords and guns. Light cavalry has no way to deal with them except flying kites.

Now the enemy occupies the high ground, and if the Condor Heroes launch a charge from bottom to top, it will be very disadvantageous. That's why James asked Ning Yuan to implement Plan B and use the heavy cavalry who played the heavy infantry to capture the high ground.
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