Chapter 1102： Battle of Kaiserslautern

Horses' hooves overturned the dirt, and cavalry groups charged.

Ludwig, who was already on his own expedition, fought like a warrior. He ignored the traditional cavalry tactics and achieved a surprise attack with a desperate attack intent.

Once, in the face of the nomadic Avars army, Charlemagne, who led the expedition, ordered his cavalry to change the traditional tactics of the past, move like the Avars, and launch a strong attack after finding the opponent's camp.

Ludwig had no intention of paying tribute to his grandfather subjectively. He just wanted to regain the strategic advantage in the civil war, cover up his weakened decline with a victory, and achieve a surprise attack that was exactly like his grandfather.

The earth trembled, and cavalrymen rushed on the fields where the farming season was delayed and the weeds were growing wildly.

Having entered the charging stage, the soldiers who once held their throats instantly got the signal collectively.

The lances moved forward in unison, following the direction pointed by Ludwig's steel sword.

The morning mist obscured their tracks, and only the tremors of the ground made Count Metz's army aware of the difference.

"There are enemies! Get up quickly!"

"Hurry up and pick up your weapon!"

"Run!"

As if the flood was coming, the reaction time for Count Metz's army was extremely short.

The densely packed tents surround the town of Winneville like a pie. There are no peripheral defense facilities and no civil construction. There are no Juma trenches. The army is only camping here.

They must pay the price in blood for their paralysis.

This is the last elite cavalry of the Eastern Kingdom. Ludwig knew very well that once this army was defeated, his last trump card would also collapse, and the best result would be to retreat to Bavaria and live his own life behind closed doors.

The homes of these elite cavalrymen are all in Bavaria. They saw their king lead everyone to rush to the enemy line. The endless glory acts on the body, and everyone seems to feel the endless power.

Because they had eaten oatmeal urgently before dawn, and now they have indeed experienced a lot.

Without complicated tactics, the cavalry group charged into Count Metz's army with unstoppable momentum.

Most of the soldiers of Count Metz's army were only in civilian clothes, and when they tried to resist, they fought against the Frankish heavy cavalry with poor weapons and flesh and blood.

The powerful impulse of the lance made it break when it hit one person, but the cavalry drew out the iron sword and the battle axe, the war horse continued to maintain its momentum, and the sword pierced and the axe kept killing and wounding the fleeing enemy.

"Death! Show no mercy!" Ludwig roared piercingly. He regarded the enemy in front of him as a form of satisfaction and ordered his subordinates to deal with it in the most brutal way.

"Anti-God Evil God"

Pieces of tents were smashed, and the helpless Count Metz soldiers in the overturned tents were killed by subsequent cavalry.

The chaotic resistance is like a low wall trying to stop the rushing torrent.

Count Metz, who was resting in the town, was alarmed by the sound of killing.

Adalbert was waiting for a hearty breakfast, and the incredible rumbling made him vigilant.

After a while, the guards rushed into his temporary residence, lying on the ground and shouting hoarsely: "Sir! The enemy! The enemy has appeared."

"The enemy?! The rumbling sound is the enemy?! My God, it's incredible."

He pushed the guards away, and just after he arrived outside, he saw his own soldiers in a mess.

"What's the matter with you? Keep calm when anything happens. Get your horses ready! Come with me to see what's going on."

However, Ludwig had taken his personal soldiers straight to the edge of the town of Winneville like steel knives. Huge sores formed in the huge camp, and soldiers who were aware of the danger didn't even bother to take away the soft ones, literally throwing away their armor and fleeing.

Then, when Count Adalbert led his personal soldiers into a relatively open area, what he saw was the avalanche of his own men.

Looking around, there are fugitives looking terrified, and there are even some people who can't even put on their shoes and run across the grass.

Looking closely, not far away, facing the direction of the rising sun, those cavalry in armor are killing frantically.

"Ludwig's people... Ludwig's people! The big thing is bad!" Realizing that the terrified Adalbert did not order the fleeing people to calm down and fight back on the spot, he felt that any shouting was meaningless , the rout of the army is inevitable.

"My lord! What do we do? It's a battle?!" a trusted squire asked.

The earl's eyes seemed to burst out, and he forcibly controlled his trembling body: "Lauten must be withdrawn. Hurry up and inform all the knights, go and inform the people of King Lotaire, and our entire army will be evacuated."

He had arranged for his personal soldiers to serve as messengers to report the news, and he brought his personal soldiers to join the fleeing army.

As the so-called army has collapsed, although there are as many as 2,000 people in the Middle Kingdom standing army, these people maintain a strong fighting force. However, the captains of the flags are ordered to obey the wisdom of Count Metz, and they cannot launch an attack without authorization. If these standing armies launched a desperate counterattack, the situation would not be too ugly. They had no right to fight back, and the soldiers tried their best to rectify their troops and did not take the initiative to flee in the crisis.

The earl's messengers rushed to the camp of the standing army and announced the order to retreat.

Although it is unwilling, it can only be evacuated now.

The standing army evacuated as soon as possible with carriages, and some items that were too late to be transported were discarded on the spot.

Also like a torrent, Count Metz's team rushed towards the deepest part of the bell mouth area formed by the hill.

Soon, the rushing Ludwig had taken over the entire town of Winneville, and those who had no time to escape were being slaughtered frantically, even if they were clearly peaceful residents. Because he had ordered it, the operation was a revenge to wash away the shame. Yu Zi, he just wanted to vent his resentment that he had been holding back for two years with blood flowing into a river.

But the war horse has a limit, the horse began to pant thinly, and even if it was beaten with a whip, it was difficult to chase again. Once stopped, the warhorse kept shaking its head up and down violently, and the sound of violent gasping was deafening.

Commands can recreate the results and continue to hunt down. Those people have been running away, sadly leaving their backs to the Eastern Kingdom army.

Ludwig hoped for the backs of those cowards, both excited and anxious.

The cavalry has reached its limit, and people can continue to fight. If they force the horses again, they will only end up with a lot of exhaustion.

The raid ended when the sun had fully risen, and Ludwig had won his coveted victory.

Looking at the slaughtered camp, the naked eye can see dead bodies everywhere, as well as wriggling wounded soldiers.

Ludwig finally calmed down and noticed that his subordinates were being ordered to execute the undead arbitrarily, so he adjusted the order to keep the life of the able-bodied.

Of course he knew about the town of Winneville, a fine town in terror. He cares more about the payoff of the fight now, and so are the fighters.

The large-scale free search of the Eastern Kingdom's cavalry has begun. Just as Ludwig promised, each warrior can seize the spoils according to their ability, even if they find a piece of gold, they can be regarded as their friends.

Indulge in barbarism and gain the unprecedented loyalty of the soldiers, and Ludwig himself did not lose. He found the granary left by his opponent, that is, the carriages and the sluggish workhorses.

After the war, according to preliminary statistics, the Eastern Kingdom killed more than 1,500 enemies, and more than 500 people were captured. The vast majority of the captives were actually town residents, and the people could not believe that the brutal killing was actually committed by King Ludwig himself. Nai Ruo what? Now the great king has come back like lightning, and even if he suffers, give allegiance to him.

Captured soldiers of Earl Metz's army confessed everything they knew without any penalty in order to survive.

After calming down, Ludwig stopped being a butcher. He gave these captives the only way out: "I am the king here! Sooner or later your hometown will also be my domain. Join my army now, and I will promote you armed peasants to be standing army."

Because Count Metz was also dispatched almost in full force, in addition to his squires, the additional recruits were armed farmers. These peasant soldiers are very suitable for fighting against the wind, and if they encounter hard stubble, they will have a fatal collapse in the early conditions.

The farmer fulfilled his duty to fight for the lord knight, and the knight master sent troops to serve Count Metz again. The peasants and soldiers had no choice, at least the empty promise of the so-called "into Mainz free looting" by the Count gave them a minimum morale. Everyone is still young, if King Ludwig personally gives him a chance to turn over, he will be loyal to him. Most of the captured peasant soldiers could not think of the long-term. They just wanted to survive, and they turned into soldiers of the Eastern Kingdom.

In the afternoon, Ludwig's follow-up troops arrived in the bell mouth area one after another, and Count Metz's camp became the military camp of the Eastern Kingdom in an instant. A great victory has captured a lot. Considering that the enemy really lost his armor and armor, Ludwig had imagined that he would take a day off and directly attack Laoteng to regain his strategic advantage.

After all, the prisoners have revealed that King Lothair and the main force have been near Strasbourg, and the army of Count Metz is all north of the Saar River.

Who is Earl Metz?

"Damn, you don't want to be loyal to me and don't want to evacuate. You will die on the battlefield, and then I will abolish your family identity. If you are captured, I will also abolish you."

His eldest brother Lotaire was still in Strasbourg. Obviously, the main force of the Middle Kingdom had to go through the ferry town of Sala Perugia if they wanted to cross the Saar River in a short time. The bridge was demolished, and the eldest brother's army looked at the river and sighed! When it was exhausted in late autumn, the two sides could stop their troops again, explaining that they had obtained a strategic buffer.

To accomplish this goal, Ludwig must seize the time to capture Lauten.

He was urgently reorganizing his troops, and at the same time, Count Metz, who suffered a great loss, decided to fight back.

There is a mountain pass with a width of only one kilometer in the northeast direction of Lauten. It is surrounded by the lush North Vosges Mountains on one side and the small mounds extending from the mountains on the other side.

Accompanied by the sound of horns and drums, one side insisted on advancing, while the other was determined not to retreat.

Ludwig sent a messenger and ordered Count Metz to swear allegiance to him on the spot. From Ludwig's standpoint, what Count Metz did would mean cutting off his elder brother's fief in the middle, which would force his elder brother Lothair to start negotiations immediately. In fact, what he wanted was not outrageous. Before, he just wanted to keep the old fief, the so-called area north of the Laine River, including Mainz and Worms in the south of the river. Now as the victor of the battle, he wants the entire Saar region north of the Saar River (including the North Reine Plain).

Such an outrageous request was rejected by Count Metz, and the messenger returned with regret, and even brought back the war book written by the Count on parchment.

It's all that high-level nobles can't do extreme things! Count Metz held back his anger and did not scold the Norman-like savagery of the great king of the East in his letter. If you don’t use martial arts to fight the real barbarians, they are all high-ranking Frankish nobles. In a war, the two armies should fight in an upright array.

Count Metz chose to fight, and Ludwig, eager to win, accompanied him.

As long as you break the mountain pass, Lauten will be at your fingertips, and then you will hit the Saar River along the Roman Avenue and tear down the bridge! He informed his main officers of the situation, and continued to draw cakes: "The Saar region is huge, the old lords have fled, when I rule here, those who have made military exploits will get fiefs here, and all the flag captains will be here. will become barons!"

The promised day of war, a gloomy day.

Count Metz, who was ashamed and brave, was determined to stick to the mountain pass. He lined up the standing cavalry in the front, followed by infantry. This was a very traditional Frankish formation.

Ludwig ordered his infantry to organize a spear formation. He thought of his defeat in the north, that is, his heavy cavalry attacked the Norman spear formation. Now that he has followed suit, he should be able to Just win. His cavalry was placed in the rear as a tactical reserve in case of unexpected events.

Ludwig had a fantasy in his mind that when Count Metz's cavalry rushed over, they would be pierced by his own spear formation.

There is no need to negotiate before the battle, but it is strange that Ludwig, who is willing to wait for his work, is facing the same Count Metz, who is willing to wait for his work.

The Yamaguchi battlefield fell into an extremely strange silence, as if whoever attacked first was a fool.

Earl Metz couldn't afford to lose. Most of the warriors he gathered from the fief were here. Once another large-scale loss was encountered, the power of the family would collapse.

This time, Ludwig is also deeply squeezing the manpower of the Earl of Ingo.

The longer it was delayed, the more anxious both parties became.

"Damn it! No wait. Go to **** with everything!"

After all, Ludwig decided to attack first, and with the sound of drums, the peasant soldiers with spears began to advance.

Heavy cavalry was the best weapon, so Count Metz shilled the heavy standing infantry to attack. These shield-wielding armored warriors had never seen a spear formation, and the latter were poorly trained.

The battle between the two armies began immediately. After paying a certain amount of casualties, the spear formation was abruptly torn apart by some breakthroughs. Soon, the battle turned into a brawl that showcased personal martial arts.

"Damn. Where is my advantage? Why can't the spear formation be in my hands?!" Ludwig, who was supervising the battle, gritted his teeth and didn't understand, but the battle continued to erode, and the two armies were in a tight spot in the mountain pass. Intensive fight.

At least Ludwig has an advantage in numbers. Since his cavalry cannot exert its power, the opponent must also do the same. Since the battle is a battle of infantry, then continue to invest in troops!

Ludwig, who was on the top quickly, simply ordered his standing army to press up, forcing the peasant soldiers and opponents to resolutely kill the count.

Earl Metz didn't dare to retreat, so he headed up and pressed the follow-up infantry in a fit of anger.

The heavy cavalry on both sides became the audience, and the cramped Yamaguchi area was a brutal battle between the two armies.

The blood of the warriors turned into a stream, which was continuously poured into the nearby Lauter River and flowed quietly to the Laine River.

No one wants to retreat first, and the cramped place makes it difficult to escape. If you want to survive, you must kill the enemy, so that this unexpected battle on both sides has become extremely ferocious.

From the morning to the afternoon, countless soldiers had lost their strength, and the ground was full of Mohu's corpses, as well as a large number of wriggling wounded soldiers.

Some were silent until dusk fell.

retreat? Or keep fighting?

Realizing his huge loss, Ludwig frowned and regretted his stubbornness. Count Metz faced the same serious loss of his own troops.

The soldiers on both sides were retreating spontaneously. They kept moving backwards, not daring to show their backs to the enemy until the distance between the two armies was far enough.

Let's take a look at the mountain pass that has not been conquered for a long time! Never like today, a small Lao Teng has become the burial place of a large number of soldiers.

Ludwig couldn't figure it out, and he didn't have the heart to think about it for the time being. UU reading

"We're back! Back to Winneville, camp and hold."

The two sides basically evacuated at the same time, and the wounded were dragged away as much as possible. As for the dying in the central area of ​​the melee, their blood would slowly drain.

The battle was neither won nor lost, and Ludwig lost a lot, as did Count Metz.

The morale of both sides fell into a slump. Even if Ludwig was very unwilling, considering the existing troops at hand, I am afraid that this year's efforts can only go so far. What's worse is that the main force of the eldest brother is still in Strasbourg. If he brings the army to the war, he is afraid that he will flee back to Mainz in the starry night and hang the card of freedom from war.

At night, the roaring mountain peaks were like the wailing of ghosts. Many people couldn't sleep at all this night. It was clear that the battle in the morning had made the people who retreated extremely tired. They seemed to have heard countless ghosts lingering on the battlefield, and were ashamed that they had not taken away a large number of their surviving companions.

So far, there are as many as 3,000 corpses lying about in the Laoteng Pass area, and many of the people who have been withdrawn are also injured. Injuries are as dangerous as they are, and I don't know how many people will eventually die in pain due to the deterioration of the wound infection state.

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