In fact, the plate-armored knights of the Principal of Mazovia lost this time. If they were facing a head-on battle, they would not have lost so badly. However, they were eager to chase the 1,000 knights of the Jagelon royal family as bait, but they actually turned their backs to the winged cavalry. It would be too late to wait for them to turn around to fight.
After all, the plate-armored knights are very burdensome and heavy, and their speed is slow. If you turn around in a hurry, you will naturally not be as good as the whistling winged cavalry.
Moreover, with Marin's spring cavalry, the winged cavalry can charge repeatedly with a cavalry, which is terrible. You should know that in traditional knight duels, the knights have to go back to change to the cavalry after each rush.
The winged cavalry has a spring cavalry and can repeatedly rush back and forth. Even if the knights of the Principality of Mazovia want to go back and change their cavalry, it is difficult for them to do so. Because they are now near the Jagelon royal army, far away from their own battle formation...
In addition, because the war horses did not undergo adaptive training, they were frightened when they saw the Polish winged cavalry in "strange costumes" for the first time. The shocked horses were together, and the battle formation was chaotic, so they were naturally unilaterally massacred.
Without these factors, even if the knights of the Principality of Mazovia were defeated, they would definitely cause huge damage to the winged cavalry. Instead, they only killed dozens of opponents, but were wiped out by themselves...
Of course, most of them were not killed, but were shot down from the horse and fell to death. Then, they were captured by infantry from the Jagelon royal family who rushed over. After all, they were wearing full-body armor and had good protection. As long as they were not trampled or attacked by the horses, they would not die. However, it was very common to fall off the horse's back and break their arms and legs...
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Seeing the proud 2200 Plate Armor Knights were wiped out, the lord general of the Principal Mazovia Wazinski was very scared. However, as a knowledgeable veteran, he also knew that this is not the time to be afraid. Moreover, he must not be afraid.
So he ordered loudly:
"Stay! Stay! The spearman, the end of the spear is inserted into the ground, and the spearhead is diagonally forward to block the enemy cavalry's charge!"
This is a very common spear formation in Europe that blocks the charge of cavalry. Holding a spear can't stand the barbaric collision of cavalry. Therefore, European infantry will insert the bottom of the spear into the soil and move forward 45 degrees. In this way, when the enemy's cavalry hit, not only will the war horses be stabbed by the spear, but the huge impact force is transmitted to the earth, not the spearmen...
However, the Polish spearmen are different from the Swiss spearmen. The spears they use are ordinary spears of more than 3 meters, rather than the 6-meter spears used by Swiss spearmen. If they are inserted into the soil and move forward 45 degrees in a diagonal direction, the length of the horizontal direction will be shorter...
The cavalry used by the Polish winged cavalry is more than 4 meters long. The winged cavalry holds a spear, which is much longer horizontally than the 45-degree slant of the Polish infantry spear...
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After defeating the cavalry of the Principal of Mazovia, Lewandow did not meet this result, but continued to launch an attack on the infantry battle formation of the Principal of Mazovia...
"Winged cavalry, prepare! Slant 45 degrees and attack the enemy's right wing!"
Suddenly, the Polish winged cavalry turned their horses to the left and rushed to the right wing of the Mazovian infantry...
When the winged cavalry flew across the right wing of the Mazovian infantry phalanx, the spring lances, which were more than 4 meters long, picked up many Mazovian infantry...
"No, their guns are so long! They are even longer than our infantry ones!"
In fact, the Polish winged cavalry used such a long spear and was indeed not afraid of the infantry phalanx. Originally, during the war, the Polish lancers of the Emperor successfully fought against the Spanish infantry phalanx and took the initiative to defeat the Spanish infantry phalanx and made great contributions to France's annexation of Spain.
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After one success, the Polish winged cavalry did not turn back, but went around to the right side of the Mazovia infantry phalanx. Then, they changed direction and rushed straight to the back of the right and right wings of the Mazovia infantry phalanx...
In Europe in this era, most of the soldiers ranked behind were recruits, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. Faced with the fierce impact of the Polish winged cavalry, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled behind were immediately disrupted...
"Stay steady, keep calm!" Vazinski planned to mobilize the reserve team to support the rear.
But before he could take action, the infantry phalanx of the Jagelon royal family pressed forward. The thousand plate-armored knights of the Jagelon royal family who had escaped before also walked around the left side of the infantry phalanx of the Mazovia Principality...
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"It's over!" Vazinski was suddenly desperate. Now he was surrounded by enemies on three sides, so he couldn't just mobilize the reserve team to support others.
It is certain that once the reserve team leaves the original formation, it will definitely be violently attacked by the enemy cavalry...
Before he could react, the 1,000 plate armor knights also launched an impact on the left wing of the Mazovian infantry phalanx. Moreover, this time, they also replaced the slender spring rifle, which was very suitable for impacting the infantry phalanx...
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Moreover, unlike the winged cavalry that lacks protection from horses and thighs, the plate-armored knights are armed to their teeth, and the horses are also wearing horse armor, so they are not afraid of infantry attacks.
So, the 1,000 plate-armored knights rushed into the left wing of the Mazovia infantry phalanx...
Facing the 1,000 Plate Armor Knights who rushed over like tanks, the Mazovian infantry on the left wing was unable to resist, and a gap was torn apart as soon as they met.
Then, the group of plate-armored knights waved their spring lances and drove away the nearby Mazovian infantry...
Afterwards, the group of knights retreated and rushed forward again...
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At the same time, 4,000 (less than) Polish winged cavalry began to violently attack the rear part of the right wing of the Mazovian infantry formation, specifically picking the elderly, weak, sick and disabled.
Wazinski wanted to mobilize elite troops to support the two wings, but he couldn't do it - because Zigmont I's main infantry force was overwhelmed...
Under three sides of the Jagelon royal army, more than 10,000 infantrymen in the Principal of Mazovia collapsed in less than half a day. And Vazinski could not escape - he was surrounded by the winged cavalry while riding a horse and running around...
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"Hahahaha, this kind of spring rifle is really useful. The plate armored knight can actually directly hit the infantry phalanx, and he is not worried that the rifle reaction will hurt his arm. What a great thing!"
"Your Majesty, the enemy's army is now wiped out. What will we do next?" Lewandows, the commander of the Winged Cavalry, asked for instructions.
"Encircle Warsaw and force your opponent to surrender!"
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"What? The army led by General Vazinski was wiped out? How could it be? Even if you can't defeat it, you won't be able to retreat!" In the Warsaw Palace, Regent Anna Raziviu looked unbelievable.
"Madam, that's true. Now, Zigmont I's army has surrounded Warsaw!" Prime Minister Dudek reported.
"How many troops do we have?"
"There are no regular troops, only 1,000 militias left..." Prime Minister Dudek said helplessly.
"Then...then...that's all we can surrender?"
Dudek nodded helplessly:
"That's all, at least, the other party will not kill the great nobles without permission. Otherwise, the nobles will not agree!"
"Okay, let's surrender..."
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Chapter completed!