Chapter 204: Lily War (7)
I let out a gasp.
A cavalry charge after a swarm!? The enemy was firing a volley of arrows with their first line before immediately switching with their second line to charge. I swung my baton frantically.
“Spearmen! Send the spearmen forward!”
The command flags flailed about.
Jacquerie and the other dwarves were already shouting at the spearmen to go forward before the order was even fully conveyed. The peasant soldiers were stupefied because of the chain of unexpected events, but they quickly began to move again once the officers kicked them in their rears.
“Graaaaauh!”
Our infantrymen gripped their spears tightly as they stuck to the barricade. Some of them ended up dropping their spears because they were in such a hurry. Unsightly mistakes were happening over and over again. I couldn’t hide my anxiety. Our line and rank were a complete mess!
The hunters who had stepped forward to show the enemy’s mounted archers their place withdrew. Chaos erupted here and there as the retreating archers and the advancing spearmen collided.
This was a moment where every second was precious. Archers couldn’t possibly be able to endure a lance charge. Especially lance charges that have the auras of knights imbued into them. We had to change our formation as soon as possible. Brittany’s knights were approaching us like a tsunami right this instant.