Chapter 95: Kingdom-level Campaign
Chapter 95: Kingdom-level Campaign
The situation on the battlefield began to descend into chaos.
For the vast majority of cavalry commanders, once they ordered their cavalrymen to charge, the rest had little to do with them. Because on this chaotic battlefield, armored cavalrymen with their narrow fields of vision simply couldn’t keep an eye on the standard-bearer’s flag at all times.
Many Knightly Order cavalrymen, holding lances adorned with square and swallowtail banners, only realized they had already passed through the Saracen cavalry after charging out of the fray and finding their view suddenly clear.
Square and swallowtail banners were marks used by French knights to distinguish between formal knights and squires, which is why the ceremony of "cutting the swallowtail" existed for knighting. But for German knights, there was no such particularity.
Lothar had already cut through the enemy formation by now. Blood dripped down his sword hilt; the weapons of many knights were already nicked and blunted. Only the Winged Hussars’ equipment was clearly superior.
He hadn’t even had a chance to catch his breath when he saw the enemy leader, who had been observing the battle from high ground at the enemy’s rear, now charging towards him with his personal guard.
A trace of weariness welled up in Lothar’s heart. In such a high-intensity combat, where it felt as if one would encounter enemies at every moment without any respite, human stamina was consumed far too quickly.
Though Lothar was relatively well-off; his stamina value had long surpassed the scope of ordinary men. The condition of the others would only be worse!
One had to remember, before this, they had already endured days of arduous marching and were not in peak condition.
He raised the arming sword in his hand and roared, "You’ve come at the right time!"
"Fringilla, Mass Bloodfall!"