"Only the Sarmatian Cavalry use the dragon head banner!"
Sarmatians?
Just a defeated general.
The Huns’ westward campaign wiped out even the Sarmatian tribes of the Eurasian steppes; their riders were turned into porcupines in the grassland terrain.
Charagan asked in a deep voice, "How many cavalry does the enemy have?"
He was the commander of this Hun unit and a chieftain-in-waiting of a Hun tribe. As the legendary Heroic Eagle Shooter of the Huns, Charagan’s military achievements were outstanding, and the number of Germanic chieftains who died by his hand was close to five.
During the westward campaign of the Hun army, those small Germanic tribes were sometimes wiped out in a day or two.
The Hun scout cavalier said, "Only a bit over two hundred cavalry."
The infantry on both sides were not vastly different in numbers; the Huns’ Vassal Army held a certain numerical advantage, and in cavalry units, they had a huge advantage. The combined Hun cavalry numbered one to two thousand and could harass and assault the enemy’s flanks at any time.
Duncan’s troops numbered about two thousand five hundred, with roughly two thousand three hundred infantry, slightly fewer than the Huns’ Vassal Army.
The advantage is mine!
Ready to fight!
With such a cavalry advantage, they could fight if they wished or leave if they wanted; the initiative in war was entirely in their hands.
Charagan had certainly heard of Duncan’s fame, especially from the mouths of defeated Hun riders, but no matter how strong Duncan was, he was just one man. At that time, they could concentrate their elite troops, release a hail of arrows, and directly shoot him to death. Even if that failed, he had a well-equipped heavy cavalry under his command to encircle and kill the strong enemy.
The Hun army’s westward campaign had seen all kinds of demons and monsters!
They had their own Sanctuary of Ten Thousand Spirits. The ancient Shamanism was passed down in their tribe. Aside from mythical Giant Dragons from Nordic Mythology, any supernatural monsters or ghostly creations by Germanic priests were trampled into mud by their iron cavalry.
While the Huns were destroying the Holy Sanctuary of the Sarmatians, they even encountered beasts bursting from flames, which were shot into porcupines by a volley of arrows and fled all the way to Thrace.
As for barbarian warriors with legendary strength, whether the Slavic barbarians in Eastern Europe or Germanic barbarians in Western Europe, many existed with legendary giant strength, yet Hun Heroic Eagle Shooters had killed many!
The Shamanism of Ten Thousand Spirits worshiped by the Huns was significantly related to the Eternal Heaven worshipped later by the Mongolians.
Ten Thousand Spirits guided their westward campaign!
They swept across Europe, conquered the mighty Roman Empire, first subduing the Eastern Empire and making it a tributary, then breached the Gaul gates of the Western Empire, and thereafter turning all of Europe into their horse ride pastures.
In the name of God, sweep through Europe!
The Hun Empire, though not as powerful as the Mongol Empire, fought much further; once breaching the gates of Gaul, they could push all the way to Spain.
Charagan was naturally protected by Ten Thousand Spirits and had killed many Germanic priests on his westward campaign.
Unless the gods descended personally to the mortal realm, they dared to fight through Europe all the way!
"Deploy the Alan Vassal Army in the front of the central army."
Charagan prepared to battle Duncan, who was said to be famed, in a fair engagement. He positioned the Alan Vassal Army at the forefront of the central army to deplete the enemy, with East Goth heavy infantry and Gepid spearmen on the flanks. Because the East Goths were fierce and brave in battle, they held a significant position among the Hun army’s infantry and could claim loot before other vassals.
As for the Hun cavalry, he personally led the heavy cavalry and elite riders to guard the right wing, looking for openings to crush the enemy in one fell swoop, while the left wing was left to his deputy to lead Hun nomads, Hun Mounted Archers, and Hun Rangers to harass the opponent.
These troops were actually all mounted archers.
There was only a slight difference in the armor they wore and their capability in close combat charges. The Huns’ cavalry strength was far weaker than the later Mongolian iron cavalry; their nomads rarely wore armor, their mounted archers only wore leather armor, while rangers equipped studded gear and plated armor, with only elite riders possessing iron armor, qualifying as true heavy cavalry.
Attila, the God’s Whip, led the army west. Among the twenty to thirty thousand Hun cavalry, nomads made up the majority, akin to peasant militia formations of the empire, merely clad in leather coats.
Light cavalry focused on mounted archery but could also engage in a bout of melee combat.
As for the truly elite iron cavalry, Attila only had four to five thousand under his command.
This was still after defeating the Eastern Empire and plundering the Balkan region to accumulate wealth and incidentally looting countless barbarian tribes.
Therefore, the final hard battle of the Battle of Shalon was between the elite riders of the Western Goth Kingdom and the grassland iron cavalry of the Hun Empire.
From afar, Charagan saw the enemy’s advancing troops.
He noticed the enemy temporarily halting to rest and simultaneously began to array their forces. Nearby was a small river which, although crossable, affected the mobility of cavalry, so he maneuvered the Gepids to the left wing.
Dimension Space, under God’s perspective.
Duncan already began arranging forces; his projection showed markings much like the total war commands seen in strategic games, where formation orders were determined by the army’s training level. For example, the British Legion could form three decent formations in the central army, whereas other auxiliary legions had crooked formations, clearly indicating inadequacy and insufficient training.
Outside the battlefield.
In the strategic map view of God’s perspective, a cavalry unit marked in blue appeared to the north.
——Frankish Assault Cavalry.
——Frankish Chieftain Guards (Two-Star).
——Frankish Noble Riders (One-Star).
——Frankish Holy Knights (One-Star).
The top heavy cavalry of Britain was the Lager Knights, while the Franks had the Frankish Holy Knights, trained with the assistance of the Hermitage.
An entirely cavalry force.
Numbering nearly a thousand, with Frankish infantry corps coming from farther away.
——Molov (Frankish Leader) (Chieftain) (Heroic Luck) (Odin’s Gaze) (Three-Star Silver Grey)!
This must be the Molov who was mythologized in later generations and rumored to be the son of the Sea God.
Hmm.
It should be from rumor to rumor; there are no longer any half-human, half-god beings.
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