Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Five days later, in the plain east of the capital of Barden.

The battle formations of both sides have been set up, and the five heavy catapults on Yoda's side are also ready, waiting to be thrown out at any time. The scale of Yoda's army is also very large. In addition to a large number of conscripted militia, there are also a large number of infantry wearing various armors recruited by various lords with all their efforts, a certain number of archers, as well as some light cavalry and heavy cavalry composed of the lords' knights.

The above are only the Balden troops loyal to the third prince, and there are also 10,000 Yoda regular troops. Except for the lack of heavy cavalry, everything else is fully prepared.

The third prince looked at his troops with great satisfaction. This time he basically invested all his belongings just to win this battle. According to the news brought by the front-line troops, Midland's troops would not exceed 30,000, while his and Yoda's troops combined would have 60,000. This difference of two to one meant that the advantage was in my favor.

They still have to talk before the war, and the commanders of both sides still have to meet again. On the Midland side, Count Milo handed over the power of command and negotiation to John. There was no other way. He was too embarrassed and almost lost all his troops. Most of them were John's troops now. He might as well do him a favor. Then there was the eldest prince (Brian X). He brought an army of 10,000 this time. As the new king, he also had to command the troops to fight the enemy. This was the best time to unite the people's strength.

On Yoda's side, the third prince and Yoda are still the temporary commander, and most of the negotiations and commands are also handed over to the third prince.

The third prince rode over and looked at John triumphantly, then he saw King Bolian X wearing a crown behind him, and his face suddenly changed from pride to shock.

"The battle hasn't even started yet, and you've already crowned yourself?" the third prince taunted.

"Five days ago, with my father's permission, I was crowned as the new King of Barden in the presence of Archbishop Barden and representatives from all walks of life in the royal capital. I have obtained the permission of the Kingdom of Midland and the Principality of Is. You can call me King Borlian X or Brother." King Borlian X still hoped to reconcile with the third prince.

"Okay, then let's see who can survive to the end on the battlefield!" The third prince was so angry that he said only this sentence and turned his horse's head back to the camp.

"Don't worry, this is how the fight for the throne works. Don't worry, I will save you if I can. Remember to watch my signal and order the soldiers to charge when you see the frontal troops charging." John patted him on the shoulder and went back to the camp. John used his own troops in the frontal troops. The left wing was the remnants of Count Milo's Midland troops, commanded by the commander of the Midland Legion, and the right wing was Balden's troops, commanded by Bolian X.

After the third prince returned to the main camp angrily, Commander Yoda asked: "Should we send the catapult troops to fire?"

"No," the third prince refused.

"It's not a good time to launch a trebuchet now. I need a trebuchet to attack their cavalry or general guards when their cavalry units are in close combat. The others are not a big threat to us."

"Now let those conscripted militiamen consume their arrows, and let those nobles' infantrymen hold the line," the third prince ordered.

After receiving the order, the commander of the conscripted militia ordered the messenger to wave the conscripted militia flag, signaling each conscripted militia regiment to start moving forward. The infantry regiments behind also began to move forward following the waving of the infantry flag.

Seeing the Yoda army in the distance begin to attack, John also ordered: "Everyone move forward."

In this way, the two armies slowly approached each other on the great plain, as if they were about to start a massacre.

The third prince also took out his telescope with great interest. He couldn't wait to see the bloodshed of the Midland army.

Just when the conscripted militia was about ten meters away from Midlan's soldiers, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Now!" Then suddenly someone stabbed the commander of the conscripted militia with a sword.

Then, at the same time, the commanders of other conscripted militia units were suddenly attacked almost at the same time. Some had half of their bodies chopped off by huge axes, while others had their throats stabbed by long swords. In short, all the officers commanding the conscripted militia died in a short period of time.

Then, in front of the Third Prince's shocked gaze, a man stood up from the conscripted militia, waved a pure yellow flag and said:

"People of Barden, our country is currently under attack by the Yodas. As the third heir to the country, the Third Prince not only does not help his compatriots, but instead colludes with the Yodas for the throne of Barden. If such a person becomes king, he will still sell out our interests in the end. This king is illegitimate, and we should not work for him and his lackeys and gangsters anymore. Fellow countrymen, take up arms and drive the Yodas out!"

Following these words, all the conscripted militiamen responded, and eventually all of them chose to fight to the death with the Yoda people, and began to change the direction of their attack, attacking the Balden infantry behind them. As the conscripts in the front suddenly revolted, the infantry behind them did not have much time to react before they engaged in a short-range battle with the conscripts, and for a moment the front line of the first row of infantry was broken, causing the infantry behind them to also join the war.

"Catapult, fire quickly." The third prince said in panic.

Because this kind of heavy catapult requires a lot of people and placing stones is very slow, just as the soldiers were operating the catapult, teams of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the woods in the distance to the right of Yoda's troops. Although their equipment was different and the weapons they held were also varied, their shouts could be heard from a distance.

"Quickly form a formation, quickly form a formation," said the commander in charge of guarding the right wing of the army, and Yoda's soldiers quickly began to fight the enemy in a defensive formation.

However, when they saw the cavalry getting closer, they realized that there were about several thousand cavalrymen. Because the main soldiers were in the front troops, there were not many soldiers on the two wings.

In a moment, the shields of the infantry in front were pierced by the knight's lance, and the infantry retreated several meters before stopping. The knight immediately threw away his lance, took out his sword and began to kill the archers behind.

Another team bypassed the infantry and rushed directly towards the soldiers who were operating the trebuchets. When they saw the cavalry rushing towards them, they didn't think twice and just dropped the trebuchets and ran away.

At this time, some cavalrymen came down and started to operate the trebuchets. Because the Yoda people had already completed the most important steps, they could operate the trebuchets after completing the follow-up work. So they turned the trebuchets to the left wing. As the soldiers cut the ropes controlling the trebuchets, the heavy trebuchets immediately threw a large number of stones into the left wing. For a while, the troops on the left wing were blown to pieces by their own people.

At this time, the third prince knew that he had been defeated but his army had not yet collapsed, so he began to let the soldiers raise their flags and began to gather the soldiers on the front battlefield. Then, he ordered the archers to shoot at the same time and ordered the cavalry to tie down the Midland cavalry behind them.

"Sir, this might kill one of our own people," one of the subordinates advised.

"But now if the archers don't shoot, then we will definitely be defeated. Listen to my orders, all archers shoot!" The third prince no longer cared about the casualties of his friendly forces. He needed at least the front battlefield to be stable.

As a wave of arrows rained down from the sky, they hit the rebellious conscripted militia and infantry regiment. The infantry regiment suffered relatively little loss because of its excellent equipment, but the unarmored conscripted militia quickly became sitting ducks. If they were hit, they would either die or be injured.

When the commander saw this, he quickly shouted to Midland's army: "Hurry up! We can't hold on any longer!"

After hearing this, John said: "Stephen, prepare to fire!"

Stephen, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately ordered, "Artillery, fire!"

At one moment, fourteen cannons fired at the same time, making a deafening sound, and then a dozen black shadows suddenly appeared in the sky and smashed towards Balden's archers. At one moment, any archer of the Balden rebel army who was hit by a cannonball would either die or lose a limb, and the shooting of the entire archer camp was suppressed by the artillery for a short time.

At this moment John ordered: "Infantry, charge!"

Accompanied by the sound of the Midlan trumpeter's horn, the entire Midlan infantry rushed towards Yoda's troops like a tidal wave, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Balden rebels who had long lost their formation.

How could the Balden rebels, who were attacked from both sides, be a match for the neatly-formed sergeants and foot knights? They were forced to retreat as a whole.

The third prince saw that if they were to lose on the front battlefield, the entire army would surely collapse, so he ordered: "The reserve troops and the guards will attack with me!" He hoped to stabilize the defense line with numbers.

As more and more troops from the Balden rebels were deployed, the entire front battlefield became like a meat grinder. From time to time, rebels from Mitlan and Balden fell, but neither side retreated. The entire grass was dyed blood red.

John realized that it was no use wasting time like this, so he took out his last trump card.

"Knights, the time has come for you to perform meritorious deeds. Do you see that flag? When the time comes, you should outflank it and knock it down directly. Then, shout that the commander is dead and everyone who surrenders will not be killed. Now, everyone, move out!"

More than 1000 knights began to move to the left wing after John gave the order. Because the left wing had just been hit by a catapult, there were not many people guarding it. The knights easily broke through the left wing and directly raided the third prince's camp. Because the third prince was too focused on his camp, he did not notice the large number of Midlan's cavalry arriving from the left wing until he heard the sound of a large number of people trampling on the ground. At this time, it was too late.

The knights with their lances charged directly into the flank of the Third Prince's main camp. As they were unprepared, the Balden rebels were caught off guard and could only fight hastily. The knights were unstoppable and soon reached the Third Prince's flag. A knight immediately cut off the Third Prince's flag and fought while saying, "The commander is dead, surrender and you will not be killed." For a moment, the whole battlefield was filled with the voice of "The commander is dead, surrender and you will not be killed."

When the Balden rebels on the front battlefield saw that the third prince's flag was gone, they immediately thought that the third prince was dead. They lost all their fighting spirit and were in chaos for a while.

"Don't run! Come back!" The third prince couldn't help but shout, but the battle had come to this point, it didn't matter whether you lived or died. Even though the Balden rebels saw the third prince, they looked back at the Midland army that was chasing them and decided to run away.

"Your Highness!" a personal soldier said at this time.

"The battle has gotten this bad, so we should withdraw first and keep the main force. We will still have time to gather more troops later."

The Third Prince saw that the battle had turned out like this and that defeat was inevitable. After weighing the pros and cons for a few seconds, he said angrily:

"The whole army retreats!"