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The commander of the Angevin Corps did not take the scout team's report too seriously.

Although it was indeed a bit strange that the Capetian army, which had been hiding in the city, suddenly went out and started to move, but in this era where honor and monarch were more important than one's own life, they had to show off when their monarch was insulted.

Therefore, the commander of Anjou thought that his majesty's taunting was effective, and he quickly ordered the army to march and sent a team of cavalry to drive the enemy into the encirclement.

This time, just like usual, we will surely win a great victory.

Even though Capet's border troops had begun to learn from Anjou in some areas, such as integrating all the professionals together and having them obey a command system, some deeply rooted things were difficult to change.

Although Capet's Southwestern Frontier Army had accomplished the difficult task of making the professionals belonging to various lords obey one command, the overall army was still a mixed team of professionals and ordinary soldiers. Its combat effectiveness in a head-on confrontation was definitely not as good as that of the Professional Legion of Anjou.

Fire guns are indeed troublesome and deadly to ordinary soldiers, but they are very effective against professional formations. As for artillery, aren't they used for defending cities?

However, when the knight formation came back, the commander discovered something was wrong. The casualties of the knight formation were even greater than he had imagined. The injuries were considered elite troops, but this time there were still casualties, and the enemy had not yet been driven to the designated location?

According to the returning knights, the enemy seemed to have acquired new firearms equipment, a kind of musket that could fire continuously. It posed a great threat to the knight formation and had sufficient suppressive power, so much so that the cavalry formation did not dare to charge rashly after losing several knights.

The staff officer thought for a moment and said, "Commander, why don't we give up this attack? The enemy has equipped themselves with new weapons. We need to investigate thoroughly before making a decision."

But the commander retorted: "No, if we give up this time, doesn't it mean that we are afraid of them? Then the other side will definitely try their best to publicize this victory, and your majesty's plan will be ruined, right?"

The commander's idea was indeed correct. The reason why Alberto could taunt him so closely was because he was absolutely confident in the Angevin army on the battlefield, and he knew that the enemy only dared to defend the city and not fight in the field.

Now that the other party has taken the initiative to attack, if Anjou does not accept the fight, Alberto's proposal will seem a bit clownish.

The staff officer nodded and said, "If that's the case, then we can send out more scouts and cavalry formations this time. We don't want to engage in battle, but focus on reconnaissance. How about that?"

"That's a good strategy. This way we won't seem afraid of them, and we can also find out the situation of their new firearms."

Anjou's commander was not carried away by the situation, he remained rational and prepared to continue testing.

But at this time, a scout team came back and reported: "Commander, the Capetian army suddenly began to retreat, and even confiscated the armor of our fallen colleagues and hung it on the flagpole!"

"They even sang a military song of victory!"

Upon hearing this, the commander of Anjou reacted immediately.

Capet's shameless army merely resisted the cavalry charge and killed two of their own men, yet they shamelessly regarded this as a great victory and prepared to retreat back into the city.

Don't worry about how many people were killed, just say whether you won or not? As long as there is real loot, how many people died and who died, isn't it all just nonsense for Capet's people to brag about?

According to the commander's understanding, those shameless nobles could brag about a great victory just by killing a few enemy cavalrymen. The reason is that Anjou had also had this situation before, but Anjou had already struggled out of the quagmire and no longer needed this so-called great victory.

"Push forward with all the troops, and all the cavalry formations. We must keep the enemy there. We must quickly break camp and engage in battle with all the troops!"

The commander reacted immediately and gave the order, and the staff around him did not dissuade him.

If we let the enemy run away now, no matter what the specific situation is, the enemy will win the battle in the field. Where will your Majesty put his face? If we take the initiative to fight now, as long as we can win a beautiful victory, the previous losses of the cavalry formation can be ignored.

Anjou's military orders were issued much faster than Capet's. Soon the entire army began to move and quickly engaged in battle with Capet.

Soon the commander of Anjou realized something was wrong. The other side was obviously well prepared. Although they were retreating, they had left an ambush. It was obvious that they had calculated that Anjou would come to seek a fight.

The commander of Anjou also knew that the other side would definitely have this defense, but the firepower of the other side's new muskets still exceeded the commander of Anjou's imagination.

Not to mention the machine guns that constantly spewed out flames and required two or three people to operate, even the ordinary soldiers' muskets were semi-automatic and did not require a bolt.

Anjou had just determined this direction in his research on muskets, but the other party already had a perfect finished product.

No wonder those knight formations were injured.

Originally, the few professionals on the other side had already tried their best just to defend against the professional formation on Anjou's side. The old-fashioned muskets were okay against ordinary people's formations, but they would be useless against professional formations.

But this time it seems to be different. It's okay during long-range firefights, but once close contact starts, the enemy's bullets come pouring in like they're free.

Moreover, once he really rushes to the front of the enemy formation, Capet will also throw out an explosive. Although the hit rate is worrying, the power is not small. If it hits the target directly, it can directly blow up a low-level knight.

On the battlefield now, overwhelming fireballs, lightning strikes, wind blades and ice cones flew towards Capet's army. The professionals organized on Capet's side only needed to put up shields for defense. They no longer needed to help ordinary soldiers resist Angevin soldiers and knights while defending as before.

As soon as the Angevin knights and soldiers charged forward, they would be directly shot down by machine guns and muskets. Coupled with the suppression of grenades, it was difficult for Angevin to organize an effective charge.

The commander of Anjou immediately stopped the charge. If he couldn't defeat the enemy in one breath, any further charge would be suicidal.

Just as Capet once overestimated his own capabilities and tried to use cavalry to break up the Angevin spellcaster formation.

The knights could only keep circling around Capet's army, trying to find a weak point to launch a charge.

Now neither side can do anything to the other, and both are waiting for the other to charge, as if shouting, "Come here!"

Alberto once judged that although the spellcasters in the professional formation could help the army gain a huge advantage on the front battlefield, the ones who could truly end the war would be the melee professionals, especially the knights. When spellcasters from both sides started to bombard each other, whichever side's knights could first break into the enemy camp would be the one that had the final say.

If we cannot launch a fatal charge, with the current firepower we can only say: Stop, stop now, don't fight anymore, you won't kill anyone by fighting like this.