When they left, they faced Hamlet's central front directly, without any gaps, but rather a line of shields advancing.
In fact, those nobles had studied muskets, so they equipped some people with shields.
And they weren't just typical wooden shields, but full-body shields lined with iron plates, chosen for the strong ones who could carry them.
These shield bearers charged forward, heads down, shields up, moving slowly but with the purpose of providing cover for the archers, crossbowmen, and musketeers behind them.
They finally entered their firing range.
This meant that the nobles knowingly pushed ordinary soldiers forward to deplete resources, just to conceal the real longbowmen's approach, protecting the elite units.
Now that they were within the range of bows and crossbows, they became useless and were driven to spread out to the sides.
