Power and Empire Chapter 1193: Last letter
On October 12, the most famous Balas retreat in the history of Icadiva began,
, the 170,000 Barras garrison who had been cut off to retreat finally chose the second option. The fortress commander, Earl Busey, personally led 11 thousand warriors and continued to hold on to the crumbling fortress, and the other 150,000. Chose to participate in this great retreat to Aaron,
In the early morning fog, the Balas garrison was secretly assembled, and according to the plan of the night, it was divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the back, and the branch opened from the back of the fortress. Tens of thousands of soldiers poured out from the fortress,
The snowy armor flows and emerges in the deep fog, as if a luminous river has been added to the earth,
"Hope everything is safe!" At the crossroads one mile away from the fortress, the commander, Earl Busey, looked at the unobserved soldiers, his eyes flickering, and the army traversed this short 50 li hills, if the speed If it's fast, it will take about one day, but will the falcon cavalry lurking in this hilly area really let the army pass so easily? Earl Busey is also not sure,
He can only take a gamble, hoping that the commander of the Falcon Army is not a very courageous and decisive person. After all, facing a strict army of 150,000, not all commanders will have the courage to give orders to attack ,
As long as hesitates or is timid, this retreat will be successful. There is never a complete guarantee on the battlefield. In many cases, victory and defeat are sometimes just a flash of surprise in the mind. It is the commander himself who decides this aspect. Some are calm, some are brave, some are bold, some are reckless, some are cunning, and some are wise. Different commanders will react differently when facing the same situation.
"My lord, do you have anything else to say?"
The commander of the big retreat, General Slay, came out of the queue. He rode on a horse to salute the Earl of Bussy. This elegant middle-aged man had the calm temperament of a lion and the manners of a standard soldier. His back is straight, and his gleaming eyes are staring at Count Bussy
" The most important thing in this retreat is speed. The day is not long or short. The opponent is a cavalry with high mobility, so if you encounter unnecessary contact, you should have a choice!"
Earl Busey flashed a hesitation in his eyes, and finally he said something worth pondering,
"Choose?" General Slay was taken aback. He didn't know the specific meaning of the term Earl Busey
"Have you ever seen a gecko?" Count Busy said with a serious look. "When encountering a sudden attack, if you can use your tail to exchange your entire body, you can give it up if necessary!"
" It turned out to be this, the subordinates understand! "General Slay's expression is a little bit dignified. The analogy is clear. Although it is cruel, the necessary abandonment is also a decision that the commander must face.
In his heart, he didn’t know that although the 150,000 army has the advantage in numbers, most of them are volunteers with low combat effectiveness. If they really encounter a sudden attack from the enemy, they will probably not fight. Chaos, so this time the 150,000 army is divided into three groups, the front, middle and back. Even if one of them encounters the enemy, the other two can have a chance to avoid the impact of the collapse. The original intention of this formation is to break the arm of the strong. Just give up all the way,
" On the shoulders is the fate of the 150,000 army. You must be cautious. These are the last men of Aaron. I hope your Excellency can take them back safely! "Earl Busey looked into the distance with a confused look. The soldiers passing by, said solemnly
"Master, I understand. Don't worry, I will take the children back safely." General Slay said with a heavy face, "Is there anything else you can order from the lord? Do I need to bring a message to the family? , After all..."
"No, since the day I guarded Ballas, my family has been fully awakened. Let the notice of death tell them! It has been 10 years, and they are looking forward to it too!" Busy The earl smiled bitterly, and looked affectionately at the distant mountains. "Aaron in winter is very beautiful. I really want to see the snowy day."
"My lord..." Slimmer stood silently, watching Earl Busey, who had already seen everything, and finally saluted seriously. "If his subordinates are lucky enough to survive the war, they must come here as the tombstone of the adults. , Present a handful of snow on the summit of Aaron"
"So there is no extravagance." Earl Busey nodded, his bright smile is so sincere, go, take them back to Aaron! , The army went away, and finally turned into a black spot in the distance,
The gray-haired old figure of Count Busey seemed to merge with the majestic Fortress of Barras standing on the mountain in the distance. Behind him, more than 20 officers who chose to stay stood and watched. In the direction of the tail of the army, the wind will drown everything in the end
"Let's go back to the fortress!" Earl Busey mounted his horse, and the officers followed him, revealing a sense of determination. A rumbling sound came from the direction of the fortress. In front of the fortress, the Thor of the Falcon Army again The bombardment started again,
The 5-gate Siege Thor has exploded a huge inner pit in the mountain below the Fortress of Balas. The huge fortress on the top of the mountain is already in danger. The 5 high walls outside the fortress collapsed last night. Blocked, now the second outer wall collapsed suddenly, and even the main fortress of the fortress showed huge cracks, like being severely slashed by someone, and the arrow tower of a main fort even split in half. Terrible
" Your Majesty, I feel something is wrong! "Caesar Sauron walked in from outside the camp and saw the fat man reading a report leisurely
" What's wrong? "The fat man looked away from the report, raised his head and glanced at Caesar Sauron, and said indifferently, "It's normal if it's abnormal. It's all labeled as such, and there's no reaction at all, then It's hell!"
" Your Majesty, what I said is abnormal, I mean I didn't see any big reaction from the fortress! "Caesar Sauron said blankly, "This shouldn't be, should they just wait for death like this? That's 17. Ten thousand people! Even 170,000 mice wouldn’t be so united."
" Nonsense, everyone ran away, where is the reaction! "The fat man pouted his mouth in disdain
" ran away? "Caesar Sauron's face was taken aback, showing a hint of surprise." Your Majesty meant that the Doroks abandoned the Fortress of Baras? No, I just came from the front, although some places collapsed , But you can clearly see someone patrolling above!"
" I left this morning! "The fat man closed the report in his hand and smiled slightly." Don’t forget, we have an inside line inside the Dorok Army. I heard that the Barras’s defenders almost had infighting last night, although it finally calmed down. Coming down, but also made the decision to retreat. The Baras Fortress in front of us is nothing but an empty shell with severely insufficient troops. Its main force has already ran towards Aaron with its tail sandwiched!"
" Did your Majesty just watch the Aaron people run away? "Caesar Sauron looked at the fat man in astonishment. This is too inconsistent with the falcon’s usual style of hitting the dead, the 10 of the Fortress of Barras. If tens of thousands of people ran back to Aaron, it would be dangerous for Crolitsat, who was delaying outside Aaron.
" Don’t worry, the way back to Aaron is not so peaceful! "The fat man seemed to have been prepared, and said unhurriedly, "Your Majesty said, this time the ambush is the archer?" Caesar Sorron’s face flashed. After a bit of confusion, the archers are not the formation of the imperial cavalry.
"Hehe, 40,000 prairie rangers who have already opened their bowstrings!" A sneer appeared at the corner of the fat man’s mouth. "I have ordered Duo Weiyan to set up ambush on the spot. A distance of 50 miles, even a rapid march will take a day. What's more, the army that has spread for more than ten miles, if they escape separately, there may be a chance to escape, but they are smart and concentrate the army on one road, then no one can be blamed,
They only thought that the cavalry would not dare to attack the infantry group with absolute superiority, but they did not consider one thing, that is, if it is a windy archer, such a light infantry scattered within range The cluster is the object of slaughter! "
"40,000 elite prairie archers!" An unnatural paleness flashed across Caesar Sauron's face when he heard the fat man's words. When he was an officer of the Vijay King's guard, the Kujit Ranger's The longbow and the fierce arrows made him deeply feel the helplessness of being unable to resist,
When the arrow clusters are pouring down like a rainstorm, the cavalry shooting arrows in the distance swept past like a storm~IndoMTL.com~ Their skilled horsemanship can even make them shoot powerful arrow clusters at a distance of 10 meters. , And then ran away like a ghost, coming in like the wind, and leaving like the rain, bringing countless blood and corpses. Under their dense clusters of arrows, in addition to the well-protected heavy infantry, the other light armies are completely covered. The object of the massacre,
And 80% of the Dorok army that retreated this time were infantry equipped only with simple leather armor. The outcome of this battle is self-evident. The 50-mile hilly land will soon be invaded. Full of blood!
In the Fortress of Barras, Count Bussy, who returned to the fortress, walked into his office. Like everyone else’s room, his office was also shattered with several black lines like cracks, and the papers on the desk. Was also shaken to the ground,
In this situation, even the guard at the door seemed a little absent-minded. They looked around in a panic, afraid that the falling stones would hit him, so no one noticed the documents on the commander’s desk. Was shaken to the ground
"My lord, don't worry!" The captain of the guard walked in at this moment and saw the dropped documents hurried over to clean up. Count Busy waved to him and said calmly, "Forget it, it's all people who are about to die. Yes, there is still so particular about it!"
"Huh!"
Earl Busey heard a strange low voice from his captain
"What's the matter? Earl Busey asked
"Here is a dropped report!" The captain of the guard picked up a white report cover from the left corner of the file pile
" Well? It seems to be a report that was missed the day before yesterday! Because I was too tired at the time, I forgot to read it. "Earl Busey smiled, and walked over to take the report from the captain of the guard, open the report, West Earl glanced over, and the corners of his mouth's smile solidified. (End)