Power and Empire Chapter 1860: Blood and fire, the battle for northern Gaul (5)
Winter River Valley
The sun is shining on the earth, and the snow layer slowly melts in the sun. Some strong-growing herbaceous plants ups and downs in the wind, stretching their lonely posture to their heart's content. Watermark advertising testWatermark advertising test
There are no flowers, no trees, only an unknown weed. The locals call this grass multi-step grass. They can grow tenaciously on the walls full of rocks, and stick out their body tenaciously in the forbidding crevices of the rocks. This kind of licorice greedily absorbs the sunlight to make up for the lack of foundations. The scout’s horseshoes stepped on it. In front of you, the river surface stretches to the distance, it is very frozen, and the long icicle hangs upside down on the nearby bridge, like a long arch formed by a crystal clear giant side.
It can be seen that there is a fertile river bed without freezing masses,
Falcon Scout Captain Rocabur rode a war horse, and took a dozen of them carefully across the river that is not conducive to hiding. The black armor looks very dazzling on the white lake and mountains, and their eyes are alert. Looking across the river,
During their mission, they monitor the Gaul army and report every move of the Gaul army to the Legion Department in time. This is an order from the Legion Department.
Over the river, Rocabull climbed up a small hill and looked around. His pupils shrank unnaturally. What's the matter? Even if he had seen various situations, he was confused by the situation in front of him. The Gaul army originally stationed here disappeared. Yesterday it was the place where the Gaul army was stationed, but now it is empty.
"Damn it, where are all the Gauls dead?"
Rokabur felt angrily and felt a trace of chill coming out of his back. His eyes swept across the empty camp opposite without blinking. The Gaul army had a total of forty to fifty thousand people. If it was an evacuation, it would be okay to say that I was afraid that it would not be an evacuation. But there are other attacks"
"You said, are you afraid of our invitation to the battle, so let's run ahead!" Another scout next to him said in confusion
"This shouldn’t be possible, even if they don’t agree to the battle. There is no possibility of all evacuation!’ Rocabul is a veteran scout. After confirming that his surroundings are completely safe, he immediately rode his horse to Gaul. The camp of the troops. At the entrance of the camp, he saw the footprints of many people, as well as the deep marks of the axle of the wagon wheel, with a bit of dignity. Rocable jumped off the horse quickly and squatted down so that his body was in the place with the most footprints. Picking up a handful of wet soil on the ground, lifted it to the position of the nose, with fingers, the wet soil scattered and fell, Rocabull took a deep breath carefully,
"How? Can you tell the time?" the companion next to him asked eagerly
Rocaboul raised his head. Looking to the east, he whispered in bewilderment, "It's weird. From the analysis of the soil quality, the time for the enemy to evacuate did not exceed three hours. In other words, the enemy has just been withdrawn! And..." Rock Bull's eyes swept across the entire row of wooden fences around the camp and still stood there. There were some debris on the ground, which seemed very unsettling, because it was because of some kind of urgent order that he had hurriedly evacuated!
" Lahso, you immediately return to Baishan and report this to the Legion Headquarters! "Rocabul stood up, his eyes flashing brightly, he shouted to the men behind him" To ensure that the Gauls would not Go and come back, other people follow me everything, pay close attention to the situation here! Do you know it?"
" Yes! Captain "A dozen scouts responded in a sudden, all of them are experienced middle-level central army scouts. There is no need for special instructions and arrangements. A dozen scouts will quickly go to various hidden spots nearby based on their own characteristics. Arranged and time passed, Rockbull squatted on a rock. The temperature in winter is very low. Here is a wilderness near the riverbed, and the temperature is even lower. Even if a senior waiter like Rockbull has his face at this time I have also turned purple and have a real cotton coat on my body to keep out the cold, but my bare hands and feet are always inevitable,
"Captain, I think the Gauls really ran away!" There was the voice of a young scout beside him. The young scout was around twenty-three or four, with a pair of curiosity under his flax hair Look, I dare not leave the front at all"
"If that's the case, we will make a lot of money!"
Rockbull’s mouth smiles slightly.” The scar on his face jumps up and down every time he speaks, squeezing into an angle, and looks particularly hideous. He has long been accustomed to this type of scar, so it’s no surprise. , The army scouts are the top soldiers of the elite class. It is commonplace to encounter enemy scouts. Only those who can come back alive are qualified to be called skilled scouts.
"You know, if the Gauls give up here, there will be no danger from Baishan to Antura!"
Rockbur quietly leaned out half of his body and looked at the direction of Baishan behind. He now hopes that Lahso, who delivers the letter, can hurry, because before the arrival of the army, the Gallic troops may return here at any time. If the Falcon Army can arrive before the return of the Gauls, Antura, an important town in northern Gaul, will face the attack of the Falcon Army.
Today’s luck is good for the Falcons. After receiving the report from the scout, Salon hesitated and thought it was a good fighter. The Gaul gave up the valley defense line. Why didn’t they take the opportunity to get through this throat? Land,
He immediately ordered the army to assemble, and then drew from the Baishan to the Antura line of defense. The valley is a valley in the mountain valley from Baishan to Antura, because the Bia River that crosses Antura originates from here, so again Known as the river valley, the terrain is dangerous, and there is only one road accessible. The 10th, 11th, and 12th Infantry Regiments of the Gaul Northern Army withdrew from the Baishan and stationed in the valley, like a gate, blocking the Baishan to Antu So Saron did not immediately advance in the direction of Antura after occupying Baishan. The total strength of the three infantry regiments of the Northern Army exceeded 50,000. In the case of double damage, the river valley cannot be beaten,
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the fastest 1,000 cavalry arrived in the valley. The Gauls did not come, and a thousand cavalry quickly searched the other side of the valley to avoid being a trap of the enemy. After inspection, it was confirmed that the place had indeed been abandoned by the Gauls.
At four o’clock in the afternoon, Saron’s 20,000 troops arrived. At this time, news of the Gauls army was heard from the other side. Saron walked up to the heights of the river valley, raised the observation mirror in his hand, and saw the distance. The valley is about ten miles away. A Gaul army is slowly coming towards this side, and on the battle flag fluttering in the wind is a round of red moon emblems
"Ha ha, Bi Danjun!" The corners of Salon's mouth grinned slightly
By five o'clock in the afternoon, Bi Danjun led by Duke Simon finally reached the valley. Duke Simon looked at the strange calm ahead. It seems to be dissatisfied. There are only stones and weeds in the desolate snowy wilderness. The breeze is blowing the weeds, the heights are undulating, and the river surface is more than 50 meters wide, which is frozen in the middle. This is the landform of the river valley
"I have already arrived here. Why hasn't anyone come to meet you!"
Duke Simon felt a trace of anger and murmured to himself. After that, he must take care of these lazy and impolite guys. He raised his hand high without much hesitation, and he was full of 30,000 behind him. Bi Danjun shouted "Go!" The armoured army stepped into the frozen river in front. But at this moment, there was a faint sound of horseshoes across the river.
"Attention!"
Bi Danjun’s officers stopped, all slightly surprised,
Everyone looked at the other side of the river in unison. Duke Simon raised his head curiously, his complexion suddenly turned ugly, he almost fell off his horse, the sound of horse hooves, where did the Northern Army come from any horses, not the Northern Army, then it could only be the Falcon Army,
woo woo woo! "
The long horns echoed several miles wide in the sky. A group of black-armored light cavalry appeared in front first, followed by the infantry of the brigade, but it was his dazed ten seconds, extremely fast light cavalry. Already like a mountain torrent, it attacked from a high place on the opposite side, "Wh," the knife was neatly drawn with a blade of light, and the vibration of the horse's hoof shook the river."
"Is this an offense!"
Seeing the situation in front of him, Duke Simon, who has always been selfish, shuddered immediately. He couldn't figure out how there were tens of thousands of Gaul troops in front of him. How did the other Falcon Empire directly penetrate into it? Here, and the opponent's cavalry of about a thousand people, what use is it to face your own 30,000 Bi Dan army?
"Come, order to stop the opposing cavalry!"
Duke Simon yelled that he was still on the other side of the river. As a military chief, when his order was transmitted, he saw that the troops in front had been in chaos, because the troops were still stuck on the river and saw The Falcon cavalry who had killed ferociously on the opposite side suddenly became a mess on the ice. Kill! The assault group composed of a thousand cavalrymen has plunged into the Bi Dan army infantry group on the river like an unstoppable sharp knife.
Papa"
The situation did not develop as the Duke Simon had imagined. The order to block had not been passed to the front. The unorganized Gaul infantry had already been hit like a bowling ball immediately before the impact. Scattered and flew out, the scene was like a heavy hammer hitting the water, splashing countless splashes. The Gaul infantry still on the ice was completely stunned, with flying swords on their heads. It was countless high war horses ramming like giant beasts,
The body of a person is like a piece of paper that can be pierced by a poke, and countless blood explodes in all directions. The body of the compatriot is like a straw when the horses hooves of the cavalry are involved and turned into pieces. The blood with a chest spouts half a meter high,
"Mom"
A Gaul soldier behind was frightened. He dropped the weapon in his hand, turned and ran. There are many people like him. If you look at it from a high place, you will see it on the front of the cavalry. It is a burst of blood, and behind it is the Gaul soldiers running back like collapsed building blocks
" Surround them, they are not many!"
nearby Gaul commanders shouted anxiously. They thought that compared with the 30,000 Bi Dan army, it is not worth worrying about the attack surface formed by only one thousand light cavalry, as long as they can stop the opponent’s offensive. , It can lead to a reversal. The Bi Danjun commanders who firmly believe in this have brought their personal guards to fight back. As the direct line officers of the Duke of Simon, these Gaul officers showed incomparable loyalty to the Duke of Simon at critical moments.
The two iron currents finally hit each other, snapping. The horses crossed, blood sputtered from the horses and the broken knight's sword. The horseshoes slammed into the blood on the ground, and the battle-hardened Imperial light cavalry continued to move forward.
The squeezed guillotine hit the opponent heavily, the horse neighed, and people flew down from the galloping horse, shields, armors, weapons, and bodies, because the distance was too close, everything that could hit. All become offense
Strike the opponent’s powerful weapon,
Gaul commander’s guard cavalry has outstanding personal combat capabilities, but in this complete chaotic situation, their outstanding martial arts have no room for display. In front are the broken infantry. The guard cavalry can only choose to dodge in a panic, and then fight separately. Unable to form a battlefield,
The falcon hussars on the opposite side swarmed in unscrupulously,
is usually three or four at the same time against a guard cavalry, the horses staggered like galloping swords. The guard cavalry blocked the saber on the left, and was slashed by the saber on the right, blocking the spear on the right, and on the left was a **** cavalry spear.
In the crowded and chaotic flow of people, the guard cavalry has no room to dodge, no matter how powerful it is. He was also directly cut off, disrupted the battle, and formed his own advantage in a small area. It has been tempered by the Falcon Army in **** battles for many years.
Instinct. What's more, many of the light cavalry were born in Kujit, and they have amazing performances in the tacit understanding of the encirclement. They are like gorgeous flying butterflies, with dazzling coordination with sharp wings.
Easily cut off the target’s head
Among those who died in the battle, there was Simon’s Guard Captain Grintill. His tall man was like a mountain riding on a war horse, and the heavy armor on his body crushed the horse
While panting, he wielded a giant long sword frantically, slashing a defeated army with a single sword, and then successively chopped off two falcon light cavalry, and was immediately shot by the light cavalry in charge of covering the position with a crossbow. Shoulders, two hussars at the same time
The sharp assault spear penetrated from his front, encircling on three sides,
"Grintier!" Duke Simon watched his captain fall down like a porcupine, his eyes were bloodshot, and he cursed angrily from behind,
He couldn’t figure out how, his Bi Dan army had 30,000 people, and he was almost an elite tiger wolf division armed with the entire northern power, but now, the opponent has only one thousand light cavalry intruders, why is he The Bi Danjun, who had placed great hopes on him, was so fragile and completely disintegrated.
Duke Simon’s distressed June, he saw his troops on the enemy’s horseshoes, like dry Joe wheat poles, constantly squeezing and breaking from the middle, losing the formation support, and the strength of the infantry was swayed by the impact. , The ground was full of heads rolling, blood stained the ice below, it was all his painstaking effort, it was what he hoped for, and now he is trampled on the ground ruthlessly by the Falcon Army
Saron’s war horse leaped onto the mound opposite the Winter River Valley, and the infantry clusters holding heavy shields appeared from behind him like a black line. The crossbowmen drew the bowstrings of the crossbow from the heights, countless Clusters of arrows crowded and collapsed downwards
The Gaul infantry pours down, the world is full of terrible shocking waves, and the raindrops of arrows violently bombard the crowd crowded below, like waves slapped on the hard rock wall, melting For the horror of splashing
Red
Gallic soldiers fell into the ice with arrows, most of them were not shot, but their compatriots trampled to death by their chaotic and disorderly foot,
The corpses of the Gaul Bidan, who had been completely frightened, piled up hills on the cold ice, and blood gurgled the ice below. The wounded soldiers were crushed in the pile of corpses and screamed for help. People have free time, the wounded soldiers are crawling in the pile of corpses, crying hysterically, and uttering horrible shouts. This is a sign of mental breakdown
The 15,000 infantrymen of the Saron Legion began to step into the river! Three phalanxes of five thousand people, heavy and rhythmic, neat footsteps, even the river is trembling, and the sharp, forest-like spears in the empire’s black light line look extremely hideous,
On the two wings of the infantry phalanx, the light cavalry who was the first to assault began to return
They proudly spared an arc and pierced the Gaul army on the opposite side. The cavalry was blood-washed all over, although two-thirds of the light cavalry fell on the river. Everyone remaining is more or less wounded, but every hussar proudly raises his head~IndoMTL.com~In this battle, they are the protagonists,
In this battle, the record of breaking the enemy's 30,000 with a thousand horses is enough to make the empire's light cavalry enter the history of the emperor, and Salong, who was supposed to fight Bi Danjun, never expected to win so easily, except for the opposite. The corpse on the river, the disintegrated Gaul troops are fleeing all over the mountains and plains, like a group of frightened ducks, they don’t even have the courage to look back
" It’s strange, if Bi Danjun is here, where did the Northern Army who were originally here go? "Salong's eyes showed a little puzzled,
The Battle of the River Valley is a great irony of Duke Simon’s equipment-only theory. The chief military officer who believes that as long as the equipment is well equipped, the combat effectiveness is strong. When he overemphasizes armaments, he ignores the war itself and is human. War, on equipment,
Bi Danjun is second to none in the north, but when it comes to combat experience, it has only been formed for less than two months. Most of the combat is soldiers who have spent in practice, and they are not at all forged by the war in northern Gaul. That really
The Northern Army can compare,
In a truly high-intensity, high-breakout tragic encounter, troops without the slightest combat experience are simply the targets of slaughter
Stepping on the ice that was stained red for more than a mile, the Salon Army crossed the valley. In this battle, Duke Simon’s known as the most elite Bi Dan Army killed more than 17,000 people, and the Salon Army suffered less than 1,000 casualties. People are the most incredible encounter in the Gaul War of the North
(To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team@范儿青青年] (If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. )