Power and Empire Chapter 444: Vicia’s counterattack (6)
444 Vicky’s counterattack (6)
The wind blows across the grassland with white frost. The closer it is to the mountains to the west, the weather gets colder. You can still see the hazy sun in the morning, and it may be covered by a cloud of snow at noon.
The vast land is like the iron law of nature
The environment creates everything, and the life that can survive in this extremely cold frozen soil is always so tenacious, just like this piece of grass on the ground still condensed with hoarfrost,
Even if the soil is as hard as ice on the head, the green leaves longing for the sun still stick out tenaciously,
A team of Swadian cavalry stands on the hill, and among them, a strong man like an iron tower is in the middle,
"Vikya must have been here." The sturdy Marquis Willilai's huge rosacea twitched slightly,
He took a deep breath. The unique dryness and freshness in the air made him frown. The wind in the valley was blowing the cold, but it couldn't shake the keen observation that the Marquis of Willy Lay had cultivated through hunting all the time.
Among the Swadian military generals, the unique long-distance tracking ability of the Willylai family is well known. There was a bet by the lord that if anyone can escape the tracking of the Marquis Willylai, he will be given him as the lord’s guard Knight, this record has not been broken until a person hides in the strong wine tank, and the Marquis Willylai is not aware of it, but that person never has the opportunity to crawl out of the wine tank
With this in mind, Marshal Berrante specially arranged for the infantry regiment of the Marquis of Willile to serve as the main search mission.
Advancing steadily with infantry clusters and responding with cavalry flanks,
As long as one of the searched legions entangles the Vikings, the other armies on both sides that rush to it can form an encirclement of Vikings,
It was precisely after seeing through the Swadian army’s attempt that Crolithart’s Mountain Army did not even have the most basic contact, so it hid in the depths of the hills.
"If I didn’t guess wrong, it’s a pity that the Vikya people spent the night here last night. We almost caught them." The Marquis of Willila shook his head, like a missed prey. The hunter, the regretful gaze of the Marquis of Willila disappeared in the undulating hills of the eastern section
"My lord, in fact, we are not without the opportunity," said Lord Victor, the adjutant who followed him. "The Vikya infantry formation is recognized by the mainland as strong, even if it is a Kurdish cavalry formation, it is impossible. The 40,000 Vekia infantry were defeated from the front. If we speed up the march, we might be able to give the Vekia a fatal blow from the back."
"Well, you are right." Adjutant Victor's words caused the frustration of the Marquis Willilai to stagnate, his eyes gradually lit up, and he immediately ordered the flag officer behind him to "raise the legionary flag." The nearby search squadrons immediately moved closer to my main line. We are going to kick Vickiya in the ass"
Villelai is a typical Swadian Infantry Corps commander. In the Swadian Kingdom where cavalry tactics are admired, Villelai’s infantry regiment has always belonged to the second-line regiment that assists in attack, which undoubtedly makes the heart proud. The Marquis of Willile feels a little bit angry,
Vickia's army defeated the third knights of the kingdom, which was known as the elite of the kingdom. This shocked the commanders of the Swadian Legion, who had always looked down upon infantry, but the most experienced was Willila, who commanded the infantry. Marquis
The group raid of infantry can be so strong. The sturdiness of the Vijaya infantry made waves in the heart of the Marquis Willila, who is also the commander of the infantry regiment,
This time, he personally asked Marshal Burrant for the task of taking on the main offensive, and he wanted to compete with the Vikia infantry, which is known as the mainland's strong army.
The Marquis de Villelai wants to see who his infantry regiment, which has devoted all his efforts, is the "real infantry" compared to the newly emerging Vikia infantry.
Just as the soldiers of the 30,000 Willila Army gathered to the main formation from all around, the sound of horseshoes in the distance caught his attention,
The scout cavalry of the "Military Front" advancing to explore the way rushed from a distance like an arrow. From his hastily and panic shouting, the Marquis of Willile felt a trace of an unknown premonition
"What's the matter?" A guard knight standing on the periphery stopped the running panting scout,
"Big! Your lord" scout rolled down from the horse in embarrassment, ran to Willila's horse and knelt down on one knee, pale and said, "We found it in the eastern hills. (read the novel)..." The scout looked suffocated, as if thinking of something horrifying, but opened his mouth and realized that he shouldn’t describe the scene he discovered earlier.
Could it be that the Vikya people looked at the scout flustered, and the deep face of the Marquis Villelai was shining red. This is really an opportunity for a reward from the heavens. The Marquis Villelai habitually clenched his fingers in excitement,
"Give him the water bag", the Marquis of Willy Lay, who was full of eagerness for victory, immediately asked the guards around him to hand a bag of water to the nervous scout. His legion had completed a large-scale assembly. The land meets unexpectedly. Compared with the rush of the Vicia army, he is absolutely sure of winning this first battle.
The "Guru" scout lifted the water bag and took a big gulp, his nervous expression eased slightly, and gradually calmed down from panic and hesitation. The scout waved his hands, trying to make things clearer,
"We searched along the hills of the eastern section according to the orders of the adults, and found the Kurdish lord's cavalry at the foot of the mountain ten miles away."
His words undoubtedly made the happy Willila sink his heart, "You mean you found the Kurdish lord's cavalry in the eastern hills." The Marquis Willila interrupted the scout's report with a wave of his hand.
His enthusiasm just now has dropped to freezing point, there is still the mood to listen,
40,000 lightly armed infantry met with 20,000 Kurdish cavalry groups with heavy cavalry in formation. You don’t need to think about the result.
"I didn't expect the Kurdish cavalry to start so quickly!" A bitterness arose in the heart of the Marquis of Willila. This time it was the cavalry's first victory. Unexpectedly, the Vikya infantry would lose so quickly. If the scout's report is true, The Vikya infantry, known as the strongest cavalry in the mainland, only lasted for at most 2 hours before the Kurdish cavalry group
It's really disappointing. Willila sighed with a dark face. This time, the generals of the arrogant cavalry troops will look down on the infantry even more. The Vikya people who thought they had special tactics can hold on for a while. I didn’t expect it was still so vulnerable
"My lord, what we found is the corpse of the cavalry of the Kurdish Army." Seeing the angry look of Marquis Willila, the scout looked blank.
"What did you say you found the corpse of the Kurdish cavalry?" Marquis Willila's sturdy body trembled in astonishment, and his disappointed face was full of shock.
"How many people? One squadron or two squadrons..." Willila asked hurriedly, unwillingly, his heart was full of contradictions,
On the one hand, I hope the Vikya people can resist more fiercely, and on the other hand, I am afraid that the Kurdish cavalry will achieve a more brilliant record.
"My lord is not a few squadrons but the entire Kurdish Army" the scout added pale,
As a veteran, he also knows how terrifying what he reported. The Kurdish Cavalry Corps is the largest cavalry group in the Swadian Northern Army, and its combat strength is strong
Thinking of the corpses of 20,000 horses and tens of thousands of cavalry stacked on a small open area, the terrifying and **** and strange scene now remembers, and it also made this experienced scout veteran feel terrified,
The heavy burnt smell permeated the air, and even his veteran who had participated for more than ten years felt a rush of retching.
"We were still on the high hills and found the body of the Kurdish Army Chief" the scout paused, and looked strangely, "My lord's sword is still in his hands. We didn't find anyone besieged around the body. The subordinates believe that the Kurdish Lord should have committed suicide after defeating."
"What Kurdish lord committed suicide?" Marquis Willila's face has become pale and ugly, and his left hand holding the horse's rein trembling slightly,
The entire army of the Kurdish Army was destroyed as a blow to his head,
He felt a little dazed. Kurdish possesses 20,000 elite cavalry, not 20,000 infantry.
If you want to gather so many highly mobile cavalry in one place, in addition to being surrounded by more than 5 times the force on all sides, you also need extremely favorable terrain and high-depth strategies.
The question of how the 40,000 Vekia infantry with only light equipment can do it without knowing it makes the Marquis of Willila feel unimaginable,
"My lord, the Kurdish cavalry must have encountered something unimaginable." Adjutant Victor looked solemn and whispered in his master's ear, "In view of the current situation where the enemy is unknown, we should withdraw from here immediately. Otherwise, we will most likely be the second target under attack"
"Second goal? You think that not only was the Vekya not ready to flee, but they were also ready to turn around and eat us and Wemblen like the Kurdish cavalry group." Willila himself was both defeated by Victon. Was taken aback by his analysis, the red lees nose inhaled an air-conditioner, revealing an expression of disbelief
"This is crazy, right? They only have 40,000 people. Do you still want to eat our 100,000 army? The other commander is not a lunatic"
"My lord, you guessed it right. The opposing commander is not only a madman, but also a madman with a genius strategic vision." Adjutant Victor said lightly, but his eyebrows were already condensed. ,
He did not directly answer Willila’s doubts, but continued with a dim look, "Except for lunatics, who would use 40,000 lightly armed infantry to ambush 20,000 cavalry, but except for geniuses, who would think of using 4 Ten thousand people swallowed the enemy’s 100,000, which is crazy, but now it seems that Victor’s voice stopped, and his eyes were fixed on the undulating mountains in the distance, where the Kurdish cavalry was found to be destroyed. Direction,
He murmured with a solemn face, "The Kurdish lord's cavalry group is located on the left flank of our main force. It is not only the most powerful of our three troops, but also the most mobile..."
"The Vikia Commander did not touch the other two armies, and instead hesitated to risk the destruction of the entire army. Before the three armies were encircled, he attacked the strongest Kurdish cavalry regiment with light infantry. If this is just a coincidence, I am afraid it is difficult to explain the past.
"You mean that the Vikya people originally planned this way. They brought us in to eat us all. This is really a crazy plan, or we fell into a trap from the start... "The face of the Marquis of Willile changed drastically, and Victor, the adjutant, said the possibility, which made him feel a chill behind his back
"We are fighting at a location chosen by the enemy. From the very beginning, the Vikya people chose this place as the battlefield." Adjutant Victor sighed and pointed to the rolling hills not far away.
"Without the high mobility guarantee of the cavalry group, not only the flanks of our army were completely exposed to the eyes of the Vikya people, the connection between our three troops was also severed,
The adjutant Victor paused, and suddenly hissed, "If the Vikya army suddenly turns back from the front and launches a surprise attack behind us, according to the Vikya army's powerful long-range attack capability, even the Winlundo army on the right Able to climb over the obstacles of the mountains and come to support from the right in time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to escape the same fate as the Kurdish Army."
While the Marquis of Willilai was still discussing with his adjutant, they didn’t know that at the top of the western hill of the mountain, the Crolitsat Legion, which had just won a big victory, looked at the two with cold eyes. The Swadians in the mountain valley,
This is the Wemblen Legion advancing on the right~IndoMTL.com~ They are completely unaware of the destruction of the Kurdish cavalry. In order to speed up the march, they did not even send the most basic guards and scouts on both sides. They are the cavalry of the Kurdish Army. In the middle is Willila’s 30,000 main combat infantry. As a partial division of the Wemblen Army, you don’t think that the Vijay army will risk being attacked from the front and back and jump from your own direction.
The eyes of their scouts are completely fixed on the road ahead, and they are unaware of the possible dangers on both sides. 30,000 lightly armed infantry lined up in a long snake formation for miles, like a group of constantly moving forward. The wriggling dragon crawls among the rolling hills
"Ready to attack" Crolitsat gave the order with a serious expression, drew out his command sabre with his right hand, and slowly raised it against the morning light under the sky.
Behind him, tens of thousands of Vijay hunters neatly lifted the hard bow that had been opened in their hands up to a 45-degree angle, and the metal arrows gleaming with killing luster flashed a chilling light in the sun. , Densely packed like dazzling stars in the sky
"Attack" Crolitsat shouted, the sabre in his hand fell, and a light and shadow representing death passed in the air,
"Beng Beng Beng" is accompanied by the sound of bowstrings falling like heavy rain, and a terrifying black cloud with a width of hundreds of meters spouts from both sides of the hill.