Chapter 0551: Under the Black Cavalry
Seeing that Ford was stunned, the chief of staff couldn't help but shout anxiously: "General, the front army is handed over to me here, and the general hurries to support the Chinese army, it will be too late." ”
At this time, many grain trucks began to ignite a fire, and the fire oil mixed with the grain burned extremely fast, and it only took ten minutes to turn the cart full of precious grain into ashes.
When Ford heard the other party's shout, he reacted, didn't care much, and roared loudly: "The first battalion of the first regiment comes with me." ”
The first battalion of the first regiment can be said to be his descendant troops, which have been in battle for a long time and are very strong, and they are all cavalry, and only they can deal with the black cavalry army that is also cavalry.
As soon as the words fell, more than 200 horsemen came from the front of the road.
Ford didn't give any specific orders, just drove his horse and took the lead in the direction of the Chinese army.
More than 200 cavalrymen seemed to know his thoughts, and chased after him without stopping.
The Black Cavalry numbered less than 700 men in total, and they knew that annihilating this force would cost a lot of money, so they only set their goal of burning food and grass and destroying supplies.
Eighty of them were responsible for pinning down the front army, and the remaining 600 were the main force of burning.
According to the idea of the leader of the Black Cavalry, the sergeants of the Southern Wilderness County may be much stronger than the strength of the garrisons in various parts of the Arthur Kingdom, but the combat effectiveness of this logistics force must be relatively low, and eighty people are responsible for containing them.
However, he never imagined that the combat effectiveness of this logistics force was so strong, far beyond his expectations, and it was even equipped with such a rare thing as the Demon Breaking Crossbow in the army.
Carelessly, all 80 people responsible for containing the front army were beheaded.
The Black Cavalry had not suffered such a big loss since they came to Kale County, even in the face of the 30,000 Eastern Army led by Count Eliot, they left calmly after killing and wounding thousands of people, and the total losses before and after were only a few dozen.
And in just ten minutes, the losses were actually more than twice as much as before, which made him very suspicious that this logistics force was not pretending to be the main battle force of Nanhuang County.
Now that the surprise attack has not achieved the expected effect, the leader of the Black Cavalry will not easily withdraw his troops, only to listen to his loud order: "Go and stop them with two hundred more men, and the rest quickly burn the supplies." ”
After receiving the order, the two members next to the leader will come out on horseback and lead
Two hundred people came straight to Ford.
This shows how well-trained the team is.
Seeing this, Ford's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared loudly: "Charge!"
This makeshift road was originally wide, but after being occupied by most of the carriages and horses, it could only accommodate four or five horsemen in parallel.
The two men approached at a rapid pace, like two sharp arrows.
Just when the distance between the two sides was only a few dozen meters, Ford's eyes suddenly flashed with cunning, and he opened his mouth and ordered: "Release the arrow." ”
According to the traditional Western tactics, cavalry charges into battle by horsepower and indomitable momentum, where is there an order to release arrows?
But the cavalry of Nanhuang County is a special case, not only firing arrows, but also shooting.
This kind of hooligan style of fighting that does not abide by the spirit of chivalry made the black cavalry suffer a dark loss, and in an instant, more than a dozen knights directly fell off their horses and were trampled into pulp by the following war horses.
During this period, several horses were tripped and fell, and it was really a person who turned on his back.
The leader of the Black Cavalry was furious: "Bastards, these guys without chivalry!"
If Ford had heard this, he would have laughed and ridiculed him fiercely: Chivalry? That was the old yellow calendar of thousands of years ago!
The title knight was coined by Goldsmith the Great, and chivalry was also invented by him, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is a gimmick used to fool low-level warriors.
The experience of Emperor Goldsmith is somewhat similar to that of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, who also became the emperor in the yellow robe during the foreign war, although he later proved his strength by unifying the entire northern continent, but this is still an indelible stain in his life.
After the founding of the country, Emperor Goldsmith was afraid that someone would learn from his yellow robe, so he began to suppress the nobles of Wuxun, and at the same time appeased the people of the hundred tribes and proclaimed his orthodox status.
So he also came to a glass of wine to release the military power, and the generals who had fought with him for decades were rewarded like never before.
The generals were rewarded, and naturally the low-level sergeants were also rewarded.
However, most of these sergeants are not strong, and their merits are not outstanding, and they are not even qualified to be crowned as a court noble.
However, the number of this stratum is extremely large, and it is also directly in charge of the army, so it is difficult to deal with.
Good
Wise enough after Goldsmith the Great was wise enough, he once again invented the special title of knight under the baron, and divided the manor and land.
This was recognized by the vast majority of sergeants, and thus the knightly class took shape.
In order to ensure that these armed men did not commit rebellion, Golsmith the Great strictly ordered the knightly class not to have private soldiers like other nobles, and could only recruit up to four provinces as territorial armies.
These material checks and balances alone were not enough, and he constantly brainwashed the knightly class, proclaimed their nobility and greatness, and passed on humility, honesty, mercy, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, and soul as the virtues of knighthood.
It must be said that this policy of foolishness was very successful, and at least for the next few hundred years, the knightly class always maintained its loyalty to the royal family.
However, success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, and in the end, the empire created by Goldsmith the Great was overthrown by the knight class, and then the knight class completely declined, and there is no trace of existence until today.
Only when those country farmers see the soldier on horseback will they shout out to the knight in order to pat the horse.
Without further ado, at this moment, the two sides collided violently.
Blood spurred, shouting to kill the heavens.
Ford took the lead, his armor was the most sophisticated, and even the war horse was wearing a thick enchanted horse armor, even if he was poked by the black-armored knight in front of him with an enchanted horse gun, it was only a spark, and the armor could not be broken at all.
However, his spear could penetrate the opponent's breastplate directly, provoking the person several meters high and smashing it at the knight behind him.
As a result, the knights of Southern Wilderness County, with Ford and ten guards as the vanguard, directly cut through the charging team of the Black Cavalry, and rushed straight to the center before it was difficult to advance.
Behind him, dozens of black-armored knights fell to the ground, their bodies covered in blood and flesh, and their stumps, broken arms, and bloody internal organs were sprinkled everywhere.
Losing the momentum of the war horse, the battle instantly entered a scorching state.
At this time, if you want to win, you rely on personal bravery, spears and swords are constantly wielded, and the chaos is like a ruffian lifting and fighting.
Now that the war horse has become a burden, Ford simply dismounted to fight, and his movements were much faster in an instant.
The others did the same, and about 300 people engaged in hand-to-hand combat in this small place.