444 Vicchia's counterattack (6)
444 Wiki's Counterattack (6)
The wind blows through the grassland with white frost flowers, and the closer you get to the mountains to the west, the colder the weather becomes, and you can still see the hazy sun in the morning, and you may be covered by a confused snowflake at noon.
The earth is vast, like the iron laws of nature
The environment has created a qiē, and the life that can survive in this extremely cold frozen soil is always so tenacious, just like the tender grass on the earth that is still condensed with hoarfrost.
Even if the head is hard as ice soil, it still tenaciously stretches out the green leaves yearning for the sun,
A troop of Ryordian cavalry stood on the hill, and in the middle of them was a strong man like an iron tower.
"The Vicchians must have been here," the stout Marquis of Willley's huge rosacea nose twitched slightly,
He took a deep breath, the unique dry cold and fresh smell of the air made him frown slightly, the wind in the valley was blowing the cold, but it could not shake the keen observation that the Marquis of Willilai had cultivated for many years,
Among the military generals of the Ryldian, the unique long-distance tracking ability of the Willilai family is well known, and once a lord made a bet that whoever could evade the Marquis of Willilai would be given the knight of the lord's bodyguard, and this record was not broken until a man hid in a strong vat, so that the Marquis of Willilai did not notice, but that person never had a chance to climb out of the vat
It was with this in mind that Marshal Berrant deliberately arranged for the infantry corps of the Marquis of Willile to be the main search mission,
Steadily advancing with infantry clusters, flanking with cavalry,
As long as one of the search legions entangles the Wikiians, the other armies that arrive later will be able to form a siege of Vekia.
It was precisely because of the attempt of the Ryordian army that the mountain legion of Crollissat hid in the depths of the hills without even the most basic contact.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Vicchians spent the night here last night, but unfortunately we almost caught them" Marquis Willilai shook his head with some regret, like a hunter who had missed his prey, and his gaze disappeared into the rolling hills of the eastern section with regret
"My lord, in fact, we are not without a chance," said Lord Wickton, the adjutant who followed him, "The infantry formation of the Vikyans is recognized as strong on the mainland, even if it is a cavalry cluster of the Kurdish lords, I am afraid that it is impossible to defeat the 40,000 Vikian infantry from the front, if we speed up the march, we may be able to give the Vekians a fatal blow from the back."
"Well, you're right," Adjutant Victor's words made the Marquis of Willilai's frustrated look froze, and his eyes gradually lit up with a scorching light, and he immediately ordered the flag bearer behind him: "Raise the Legion Flag, order the squadrons searching nearby, immediately move closer to my home, and we will go and kick the Vicians in the ass"
Willilai is a typical commander of the Ryerdian Infantry Legion, in the Ryordian Kingdom, which advocates cavalry tactics, Willilai's infantry legion has always belonged to the second-line legion of auxiliary attacks, which undoubtedly makes the arrogant Marquis of Willilai feel a little angry,
The defeat of the Third Knights, known as the elite of the kingdom, by the Vicchian army overnight shocked the commanders of the Ryrdian Legion, who had always looked down on the infantry, but it was the Marquis of Willilai, who commanded the infantry, who felt it the most
The cluster raid of the infantry turned out to be so strong, and the fierceness of the Vikian infantry made a wave in the heart of the Marquis of Willilai, who was also the commander of the infantry legion,
This time, he personally asked Marshal Berlant to serve as the main attacker, and he wanted to compete with the Vekia infantry, which is known as a strong army on the mainland.
The Marquis of Willilai wanted to see who was the "real infantry" compared to the newly raised Vekia infantry
Just as the soldiers of the 30,000 Willyl Legion were closing in from all sides, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance caught his attention,
The scout cavalry who had been exploring the way forward rushed like an arrow from a distance, and from his hurried and flustered shout, the Marquis of Willilai felt a hint of foreboding
"What's going on?" a knight of the guard standing on the perimeter stopped the panting scouts who were running,
"Great!" the scout flipped off his horse, ran to Willyl's horse and knelt down on one knee, and said with a pale face, "We found it in the eastern hills, and we found ......" The scout looked stunned, as if he thought of something frightening, but his mouth opened, and he realized that he should not describe the scene he found earlier,
Could it be that he found that the Vicchian looked at the scout in a panic, and the low face of the Marquis of Willilai flashed red, this is really an opportunity for God's reward Marquis Willilai was excited and habitually clenched his fingers,,
"Give him the water bag" The Marquis of Willilai, who was full of desire for victory, immediately asked the guards around him to hand a bag of water to the nervous scouts, his own army had completed a large-scale assembly, if he really met the Vikia army unexpectedly in this mountainous area, compared to the hasty battle of the Vikia army, he would definitely have great confidence in winning this first battle,
The "Gollum" scout raised the water bag and took a big sip, his nervous expression eased slightly, and he gradually calmed down from panic and hesitation, and the scout waved his hand, trying to make things clearer,
"We searched the hills of the eastern section according to your orders, and found Kurdish cavalry at the foot of the mountain ten miles away."
His words undoubtedly made the heart sink in the heart of the rejoicing Willley, "You mean that you found the Kurdish cavalry in the eastern hills" Marquis Willile waved his hand to interrupt the scout's report,
His enthusiasm just now has fallen to the freezing point, and there is still a mood to listen,
When 40,000 light infantry meet a group of 20,000 Kurdish cavalry with heavy cavalry, you don't have to think about what it will be
"I didn't expect the Kurdish cavalry to strike so quickly!" Marquis Willilai had a bitter taste in his heart, this time it was the first victory of the cavalry, I didn't expect the Vikia infantry to be defeated so quickly, if the scout's report was true, the Vikia infantry, which was known as the strongest cavalry against the mainland against the cavalry, only held out for 2 hours at most in front of the Kurdish cavalry cluster
It's really disappointing, Wei Lai sighed with a gloomy face, this time the generals of those arrogant cavalry units were only afraid that they would look down on the infantry even more I thought that the Vycians with special tactics would be able to hold on for a little longer, but I didn't expect it to be so vulnerable
"My lord, what we found was the corpse of the cavalry of the Kurdish Legion" Seeing the annoyed look of the Marquis of Willilai, the scout looked dazed,
"What did you say you found the corpses of Kurdish cavalrymen?" the Marquis of Willilai's stout body also trembled in surprise, and his face, which had been disappointed just now, was full of shock
"How many people, one squadron or two squadrons......" Willyl asked unwillingly, his heart full of contradictions,
On the one hand, it is hoped that the Wikibians will be able to resist more fiercely, and on the other hand, they are afraid that the Kurdish cavalry will achieve more brilliant results
"Your Excellency, not a few squadrons, but the entire Kurdish regiment," the scout added with a pale face,
As a veteran, he also knew how terrible his report was, and the Kurdish Cavalry Regiment was the largest cavalry group in the northern army of Ruierdian, and it was very powerful
Thinking of the corpses of 20,000 war horses and tens of thousands of cavalry stacked on a small open field, the terrible and bloody scene now makes this experienced scout veteran feel frightened,
The thick scorching smell that filled the air made even he, a veteran who had participated in the service for more than ten years, feel a burst of retching discomfort
"We are still on the top of the hill, and we found the body of the Kurdish legion leader," the scout paused, and said with a strange expression, "Your Excellency's sword is still in his hand, and we have found no traces of being besieged around the corpse, and our subordinates believe that the Kurdish Lord should have committed suicide in defeat."
"What Kurdish master committed suicide" Marquis Willilai's face had become pale and ugly, and his left hand, which was holding the reins of the horse, trembled slightly,
The total annihilation of the Kurdish regiment was like a heavy blow to his head,
He felt a little confused, the Kurds had 20,000 battle-hardened elite cavalry, not 20,000 infantry
If you want to gather so many highly mobile cavalry in one place, in addition to surrounding more than 5 times the number of troops on all sides, you also need extremely favorable terrain and advanced strategies.
The question of how the 40,000 Vecchian infantrymen, who were only lightly equipped, managed to do so without the knowledge of the gods made the Marquis of Willyl feel unimaginable,
"My lord, the Kurdish cavalry must have met with unimaginable things," Adjutant Wickton looked solemn and whispered in his master's ear, "given the current situation where the enemy's whereabouts are unknown, we should withdraw from here immediately, otherwise we may well become the second target of attack"
"Second target? Do you think that the Wikibians are not only not prepared to flee, but are ready to turn around and eat us and Wimbrun like a Kurdish cavalry group" Willyl himself was taken aback by Victor's analysis, and his red rosacea nose gasped with an expression of disbelief
"This is crazy, they only have 40,000 people, do they still want to eat our 100,000 army, and the commander of the other party is not crazy",
"My lord, did you guess it, the commander of the other party is not only a madman, but also a madman with a genius strategic concept" Adjutant Victon's mouth said lightly, but his two eyebrows had already condensed,
He didn't answer Willyl's doubts directly, but continued with a slightly dark expression, "Except for madmen, who would use 40,000 light infantry to ambush 20,000 cavalry, but except for geniuses, who would conceive of using 40,000 people to swallow the enemy's 100,000 people, it's crazy, but now it seems that this is what the Vykians did 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,
He muttered in a solemn and low voice, "The Kurdish cavalry group is located on the left flank of the main force of our army, and it is not only the most combat-effective among our three troops, but also the most mobile......"
"Commander Vecchia did not touch the other two armies, but did not hesitate to risk the destruction of the whole army, and before the three armies were encircled, he attacked the Kurdish cavalry corps, the strongest of the three armies, with light infantry, if this is just a coincidence, I am afraid it is difficult to explain the past
"You're saying that's what the Wikibians originally intended, to bring us in, just to eat us all, it's really a crazy plan, or from the beginning, we've fallen into a trap......" Marquis Willilai's face changed drastically, and Adjutant Victor said the possibility, making him feel a chill in his back
"We fought in a location chosen by the enemy, and from the very beginning, the Wikibians chose this place as a battlefield," Adjutant Wickton sighed, pointing to the rolling hills not far away
"Without the guarantee of high mobility of the cavalry group, not only were the flanks of our army completely exposed to the eyes of the Vicchians, but the connection between our three troops was also cut off,
Adjutant Wickton's voice paused, and he suddenly booed, "If the Viktian army suddenly turns back from the front and launches a surprise attack behind us, according to the strong long-range attack ability of the Viktia army, even if the Weinrendo army on the right can climb over the blockage of the mountain range and rush to support from the right in time, I'm afraid we will not be able to escape the same fate as the Kurdish army."
While the Marquis of Willilai and his lieutenant were still discussing, they didn't know that at the top of the western section of the mountain range, the Croresart army, which had just won a great victory, was looking coldly at the Ryldian people in the two mountain recesses,
This is the Wembrunn Legion advancing on the right, they are completely ignorant of the destruction of the Kurdish cavalry, in order to speed up the march, they did not even send the most basic flank escort scouts, the left is the cavalry of the Kurdish Legion, and the middle is the 30,000 main battle infantry of Willyl, as a partial division of the Wembrunn Legion, I don't think that the Vikia army will risk being flanked from the front and back, from their own direction,
Their scout's eyes were fixed on the road ahead, unaware of the danger that might arise on either side, as 30,000 lightly armed infantry lined up in a long snake formation that stretched for miles, like a long dragon wriggling forward crawling through the rolling hills
"Prepare to attack" Crowisat gave an order with a stern expression, drew his command saber in his right hand, and slowly raised it against the morning light shining in the sky,
Behind him, tens of thousands of Vekia hunters neatly raised the hard bow that had been drawn in their hands up at a 45-degree angle, and the metal arrows that shimmered with a killing luster shone in the sunlight, densely packed like dazzling stars in the sky
"Attack" Crossat shouted, the saber in his hand fell, and a shadow representing death crossed the air,
"Collapse" was accompanied by the sound of a dense bowstring like a torrential rain falling to the ground, and a terrifying black cloud hundreds of meters wide erupted from both sides of the hill