Section 40 Offensive and defensive battles of the Crane Territory (6)
In the evening, the few magicians in Benson Town withdrew from the battlefield due to the exhaustion of their mental power.
Half an hour later, the Fifth Banner Regiment of the Orcs broke through the walls of Banson Town from the front, and the Knight Conrad immediately organized the armed townsfolk to retreat to the alleys of the city.
An hour later, the 13th Mixed Flag Regiment breached the northern wall of Banson Town, while the 5th Banner Regiment was still circling the city gates within an hour.
At this time, at noon, Divin, who had been removed from his post because he failed to capture the town of Benson on time, was reappointed by the Kesai overseer as the acting commander of the Fifth Banner Regiment, and ordered him to attack the town of Banson within half an hour.
Regaining his power, Devon immediately executed the captain of his first wing for fear of the enemy, and then his deputy took over as the captain of the first wing, and ten minutes later, the first wing selected 2,000 soldiers to form a death squad.
To everyone's surprise, this time, Devon did not let the two thousand men charge directly, he divided the two thousand death squads into small groups, ranging from ten to fifty each, and each group was equipped with at least two priests.
After all preparations were made, Diven ordered the 2,000 men to attack the alleys and streets of the town in small groups, while his main force, with the main streets as the battle point, advanced step by step.
After an hour of fierce fighting,
The town of Benson was declared to have fallen, and the head of Conrad, the leader of the Knights of Oath, was hung from the town's south gate.
Devon proved his commanding talents.
Under the city gates, the townsfolk who participated in the rebellion were gathered, and half an hour later, these people also returned to the arms of the goddess with the Knight Conrad.
And then there are the ordinary residents,
Under the threat of orc butcher knives, more than 2,000 townspeople who had not had time to evacuate were placed in the town center square, and then they were driven into a makeshift wooden fence as if they were animals.
And their fate has been sealed,
Destined to be the ration of the orc wolf cavalry mount!
...
Dozens of miles away on Mount Ariel, Peidi stood on a high ground and looked out at the burning sky, where it was in the direction of the town of Benson.
Pedi knew that Benson Town had fallen, but he was helpless, it was inevitable, he never thought that Conrad would really hold out until tomorrow morning, because it was simply impossible.
This is the first time Pedi has made such a decision, a decision to sacrifice others and deceive others to achieve his goals.
Although the resistance of Benson Town was dispensable for the incineration plan, Count Anse thought that since the resistance of Banson Town had become a fact, a rash retreat would definitely arouse the suspicion of the orcs, so there was an order for Knight Conrad to hold out until tomorrow morning.
Yes, this is only an order to dispel the suspicions of the orcs.
During the discussion, Count Anse wanted to stop this responsibility, but Pedi did not agree, because he was the commander of the Fifth Legion.
Now, everything that can be done has been done.
Pedi could imagine what the orcs were doing in Benson Town.
Once again, Pedi had a new understanding of warfare, and the nobles boasted of their exploits and honors were made up of bones.
"My lord," Hades in his entourage stepped forward, "the townsfolk of Banson Town are now moving towards the stronghold, and there is even a large number of them gathered on the periphery of our defenses. ”
"What do you want to do?" asked Pedi directly.
"My fear is that when the orc forces arrive, these townsfolk will instinctively fear storming our defenses. Hades cautiously observed Pedy's expression.
"What is your opinion?" asked Pei Di subconsciously, but after asking, he stopped what the other party wanted to say, and after a few seconds, he turned his head to stare at Hades and said, "You go and deal with this matter, in an hour, I don't want to see a civilian appear on our defensive line." ”
"Understood!"
...
On the other side,
The battle in Brill Heights was still in a stalemate, and the strength of the orcs only achieved good results at the beginning, and even forced Viscount Casel to pull his personal guards to the front line.
However, after the arrival of the two corps of the Fifth Legion, the situation was reversed in time, and when it was almost dark, Viscount Caseffel took advantage of the gap in the orcs to concentrate nearly 10,000 troops to launch a beautiful counter-charge on the left flank defense line, and this time the reverse charge almost disabled a wing of the Sixth Banner Regiment of the Orcs stationed on the left flank defense line.
And it was precisely because of this reverse charge that the orcs began to re-recognize the strength of the imperial army.
The Overseer of Khali Khan even took over the command of the Eighth Banner Regiment in the middle lane, but this did not change the tide of the battle, as the tenacity of the Imperial army at the moment made Khali Khan look sideways, and there were too many magicians on the opposing position, which made his berserker troops unable to exert their maximum combat power at all.
Time slowly passed, and the casualties of soldiers on both sides were increasing exponentially.
Although the Overseer of Khalihan had said that he did not need casualties in this battle, his heart was still bleeding as he looked at the falling tribal warriors on the frontline positions, after all, these young men were the elite and hope of the tribe, and they had been bought by the entire orc tribe for more than a hundred years.
At eight o'clock in the evening,
Chief of Staff Lan Lin couldn't help but say to Khali Khan: "My friend, I have to remind you that our casualties are very large, in just one afternoon, the casualties of all units have lost nearly one wing, and according to the survey, the Imperial side has only lost two thousand people, that is to say, the ratio of casualties on both sides has reached almost two to one... We are one. ”
"What is your opinion?" asked Khalihan.
"Slow down the intensity of the attack. Lan Lin whispered, "Now, the key to victory or defeat is no longer here..."
"The Kesai Overseers?" asked Harley Khan subconsciously.
Lan Lin nodded, "Yes, as long as the three banner regiments under the Kesai Overseer Army break through the defense line of Mount Ariel, the victory will still be ours, and what we have to do now is to drag the main force of the empire besieging us." ”
Khalihan gave his chief of staff a serious look, then looked down for a few seconds and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's nine o'clock in ten minutes. Lan Lin is not surprised by this question.
"So fast?" said Khalihan's face changed, "That means that Banda Hibbert's 20,000 reinforcements could arrive at any time?"
"I'm afraid so. ”
Halikhan was silent, he stared at the map for a few seconds, and then slowly walked out of the command post to a place with a wide field of vision, and Lan Lin quietly followed behind him.
Next to an empty outpost, Khalikhan looked far away, where the shouts of murder shook the sky, and countless fires moved back and forth under the cover of night.
Khalikhan did not hesitate for long, because, due to the limited time, "remove the Eighth Banner Regiment and let the Second Banner Regiment take over the tasks of the Eighth Banner Regiment." ”
Eventually, Khalikhan's overseers heeded the advice of his chief of staff.
...
Half past nine,
Viscount Kesifel withdrew from the front-line position to the command post, and his chief of staff couldn't help but complain: "Do the orcs plan to attack in turns twenty-four hours a day?"
"That's just right, isn't it?" asked Viscount Casefair, grabbing the magic clock on the table with his bloodstained hands, "Where is Count Banda?" ”
"His vanguard army of two thousand men has arrived. ”
...
Ten o'clock in the evening,
The Imperial Army, which had always been on the defensive in the Brell Heights, suddenly launched a surprise attack on the Orcs on all fronts, however, the Orc troops were obviously prepared for a long time, and the surprise battle launched against the Empire-Army did not show panic.
However, the Empire-Army side was more prepared, and a wing of the Second Banner Regiment of the Orcs on the right was instantly repulsed, and when they were repulsed, they found that on the opposite side of them were an entire legion of Imperial soldiers.
This is Count Banda's troops!
Count Banda's headquarters did not attack the southern stronghold of the orcs according to Duke Ron's arrangement, but at the suggestion of Viscount Caseffel, they concentrated their forces on the right flank of the defense line of Brill Heights under the cover of night, and unexpectedly attacked the third wing of the second flag regiment of the orcs that had just completed the adjustment.
The victorious Count Banda half-jokingly said to his lieutenant, "I hope the Duke of Ron will not be angry at me for changing his orders without permission." ”
The adjutant immediately replied, "It was Viscount Cassifer's idea. ”
"Haha. Count Banda smiled and did not answer,
Count Banda then divided his forces into two lines, one advancing steadily and the other moving towards the center, flanking a wing of the orcs on the road's defenses.
But this time, Count Banda and Viscount Kesifil did not cooperate well, when Count Banda's 10,000 troops had just moved halfway to the distance, the orc wing in the middle had already retreated under the orders of the Overseer of Khalikhan, and Cassifer did not know the deployment of Count Banda, so he did not send his troops to pursue and entangle.
Viscount Caseffel did not feel sorry for the missed plane, he ignored the chief of staff's suggestion to repair it, and directly gave the order to attack on all fronts, and at the same time, he asked the magician to send three fiery magic flares into the dark sky.
After the flare was lifted into the air, the headquarters of Count Banda, who served as the vanguard army, immediately ordered the first two corps of 10,000 men to quickly advance to the defensive line of the orc's stronghold, while the two corps of the fifth legion of Pedi, under the leadership of the interim commander Sir Ike, moved closer to the headquarters of the central lane Kesifer.
A quarter of an hour later,
Under the night sky southwest of Brill Heights, there was a sudden muffled sound like rolling thunder,
Immediately after, the earth began to shake.
Exhausted, Caseffel's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he snatched the half-wiped helmet from his hand and put it on his head, and ordered the whole army to speed up the pursuit.
And at this time,
A brigade of the vanguard of the Count of Banda had already engaged the orcs.
...
Behind the Khalikhan's subordinate,
The 20,000 Twak light cavalry led by the Duke of Gna himself wreaked havoc on the land, and the symbolic watchtowers of the orcs along the way were reduced to rubble under the iron hooves of his cavalry.
On both sides of the formation of the huge cavalry charge, a whole two squadrons of magicians took turns to perform illumination techniques to find the way for the army, and soon, on the gradually rising horizon, an army of orcs began to appear, at least more than 2,000 people at a cursory glance.
Duke Gna, who was charging, looked at the formation arranged by the orcs, smiled coldly in his heart, and made a gesture to the flag bearer beside him.
The flag bearer, who had been paying attention to the Duke of Gna, received the order, and the command flag in both hands instinctively began to wave, and suddenly, the light cavalry warriors in the gallop opened the short bow box on the saddle as fast as possible, and then bent their bows and arrows, and the movements were done in one go.
In the next moment, the rain of arrows in the sky fell into the orc's makeshift formation like a torrential rain under the reflection of the illumination.
"Shield, quick, raise shield!" the orc officers reacted at the last moment, using their roar to wake up the soldiers who were shrouded in fear, but unfortunately it was useless for the soldiers to react, because their shields were pitiful.
Many of the orc warriors fell in this volley, but they quickly got back to their feet, because the power of the Dwak Bow was really limited, and the orcs were born with rough and thick skin.
However, there is not only one such salvo.
Soon, the second salvo fell,
Then came the third round...
Under three consecutive volleys, even if most of the orcs were able to stand up, they were not lightly injured.
At this time, the charge of the cavalry arrived!
The light cavalry led by Twak did not have cavalry, and unlike the heavy cavalry, they emphasized strength and defense, and they paid more attention to endurance and durability, and these cavalry were uniformly equipped with long-handled scimitars, round shields, and short bows, and their combat methods were to cut and encircle from the flanks after opening a distance from the enemy.
But this time, in the face of the hastily defended orcs, Duke Gna did not choose to cut the flanks, but directly led the team to attack from the front!
Ten minutes later,
The Duke of Gna proved his decision to be correct.
The two thousand-strong teams hastily dispatched by the orcs were annihilated in just ten minutes.
...
At this moment, there was a lot of noise in the temporary command post of the Khalikhan Overseer.
"How many cavalrymen are there behind us?" said Khalihan.
Lan Lin looked through the information he recorded and said, "It's too dark to reconnoitre, but a conservative estimate is at least 10,000." ”
Harry Khan said coldly: "Ten thousand imperial cavalry detoured to my rear, but there is no news?"
"If my conjecture is correct, this cavalry should be the Twak Light Cavalry of Vest Town!"
"Are you kidding? The troops in the town of Bivest would have to pass under the noses of the Fangs Overseers if they wanted to get behind me, but we didn't receive any information on this, otherwise we would have to make a detour through the Fort Montella area, but even if it was a Twak light horse, it would take at least three days to get around the Fort Montella area, don't tell me they had planned these plans the other day. ”
"That's just my guess. ”
Hari Khan glared at Lan Lin and roared, "I don't want to stop at speculation and information, immediately confirm the information to the Fangs Overseers, and at the same time, show the Kesai Overseers and the High Command where we are now. ”