1813 Falcon's Arrow (III).

The rout in front of the defeated army was killed and retreated, and at the same time, under the squeeze of the cavalry behind, it rolled like a blood gourd, chasing after a Gallic rout in front and cutting off his head, Hu Koqi, who led the team, strangled the war horse fiercely, his eyes were empty, the eyes of the killing sex narrowed slightly, the sharp eyes of the knife passed through the rain curtain in front, the spears were like a forest, and a strict infantry corps leaned against the mound next to the road, and put out a huge pincer-shaped military formation, pikemen, archers scattered in groups, or superimposed together, dense weapons pointed at this side at the same time, the cold light of the spear tip and arrow was a little dazzling in the rainAt the same time, a wall of thorns was erected in front of it that could block a qiē, and if you didn't notice it, you would immediately be stuck into a hedgehog by countless bayonets and arrows

"Stop the pursuit!"

Hukochili raised his right hand with a solemn expression, and the horse's hooves came to a halt in the blood on the ground. Human blood splashed like flowers, the imperial cavalry behind him stopped their horses one after another, the cavalry was covered in blood, the eyes full of violent factors were bloodshot, the nose of the war horse was bubbling white, the smell of blood wafted in the wind, but the momentum was extremely strong, so that the opposite Lethcart was also slightly moved, the Falcon Imperial cavalry was indeed a worthy elite unit, the swift and tiger-like raid, it could be stopped in an instant because of a command from the commander,

Hukochili slowly came out of the cavalry ranks, his eyes swept over the Gallic army formation in front, the opponent's defense was almost impeccable, a large number of corpses of the Gallic rout army were piled up in front of this military formation, but the soldiers behind looked like they had seen nothing, their eyes were as firm as iron, and they withdrew their gaze from the military formation in the distance, Hukochili knew that he had encountered a tricky and ruthless opponent, and licked his chapped lips. Feeling the salty taste of human blood, the corner of the imperial general's mouth smiled coldly,

He was a cold-blooded fellow! He threw thousands of his companions to the enemy in this way, killing two-thirds of them himself, and the other party unceremoniously raised his butcher's knife and killed one-third, "If any of you are familiar with the Gallic military flag, sue me, the Gallic army in front!" Hukochili turned around, raised the war knife in his hand that had been stained red with human blood, and pointed at the military formation in the distance, and there were really people who were familiar with the Gallic army flag, and replied to him, "Look at the marks on the military flag. It should be the Eighth Infantry Regiment of the Northern Gallic Army!" "Eighth Infantry Regiment?" Hukochili searched his mind for information about this enemy unit, "I heard that it is a glorious unit that participated in the Battle of Ankra!, the commander is a general named Lescott, who has a tenacious fighting style and is the best at fighting tough battles!" The Imperial cavalry who answered him continued, "Oh, you know very well!" Hukochili's gaze swept over the face of the Imperial cavalry with some surprise, he was so familiar with the Gallic army. There will definitely not be more than a hundred in the Falcon Army, and even the kind of adjutant of the military department who specializes in the battle situation all day long will not have such detailed information, "I am Quentin, the guide assigned by the Southwest Intelligence Division to the Central Army," the Imperial cavalryman smiled awkwardly at the corner of his mouth. It seems to see what Hukochili thinks. "Before leaving, each of us must memorize the history of the enemy's troops and the character of the enemy's generals!"

"Guide?

Hu Keqili subconsciously touched his nose and remembered that before the battle began, His Majesty Falcon had indeed said that a guide familiar with the terrain and enemy situation would be sent to each army from the Southwest Intelligence Department. It's just that I haven't cared about it, but I didn't expect this guide to be an excellent intelligence officer! It seems that such a configuration is very necessary, otherwise the two armies will not know who the opponent is when they fight, and then it is called a peace. For example, the Gallic rout, which had already been crushed, had absolutely no idea which force the Falcon Imperial cavalry was that attacked them!

"After the Fifth Squadron, the other squadrons turn to Granburg!"

Hukochili ordered loudly, the rain was too timely, the fire burning Gramburg had been completely extinguished, even the black smoke in the sky seemed to clear a lot, his goal was Gramburg, not a life-and-death battle with the Gauls here, as an imperial general with outstanding vision, he knew very well that this pleasant encounter was coming to an end, the cavalry turned one after another, shouting and running towards Gramburg behind him, seeing the Falcon cavalry turn around and leave arrogantly, the Gallic Eighth Army on the opposite side was silent, not all the Falcon cavalry were evacuating, and a cavalry of two thousand people stopped in place like nails, looked at them coldly, it was the fifth squadron behind the palace, although there were only 2,000 people, but they looked at the eighth infantry figure of Gaul coldly like a tiger looking at its prey

The 8th Infantry Regiment, which was also arrogant, could stand such a contemptuous gaze, "My lord, the other side is too arrogant, let's fight back!" A squadron leader of the 8th Gallic Infantry Regiment angrily asked Lethcart to fight, "Their main force has dispersed, and there is only a small force in front of us!"

"Rush forward, as long as you have a staggered opportunity, you will be able to kill them!" another squadron leader shouted,

The other squadron leaders also began to stir, my lord, do it! Lethcart's face softened, he was thinking that the other party was a cavalry after all, and relying on infantry to pursue cavalry was an adventure in itself, at this moment, I don't know who shouted, "My lord, there is no bad seed in the seventh squadron of the Praetorian Guard! The heroic souls of the brothers are watching you!"

Lethcut's body trembled slightly, his eyes turned red, he took a deep breath, and ordered, "Light infantry advance, entangle them! The rest of the troops advance slowly! If you find the enemy's cavalry returning, immediately move closer to the battle flag, you know!" "Yes!

The Gallic squadron commanders were so excited and in high spirits that they ran back to their units

Soon, with 3,000 of the fastest light infantry as the front, the ranks of the 8th Infantry Regiment moved "Forward, forward!" The officers drove the soldiers, the light infantry was very fast, wearing thin leather armor, and the defense was mainly a light round shield tied to the right hand, and the weapon was a light long sword or a short axe, the distance was shortening, and the morale of the light infantry was also inflated to the extreme, kill, kill them all! shouted slogans, at a hundred meters, it was impossible to take care of the neatness of the formation,

At eighty meters, the middle and left and right sides have been disjointed, like a violently elongated and curved arc.

At fifty meters, the sluggish falcon cavalry on the opposite side began to move, only to see these cavalrymen skillfully pull out of the war horse weapon trough and insert it upside down, open the half-moon bowstring of the cavalry assault crossbow, and put the triangular armor-piercing arrow on it fluently and quickly

The gaze is plain and steady, and the power of the armor-piercing arrow can pierce through the armor of hoplites at a distance of fifty meters, not to mention the light infantry with leather armor,

"Aim!" The leader of the fifth squadron of the Falcon Central Army gave an order, and the cavalry of the Central Army slowly flattened the crossbow body of the assault crossbow in his hand, and the sharp arrows that burst into the cold light light light light were directed towards the Gallic light infantry that was attacking over, and the air stopped at this moment, "Attention, arrow attack!"

The officer shouted, as if he had been hit in the face by a pair of huge invisible palms, the shouting Gallic officer was shot through the chest by an arrow, and then by an arrow in the forehead, his body was turned into a posture on his back by the impact of the crossbow arrow, and he pressed it violently, and the blood exploded from the body of the Gallic officer so easily, and the fifty-meter arrow attack! It was even more terrifying and shocking, forward! Forward! The Gallic light infantry, who was in high spirits, looked at the front of the flat assault crossbow, and their steps subconsciously trembled

"Shoot!"

Countless clusters of arrows rained down, the Gallic soldiers in the front row fell down, and the Gallic infantry behind raised their small round shields in their hands, the narrow small round shields could not provide complete defense, but could only protect the upper body of the Gallic soldiers.

When the second round of arrows flew, the Gallic infantry, who held their shields to cover their faces, exposed all their bodies from the chest down to the sharp clusters of arrows, opened very unwilling eyes, and fell down again,

"Evacuate the whole army!" As if they had had enough, before the Gauls could recover from the blow, the captain of the Falcon cavalry on the opposite side waved his hand to his subordinates, and quickly turned around and ran away with the people......!