In the early morning of November 27, 1901 in the Holy Lun calendar, the weather became gloomy, the sky was obscured by clouds, and the air was filled with uncomfortable humidity.

The funnel-shaped plain of Pergamis with a wide north and a narrow south immediately turned into a bloody sea killing field......!

At the beginning of the battle, the first to advance in Carlos's array was not heavy cavalry or light cavalry, but light infantry with strong mobility, poor range of movement, attack range, and attack power.

"What is the old fox in mind Carlos?" I couldn't figure out his intentions for a moment, but I didn't want to be disturbed by his unpredictable formation, so I shook my head vigorously and immediately ordered the forward cavalry to attack.

The battle between the Imperial forward light cavalry and the enemy light infantry soon began, but instead of tearing through the enemy light infantry phalanx, the light cavalry was pinned down by this group of infantry with extraordinary movement speed and flexibility! I couldn't do it a little bit, and I fell into a stalemate for a while.

"This is no ordinary light infantry." I sighed.

"Is it a demon...... "Memphis said hesitantly.

"Not really."

I haven't expressed my opinion yet, and Drinker has denied Memphis's speculation, but the girl's voice is uncertain, "That familiar smell, it's like ......"

Before Drinker finished speaking, there was a change in the formation, and by this time, Carlos's archers were already in the battle! Countless black arrows burst out from both sides like a frenzy of dancing in the morning breeze, and the light cavalry of our army suffered a serious blow after a long battle.

I was taken aback and hurriedly ordered the light cavalry to retreat, ready to use the shields of the heavy infantry phalanx to fend off the enemy's longbows.

However, the retreat of the imperial light cavalry has not yet been completed, and Carlos's light cavalry troops have already launched a counterattack first!

At this time, under the impact of the enemy's light cavalry and longbow men, our light cavalry was in a state of chaos, and I wanted to order the imperial light cavalry to stabilize the formation, but the order could not be conveyed at all, and our army's own formation was disturbed by their own panicked soldiers, and it became difficult to clean up for a while...... And behind the enemy light cavalry, a heavy cavalry wearing dazzling golden heavy armor suddenly flashed out and attacked the two wings of our army!

"Demon Emperor Tiger!"

I couldn't help but gasp and said, when I saw the golden armor representing the "Imperial Tiger" logo appear in front of me, I knew it was going to be bad!

The demonized "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry is like an indestructible steel hammer, striking the wings of our army fiercely! The two wings of the Imperial Army were mainly composed of Holy See legions, and although these Papal soldiers had strong combat effectiveness, their strength was greatly reduced due to their lack of experience and adaptability in large battles.

They don't know how to fight in a disadvantaged situation and face a fierce and powerful enemy, once they face unexpected variables in a hurry, it is easy to fall into a state of panic and lose the will to fight, let alone directly bear the huge pressure brought by Carlos, the invincible army on the continent?

Soon, under the blows of the enemy, the two flanks of our army have not only opened a long distance from the main formation, but have clearly shown a tendency to collapse.

The steel knives and spears of the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry, like the hands of Shura, tear open bloody wounds one after another on the battlefield, constantly dissecting the flesh and blood of our soldiers, and the terrible screams of the Holy See Army and Imperial soldiers in the flesh and blood flying, outlining a purgatory totem on the battlefield!

In the blink of an eye, the lives of tens of thousands of Imperial soldiers were devoured by Carlos' "Imperial Tiger" legion!

Carlos formulated a comprehensive strategy for the weakness of our army at the beginning - to attract the attention of our own light cavalry with camouflaged light infantry, and then attack with light cavalry and archers to achieve the purpose of disrupting our own formation, and finally show the trump card of "Imperial Tiger" to severely damage the two wings of our army!

The reason why he waited until the Imperial Army and the Holy See Army joined up before launching the attack was precisely because he saw that the support army of the Holy See Army would become the most unstable factor in our army - on the one hand, the Holy See Army lacked actual combat experience and could not cope with sudden incidents; On the other hand, the Holy See Army and the Imperial Army have never had the experience of fighting together, and the tacit understanding between the two armies cannot be cultivated overnight.

In this way, if the operation goes well, of course, there is no cause for concern, but once faced with an unfavorable situation, the problem will be completely exposed.

In fact, I have also realized this problem, so I just mixed the Holy See Army into two wings, hoping that experienced Imperial soldiers would play a role in guiding and driving the soldiers of the Holy See Army, and maintain their relative independence in combat, and also maintain the purity and integrity of the Imperial Army's main formation.

However, Carlos was smart enough to attack our army's own position first, and used surprise attacks to create chaos, so as to contain our army's main position.

In the case of the first chaos in this formation, it is difficult to maintain the command of the two wings, and the Holy See troops on both wings not only do not know how to rescue the main formation, but they are in chaos under the strong attack of the enemy's heavy cavalry! And there was a joint reaction, so that our army, which originally occupied the superior forces, fell into a difficult situation of being passively beaten.

What a spicy and bold strategy! I can't help but marvel at Carlos's methods and change to other generals! He would definitely have chosen to launch a hasty general offensive before the reinforcements of our army arrived, but Carlos did the opposite.

Because he is well versed in the art of war, although the number of troops is the key factor in the victory or defeat of the war, it is not the decisive factor, and even if there is no reinforcement, the imperial army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and it is not practical to launch an attack earlier.

Therefore, instead of rushing to attack an otherwise invulnerable enemy, it is better to seize an opportunity that can turn the tide of the battle, and the arrival of the Papal Army has created such an opportunity for him.

This kind of terrible insight and bold strategy can no longer be described simply by the word "clever"! Carlos is using his rare wisdom to teach me a valuable lesson for the superstitious belief that "having an absolute number of troops on the battlefield to overwhelm the opponent is the right way to use troops"!

The right timing, the clever use of troops, the extraordinary strategic conception, the means of the convergence of the main attack and the surprise army, Carlos, should I admire you or hate you......

Thinking of this, I shouted angrily at my subordinates in a deep voice: "What are you panicking about? This level of enemy forces is not enough to shake the fundamentals of our army! Who asked you to come to the battlefield to show jokes to others, don't panic like a girl when you encounter a little thing! Fuck me! Listen to me! ”

In the sound of my shouting of "magic sword fighting spirit", our army's main formation finally got rid of the panic situation and quickly stabilized its position.

After all, the enemy army is only using light cavalry to disrupt our army's main position, and this level of strength is not enough to eat our army's long snake, it is impossible to swallow the elephant!

After stabilizing my position, I immediately ordered Memphis and the deputy commander of the Western Army, Azinaha Red Eyed Banner, to lead the heavy cavalry to gallop to the two wings!

As I had planned, when the formation stabilized, there was nothing to worry about! At this time, Carlos, who had noticed the movement of the Imperial heavy cavalry, knew that he could not further destroy the two wings of our army, so the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry had already ordered the withdrawal of troops before the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Imperial heavy cavalry arrived.

And I have no intention of taking revenge immediately, and the pursuit will be of no benefit at this time, but will allow the heavy cavalry that will penetrate to be eaten by the enemy step by step.

A rough estimate shows that our army lost almost 70,000 soldiers, which is about three times the enemy's losses! Although I am not reconciled, I have to admit that in the early stage of the Battle of Pergamis, our army ended in the first defeat - the courage to admit defeat and correct mistakes in time, rather than stubbornly further expanding the defeat in the wrong direction, is also a quality that a commander must have.

However, just as I was about to give the order for the whole army to retreat some distance and reorganize, a trace of uneasiness flashed through my heart.

I always had a vague feeling that something was wrong with the enemy's performance on the battlefield, and I couldn't think of anything wrong for a while. Probably just because it's the first time I've faced a Majin army......

Thinking like this, Drinker said in an unstable voice, "Mr. Pervert, we ...... Can you win? ”

The vampire girl, who really knows Carlos's strength, can't help but be suspicious and lose confidence in victory.

I ran my finger across the corner of my mouth, made the smile that would later be called "Theshumi", and said indifferently, "Don't worry! We will win! Although the losses of our army were three times that of the enemy, the enemy army was hit much worse than ours, and Carlos's loss of troops was one point, and he could not replenish his troops at all, which was his mortal wound! And this is bound to be a protracted battle that takes time and length, and there is no such thing as a quick fix!

If the war drags on, the supply of the Carlos army will also become a problem, so that the enemy army will be defeated without a fight! Carlos' only undefeated option is to withdraw his troops! However, Mo said that Ettiria would not allow him to do so, and even if he resolutely withdrew his troops despite the orders from above, it was doubtful whether he and his army would be able to cross the long imperial border and return to Henness, so to speak, the outcome of this war had already been decided before the war began! ”

"Well, there's no reason why we're going to fail." Drinker nodded in agreement, but suddenly found something and said, "Ah, it's foggy......"

Then! The plain of Pergamis was shrouded in a thickening mist.

"Fog?!" I suddenly exclaimed, "Quick! Spread the message, the troops on both wings immediately and quickly retreated to join our army's main formation! ”

"Alex, what's the matter? How did you suddenly become so flustered? ”

Drinker asked in surprise.

Carlos ...... This is the real time Carlos was looking forward to! I said coldly, "I totally understand!" But I didn't fully understand until this moment that it was too late......"

This sudden fog is exactly what Carlos was waiting for! That's what Carlos was looking for!

At this time, due to the previous impact of the "Imperial Tiger" on the two wings of our army, the two wings have been separated from the main formation by a long distance, and even Memphis, who went to the rescue, and the imperial heavy cavalry led by Aiznaha, have also moved away from the main formation, and our army has been invisibly divided into three sections!

And under the shroud of this wet fog, the field of vision is less than five feet, so that the people in it completely lose their sense of direction, and the plain of Pergamis instantly becomes a huge maze - both wings and heavy cavalry have become orphans who cannot see the way home, all of which is the situation and situation deliberately created by Carlos!

Crucially, what I didn't tell Drink, the only way for Carlos to win other than to withdraw his troops was to kill me on the battlefield! If I die suddenly on the battlefield, our army will be completely dispersed due to the loss of its core, and Carlos will make the impossible possible and achieve a decisive victory in this war with great disparity between the strength of the enemy and us!

Next, I'll face Carlos' terrifying sniping at all stops, and I'll have to fight for my survival and the fate of the empire with all my might!

We will play a game of hunter and prey chase in this sea of fog, the winner will be the hunter, and the defeat will be the prey to be hunted! And who is the hunter and who is the prey is completely left to the unfathomable fate.

"Looks like we've all fallen into Carlos' calculations!" The vampire girl finally understood, "He's going to use this fog to snipe you!" ”

I nodded heavily, but I thought to myself: it turned out that the feeling that something was wrong was because Carlos's army was almost silent when it was marching—it was impossible for Carlos's heavy cavalry not to make a huge shock when they were engaged!

It is impossible for soldiers and horses in heavy armor to walk as light as ghosts, and even the sound of horses' hooves cannot be heard! But I was so confused by the battle situation that I overlooked such an important detail!

Once Carlos has determined where I am, he will appear silently in front of our army's main formation, and use the sharp blade of the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry to tear through the defenses of our army's main formation at once, and kill me desperately!

Turning around a strategic disadvantage with a tactical victory and then achieving victory is something that any soldier knows is impossible, but Carlos is trying to pull off such miracles!

If he succeeds, Carlos will become the greatest myth on the continent because of the battle of Pergamis, and I will be the inverted ghost who complements this legend!

"But!" Drinker suddenly said very seriously, "I will do whatever it takes to protect you!" Absolutely not give Carlos any chance! ”

"Don't worry! I didn't hang up so easily! ”

I patted the vampire girl's fragrant shoulder, smiled and cast my gaze on the cloudy mist, "Carlos, this time, I will use all my strength to deal with you to live up to your prestige and expectations of me!" In this final duel of fates, let me enjoy this feast of blood and fire, life and death with you! ”

"Alec, it's rare that you still have this self-confidence in this predicament! However, this time you must not underestimate the enemy, based on the aura I felt in the previous battle, if my guess is correct, in addition to the terrifying demonized 'Imperial Tiger', there is also a mysterious ghost clan army around Carlos! These ghost warriors are not only good at blocking and killing, but also good at accurately capturing the opponent's position from the complex terrain and environment, and the situation is quite unfavorable for us! Drinker reminded earnestly.

"Then let the enemy confirm the position of our army! After all, without a goal, this battle cannot be fought. I said firmly.

"Alex, what do you mean ......"

The vampire girl looked at me with a puzzled look.

"Earl, have you ever eaten a mille-feuille? The mille-feuille cake made by Vivian is delicious, and it is really nostalgic, I wonder when I will be able to eat it again? As if I remembered something, I said suddenly.

"I've eaten it, it's a good dessert, but it's all this time, and you still talk about this kind of non-nutritious topic?" Drinker looked uncertain at first, but then suddenly his eyes lit up and exclaimed, "Ah, mille-feuille! Is that so?! Alex! ”

I smiled and said nothing.

But the vampire girl hugged me and cheered, "Alex! I find myself starting to admire you. ”

"Carlos will inevitably adopt guerrilla tactics at the beginning, which is the only way to deal with superior forces in a vast and directionless space! He must have thought that I could only see through his guerrilla tactics, and I would have made him make such judgments! Carlos, I'll wait for you! ”

As I explained, I gave the order to the Honjin: "Pass the order!" As soon as you spot the enemy's guerrilla troops, immediately deliver the most violent blows - pinch the enemy's throat with small troops of cavalry, and then wipe out the rioting enemy in all directions! ”

Carlos, my most respected enemy, I will make this fog you love a nightmare!

As Alexander the Great had predicted, Carlos sent all the light cavalry to search in a wide net, and thus inevitably engaged in encounters with the Imperial army, with seemingly fierce and useless, but in fact not very ferocious, battles in all directions, centered on the position of the Imperial army's main formation, and the actual loss of troops on both sides was not serious.

But the purpose of these rangers was not really to carry out outright guerrilla warfare, nor was it an attempt to achieve victory by disrupting the Imperial army's main position, so the two armies did not fall into a lengthy tug-of-war.

On the contrary, once Carlos' rangers had identified their objectives, they carried out the commander's strategic intent with precision, and began to leave the battlefield with all their might before the Imperial encirclement was complete.

In the meantime, there were also unexpected examples of tentative attacks turning into fierce battles, and the 20,000 light cavalry directly under General Diego fell into a bitter battle with the Imperial army that came to meet them.

Diego was one of Carlos's fierce and brave warriors, who had already established a reputation for his exploits during the Southern Chambuchi era, and was one of Carlos' instructors at the time, along with the late General Pog Pirisnan, the deputy commander of the Tiger Legion, and for a time was Carlos' boss in his debut.

After Carlos's rapid promotion, he has been following Carlos to fight in the north and south, with "vigorous energy and sharpness, not reducing the young veteran" and "fiery and reckless temperament, a fierce old horse who does not change due to age", such mixed reviews.

Carlos's comment on him was: brave and unassailing, defeating the enemy in one go, and a fierce general who has no retreat.

But this also means that Diego himself lacks flexible means, and the eyes of the overall situation, only blindly look straight ahead, spare no effort to rush to attack without regard for the safety behind him, and the result of being too fierce in battle is that he does not know how to leave himself a way out, if the enemy withstands his first onslaught, and seizes the opportunity of the counterattack, he will fall into a place of defeat with no way out.

Originally, fierce generals of this temperament would usually die on the battlefield quickly, but Diego has survived this way of fighting so far, and rarely lost, which can not but be said to be a kind of luck or an anomaly. In other words, there are very few generals in the world who can withstand Diego's blow.

And such a "desperate Saburo"-style fierce general, but finally suffered the worst defeat in his first life on the Seine River - Azeglio with the same brave but flexible use of troops, let him fall into the abyss of defeat from the hope of complete victory, and suffered the greatest humiliation as a famous general.

However, Carlos did not blame Diego too much for his failure, after all, the "Imperial Tiger" was very respectful and courteous to his former teacher, boss, and veteran general in the army, which made the veteran even more ashamed.

In order to wash away the stigma and get out of the shadow of defeat, Diego threw himself into the battle against the Imperial Army with all his enthusiasm, and the problem was that he was too involved.

As soon as General Diego came into contact with the Imperial army, he found that the enemy army was not as strong as expected, and he was only facing a small force of cavalry, and the enemy army was a little disorganized, as if he did not expect to meet his old enemy in this situation.

In view of this, Diego couldn't help but feel in his heart: an enemy of this level can be destroyed! He immediately abandoned his original plan to retreat in the face of the enemy and ordered an all-out attack.

"General, marshal's order ......"

The left and right lieutenant generals just wanted to persuade him, but he was cut off by Diego: "As a general, you should make your own judgment according to the changes on the battlefield, and you can't blindly stick to orders!"

And! This is obviously a lone Imperial Army scout cavalry, not the main force of the Imperial Army's main formation, and it will not help us to determine the location of the Imperial Army's main formation, and if we go back in this way, it will only give the marshal the wrong information and become a laughing stock in the army - I will not be reconciled to this! And if we take the opportunity to destroy it, we can just cut off the eyes and ears of the empire! Besides, if we give up the low-hanging fruit, I am afraid that even the god of war will laugh at our cowardice and incompetence, right? ”

It can be said that at this time, Diego has been provoked by the unexpected Imperial Army, and the veteran, who is dominated by the anger of revenge, once again forgot Carlos's order and ordered an all-out attack.

The only way to make up for the defeat that he had suffered by disobeying Carlos's orders was to win by disobeying Carlos's orders.

It's a strange idea, but it's something that is right and taken for granted in Diego's understanding.

Maybe this is Diego's way of achieving mental balance, or maybe he is aware of the reserve and pride of being an elder of Carlos?

And the panicked state of the Imperial cavalry team that responded to the battle in a hurry further strengthened Diego's judgment of himself, and he launched a fierce attack on the Imperial army desperately!

The Imperial cavalry, unable to withstand the pressure of Diego's troops, began to retreat in an orderly manner, while Diego clung to the deserter and wanted to annihilate the defeated army.

And although the Imperial Army tried its best to get rid of this ferocious hungry wolf, it was all in vain, and the army of a thousand men lost thirty percent in less than a moment! And the persevering enemy is causing more deaths in their wake!

"Haha, little bunnies! You can't escape, can you? Enjoy the pain of struggling before you die! Today, I will give you a taste of the humiliation that General Ben has suffered at your Imperial Army! ”

General Diego stared at the helpless Imperial soldiers like dying lambs, the armor stained with blood made his whole image look very hideous, and when the red-eyed Diego saw the blood of the Imperial soldiers stained with the sword in his body and hand, he suddenly felt a strong sense of pleasure.

However, General Diego's happiness did not last, and he suddenly found that the Imperial cavalry in front of him no longer fled, but calmly formed a formation, and all of them had a look of grief and hatred on their faces. Countless Imperial soldiers poured in from both flanks and behind, encircling Diego's forces at once!

Faced with the vengeful sword of the Imperial Army, Diego's cavalry phalanx was instantly disrupted and collapsed......

He tried to gather troops several times to break through the encirclement of the Imperial Army, but never succeeded, the vampire army with a stronger attitude, tearing apart the strong division that he has always been proud of, as time passed, there were not many 20,000 iron horsemen left, only to see the soldiers' bodies being cut open and scattered, the war horses neighing and falling on the grassland, and the blood of the warriors bursting and splashing in the thick fog!

In the fierce battle, Diego, who had become a bloody man, used his old eyes, which were blurred by blood, fog, or tears, to scan the remaining soldiers around him and the few soldiers, and he couldn't help but feel sad, and a feeling of the end of a hero overflowed in his heart.

At this moment, the remnants of Diego's side were suddenly scattered, and an Imperial cavalryman appeared from his side and stabbed him in the chest and abdomen! The soldier who hit him was one of the Imperial cavalry he had been pursuing.

Diego stretched out his left hand and grabbed the spear through his chest, pulled the Imperial soldier closer with a sharp force, and then slashed at the soldier's neck artery with his right sword!

"Beauty and pink end up as a writer, and the general will inevitably die in battle...... The eldest husband was wrapped in a vest and died on the battlefield - why should I be afraid of Diego?! ”

Diego glanced at the growing crimson blood on his chest, at the horrific sight of blood pouring down the soldier's neck, and at the horrific face that was twisted and distorted in his near death, and laughed as he twisted the gun in two.

The laughter suddenly stopped, and countless spears instantly pierced Diego's hole into a snail!

"Yuan ...... Handsome, Diego was wrong, but Diego ...... Also in the end...... The Last Dead ...... Die, for yourself...... Atonement is not without value...... Finally...... ...... The marshal was determined...... Required ...... Information! I'm taking my ...... My life, for the marshal...... ...... Victorious ...... Square...... "To ......" was the last sentence that Diego tried to utter before he died.

Drink's slender figure appeared on the battlefield after the smoke of gunpowder, her whole body in a black cloak, looming in the mist, full of ghostly energy, and also looked particularly weird.

Behind him were hundreds of equally ghostly vampires.

"Bring the corpses of the enemy soldiers who are still alive, this girl and my people are going to eat!" Drinker commanded the Imperial soldiers in a deep voice, taking in their terrified expressions.

The Imperial Native Soldiers all shuddered, but they didn't dare to slack off a little, and faithfully carried out the orders of the vampire girl.

Drinker stared at Diego's scarred corpse on horseback, and looked into it with some kind of amusement, muttering to himself, "Death is not blind?" Or do you have an unfulfilled wish? Is it the desire to witness your lord's final victory in the coming war? I'm also going to try to absorb the heat of my blood to replenish my vitality and energy—to work for the opposite of you! ”

After saying that, the vampire girl stroked the horse's mane and whispered in the ear of the war horse, "Go back, carry your master back to the place he desires." ”

Then he stabbed the horse in the buttocks with a dagger, and the horse ran with its hooves up in pain, and disappeared into the thick fog, and at last the sound of the horse's hooves faded away.

At this moment, the vampire girl grabbed a corpse, then stretched out her miserable white teeth, leaned over and stabbed the major artery in the corpse's neck.

When the girl raised her head and wiped the plasma from her mouth, a strange smile appeared on her face, but in those delicate black eyes, there was a resolute insistence......