Chapter 244: The First Battle Between the Two Clans
General Kevin is anxious right now.
It's not the so-called revenge of the Duchu Principality, which he has been chasing closely not far ahead, but the glorious imperial army far away on the western border of the Riga Empire.
can defeat Schindler, French, and Dino in succession, the three powerful generals of the empire, Kevin will definitely not despise the brilliant empire, a young Anthony who appeared out of thin air.
On both sides of the spectrum, everyone was amazed or terrified by Anthony's superb military command. But in the eyes of General Kevin, the most terrible thing about this Anthony is not the ability to command the army in battle. The layout and planning before the battle is the one that scares Kevin the most.
Although Anthony didn't actually make many shots, Kevin studied the reports sent from the front and found that the young opponent was extremely good at layout. Or rather, set traps.
Anthony, with patience and sophistication completely different from his age, lured his prey into the trap that had been laid out step by step, and then suddenly launched a thunderous attack. With just one attack, you can knock your enemies into a situation from which they will never recover.
This is easier said than done.
The importance of location is clear to any general. If you can, who wouldn't want to fight the enemy in an environment that is completely beneficial to you. But the problem is that the enemy is not an idiot either, and will not stupidly follow your command and run after you. If the momentum is not right, it is definitely a turn and leave.
What is difficult for others seems to Anthony to be easy and natural. What made General Kevin even more puzzled and even frightened was that when people were trying to calculate this young man, they didn't know that they were following the other party's baton. When you feel that you are about to finish, you suddenly realize that everything you have done is actually unconsciously jumping into the death set by Anthony.
It's like the battle in which Schindler was defeated and died.
Now that Anthony had captured two small counties on the border, he stopped repairing and slowed down the pace of the offensive. In the eyes of some generals and high-ranking officials of the Riga Empire, it was this young man who did not understand the current situation and missed the opportunity to fight, which gave his side a rare time to breathe and prepare. But General Kevin, who was already quite jealous of Anthony, definitely didn't dare to look at it like this, and only felt that he was doing his best layout again, weaving an invisible net, waiting for the prey to come to the door.
Because of this, General Kevin is so anxious and anxious.
For a master who is good at planning and layout, the longer the planning time, the more adequate the preparation, and when it is launched, it is absolutely as fierce as the waves crashing on the shore.
If possible, General Kevin preferred to immediately take the initiative and attack Anthony, who was stationed on the border of the Empire. Even if it is extremely risky to do so, you must try to interrupt the rhythm of the other party and not let him lay out as easily as he wants.
But the damn rats up ahead......
An army like the Principality of Tulu is full of ****, and there are many things in the Riga Empire, and there are various names. This complex **** is not the largest of them, nor is it the most serious threat to the empire.
But if they are allowed to act unchecked, it is inevitable that the power of the countries, large and small, that was destroyed by the Riga Empire, will not revivenation. Once the noise is raised, the consequences are unimaginable.
Therefore, the Riga Empire spent great efforts and sent generals to lead a multi-way army to attack from all sides, extinguishing fires everywhere and "eliminating harm". It is precisely because of this that there is no more energy to support the battlefield of the glorious empire, which eventually leads to the reversal and collapse of the war situation.
No matter what, the compound **** that has been bitten in front of you must not be let go. General Kevin can only step up his actions and strive to eliminate these rats as soon as possible, so that he can concentrate his forces and deal with the attack of the tiger on the Western Front.
Anthony, who was far away at the moment, didn't expect that General Kevin, who was also ranked among the "six famous generals", would be so jealous of himself. However, in this way, it made him more urgent and impatient to chase and eliminate the ****. Anthony's plan greatly improves the chances of success.
"General Qiyu, Fu **** is two miles away from the north of our army, and is fleeing to the northeast, and the formation is scattered."
A soldier galloped over on horseback, turned over and dismounted when he got close, and reported respectfully.
"Huh?" When General Kevin heard this, his brows furrowed.
"Here comes the map!"
An adjutant had already waited aside, unfurling a map of the march.
When General Kevin took a look, he knew that his memory of the nearby terrain was correct, and his heart was even more puzzled.
To the northeast, not far from the endless Great Plains. The equipment is poor, the armor and bows are not fully equipped, and the war horses are no more than 20. When you reach the plains without shelter, there is nowhere to hide. With just two legs, how can you outrun the 3,000 cavalry on your side?
"Is there a fraud?"
This thought crossed General Kevin's mind subconsciously.
In fact, in the past two or three months, the imperial generals have suffered losses one after another, so that Kevin has to be cautious.
The adjutant seemed to see the doubts in the general's heart, and whispered: "Maybe the general was panicked and dizzy when he was chased by the general, and he might make a mistake for a while." ”
General Kevin was silent for a moment, then nodded.
If it is really as the adjutant said, if the enemy makes a wrong decision, even if his own side wants to break his head, it is impossible to come up with a reasonable explanation.
The most important thing is that the scale of the complex **** is limited, and there are so many thousands of people in total. Even if they were to set up an ambush, what could they do on the plains?
Without hesitation, General Kevin waved his horsewhip and shouted loudly:
"Pass the order, and the whole army will pursue!"
Somewhere not far from Kevin, there were also soldiers who hurried to report.
"General Qiyu, Kevin's army is speeding up, and the whole army is rushing this way."
"Okay."
The general stood there with a cold face, and simply said a good word, and then there were no more superfluous words or actions.
Fortunately, the people around him are accustomed to his reticent words, but they are not surprised, as long as they follow orders.
"Stop!" General Kevin raised his hand and stopped the march of the army.
The Riga army was well-trained, the order was forbidden, and the general gave the order, and immediately stopped, and the formation was not scattered in the slightest.
The adjutant stepped forward: "General? ”
Of course, he knew why General Kevin had halted the army, because there was a slope on each side of the road in front of him, and the whole ground was funnel-shaped. The army marched through it, and if a crack army suddenly appeared on the left and right, the army might be in disarray.
But if you don't pass through here, you'll have a long way to go. Such a delay may really let Fu **** escape from death.
Perhaps, the **** general knew that he couldn't shake off the pursuit of Kevin's army, and he had no choice but to do this when he was cornered. Taking advantage of the terrain made the Riga army suspicious and afraid to move forward, so they fled.
In this way, they turned around and fled to the northeast, not because they made a mistake in their busyness, but because they had already calculated?
General Kevin also thought of this, and knew that he could not delay too long, so he pondered for a while, and then ordered.
The army was on guard and slowly passed. Send more scouts to scout horses scattered to investigate, and if there is an enemy, report immediately! ”
"Yes!" The generals agreed.
Seeing that his generals were acting according to orders, General Kevin felt a little relieved.
Although the terrain was not in his favor, he decided to take a risk considering the balance of power between the enemy and the enemy.
Regardless of the time, place, people, or intrigues, the march and war ultimately depend on these soldiers under their hands. Let the enemy calculate in every way, if the strength is not good, as long as you simply go directly to it, you can also crush the enemy.
Replying to those people, Kevin doesn't pay attention to them yet. Even if you occupy a little geographical advantage, it will not change anything. The only thing that worried him was Anthony on the Western Front of the Empire.
However, the Riga Empire's surveillance of Antony's army never stopped, and there was no sign of the army's deployment, which also reassured Kevin.
There is never a smooth war, and there are always some risks to be taken. General Kevin knew this, but he never realized that this time the stakes were much greater than he had anticipated. And the consequences are countless times more serious than he thought.
The Chinese army had barely entered the ramp, and the scouts on both sides sounded warning flares at almost the same time.
Without looking at the scout's warning, the slight tremor from under his feet made General Kevin aware that a large army was approaching at high speed. And with many years of experience in the army, he can still tell that there are definitely more than 1,000 people who have come.
Is there really an ambush?!
But within the empire, apart from the glorious imperial army led by Anthony, where is there an army of this size, such momentum?
"Array! Meet the enemy! ”
General Kevin's mind was racing, but his movements were not slow at all, and he ordered the army to line up to resist the enemy.
The tremors on the ground grew more and more violent, and the enemies on the slopes on both sides finally showed their faces.
"It's cavalry!" The hearts of the Riga warriors were all in the heart.
The terrain here is a slightly gentle funnel, and the Riga army is stretched in a long line, falling precisely at the bottom of the funnel. The cavalry on both sides of the slope charged from top to bottom, and the speed of the war horses was faster, and the impact force naturally increased exponentially.
If the enemy is not accurate, if one son falls wrong, the consequence will be a catastrophe!
Kevin was devastated, almost anticipating the defeat of his own army.
"Who is the enemy general? Dare to use your name! ”
Vaguely, Kevin's mind flashed the figure of the young opponent who was extremely jealous but had never met.
A young general in full armor rode out and stood on the slope.
"General Anthony's general Tang Feng is here, Kevin thief will be killed!"
Didn't Anthony come in person?
A trace of regret flashed in General Kevin's heart.
On the battlefield, in just a few words, the cavalry on the uphill slope had already charged in formation, and fiercely plunged into the ranks of the Riga warriors.
At the moment when Tang Feng led the cavalry to appear, Kevin, who had been in battle for a long time, immediately realized that he was bound to lose, and almost gave up the idea of commanding the army to resist resistance. One can imagine how advantageous this terrain was for the cavalry, and how deadly it was for the Riga army at the bottom of the hillside.
Tang Feng came quickly, and although the scouts warned him, Kevin immediately ordered a formation. But under the long and narrow terrain, how can the infantry phalanx stretch out. The elite cavalry units are even worse than the infantry, losing the space for impact, and the soldiers on the horses can only be eye-catching targets, and they can't even exert their combat power in peacetime.
In this way, how can you be undefeated?
General Kevin saw that the formation of the soldiers under his command had already been dispersed, and he was involuntarily slowly retreating step by step. The troops that did not engage in the battle behind wanted to come up to support, but they were blocked by their own comrades, so they could only be pushed back together.
However, after a round of assault by the enemy's cavalry, the fierce momentum of the downward slope also subsided somewhat. After all, the Riga warriors were fierce, although they still couldn't resist and kept retreating. But there are signs of holding on.
Kevin's spirits were shaken.
After all, it wasn't Anthony, a genius boy who came, although Tang Feng was not weak when he heard it, but compared to Anthony, it was still a little worse.
Just as Kevin was bracing himself up and preparing to give orders to the troops, another team suddenly burst into his eyes.
It was a hoplite, covered in thick armor and holding an axe the size of a face plate, but only about half the height of a normal person.
"Dwarven warriors?!"
The first battle of the dwarves who withdrew from the stage of the Oss continent tens of thousands of years ago completely shattered the little hope in General Kevin's heart.