Chapter 1349: Trap (4)
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Like the last time he paid a million deposits, didn't he also distribute them to his subordinates? That's why these people followed him with all their hearts and made such a big deal.
As for the collateral that could sell for tens of millions of gold coins, they didn't ask.
I still don't know what to do.
While they were talking, the cavalry of the marshal's personal guard rushed to the fence, and in an instant, the man turned on his back, and the screams and shouts of killing immediately rang out.
The thieves' fences were not tight, and although they stabbed a number of marshal's guards to death with their spears, the impact of the horses destroyed the first fence at once.
The cavalry in the front rushed to the front, the cavalry in the middle was ready to reinforce and kill the thieves around them, and the cavalry in the rear charged to the flanks to expand their territory.
Although the thieves were stimulated by the money, their eyes were red, and they also assassinated a large number of personal guards, but the gap between the thieves and the personal guards in the individual and as a whole still made the thieves retreat.
Sensing this, the marshal's personal guards were highly motivated and rushed to kill.
And Rose yelled angrily: "Order the two deputy commanders to increase the attack, you, bring me a team of people to block them!" ”
The leader who was pointed out immediately gathered a team of men and horses to pounce.
The other leaders were annoyed.
After knowing that the regiment commander wanted to stand on his own, these leaders had long wanted to show themselves so that they could gain high-ranking officials in the future.
The flag behind Ross shook violently, and the thieves who were covering the guards behind them immediately shouted to kill, and the guards who stayed on the hillside to resist were helplessly driven down the valley in the face of the swarming thieves.
After discovering that the marshal's personal guard was completely surrounded, the thieves cheered in unison.
After the leader led the new army to join, the thieves, who had already retreated, fought back desperately, and actually blocked the guards in front of the last fence.
"Your Excellency, we are surrounded, what now?" An officer asked Terra with an anxious look on his face.
A staff officer beside Tra said angrily: "That damn captain and those soldiers must be traitors!" There are only 3,000 thieves, but there are more than 3,000 in the front alone, and more than 7,000 thieves on both sides of the back! ”
"It's strange, the Rose Thieves Group has more than 5,000 people at most, and we have killed more than 2,000 people along the way, and there should be more than 3,000 people left, right, why did it double all of a sudden?" A staff officer looked puzzled.
"We were calculated from the start."
Faced with the tense moment, Marshal Tra's expression did not change, but was as casual as usual.
"Why did the Ross Thieves ransack the village just as I patrolled the border? Why didn't our vanguard force show up here? Why did the captain and those soldiers lie about the military situation? ”
"It's a trap that has been laid out a long time ago! That captain and soldier must also have been lurking in by the enemy, and they were really patient, and without a few years of work, it was impossible for a recruit to become a captain. ”
The officers were silent.
They know why the enemy has put so much effort into setting such a trap.
Directly assassinating the marshal will only make the whole army angry, and will not weaken the military prestige, but if the marshal's personal guard is wiped out by a few formations, it will be a very serious blow to the military prestige, especially if it is destroyed by thieves.
Who is the enemy?
The countries around are enemies, everyone is suspicious, and there may even be enemies at home.
"Let a brigade dismount and fight and rush to the rear, and a brigade will follow closely to expand the results and expand the space for movement, as long as our war horses can run, these thieves are really not enough." With a look of contempt, Terra pointed at the thieves behind her.
The commander's composure calmed the officers.
The marshal's personal guard, they have always been the most proud, and now they are actually besieged by a gang of thieves?
Don't laugh at the dead when you say it!
At the orders of the officers, a large group of cavalrymen turned over and dismounted, raised their spears, raised their sabers, and pounced on the swarming thieves, and a large group of cavalry nervously followed them, slowly expanding their victory.
The rest of the guards fought with the thieves on the other side across the fence, while quietly waiting for the opportunity to ride their horses and charge.
Zhao Hu followed the team and rushed towards the destination.
When he saw the brigade marching like this, he couldn't help but be full of doubts.
How could the captain give such an order? Isn't he afraid that the thieves will get the news in advance and run away?
With the way the march is now, I am afraid that the thieves will find out from afar. When the time comes, let alone chasing the bandits, I'm afraid I won't even be able to see a horse's hair.
Zhao Hu wanted to remind him, but the squad leader warned him: "We all know that it is inappropriate to march like this, but the captain must have a reason to do this." As a soldier, especially a soldier, you only need to obey the orders of your superiors, and you must know that the army attaches great importance to the superiority and inferiority. ”
The implication is that you are humble and don't meddle in your affairs.
Hearing this, where did Zhao Hu dare to speak?
However, to Zhao Hu's surprise, after the Wu Commander who was monitoring in front joined the team, the thieves were still at ease by the stream.
The captain looked smug and ordered loudly: "All squadrons are outflanked in groups, and we will wipe out the Ross thieves in one fell swoop!" ”
Under the command of the squadron commanders, the guards shouted and scattered around, and these shouts of the guards immediately attracted the attention of the thieves, but the thieves did not panic, but quickly killed the prisoners, left the stream, away from the horses, and formed a formation in the center of a clearing.
Even those who have not been through the battle array, seeing the momentum of the thieves in front of them, understand that these guys are battle-hardened warriors.
These thieves were very disciplined, and when they encountered the enemy, none of them fled on horseback, but they all obeyed the order and put on foot.
It seems that their commander understands that if they go on horseback at this time, although they can escape a few, most of them will be killed by taking advantage of the chaos, and they will be wiped out anyway, so it is better to fight to the death.
The guards were not surprised by the thieves' behavior.
They believe that this is the remnants of the Rus thieves, which can be described as elite, and since they are elite, then of course they dare to fight to the death with the army.
It's just that Zhao Hu, who was assigned to the captain's column, found that the captain had a surprised look on his face, as if he had found that the information was wrong and didn't believe it.
The captain muttered something, but he still had a whole face, and waved his knife and shouted: "Kill!" ”
"Kill!" The guards immediately roared and galloped!
The thieves remained silent, and did not make any moves except to shrink their formation.
Some of the guards rushed out of the woods, some rushed down the hillside, some rushed across the stream, and anyway, hundreds of war horses rushed towards the center with great momentum.
In an instant, the shouts of killing immediately turned into screams!
The horses that charged ahead fell one after another, and the knights were all overturned to the ground. At this moment, the guards found out that all the horse's hooves were broken by the palm-sized trap!
These thieves had already dug countless traps around them, but they all covered them up, so that the detective guards didn't notice this at all.
At the same time as the cavalry fell, the still thieves shouted loudly, and rushed up with their knives to slash at the cavalry who had fallen into the frieze, and in an instant, dozens of guards were cut off their heads.
Zhao Hu is also one of the unlucky knights, but he reacted quickly and jumped up from the saddle the moment the horse lost its balance, so when the thieves attacked, Zhao Hu had already raised his sword to meet him.
A knife flashed sideways, and the knife was dragged towards the neck of a thief, but to Zhao Hu's surprise, the thief actually stopped suddenly, leaned back to avoid Zhao Hu's move, and also took the opportunity to raise the knife with his backhand and slash at Zhao Hu's arm!
Zhao Hu turned around sharply, a whirlwind side kick, kicked away the thief's knife, and when his foot fell, he took the opportunity to let his body move forward, and then a whirlwind knife that followed the rotation of his body, cutting off the thief's head.
Before Zhao Hu could catch his breath, two sword lights appeared in front of him!
He reflexively swung his knife and swept it, and when it was two sounds, he only felt his wrist slightly numb, and when the opponent's two big knives trembled, he raised his knife and quickly slashed at their necks.
However, to Zhao Hu's surprise again, these two people were unusually compatible, one raised a knife to block Zhao Hu's knife momentum, and the other took the opportunity to slash at Zhao Hu's waist!
Zhao Hu, who was agile, immediately stretched out his foot to kick the thief blocking the knife away, and then cut off the head of the other thief before the other knife hit him. Then, before the thief who had been kicked into the air could get up, he flew over and killed him.
When Zhao Hu was fighting, the other guards were not idle, knowing that there was a horse pit in front of them, the guards who had not been hit jumped off the horse and went forward to fight on the street.
The captain, who was originally commanding in the back, didn't know if he was pushed in, or if he was enthusiastic and joined the ranks of foot combat early.
After hacking a thief to death, the captain couldn't help but gasp a few times, he was surprised to find that these thieves' fighting ability is very strong, the captain of the officer's personal guard against them, can barely have the upper hand, the soldiers are obviously inferior, if it is not for the number of their own side is more than the other party, most of them automatically two to one, I am afraid that their own brigade has been wiped out by this gang of thieves.
But that's it, in this moment's hard fighting, hundreds of his own guards have fallen, and they are only a few dozen.
And the most surprising thing is that these thieves are very familiar with the ranks of their side, and they specialize in fighting officers, and he has seen several squad leaders killed in siege with his own eyes.
"Captain, the combat effectiveness of these guys is stronger than that of our guards! When did the Ross Thieves become so fierce? Wasn't killing them the same as killing chickens before? As soon as one of the squadron leaders of the guards said this, he screamed and fell to the ground.