Chapter XVII: The Battle of the Plains of Amesvalon (4) The Fierce Battle
As the war approached, a few vultures flew in the sky from time to time, as if complaining about the scarcity of corpses. Even the beggars on the streets began to discuss the war, and the news of the horse thieves being repelled continued in the streets.
Baron Ancas was very concerned about the news of Pierre's troops, and was very happy after hearing the news that Pierre's 1,200 men were wiped out at the beginning of the war, and drank an extra bottle of wine, and later heard that after Pierre appointed a man named George, he actually repelled the horse thieves again and again, and Ancas couldn't sit still.
You must know that the horse thieves are not ordinary troops, they are all mobile cavalry units, and they are basically invincible in the wilderness.
After killing the horse thief striker, Pierre wrote a letter to the king reporting on the situation in Amesvalon.
The current situation makes him very passive, but as the commander-in-chief of the fortress city defense, he has not made any achievements at all, but has made that waste wood boy out of the limelight.
The next battle was explosive, and the 500 troops who came after the horse thieves were all killed in one day, which is said to be an ambush.
With less than 200 troops, 500 horse thieves were killed, so how did this battle be fought?
Or is it that the horse thieves who came this time are actually some stragglers who are vulnerable?
Ancas finally couldn't hold back anymore and took the initiative to meet with Pierre, who proposed to Pierre to send troops to exterminate the horse thieves.
Although Pierre felt that it was a bit despicable and shameless for Ancas to jump out at this time to share the credit, wouldn't it be the same if he was replaced by himself? After all, everyone is a nobleman, and they have to give each other a little face.
Pierre agrees with Ancas to send troops to exterminate the horse thieves, but only in the name of the governor, which is also considered to be a long face for himself.
Ancas sent his most elite 500 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to start a temporary camp outside the fortress and wait for the arrival of horse thieves.
The Myron family is not a military family that has been inherited for many years, the infantry all wear half-body copper armor, the bronze swords are shining, and the cavalry are riding tall horses to train in the camp, and they look like strong horses. Officers at all levels boasted about how they would defeat the approaching horse thieves in the future.
Ancas is ready to take command himself, let Pierre see his extraordinary command ability, let him see why his family has been able to stand in the fortress for so many years!
George was very happy to hear that General Ancas, who was defending the fortress, had led an elite army to set up a camp and was preparing to attack the horse thieves, and if General Ancas could fight the horse thieves together, the odds would be much higher.
In order to show everyone's determination to unite against the enemy, George went to General Ancas's camp and prepared to discuss with General Ancas a plan to repel the horse thieves.
When he came to Ancas's camp, the herald said arrogantly that General Ancas was very busy, you wait for this first, and then leave.
I waited from morning to noon, and General Ancas had not yet come, so the grapes rubbed their belly and said, "Brother, this General Ancas's shelf is so big, we took the initiative to meet him, and he actually hung us for a morning." β
I spread my hands and said with a smile: "It seems that General Ancas is ready to deal with the horse thieves alone, so it's okay, we can also lose some brothers, and this credit will be given to General Ancas, okay grapes, let's go, it seems that General Ancas is not going to see us either." With that, the grapes and I began to walk back.
While basking in the sun, Ancas asked the guards beside him while nibbling on chicken legs, "Those two mud legs are gone?"
The guard next to him said, "Yes, General, they left." β
Ancas said arrogantly: "Hmph, I don't see what my identity is, I actually want to discuss with me what plan to retreat from the enemy, this time I will command the battle, and those horse thieves will not flee from the wind! These mud legs will only add to the chaos!"
After George returned to the stronghold, he continued to collect the surrounding slaves, and began to organize training, and then asked Grape and Ataya to make more rounds, found problems and solved them in time, and asked the horse thieves who had returned to the country to ask the horse thieves about their combat methods and some cavalry combat methods.
This question really asks a lot of things, such as the elite troops of horse thieves will be equipped with a type of equipment called a mounted archery bow, the bow is short and easy to carry, and due to the short and fast rate of fire. George had all the details in his head, and analyzed and contrasted them to find ways to arm his troops.
There is a George who feels that the elite troops of horse thieves will wear small shields on their forearms, which can block the damage of the opponent to a certain extent, and the weight is small, which will not affect the load.
So George designed a bronze shield with a spike in the middle, which could be used to defend against enemies.
Grape went to Pierre in the form of a shield and begged Pierre to make 50 of them in the last possible time.
For the horse thieves' cavalry archers, George designed a half-body copper leather armor for the spearmen that focused on protecting the heart, even if they were unfortunate enough to encounter the opponent's cavalry archers, at least they could defend the heart position.
George and the others are nervously arranging the war preparations, on the contrary, Ancas will instruct the maids he brings to play a beautiful tune every day, and he and the guards will keep deducing how to defeat and hunt down the horse thieves on the sand table, and then enjoy the newly brewed wine.
Ancas is tired of waiting these days, the horse thieves are really a rabble, and the follow-up troops have not yet arrived after so many days, it seems that he can only ponder some elegant music to pass the time!
The leader of the horse gang in charge of the robbery of the Da Yu country is resting in a cowhide tent, Feita is a nobleman of one of the western countries, but most of the western countries are nomads, and the definition of nobility does not depend on blood and fiefdom, and strength, if you have more knives, more people, and more livestock, then you are a nobleman.
After becoming a nobleman, you can use force to annex the surrounding power, assuming that if it has been developing well, then it will develop into a new power or even a country.
Therefore, the western countries have rarely been inherited for more than 200 years, and many countries have disappeared in the annexation between tribes.
Feta's robbery of the Da Yu country this time was very successful, and he grabbed a lot of food and supplies, if he can use it reasonably, then his tribe will continue to grow and continue to annex the surrounding forces, and maybe he will become the king of a country in the future!
Just as the robbery operation was entering its climax, his own troops actually lost contact with each other one after another, and when the cavalry he sent out as many as 500 people were all heard from, Feita realized that something was wrong! The army of Da Xian Yu was in a slump, and in the face of countless robberies, Da Yu Guo swallowed his anger, and this time he was able to kill his own 500 cavalry troops! What an evil sect!
Feta's army at this time consisted of only 100 archers, 200 elite cavalry, and 300 ordinary cavalry. It seems that you can't attack recklessly, and this time you must find out the details of the other party before taking the next step.
Feta ordered the troops not to advance with great fanfare, and on a sneaky night march, slowly approaching the fortress of Ammashsvalon.
After approaching the fortress, Fita found that the camp set up by Ancas outside the city was indeed presentable, no wonder his previous troops would be defeated, the other side not only had 1,000 infantry but also about 500 cavalry, and they were defending the camp. Looks like you need to adopt a night raid strategy!
George's scouting team had his troops take turns scouting intelligence these days, and found a cavalry unit of about 600 men.
George knew the power of the horse thief cavalry, so he did not rush to attack, continued to send people to inquire about information, and began to plan an attack. When he learned that the horse thief would stay on the outskirts of Ancas's camp, he immediately understood the horse thief's intentions, so he began to mobilize his troops to support Ancas's troops after the horse thief and Ancas fought.
George said: "The spear formation, prepare to set up a spear formation on the hillside far from the camp of Ancas, the reconnaissance team is all on horseback, and after carrying the equipment, distribute it on both flanks of the spear team, and attack the cavalry of the opposing side close to the two wings, Grape has selected 50 of the most elite pitchers from the reconnaissance team, carrying a larger number of javelins, and if the other side appears with archers, make a surprise attack on the horse thief archers." If there are no archers, swim behind the spear formation and shoot at the opposing Charger Knight.
One night in January 2014 in the York calendar, it was very cold, and Fetta looked at the sky, and from time to time there were black clouds, blocking the moonlight, which was not bright in the first place!
When the night was deep and silent, Fetta sensed that there was no sound in the camp of Ancas, and sent his elite cavalry to begin a tentative attack on the camp.
The horses ridden by the elite cavalry of the horse thieves are quite spiritual, and they can run out of scattered steps according to the instructions of their masters, so that the sound of the horses is small and not easy to be detected by the other party.
The sturdy knight slowly approached the camp, and began to remove the rejection horses near the camp layer by layer, and when the rejection horses were dealt with, they began to approach the other party's camp gate, and unexpectedly, the soldiers guarding the camp gate on the other side were actually sleeping.
The horse thief knight turned over the camp gate, solved the soldiers guarding the gate, opened the camp gate, and roared loudly!
Surprised to see the other party's camp gate lost, this is too fast! Surprised, Fita still did not hesitate to send a large force to raid the camp in front.
Ancas was woken up by the whistling sound of the horse thief's attack, and when he felt that something was wrong, the horse thief had already rushed into the camp, and the camp was instantly rushed into chaos by the horse thief who attacked him, but Ancas forcibly stabilized his mind, quickly grabbed his war knife and rode on the war horse with the guards and began to break through.
The horse thief's assault was very effective, many of the Ancas infantry were hacked to death in tents before they could remember what the reaction was, and only a few people took up arms to fight the horse thieves, but because they suddenly woke up in a relatively low state, only about 200 of the 1,000 infantry were killed in an instant.
Ancas fought desperately, gathered nearly 200 cavalry, and began to break through.
Under the first battle, Ancas understood why for so many years, the horse thieves attacked the border several times, but no one dared to fight, not that there was no military strength to deal with the horse thieves, but the horse thieves' combat power was really strong! Under the fierce attack of his own cavalry, the other party could easily deal with it, if it were not for the cavalry on his side desperately breaking through the siege in order to survive, I am afraid that he really couldn't cope with the other party. And the other party also has a numerical advantage, 100 more than himself.
The only 100 infantry left by themselves, after seeing that the cavalry of the horse thieves gradually broke through with their cavalry swords, also broke through in the direction of the cavalry, and after these 100 soldiers desperately broke through, the horse thief cavalry unit also began to attrition. Finally, at the cost of 70 men, the horse thieves annihilated all 1,000 Ancas's infantry. The remaining 130 men began to pursue the Ancas cavalry unit with all their might.
Ancas's cavalry units used cavalry spears, which were more aimed at restraining infantry. But when encountering a horse thief armed with a scimitar, he was restrained by the horse thief's weapon, and the spear was not as easy for the knight as the scimitar that was easy to wield and chop, although it was a desperate breakthrough, but the loss was extremely serious, and only Ancas and 5 guards escaped from the 100 cavalry who broke through between the eyes, and the horse thief only lost more than 20 people.
And the remaining more than 100 horse thieves began to pursue Ancas frantically.
At this time, Feta also had 150 elite knights and 100 archers by his side.
George saw the moment and launched an attack on the horse thief.
I was going to destroy the horse thief with Ancas, but I didn't expect Ancas to be beaten in an instant, but if you let the horse thief rest for a day, it will be more difficult to win, so it is better to raid the horse thief at this opportunity for the horse thief to divide his troops.
George said: "Grape immediately led the elite short-spear knight to raid the horse thief, and if the other party pursues, immediately retreat and wait for the opportunity to attack!"
Grape Horse took the lead and led the spearmen to launch a surprise attack on the horse thieves.
Feita was lamenting the waste wood of the Da Yu troops, intoxicated with the pleasure of his cavalry crushing the opponent's troops, when he suddenly found that another group of cavalry suddenly appeared in the night, galloping wildly, and then saw that his cavalry was remotely concentrated by some kind of weapon of the other party, and 20 people were planted after being attacked by surprise!
Feta ordered the archers, "Attack the archers! Teach these wastes of the Da Yu country a lesson!" 50 archers rushed towards George's position.
In the blink of an eye, the horse thief's archers roared, and the rapid fire of the opponent's short bow made my short spear pitcher helpless, and gradually someone fell off the horse, and the grapes did not retreat according to my orders at this time, but pulled out the war knife on the horse and rushed towards the other party, because the other party was also a rapid assault, and instantly collided with the grapes, the grapes slashed the whirlwind slash, and the opposite archers were split off the horse one by one, and the grapes that I applied the defensive technique are currently invulnerable, and the opponent's feather arrows shot at her body and then were bounced out!
Grape's war horse was fast, the sword slashed left and right, and the horse thief's 50 archers were killed in a blink of an eye. However, the spearmen lost most of the battle earlier, and only 5 of the 20 men who raided returned with the grapes.
The more Fita looked, the more he couldn't understand, his archers didn't seem to catch up with the other party and were killed by one of the other generals, it is estimated that the other party was injured, and fled with the remaining cavalry.
At this time, the dark clouds drifted away, and the silver moonlight shone down, and Feita saw clearly that the weapon that sneaked up on his troops just now was actually a short spear.
But these people are not enough, their elite cavalry is not comparable to the previous cavalry, they are all elite soldiers who can block ten with one!
Fetta shouted, "Cavalry send 100 men in pursuit!
On the hillside in the distance, suddenly a group of troops with long weapons rushed towards their cavalry troops, and it was impossible to see what they were holding in their hands from a distance, but the opponent's formation was neat, the movements were uniform, and it seemed that they were a group of elite soldiers, and it seemed that this battle was a bit interesting.
Fetta left the remaining 50 elite cavalry and 50 archers to guard the guard, and ordered one cavalryman to recall the ordinary knight unit before starting to watch the battle.
When 100 elite knights rushed over, George felt a sense of oppression that he had never felt before, and he could not defeat such an elite cavalry if he followed the usual tactics.
George shouted, "Brother in the first row, stick the bottom of the spear into the ground, the tip of the spear forward, and hold the spear tightly." The second row brothers and the third row brothers began to alternate assassinations!"
When the opposing cavalry collided with the first row of towering spears, only part of the tall and strong horses were blocked, and more knights knocked away the spears of the first row and began to rush into the formation, and then the second row of spearmen began to alternately assassinate, so the horse thief's sword had just cut a spearman in half, and the spearman was pierced through the chest by the spearman behind, and this spearman was cut to the ground by the horse thief behind.
At this time, the advantage of those soldiers with a bad temper and dead eyes was highlighted, the bloodier these people were, the more energetic they killed, and some people were disemboweled by the scimitars of horse thieves, and they also grabbed spears and poked each other's hearts.
Although the horse thief is an elite, where have he ever seen such a desperate soldier, after the initial ferocious momentum was blocked, he was gradually killed by the spearmen.
George commanded the troops to charge down from the uphill slope, and under the bonus of the terrain, the more they fought, the more brave they became, the 250-man spear team, after paying the price of 100 people, killed all the elite cavalry of the opponent's 100 people.
George was covered in blood, of course, these are the blood of horse thieves, George was defended by grapes, in the eyes of ordinary people, George was wearing iron armor to block all damage, but in fact, George was invulnerable.
George shouted loudly: "Brothers, the whole team returns to the hillside and prepares for the next assault! Grape leads all the reconnaissance teams to attack the position of the opponent's leader!"
Grape changed to a tall horse thief at this time, and shouted: "All the reconnaissance teams obey my orders, form a team, carry short spears, and prepare for a surprise attack!"
After watching her elite cavalry being killed, Feta's eyelids jumped! Her heart twitched! Evil Gate, what is the origin of the other side? He actually killed his elite cavalry with infantry, and those infantry on the other side were completely beyond his own understanding, what kind of monsters were they? The scimitar slashed at his body and he couldn't dodge! He directly stabbed the knight to death with the weapon in his hand! Who am I? Where am I???
Feta suddenly noticed that a lot of war horses suddenly appeared in the darkness, and this time she saw clearly, and a beautiful woman wearing half-body armor on the other side led the cavalry to rush towards her.
Feta's years of combat experience told him that there was no need to make a fuss and just arrange a counterattack normally, but a hunch in his heart told him that it was still too late to run, and if he ran slowly, he would die, and Feta couldn't imagine that it was his premonition that saved him.
Fetta commanded: "50 knights to attack, 40 archers to support on both flanks. "Anyway, he actually led 10 archers to turn around and run away as soon as he pulled his horse!
Grape commanded 100 scout knights to throw spears from the front, and then commanded another 90 or so scout knights to attack from both flanks.
After the second round of spear throwing, Grape rushed into the opponent's cavalry and began to shoot left and right!
Although the opponent's elite cavalry was strong, but after facing the grapes, it was not much different from the papier-mΓ’chΓ©, and the knights behind him followed the grapes and charged down, and the 50 elite knights were all killed in a blink of an eye.
The horse thief's 40 archers dealt a fatal blow to our scout knight, the fast shooting speed and the mobility of the horses made the scout actually helpless, at this time one of the knights on the other side dressed in strange costumes began to chant words at one of the unusually burly knights, and then after a strange magic fluctuation, the knight shot arrows much faster than the others, and the force was amazing! The arrow was like a meteor, and after hitting the body of our knight, the force passed through the chest, and it didn't stop, and continued to shoot at the person behind the road!
Others couldn't read it, but George could see it clearly, and the strangely dressed man among the knights on the opposite side was probably a magician and could cast a buff spell.
George immediately rode forward on a war horse, rushed to Grape and said, "Go and kill the archer, and then I'll go and kill the strangely dressed horse thief next to him." β
As he spoke, the scout knight was shot down several times by the opponent's big man, and the grapes roared! Rushing towards the other party, the arrows shot at the grapes were split or knocked away by the grapes with their war knives, and the other party saw that the grapes were able to shoot their own feather arrows, and they also knew that the grapes were extremely powerful, so they quickly drew their scimitars and prepared to fight back.
Because the scimitar of the horse thief is relatively long, it is easy to be broken after a strong collision, so Grape chose to use a thick-backed military-standard bronze war knife, although it is shorter, but it can withstand the strong slash of Grape.
The moment the grape collided with the opponent's scimitar, the knife used its horsepower to unleash a whirlwind slash, and the slashing force broke the opponent's scimitar, and then split the opponent's body in two!
George's horse was much slower, and there were many feathered arrows on his body, and in the other party's questioning eyes, I rushed to the other party's horse thief who knew how to spell, and cut off the opponent's head with a wave of my scimitar.
Until his head was cut off, the other party was still thinking, why did I shoot so many arrows at him, and I saw that every arrow was hit, but why couldn't I shoot it? Why?
Finally, the battle was coming to an end, and after paying the lives of 65 Scout Knights, all the archers were annihilated.
At this time, he faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and it was supposed that the reinforcements of horse thieves had arrived, and George hurriedly ordered all the scout knights to return to their positions on the hillside, rearrange their formation, and organize their equipment. Ready for the next offensive.
When 100 ordinary horse thieves rushed over, they found that their leader Feta was missing, and the ground was scattered with their own and each other's corpses, if it was daytime, these horse thieves would find that their elite horse thief troops had been killed, but they couldn't distinguish carefully in the night, they could only see a rough idea, and when they saw only more than 200 infantry and cavalry troops on the hillside in the distance, they immediately put their minds at ease, and the more than 200 cavalry infantry mixed troops, their own 100 cavalry casually crushed over. The remaining 100 horse thieves charge George's troops uphill!
When the common horse thieves rushed over, the scout cavalry and the spearmen launched a surprise attack at the same time.
The horse thieves were constantly hit by short spears, and occasionally the horse thieves who rushed to the front of the battle were stabbed to death by the spearmen round after round, and after a few moments, the remaining horse thieves began to break down and began to flee.
George thought to himself, trying not to let these people get away, and rode on his horse and shouted: "Assault the whole army, destroy all the horse thieves, and leave no one alive!"