Chapter 1540: Conquest of the Empire (36)

The officer's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the battlefield in front of him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

What do you see?

Under the impact of thousands of cavalry, this enemy army, which was less than a brigade and was in an unsheltered area, although it was natural that the whole army was annihilated, but before it was destroyed, it killed nine out of ten of the 1,000 cavalry behind him!

Now there are only a dozen or so people who can stand, including myself as a cripple, and there is not even a team!

The officer was so excited that he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the dizziness from the severed arm and the excessive blood loss caused him to collapse.

The cavalry that charged behind one after another, at first they were still screaming passionately, ready to praise the brothers, but after seeing the scene in front of them, they were all dumbfounded.

A thousand cavalry fought against four or five hundred archers without any protection in the plains, and after a battle, the archers were naturally annihilated, but the cavalry also died with only a dozen or so cripples. This kind of battle damage ratio, which is completely impossible to appear like a fantasy, has appeared in front of the eyes of the world.

Although the officers were shocked and heavy, they were also the first to remember their mission, and they did not stop for long, and immediately rushed around with their cavalry.

Only after the surrounding area is cleared and safe, can the camp be settled.

As the cavalry rushed out of the valley in an endless stream, more and more cavalry entered the grassland, and from the sky, the mountain pass was like an ant cave, and countless ants started from this cave and quickly spread around, and in a short time the radius of ten kilometers was occupied by these ants.

Kate stood silently in this battlefield surrounded by the guards, and Kate, who got the news, blocked the battlefield as soon as possible.

Although the former army knew about this, they had now spread out to search the surrounding area, and had not yet returned to the camp, as long as the forward brigade was given a silent order, and they were placed in another battalion, and their interaction with other brigades and regiments was restricted, then this news could be suppressed.

Kate had to be so careful, he had already looked through the clothes of the dead enemy soldiers, and learned from the rank and number that this was a certain brigade of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Division of the 20th Army Corps.

Seeing the corpses of these Zhao Hujun and the corpses of his nearly a thousand cavalrymen, it can be determined that these Zhao Hujun are definitely the elite of the elite!

Otherwise, the battle would never have been so fierce!

It's just that these relics of Zhao Hujun give a diametrically opposite answer.

Because among the corpses of these Zhao Hu Army, the highest rank is only a captain, and the number is also an ordinary brigade with regular rules, according to this view, they are just ordinary troops, not elite troops.

Seeing Kate frowning and pondering, the henchman leaned forward and whispered: "Marshal, I didn't expect Zhao Hujun to send such an elite force to stop us, but unfortunately they didn't expect that such an elite force would be wiped out without buying much time for Zhao Hujun's follow-up troops." ”

Kate's eyes flashed, nodded and said, "Bury them all, after all, they are elite soldiers of the empire." ”

"Yes."

The young general knew that the marshal accepted his proposal, but it was actually simple, no matter whether these enemy troops were the elite troops of Zhao Hu's army, he had to regard them as the most elite troops of Zhao Hu's army.

Otherwise, how should they explain to the soldiers that the 1,000 cavalry on their side, fighting against hundreds of unobstructed four or five hundred ordinary infantry in the plains, actually ended up together? If this thing gets out, it's a fart fight, so it's better to go home early and wash and sleep!

The logistics battalion that escorted a large number of grain, grass, equipment, and strong men was the last to enter the grassland, and they had no rest, and they needed to immediately cut down wood from the valley and transport it to the grassland to set up camp.

Staying in the center of the camp that was artificially filled in a little higher, watching the left-behind cavalry under the leadership of the officer help the strong men of the logistics soldiers and eradicate the hay around the camp, the young general couldn't help but sigh: "If Zhao Hujun knew the direction of our attack in advance, he didn't need to pour fire oil, and directly ignited this grassland covered with hay, and he could burn us half to death!"

"And now that we have built a fire belt, we are not afraid of Zhao Hujun setting fire at all, no wonder it is said that a quick step or a slow step can determine the direction of victory or defeat, and now we are one step faster, and the balance of victory is tilted in our favor."

Kate looked at this henchman who was full of emotion, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't be complacent so early, don't forget that we are just attacking the foundation of Zhao Hujun this time, not to destroy Zhao Hujun." ”

"Yes, the marshal has learned a lesson."

After the young general solemnly pleaded guilty, he immediately smiled and was about to say something, a cavalryman quickly rushed to the cordon, turned over and dismounted and was inspected by Kate's personal guards, hurriedly came to Kate, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Commander, the forward battalion has engaged the enemy!" ”

"Which direction? How many enemy troops? ”

Kate asked, and the young general immediately cleverly spread out a rudimentary map on the ground.

"Twenty kilometers to the southeast is about three wings of the enemy, and fifteen kilometers to the southwest." The cavalry hurriedly said.

While the cavalry spoke, the junior general hurriedly marked the map according to the report.

Kate glanced at the map and immediately stood up and shouted: "The 4th Brigade will immediately leave the camp and attack the enemy forces in the southeast!" The 3rd Brigade bypassed the enemy forces in the southeast direction and blocked their retreat! ”

The order was immediately conveyed, and the tens of thousands of cavalry resting in the camp immediately turned on their horses and rolled away under the leadership of the officer.

"Marshal, is the enemy in the southeast important? If we want to enter the hinterland of Zhao Hujun, we should take the direction of Zhongnan. The young general asked a little puzzled.

Kate shook her head: "The south-central direction seems to be a smooth road, but only a stroll march can pass from there, and once we pass quickly, it will become a mud pool." But if we walk slowly, Zhao Hujun only needs to place a group of archers on both sides, which is enough to destroy us. ”

"Floating land?" The youngster is staggered.

The swamp is known at a glance and is generally not fooled, but the surface of the floating soil is very dry, and it is simply the same as an ordinary road when you walk around it, but once it exceeds the bearing capacity, the surface soil will break, and then it will immediately become a swamp with no depth.

If tens of thousands of cavalry galloped through and all the ground fell when they reached the middle, they would surely be wiped out......

Fortunately, Dashuai knows this situation, if he is not an insider, he will not be able to find the problem even in the field investigation.

"Then you have to go southeast? It looks like a mountainous area. The teenager asked again.

Kate pointed on the map: "After that mountainous area, it is a small plain, from here into the hinterland of Zhao Hu, although it will take a detour, but it is more convenient for us to give full play to the advantage of cavalry."

"Therefore, we are currently going to take this mountainous area under our control before Zhao Hujun mobilizes, and if Zhao Hujun establishes a defense area in the mountainous area, we will have to fight."

The junior general said: "My subordinates understand that the enemy troops of the three wings we encountered now are blocking this direction, and it is estimated that they are the same as the elite soldiers, in order to delay time." ”

Kai nodded: "That's right, so we're going to eliminate them in the shortest possible time, and then rush through the mountains to set up a front-line camp." ”

Hearing this, the young general couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect to enter the second stage just after I came, at first I thought that I would have to fight to establish a large rear, but who knew that I could form an advance camp now." ”

Kate shook her head: "Don't be careless, although it is unlikely that Zhao Hujun will build defense facilities so quickly, it will definitely be deployed in these important areas, just look at the few wings that appear now to know what's going on."

"Well, if it weren't for the intelligence we heard before that Zhao Hujun didn't include this grassland in the scope of management, we wouldn't have gained a foothold so easily, I'm afraid there would be a big battle just out of the grassland."

Just as Kate was thinking, a cavalryman ran in and reported: "Commander, the forward battalion has followed behind the enemy's rout, and has taken the opportunity to cross the hill, and the advance camp has been established at the foot of the mountain!" ”

Kate clapped her hands and shouted, "Good! In this case, the 5th Brigade was ordered to guard the large battalion where the rear road was located, and to guard this grassland, and the rest of the brigades immediately assembled to the forward camp! ”

"Yes!" The youngster was also excited.

Now that the most dangerous place has been passed, the next battle is to rush into the hinterland of Zhao Hu's army to burn and loot, so that there is no dangerous battle, and he will definitely be able to get the consent of the commander to participate.

Tens of thousands of cavalry rumbled towards a rolling mountain that almost encompassed the entire steppe, and the mountains that were not high or low were everywhere in the coastal provinces of the empire, and the vast flat land was extremely rare.

Kate, who was standing halfway up the mountain, looked back at the meadow with a radius of more than ten kilometers, and sighed in her heart, but unfortunately there was no water source such as river spring water in this meadow, otherwise it would be a very good place to raise horses.

Thinking about these boring things, Kate passed through the floodgates, which were supposed to be dangerous, without any accidents.

In the first battle that ended up together, none of Zhao Hubing's soldiers surrendered, and all of them died, why was they defeated all of a sudden? And so easily give up the natural level, will there be any conspiracy?

Kate's worry dissipated after seeing nearly 10,000 captured Zhao Hubing.

This battle not only routed the enemy army, but also easily captured nearly 10,000 Zhao Hu soldiers, and I couldn't help but be very interested in interrogating them.

Looking at this question, Kate and other people who knew the heavy losses in the previous two battles confirmed the identity of the two forces, one elite, one elite of the elite, no wonder they fought so badly.