"Chapter 42: The Cavalry Attack"
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The six generals of the Roman city came to Bai Feng's military tent in turn, and the four leaders of the Tasya tribal alliance had already discussed with Bai Feng in the military tent for a long time, but unfortunately they still couldn't come up with any feasible solution to the current situation.
After all the generals arrived, Bai Feng said to the generals present with a solemn face:
"Yesterday, after General Antio led the cavalry of the Doge's Guard to defeat the enemy cavalry, I deliberately had ten cavalrymen of the Doge's Guard disguise themselves as enemy cavalry and blend in with their rout, and only one cavalryman returned to the Tasya camp last night with serious wounds.
This mortally wounded cavalryman brought back us the very unfortunate news that our enemy forces were far more powerful than we had imagined, and that they could now fight with nearly 90,000 men, consisting of 80,000 warriors and 5,000 cavalry.
In other words, we thought that the enemy was slightly stronger in numbers, but in reality it was twice as many as ours, and this was the army that the enemy had without any reinforcements from the rear. ”
This sudden bad news made all the Roman city generals present frown involuntarily, and the atmosphere in the military tent became extremely depressing, and even everyone could clearly feel each other's obviously heavy breathing.
"Governor, you just said that the enemy army has added 30,000 soldiers without receiving any rear reinforcements, does this mean that the new soldiers of the enemy army did not come from their Eastern Alliance itself at all, but they brought the newly conquered tribe Qingzhuang to the army?"
There was silence for a long time, this time it was Eggers who said what he thought first, and hearing Eggers say this, Bai Feng knew that he must be a targeted strategy. So, Bai Feng nodded seriously and analyzed:
According to the information provided by the small tribes that fled south, the number of enemy soldiers should be about 50,000, but our own cavalry has seen about 80,000 enemy soldiers, and this is certainly not a reinforcement from their rear.
The difference between these two pieces of information was only about ten days, and the follow-up reinforcements of the Eastern Alliance had to cross the choppy Cangluo River if they wanted to go south, and it would be difficult to send 30,000 soldiers to the south bank for a while.
What's more, the Eastern Alliance, far away on the north bank of the Cangluo River, did not know that the central part of the south bank of the Cangluo River contained our Roman City and the Tasya Tribal Alliance, and I estimate that the nearly 60,000 troops they invaded south should be all the troops they used in this area. ”
"If this is the case, then the addition of 30,000 new soldiers to the enemy army is really not necessarily a bad thing!" Eggers actually smiled and said such a thing in the face of such a bad situation, which couldn't help but make the others present feel inexplicable.
"I said, Eggs, your brain won't be burned out by the sun when you're marching, right? When is this still kidding, the enemy has added 30,000 new soldiers, this is not a bad thing, is it a good thing?"
After Eggers joined the city of Rome, he got along well with Licinius and Antio, two straightforward generals, especially Licinius, who had a large number of young soldiers under his command, and often had contacts with Eggers, so Licinius could say this kind of thing to Eggers on this occasion.
Although the other generals did not speak their minds like Licinius, the way they looked at Eggers showed their attitude, and even the four leaders of the Tasya Tribal Alliance had a '' look on their faces.
"As the Governor said just now, if the Eastern Alliance wants to reinforce their southward invasion army, they must cross the choppy Cangluo River, which limits the speed and scale of the Eastern Alliance's southward invasion army, so it is clear where the new fighters of their southward invasion army come from.
Then the problem arises, the southern invasion army of the Eastern Alliance has been marching southward, and they have taken away the young and strong warriors of the tribes they have conquered, but it is impossible for them to take with them the old and weak women and children of the conquered tribes, and it is even more impossible for them to leave the army to guard those people.
This is our chance! General Nelson's mobile force is made up of 6,000 cavalry, and the speed of the march is much faster than the average army, if we let General Nelson lead the army from the west side of the enemy army to the rear of the enemy army, then what will happen next?
All the tribes on the south bank of the Cangluo River that have been conquered by the southern invasion of the Eastern Alliance will be rescued by General Nelson's cavalry, and as long as we can hold back the enemy's main force in a frontal battle, we will control the initiative in the subsequent battle.
Once the enemy's 30,000 new soldiers learn that their families have been rescued by our Roman city, will they still willingly serve as slave fighters for the Eastern Alliance? I am afraid that the Eastern Alliance will suffer heavy losses without us launching an attack. ”
After 30 years on the battlefield, Eggers, who has experienced a hundred battles, has a keen sense of smell that is not comparable to the generals who are not present, and it is difficult for Bai Feng, who is not very familiar with the wild land, to think through many details, which gives Eggers a bigger stage.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Eggers's plan was indeed a stroke of genius, so that the Roman army, which was originally at an absolute disadvantage, suddenly had a new strategic advantage, of course, this advantage still needed to be implemented by General Nelson.
After Eggers finished talking about his plan, Bai Feng's eyes also lit up, as long as Nelson led the army to complete Eggers' strategic deployment, then the enemy's 30,000 soldiers would become the key to winning the battle;
"General Nelson, do you remember what you said at the beginning? Your mobile unit is going to be the sharpest spear in our Roman city, and you have heard General Eggers' deployment just now, so you should lead your army out at once.
If you can successfully complete this mission, then your mobile unit will be the greatest contributor to our victory in Rome, and when the day of our triumphant return comes, your mobile unit will be the Roman Spear Legion of Rome!"
"Swear to die and live up to the mission!" Hearing Bai Feng's promise, Nelson, who has always regarded honor as higher than life, walked to Bai Feng's front with excitement, and knelt down on one knee to Bai Feng in response. Immediately, Nelson stood up and strode out of the tent with his sword in his left hand.
"We have such loyal and fearless generals and so many brave soldiers in our Roman city, how can we lose this war?" Nelson, who saw his head held high, sighed with relief to the generals present.
"Brother Gamelios, all the warriors of your Tasya Tribal Alliance will be stationed in this military camp from today, the next battle may be even more brutal than you and I imagined, let the soldiers of our Roman City try to improve their combat effectiveness as much as possible. ”
"Okay, all the three legions and 18,000 warriors of our Tasya Tribal Alliance will be handed over to you in Roman City!"