Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tug-of-War
Magic is very powerful, but it also has the fatal weakness of being easily injured by mistake.
The group of sorcerers in light green 'colored' robes are now facing this embarrassment, although some of them can use fire prevention techniques, but it is a single magic after all, and it is really not enough to take care of the entire army.
His Royal Highness Raoul of Kentan hastened to order his troops to shrink their formation at a critical moment, and be sure to resist this sudden attack from three sides.
The cavalry unit has one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, it is very powerful when charging, and once it falls into positional warfare, it will slowly lose its vitality. The tall horses and the armor like iron cans can certainly resist many swords and spears and slashing, but if you unfortunately fall from the horse, the armor that can play a role in self-defense will instantly become your own grave.
After an initial period of panic, the infantry of Kentan gradually stabilized their position, although they were attacked on three sides, but because of the timely and decisive tightening of the defensive line, the cavalry troops sent by the Duchy of Borot to attack and disturb the two flanks gradually lost their power. Unable to deal an effective blow to a well-aligned enemy.Although they were armed with short swords at their waists, they were still not enough to change the tide of battle.Not only that.They also faced a terrible threat.The soldiers of Kentan seemed to have been trained to specialize.Although the tripwires they had just laid out did not work, they could now rely on impregnable team defense.A special long-handled machete was stretched out from the gap in the shield.The special 'gate' looked for the horse's 'legs' under the cavalry to slash desperately.
In this way, the threat to the two flanks of Kentan was basically removed, because the cavalry units of the Duchy of Borot were not prepared to fight to the death. Henry Crawford had already instructed that once they were in a stalemate, they should retreat at the right time, and they must not waste their military strength on this.
The focus of the duel quickly returned to the front, as the Duchy of Borot's army was better equipped than the Kentan Principality, after removing the magic interference.' In a state of hand-to-hand fighting, it is easy to gain the upper hand.
Raoul saw it clearly in the Chinese army, but he really couldn't think of any good way to deal with it. Your Highness, don't look at the other party so brave, but in fact, their hearts are empty.They have traveled thousands of miles to fight here.Birti City is the only one to rely on.Once there is a problem, they will definitely lose all their will to fight.Since the magic troops can't be used now.It's better to let them call all their spells in the direction of the city wall.I want to see if they will feel anxious when facing a big rear that is full of holes and about to collapse.Will they be anxious?Your Highness can add fuel to the fire at that time.Quickly let the whole army shout out the east of Birti City' The gate was also besieged by our side, so that we were not afraid that the other side would not retreat."
When the little Raoul heard this, he exclaimed, "Wonderful, wonderful." He immediately ordered the Flamemaster troops, as well as some other magical phalanxes, to be protected by the infantry on both flanks, to march as quickly and safely as possible to the walls of Birtisi.
The formation of the two armies is like a mollusk that can constantly change the width and length of the contraction, and you can sacrifice the lateral length to deepen the thickness, or you can give up some of the thickness appropriately, so as to gain a large enough advantage on both wings.
Raoul of Kentan decisively chose the latter, and he was tantamount to pulling the original boxy formation into a long shape at once, and if Henry Crawford did not deal with it properly, he could be outflanked by the enemy's two wings, and second, he might expose the western 'gate' of the city of Bildty to a direct attack. Of course, he doesn't necessarily need to follow up in time, because there is another way to choose, that is, to take advantage of the weakness of the opponent's formation, desperately focus on this middle lane and make a strong breakthrough, so as to take a lead and move the whole body, and gain a tactical advantage.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and commanders often act only on their own intuition. Truly excellent commanders are never cultivated by the rules and regulations of military academies, but are a kind of innate understanding and "character" plus the test of actual combat.
At that time, Henry had only one thought, that is, he must not be led by the enemy's nose, and since he had already led the charge here, it was better to storm all the way to gain a large enough advantage than to waste time in forming a formation.
Of course, it wasn't all gambling, because in the middle of the battlefield near the side of the wall, a sufficient number of hidden pits had already been prepared. These things had been dug months ago. The '' pole was designed on top of the tower of the West Gate, and was controlled by one of Henry's most trusted henchmen at all times.
Raoult, of course, was in a state of confusion.His magical troops, surrounded by infantry, moved rapidly toward the city walls at trotting speed.In order to ensure the power of magic, they were asked to get as close as possible to the walls before starting to cast spells.These people unwittingly became turtles in urns, lambs to the slaughter.The judge of life and death on the tower of the city could press the '' pole at any time to trigger the fatal pit. This kind of person must have a good psychological quality, neither impatient nor overly overly arrogant, because if the timing is not well mastered, it is easy to miss the fleeting opportunity, he is like 'fiddling' with a huge scale, and it is like cooking a delicious meal. The key word for 'sex' is "balance".
Seeing that the fish were basically all hooked, the man decisively pulled down all the '' poles, and in an instant, these flank troops of Kentan who deliberately 'pushed' into the hinterland suffered a devastating 'sex' blow. You must know that there are a sufficient number of deadly small iron nails standing in each pit.As long as a person falls, he will inevitably be poked into a hornet's nest.In addition to this.In the pit, there are also jagged earth-rolling dragons for the lucky few who survive.These things are constantly flying back and forth and left and right under the designed grooves.Death by rubbing.Lucky 'goddesses' have no room to stay here.The design of these things was actually thought of by Henry's brother Tarun when he was in seclusion.And now it is just the right time to show his might.
The battlefield was suddenly filled with the miserable howls of the Kentan soldiers.This made His Highness Raoult, who was in the middle of the army, very annoyed.It was very normal for the tactical level to win and lose each other.But His Highness the Short Man was a strong and competitive man.Especially in this kind of blood-boiling battle.He originally thought that his side could '' the victory.But he never thought that there would be so many branches.
At the moment when he was entangled, General Raeder led a group of fresh troops prepared in advance to the battlefield in unexpected time. Empress Isabella of the Tambolance Empire has been invited to the pass for tea.Are you going to lay down your arms to save the Queen?Or are you going to fight to the death and ignore it.Your Emperor Del.Even though he is not a good lord.His decision to kill is always self-centered.You have to weigh it carefully."
Since there was only news of the Queen's disappearance at the ball in the city of Birti, and there was no specific content, the soldiers of the Duchy of Borot were obviously stunned the moment they heard this statement, and they really didn't know how to deal with it'Forced' back to the black crater in the middle of the battlefield that was filled with corpses caused by the explosion.
Raeder still didn't bother to speak to Raoult, the short man on horseback, and in a very focused tone and expression, he ordered his men to throw the special alchemy bottle that the dwarven alchemist John had painstakingly crafted behind the central pit with the projection device invented by the special 'gate'.
Of course, these bottles were immediately shattered, and the liquid and gas inside flowed out unscrupulously. This is a deadly illusion, which can make people lose the ability to resist in an instant. Raeder said to Raoul unhurriedly at this time: "Your Highness, please quickly turn the army around, the front army will become the rear, the rear army will become the forward, and the march in the direction of Mandunkou will be five hundred paces to be safe."
Raoult knew of Raeder's talent, and admired such people, so he accepted the suggestion without hesitation, without thinking about any etiquette or abruptness.
The crater created by the explosion suddenly became a murderous arena, and the liquid in the alchemy bottle was of course affected by gravity, and the low-lying pit was obviously the most favored by them.
The troops that Raeder himself had brought with him had long been armed with very 'fine' gas masks, and they carried spears, dismounted and walked, and formed an impassable wall with the tips of their spears. The Borot soldiers, who had lost their fighting spirit, had to turn around and retreat into the pit.
The human mind has a limit to patience, and even the best men of iron will be crushed if bad news continues to come, and this is the kind of dilemma that Borot's side is facing at this moment: they have no strength left to fight with the new army, and they have no way to accept the fact that the queen has been captured, and they cannot withstand the attack of the poisonous gas behind them.
Henry Crawford did his best to keep his troops from the threat of total annihilation, he could not get the flag officer to summon the cavalry that had just retreated to come to his aid, for the poison gas could affect them as well, and he could not quickly disperse his troops to either side, because General Raeder's fresh force was almost in a semicircle, and all flank positions were blocked.
In desperation, he had no choice but to obey the general situation, and took a few personal 'squires' with him, and Fei also rode away from the cursed place.
The western 'gate' of the city of Birthi is now unkempt.' If you want to know what's going on, listen to the next time.