"Chapter Seventy-Four: The Battle of the Breakout, Eleven"
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Aetius, dressed in the black armor of the Roman youth army, sat on a sturdy horse with a straight back, and behind him were four teams of ironclad cavalrymen in silver armor and armed with mounted spears, followed by four richly equipped companion cavalry.
Considering the special environment of the Celestial Dragon Empire, the Macedonian Royal Cavalry, whose name was too dazzling, was officially renamed the Companion Cavalry by Bai Feng;
The companion cavalry, which can barely regain its original name, is still at the level of the Macedonian royal cavalry, and it is still much worse than the extremely fierce ironclad cavalry, after all, the latter is the king of cavalry, and it is a powerful existence that can really dominate the battlefield!
The gates of the fortress made of fine iron slowly opened, and Aetius, who was already ready to charge, rushed out of the fortress first, followed by four teams of ironclad cavalry and four teams of companion cavalry, and four horsemen rushed out of the fortress in an orderly manner.
After breaking out of the fortress, Aetius did not immediately attack the orc army thousands of kilometers away from the fortress, but reorganized the vanguard cavalry outside the fortress, with four teams of ironclad cavalry lined up behind Aetius in a wedge-shaped battle formation, followed by four teams of companion cavalry.
The wedge-shaped formations of the ironclad cavalry and the cavalry of his allies were best suited to the large number of loosely arranged enemy troops, but the cavalry brigades that followed them were unable to list a well-organized wedge-shaped formation, and as a last resort, Aetius made the cavalry formation the simplest rectangular formation.
Led by two of the most combative ironclad cavalry, the vanguard cavalry formed an arrow-shaped formation, and then, led by Aetius, the vanguard cavalry advanced unhurriedly at an even pace.
As the vanguard cavalry reorganized, Hans's 7th Wing and López's Assault Wing began to assemble outside the fortress gate in large groups, and the first brigade to be assembled was the 1st Brigade of the 7th Wing, led by Leonardo!
Taking the fortress gate as the boundary, Hans's 7th Wing quickly assembled on the left side of the fortress, and López's assault wing on the right side of the fortress, and the trotting soldiers did not dare to slack off under the supervision of their respective squadron leaders.
The Seventh Wing had 12 brigades of 1,000 men, and at the forefront of the battle formation was Leonardo's 1st Brigade, and 1,000 officers and men of the 1st Brigade, with 20 people in squadrons and 4 people in columns, set up 12 small rectangular battle formations.
In addition to the rectangular battle formation formed by these twelve squadrons, Leonardo's four squadron leaders, each with ten of the most elite fighters, were responsible for supervising the three squadrons, and if any squadron was unfavorable, the squadron leader had the right to kill the squadron leader on the spot!
Of course, if any squadron suffered too many casualties, these ten elite fighters under the direct command of the detachment leader would be reinforcements for that squadron, and this was an order given by Hans himself, and all the officers and men of the 7th Wing knew about the existence of this order.
As soon as the First Brigade of the Seventh Wing was in formation, Hans ordered Leonardo to immediately lead the officers of the First Brigade to advance behind the vanguard cavalry, and at the same time as the First Brigade, the First Brigade of the Assault Wing was also advancing.
In order to save as much time as possible and keep up with the rhythm of the vanguard cavalry, Hans and López had some exchanges and discussions before going into battle, and the soldiers of the 7th Wing and the Assault Wing, each time they assembled a brigade, they would advance directly.
Aetius, who had deliberately slowed down his advance, accelerated his advance when he saw the soldiers of the Seventh Wing and the Assault Wing following behind, and at this time, the vanguard cavalry was less than eight hundred meters away from the orc army that was waiting in battle.
Aetius, who sat down on his horse and galloped faster and faster, suddenly pulled out his short sword at his waist when he was five hundred meters away from the orc army, turned back and shouted to the ironclad cavalry who were following him: "Take me as a spear, charge at full speed!"
After giving this order, Aetius, who did not look back, rode his horse at the orc army in front of him, and the vanguard cavalry behind him, like a sharp arrow, galloped towards the orc army in front of him!
The all-out charge of more than 1,300 cavalry was nothing more than a sharp arrow shot into a spring for an orc army of at least 50,000 orc warriors.
Therefore, the generals of the orc army did not rush to gather the orc warriors, but let the orc warriors meet the charge of more than 1,300 enemy cavalry in a relatively loose formation, which could reduce the casualties of the orc warriors.
However, the goal of the vanguard cavalry is not to kill and injure orc warriors in large numbers, their task is to tear apart the defense line of the orc army, and there is no doubt that the loose formation of the orc army is beneficial for them to complete the task of tearing through the defense line.
"Kill!" When Aetius could clearly see the hideous faces of the orc warriors at the front of the orc army, he mustered all his strength, roared and rode into the defense line of the orc army.
The orc warrior who bore the brunt of the attack, before he could see Aetius's face clearly, was knocked out by the war horse on which Aetius was sitting, and even the orc warrior, who was known for his bravery, could not stop the horse running at full speed head-on.
A war horse without any armor can have such a might, let alone the war horses of the ironclad cavalry who are wrapped in a full set of vests, like a torrent of steel, two teams of ironclad cavalry, with extremely sharp arrows, quickly tear through the defense line of the orc army.
The two leading teams of ironclad cavalry roared forward and rushed forward, trying to attack them from the flanks, but before they could get close to them, they were rushed by the flanks of the two equally fierce ironclad cavalry behind them, and trampled directly into the mud.
This was the deployment of Aetius, with two teams of ironclad cavalry as the spearhead of the charge, and the other two teams of ironclad cavalry accelerated to catch up after charging into the orc army, covering the flanks of these two ironclad cavalry to continue their full charge.
In this way, each team of ironclad cavalry using a wedge-shaped battle formation is a sharp charging spearhead, and the four teams of ironclad cavalry together are a sharper charging arrow, and the four teams of companion cavalry and five hundred imperial cavalry that follow are the stout arrows of the vanguard cavalry!
The orc warriors who were scattered by the four teams of ironclad cavalry were powerless to stop the second round of the four teams of companion cavalry, and after two successive charges, the third round of charges launched by the five hundred imperial cavalry was actually sweeping away those lucky fish that slipped through the net.
Standing at the head of the fortress, Bai Feng could condescendingly view the entire battlefield, and the orc army that had previously surrounded the fortress like sea water was immediately cleared out of a passage about fifty meters wide after the vanguard cavalry entered it.
Those orc warriors who had not been hit by the vanguard cavalry wanted to fill the passage opened by the vanguard cavalry as soon as possible, but they could not complete this small project in just a few minutes, and at this time, the first brigade of the seventh wing and the assault wing had already reached the entrance of the passage!
The soldiers of the 7th Wing and the Assault Wing who entered the passage with a matrix battle formation only left a part of their forces to block the orc warriors who wanted to fill the passage on both wings, and their main army was struggling forward to catch up with the vanguard cavalry that was rushing farther and farther away.
PS:Today's chasing wind computer is broken.,All the backup novel data is lost.,The code words in the future will become extremely difficult.,So forgive me for the shortcomings......