Chapter 361: The Situation

In just a few moments, two accidents suddenly occurred.

Art was also a little confused, he didn't know why Schwa's own collapse just before the heavy cavalry returned, because he didn't expect the enemy to collapse because of his helpless move.

But he decisively seized the opportunity, "Matthew! Matthew!! Blow the trumpet charge! Trumpet Charge!! ”

Matthew, who was stunned by the battle group, was ordered to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly beckoned the two trumpeters to change the withdrawal call to a slogan of charging into battle.

Angus, who led the cavalry into the Swabian army for the third time, had already seen the collapse of the Swabian rear, not only because he had a wide view on horseback, but also because he had already felt that the Swabian army was getting thinner and thinner.

Three urging horns, the urging horn in the fierce battle is the meaning of chasing the enemy and suppressing the remnants, and the soldiers under Art are familiar with this order.

They immediately rushed at the sound of the trumpets towards the Swaben's gradual collapse formation, and the momentum became more and more majestic.

At this time, the Earl of Landy also saw the three wolf smoke in the west, although he didn't know what that meant, but judging from the sudden and ferocious attack of the Burgundians, it must have been the Burgundian reinforcements who arrived (another big misunderstanding), he personally led the Earlguard's guard (acting as a warlord) around him to kill the defeated Swabian officers and soldiers, and at the same time organized the orderly evacuation of the army's rear of the grain and grass......

Schwabian didn't know that his heavy cavalry was about to return, but Art knew that there was still a disparity in strength between the enemy and us.

"Blow the trumpet, assemble, assemble!" Seeing that the Swabian army had fled for half a mile, Art immediately ordered the army that had been routed to return to the group.

And those Swabian soldiers who were caught in a fierce battle and could not get out suffered, deep in siege and without backup, they were completely stubborn with the last shred of survival instinct.

Art wanted to end the battle immediately, but it was the elite Swabian hoplites who were surrounded and killed, who were already superior in battle, and now they were even more powerful in fighting to the death.

"The car formation, surround the remnant car formation, surround the remnant enemy, and form a circular anti-enemy car formation!" Art gave the order again, and the two heralds immediately drew a military flag with a chariot pattern on the front saddle, raised the military flag and waved it in a circle in the air, and then the military flag was pointed at the warband, which was still fighting last.

The chariot drivers who saw the Yate Army Flag immediately drove the chariots according to the content of their usual training, surrounded the chaotic war group, and formed a circular chariot formation with internal and external defense......

"Don't care about the POWs! Return to assemble now! ”

"Don't grab the loot, return to the assembly immediately!! Return to assemble now! ”

"The enemy is attacking with heavy cavalry, immediately return to the chariot formation for defense!"

A circular array of chariots had been erected on the flat ground where the Swabian army had just lined up, but at this time the frontier cavalry and a handful of prisoners who were pursuing the remnants of the enemy (the Welsh regiment decreed that the commander was not to collect the spoils until the end of the battle) jumped off their horses and stopped retreating, coaxing the discarded weapons and armor and the gold and silver goods of the dead on the ground.

"A bunch of crazy people who don't want to die, quickly retreat with me and gather to defend against the enemy!" Three clouds of wolf smoke had risen into the air, and Angus felt that the Swabian heavy cavalry was getting closer and closer, and he instigated his war horses to shuttle back and forth among the crowds of loot, trying to bring the red-eyed soldiers back to their senses, but at this moment the soldiers thought that the war had been won, and there was no chance if they did not loot the loot.

"Don't rob it! A large amount of gold and silver from Swabia was intercepted in the car formation, and if he didn't go back, he would be divided by them! At the critical moment, the cavalry captain Lusignnan yelled into the air, this voice was very shocking, most of the soldiers who were robbing the booty came back to their senses, they really thought that they had intercepted Swabia's valuable military assets, and a few clever soldiers had lost their torn armor and rags and ran back to the chariot formation, and then a large group of cavalry jumped on their horses and rushed towards the chariot formation......

"Sergeant, retreat quickly, the Swabian heavy cavalry is about to charge." Red, a cavalryman on guard to the west, rode back to Angus's side.

Seeing that there were still dozens of desperate guys scattered around the battlefield who were still desperately trying to collect money, Angus couldn't care so much, and he finally shouted at the soldiers who were grabbing the spoils of war to retreat, but the soldiers who were blocked by the gold cake and silver coins were unwavering in their desire to fight for money.

Angus sighed helplessly, and led Lusignan, Reyek, Jafar, Red and other cavalry to ride back to the chariot formation.

As soon as Angus and his men rushed into the chariot formation, the plain line to the west was covered with dust, and in a moment more than a hundred Swabian heavy cavalry appeared in the west.

The soldiers who had scattered the battlefield to loot the spoils of war ran back in panic, and then the revenge hooves of the Swabian heavy cavalry had stepped on their bones......

"Immediately strangle the remnants of the enemy in the chariot formation, end the battle and prepare for the enemy cavalry charge!" Art watched as there were more than a dozen Swabian hoplites in the middle of the chariot formation, desperately resisting, and ordered the army to immediately kill and clean up.

Angus led his army through the gap left behind and returned to the chariot formation to report the battle to Art.

"There were about twenty cavalrymen and forty infantry who were greedy for goods and were beheaded by the Swabian heavy cavalry." Angus sighed.

Art looked up at the soldiers who had been trampled into the mud by the Swabian heavy cavalry, and shook his head, "They don't want to live, so let them die." ”

"Sergeant Major, you hurry up and reorganize the cavalry, and be ready to go out to meet the burden at any time" Aunt Art did not let Angus, who had just returned from killing the enemy, rest, because although the battle had been decided, there was still a crisis on the battlefield.

After slashing and slashing dozens of profit-hungry Burgundian frontiers and prisoners, the Swabian heavy cavalry pressed towards Arter's chariot, but when a burst of crossbow arrows came at the horses beneath them, they quickly abandoned the pointless assault and turned towards the swaying Swabian army.

After the Swabian heavy cavalry retreated, Angus again led more than sixty surviving light cavalry ranks to track down the sentinels.

Taking advantage of the temporary stability of the battle situation, Art also ordered the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield in the car formation and within fifty paces of the surrounding area, and gather all those Swabian Rao weapons and armor......

Looking at the stripped Swabian enemy corpses in the middle of the formation and the same mountain of ordnance and armor from the corpses, Art couldn't help but smile.

In this battle, one hundred and five men were killed under Arte (including one captain of the flag of the Wells Legion, seven squadron leaders, twelve captains, one local knight, and seven sergeants (cavalry)), thirty-two were seriously wounded, and the lightly wounded soldiers did not have time to liquidate; One hundred and eighty-seven Swabian enemy troops (including three leading knights and thirty-nine heavy infantry), no one was seriously injured, let alone lightly injured, because those who could still breathe at the end of the battle were killed, more than 230 weapons were captured, 65 sets of fine heavy armor (plate armor, plate chain armor, full-body chain mail, iron scale armor, etc.), 52 sets of simple light armor (half-sleeved chain mail, cotton armor, pierced armor, leather armor, etc.), 7,000 fennigs of money and property were collected, and the rest of the fragmentary military assets (clothing and armor, tableware and cooking utensils, strapping combat boots, etc.) were innumerable.

The battle damage is certainly not, but the battle gains are also very large, and the money is ......

............

Beyond the vast territory of the province of Jonne, north of Besançon, the center of the Count of Burgundy, was five miles north of the Liberati Army.

Baron Galvin, the military adviser of the Liberation Army, held a thick stack of parchment of various sizes in his hand and reported to Flender, who was sitting on a high chair.

“...... Lord Flender, the Dijon court secretly delivered 100,000 pounds of grain, 50 sets of chain mail, 200 pieces of cotton armor and 350 pieces of various weapons two days ago, which are currently stored in the Black Iron Castle, and I have arranged for David to take 100 elites of the Chinese army to the Black Iron Castle to escort the armaments and materials back, and the deputy military minister of the Dijon court secretly sent a letter saying that a thousand Burgundy palace guards have been drawn from Dijon City, and it is expected to be stationed at the border in the middle of next month. ”

Galvin glanced at Flender, who just closed his eyes and snorted.

Galvin flipped through the next piece of parchment, "This morning, the Earl of Lucesine sent an envoy to the barracks, saying that the Earl of Lucesine wants to have a secret meeting with you to discuss the matter of Lucesine raising troops to support the Liberation Army. In addition, the Bishop of Ollov, the diocese of Lucesen, also sent a secret letter saying that he would come with the Earl of Lucesen. ”

Flender opened his eyes and stared at the door of the tent, "Reply to the Count of Lucssin, as the city of Besançon is about to be broken, if you hesitate any longer, I will wait for him in the palace hall of Besançon before the next heavy snowfall." ”

The Count of Flanders was a little dissatisfied with the Count of Lucesinn, who was undecided, and the battle for the successor had been fought for several months, and the situation was becoming clearer, and by this time the old fellow did not dare to send troops to help, and he was really a brave man.

Flender thought for a moment and looked up at Galvin, "Bishop Orlof is going to bother Uncle Olof to go there in person, we can get the secret support of the Archbishop of Paris is the credit of Bishop Orlov, please go and express my gratitude to Bishop Orlof on my behalf." ”

Galvin nodded, and then successively reported to Flender some general affairs such as military rations, military salaries, and military equipment of the Liberation Army, as the adviser to the Liberation Army, Baron Galvin was good at business, and took care of the military affairs of the Liberation Army in an orderly manner.

Thousands of troops attacked the city and plundered the land, and the consumption of food, supplies, salaries and weapons was huge, and Galvin traveled around the country to raise food and salary for the recovery army to find support, and he was too busy to touch the ground.

"Uncle, you have worked hard for the past few months, if you hadn't gone to Provence to borrow one million two hundred thousand fennigh for me in military pay and military supplies, my army would have attacked the city with wooden sticks on an empty stomach."

"I have decided to appoint you as my Chief Chancellor of the Exchequer when I regain the Iron Throne." Flender knows how to throw bait at the right time for his ministers.

Galvin thanked himself.

Finally, there was a letter from the eastern border of the province of Jonah. Baron Arter, the military officer of the eastern border, had already led his army to block the Swabian Rao offensive, and half a month ago he had been ordered to gather a thousand border troops to begin preparations to recover the four border towns, and if all went well, he should have begun to attack Fort Gené by now. Galvin opened the last letter to the tent of the command camp of the Chinese army of the Liberation Army.

A smile appeared on Flender's face, he and Count Balwyn gave Art the task of leading the army to hold the eastern border for two months and then waiting for the recovery army to turn around and rescue, but they didn't want this guy to not only resist the momentum of Swabian's attack, but also lead the army across the border to sack a border county in Swabia.

And to stabilize the Swabian Rao offensive, he also offered to use the huge war profits obtained from the plundering of the Swabian territory to recruit troops to regain the border town. When the strength of the Liberation Army was tight and Besansun could not be attacked for a long time, such subordinates were really appreciated.

However, there was also a slight strangeness in Flender's heart, a baron dared to gather two thousand troops to attack the Schwabian, the key was that he could make thousands of patchwork troops march and fight...... Such subordinates are really reassuring.

But this anomaly is not enough to change Flender's appreciation of Artere, at least not in the current situation.

"Cousin (brother-in-law) of Art is a rare commander of the army, uncle, your vision is very high!" Flender put away his thoughts and complimented.

"Now that many forces are watching from the sidelines, if we can completely repel the Swabians in the east, those who are watching should also know who is stronger."

"Write to Earl Balwyn asking him to assist in the supply of food and supplies for the fighting army in the east, with a view to recovering Fort Gennet by the middle of the month. In addition, the order was given to the Chinese army to select 20 heavy cavalry and 100 elite infantry to rush to the Jonah border to support Cousin Arte. ”

"Uncle, who do you think would be safer to send to support Cousin Art?" The big commanders in the Liberation Army are all trapped in the Besanrong battlefield, and there are not many commanders who can be transferred.

"Let Sir David lead the troops, he has a lot of combat experience and has dealings with Art, it is more appropriate." Galvin suggested.

Flender patted the armrest of the wooden chair, "Okay, just send him to lead the troops to the east." ”

Flender was also about to negotiate with Galvin about borrowing money from the treasury of the Knights of the Templars, when suddenly the guard officer broke into Flender's military tent with a secret letter of fire paint.

"My lord, the flying pigeon from the province of Kodor!" The guard officer didn't have time to salute and handed the secret letter to Flender's hand

Flender removed the fire paint and unfolded the secret letter, and his face instantly sank.

Galvin stepped forward and took the secret letter from Flender's hand, glanced at it, and exclaimed in a low voice, "What? The province of Kodor fell to the Western Army? ”

Flender wiped his face and regained his composure, "Uncle, you write to the Earl of Lucesin at once, and tell him that I will go to Lucesne to meet him in person in two days. ”

"No, you pack up, we'll leave tonight......"