Silence is a virtue, but to be silent in front of someone you like is a kind of cowardice.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

The annihilation of the 4,000 soldiers of the front army did not fundamentally inflict a heavy blow on the 14th Army, and the loss of the two weakest wings could only be regarded as an offensive defeat in Louis's eyes, after all, he still had eight more elite main wings that had not been put into battle.

Even so, the composure and stability of the army under Quintus's command still made Louis, who was already full of confidence, feel a little jealous, and Louis, who had been fighting all his life, felt that the army in front of him did not look like an army of new recruits, but more like an elite army that had been on the battlefield for a long time.

"Go and give the order, and let the left and right armies outflank it from the flank at once. Louis, who was a little uneasy, commanded the main force of the Chinese army to continue to advance, and at the same time ordered his own soldiers around him: "Tell them that they must crush the enemy cavalry before the engagement!"

With tens of thousands of cavalry on both flanks of Quintus's army, the 14th Army Corps, a pure infantry force, was the most threatening enemy, and in order to neutralize this potential threat that could be attacked at any time, Louis decided to let his left and right flanks attack first.

The formation of an army by cavalry is much more difficult than that of infantry, not only because the formation of cavalry requires higher costs, but also because it is not easy to form the combat strength of cavalry; the basic training of infantry only takes three months, while the basic training of cavalry requires at least half a year.

The so-called basic training refers to the fact that the new recruits who have been trained have a preliminary grasp of the combat tactics of infantry or cavalry; if they want to learn more combat skills, they need a long period of study and the accumulation of actual combat experience, and they can by no means learn them in a short period of time.

In view of this, Louis thought that it was a rare thing for Quintus to be able to train his recruits into good infantry and archers in a month, and that the 10,000 cavalry on the flanks were at best a semblance.

With 8,000 infantry for half a year, and taking the initiative to attack 10,000 cavalry for a month, there is still a great possibility of victory; moreover, Louis's order to the left and right armies under his command is not to annihilate the enemy cavalry, but only to defeat the enemy cavalry.

The two armies of the Fourteenth Legion, which received the order, immediately increased their marching speed and galloped directly towards the two wings of the enemy's cavalry not far away, and Quintus had no intention of allowing his cavalry to be attacked by Louis's infantry.

As the king of the era of cold weapons, cavalry has never been willing to defend the troops, and an indomitable attack is the posture that cavalry should have; in the face of the aggressive momentum of the 14th Legion, Quintus, who is determined to fight a battle, decided to launch a counterattack immediately!

"Order, the cavalry on both wings will immediately defeat the troops on both wings of the Fourteenth Army Corps!" After giving the order to the herald, Quintus added: "The method of defeat is mainly to outflank and persecut, and try to avoid direct contact to avoid casualties." ”

Even if it is a contest in the nature of a military exercise, a certain number of casualties will be inflicted in a battle in which the sword has no eyes, especially the cavalry troops, which are difficult to control when they charge, will inevitably bring very heavy casualties to the infantry once they rush into the advance group.

Although the cavalry guns in their hands have been replaced with wooden long sticks, the trampling and impact of the horses cannot be changed; if they are not careful, the left and right armies of the 14th Army Corps, which are engaged in front-to-head combat with the cavalry, will be trampled and rammed by the out-of-control war horses.

In the final analysis, the real purpose of this contest was not to test whether Quintus's army or Luis's army was stronger, but to prove that Quintus was qualified to be the commander of the luring army;

Bai Feng would not care much about the injuries that would inevitably occur during the battle, with the presence of Hua Mu, a field doctor, no matter how seriously injured the wounded could recover quickly, but the unfortunate soldiers who died in battle could not be saved.

If there were no concerns about this, then with the combat effectiveness of the 30,000 trained troops under the command of Quintus, the full charge of only 10,000 trained cavalry would be enough to annihilate Louis's 14th Army, which is the gap between infantry and cavalry!

With 10,000 cavalry to encircle the left and right armies of the 14th Army Corps, an average of 4,000 infantry for every 5,000 cavalry, this task was not a difficult task for the cavalrymen, and they easily launched a charge towards the target.

In fact, the moment the cavalry under Quintus was dispatched, Louis regretted sending his left and right armies to take the initiative to attack; Louis was an infantry general, but this did not mean that he did not understand cavalry, on the contrary, he still had a deep understanding of cavalry.

The reason why the 14th Army Corps needed to be rebuilt at the beginning was not because they were almost wiped out by the Jianzhou Jurchen Eight Banner Cavalry that invaded the empire;

The phrase "knowing oneself and knowing that one is invincible" does not exist in this world, but there are still words that make sense of it, and Louis, who is bent on defeating the Eight Banners cavalry to avenge his shame, if he knows nothing about cavalry, that is the most incredible thing.

It was precisely because Louis had enough knowledge of cavalry that he could see at a glance the reality of the cavalry under Quintus's command; the neat queue, the high-spirited posture, the fierce war horses, and the roaring momentum all told the strength and power of this cavalry.

Louis, who knew that his left and right armies would not be able to keep it, had long since been replaced by a wordless bitterness on his face, and from the moment he saw the might of the enemy's cavalry, Louis knew that his Fourteenth Army was a lost day.

Louis, who never gave up easily, fought the most battles in his life, and knew that he would lose, whether it was facing the Eight Banners cavalry in the past or competing with the Quintus army now, he would do his best to fight until the last moment!

As it turned out, Louis's prediction was not wrong, and his two armies were halfway through when they were surrounded by cavalry units under Quintus's command, and the cavalry galloped out of the encirclement, forcing the trapped infantry not to make even the slightest move.

"Alas...... Unexpectedly, it was actually my 14th Legion, which made him famous as Quintus. Louis, who sighed helplessly, turned his head and ordered: "The Chinese army is attacking with all its might! Even if we are defeated, we must play the backbone of the 14th Army!!"

"General......" The captain of the pro-soldier who was slightly stunned when he heard the words seemed to remember the tragic battle half a year ago, and his eyes were slightly red and he said solemnly to Louis: "I will follow the general to the death!

"Swear to follow the general, fight to the death!!" "Swear to follow the general! fight to the end!!"......

The roar that resounded on the battlefield made all the spectators, including Bai Feng, feel the unyielding fighting spirit of the soldiers of the 14th Legion;

"It's no wonder that he, Louis, can become the oldest legion commander in the empire, and there are indeed some outstanding things. Quintus, who was smiling, ordered with a blank face: "The archers retreat to the rear, let us show our respect for them with a hard-fought battle." ”

"No!" the heralds immediately went down to the infantry in front of them in three formations, conveying Quintus's latest orders.