"Chapter 43: Instant Reversal"
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Sophia, who attaches too much importance to cavalry, has a full ten squadrons of cavalry among its 20 squadrons, and the remaining ten squadrons are all standard infantry; the lack of long-range strike force is the biggest deficiency and weakness of Sophia's army.
But before the decisive battle began, none of the students on the sidelines dared to speculate about Sophia's layout, after all, Sophia was a teacher in the military department, and Bai Feng was only a freshman in the military department for less than a day, so they didn't believe that Bai Feng had a chance to win.
As Bai Feng's roommates, the three Harolds took a firm stand to support Bai Feng, but their greatest hope for Bai Feng was that Bai Feng could kill and wound 30% of Sophia's army before the entire army was destroyed, so that they could escape.
The students who were paying close attention to the battle situation did not know that behind them, Duke Kleist, the head of the military department of the Imperial Academy, and a group of teachers from the military department, also watched the battle between Bai Feng and Sophia with great interest.
Unlike the freshmen who have just entered the school, Duke Kleist, who has been on the battlefield for decades, is a famous general of the famous empire, and most of the teachers behind him are retired battlefield veterans on the battlefield, and their actual combat experience is first-class.
Throughout the changes in the battle situation, they could naturally see at a glance that Sophia, who had the advantage in the battle situation on the surface, had actually fallen into the upper hand; Bai Feng's department, which was pressing step by step, was obviously more than a step above Sophia in terms of troop coordination and tactical command.
Although Sophia has never actually been on the battlefield, her theoretical knowledge is extremely rich, and many times, other battlefield veterans of the military department will lose because they are not careful enough to fight Sophia on the magic deduction battlefield.
It is not luck that a freshman who has just entered the school can defeat Sophia in the use of tactics, the only convincing reason is that this student is a tactical genius who has experienced war, otherwise it is absolutely impossible!
Duke Kleist, who was watching with relish, suddenly turned around and ordered a teacher behind him: "Andrew, you immediately go and check the identity of this student who is fighting against Sophia, and send his file to me as soon as possible." ”
"Yes, Marshal!" Andrew still called Duke Kleist as Marshal as always, and everyone was used to it.
Bai Feng, who didn't know that there were so many heavyweights in the deduction room, was still wholeheartedly controlling the three troops under his command, and Bai Feng's five cavalry squads in the northeast and eight cavalry squads in the northwest successfully dragged the five cavalry squadrons under Sophia's command.
Sophia's army, which was undefeated, was actually able to engage in a decisive battle with only ten infantry squadrons and five cavalry squadrons, while Bai Feng's main army that could be put into a decisive battle consisted of eight squadrons of pikemen, four squadrons of sword and shield men, and five squadrons of archers.
From the point of view of troops, Bai Feng's decisive battle strength is two squadrons more than Sophia's decisive battle force; from the perspective of the composition of the troops, Bai Feng's three arms are undoubtedly more reasonable to cooperate with the main army, and the combat effectiveness that can break out is also stronger!
After the two main armies advanced forward for more than ten minutes, Bai Feng's army took the lead in rushing to a small canyon that the two armies had to pass through for a decisive battle.
Except for one archer team that remained in the main army to act as a long-range strike force, the other four archer teams were divided into two ambush teams composed of two archer teams each by Bai Feng, and rushed to the top of the mountain on the left and right sides of the canyon to ambush them.
Eight pikemen squadrons and four sword and shield squadrons were also divided into two armies by Bai Feng, the front army with four pikemen squadrons as the core, two sword and shield squadrons covered the flanks and blocked the middle of the canyon, and the rear army was deployed in the same formation at the mouth of the canyon fifty meters away from the front army.
After the Bai Feng army was fully deployed, the five cavalry squadrons under Sophia's command could only rush to the battlefield, looking at the ten infantry squadrons not far behind the enemy's cavalry, Bai Feng naturally understood why Sophia's army arrived here so slowly.
Bai Feng, who had carefully observed the battlefield before the battle, chose this canyon as the best decisive location for his army from the beginning, so he would control the main army to advance straight ahead regardless of it, so as to rush to this canyon as soon as possible to control this canyon.
Of course, Bai Feng, who had taken precautions, had already had a set of contingency plans for Sophia to occupy the canyon first, but now, his contingency plan was useless, and he had firmly occupied the initiative in the battle with the best geographical advantage.
Sophia, who was approaching the canyon, saw the first thing Bai Feng saw in the middle of the canyon were the four pikemen squadrons, two sword and shield squadrons, and an archer squadron; so far, Sophia had only found ten squadrons under Bai Feng's command, but she was still very confident.
Because the line of sight on the magic deduction battlefield was only forty meters, Sophia couldn't detect the rear army behind the White Peak's front army at all, and as for the four archers hiding on the mountains on both sides of the canyon, they were even more unlikely to be discovered by Sophia.
Knowing that the opponent's pikemen were not easy to deal with, Sophia decided to use her superior cavalry to force the opponent's pikemen battle formation, and then use her own follow-up infantry to rush up and harvest the enemy infantry that disrupted the formation, and won the final victory.
As soon as the five cavalry squadrons of Sophia's squadron were within range of the White Peak archers, the archers who had already prepared immediately launched an attack, and after three rounds of arrow rain, the archers of this squadron quickly withdrew to the rear of the front army.
The archers, who had retreated wildly, retreated to the rear of the army before halting their retreat, while Sophia's cavalry troops, after suffering two squads of casualties, rushed into the spear forest of pikemen, and suffered heavy casualties.
The sword and shield men on the flanks of the pikemen also launched a melee counterattack against the enemy cavalry at the right time, but with little effect and could not effectively inflict effective damage on the enemy cavalry;
The disorganized formation of their own front army fell into their own battles, and the enemy's infantry following the cavalry also quickly rushed up; just as Sophia showed a victorious smile, Bai Feng's long-prepared layout finally began to exert its might!
A rain of troublesome arrows shot from the mountains on both sides of the canyon towards the unsuspecting Sophia's infantry, and before the Sophia's cavalry that rushed through the White Peak's front army could stop its speed, it crashed into the forest of spears of the White Peak's rear army.
In an instant, the advantage of Sophia's army was reversed in an instant, and the cavalry of Sophia's army, which suffered heavy casualties, could not get rid of the front and rear attacks of Baifeng's army, and it was difficult for Sophia's infantry to withdraw from the range of archers after being hit by the rain of arrows.
In less than three minutes, Sophia's five cavalry squadrons were all wiped out, and only two squadrons and three squads of infantry from the ten infantry squadrons escaped from the battlefield, while Bai Feng paid the price of only three infantry squadrons.
At this point, the twenty squadrons under Sophia's command lost a total of thirteen squadrons, while Bai Feng only lost less than five squadrons.