Chapter 134, another confrontation with the steppe barbarians
In a blink of an eye, the cold winter has come to an end.
Warm spring has arrived in the south, and although it has not yet reached the north and the edge of the grassland, the temperature is gradually rising, and the cold wind is no longer so bitter.
Because Langton had previously sent a clone to follow the retreating barbarian troops.
They have now mastered the position of the enemy.
However.
The reversal of the offense and defense did not occur.
Not long after the army entered the grassland, it was discovered by the scouts of the Golden Horde's court, but everyone knew that the barbarians had many war horses and could come and go like the wind, so they had already prepared a large number of light and heavy horsemen to guard against it.
For the barbarian cavalry, it is not much advantage to bring a mechanical crossbow in the battle array.
You still have to have cavalry to deal with cavalry!
"Pedal Pedal ~"
Listening to the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, thousands of cavalry patrolled around the ranks of the army, escorting the infantry that had been reduced by half as slowly.
The scout troops, who had reconnoitred the enemy's situation, returned at this time and immediately reported: "Marshal, the barbarian tribes in front have left. ”
"We tried to chase after us to check on the situation, but we were spotted by the enemy's cavalry. ”
The scouts who had been through the battle were all covered in blood, and Bruce frowned when he heard this, and asked, "How many people have you lost?"
Reinaldo Reyes said: "Four hundred enemies were annihilated, and the losses were less than a hundred." ”
Compared to others, Reinado's record was already the best, but Bruce didn't care, and only asked, "In what direction did that tribe leave?"
Reinado, who heard this, was stunned: "This ......"
Bruce said coldly: "Reinaldo Reyes, I know that you are very strong, everyone knows it, but are you a master or a hero?"
"Can you wipe out the barbarian army?"
"If you can't, why haven't you completed my order?"
"Annihilated cavalry is good for the battle?"
"Can you determine the location of the Golden Horde?"
Hearing these words, Reinado suddenly became agitated, and figured out that there was no benefit in eliminating those barbarian cavalry who were specially designed to stop him and provide the tribe with a chance to escape, but would delay the warplane.
Those who waited to see his jokes were full of banter and schadenfreude at the moment.
Bruce: "You gave up the opportunity yourself, now let me stay in the Chinese army, and give your light cavalry command position to others!"
Hearing this, Reinado nodded weakly and handed over the command.
"Gabby, what did you find?"
Bruce looked over to the Lanton clone and asked the scout of the year who was tracking enemy forces and determining the location of the Golden Horde.
Langton replied, "The Golden Horde and most of the tribes have moved to the sacred mountain deep in the steppe. ”
"The barbarian army has been regrouped. ”
"And it's coming towards us. ”
"Are they going to fight us?" Bruce frowned when he heard this, his eyes scanned the crowd, and asked, "What do you suggest?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the generals, officers, and nobles present expressed their opinions one after another.
Some proposed to meet the whole army, and some proposed to send cavalry to attack.
There are also proposals to camp in place and wait......
Opinions are diverse.
But when the whole army fights, the enemy may not choose to go to war, because they have enough horses and food, and they are still in their own territory.
A sneak attack is even more impossible, this is the home where the barbarians were born and raised.
The army was discovered before it entered the grassland......
Is this still a fart?
There is no difference between encampment and a decisive battle with the whole army, the initiative is in the hands of the enemy, and there is no benefit to one's own side.
In the end, Bruce didn't get any useful advice.
So he asked Langton to find a vantage point.
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"Rumble~"
The cavalry marched, bringing with them the unmelted snowflakes and rolling up puffs of smoke and dust, and in front of the barbarian army, Adira Abubasi, wearing a tasseled helmet, passed through the Grey Serpent Fort and was no longer in high spirits to sweep the snow, capture the northland, and plunder the west.
The whole person settled down and became more calm.
"Dore, where is the enemy now?"
Dorr Abubbas said: "The scouts reported that the enemy had suddenly turned around and slowly rerouted to the river. ”
Hearing this, Adira hooked the corners of her mouth and asked, "Why do you think the enemy did this?"
Dole mused, "I guess they're looking for a favorable terrain that can be used for a decisive battle, but also for a stalemate and a quick retreat. ”
Adira nodded: "I think so too. ”
"That's the safest way to deal with us. ”
"Tell us what you think. ”
"I'd like to hear your opinions. ”
Hearing this, Dole and Hor glanced at each other, and Archie's eyes lit up.
The three of them said one after another that the army was pressed to confront it, but they did not take the initiative to carry out a decisive battle, and constantly used the tactics of cavalry sneak attack and attrition.
There is also the dull tactics of siege and see-saw.
and the tactic of luring the enemy away from favorable terrain to annihilate with traps.
Kim Abu Basi whispered, "No matter what tactics we use, this victory is not big, and there is no benefit in winning it.
If you lose, you will have to lose everything.
Father Khan, we should have prepared for defeat earlier......"
"Defeat before the battle!" Yaqi was furious when he heard this, but because of reason, he lowered his voice and didn't dare to say too loudly: "Where are you Khan?"
Adila stopped his third son, Archie, and said to Dole and Hal: "Actually, Ajin is right. ”
"No matter how well we fight this battle, we are bound to lose. ”
"Because he has a master-level powerhouse. ”
"You can crush us!"
Dole, Haul, and Archie suddenly remembered the powerful men of the empire who had seriously injured them in an instant in the Grey Serpent Castle, leaving their father Khan with a secret wound forever.
They lack high-end combat power, which is the most fatal weakness!
"Then Father Khan," Archie asked with a frown, "why are we fighting?"
Dore turned to look back at the army behind him and sighed, "What will they think if we avoid a fight?"
"Are we going to rule the steppe in the future?"
Kim nodded: "So we have to think about what happens after the defeat." ”
"And be very careful in battle. ”
Hearing this, Hal's face was a little ugly: "This battle is destined to be lost?"
Dole looked at his brother: "If we don't go up, we can't serve the public, if we don't get hurt, others won't serve us." ”
"Well, that's all there is to it. ”
As a powerful warrior and a shaman of the same rank, Adira can block the conversation between the father and son, but it is easy to arouse suspicion for too long, so he withdraws the shield after saying a deep word.
"Ah Jin, you lead someone to follow me. ”
"Dole, Khauer, you command the flanks. ”
"Archie, the vanguard taught you. ”
"In this battle, you all have to fight beautifully!"
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"Marshal, the barbarian army has reached twenty miles away, and those barbarian scouts have launched a fierce attack on us. ”
"I know all of them, let all the scouts come back. ”
Listening to the report of the scarred Scout Captain, with Langton observing the situation and transmitting messages from above, Bruce Medici had a clear idea of the current situation between friend and foe.
It is normal for the enemy to deal with scouts.
It is nothing more than an attempt to remove the eyes and ears and make the crusaders deaf and blind on the steppe.
If that's all there is to it, the crowd will be a little disappointed.
Yelena reminded: "This is the grassland, the ancestors of the barbarians and the sacred mountain are not simple, we can't be careless. ”
It's just that she doesn't know how her father, who sent troops to the grassland, died unexplained.
Even if there is speculation, it is not appropriate to say it.
In this regard, everyone just nodded, and then watched the marshal arrange the army, as the infantry formed a hollow battle formation, the heavy cavalry waited outside, and half of the light cavalry slowly moved towards the direction of the barbarian troops.
In the light cavalry troops, Jackson, Martin and others did not dare to attack rashly.
After all, the light cavalry of the barbarians is more familiar with the terrain than them, and if they attack rashly, even if they crush the enemy, they may be lured into the trap.
Their caution is quite right.
But Reinado, who lost his command and served as a small soldier in the cavalry, felt uncomfortable.
I think these cowards are too cowardly!
When the enemy came to him, he did not dare to rush over and engage him.
A middle-aged general from the central part said in a deep voice: "The marshal asked us to test the enemy's situation, and we can't stay here and stay still.
Why don't you let me bring the archers and go to fight?"
Hearing this, Angus Medici, who was the vanguard general, looked at him a few times and asked, "Are you Antano Gist of Lane County?"
Antano Gist nodded: "It's me." ”
"I believe in your strength. Angus Medici mused, "But you can't bring less." ”
"So, Martin Burns, take your men with you. ”
On the orders of the commander, Martin immediately led his men and Antano Gist of Lane County to ride out to learn the tactics of the barbarian light cavalry, and to harass and attack their large forces by firing arrows.
Seeing this, Yaqi Abu Basi sneered, raised his double-bladed axe and roared, and directly led the vanguard to launch a full-speed charge.
"Rumble~"
Seeing that the harassed barbarian cavalry immediately charged, and Martin Burns and they could only retreat in embarrassment, Angus Medici looked a little unhappy: "It seems that we are taking it for granted. ”
Then he drew his sword and shouted, "Everyone fight with me!"
"Defeat the vanguard of these barbarians, and don't let their army entangle!"
The Augustan Empire always attached great importance to cavalry, and although it preferred heavy cavalry because of its transcendents and strong horses, it did not neglect light cavalry.
And specialized in the tactics of the cavalry!
Face to face, the Augustians really haven't been afraid of the steppe barbarians!
The barbarian powerhouse is a part-time shaman, and his combat power is extraordinary.
The Transcendents of the Augustian Empire were even more numerous.
The real strong are stronger!
"Kill~!!", "Rush~!!", "Crush them~!!"
The sound of hurried horses' hooves stomping on the ground was deafening, and the roar and war cries were mixed in, and in the blink of an eye, the sound of fighting on the battlefield was formed with the sound of gold and iron clashing.
"Don't dwell on it, just rush and break!"
The barbarian army was behind this vanguard, and Angus Medici would not let all the light horsemen get bogged down in the mire.
The order was given, and the sober crowd crashed out of the torrent of barbarian cavalry and immediately turned back.
Yaqi Abu Basi shouted: "Stop them!"
Reinado Reyes, who had become a small soldier, was upset that the light cavalry was out of battle so quickly, and when he saw the vanguard commander of the barbarians shouting orders, he immediately set his eyes on the third son of the Golden Horde.
For the cavalry rushing to block, Reinado took the lead, and the halberd in his hand drove the cold wind to dance, all the way to the Musou mowing mode.
Directly in front of Yaqi Abu Bas, who is the vanguard commander!
"Die!"
"What?"
He had seen Reinado's power at the earthen bridge, but at that time countless cavalry were blocked on the bridge and could not rush through the walls, and Archie Abubasi, who was following behind, did not fight him.
Seeing such a brave and powerful enemy rushing towards him.
The double-edged axe will be blessed with the power of the elements, allowing the strength of the silver peak to exert stronger combat power.
The halberd blade melts into the wind.
The blade of the axe carries the elements.
"Boom~!!"
The two blades clashed, and immediately produced a terrifying impact, and then Archie Abbath was directly knocked away by the halberd swept by brute force because his strength and physique were not strong enough for Reinado!
Looking at the turn of the blade, the deadly sword-shaped halberd blade that suddenly stabbed.
Yaqi Abubath's eyes widened in panic.
"No!"
"Zheng~"
"Poof~"
A feathered arrow flew like a meteor!
With the power of the elements, he deflected the halberd in Reinado's hand, so the tip of the halberd failed to stab the chest of Archie, who fell to the ground.
However, there was still a bloody cut in the abdomen.
If it weren't for the surrounding barbarian powerhouses, they hurriedly left the person and covered the wound in his abdomen.
I'm afraid the intestines are more than just singled out!
"Whoosh~!!"
Two more meteor arrows flew in.
Reinado sneered, and the halberd in his hand danced in a circle, immediately breaking the feather arrow.
"Don't fight!" shouted Angus Medici, "everyone obeys the order and leaves the battlefield!"
"Humph!"
The halberd blade changed direction, cutting off the head of a barbarian, and Reinaldo snatched the spear from his hand.
Then turn around and slam it at the person who released the cold arrow in the rear!
"Be careful!"
Instilling a spear thrown with all its might, it is as fast as lightning!
Saved his son, fired two arrows in a row to take revenge but failed, and for this also involved the assassination wound caused by Ares, the Golden Horde Khan Adira Abu Basi was gasping, and when he saw the flying spear, he hurriedly threw away his longbow and drew his sword.
The spear snapped in two, but the pole still stabbed a barbarian warrior and wounded him!
"Damn, who's this man?"
Kim Abubas said with a gloomy expression: "Father Khan, that person is probably the top powerhouse of the August Empire. ”
"It's a good thing he's not a general. ”
"Otherwise, if this kind of person commands a cavalry composed of transcendents, we will ......"
"Father Khan, let the vanguard come back. ”
Hearing this, the Golden Horde Khan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Let Archie come back to heal first, and as for the vanguard... Continue to pursue and kill the enemy force. ”
"These people should be all the light cavalry of the enemy army!"
"Annihilate them, and the Imperial army will become a cripple who can't run!"
"Catch up!"
"Kill!"
After receiving the order of the Great Khan, and also found that the flank cavalry was speeding at full speed, with the intention of coming to respond, the barbarian vanguard cavalry immediately rushed to chase after it, wanting to destroy the light cavalry under the command of Angus Medici in one fell swoop.
However.
When they chased down a dirt slope, they saw a multitude of mages who were ready.
Brilliant magical light shines!
"What?" "Holy Mountain~" "Mom~" "No!".
Boom ————
...... To be continued......