Chapter 1157: Breaking through the line of defense
Nurence did not expect Festak to fall so quickly, His Majesty the Pope also knew the importance of Festark, so he ordered the 20,000 troops to rush to Festak as quickly as possible, in order to save time, and even did not hesitate to let the cavalry break away from the main army, and risked going to the front line alone, but he still failed to catch up, and the efficiency of the Orientals was a little scary. Nurence still hadn't figured out why the Easterners were rushing to attack Festac, since Festak was west of the territory of the Duchy of Saxony, the territory of the Holy Empire, and they were really sure that they could gain a foothold in the Duchy of Saxony? It was a frightening cold, and the river was damp, and before long a thin layer of frost formed on the hat. In the face of this kind of ghost weather, it is late at night, and no one wants to patrol far away, even the person in charge of patrolling the river is riveted to stay up all night in one place.
The Germans inevitably slackened, which also made Yang Zaixing and Jerusha's plan to build a bridge less resistant. Yang Zaixing commanded the cavalry all the year round, but he had also dealt with Zheng Biao's mountain battalion in the early years, and knew a little about building bridges over mountain streams. In order to successfully cross the top of the Nushui Mountain, Yang Zaixing asked two ballistas to be lifted up, the crossbow arrows were aimed at the opposite bank, and the huge iron claws were tied to the crossbow arrows. Yang Zaixing constantly adjusted the direction, observing the terrain on the opposite side, after determining that it was about the same, the first crossbow flew out, with a clang, there was a piercing collision sound on the opposite stone wall, Yang Zaixing was not discouraged, and focused on preparing the second one, so repeatedly, until the seventh crossbow arrow was shot, and finally hooked to the opposite rock accurately, tried the rope, it was quite reliable, Yang Zaixing took off his cloak and added weight objects, and was about to follow the rope to the opposite bank, Yerusha looked at the black mountain stream, and his heart was a little up and down, Stretched out his hand and grabbed Yang Zaixing, "Shao Lie, if you don't have to wait, maybe there is another good way, if you have a three-sheet and two short, how can Your Highness explain it?" ”
"General Yelu, don't persuade me, since it has been discussed, there is no reason to retreat, just rest assured, it will be fine. General Yelu also asked to remain calm, and if he can succeed, he also asked General Yelu to quickly send cavalry to attract the enemy from the north, so as to gain an opportunity for our troops to sneak attack the Germanic camp" Yang Zaixing smiled heartily, stretched out his hand and patted Yelusha's shoulder, and after a while, he crawled along the iron rope towards the opposite side. When Yang Zaixing entered the darkness, the hearts of every soldier of the Dingguo Army were raised to their throats, for fear that Yang Zaixing would have some accidents, in the dark night, the time seemed so long, every minute and every second was a kind of torment, I don't know how long it was, as if it was tens of millions of years, the iron rope finally shook violently, Yerusha couldn't help frowning, Yang Shaolie actually climbed over, no matter what, as long as he got to the other side, the bridge plan was already half of the victory. Yerusha made a gesture, and several soldiers tied several ropes to them, pulled them hard, and motioned for Yang Zaixing to pull them over. Building a bridge over a mountain stream is a very complex and difficult project, just fixing a few ropes, it took an hour, one by two, until more than a dozen ropes connect the two banks, more and more soldiers climbed along the iron rope to help Yang Zaixing fix the iron cable support. Once the ropes are secured, wooden planks are laid with straw, and water is sprinkled on the straw. In the middle of winter, the weather in the north is not good, and it does not take long for the water to be sprinkled, and the bridge deck is covered with thick ice, and the ice layer is heavier like pouring molten iron to fix the bridge deck made of wooden planks into a whole, and the whole bridge body becomes stronger and more stable, no longer as shaky as before. Under the light of the fire, looking at the ice crystal bridge in front of him, Yerusha couldn't help but be amazed, this is simply a miracle. I tested the load-bearing capacity of the bridge deck, and it was no problem to step on it, but of course in order to prevent slipping, you had to tie your shoes with a coarse cloth of grass clippings. Jerusha didn't want to take the risk, and the soldiers scattered, and there were only a maximum of ten soldiers on the bridge deck at a time, which greatly reduced the risk of the bridge deck collapsing. Thousands of soldiers were sent to the opposite side, and it was a long process.
At the beginning of the ugly time, seeing that it was almost over, Jerusha also led the cavalry to the north as agreed, and at this time he was full of confidence in this battle, and the Germans would never have dreamed that a bridge would appear on the top of the most dangerous mountain of Fury. The moonlight looked faint, how could that faint yellow light block the raging cold? The more than 4,000 cavalry of Yerusha's department are all elite soldiers, especially the cavalry of the Ruifeng Battalion, which is the elite of the elite, under the leadership of Yerusha, these elite cavalry withstood the cold wind without the slightest complaint. In the middle of the day, after a long journey of two hours, Jerusha successfully bypassed the north side, and when the morning approached, the heavens and the earth were still dark, and there was not much light of dawn, Jerusha did not think about the careful march, and after approaching the Germanic camp, Jerusha made enough momentum, "All the troops listened to the order, divided into four teams to approach the church camp in a dispersed formation, and we must make enough momentum to attract the Germans to our side." ”
The four thousand elite cavalry, when they hide their whereabouts and slow down, they can't see anything, but once they are at full power, they are sharp and imposing. Although the Germans arranged a lot of secret posts, but everything came too suddenly, the news of the enemy attack has not been sent back to the big tent, the camp located on the periphery has been violently attacked by the cavalry of the sharp front battalion, at the end of the hour, it is the time when the sleepiness is full, it was attacked violently, many Germanic soldiers are still a little confused, most of the people have not had time to get dressed and kill out of the tent, they were burned to death by the fire, the whole camp became chaotic, the Germanic soldiers did not know what the actual situation was, so frightened that they could only hug their heads and run away. The change came so suddenly, the battle had been going on for a quarter of an hour, and many of the church soldiers were still in a state of confusion. The leader of the church legion, Turik, woke up in his sleep, and looked at the barracks to the north with a broadsword, where the flames were already raging, and many church soldiers were still running this way, "Come on, seal the road ahead, whoever dares to run around again, there will be no mercy." Organize a counterattack, the Orientals are inferior to us, and the cavalry is not too much, as long as we don't mess up ourselves and block their first round of onslaught, the next thing is that we have the final say. ”
Turik can be the commander of more than 20,000 people, and he also has a certain amount of real talent, and he has long figured out the situation of the Orientals, a total of more than 15,000 people, excluding the baggage soldiers, there are less than 14,000 elites who can really participate in the war, and this strength is not to be feared at all. It was precisely because of these things that Turik dared to lead the army to confront each other across the river. Turik was furious, the chaotic scene began to be controlled, the Germans launched a fierce counterattack on the north under the leadership of several commanders according to Turik's orders, and those soldiers of the northern battalion who fell into chaos were also infected, and began to organize manpower to cooperate with the main force in an orderly manner to counterattack, and soon Jerusha's cavalry was resisted layer by layer, and the situation became less and less optimistic.
A large part of the reason for the good results was the reason for the darkness of the night, the formation was scattered, and the Germans could not figure out the actual situation at all, so they could only take the most prudent method. Even so, the pressure on Jerusha was still not small, and many church cavalry slowly slipped in from the flanks, and the church army in front also pressed over little by little. Turrick's method is really not very clever, but it is very practical, with an absolute superiority in troops, only need to advance step by step, it will definitely achieve the final victory, as the Germanic counterattack is getting stronger and stronger, the left flank close to the river bank has been forced to the left and right, and it is often difficult to deal with it, "General Yelu, the left flank has been broken through by the enemy, and the commander of the horse has requested the withdrawal of troops." ”
The situation was a little bad, but Yerusha didn't panic, just thought about it a little, and said with a solemn expression, "Tell Ma Tonglin that without the order of the general, if you dare to retreat half a step, you will be dealt with by military law." The heralds must hold on. ”
Who would dare not listen to Jerusha's order to fight to the death? The military law of the Dingguo Army is strict, and it has always been like this, and if you dare to disobey the order, the result is only a dead end. With Yerushha's order, those commanders who had the intention of retreating could only stick to it, and there was no fun in retreating, so they could only fight desperately, and the cavalry of the Ruifeng battalion was known as the cavalry of the cavalry, and once it was powerful, the momentum was terrifying. The chain of horses was quickly assembled, and the heavy cavalry launched a charge on the thickest part of the Germanic formation, where Turrick took command. The heavy cavalry combined with the chain of horses was invincible, and the formation organized by the Germans was quickly cut apart, and Turrick also broke out in a cold sweat, "Quickly let the soldiers and horses in the rear press up, we must trap this group of Orientals and avenge the dead brothers." ”
In the face of tremendous pressure, Turrick finally made a mistake. It's not Turick's fault, who would have thought that the Dingguo Army would be able to come from the top of the Angry Water Mountain? Transferring troops from the rear, the happiest was Yerusha, who ordered his soldiers to fight to the death and pay so much price, in order to attract the church soldiers from the south and minimize the risk of a sneak attack. The fierce battle in the Germanic camp was in full swing, all of which was under the observation of the scouts of the Dingguo army, and Yang Zaixing had been enduring it, believing that Jerusha would definitely be able to attract most of the Germanic people. Yang Zaixing had to believe in Yerusha, but fortunately, Yerusha did not disappoint, as soon as the Germanic soldiers in the south moved, the soldiers of the Dingguo Army, who had been in ambush for a long time, began to implement the real sneak attack plan.
With the addition of the defenders in the south, the situation of Yerusha's department can be imagined, Turik seems to have taken some medicine, the movement of troops and horses is fast and ruthless, Rao is Yerusha, and he is also forced to retreat continuously, "Phew, this Turik is really difficult to deal with, a temporary army of mixed old and new, even more difficult for him to command." Jerusha wasn't complimenting anyone, but Turrick was very capable.
Bang, suddenly there was a loud noise in the rear, and then the large battalion in the south also burst into flames, Turrick was directing the army to counterattack, and it was about to succeed, suddenly there was a huge fire in the rear, and when he saw the place where the fire came from, Turik's whole heart chuckled. That was where the South Camp was located, and Turrick almost didn't jump, "Where are the spies, can anyone tell me what's going on behind the scenes?" ”
Since Yang Zaixing decided to attack, he was often as fast as the wind, so he naturally would not give Turick time to think carefully. Nearly 5,000 soldiers of the Dingguo Army were divided into left and right wings, and slammed into the outermost camp of the Germans, the defensive strength of the Southern Battalion itself was not as good as other places, and some of its troops were withdrawn, and it was even weaker, in the face of the powerful attack of the Dingguo Army, the defense line that was finally formed collapsed in an instant, and Scotto, who was in charge of the defense of the Southern Battalion, almost didn't pull his hair clean, "The people scattered outside gave up the defense area and all moved closer to the Chinese army camp, Miutel, go and tell Lord Turrick that there are no reinforcements, and the Southern Battalion can't hold it." ”
The Germans resisted day by day, but in the face of sudden attacks, all defenses looked pale and weak, and the strength advantage of the Dingguo army in a short period of time was not compensated for by others. Yang Zaixing knows very well where his advantage is, and he can make a breakthrough quickly, relying on a surprise attack, if he can't get a decisive advantage before the Germans react, then this sneak attack will be meaningless. Set up the formation, face to face, the Dingguo army does not have many advantages, the southern battalion has been on fire, a large number of soldiers of the Dingguo army poured into the battalion, began to clean up the battlefield, Yang Zaixing's eyes were deep, his face was a little heavy, "Tell the departments, don't clean up the battlefield first, move forward quickly, and don't let the Germans organize an effective defense line." ”
With Yang Zaixing's urging, the actions of the Dingguo Army became more unified, although there were still many Germanic remnants in the southern camp, but a large number of soldiers of the Dingguo Army ignored this, and directly attacked the Chinese army camp, at the intersection to the Zhongju camp, and finally met with the desperate resistance of the Scotto's department, and the commander of the thousand commanders, Mitael, based on two rows of shield soldiers, sealed the intersection to death. When the soldiers of the Dingguo Army hit the intersection, their speed slowed down. The two sides quickly fought each other, and a large number of Germanic infantry held their shields and steel knives poked out of the gaps. Because it was a sneak attack, the kind of heavy shield that slowed down the march was obviously impossible to carry, and now in the face of the Germanic infantry formation, the Dingguo army, which lacked a shield, suffered a big loss as soon as it came up. Lack of protection, it is bound to pay a heavy price, the previous offensive is like a bamboo, but at this time it is difficult to move an inch, every soldier of the Dingguo Army knows that this is an attack with no way out, once the attack is blocked, let the Germans launch a counterattack, it will be dangerous. Although a bridge was built on the top of Nushui Mountain, it was impossible to allow a large number of soldiers to pass through in a short period of time, and this so-called back road was not safe. Poof, a soldier of the Dingguo Army crashed into the shield of the Germans, the burly body, coupled with the fierce impact force, made the shield press down violently, but unfortunately, the steel knives of the Germans were not polite, two steel knives skimmed from the side, and the soldier of the Dingguo Army snorted and fell in the flow of people.
In order to break through this line of defense and rush into the camp of the Chinese army, the soldiers of the Dingguo Army were like crazy, they used their bodies to hit the shields, and some of them were bloodied from their shoulders. The soldiers of the church were not battle-hardened Germanic troops, and they were gradually frightened by the crazy fighting style of the Dingguo army, and Miitel saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, and the formation retreated little by little, he held his broadsword and roared loudly, "Didn't you prepare fire oil before, throw it on the opposite side, and burn these Eastern heretics." ”