Chapter 72: The Battle of Italy (20)
Kohler has replaced Hans as my personal attendant, speaking of Hans, this kid performed well in the siege, changed the virtue of not doing anything in the past, eating what was not enough, and finally fainted on the battlefield due to the hard fighting.
If it weren't for the sharp eyes of the brothers when they were cleaning the battlefield and finding him hanging in the pile of corpses, it is estimated that he would be a pile of ashes with no characteristics now, scattering the life of the fertile fields in the field.
In recognition of his loyalty, I gave the rest of the soldiers to Hans, and appointed him governor of Vipitano, who was temporarily the governor of all affairs, and the boy was so happy that he took up the job.
Kohler turned to the Latin-speaking soldier for a moment, and then reported to me: "He said that at the current pace of the march, there are still two days to arrive, and this is already the closest path to the Bresano class, but looking at the weather, it should be a rare sunny day tonight, there will be no snowstorms, should we keep going?" ”
I nodded stiffly, and the obscure joints between the bones of the cervical spine, like the mutual bite of machine parts for a long time without oil, made me subconsciously wrap my coat tighter, and felt even colder:
"Go to the leeward mountain in front of you and eat properly, and then all the staff throw away their bows and crossbows and shields, travel lightly, rather run a dead horse, and must also reach the periphery of the Bressano class before noon tomorrow, everyone steps on the horseshoe prints of the person in front of them, don't fall behind, the large army will never stop for the lonely, everyone follows."
Don't blame me for being too unkind, I don't know how to accumulate troops, people are forced out, I don't know when I will be able to leave this rotten place, the glory and wealth of the next life are all pinned on Emperor Otto, he has no descendants, in case he hangs, maybe which nobleman who hates me comes to power, then my fate will be miserable.
After rounding the ridge, the army stopped at a wind-blown snow nest, and the weary soldiers stuffed some food on the snow on the ground, and took advantage of the rare rest time to sleep in their saddles and armor, completely oblivious to the biting cold on the ground.
The horse's nostrils were surrounded by white ice, and they laboriously arched through the snow to find the withered yellow grass underneath to fill their stomachs, and it looked pitiful, as if they would kick their hooves at any moment and fall to death.
Kohler arranged for some soldiers to stand guard, but he still stood on a high place and made his own rounds, I think he was completely redundant, this kind of ghost weather, there will be no one but us.
Chewing on the dry jerky in my pocket, I felt the same as chewing a bag of instant noodles for five cents, except that there was no tempting gutter oil to adjust the aroma, and I wanted to vomit out my intestines in disgust.
The fine pieces of snow were floating messily in the wind, and there was a haze of smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River in a trance, and before I knew it, my eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and I was about to be crushed by exhaustion, and finally fell asleep in the saddle.
By the time the bull called me up, he has been responsible for escorting the little white face along the way, I am not at ease with him in the castle, taking him with me is like carrying a check in my underwear pocket, although I can't finally determine his identity, but I have already set a bottom line price in my heart, and when the time comes, I will slowly bargain depending on the development of the situation, no matter what era, the kidnapping money is the fastest.
The army made the necessary preparations, placing the unsupportable soldiers in the middle of the ranks, the bulls and guides in the lead, and Kohler pressing the formation, to ensure that no one was left behind, at least in formation, and not all of them were given to the bad weather.
After an unbearable night march and a difficult trek on a narrow and slippery road, we finally stood on the top of the hill at noon the next day, and saw the cross on the top of the church of the Bresano class, and the whole flat col was full of soldiers who fought together without distinction between enemy and enemy, and the lord's banner as a guide was chaotically intertwined, making it difficult to judge the victory or defeat of the battlefield from the erected flag.
"Do you see His Majesty's banner of the Emperor?"
Isn't it funny that I ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, but I couldn't find the location of Emperor Otto, and the old woman who wanted to do good deeds but didn't want to cross the street in the red scarf was not funny?
"I see that the banners of Bavaria and Swabia are on the left flank of the enemy, Franconia and Hesse are in the center, Carinthia has been wedged too deep into the enemy's right flank and may be completely annihilated, the banner of Lorraine is everywhere and should be scattered, except for the banner of His Majesty the Emperor, will it be ......"
Kohler rambled so much nonsense in front of him, all of which were paving the way for the last sentence, and listening to his tone, His Majesty the Emperor should be more auspicious.
"Can you tell where the rebel commander is?"
I don't know anything about the article banner or anything, I can only use Kohler to determine the direction of the next attack, a lord asking for help from a lowly hunter is definitely a joke in the eyes of others.
Kohler tried to look around the battlefield, shook his head, and said: "The banners of the rebels are too messy, and the coats of arms of my Italian nobles are not very familiar, I am just a little hunter, I'm afraid I can't help you, my lord, why don't you let him come and take a look?" ”
Kohler pointed to the little white face that was caught in the bull's hand and didn't dare to move, and looked at me inquiringly.
I glanced at the half-dead little white face and dismissed Kohler's thoughts: "Let him help us, it is better to ask God!" Amen, please forgive me for being unreasonable. ”
After listening to my words, Kohler's face instantly became as miserable and scary as Xiaobai's face, as if he was forced to marry Sister Feng, and I hurriedly pretended to be religious.
"The armies of Bavaria and Swabia are the strongest in the Empire, let's kill them and join them, and then consider the next step, I think in this critical situation, the two archdukes should not be held accountable for not obeying military orders!"
I squinted my eyes and estimated it very professionally, the distance from here to the Bavarian military formation, in fact, where do I know how far it is, just to show the soldiers, my brother's calmness is to inspire you!
Leaving the four soldiers to look at the little white face face to face, I repeatedly reiterated to them the importance of this captive, and intimidated Gali, after they beat their chests and stomped to show their desperation, they reassured themselves to line up in a triangular attack formation of cavalry, with the bull at the top of the triangle, as the sharpest knife to pierce the heart of the enemy.
The cavalry team slowly gathered their horses along the small gentle slope to accumulate horsepower, and the long swords and scimitars were drawn out and raised in their hands, forming a steel jungle, and the power of the fifty or so cavalry groups charging was also amazing.
The horse's hooves slammed on the ground hard, making a deafening roar, muffled to cover up the battlefield fighting from far and near, everyone held their breath, adjusted their rhythm, the long march made us extremely tired, completely supported by willpower in the battle, we are all the Red Alert can not be killed in the People's Liberation Army, good quality and cheap cheating.
The war horse slowly accelerated, rushing into the battlefield in an irresistible attitude, the unprepared rebel soldiers collided with the galloping horses head-on, all of them were shocked away, even if one or two were lingering, they were all internal injuries and heavy bleeding, seeing that there was no air intake and no breath, the tip of the triangle tore through the enemy's position, like a lion rushing into a flock of sheep, giving a rampage, as long as the horsepower did not stop, the power of the charge would not be reduced.
In the dense enemy formation, they could not distinguish the direction at all, and could only rush in one direction by feeling their fate, and the enemy's infantry were all turned into lambs to the slaughter, and the blade of the long sword sliced through their bellies smoothly, like the oars of a ship cutting through the water, and coldly harvested worthless lives.
"Your Excellency, look ahead!"
Kohler split the enemy in front of him in half and shouted at me, making it hard to hear him in the deafening sound of horses' hooves.
I looked up, and behind the fleeing rebels, a pile of shields and spears, like sand in soft white rice, appeared abruptly in the throat.
"Nima!"
I couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth!