Chapter 142 3 Take the initiative to retreat
Seeing the thousands of soldiers of the Knights of the Holy Hammer being shocked by the power of Basbahn alone, and then began to waver, this made Deguzorf feel extremely surprised - he did not dare to imagine that the bravery of one person could turn the tide of battle, if it were ordinary soldiers, but this was the first time that Frank's most elite knights had been seen in his military career. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At this time, Path's mid-lane army had already regrouped the array, and the commander's martial arts gave them infinite courage.
"Bahram! Bahram! The Paz soldiers shouted and rushed towards the enemy.
Bahram was the god of war among the Paz gods and a symbol of royal power. The battle of Basbahn reminded the Paz people of mythological descriptions of the god of war. At this time, the Paz soldiers will have such associations undoubtedly beneficial to the whole battle situation, their combat enthusiasm overshadowed the Frank army, which to some extent made up for their lack of combat experience, when the Paz soldiers stepped out of the fearless steps, the Frank army felt the oppression of death for the first time. The soldiers on both sides fought to the death, swords and axes slashed into the armor, digging out the flesh and blood of the human body, destroying the bones and tendons, and no matter what the difference was between the gods of faith, their gods would not give them any salvation at such a time, and the bloodthirsty gods only slowly opened the door to death, allowing these people to pass in stride. Regardless of whether it was the enemy or the partner who fell around them, the soldiers no longer cared, in their eyes only by killing the enemy in front of them could they survive, and this kind of crazy killing must be carried out until there are no enemy troops in front of them to stop.
In just an hour of fierce fighting, the casualties of both sides exceeded the previous several times, in this situation, the mobilization and distribution of troops played a key role, but Deguzorf did not get a little cheap, because the Paz army was in command with Biludas in command, and Baibasbahn in front of him, and at the same time constantly fighting to create a crisis for the Frankish army. No matter how he changed his strategy, it was ultimately in vain thanks to the efforts of the enemy's two excellent generals. In this case, the numerical disadvantage of the Frank army gradually became apparent, because Deguzorf had no reserves at his disposal, and the Paz army still had the strength to spare.
It can't be fought like this anymore, since there is no pawn in the mountain at hand that can stop the personal bravery of Basbarn, then this evenly matched battle will evolve into a simple war of attrition of human lives, the difference is that the Frank army has lost almost all of the troops on the right track, while the soldiers of the Paz army have the possibility of evolving from new soldiers to veterans, and in the long run, the Frank army will suffer. Deguzorff immediately decided to end the battle and withdraw from the battle.
The front-line commanders, who were in the midst of fierce fighting, were extremely indignant when they received the order to retreat from Dguzolf - although they still did not see any hope of winning this battle, but when the battle was fought at this point, everyone was red-eyed, how could it be so easy to withdraw the troops from the front line? Besides, if he retreats back at this moment, then the Paz army will inevitably cover up, and then the stalemate will become a defeat.
Some of the indignant commanders refused to accept the order, and some simply ran to Dguzorff to complain, but Dguzorff's answer was simple - follow his own plan, retreat! Whoever dares to disobey will be beheaded immediately in front of the battle!
Of course, D. Guzorf was not unaware of the stakes, and in fact it was precisely because he had already thought it through that he gave the order.
Under the strict orders of Dguzolf, the Frankish army had to start a retreat from the line of fire. Strangely, however, the Paz army only pursued for a moment before halting, and then began to retreat, and finally the two sides broke away from the battle, ending the Battle of Hodlu Hills.
Frank's generals were puzzled, why would the Paz army give up the pursuit? It wasn't until the troops were safely out of the battle that Dguzolf explained to them the reasons behind this. The fundamental reason for this is the way Deguzolf retreated. The retreat of the Frankish army was orderly and in line with the principles of battle, so it was not easy for the Paz army to succeed even if they wanted to pursue. The second is that Deguzorff has seen through the sore feet of the Paz army, although the morale of the Paz army is unprecedentedly high under the battle of Baibasbarn, so that it once suppressed the advance of the Frankish army, but this is not the real strength, but the momentary anger. If Basbahn ordered the pursuit, the inexperienced recruits would immediately be carried away by the so-called victory in front of them, and then the previous high morale would turn into a disobedient and indiscriminate behavior, and instead of giving the Franks a fatal blow, they might turn the tide of the battle with a counterattack from the Franks. It is impossible for Baibasbahn to make such a low-level mistake, and he will certainly take it as soon as he sees it, and maintain complete control of the army, as can be concluded from previous combat operations.
The Battle of Hodlu Hills ended without a winner. Both sides suffered heavy casualties in this battle. The Frankish army lost more than fifteen thousand men; The casualties of the Paz army were as high as more than 26,000. There were no bright spots in this battle, the only bright spot was Bai Basbahn himself, who single-handedly killed more than 90 enemy troops in this battle, and all of them were the elite of Frank's army, including even members of the famous royal family like Ulrich, a record that no one has ever broken in the history of warfare.
In addition, the Battle of Hodlu Hills has another significance, that is, through this battle and the previous confrontation between the two sides, there have been some subtle changes in the strategic situation of the Pas Army and the Frank Army. After this battle, Baibasbahn came to the conclusion through analysis that with the current number and quality of the Paz army, it was not enough to hold the existing defensive line, and even if it was barely held, it would be overstretched. Therefore, he decided to take the initiative to retreat the entire front for 300 miles, and use the terrain to reconstruct a new strategic defense line to stop the enemy's footsteps. This has several advantages: first, it can shorten the distance between the Paz army and the rear, shorten your own supply line, and at the same time lengthen the enemy's supply line; Second, after this period of resistance, the people of Paz on the front line had moved eastward, and even if the Frankish army got these lands, they would not be able to plunder the population and food; Thirdly, the withdrawal of these three hundred miles of land, once the Frankish army enters this land, it will be bordered by the former Arubania and the current Palci, since the original excuse for calling on the Frankish army to send troops is to recapture the holy land, then the Paz army has made a gap, and the Frankish army will be somewhat confused, or the truly devout believers will want to wave their troops south and complete the sacred mission, and Deguzorf will certainly not sit idly by and watch this stupid act of dividing the troops, then the seeds of discord can be planted in the Frankish army; Fourth, if the Frankish army did go south to attack Palch, then it would be a great thing for Paz to be able to involve Palch in this war as well.