Chapter 196: Ambush

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How to fight this battle also depends on the marching formation of the other side. Generally speaking, if you want to march quickly, you will put on a long snake formation. Five men marched side by side, followed closely by the rest, and the fastest march. But if the number of troops is too large, it will often stretch for dozens of miles. However, this formation is extremely easy to be assaulted, pinched into countless sections, difficult to command and brutally attacked, and only when it is safest to use this way to march.

According to the report of the Grandmaster Tanma, the army of Bolton used a relatively safe, but not fast march quadrangle to march. The army was divided into forwards, left and right wings, and rear. As well as the concentration of elites, as well as the Chinese army where Bolton is located. The advantage of this is that it can deal with surprise enemy forces coming from any direction. But the downside is that the march is not fast. Dozens of miles a day is already the limit.

Time passed little by little, and Zhao Zhe's ambush had already been placed. As Zhao Zhe deduced, the direction of the march of Bolton's army was precisely this route. In fact, this is the only route that is the best to take. Most of them are plains, which does not affect the marching speed of the quadrangle. The army can fully set up a posture and march together.

and Zhao Zhe's expected position, although there is a deviation, but it is not a big problem. Under the constant reports of his own extremely advantageous grandmaster scouts, Zhao Zhe also constantly commanded the ambush army to adjust its position, even if it was far back, it would be okay to be further back. As long as the Bolton army enters its own lateral direction, it can move forward. Sneak into the ideal location as much as possible.

Under continuous fine-tuning, Bolton's army finally entered the vast plain land that Zhao Zhe had prescribed. And he has been lying in ambush on the left side and leaning forward, although this direction is also the focus of the enemy scouts, but the distance of twenty miles is already a blind spot for scouts. After a while, the Grandmaster Huya Soldiers under his command came back to report that the vanguard of the Bolton Army had already set foot at the point that Zhao Zhe had prescribed.

Without any hesitation, Zhao Zhe waved his hand, three hundred Huya Army, and his own pro-army Hussar Army. At the normal speed of the horse, it began to slowly move forward. Nearly 30,000 horses, it is really mighty and extraordinary. At the same time, dozens of knights rode out of battle on fast horses and reported to the rest of the lurking army.

One hundred of them, the Tiger Tooth Army, acting as top scouts, began to move forward at a rapid pace. Prepare to clear the scouts on this marching route.

The time was just over one o'clock in the afternoon. In a thick dense forest, nearly a hundred Houjin elite scouts were scattered, wandering vigilantly and observing. This dense forest was only five miles away from the march of their army. Their commander, out of vigilance, is already the second time to check this dense forest.

The scout squad is all riding the fastest horses, in groups of five. Each echoes. However, as they were on their patrols, they were relieved to see a large amount of sunlight outside the dense forest. Each of the scouts was ambushed almost simultaneously. In the Huya Army, the lowest are all first-class peak masters. Sneaking up on these elite scouts was a breeze.

A scout is extremely sharp, should be their captain or something. Almost as soon as it was dark, I heard a few muffled grunts. As soon as his heart tightened, he subconsciously wanted to pull the alarm fireworks. However, before his hand could reach the string, he lost all his strength, and a large head fell to the ground and rolled several meters. Those good horses, before they had time to neigh, were slapped to death on the spot by the tiger tooth soldiers.

After killing this group of scouts, the Tiger Tooth Soldiers began to aim at the new batch of scouts who had just entered the forest. And almost at the same time, the army of nearly 30,000 led by Zhao Zhe himself had already marched into the dense forest. The other armies also started to act not long after, and for each army, Zhao Zhe assigned them a hundred-man team of Huya Army, each commanded by a grandmaster-level Huya soldier. In this way, in addition to clearing scouts for various armies, it can also greatly improve the combat effectiveness and morale of the army. In any army, if there are grandmasters and a large number of masters, it seems to have a backer in his heart.

Time flies, waiting for Zhao Zhe's army when he just came out of the dense forest. The Bolton army began to be alert, not that they had already discovered Zhao Zhe's army. The large number of scouts sent by Guy seemed to sink into the sea, and there was no news. What this means, generals and commanders who have experience in marching and fighting know that they are most likely to have fallen into the trap of the enemy.

Stop advancing, set up, set up. By the time the herald began to shout and deliver orders, Zhao Zhe's army had approached more than two miles. Although it is a plain area, the terrain will definitely be a little uneven. The distance between the two places is a thousand meters. It is also difficult for the two armies to observe each other with the naked eye.

At this moment, suddenly, there was a pop, followed by a sharp roar. A brilliant firework rises into the sky, and even though it is daytime, it is clearly visible.

"Whole army, assault." When Zhao Zhe waved his hand forward, he let out a deep shout. That loud shout, not only the 30,000 soldiers on his side could hear it clearly, but at the same time it was almost deafening, and at the same time, the blood began to boil. Although I don't know who the leader of the Huya Army with a hideous mask is, everyone is a soldier, so they naturally know that this leader is an extremely powerful master, and it can be seen from this shout that if it is an enemy, wouldn't he be drunk and rolled and fall off the horse.

The distance of more than 1,000 meters is very far. But Zhao Zhe's shouting was extremely clear and transmitted here, and there was still residual power. In that tone, it seemed to carry endless might, which made people tremble and frightened, and some war horses seemed to be neighing in horror.

Bang bang bang. Zhao Zhe, who was riding at the forefront, and three hundred tiger tooth soldiers, took the lead in urging the war horses and began to run and sprint. Although there was a distance of more than 1,000 meters, according to the speed of those terrifying war horses under the crotch of the Huya Army, it would take at most a matter of one or two minutes to start to accelerate, and then to sprint over. Of course, in order to catch up with the hussars behind them, the Huya Army also deliberately slowed down. At today's rate, in about three minutes, enemy forces can be contacted.

The ground, like an earthquake, began to tremble. The momentum of tens of thousands of iron horsemen galloping up seemed to rush to the clouds in the sky and scattered. And the rumbling roar like the collapse of a mountain made the motley army composed of 10,000 Botton guards and 20,000 new troops begin to panic in their hearts. The screams of the heralds, the sudden surprise of the enemy, all this did not prepare them for anything. The heavy sound of horses' hooves, which almost shattered the sky, seemed to step on their hearts. They couldn't breathe, gasped.

The Guards Cavalry is okay, after all, it is the top army of the Houjin Kingdom. Although he was also shocked in his heart, he had already begun to turn his horse's head and prepare to sprint back. Because they knew that if they stood here and let the enemy rush and crush them, the result would be even more miserable. However, the ragtag new army, most of them were newly dragged out of the nomadic camp, and where had they seen the cavalry that was densely packed in front of them, and could not be seen at a glance, like a flood of rain.

It's already very close, and when it's only a hundred meters away, you can already see the team that is the first to bear the brunt of the opponent. Those hideous and terrifying war armor, those war horses they had never seen in their herding all their lives, like monsters covered in iron armor.

Shoot arrows, sprint. It is worthy of being under the command of Bolton, and the proud pro-guard army is better than the elite cavalry army of the Jin Kingdom after that. They were able to lay out the formation in such a short period of time under such a disadvantage. As for the recruits, they have no way to deal with them anymore. It's too late, and if they have enough time, they will definitely block the new army in front.

Sharp arrows like flying locusts arced in mid-air and slanted into Zhao Zhe's army. Ding ding ding, those sharp arrows landed on the armor of the Tiger Tooth Army, leaving only a small hole, and they were bounced away. The hussars, however, were not so lucky, although they were also wearing heavy armor made of stainless steel, which could withstand most of the arrows. But for some arrows shot by masters, or arrows with just the right angle, the resistance is not so strong. Some arrows were bounced off, while others pierced armor. However, fortunately, the defense of heavy armor made of stainless steel is not bad. Even if some arrows penetrate the armor, they are still full of potential, and most of them can only cause minor injuries. Moreover, most of the sharp arrows were borne by the Huya army that ran at the forefront. There are only a dozen or so of the most unlucky, who were unlucky enough to be pierced through the armor, and they also hit the vital point, and they were killed. fell off the horse, and there was no hope of survival.

The Bolton Guards were horrified, although this was a rain of arrows they fired in a hurry, but it was estimated that they could kill at least a few hundred people, and if so, they could shoot and injure thousands. They have a strong sense of trust in their archery. If you want to shoot arrows anymore, you can't. Now the distance between the two sides has approached forty or fifty meters in the blink of an eye. If they can't let the horses run at a gallop, they will be lambs to the slaughter. With an order, the 10,000 well-armored Boton guards drove the war horses and sprinted diagonally towards the flanks in the direction where Zhao Zhe's army came. This direction is already extremely difficult to obtain, and if it goes well, it only takes a hand-to-hand battle with a small number of cavalry, and with their fast horses, they can open up the distance between the two sides and start their best riding and archery skills.

However, Zhao Zhe, how could he let them get their wish. Only then did he begin to urge his crotch to step on the snow, treading the snow, like a chariot galloping at a thunderous speed, twice as fast as before, and intercepted it head-on. The rest of the tiger tooth soldiers also accelerated sharply and followed closely behind Zhao Zhe. Boom~ Zhao Zhe and three hundred tiger tooth soldiers, like a sharp arrow, slammed into the Boton personal guard.

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(To be continued)