Kudb ordered fifteen hundred cavalry to pursue him quickly, but he was ambushed by Merlot's rearguard infantry in the forest, and more than 300 men were killed instantly, and the rest fled in despair. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What kind of Greeks is this, the tactics and regulations are fundamentally different from what they used to be!" After Kudb lamented, he could only divide all the cavalry into several teams and follow cautiously in turn, and Merlot's rearguard infantry and red hand cavalry were separated by two or three guli, and did not dare to come forward to pursue and fight.

"Don't send it, don't send it, if you send it again, we'll have to prepare knives and forks for you at Corquissonburg!" A playful soldier of the Guardian Brigade, carrying his suit and iron shackles, walking with comical dance steps, constantly removing the felt hat from his head, waved to the Turkmen cavalry on the steppe over there, causing the rest of the soldiers in the queue to burst into laughter - the Turkmen did not dare to take advantage of the light cavalry to attack, because on both sides and behind the strict infantry ranks, there were red hand cavalry and several wagons, and in terms of horse and arrow shooting, the red hand universal cavalry from the Magyar and Cuman tribes was no worse than the Turkmen, And the quality of the horn bows in their hands was even better - and on the ladders of the carts pulled by mules, there were also side-mounted crossbows ready to fire, which were coldly faced with the Turkmen cavalry herds, and they could not bear it.

Sometimes, the Turkmen or Danishmund cavalry that caught up couldn't bear it, and would also charge riskily in the form of a squad, and the scene at this time was: the crossbow on the back car, the "Tengteng" string moved, and shot a row of large arrows, which immediately pierced the chests of several enemy horsemen, and then the infantry in the rear turned around collectively, skillfully superimposed the irises and shields to form a human wall of the Daofang cavalry, and several archers quickly wound the crossbow in their hands with their feet, turned around and shot a wave of arrows across the iris shield human wall, and the rest of the infantry did not make any commotion at alland continued to walk forward...... The end result was that the Danishmund cavalry, which came by the pigs, often left behind a few corpses of men and horses, and fled back to the starting point.

After three days of walking like this, Merlot's task force had left Ashren for nearly thirty-five guli, and in the valley to the west, a small black dot suddenly appeared, more and more conspicuous, and it turned out to be a rider carrying a leather tube and a water bladder, and holding a flaming tongue flag in his hand, "Our cavalry in the beacon tower." Melo put the scepter in his bosom on horseback, and comforted several wounded soldiers on the cart, saying that he treated the wounded Armenian soldiers on the same side as the wounded soldiers of the brigade and the Red Hand cavalry, and as a result, on the way back, the Armenians did not flee from the ranks again, and on several occasions Pragit led them in battle, killing and wounding many of the pursuing enemies, and making meritorious deeds.

"The beacon fire only reached us yesterday, the Grand Duke's order!" The herald's rider put the leather tube in the hands of the campmaster, and Merlot took out the order, nodded, and said to the guards and generals around him, "This is the reason why the Grand Duke has ordered us to abandon our attack on Meritene and retreat towards Corquison—I have made the right choice in advance. ”

The people looked at each other with joy and applauded, and then Merlot added, "The Grand Duke and General Branas have personally commanded the army to meet us, and now the enemy forces of Caesia may also cross the river to cut off our return, and give orders to the avant-garde, ready to fight at any time!" ”

"Yes!" Many voices answered at the same time.

The next day, on the northwest side of the valley at the beginning of the Sanus River, separated by a rushing stream, the avant-garde Jinat cavalry and prychariot teams suddenly saw a group of cavalry covered in black cloaks, silently galloping towards them, the hooves of the horses raised pink-white smoke in the gray valley, this cavalry team of hundreds of people, did not raise any flags, some of the dazed avant-garde soldiers, some waved the flags in their hands and shouted, "It is the Grand Duke's cavalry to respond to us." ”

"Idiot." Behind him, Commander Dugélius stepped forward, slapped the soldiers, and then pulled out the astrolabe to the sun, "From the northwest side, only the enemy army of Danishmond - the whole team, ready to meet the enemy, shoot him!" As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers carrying crossbows ran to the front of the line, and when they had finished winding, they flew a row of large arrows at the cavalry on the opposite side, and then the soldiers saw several people being shot and rolling down under their horses, and then the earth-shattering shouts exploded - the group of horsemen on horseback tore off their cloaks that were hidden from their armor and weapons, and the black cloak cloth swirled and fluttered in the wind of the valley......

After several fierce battles, Merlot's task force was still not destroyed, they were in the middle of the road, there were enemies in front and behind, often the rearguard just after the battle, the avant-garde also broke out with the enemy troops from the fortress of Caesia, so the rearguard foot knights obediently surrounded the baggage vehicles and pack horses, rested with weapons, and waited until the news of the road in front of them came to pass, and then continued to march in formation, and so on. After they had eaten their dry rations, they began to distribute the few rations in the baggage of the army, and many of them insisted on fighting and hurrying hungry......

After another three days, Gawain and Branas, with their cavalry, set up a banner on the slope of the hill, only twenty curles from the fortress of Caesia, and joined the "Task Force Merlot" in victory, and all the soldiers rejoiced and embraced, and Gawain brought a large number of clothing and food to the soldiers of the task force to relieve their hardships.

On the outskirts of the hill where they had been divided, there were still several enemy horsemen from Catia and Meritane, but seeing the majestic momentum and strict array of Gawain's reinforcements, they did not dare to harass them, so they fled one after another, and went to report the situation of General Kudb, and Kudbu and Firuz did not dare to continue to advance, but sent fast horses to deliver a letter of victory to His Highness Merrick, the Grand Emir of the fortress of Meritane:

"Ugly Gawain, vilely taking advantage of the gap between your master and you in the north, sent an army of thousands of prisoners of war, bandits, and half-blood mongrels on ridiculously weak mules, horses, and donkeys, in an attempt to flank the fortress of Melitene along the Sanus River, and on the way they had killed many by the wind and snow, but continued their march in vain out of ridiculous delusions—and I, having defeated them in the region of Ashlon, captured the banner of this army and all its baggage, and the remnants of the enemy fled in all their ways, Soon disappeared into the wilderness and valleys. My lord, your fortress flank will henceforth rest easy, it will be as safe here as your dormitory. ”

At this moment, on the hillside of the meeting, among the jubilant eating crowd, Gawain met with Merlot, who had "retreated with his whole body", and the shrewd campmaster took the lead not to boast of his retreat tactics, but to apologize and panic to the Grand Duke for his unauthorized retreat.

"It is a victory to bring back most of the army, and soon we will focus on strengthening the clearance army in the eastern mountains between Vanka City and Marashi, and we will need your strength." Gao Wen didn't mind, thinking in his heart, "Now, I'm afraid that the promise I made to the Holy Sister will have to be delayed for a long time before it can be fulfilled." (To be continued.) )