Chapter 29: Gawain's Chips
Giovanni's tactical theory is very simple: I can't outrun Mosya's cavalry, but my carts, cannons, guns and a small number of cavalry combine to bite your baggage and infantry, because you can't give them wings and fly away; On the other hand, it is said that Gawain's army also set out from Adrianople, probably with the same purpose as Bishop Acrida had predicted - to cross the Villeka River, cut off his own way back, and to attack and destroy himself near Viquelon Fort. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Under such circumstances, Kadam separated the infantry and cavalry, and the infantry combined with the chariot base to stay in Henan to block and contain Giovanni, while he led the cavalry to the north of the river to capture Gawain and fight him to defeat him, which was tantamount to dividing his own army.
However, after prior intelligence reconnaissance, Gawain's team in Adrianople is not particularly large, only three cavalry regiments and two forbidden armies, even if he can quickly maneuver along the Evros River and the Villeka River, and my 12,000 elite cavalry of all races are enough to confront Gawain's team!
"The Iron Cavalry of Moses", Kadam is very confident in this honor.
He fought for the Komnenos on the border, fought against the Pechenegs, fought against the Cumans, fought against the heretics, and fought against the Rus', and many proud Bolgar nobles in this land had the same experience as him, they were all brave and proud warriors on horseback, as long as they sat in the saddle, then they controlled the spear and the bow and arrow, and they were the eternal kings of this world.
"The armies of the Romans, we have not seen them! Didn't Gawain also usurp power within this country? ā
In the midst of the snowstorm, the terrifying scene of the Villeka River began.
The faint sun dissipated its rays, and they shrank pitifully into the corners of the sky like walnuts, and everywhere there was gray wind and white snow, and under the sky, the cavalry of Kadam followed the bridge over the river at Fort Vilon, and each of the four cavalrymen stood side by side, each with a weapon-like cyan cold light, and laid out as a large column of black iron in the snowfield.
They are the most elite of Mosian wolves, and they have to take advantage of the horses' hooves to hunt down the arrogant and stupid enemies from Adrianople.
Gawain's army did reach a distance of less than fifty miles from Vikronburg, and his route was indeed as Kadam had predicted, first along the Evros River and then from the castle station on the Villeka River, so he advanced very quickly.
But there was one thing that Kadam did not expect, and that was - Gawain attacked this time, bringing not only two regiments of Red Hand Cavalry, one regiment of Oghuz Cavalry, Guard Cavalry and Imperial Tomb Forbidden Army, but also the Gemagis Brigade and the Red Hand Brigade that quickly turned back from the Trajan Gate, and the two artillery detachments of the Artillery Regiment, which were full of 15,000 elite soldiers!
The new emperor is full of strength to annihilate this invincible rebel army.
The scout cavalry on both sides spotted each other without difficulty.
Gawain immediately ordered the formation:
"The right flank of our army is on the Villeka River, and there is no need to worry about the enemy outflanking it. On the right flank, a double line of defense with brigade wagons was formed into a road of 2,500 anna feet long, and three detachments of the Gemagys brigade and an artillery detachment were allocated to hold it inside; The central front was personally supervised by me, with the barricades and artillery in the front, two brigades in the rear, and all the cavalry and the Imperial Tomb Forbidden Army on the left flank. If the enemy comes to force the battle, our army may as well strike the enemy with artillery and ramparts, and if the enemy retreats, we must not rush forward, but advance step by step until we reach Fort Vylon, and after recovering the other place, we can obtain a springboard for a counterattack, and then choose the opportunity to fight the enemy. ā
After the Emperor's order was given, the chariots drawn by mules, pack horses, and oxen moved rapidly along the north side of the river, and then the gunners pushed the axles of the perfume bottles and guns with their hands, and the other gloves touched the barrels of the guns, which were almost frozen, and began to squeak and push into the positions between the vehicles, so that the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the plains ahead. More soldiers removed the fences made of light horses and branches that they carried in the carriages and covered the defensive line, and the earthen baskets and gabions were also filled with layers of ramparts.
On the left flank and in the center, many of the cavalry were already lined up in the vanguard of the line, carrying the lightest shrimp cannons, when the snow gradually subsided, and the sky began to show its blue and transparent side as the wind blew away the clouds and mist.
After a while, the wind also stopped. Soon, the avant-garde cavalry, including Gawain, who had always been overlooking the situation from the hill, noticed that a black line with shimmering light appeared on the distant horizon.
It was clear that it was the rebel brigade of cavalry who came.
Sure enough, the black line was accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves, which became louder and more obvious. Cavalry, countless cavalry.
Three thousand, five thousand, tens of thousands, and even more, men and horses covered the farthest stretches that the soldiers could see, and nothing but these could be seen, obscured by the flying mist of snow raised by the horses' hooves.
"The cavalry of Moses......" The hearts of all the soldiers in Gawain's team were struck by this name like a drum.
The feeling of tens of thousands of cavalry rushing together was really something that had rarely been seen before, and this kind of shock was really extraordinary-the veteran soldiers at the front of the brigade array, holding the scarlet large infantry spears, felt that the bell on the mink tail tied to the spearhead began to shake and ring.
It was shaken by the trampling of tens of thousands of horses' hooves on the ground.
Gawain saw very clearly that this huge cavalry army, the left and right flanks were the horl barbarian cavalry of the Wallachian region, they had long lost the glory of the steppe tribal era, and learned all the cunning and ferocity of mercenaries, many of them did not have armor, but wore pointed felt hats, carried large quivers, and saddles were tied with light swords, axes and lassoes, and what was even more terrifying was the pace of the hooves of the Wallachian cavalry's war horses, which were completely different from normal horses, hundreds of thousands, and gave people an indelible impression.
And in the center is the elite of the entire Moses cavalry, all of them are dressed in shining armor, holding spears and maces like a forest, dragging dangling chain hammers, holding yellow and clear round shields, and carrying strong horned bows, the chicken-neck armor on the horse's head is shiny layer by layer, rubbing a sharp metal sound, and the shoulders are tied with various colored cloaks and cloaks, they are all-round battlefield killers. The group consisted of Serbian Zupan nobles, rebellious Plonian knights, and Bulgarian native cavalry warriors, with a large flag on a white background and a strange letter painted on it.
Insiders told Gawain, "That's the coat of arms of the former Hun Emperor." ā