Chapter 141: Four Surprise Attacks

Arantlan's battle plan was a classic, as it was widely believed at the time and in later generations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info was able to make the most of the limited forces in the fortress of Barnoor, and achieve his goals step by step, and in any way this operation of Arantran was impeccable.

In the face of tens of thousands of enemy troops defending Gulabarcia, Arantlan did not have an advantage in terms of strength. Therefore, the real problem is how many troops to send and how to bring this force out under the nose of the enemy.

Alantlan managed to conceal his true intentions with a night sneak attack. On the surface, it was the Paz army inside the fortress of Barno who launched an all-out sortie, with 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and the Paz army stepped into the camp of the Frankish army, setting off a bloody storm.

Unable to anticipate a sudden attack by the Paz army, who had been cowering in the fortress, the Frank army lost the opportunity and was passive everywhere, and the burned tent lit up the night sky like stars falling on the earth. With the burning tents and the loss of the lives of a large number of Frank soldiers, the sharp edge of the cavalry continued to assault, and the large groups of infantry that followed behind also opened their bloodthirsty fangs, cutting down the Frankish troops who had fallen into confusion and fled to the ground one by one, and the Frankish army lost more than 2,000 men in just one hour after the battle. This result was a good release of the combat enthusiasm accumulated by the Path army for a long time, but this loss was only a drop in the bucket for the huge Frank army, and after waking up to the intention of the Path army, the Frank army immediately began to mobilize follow-up forces to try to outflank the Path army. But at this moment, the Paz army retreated. With three full hours to go before dawn, the Paz army gave up on the victory in front of them and quickly withdrew to the fortress of Barnoor.

The generals of the Frankish army were amazed at the swiftness of the opponent's use of troops, and at the same time gritted their teeth at it, because the casualties of the Frankish army that night were as high as more than 3,000, and the Paz army had less than 50 dead in the battle, which was a great shame for the warriors. But what they didn't expect was that all the Paz troops who returned to the fortress were infantry, and the five thousand cavalry disappeared into the darkness of the night under the cover of night.

The first phase of Arantlan's plan was almost perfect, allowing five thousand cavalry to disappear from the enemy's sight without him knowing.

The second phase of his plan was executed even better, the journey from the fortress of Banor to Gulabarca was four days, of course this was a normal march, and with the rushing ability of the Paz cavalry and the rapid march this schedule could be shortened to a day, but it was almost impossible to get five thousand cavalry galloping in enemy-occupied territory without being detected by the enemy. For this reason, Arantlán chose one of the best routes, the Uradarno Gorge. There was only one reason why Arantlan chose this gorge, and that was that the gorge was flanked on either side by rolling hills, and the dust raised by the cavalry as they advanced rapidly in it would not be seen. However, it was impossible to avoid the Frank army's presence in this canyon, and the vanguard sent by Arantran successfully solved this problem, and with their efficient actions, all Frank observation posts along the way were removed, allowing Arantlan's cavalry to pass through the canyon without any problems. Of course, the cost of taking this canyon was obvious, and it forced the Paz cavalry to make an additional detour of nearly two hundred miles, but with strict training and tenacity, they were able to advance faster than usual and arrive at the intended battle site on time.

The third stage of the operation is to launch an offensive. After a day's march, the Paz army approached the west side of Mount Gulabarca at nightfall. After a short period of reconnaissance, Arantran learned that the Frankish army on Gulabarca Mountain was about 17,000 men, and that the rest of the situation was the same as the Frank sergeant named Junnche had said, which was slightly more than expected, but Arantran did not care, because the scout also reciprocated the other party's completely unguarded appearance. Knowing that time was pressing, even he himself could not tell whether his military operations so far had been detected by the Franks, and that he had to attack before the other side learned of his whereabouts, so he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack.

Arantrán was at the forefront of the pack - with an enemy force three times his size, even if the Paz cavalry was brave and skillful, he needed to boost his morale. Alantlan showed his prowess as the captain of the Batana Guard, and even though he was now nearly half a hundred years old, his attacks were so fierce that even the youngest and strongest warriors would be ashamed.

In terms of the physique of the warriors, the Franks had a slight advantage, but this distinction was as ineffective against Arantlan's martial arts as a piece of paper to defend against a bow and arrow, let alone in the event of a surprise attack.

The walls of the barricades, which had been fortified by the wagons of grain and hay, quickly scattered into sections, and the Paz cavalry poured into these gaps, swinging their sabers to cut the Frank soldiers who tried to stand in their way in two, while taking the opportunity to set fire to the chaos in all directions.

The operation was a complete success, and Arantran himself did not expect that things would go so smoothly, and if this surprise force could be safely brought back to the fortress of Barnoor, then the battle would be enough to go down in history, and Arantlan's name would become a mountain admired by future generations of soldiers.

But that's when things went wrong. The first to notice this was Arantlan himself, because he noticed that the Frank army's will to resist was too poor, and if this was the food that was vital to the life and death of the whole army, then the defenders would definitely desperately urge the army to resist and do everything possible to keep the food, but now the Frankish army is retreating like a tide, this phenomenon is too unrealistic. The second is that Arantran noticed that the food burned by the Pas army burned too quickly, and it was true that the food would burn quickly with the help of the ignition carried by the Paz army, but Arantlan, who had experienced many wars, could clearly distinguish the difference between the two. Alantlan thrust the knife into the burning food bag, and with a flip of his wrist, the burning thing inside flashed and spilled out!

It's twigs and hay!

Alantlan instantly felt that his mind was blank, and all the previous battle plans and the future battle plans were peeling off one by one like murals in an earthquake - this whole grain storage site was fake! If that's the case, then all the information I've gotten before is fake! From beginning to end, this is a trap carefully designed by the enemy in order to lure yourself into this trap!

"Whole army! Fall back! Although his whole body was covered with this frustration, Alantlan did not forget his duty as a military general, even if he had stepped into the trap, he should at least try his best to free his subordinates from the fate of being surrounded and annihilated by enemy troops!