Chapter 33: The Siege and Defense of the Luohe River (1)

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After watching such a wonderful magic, Alan sighed deeply and said to LeBlanc, "Is this the strength of your magicians?"

Alan was glad that he hadn't used this place as the location of the decisive battle as he had planned. If there is a decisive battle here, John's hand can directly drag Alan into the bottomless pit of attrition.

LeBlanc shook his head and said, "It's John's magic, and to be honest, it's the first time I've seen it." We magicians have our own specializations, and we can't generalize. ”

Alan nodded, didn't ask more, and immediately gave orders to the guards.

"Inform Augustus and Leonardo not to fight, and retreat to the designated place as planned."

"All the troops retreat!"

"Aren't you going to fight here?" LeBlanc glanced at Alan in surprise, unsure of what Elan's plans were.

Instead of answering LeBlanc's question, Alan asked solemnly, "Did you have a way to kill that magician?"

LeBlanc was shocked at first, and then said to Allen, "I can't help it."

Alan didn't ask, and quickly led the troops back.

LeBlanc looked at Allen's departing figure, her heart was full of Allen's serious expression, and at that moment she clearly saw the killing intent, and it was probably not for one person, but ......

Thinking of this, LeBlanc shook his head vigorously. Secretly laughed at himself for thinking too much, even if Alan wanted to fight against the magician, he was fully capable of restraining him. Although so comforting yourself. But a chill in my heart can't be removed.

The horn of Allen's retreat sounded, and the moment Augustus and Leonardo heard it, they left the organization and began to leave the battlefield in an orderly manner.

There were about 1,500 of the 3,000 heavily armed spearmen who had almost retreated, and counting the 1,000-man archers who had retreated and did not know where to go, George VI's 4,000-strong army had lost more than 2,500 men. And that's just in the space of a few tens of minutes.

After the pontoon bridge was re-secured by John's magic, George VI finally managed to continue crossing the river. Allen's retreat was also seen in the eyes of George VI. At this time, he could only watch Allen withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner, and did not dare to pursue at all. Let's not talk about whether you can catch up or not, even if you can catch up. The remaining 1,500 heavily armed spearmen were no longer able to continue fighting.

The only thing he could do was send his scouts to keep an eye on Alan's movements and see where Eren had retreated.

"Guy, count the casualties." Alan gave Guy orders as he walked.

In a few moments, Guy counted the numbers. This is all thanks to the meticulous management of Allen's army. Imitated in the ancient Chinese army, with ten people as a small team, ten teams as a hundred people, and then pushed up in turn.

"Lord Duke, in the battle just now, Leonardo lost about two hundred people, while Augustus's troops probably lost about three hundred." Guy replied.

If it weren't for the fact that the pontoon bridge had not burned down, the last soldiers of George VI simply did not have the courage to continue resisting. The casualties will be smaller, and the remaining fifteen hundred people will not want to go back. Ai Yan thought with pity.

But it's useless to think about it now. Tackling the next battle is key.

"Have the townspeople evacuated?"

"It's all been driven out."

"Good!"

Allen's planned town is not far from Luohe, but it is only half an hour away. After arriving in the town, Alan quickly began to arm.

First of all, all the main roads of the town need to be blocked by the Essis phalanx soldiers, and some scattered paths, paths and so on, must also be blocked with things, or traps should be arranged on them to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks.

Robin Hood's archers were distributed around the town by Allen, especially on the rooftops, bell towers, and other commanding heights. As for the Essis legion, the infantry was firmly behind the defensive infantry, ready to replace the soldiers in the front row at any time.

Hannibal openly placed a thousand heavy cavalry and noble knights with Allen on the north side of the town. Guderian had already laid an ambush in the forest on the south side as Allen had ordered. Although the forest is a little far away, with the speed of the light cavalry, it is still able to support the battlefield in time.

In addition, the 2,000 heavily armed spearmen of the nobles were arranged by Allen to Augustus, so that Augustus divided 2,000 legionnaires to form a force of 4,000 and carried thousands of conscripted serfs to the rear of the town, and the town was the horns of each other.

Everything is ready for George VI to throw himself into the net.

George VI did not let Allen wait, and after all the troops had crossed the Luo River, he quickly led the army in pursuit of Allen. The two sides resumed their confrontation on the outskirts of Tulga.

George VI looked at the town where Allen was defending, and at the same time glanced at the hoplites on the north side of the town. Somewhat puzzled, he asked, "What's the matter with the other party, why did you separate their heavy cavalry?" Aren't they afraid that we will deal with them directly?"

John also thought solemnly about Allen's plan, judging from Allen's defense in the town, the other party obviously planned to defend it. The heavy cavalry on the north side looks as if it is detached from Allen's main force, but in fact, the heavy cavalry can also play a role in luring the enemy.

If Eren ambushes the army at the back of the town, then our knights must be led behind the town and will inevitably be booby-trapped.

Suddenly, John looked at a grove of trees on the south side of the town. Immediately overturned his own idea, with the strength of a dukedom, it is already a fantasy to have such a large military strength and two thousand heavy cavalry. John didn't believe that Alan still had the strength to prepare a heavy cavalry to ambush him.

What's more, John calculated the distance from the woods to the town, not to mention five or six hundred meters, because the heavy cavalry was burdened with heavy armor, so the physical strength was very limited, and often after two rounds of charge, there would be no physical strength, so before the charge, they usually kept moving slowly, and when they approached the enemy, they would increase their speed and launch a charge, so the suitable distance for the general heavy cavalry charge was between fifty and seventy meters. If you want to charge from a distance of five or six hundred meters, I am afraid that you will run out of physical strength before you can rush in front of you.

If there was a heavy cavalry ambush in the woods, George VI would have had plenty of time to adjust his formation and block the cavalry in the woods.

After some general consideration, John suggested to George VI: "Your Majesty, the best thing to do now is to surround this town, and then we will use our superior forces to eat away at each other little by little."

But George VI frowned and said, "Wouldn't this casualty be a bit big?"

"Your Majesty, I believe you also know that the strength of the other party is not so easy to repel, and our best way is to rely on more troops than him, and attack in all directions, so that he can expose the loopholes on the battle line. This will allow you to defeat them as quickly as possible. As you can see, we will never be able to attack the other side without driving out the cavalry from the north, after all, our flanks are always exposed to the guns of the opposing side. John solemnly explained his judgment to George VI.

"And what if we prioritize the other side's heavy cavalry? In this way, you should be able to calmly face each other. George VI thought of an idea and said happily.

As a result, John shook his head and struck George VI again.

"Your Majesty, let's not say whether we can destroy the other side's heavy cavalry, or whether the other party's two thousand heavy cavalry is a trap to lure us. Let's just say that our expedition to the Kingdom of Ammuxi this time was originally intended to take down the Duke of Essis before Ammuxi reacted. If too much time is spent here, once the Anmuxi Kingdom reacts and the army arrives, I am afraid that the losses of our Luolin Kingdom will be even greater. ”

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