Chapter 292: Wings Can't Escape

In the case of being blocked in the southwest direction, Enek had to retreat in the direction of the small town of Vidin behind with his men and horses, but the soldiers who followed behind did not know that there was no way out in front, the men and horses in front had to retreat, and the people behind had to run forward, blocking each other's roads and not advancing, the whole scene was chaotic, but fortunately, Enek made people shout loudly to let the whole army retreat, which alleviated the situation of not being able to advance and retreat.

When Enek withdrew in the direction of the small town of Vidin with a large group of men, a large number of his own soldiers ran from the direction of the town of Vidin, these soldiers ran desperately, sweating profusely and panting, Enek sensed that something was wrong, and immediately arrested two people and asked, only to know that the Modo army in the town of Vidin saw Enek fleeing to the southwest, and immediately came out of the town with a large army to chase and kill, and the soldiers who ran behind were basically either killed or captured.

After hearing this, Enek and Agul's faces changed greatly, the roads in the northwest, southwest, and northeast directions were blocked, and now the only exit was only in the southeast direction, and Enek didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately ordered the whole army to withdraw to the southeast.

The whole team was in a mess, I don't know how many soldiers were lost or scattered along the way to escape, most of the soldiers looked tired and their morale was extremely low, the cavalry was better, they had horses to ride, but the cavalry was only more than a thousand people, and the rest became infantry because the horses were not transported, Enek and Agul had no mind to count how many soldiers and horses were still with them at this time, their only thought was to leave this ghost place as soon as possible, and return to the north bank of the Danube River to escape back to Bucharest.

Ten miles southeast of the town of Vidin. There is a large plain and the Danube flows southeast from the small town of Vidin, so here the Danube is on the right. On the left is a large swamp, and in the middle is a flat land overgrown with weeds, where Qin Dong and Su He lined up with the First Army after they arrived, blocking the passage southeast of Enek.

Qin Dong and Su He both rode horses at the front of the entire army array, and behind them were the heavy armored iron cavalry of the First Legion, which accounted for forty percent of the strength of the First Legion, about 4,000 horsemen. The other six thousand cavalry were light cavalry and archers, of which three thousand were light cavalry and three thousand archers. The light cavalry was armed not only with heavy sabers and lassoes, but also with general riding bows and arrows, with an emphasis on close combat, for guerrilla warfare and the pursuit of enemy troops. In addition to being equipped with archers' exclusive riding bows and arrows. It is also equipped with a light swords for melee combat, with a focus on long-range bow and arrow shooting, and can only be used in melee combat unless absolutely necessary.

"Report - King Qi, general, Enek's army was first driven southwest by the Sixth Army, and then encountered the Fourth Army eight miles southwest of the town of Vidin, and had to retreat, but was pursued and killed by Modo's army from behind, and Enek had no choice but to retreat again. At this time, Enek is leading the remnants of the defeated army to this side, and the forward is five miles away from here! ”

After listening to the report of the scout, Qin Dong waved his hand: "Investigate again!" ”

"Yes. King! ”

After the detective rode away, Qin Dong looked in the northwest direction in the snowy night, and at this time he could already see the sparse torches in the distance moving towards this side, and he said, "Have the ice by the river and the swamp been mashed?" ”

Su He bowed his head beside him; "Yes, my lord, someone has been sent to ensure that if one person stands on it, he will fall into the water, and it will be impossible for Enek to escape from the river and the swamp, unless he and his army have the ability to fly!"

"Good!" Qin Dong nodded, and said, "Order all the soldiers of the whole army to prepare torches!" ”

"Yes, King!"

The five-mile road is not far for the 1,000 cavalry of Enek's forward, which is already like a frightened bird, and it will be done in a few minutes, when Enek's forward 1,000 cavalry fled to three hundred meters in front of the first legion's formation, Qin Dong said to Su He: "Order, the whole army will light torches!" ”

Su He nodded and waved his hand to the herald behind him, and the herald raised his voice: "The king has an order, the whole army lights the torches!" ”

Torches were prepared long ago, and on the night march they basically had to carry torches and tinder, and soon, all the torches were lit and raised in their left hands, forming a huge phalanx of torches.

There was such a well-organized army in front of him, which made Enek's forward 1,000 cavalry all stop, both sides were cavalry, but Qin Dong put in front of him were heavily armored iron horses, under the light of the torches, the armor on the heavy armored knights and war horses were shining with a dark luster, and Enek, who came later, saw the situation clearly, and the situation in front of him made his heart chill.

Enek's face tightened, and at this time his forehead and vest were covered with sweat, not because of the continuous escape, but because he was scared out, and the shape shì was extremely unfavorable to him, so to speak, he was almost in a desperate situation.

Agul, who was following Enek, saw the dense array of heavy cavalry in front of him, and he muttered like a pulp: "There are tigers and leopards blocking the way in front, and jackals chasing behind, it's over, we're finished!" ”

"Shut up!" Enek was furious, he had never yelled at Agul before, but this time he couldn't help but yell because he was in an irritable mood. After all, Agul is just a shaman, not a general, and it is normal for him to be mentally disturbed in such a scene.

Enek has experienced many big battles, and now he is quite calm, and his mind has not fallen into confusion, his first reaction is to find another way out, and immediately said: "Come on, send scouts to the left and right, see if you can pass on the river on the left, how is the situation in the swamp on the right, whether the army can pass Guò, go quickly!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" One of the guards quickly agreed, and immediately sent a dozen detectives to the left and right to investigate the situation on the river and the swamp.

Qin Dong's side did not immediately attack, now for him, Enek and his army have become a turtle in an urn, it is best to force Enek to surrender, at least this can solve the problem without bloodshed, the soldiers on both sides can be preserved, and the living force inside the Xiongnu can be preserved, so as not to cause too much loss of internal vitality.

After a few minutes, the Fourth Army and the Modo Army behind had already caught up, slowly advancing in the rear of Enek's army, crushing the rear of Enek's army step by step.

Qin Dong saw that Enek's army in front of him had stopped, and dozens of cavalry went to the left and right sides to investigate the situation, and immediately issued an order, and the herald immediately conveyed Qin Dong's order with that unique loud voice: "The king has an order, the whole army advances-advance-".

The entire cavalry phalanx of the First Legion began to advance slowly, and the neat sound of weapons rubbing against armor was heard, and the momentum of the mountains and seas crushed towards the Enek army, and the soldiers of the Enek army were frightened one by one, and the horses kept kicking and hitting the ground, turning around and running.

Enek tried his best to maintain the order of the army, not to let the soldiers fall into chaos, the soldiers sent out to investigate the situation on the left and right flanks came back, and the news they got was all bad news, although the river and the swamp were frozen, but the ice had already been cut through many, many holes, and there were many Qin Dong soldiers standing behind the ice with weapons in their hands, it was obvious that it was impossible to escape from the ice on the left and right wings, once they stepped on the ice, it was very likely that they had embarked on the road to the gates of hell.

Can't escape, left and right are desperate, and there are enemies in front and behind, in this case, maybe there is only a desperate battle, Enek already knows the situation of himself and the army, he gasped and said to a few generals around him: "There is no other way now, the only thing to do is to fight to the death with Qin Dong here, we are likely to all die here in this battle, but it is also possible to break out of the encirclement, but if you don't fight, you can only choose to surrender, how Qin Dong will treat us is not clear, he may kill us, We may be reduced to slaves, how do you choose? ”

No one chose whether to fight or surrender, and Agul and the others saluted Enek together: "It's all up to Your Highness to decide, and your subordinates will follow you to the death!" ”

Enek looked at Agul and the others and sighed, then looked at the approaching Qindong army in front, and was about to order the whole army to prepare for a decisive battle with the Qindong army, when a loud voice came from the Qindong army in front: "The king has an order, the whole army stops!" ”

"Boom!" The 10,000 iron horsemen came to a neat halt without any noise, and from this alone it was clear that this army was the best of the best.

At this time, the generals were only two hundred meters apart, and the Fourth Army and Modo's army behind were also slowly advancing, and stopped at a distance of two hundred meters from Enek's army, Enek's army was blocked in the middle by the First Army and the Fourth Army, and Modo's army, and a large number of torches also appeared on the bank opposite the river, which was Batu's three thousand ironclad cavalry, and a large number of torches also appeared in the southwest direction of the swamp, which was the Sixth Army that came later, and now, Enek and his army have been surrounded on all sides, It's really hard to escape.

After Qin Dong ordered the First Legion to stop advancing, he shouted to Enek on the opposite side: "Your Highness, now that you are surrounded on all sides, it is difficult to escape, and now your best choice is to order your soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender, so that not only can you save your own lives, but also the lives of the 20,000 soldiers under your command, otherwise they will be buried with you!" ”

"Hahaha......" Enek let out a loud laugh, this laughter was full of sadness, "It's just death, what's so terrible, you Qin Dong want to leave all my 20,000 troops here, I'm afraid you will have to break a few teeth yourself!" (To be continued......)