Chapter 1089 Deception

Viteg was also a young man, and he considered himself to be no worse than Schweinger except for his background. Whether it was in the Great Sui or the Oplu Empire, the emperor's promotion of young generals was actually mainly based on their background. In the face of dozens of military exploits and a good background, the emperor's choice is often the latter.

They are also young talents, and the starting point of young people from aristocratic backgrounds is much higher than that of children from poor families.

This involves many, many things of interest, and it is not because the emperor is stupid. For example, if a son from a poor family joins the army, and if he does not die on the battlefield and has good luck, maybe his name will be known by the emperor and promoted, but after a while, if his name cannot be mentioned in the emperor's ears, then it will be forgotten.

The children of the nobility are different, as long as they are young and have some talents, their families will naturally let the emperor remember this name early.

Moreover, the emperor also needs to give enough benefits to those nobles.

There is no fairness at all, and the fame and fortune that cannot be exchanged for a hundred battles may be born as soon as people are born. Viteg is from a small aristocratic family in the Opru Empire, although he may not climb up no matter how hard he fights like the children of the poor family, but if he wants to take another step, he needs an opportunity.

Unlike a person from a big family like Schweiinger, he could watch with contempt as those poor children fought to the death on the battlefield, but he had to bow his head in front of someone like Schweiinger. Most of the middle- and lower-ranking officers in the Opru Empire's army came from small families like him, and each family had some background but it was definitely difficult to reach the heavens. Therefore, they need to cling to the side of those big families, always waiting for those opportunities to slip through the fingers of the big families.

Just as the emperor wants to win over those big families, the big families also need to release some small credits from time to time to win over those small families.

This is the composition of the interests of the Opru Empire.

Viteg knew that Schweinger would not lie to himself, because he knew Schweinger's character well. Such a proud person disdains to speak without words. And as a young general who wanted to take over the command of Thurence, Schweinger also needed the support and love of his subordinates.

But then again, since it was Schweinger's gift, Schweinger definitely got more because of it.

It only took half an hour for Viteg to leave the camp with his team, quietly lurking in the dense forest on a high slope about five miles from the camp. If the Han people really want to attack at night, this is the place they must pass. Viteg never imagined that such a great deal of credit would fall on him, and as Schweinger said, as long as his name was mentioned in the recital to His Majesty the Emperor, then the future was bright.

This is a very suitable place for ambush, the road passes between the high slopes, and the foreign army ambushed on the high slopes has an absolute advantage in medium and long-range weapons, as long as the Han people pass through here, Viteg is confident that this place will become a Shura hell. During this period of warfare with the Han Chinese, Viteg had to admire the fighting spirit of the Han Chinese, but he firmly believed that the Han Chinese could not be the final victor.

The huge gap in weapons gives them an absolute advantage.

Of course, this advantage was lowered as much as possible in front of the Black Flag Army. The Black Flag Army is an army beyond the imagination of foreigners, and the people of the Opru Empire never imagined before encountering the Black Flag Army that the Han people would also have a formed army equipped with advanced firearms.

However, the Black Flag Army's firearms battalion could not form a direct confrontation with them in terms of strength, which was what reassured them. Another headache for the Black Flag Army was the light cavalry that came and went like the wind. The cavalry of the Black Flag Army has a very special tactical system, just like a pack of wolves, rushing out from time to time to bite for a while and then turn around and leave, making them miserable.

Therefore, Viteg firmly believes that if the Han people are going to attack at night tonight, then it must be the cavalry that will be sent, and only that cavalry can have such speed that it can quickly withdraw after the first battle. Of course, there will also be many cultivators who will be incomprehensible to the people of the Opru Empire to participate in the war.

So far, the biggest shock to foreigners is the Han Chinese practitioners.

Those damned cultivators had abilities far beyond normal people, and once they rushed through the musket blockade on the battlefield to get close, it would be a nightmare for the soldiers of the Opru Empire's army. Those cultivators can fight against ten or even one against hundred.

The only thing that can deal with those cultivators is the musket team with special equipment. But the number of this musket team is like the comparison of the number of ordinary people and cultivators among the Han people. In this army, which had at least a hundred thousand horses, the number of special musket teams that could deal with cultivators did not exceed eight hundred.

These 800 men were given to Schweinger by Lyman the Great.

Viteg glanced back at the fifty proud-looking musketeers behind him, and looked at their costumes that were no different from ordinary musketeers, and Viteg felt a little emotional. If it weren't for the special and important nature of this mission, Schweinger would not have allocated him fifty Demon Breaker Musketeers.

The people of the Oplu Empire are called demons for Han Chinese cultivators.

In their minds, these people are people who have been empowered by the devil. The Demon Breaker Musket Team is the only means for the Opru Empire to deal with cultivators. This mysterious musket team was built by Lyman the Great himself, and the exact number of people is kept secret. However, it is said that there are no more than five generals on the entire battlefield who are protected by the Demon Breaker Musket Team. Of course, these five men will send the Demon Breaker Musket Team to their important men.

So, in this war, the mortality rate of middle and lower rank officers in the Opru Empire has always been high. Those Han Chinese practitioners had learned how to identify officers, so on the battlefield, middle and lower-ranking officers were the target of those practitioners. Looking at these fifty demon-breaking musketeers, Viteg's heart was a little more steady.

It's already dark.

He sniffled, and seemed to smell blood.

So he was a little excited, and the excitement that his name would appear in front of Lyman the Great after the victory in this battle made him unable to control himself. His heart was pounding, and it was even more intense than when he had been fifteen years old when he had forcibly dragged one of his maids into the garden and torn her clothes

Viteg found himself making a huge mistake.

Before the war began, he was convinced of Schweinger's every word he had to say. Because he knew Schweinger's ambitions, and knew that Schweinger needed people like himself to be loyal subordinates. He never imagined that he would become a stepping stone on the road to promotion for Schweinger.

One piece

Abandoned son

By the time he realized it seemed too late.

The Han did come to attack at night, and it was indeed the invincible light cavalry that came. But something seemed wrong with the war from the very beginning.

According to the habit of the Han army's advance, Viteg knew that the small group of cavalry coming from the front was a sentry, and if there was any disturbance in front of them, these scouts would immediately send an alarm, and the large group of men and horses behind would stop. So when he saw a team of horses of about a few hundred men coming, Viteg ordered not to shoot.

He kept the soldiers quiet enough that they didn't even have to take a big breath. As a qualified general, Viteg knows that victory or defeat on the battlefield is often the smallest details. If you ignore something, then fate may play a cruel joke on you.

Fortunately, today is the first quarter of the month.

The moonlight was clear, and Viteg could see the hundreds of cavalry marching past on the high slopes. The next thing he had to do was wait, waiting for the large group of men behind. As long as those cavalry are in range, this terrain is definitely the best graveyard for cavalry.

No matter how fast the cavalry was, it was not so easy to rush up a high slope. And the cavalry, which has lost its speed advantage, is not as defensive as the infantry. The infantry can also lie down to avoid the baptism of bullets, and the cavalry on horseback is like a target.

Things were going exactly as Viteg had expected at first, until he noticed that the cavalry was about to enter an ambush and suddenly stopped, and then the hundreds of cavalry that had passed before ran back, and it wasn't long before the Han light cavalry began to turn around, and it seemed that they were about to retreat.

It was at this time that Viteg received a military order from Schweinger.

"Whatever the cost, drag the light cavalry of the Han people, and the support will come later, and the encirclement of this light cavalry is about to be completed."

When he received this military order, Viteg had no suspicions. Because this is a tactic that has been discussed in advance, once the Han cavalry enters the ambush circle and the battle starts, Schweiinger will personally lead the troops to support and complete the encirclement. Although the Han light cavalry did not enter the ambush circle, Schweiinger was obviously sure to eat this team.

So, without any hesitation, Viteg gave the order to shoot.

The musketeers on the high slopes began to shoot at the horses, but because they were too far away, they were very lethal to the Han Chinese. Viteg thought of Schweinger's military order, and then thought of his own future, gritted his teeth and ordered to charge. Then the soldiers rushed down the high slopes on both sides and began to attack a cavalry detachment.

If Viteg hadn't been blinded by his own fantasies about a bright future, he might have discovered the weirdness of this war. As a general who has led the army for many years, why would Schweinger order the soldiers to attack a light cavalry at any cost?

Unfortunately, Viteg reacted too late.

When he came to his senses, it was because the support he was waiting for had not yet appeared. The so-called encirclement of the Han cavalry, which Schweiinger had told him was about to be completed, did not appear at all.

"How so!"

He looked at the shattered team in front of him that had been charged and killed by the Han cavalry, and his eyes were full of sadness and despair.

"General!"

The soldiers he had sent back for help hurried back, their faces mixed with sweat and dust, making him look particularly embarrassed.

"We've been fooled!"

In the soldier's eyes, despair was even stronger than Viteg's.

"I had just run back to the camp to ask for help, and when I found the army lined up on the flat ground three miles behind us, I rushed over and asked why they had not come to help, but no one paid any attention to me. Later I learned that this was a ploy by General Schweinger, and that we were all victims of this ploy. General Schweinger didn't plan to send troops to support us at all, he had already personally led his men and horses to attack Phoenix Terrace! ”

The soldier's voice was hoarse, as if his throat had been torn by anger and sadness: "A soldier who knew me well told me that General Schweiinger had asked us to ambush here in order to contain the most powerful cavalry of the Han people. Then, General Schweiinger took advantage of the Han cavalry to go out of the city and launched an attack on Fenghuangtai. And the army behind us is to prevent us from escaping."

"It can't be!"

Viteg roared, grabbed the soldier's collar, and his eyes turned red: "The Marquis promised me to personally bring troops to support!" ”

"General"

The soldier said in despair: "Haven't you noticed that we have been abandoned." General Schweinger's goal was not this cavalry at all, but Phoenix Terrace. When we came out, he had already personally led a large group of men and horses out of the camp from the other side, and rushed to Phoenix Terrace faster than us. And our only purpose here is to drag the Han cavalry with our lives. ”

Phoenix Terrace is too small.

It can't accommodate the 100,000 troops of the Black Flag Army.

Therefore, the Black Flag Army camp outside Fenghuangtai City is the main target of Schweiinger this time.

Viteg opened his mouth, feeling a sweet rush up his throat.

With a poof, he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

His face turned pale.