In just half a day, Rogson's nine thousand cavalry crossed the Marshall River from five pontoon bridges and reached the north bank, from which they marched in a northwesterly direction. Passing through the edge of the woods and quietly reaching the northwest of the town of Dowants, the road was sixty kilometers long, but for the cavalry it was possible to reach the designated position before evening.

Shante, with 15,000 infantry and 3,000 crossbowmen, also crossed the river bank and began to ambush the forests on either side.

Charles led the men and craftsmen to dismantle all the pontoon bridges, and 3,000 crossbowmen were on standby on the south bank.

The 40,000 troops of Colenva in the small town of Dowanc were being flanked by Samp's 200,000 or 300,000 north and south, and they were in a precarious position, so they could only wait until dark to quickly break through to the south.

But Samp didn't give Colenva a chance to wait until it was dark, and he didn't wait for his main force to be fully assembled, so he attacked the north and south with 20,000 cavalry in the south, trying to wipe out Colenva's main force in this town.

In the evening, after a fierce battle, with heavy losses and great defensive pressure, Colenva had to abandon the only town on the plain that could be used as a defensive position, and led the less than 40,000 men left to break through to the south to meet the 20,000 cavalry coming from the south.

With a vanguard of less than 4,000 cavalry, Colenwa opened the way south to meet Samp's 20,000 cavalry, and the two sides fought together on the plain. This plain area was originally farmland, but the two armies of Colenva and Saknine faced off here for five or six years, and it has long become a no-man's land, and the farmland has become a wasteland, becoming an ideal battlefield for cavalry competition between the two sides.

The cavalry of both sides became entangled on the plain, and Colenwa took the opportunity to lead the remaining 30,000 men to the south to quickly break through, and Sampu in the rear also gave hot pursuit.

The 4,000 cavalry fought with the 20,000 cavalry on the plain, but they were all wiped out before they could hold out for long. When the main force of Colenva was still five or six thousand meters away from the Marshall River, it was again overtaken by the cavalry troops, and the overwhelming superiority of the cavalry over other arms on the plain made Colenva's more than 30,000 people instantly turn from an organized breakout to an unorganized retreat.

The night was completely dark, and the sky was full of stars, covering the vast plains on the north bank of the Marshall River. Rogson led 5,000 light cavalry and 4,000 heavy cavalry from the northwest of the town of Dowanc, rushed towards the town, and also began to intersperse and slaughter on the plain.

Samp's mistake of dividing his troops has finally paid for him. Of his remaining 300,000 troops, part of them divided their troops to the north to occupy the city of Marsilt and the fortress north of the city, and part of the cavalry outflanked the rear road of Colenva, while his main army was eager to pursue the main force of Colenva after passing through the wasteland of the saline-alkali zone, and did not organize an effective pursuit formation in time. Except for the 40,000 troops who divided their troops to the north to occupy the city of Marsert, the rest of the soldiers were basically completely disconnected from the Chinese army, and Samp's orders were basically difficult to convey. All they knew was to pursue southward, destroy the main force of Colenwal, and finally assemble on the north bank of the Marshall River.

Sampu, of course, was arrogant by capital, and with only twenty days left in the two-month deadline demanded by Arad to eliminate the Kolenva Ministry and the revival city, he did not have much time to gather his troops, fight separately, pursue them separately, and this was his most fatal mistake. Although Colenva was defeated, his forces were assembled in an organized manner, and Sampu himself proudly believed that the victory was a foregone conclusion, and he only had to take advantage of the victory to pursue the remnants.

How could the battle-hardened Rogson let go of this opportunity? Of course, the life and death of Colenva are important, but disrupting Samp's deployment and preventing Samp from assembling on the north bank of the Marshall River can more effectively prevent Samp's army from advancing southward, and Fuxing City will be safer.

As a result, a very interesting picture was formed on the battlefield that was 60 kilometers long. Shanter's infantry crossbowmen laid an ambush on both sides of the woods on the north bank of the Marshall River, and to the north were Colenwal's scattered army and Sampu's intercepted cavalry, and further north were Samp's tens of thousands of vanguard troops pursuing Colenwal, then Samp's main army, baggage, grain and grass, and in a word, all the way north. But Samp didn't know that on his western flank, Rogson's 9,000 cavalry roamed.

Samp's line of men pursuing Colenva numbered about thirty or forty thousand, and they had no idea that the enemy had appeared in their rear, and that they were a fresh force, a strong cavalry. When this cavalry appeared behind them, everyone thought it was their own army.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Rogson raised his hand at the weary vanguard*. The 5,000 light cavalry cut and interspersed first, and the 4,000 heavy cavalry in the rear pursued and killed quickly, and when the enemy reacted and wanted to use cavalry against cavalry, he could not organize his own cavalry phalanx at all.

Many had their heads cut off before they knew what was going on, and many more were still desperately pursuing south, their vanguard had joined the cavalry that had intercepted the main force of Colenva, and were also slaughtering more than 30,000 people in Colenva.

By the time Colenwal's Chinese army reached the north bank of the Marshall River, his main force had suffered heavy casualties. In the woods on either side, the 18,000 troops of Shante's ambush suddenly came out and charged the cavalry pursuing Colenva. Although it was the infantry and crossbowmen who started the charge, the opponent did not know how many people there were in the dark, and they attacked from the side, so that more than 20,000 cavalrymen were scrambling, and many cavalrymen who did not have time to turn around were killed by the first wave of arrows from the crossbowmen.

Suddenly, the entire north bank of the Marshall River shook the sky and became chaotic. Samp's cavalry vanguard, Colenva's rout, Shante's infantry and crossbowmen fought together.

Desperately dispersed to the north bank of the Marshall River, Colenwal did not see the pontoon bridge he expected to greet him, there was nothing on the wide river, but on the opposite bank, hundreds of fires illuminated the south bank of the Marshall River, and three thousand crossbowmen and more than a hundred ballistae were waiting for him.

Many of the scattered soldiers threw themselves into the rough Marshall River, but most of them were driven back to the north bank by the crossbowmen on the south bank, and some drifted away with the raging waters.

Colenva was furious and was about to speak, when Charles stood by the fire on the south bank and shouted: "Whoever dares to cross the river will be killed!" ”

Colenva was furious and stepped forward to scold Charlie: "General Charlie, are you crazy, are you going to rebel? ”

Charlie said unhurriedly: "General Colenva, please organize an army counterattack immediately, Rogson's cavalry has been killed from Dowantz Town, and Shante's army is also leading the army to block your rear, if you don't crush the enemy's vanguard and let the enemy gain a foothold, the Misland and Fuxing City behind me will be burned!" General Rogson, Colonel Shante and I agreed that no one was allowed to cross the river, including General Rogson and Colonel Shanter, and of course, General You. Therefore, please organize a counterattack immediately, and when the enemy army is defeated, you will confess to the general in the future! ”

Colenva was greatly surprised and asked, "There are no more troops in the city of Misland?" ”

Charlie said with a smile: "General, Mislan is easy to attack and difficult to defend, if the river defense is lost, what is the use of more troops stationed?" ”

Colenva was a battle-hardened general, and he figured out Rogson's plan at once. No matter what, now it can only be carried out according to Rogson's plan, no matter how annoyed, you have to defeat the enemy!

As more and more of the rout army gathered on the north bank of the river, most of the soldiers sat on the ground tired, looking angrily at the south bank of the river, demoralized.

Colenva let the heralds blow the horn of assembly, and the weary soldiers slowly gathered together!

Colenva rode his war horse, hovered at the front of the queue, and said loudly: "Soldiers, I know that everyone is tired, but General Rogson and Major Colonel Shante, with more than 50,000 men, have helped us to hold back the enemy who is pursuing us. Behind us, the enemy, who had been pursuing us for days and nights, was fighting with our reinforcements. In front of us is the Marshall River, the last barrier of the Misland, and we must not cross the river without killing the vanguard pursuing us. Now that the Great River is in front of us, if Rogson and Colonel Shanter are defeated, then we will be surrounded by the enemy again, and what awaits us will be a dead end. Soldiers, we have no way to retreat, only by helping General Rogson and Colonel Shante defeat the enemy, we will have a way to live! In order to survive, we must turn back and defeat the enemy army, I will be the first to rush to the battlefield, those who are willing to follow me, those who are willing to live, follow me to kill the enemy! ”

Colenva raised his sword, turned his horse's head, and shouted, "Kill—" and as soon as his legs were clamped, the horse immediately rushed out.

Colenva's escort immediately followed and rushed northward, followed by Colenva's center, then the two wings, and finally, all of them left the north bank of the Marshall River and killed them in the northern battlefield.

The vanguard of Samp's pursuit totaled about 40,000 cavalry, plus more than 10,000 cavalry left to intercept Colenwal, a total of more than 50,000 troops, and finally according to Rogson's plan, it was surrounded by east, west, north and south in the middle, and there were more than 20,000 remnants of Colenva's remnants, plus 27,000 people from Shante and Rogson, the strength of both sides was equal, but Shante and Rogson's 27,000 troops were the new force, while Sampo's army was fighting continuously for a month, plus it was suddenly surrounded, I didn't know how many people there were on the other side, so I panicked at first.

After a night of struggle, the vanguard of the Sampo cavalry, tired and completely disrupted, finally could not hold on, left more than 20,000 corpses, broke through to the north, and General Kolenwa, who had been on fire for a month, finally ushered in the first defeat battle, a great victory.

When the sun rose in the east, all the people saw that the whole north bank of the Marshall River became a hell on earth, with countless dead bodies, countless wounded soldiers, countless armor and weapons, and war horses without masters.

More than 20,000 enemies were annihilated, more than 20,000 escaped, and more than 3,000 enemy wounded who failed to escape, but most of them were seriously wounded, and they had no use value, and they were basically killed by Colenva's men who were holding back their stomachs.

Rogson's cavalry suffered the fewest casualties, losing more than a thousand men, Shanter's infantry crossbowmen lost more than 4,000, and Colenva was originally a broken army, and it is impossible to count the losses in this siege for the time being.