Chapter 397: Evenly matched

The 30,000 cavalry were divided into three routes, and 10,000 men on each road, regardless of the main and secondary, shot out to the south like three arrows.

Cordillo was annoyed, and he was already angry, and the other party dared to charge at him first, and he didn't even take himself seriously.

Cordillo had to end his rest early, and immediately sent the cavalry to meet him, and the cavalry on both sides immediately staggered together.

Thomas and Little Baiyun took the lead, leading the army in the middle to rampage, and where they passed, people turned on their backs. For a time, the cavalry on both sides, on this plain, was inextricably facing, and no one would give an inch.

For Thomas, his rear is Lufasi's expeditionary force, and he can't let the opponent's cavalry entangle, and for the enemy's cavalry, Cordillo is the chief general in the army, and his Chinese army has no cavalry, so the cavalry commander does not dare to let Thomas's department come over.

"General, the main forces of the enemy's infantry and crossbowmen are retreating north!" Patrols came to report.

"Want to run?" Cordillo was furious, he had lost so many men and horses, how could he destroy this army and go out, even if he could not escape the punishment of military law, he had to relieve the hatred in his heart first, and then said, "End the rest immediately, order the griffin to drag the enemy first, everyone, immediately work together to destroy the group of cavalry in front of you!" ”

All of the Chinese soldiers and horses of the Cordillo stood up at once, but most of them were staggering and disgruntled, having just taken a nap, and in less than an hour, they were about to assemble again.

The two sides are fighting, and they are talking about a bang, and in the case of a fairly slight advantage, no matter how hard and tired they are, they must persevere, if they stop, the army will soon be discouraged, because you are tired, the enemy is more tired, you are weak, the enemy is weaker! If you breathe a sigh of relief, the enemy will also breathe a sigh of relief, although you would have the advantage, the advantage will be expanded, but things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and who knows what will happen?

If the Lord makes a judgment that it is difficult to win in one go, or in order to avoid more casualties, another strategy will be considered, which is to recuperate! The requirements of this method are relatively high, and what is required is that the own side has completely controlled the situation, surrounded the enemy, surrounded the city, and the enemy is dying and struggling, so that the enemy can pause, adjust their army to the best state, and let their own advantages be maximized.

Cordillo thought that he was in complete control of the situation and could take a break before attacking, but he didn't expect the other party to provoke desperately, and his army only rested for an hour, and it was this hour that made Cordillo pay his price.

The exhausted soldiers rushed to the battlefield and rested for an hour, the sweat on their bodies had just been withdrawn, the blood circulating at high speed gradually calmed down, and their bodies gradually cooled down, and they were stiff, but their bodies were still tired, and to warm up again, they needed to spend more physical strength and energy, and everyone was not willing to move at all. Just like a farmer who farms the land, works for several hours, feels tired, rests for a while, and after more than 20 minutes, when he stands up, he finds that he is sore and has no strength, and he does not want to move at all, so he has to carry his hoe home and wait until the next day when he is rested and come back to work.

The current Chinese army of Cordillo is now in this embarrassing situation, as soon as the body is cooled down, but it does not have enough time to recover, the enemy begins to move.

All the Chinese soldiers, forming a phalanx, slowly the shield soldier in front, the spear and spear hidden behind the shield soldier, facing the direction of Thomas's army's sudden attack, slowly advancing forward, encountering the enemy cavalry rushing over, blocking with a shield, the spear and spear immediately assassinated the cavalry and horses, or shot by the crossbowmen.

Suddenly, Thomas's cavalry suffered heavy losses under the encirclement and slaughter of the opponent's 100,000 army, and he wanted to take the cavalry to directly crush the infantry army, but because the cavalry on both sides had been intertwined, he couldn't raise the speed at all, so he had to order loudly: "Break through to the west!" ”

Then he turned the horse's head and charged to the right. All the cavalry also followed Thomas's banner and broke through to the west.

This time, it was the turn of the enemy's cavalry to pursue Thomas's cavalry, again in the same direction. In the morning, Thomas's 30,000 cavalry chased and beat the enemy's more than 40,000 cavalry, and now the cavalry on both sides suffered seven or eight thousand casualties, becoming nearly 40,000 cavalry, chasing Thomas's more than 20,000 cavalry.

And Cordillo's 60,000 Chinese troops, replaced by marching columns, planned to pursue northward, harassed by the griffin corps in the air, Cordillo was not worried about not being able to catch up with Simak's more than 40,000 people, but his Chinese army now seemed weak.

The Shante Crusader Guard, now there are only 15,000 people left, originally biting the tail of the Cordillo, but after entering the city of Wenmai, Shante found that the enemy had run away without a trace at night, so he hurriedly followed the enemy's trail and chased after him, because there were not many troops, and he did not dare to follow too closely, and he was always looking for opportunities.

Now that Shante finally saw an opportunity, the departure of the enemy cavalry gave him a sigh of relief, and he immediately crossed the Tordo River through the pontoon bridge built by Cordillo, and followed Cordillo to the north, biting his tail tightly.

Annoyed by the fact that Sander was following him, Cordillo ordered 10,000 men and the Griffin Legion to continue harassing Simak's expeditionary force, and then ordered the distant cavalry to immediately turn around and outflank Shante's sticky shit.

Shante, who had been quietly following, thought that the gods were unaware, but he was accidentally cut off by the enemy's more than 30,000 cavalry. Seeing the cavalry rushing towards him from a distance on both flanks, Shante, who was in the plain without any terrain to rely on, immediately made a decision, and the whole team pounced on the headquarters of the Cordillo Chinese army coming south, and fought with the Cordillo's Chinese army, making the enemy's cavalry charge useless.

Surrounded by people, two of them were cavalry, and no matter how strong Shante's crusaders were, it was difficult to support them, and they had to immediately send a signal for help.

Lufasi and Thomas also discovered this anomalous army, especially Simak, who had seen the Crusaders, but he couldn't understand why the Crusaders were here. This is a great opportunity, both armies didn't think much about it, immediately turned around, Simak first needs to destroy the 10,000 troops chasing behind him and the griffin in the sky, for him who still has more than 40,000 troops, it is not a problem at all, finally the enemy divided his troops and let him get this fighter, how could he let it go easily?

Lufasi also beckoned Corincha back, and asked the phantom archers to deal with the more than 300 griffons in the sky, and he himself led more than 10,000 dwarven warriors and more than 10,000 marksmen to rush to the enemy formation, followed by nearly 20,000 elven archers.

The headquarters of the Chinese army of the Cordillo is indeed extremely brave, even if it is only 10,000 people, it has caused a lot of trouble to Simak, the battle is extremely fierce, both sides are trying to stop each other's attempts at any cost, although the rate of fire of the marksman led by Jesse is very fast, but the armor of the enemy's army seems to be very strong, and even the bow and crossbow will cause fatal damage to the opponent unless it hits the vital point. Lufasi was the first to fight in the crowd, but the elven archers could easily shoot through the enemy's armor, so when Jesse's marksmen lost their power, the elven archers and dwarves became the main force.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the enemy, who had more than half of the casualties, finally routed to the south, and the griffins in the sky were also shot and killed by Korincha. Then the army pursued southward, and with Thomas's cavalry, it flanked Cordillo's army of eighty or ninety thousand.

Shante's 15,000 Crusader guards were extremely combative, but when they encountered the enemy's cavalry and the Chinese army headquarters with strong combat ability, they began to gradually lose their support, and slowly broke through to the west, and fought and retreated, but they could never get rid of the enemy's encirclement.

With the addition of Lufasi and Thomas, the two sides are in a scuffle, cavalry, crossbowmen, elven archers, phantom marksmen, marksmen, halberdiers, crusaders, and griffins in the sky. With the assistance of Thomas and Lufasi, the heavily damaged Shante was able to break out of the final siege, and the Cordillo's army temporarily retreated eastward due to the unfavorable situation. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and had no choice but to stop the fighting.

The most serious losses were the Crusaders of Shante, with more than 5,000 killed and wounded, Thomas's 30,000 cavalry, also half remaining, and Lufasi's 70,000 expeditionary force, with less than 40,000 left. Although the total number of troops is still more than 60,000, there are only more than 40,000 people who really have combat effectiveness, and the other more than 10,000 people are seriously injured

The Caudiillo was even more miserable, initially with 80,000 cavalry and more than 60,000 Chinese troops, now there are less than 70,000, including more than 20,000 cavalry, more than 30,000 Chinese troops, and more than 10,000 wounded soldiers.

Now the strength of both sides is about the same, evenly matched, and no one can do anything about it!

"General Shante!" Lu Faxi walked up to Shante and said, "I didn't expect you to be really righteous, if it weren't for you, we would probably be wiped out!" Alas, the marshal originally wanted to catch the enemy by surprise with my strange army, but he didn't expect that it would cause such a result! ”

Shante laughed miserably: "I led His Majesty's 20,000 crusaders out, and I only lost a total of 5,000 people in more than three years, but I didn't expect this battle to exceed my three-year attrition!" ”

"It was the young marshal who underestimated the combat power of the third war zone!" "And overestimating the role of our expeditionary force after leaving the jungle, this expeditionary force is not suitable for fighting on the plains, especially when it is unlucky to run into the enemy's cavalry and the headquarters of the Chinese army!" ”

"Hahaha!" Thomas laughed and said, "If the third theater has no background at all, and it is so easy to win, then what's the point?" What is this loss, as long as this army is taken, the third theater of operations will be basically finished, and our efforts are worth it! ”

"General Lufasi, generals!" The patrol cavalry descended from the sky and said to Lufasi, "The marshal asked me to tell you that the 100,000-strong army of Amman City has been wiped out, please entangle the army of Codillo, his 10,000 cavalry and the vanguard of the 400 heroic magicians are already in the upper reaches of the Dordo River, and the 50,000-strong army of Mevo will also reach the designated position at dusk." This army can't let them run, otherwise there will be endless troubles! ”

"Hahaha!" Thomas looked at everyone's shocked eyes and said, "Of the 280,000 people of the Eastern Expeditionary Army in the Third War Zone, only these 70,000 people are left, and after they are taken in one fell swoop, both sides of the Luojia River, up to Camillo Province, will be ours!" ”

"Tell the marshal that we will do our best to hold back the enemy!" Lu Fasi showed a rare smile.

"The Third Theater Expeditionary Army sent 300,000 troops, and all the achievements we have obtained in Camillo in two or three years have been wiped out, and now, we have finally received retribution!" Shante said hatefully, "It's a pity that these soldiers of mine are His Majesty's guards, and they can't explain to His Majesty!" ”

"Hehe, aren't there nearly 10,000 people now?" Lu Faxi said, "With such a large territory, are you still afraid that you won't be able to develop?" Catherine herself has lost her troops and a large part of her territory, so why should she accuse you? ”

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