Chapter 189: Cavalry Trap
The enemy should be in harmony with the outside of the plan Higg has long thought that his head is so valuable, it is impossible that there is not a single general in his own army who is not impressed, at this critical time, there are not many people that Higg can really fully trust, fortunately, most of the generals of the Fifth Legion are upright, and the Fifth Legion, which Michael and Montgosserd have been running for decades, will not have a large number of traitors and black birds.
Even if it was expected, after all, the number of troops defending the city was limited, and it was impossible to take care of every place. At this time, the strict military management system in the Giscoll region played an important role, and martial law was imposed everywhere, and it was connected with local forces and government offices, so that the destruction of the enemy's rear was basically nowhere to hide. After the signal of the three arrows was issued, smoke did rise in many important places, but it was quickly suppressed, and the enemy's attempt to create chaos in the rear where he had already mobilized did not achieve the desired goal.
The requisitioning of the people to secretly dig traps, set up horse rejection piles, tripping ropes, etc., is also to prevent the opponent from bribing his own generals to open the city gate, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy. The efficiency of the war mobilization under military control around this fortress also surprised Higg. In fact, the soldiers and civilians in the Giscol Fortress knew very well the consequences of the fortress if it was breached, and together with a large amount of bounty and the power of the local squires with Higg's stick and butter, it was enough to turn the entire Giscol fortress and the surrounding towns into a huge war machine.
The Fortress of Giscoll believed that the Fifth Legion was not only out of trust in the entire Young Count, but more out of trust in the three chapters of the Covenant, which Blue Fairy contributed to. And in the face of the huge interests thrown by Higg, it is impossible for the forces around the Gizcoll fortress not to be moved.
Four or five thousand cavalry entered the pocket formation arranged by Shante, many cavalry fell off their horses, and more cavalry in the rear continued to rush into this pocket for unknown reasons.
It is true that Shante has not many men who can be dispatched, but on each flank of this pocket are five hundred crossbowmen and five hundred spearmen, a total of two thousand men. The fallen and non-dismounted cavalrymen were cared for by the crossbowmen, and they screamed and screamed.
The enemy cavalry generals, who found that they had been deceived, immediately organized their men and horses to assault the flanks, but they were firmly bound by the ubiquitous traps, tripping ropes and horse rejection stakes, and the cavalry lost their charging speed, and in front of the crossbowmen, and even the heavy infantry, it was simply at the mercy of others. The enemy general finally found that he could not enter in front of him, his wings could not pass, and at the gate in the rear, his cavalry was still pouring in, and it was even more impossible to retreat, it was simply a place of death.
After all the calculations, there is still the least threat in front of you, and there is still hope for risking to rush over and fill the trap with the corpses of war horses and cavalry.
The enemy general immediately commanded the army to advance immediately, and although many people would fall into traps and be blocked by horse stakes and tripping ropes, at least they should not be targeted by the opposing crossbowmen in their place.
After advancing a little more than a hundred meters, the cavalry army seemed to have been out of the opponent's trap area, and there were no more traps, tripping ropes and horse rejection piles that troubled the cavalry, which made all the cavalry see hope, although they lost nearly a thousand people, but fortunately, the entire formation was still complete and did not cause serious damage. The nearly 1,000 cavalry seemed to fill all the traps, destroy all the stumbling ropes and rejection stakes, and see the smooth road.
However, the road was only ahead, because they were flanked by deep newly dug trenches or a large number of stones and trees, and it was impossible for the cavalry to cross these obstacles, so they had no choice but to continue to explore and advance, and there was no other way. Despite the doubts, there is a greater possibility that there is another trap ahead, but there are not many opportunities for them to choose, even if it is a larger pocket formation, they do not hesitate to break through.
Just as they fartzed forward, the enemy's cavalry found that the road ahead was getting narrower and narrower, compressed by the trenches on both sides, and the piles of trees and rocks were getting narrower and narrower, and finally only a road more than 20 meters wide could be moved.
I don't care about it so much, so I'll rush over and talk about it. The end of the road was not sealed, only a small number of people were crowded, as if guarded by soldiers.
Three or four thousand cavalry quickly charged along the road, which was more than twenty meters wide.
"Whoosh-" "Whoosh-" In front of the cavalry charge, there are twelve crossbow chariots arranged horizontally, half of the bow and arrow carts and * cars, although the number is not much, but the excitation speed is very fast, and the bow and arrow cart is three arrows fired at the same time, that is, three arrow magazines are installed at the same time, and three arrows are fired at a time, although the range, power, and accuracy are not as good as a single burst of fire, but on this narrow road, it is enough to inflict a fatal blow on the opponent.
The enemy cavalry had not really seen the tragedy that was now being suffered outside the city, and although the sound of the huge arrows was terrifying, everyone thought that this bulky ballista could not pose much of a threat to the cavalry charge, and that at most one or two rounds of attack, after some losses on their side, they could rush out, and those ballistas would all be reduced to powder under their iron hooves.
"Woo-" However, as the cavalry in front of them fell to the ground, the crossbow chariot bow cart did not give the cavalry any chance at all, and fired arrows continuously.
*Although the rook fires slower, it is very powerful, and in the face of oncoming cavalry, the * shot horizontally can even penetrate the entire war horse and pierce the chest of another war horse behind.
Even if the distance was less than a hundred meters, at a distance of sixty or seventy meters, the corpses of war horses and cavalry were piled up, and the cavalry in the rear recklessly trampled on the corpses in their possession and continued to rush desperately towards the opposing ballista position, although they were getting closer and closer to the position, but the losses were getting heavier and heavier.
The enemy's cavalry generals did not care much about this line of life and death, and frantically ordered their cavalry to send corpses in the direction of the enemy's position.
But when they were less than thirty meters away from the position, the originally flat road was stepped on by the cavalry, and they fell into a deep pit nearly ten meters wide and five or six meters deep, and they could not cross it at all.
The repeater chariot does not care about the life and death of the cavalry who fall into the pit, there are sharpened bamboos waiting for them inside, even if they do not die, they will be re-shot by the more than thirty crossbowmen who serve as guards in the crossbow chariot position, ending their nightmare, what the repeater chariot needs to do is to make more corpses in the path of the cavalry charge, whether it is a soldier or a war horse, it will slow down the cavalry passing through these corpse areas, preventing them from filling the huge pit in front of them and threatening their position.
The horse trampling on the soft corpse, even if it does not trip, greatly affects the speed of the charge, or rather, it is impossible to charge at all. Gradually, all the cavalry turned pale and could only quickly turn around and leave the range of the repeater chariots.
But it was easy to get in and difficult to get out, and on the narrow road, it was extremely difficult for the cavalry to make a U-turn, and the cavalry rushing from the rear would not understand what was happening in front of them at all. The result was that the retreat order was given, and the soldiers in front were slow and could quickly turn around, while the horses of the cavalry in the rear were attacking their comrades in front, and the scene was chaotic, and it completely became a training range for twelve crossbow chariots, which was miserable.
The crossbow chariot stopped firing at this time, because the bowstring of the chariot needed to be replaced, which gave the desperate pale cavalry a chance to breathe, and the experienced cavalry generals quickly organized their cavalry army and rushed towards the way they came, they were to quickly leave this devil's hellish place of death, rush out of the fortress gates, and decide who won or lost.
On the road of less than a hundred meters, more than a thousand cavalry corpses and more than a thousand war horses were left, and the four or five thousand cavalry who entered the fortress had lost more than half of their morale, and there was only one thought left in their hearts to escape.
From the time it entered the fortress to the present, it was actually a matter of seven or eight minutes, but this cavalry left more than two thousand corpses, taking away the panic of despair.
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In the training ground of the Giscoll Fortress, 20,000 cavalry were ready to go, and the cavalry commander, General Ullin, was making the final mobilization.
"Since entering the fortress, our cavalry has been discriminated against by other arms, thinking that our cavalry is simply a wine bag and rice bag in this fortress, and it is useless!" Ulin exclaimed excitedly, "The pride of our cavalry will never allow anyone to trample on it!" Today, Lord Marshal and General Shante gave us a chance! You may not know what's going on outside, but General Ben can responsibly tell you that just eight days ago, General Noah of our Fifth Legion developed a weapon to kill the enemy, the repeater chariot, and tested it right at your feet! And now our enemies are desperate in the frantic strafing of crossbow chariots, they no longer have any catapults, no more cavalry, all they have is fear and death! The gates of the Gizcoll fortress were opened a few minutes ago, should we let the enemy in through the gates, or will we kill them through the gates, you say? ”
"Walk on the corpses of the enemy!"
"For the pride of the cavalry march!"
"Kill it!"
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A loud roar resounded throughout the racecourse......
"Woo-" The horn of a counterattack sounded over the Gizcoll fortress.
"Kill it!" Ulin took the lead and rushed towards the gates of the Giscoll fortress, followed by 20,000 ironclad cavalry and a cloud of dust.
The road to the gate was originally full of obstacles, but at this time several gaps had been opened by the people, and next to each gap were several messengers guiding the direction of the cavalry, pointing directly at the gate of the fortress.
And the remnants of the cavalry of the Arad coalition army who entered the gate of the fortress, the nightmare was far from over, just rushed out of the gate of the fortress, and collided with the friendly cavalry who followed them and wanted to speculate, one side rushed into the city, the other side rushed to flee for their lives, and the high-speed collision immediately plunged the two sides into chaos. No one knew what was going on in the city, and the fleeing cavalrymen turned pale like zombies, and even if they collided together, they ran backwards in desperate hellish crys, panic spreading to all the armies that were besieging the city.
It was very terrifying for the completely out-of-control cavalry army to get out of the gate of the fortress, desperately colliding with the friendly cavalry, desperately stepping on their own infantry and allies to die backwards, and the entire perimeter of the fortress gate was chaotic, crying, scolding, and screaming...... It began to come and go from near and far......