Chapter 146: Retreat and Pursuit
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Gracys watched from afar for a while, and when he saw several griffon knights approaching from different directions, he turned his head and returned to the city.
At this time, in the temporary school yard in Baden City, Higg's cavalry had basically been assembled, and the leader was the great swordsman Pols, who had been clamoring for a surprise attack on the Holy See army.
Gracius jumped down from the dragon, walked to the long platform, and glanced at the tens of thousands of people in front of him, because the school field was limited, and this was not all, and some of the troops were gathered in the streets and alleys of the various cities.
Looking at the high-morale soldiers in front of him, Gracis was very satisfied, and he knew very well in his heart that if this pursuit battle was fought beautifully and drove the Knights Templar back to his old nest, Congo, then he, Gracis, as the victorious commander of the entire battle, would be famous all over the world from now on.
The Knights Templar had never been chased by an enemy for hundreds of years, and Gracis hoped that this exception would be made in his own hands.
As soon as he thought of this, Gracis immediately became complacent.
"Warriors of Higg, my brothers, three hundred years ago, our ancestors defeated the brutal orcs with their courage and blood in this land, and today, here, the iron hooves of the invaders have once again invaded our sacred territory, but after three days of our fighting, the invaders outside the city have exhausted their courage and morale, and they are about to flee back to their homeland, and we. At this point Gracius paused, his eyes lit up as he looked around at the soldier in front of him:
"Can you let them go so easily?"
"No!
The roar of tens of thousands of soldiers soared into the sky, shaking the dust from the roofs of the surrounding buildings.
"Yes, you can never be merciful to your enemies, let alone let them go home, so I will lead you, the warriors of Hig, and we will deal the final blow to the enemy when they are afraid and retreat. ”
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The shouts of killing in the sky shook the sky again.
Gracis was so pleased with the morale of his army that with a wave of his hand he waved his hand and the messengers began to give orders, and the soldiers began to march one after another, following the cleared passage of the city gates, towards the retreating enemy troops a few miles away.
Regarding the tactical arrangements for this pursuit, Gracys made the following arrangements:
First, the soldiers were divided into three routes, with light cavalry on both sides and heavy cavalry in the middle;
secondly, the harassment tactics were adopted, because of the superiority in the number of light cavalry, the initial tactics would use the harassment tactics of the light cavalry on both sides to fatigue the retreating enemy troops and further damage the enemy's morale;
Thirdly, when the enemy army is overwhelmed by harassment, demoralization collapses, or there is a major mistake, the heavy cavalry launches an assault and completes the battle.
In this attack, Gracys not only brought the great swordsman Bols as the deputy commander of the legion, but also brought the great magic Emaar with him, and when necessary, he hoped that Amaar could use the big magic to help him.
Therefore, the army of the Holy See retreated in front, followed by Higg's heavy cavalry regiment a mile behind, and from time to time Higg's light cavalry regiment leaned over and fired two arrows on both sides, and when the Holy See army counterattacked, they hurriedly withdrew, and the two sides marched eastward in this state of imminent separation and mutual temptation.
By the time the forward army had passed through a ravine in the afternoon, the rear legions of the Papal army had halted and set up their positions, apparently preparing to block the opponent's path once more and buy time for the retreat of the vanguard.
Glacys didn't want to clash head-on with the Holy See army at this time, on the one hand, he hadn't played enough of the cat-and-mouse game, and on the other hand, he didn't have enough confidence to swallow the entire Holy See army in one bite, once the snake didn't work, it would be ugly to be bitten, after all, the Holy See army had a better advantage in terms of total strength, they just took advantage of mobility, so they had to find enough flaws, or wait until the opponent was exhausted before making a move.
So the cavalry of both sides set up a position at the mouth of the canyon, separated by a distance of several hundred paces, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and no one attacked.
Two hours later, when the army in front had all passed through the canyon, the cavalry of the Holy See turned their horses and galloped towards the other side of the valley.
The army in front crossed the canyon, and did not encounter any accidents in the process, Gracis only then ordered the rear team to follow, but this time it did not travel long, the army in front suddenly stopped, and followed the horse to report, five hundred steps away from the mouth of the valley in front, the Holy See army had been lined up in defensive formation, and seemed to be waiting for a decisive battle with their own army.
Hearing this, Gracis was quite surprised, and even had a strange feeling, and immediately ordered an adjutant general to take over his command in the rear, and he summoned Uselondia, and rode the dragon to the mouth of the canyon in front of the battle.
Glascis drove the dragon to the valley mouth to take a look, and sure enough, as the soldiers reported, the heavy infantry of the Holy See army had formed an arc-shaped defensive formation outside the valley mouth. It also left enough space and time for his own army to line up, and now half of the cavalry was lined up outside the valley.
This defense made Gracis a little confused as well.
The opponent used cavalry to break the rear defense along the way, and the baggage and infantry retreated first, mainly considering that the cavalry was faster and could catch up with the advance at any time, but now that such a play is suddenly made, what are the considerations. Gracis didn't believe Gutsian didn't even understand basic retreat defenses.
Graxis frowned, and then ordered the herald to invite the archmage Aimar to the front of the battle, perhaps the opponent would go crazy and would rather abandon the entire heavy infantry regiment than stop them here, buying time for the rest of the army to retreat. In that case, he could only let the Grand Mage Aimar blast through the defensive formation of the heavy infantry with a large magic, and then lead his troops to kill it. The other party had the courage to sacrifice the heavy infantry, but he did not want to abandon the entire forest of the Templar Order because of the heavy cavalry trees.
However, before that, Gracis still drove the dragon to the front of the formation, ready to further test the other party's true intentions, so he shouted at the opponent's camp:
"Where is the chief of the Knights Templar, who dares to talk in front of the battle?"
Glaxis shouted twice in a row, and after a while, just when he thought that the opponent's main general would not appear, the opposite heavy infantry formation suddenly split a hole in the middle, and then a middle-aged man of medium stature walked out of it.
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