Section 272 The Battle of Cologne (5)
In a clearing less than ten miles away from the Dresse Empire's grain conscription, about 1,500 knights waited quietly, led by the officer who was none other than Setush.
Originally, there was no need for him, the commander of the legion, to personally lead the team in this level of battle, but recently, a lot of the grain collection teams sent out by the empire have been wiped out, and most of them are from his light cavalry regiment.
Even if the clay figurines are still fiery, so Setush personally dispatched this time to seek justice for his subordinates who died in battle.
The griffin landed in front of the steed with a gust of wind, and the steed neighed a few times and took a few steps back.
"Legionnaire, the target has been found ten miles ahead, about a hundred grain trucks, and about five hundred escort troops......" The griffin knight accurately reported what he had detected.
"Let's go!"
With a wave of his hand, Setusz gave the order, urging his horse to rush out in the direction indicated by the griffin knight.
"Stay vigilant!"
Clody whispered to a soldier next to him, who in turn passed the order to the soldier behind him...... This order quickly reached the end of the line, and the soldiers, who had been a little slack, were much more energetic and began to pay attention to the situation in the vicinity.
The evening breeze blew through the branches, bringing a rustling sound, like the footsteps of night walkers, and Crody glanced at it subconsciously, and then felt surprised that he was all in the woods.
"Damn, just because we're a private army, don't we be treated as human beings?"
Clody was angry, and asked them to raise food, what is the difference between plucking the hair from the tiger's mouth. The most ridiculous thing is what else to write an IOU, hum! It was purely a woman's kindness, and he didn't understand what the lord thought, and he agreed to hand over the army.
"Sir, there seems to be a big bird in the sky just now." A soldier points to the air.
Clody looked up---- only a crescent moon half-hidden in the clouds.
"Nonsense, where is the big bird in the sky, take care of your own little bird." Clody laughed. The team let out a measured chuckle---- these people knew the discipline of the night march even though they were private soldiers.
Clody continued his interrupted thoughts.
He is the lord's private army. There is no lofty ideal of protecting the family and defending the country in his head, and his wife, children, and hot kang head are what he cares about. However, the lords need military merits and a reward from His Majesty the Emperor, so they will naturally be led out as cannon fodder...... What a sad life!
Suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and Clody was startled. Looking up ahead---- two fast horses were galloping towards him.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
The scouts on the horse shouted loudly, their voices sharpening and grotesque.
All the soldiers also noticed that a little further away from the scouts was a large black shadow, with the glittering spears and rumbling hooves in the night.
"Attention all. Swing your vehicle out of the way, use it as an obstacle, and get ready for defense! ”
Clody calmly ordered that even if the food could not be transported back to the barracks smoothly, it would not be easy for the enemy to go, and that the pretentious regular army should know that the private army also had the character of a soldier.
At the place of departure, Claudit received five hundred knightly bows and a batch of feathered arrows from the quartermaster, believing that those who were prepared were more likely to survive on the battlefield than those who were unprepared.
The grain trucks had been set up in front of the soldiers as a makeshift defensive barrier. The horses have been gathered. The warriors picked up their bows and arrows, ready to give the enemy a head-on blow.
When the hideous faces of the Fateh cavalry loomed, Clody raised his right arm.
"Prepare ---- shot!"
As Crody's right arm fell. Five hundred feathered arrows came out of the string, and immediately in the dark night there was the sound of people shouting and horses neighing and heavy objects falling to the ground.
Vile!
Setush was almost shot by a sudden stray arrow, scared out of a cold sweat, and immediately raised the Douqi shield on his body, and the rest of the senior warriors also raised the Douqi shield when they saw this, but those knights who did not cultivate the Douqi were miserable, in just a few tens of meters of sprint, hundreds of knights had fallen from their horses, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.
The distance of tens of meters is just a matter of breath for the cavalry, when the Fat light cavalry crashed headlong into the grain cart, the Dresser cavalry put away their bows and arrows, and attacked the enemy with bayonet spears, some of the Fatt cavalry simply abandoned their horses and climbed on the grain trucks to meet each other, the knight's sword shone in the night, bringing up pieces of blood, and the battlefield was the screams of the soldiers in addition to the sound of guns and swords colliding.
As the Fateh cavalry began to outflank the ground from both flanks, Clody knew it was time to get out of the fight.
He swung his bayonet to pick down a Fatt soldier who had just climbed into the grain cart, and shouted: "Raise fire, disperse the horses, and we will withdraw!" ”
The torches had been prepared long ago, and the soldiers lit them and threw them at the grain carts, while others drove the gathered horses to the Fateh light horseman...... The process was a bit violent, such as putting a little fire on the horse's tail, stabbing the horse's buttocks, etc., anyway, when the horses rushed towards the Fart light horse, they were all in tears.
"Withdraw!"
While driving his horse to hinder Fate's light horse, Clody galloped with the rest of his soldiers, throwing everything he could throw down.
Setusz had the intention to pursue, but the Drys cavalry threw a lot of torches on the grain truck when they retreated, and the enemy could not be killed, but the food could not be saved, but fortunately, the torches had just been thrown up, and the fire had not yet formed, so it was finally saved.
"Legion Chief, what should they do if they drove away all the horses they were driving?" An officer ran over and asked for instructions.
What a calculation!
Setusz hated it so much, a grain truck needs three horses, and this more than 100 grain trucks need more than 300 war horses, plus the war horses lost in the battle just now, nearly more than half of the cavalry have to be converted to infantry.
"Use the war horse to drive the wounded soldier onto the grain truck, and move quickly!"
Settuş commanded.
"Yes."
The officer was given the order to leave, and in a short time the soldiers put their mounts on the grain trucks, and the wounded soldiers began to be settled.
Setush sat high on his horse, watching the soldiers busy with a blank face, of course he would not have thought that all this was in the calculations of Moon Shadow and the others.
Clody and the others didn't know about the plan of the Moon Shadow and the others to lure the enemy, only in this way could they behave without flaws, just when they blocked the Fate's light cavalry, the troops led by Orson and Maurier had already laid an ambush, and the Fats were busy putting out fires, harnessing horses, and placing the wounded, and they didn't expect that death had opened its arms to them.
"Shoot!"
With a heavy shout, dense feathered arrows formed an intertwined network of arrows and pounced on the Fateh soldiers who were still immersed in the joy of victory, and nearly a hundred soldiers lost their lives in a panic, they didn't understand, how could the soldiers who had clearly repelled Dresses just now be attacked suddenly, they were still celebrating the spoils they had gotten, and in a blink of an eye, they got the first embrace of death, this change was too fast.
"The archers are in the woods, rush in and kill them!"
Several high-ranking knights who were lucky enough to survive unleashed a vindictive shield and roared to rush into the woods to find those who were wounded by the arrows.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front, and in the dark shadows, I don't know how many people there were, and the shiny tips of the spears were like silver stars in the hazy moonlight...... Deadly stars.
"Enemy attack!"
This time it was the Fateh soldiers who shouted loudly.
However, almost two-thirds of the current Fat's cavalry had lost their mounts, and the formation was even more scattered, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, Setush's face turned pale as if he had realized, but it was too late.
The Dresser cavalry plunged into the Fat's soldiers like a whirlwind, the bayonet pierced into the body of the light cavalry, blood gushed out from the back of the body, the war horse and the war horse slammed together, the soulless corpse fell from the horse, and some of the Fat's soldiers simply brandished the knight's sword and rushed towards the war horse after losing their mounts, their bodies were hit by the war horse and flew backwards, and many of them died on the spot.
"Retreat!"
With a shout, Setusz took the lead in charging at a senior knight of Dress, who was in their way back.
Want to withdraw? How can there be such a cheap thing.
The purpose of Moon Shadow's establishment of this bureau is to teach the Fats a profound lesson, and of course they will not be allowed to withdraw safely.
The Dresses knight who was being targeted by Settush was none other than Orson who saw Setusz coming. He hurriedly ordered left and right: "Immediately outflank their two wings, and be sure to annihilate them all." ”
"What a big breath!" Setush sneered angrily, and sent his fighting spirit desperately into the bayonet, and the spear slashed out one afterimage after another, stabbing at Orson.
"Good time!"
Orson let out a loud shout, and a golden glow erupted from the spear, and then pierced into the shadows of the spear in the sky......