Chapter Forty-Six: Retreat
At this time, the situation of Liu Beishan's elite cavalry and the rear cavalry guards was like this, the two sides hedged, and after staggering, there were few casualties on each other.
In this case, the rear cavalry guards were obviously more experienced in dealing with them, and after staggering with the enemy, they immediately adjusted their direction, made a circle, and quickly turned their horses' heads.
Through this hedging, Zhang Bichen, the commander of the cavalry guards, has already seen the opponent's external strength and middle strength.
This elite cavalry of Beimaliu, maybe the individual combat power of the soldiers is very strong, and the equipment is not bad, but they lack experience in big battles, and their training is insufficient, and they rely more on the courage of blood and blood to fight......
If it was a normal situation, Zhang Bichen should not hesitate to launch a second and third charge against the other party, until the morale of the other party was completely crushed, a rout occurred, and then he began to harvest heads, but today he did not do this, the reason is very simple, he saw that Yan Yuanshen's Chinese army seemed to be in chaos......
This made Zhang Bichen feel incredible, let alone five hundred cavalry, even if the entire Qinglong Iron Cavalry Guard launched a charge against Yan Yuanshen's elite first guard, he would not want to destroy it in such a short time!
In fact, although the Knights of Fogstein are more elite than the Blue Dragon Iron Cavalry, they are only stronger, and they charge the first guard of the rear army with the number of 500 people, which is simply an act of looking for death, and the key to the victory of the Knights of Fogostan is that Andrei killed the commander of the other party in the military formation, shaking the foundation of the other party.
No matter how Zhang Bichen didn't believe it, this scene still happened after all, so Zhang Bichen had to think about his future path.
Running away at this time is obviously not a good idea, although the morale of Bei Ma Liu has weakened, but after all, it has not collapsed, and at this time he turned around and handed over his back to the enemy. Definitely the stupidest thing to do.
As the commander of the cavalry, Zhang Bichen himself was decisive, he quickly made a decision, and after a short hesitation, he led his cavalry to launch a second charge towards Beimaliu.
In the face of the enemy's charge, Beima was slightly confused. Although under the urging of Liu Beishan, Bei Maliu finally launched a counter-charge towards the enemy, it was obviously not resolute enough.
If the two sides collide in this state, the Northern Horse will inevitably be slaughtered one-sidedly, and in the cavalry charge, the level of martial arts is no longer so important.
Once such a situation happens, the morale of Bei Ma Liu will definitely collapse......
But such a thing did not happen after all, at the most critical moment. Andrei sent 400 rangers to the aid of the Northern Horse.
The victory of the friendly forces suddenly boosted the morale of the Northern Horse Liu, and their charge suddenly became resolute.
The Northern Horse Guards and the Rear Cavalry Guards quickly collided together, and this time, the experienced and well-trained Cavalry Guards did not continue to take a defensive position, they launched an attack in the staggered charges, and many of the Northern Horse Horse Thieves with high martial arts skills were picked off their horses by their opponents in panic. At such times, fall off the horse. It is tantamount to being declared dead.
After some hedging, the casualties of Beima Liu were obviously heavier, and the morale that had just gathered suddenly leaked to the bottom.
After missing the battle with the Northern Horse, the rear cavalry guards immediately faced the four hundred rangers who came to support, and Zhang Bichen did not hesitate to command the cavalry guards to accelerate and charge towards the rangers.
In the face of the enemy's charge, the rangers were under the orders of Andrei. Suddenly split in two, avoiding the rear cavalry guards who were in full swing, and staggered past the cavalry guards on both sides.
Zhang Bichen, who was eager to leave the battlefield, did not entangle with the rangers too much, and accelerated to stagger with the rangers.
Taking advantage of the staggered effort, the rangers used the ranger crossbows in their hands to inflict considerable casualties on the rear cavalry guards. But at this time, it doesn't matter.
After Zhang Bichen led the cavalry guards and rangers to stagger through, he bypassed the rout of the first guard and quickly left the battlefield.
Driving the cavalry guards out of the battlefield, Andre turned around and rushed towards the fifth guard of the rear army, who was entangled with the Wanghai City Guards, in the center of the battlefield.
The third, fourth, and fifth guards of the rear army, which were entangled with the Fogstein Guards and the Wanghai City Guards, originally occupied the upper hand on the battlefield, although they were helpless to take the phalanx composed of the opponent's elite soldiers, but, as a side with a large number of people and surrounding the enemy, the soldiers were psychologically in an advantageous position.
The Vogostein Guards are not enough, after all, the main force is a battle-hardened veteran who can withstand the pressure. The newly established Wanghai City Guard, surrounded by five times the number of troops, had clearly seen a fluctuation in military morale, allowing Bai Qi and the officers to fight hoarsely, and an atmosphere of panic still permeated the phalanx.
However, the changes on the battlefield are often instantaneous, and in just a dozen seconds, the situation on the battlefield was completely reversed, and the rout of the Chinese army behind him suddenly shook the hearts of the third, fourth, and fifth guards who were in the upper hand in the center of the battlefield, and the attack also came to a standstill.
The rangers circled and galloped around the fifth guard, at this time, the rangers had already shot three ranger crossbows, and they turned to wolf pack tactics, in the process of circling and galloping around the fifth guard, from time to time they pounced on it and bit off a piece of flesh and blood of the other party, and roared away, causing little damage, but it made the fifth guard, who was already shaken, even more frightened.
On the other side, Liu Beishan scolded loudly, straightened the formation, and urged the elite cavalry under his command to pounce towards the third and fourth guards besieging the Vogostan guard.
The wolf pack tactics are the tactics that horse thieves are best at, although the morale is not high, the elite horse thieves of the Northern Horse Horse Thieves are also proficient in fighting, and after taking advantage of them a few times, their morale gradually rises.
With the arrival of the Northern Horse, the Fergostein Guards also began to counterattack.
Under the command of Knight Leonard, the Vogostein guards, who had been staying in place and being beaten passively, began to advance with neat steps, pushing the third and fourth guards who surrounded them back.
In the era of cold weapons, in the dense formation, the soldiers' line of sight was often only more than ten meters nearby, and the retreat of the front army immediately caused the panic of the soldiers behind......
The collapse caused a chain reaction, and the third and fourth guards joined the rout.
The retreat of the third and fourth guards immediately caused the fifth guard to follow, followed by the sixth guard on the periphery of the battlefield......
Yan Yuanshen lived up to his reputation for being good at training, although the third, fourth, and fifth guards were retreating, they were not completely chaotic retreats, and a large part of the soldiers were still rallying around the generals and retreating in an orderly manner.
Seeing this scene, Liu Beishan waved his hand according to the plan he had set before, and an arrow shot up into the sky with a sharp sound...... (To be continued......)