Chapter 61: Mid-Ambush
Hu Bin, who was pulled into the battlefield area, did not give the other side a chance to speak, and returned directly to his own area, lined up the cavalry formation, and prepared to start a hard war of attrition. He didn't know how many numberers had come this time, nor how many of them had in their legion, he only knew that the blood shed today would stain the plain red.
In fact, the Rhodoks have already broken the kettle this time. The reason is that the numbered person who was captured by Hu Bin last time wanted to defect to the Swadia camp, but he obviously suffered a big loss, and the whole person has almost no possibility of getting ahead in this world, so he can only do business honestly and work hard to save enough fines.
The Rhodok numberers, who had received the news, threw all the forces they could into the ambush. A total of 27 numbered men with nearly 2,000 soldiers laid a net around the market town, just waiting for Lord Reed's big fish to be caught. Even if you use your life to catch this great enemy, all the Rhodoks know it. If he is allowed to escape, then the Rhodok camp will immediately usher in a tough battle, and maybe he will be wiped out if he is not careful, and no one will want to be safe and sound at that time.
The three-minute preparation time was so long that Hu Bin couldn't wait to rush to the opposite side immediately to cut down the dozen or so Rhodok miscellaneous soldiers. How many people will there be in the enemy, tenfold, or more? Hu Bin could only be glad that these enemies would not appear together, and the terrain of the battlefield was also a plain suitable for cavalry. But in the face of the Rhodok Legion, which is known as the nemesis of the cavalry, he actually doesn't have much chance of winning, after all, the gap in numbers is too big.
"We must not let the people who come after us form a gun formation, we must end every battle quickly and take him by surprise in the shortest possible time." Hu Bin put his mind on the battle in front of him, and the preparation time was finally coming to an end. Looking back at the elites who had followed him, he slowly drew the Divine Sword of Prencis from his waist. Prancys means justice in the ancient saying, but there is no justice to speak of in today's battles.
The holy sword seemed to feel the heaviness in Hu Bin's heart, and a warm current flowed into Hu Bin's body along the hilt of the sword, giving Hu Bin a trace of spiritual comfort.
"Forget you haven't opened it yet, this is your first battle. May my blood never tarnish your glory, henceforth please. Hu Bin let the holy sword slash through the palm of his left hand, and blood instantly flowed across the sword. Hu Bin's wounds healed quickly, and with it, the light attribute energy in his body began to converge towards the holy sword.
Hu Bin raised the holy sword, and the sword body began to emit a dazzling light, like a beacon of war, pointing out the future direction for the soldiers behind. As the last second of waiting came, Hu Bin waved his arm suddenly, and then more than 100 cavalry rushed out behind him.
The enemy had gathered more than 200 people in the past three minutes, and the support team was still coming, but it was not enough to stop Hu Bin's cavalry group charge, but the numberers of Rhodok were not worried.
"Formation, you idiots, hurry up. All the pikemen are lined up in a dense array, and if you don't want to die, you can resist me. Crossbowmen, what about crossbowmen? Hurry up and lean together. ”
In previous battles, the Rhodok numbered found that the enemy's cavalry often broke through the spear formation at one point, causing the collapse of the entire formation, which was a little face-breaking tactic of the cavalry of various countries against the Rhodok. The Rhodok's three-row spearmen could indeed maximize the impact of the cavalry, but the loose formation was not easy to repair. The Rhodok numberers discharged a dense pikemen formation with the advantage of troops, and wanted to exchange human lives for the loss of the opponent's cavalry, although the dense spearman array could maximize the impact of the cavalry, but the broken formation of each part could be immediately repaired by the surrounding soldiers.
The performance of the Rhodoc crossbowmen in plain warfare was nerve-wracking for the numberers, and often a few cavalrymen broke through the gun array in front of them, and they were able to set off a bloody storm in the crossbowmen's array. The Rhodok numberers simply told the crossbowmen to abandon their lethal stragglers and let them cling to the spearmen. In this way, even if the cavalry chiseled through the formation, the dense crowd would quickly consume the impact of the cavalry, leaving them at a loss.
Looking at the crowded Rhodok army, Hu Bin had a headache, what he lacked most was time, and it was obviously impossible for his cavalry to break the opponent in a short time.
"It seems that these Rhodok cubs have put a lot of effort into dealing with me. Hahaha, that's so interesting. Hu Bin began to get excited. After going through so many big battles, he has also had the experience of nine deaths, but he has never encountered such a difficult opponent. Sure enough, the three stinkers are better than Zhuge Liang, and if they are not careful, they will really be planted.
As soon as Hu Bin raised his hand, the cavalry on both flanks of the legion broke away from their own formation, Ryan and Fenrir each led a cavalry to rush to the flanks, while Hu Bin and his own personal guards slowed down, intending to steal the enemy in three ways.
The numbered person on the opposite side reacted quickly, quickly changing formations, and gradually becoming a semi-circular defensive formation. The pikemen stared at the cavalry in front of them, shielding their fears with a wall of sharp spearheads.
"You've been tricked." Hu Bin reined in his horse and smiled playfully. Stopped at a distance of 600 from the enemy, the Rhodok Crossbowman's attack cannot penetrate your own defenses.
The cavalry, which was separated on both sides, did not outflank the enemy in the middle, but quickly went around to the rear of the enemy formation to converge. A cavalry regiment of nearly a hundred men was clearly more threatening, and while the Rhodoks hastily turned into a circle, they found that the enemy was not in a hurry to attack. Suddenly, one of Rhodok's conductors began shouting, attracting the attention of all the numberers.
"Noticed, but late. Who said that cavalry can only play frontal breakthroughs? Hu Bin saw a hundred-strong army in the distance enter the battlefield from the edge of the map, and the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time immediately rushed towards them. The legion of more than 100 men rushed into the battlefield without waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops.
What will happen to more than a hundred infantry when they encounter a hundred cavalry in a charge without preparation? Hu Bin didn't need to look at it to know that the battlefield was won by his side, the key was what the reaction of this 300-person hedgehog array was.
"Steady, steady, don't be fooled." The Rhodoc numberers found themselves slaughtered by their reinforcements, and some of them wanted to retreat a little to meet some of the rout. There are also some people who see that the enemy in front of them only has more than 30 cavalry, and the target is among them, and they want to lead the troops to attack Hu Bin directly. But there are still calm numberers who have discovered Hu Bin's sinister intentions.
Rhodok's current number on the battlefield is not enough to crush the opponent, so he needs to rely on the formation to resist. The opposite cavalry did not go head-to-head with them, allowing some of the Rhodok numberers to discover another flaw in their legion: speed.
That's right, the all-infantry Rhodoc Legion was often under the threat of cavalry, and its usual tactic was to defend and counterattack, and its powerful ranged units allowed them to defeat the enemy without having to make much movement on the battlefield. A loose infantry charge could not touch the horse's tail, let alone keep the whole formation intact.
Hu Bin's encirclement and containment tactics successfully gave the Rhodok people a difficult problem, to save or not to save? That's a problem. If the enemy comes to help, Hu Bin and his personal guards will charge at the moment when the enemy's formation is loose, and Hu Bin is confident that as long as he gives the heroic knights under his command a gap, the 300-man army will be killed and suffer heavy losses. If the enemy chooses to keep the formation and slowly retreat, hehe, even after a short while, his own cavalry will kill all the reinforcements, leaving them to just watch.
The Rhodok people were obviously not very cooperative and did not act rashly, but Hu Bin was not disappointed at all. There is no way to send information out of the battlefield, and those Rhodok reinforcements will come in waves to die, but he wants to see how long the Rhodok numberers in the midfield keep their senses.
However, the plot is not exactly according to Hu Bin's expectations, when his cavalry eliminated the second wave of 100-man legions that came to help, the reinforcements outside the battlefield seemed to have discovered something, and they didn't come to reinforcements for 5 minutes. Hu Bin, who had already fought for more than 20 minutes, could actually withdraw from the battlefield, but he knew that these five minutes were enough for the legions of the Rhodok numbered on the periphery of the battlefield, and withdrawing from the battlefield was just entering another battlefield, so he simply waited here for the enemy's moves.