Chapter 282: Overwhelming Superiority
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The wind blowing on his face was not cool, but warm, like the restless temperature in Avi's heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoAvi and Felisty were standing not far from Jaco, who was talking to the other three representatives of the Overseer Cadet about the military strength of the two camps outside the city. Prince Bradley was clearly the weaker side, while Amsoil had an overwhelming advantage, and even if the army in the city of Mallotte came to support Bradley, it was still a battle of disparity.
"But Prince Bradley doesn't have the slightest intention of backing down," Jacoe said loudly, and several of the city guards who were in charge of standing guard also leaned over, knowing that the outstanding cadets of the Kestrel Academy were very likely to become their commanders in the future, "Integrity, perseverance, and composure, this is my impression of Prince Bradley, I didn't expect him to be so calm in the face of the huge disadvantage of troops!"
"Sunflower" said: "The Marquis Roberto of the Duchy of Dramain is not to be underestimated, he is a notoriously violent nobleman and a berserker on the battlefield. ”
"So what?" said Jieke, shrugging his shoulders, "no matter how high his personal martial arts skills are, he can't defeat an army of 150,000." Avi followed Jieko's finger and looked at the military camp that stretched for more than ten kilometers to the north. The fire in the barracks illuminates the high terrain of the upper reaches of the Black and White River, and if you attack the opponent's barracks from a high position, the advantage of the attacking side will become greater, and the cavalry of the Grand Prince will be useless.
A tall man dressed in the costume of a city defense officer approached, and Jaco and Sunflower smiled knowingly when they glanced at each other.
"The representative of the 'Capital Supervisory Council'... I'm Vilche," Avi couldn't remember Vilche's Ghost Knights, but his hairstyle was particularly impressive, "I'll be in charge of the defense of the walls tonight." ”
"That's great, so... Will we, Mallot, support either side?"
"No, it's an order from the president. ”
Felisti pulled Raavi, "The prince you admire the most is at an extreme disadvantage, but you must not get involved this time, I can't protect you in the battle of tens of thousands of people." ”
When Avi learned that the two armies were facing each other, he realized that this was not something he could change or influence, and at this time he only hoped that a miracle would happen, and that Prince Bradley's composure was for a reason, and it was a sign of preparation.
"The movement of Amsoil's barracks seems to have become smaller, and it is possible that Bradley's barracks will not be attacked tonight... Look! There seems to be a small force over there!" The shout of "Sunflower" drew both Avi and Felistie to notice that a thousand-strong force under the cover of night had bypassed the frontal level and was approaching Bradley's barracks along the Black and White River.
In Bradley's camp, the barracks of 10,000 mercenaries were at the rear, the barracks of Roberto, the Earl of White Feather City, was to the west, and the target of the thousand-strong army was Bradley's own barracks. Avi watched with bated breath as the force approached, but it didn't rush in, and there were no troops operating with it anywhere else, so it didn't look like a raiding force.
Standing on the city wall, everyone began to discuss what might happen next, and Avi thought of what he might be able to do - to have a bird's-eye view of the entire battlefield from the city wall, and if the information about the battlefield could be transmitted to Prince Bradley in the first time, it would have a huge impact on the battle situation. However, when Avi tried to ask Vilche, the city defense officer, for a letter crow, Vilche sternly rejected Avi on the grounds that Mallote would not participate in the duel between Ansoil and Bradley.
The scout cavalry outside the Bradley barracks had spotted the approaching troops, and hundreds of cavalry immediately rushed out of the barracks and began to surround the thousand-strong force. The troop stopped, and it was not until someone came forward to negotiate with the cavalry that the troop was slowly guided to Barracks Bradley.
The cadets of the Military Academy on the city walls came to the unanimous conclusion that the army had come to surrender to Prince Bradley.
"Surrendering to the weaker side can't be a swindle, right?" said one student.
"Amsol, who has overwhelming military strength, does not need to use the strategy of surrender, if I am the commander-in-chief, I can directly send cavalry to charge from the left and right, and the infantry can attack head-on, and I can crush the mixed army of the Great Prince!" The other cadet held down the battlements, like a general commanding thousands of troops.
After about half an hour, a fast horse suddenly galloped out of Bradley's barracks and headed in the direction of the city of Mallot. Avi and the others watched the fast horse that had come to a stop at the city gate, and the guards guarding the gate put him into Mallote after a short questioning.
"You can't be here to ask for help, right?"
"No, even if it is, it's too late, you look at Amme's barracks. ”
Amsul's army in the upper reaches of the Black and White River began to move out of the barracks, and the blackened infantry legions rose and fell slightly like the scarlets of a giant beetle wriggling. Under the command of the "illuminated chariots" laden with torches, a phalanx of about 50,000 or 60,000 infantry began to move in the direction of Bradley's barracks. The uneven steps made the water of the Black and White River vibrate, and even Avi felt an invisible force covering his face, making his heart beat faster and not daring to breathe.
A trumpet sounded from Amme's barracks, and a cavalry brigade of tens of thousands immediately appeared in the west direction of the barracks. Under the cover of darkness, the cavalry that charged extremely fast bypassed the main frontal battlefield, intending to occupy the open space on the west side of the battlefield, and from there they would assault in the direction of Bradley's barracks, and at the same time flank the Grand Prince's legion, which only had about 40,000 men.
Bradley's barracks backed the hills, with the Black and White River and the walls of Mallotte to the east, and Ansoh's infantry phalanx to the north, and now even the west was quickly occupied by those cavalry. The encirclement was completed in an instant, and I am afraid that the best commanders would also feel a sense of powerlessness when they saw such a scene.
"Isn't it a little too late to send an army to meet it now?" Jaco looked at the westernmost Count Roberto's barracks, where the 10,000 or so Duchy de la Mains army was moving west with the mercenaries who had emerged from the direction of the mercenary barracks, and they seemed to be resisting the cavalry brigade that had been deployed thousands of kilometers away.
"Although the number of cavalry may not be as good as the number of mercenaries and the army of the Duchy of Deramain, but those two forces are most of Bradley's bargaining chips, what will happen to the remaining 100,000 infantry legions?
"I don't know, I guess those two armies can't handle those elite cavalry either," Jacco looked at Avi, "Felisty, your friend is good at horsemanship, what does he think?"
"No opinion. Felisty replied in place of Avi.
Avi watched intently as the battlefield changed. The black and oppressive infantry phalanx was led by the "Illuminated Chariot" to the middle of the two military camps, and it was also a place that was very likely to become a frontal battlefield. The infantry stopped not far from the Bradley barracks, while several horses emerged from the infantry phalanx, presumably the generals in command of the army.
Soldiers on this side of Bradley Barracks also began to walk out of the barracks and assemble outside the barracks. It's just that compared to the almost 100,000 Amsol Legion, this force may be wiped out in a very short time, and the disparity between the combat strength of the two sides is too great.
After a brief encounter and negotiation between the proclaimants of the two camps, they returned to their respective positions, and the horn of the Amsoil regiment sounded again, and it seemed that this battle was inevitable.
At this time, Amsol was riding an armored war horse and appeared at the front of the infantry phalanx under the escort of more than a dozen generals. He had just heard Bradley's final refusal, and at this time, all he needed to give was an order, and the large army behind him and the cavalry brigade deployed to the west would simultaneously flank Bradley's legions.
"Is Guillermo still not moving?"
"Your Highness Amso, Guillermo may really have a different heart for you as His Highness expected!" Taifu wore a thick helmet so that no one could see his baldness, "but he is really stupid!
"Is it worth being proud to choose a strong one?" De Xi'ao wore a heavy helmet covered with antlers, wore crimson silver thread plate armor, and a long weapon with several sharp blades on his head was dragged to the ground by him, "If you are not a strong person, it makes no sense at all!"
Taifu ignored De Theon's words, and he continued to say to Amme: "Your Highness Amsoe, that guy shouldn't dare to appear on the battlefield, but the vassal hopes that after defeating Bradley, he can put that guy in the hands of his vassal!"
"Of course, that's your enemy, and it should be at your disposal. "Amsoil didn't wear any armor, and he didn't need to go into battle himself.
Viscount Polly reminded, "Your Highness Amso, it's almost time. Bradley has also set up his formation, and it seems that he will not take the initiative to attack us, and should have chosen to rely on his own barracks. Such an approach is very stupid, because as soon as our soldiers storm the barracks, they will be in a mess and have nowhere to run. ”
Amsol narrowed his eyes, "Capture Bradley and Winlith alive, these two can't die." ”
"Yes!"
Just as Amsoil was about to ride back to the rear, more than a dozen people appeared from the direction of Bradley's barracks. The dozen or so blurred figures were far apart, and they looked sideways as if they were not connected to each other, walking towards the center of the battlefield.
"What are those men going to do?" asked Amsol, whipping his horsewhip and pointing to one of the figures. Neither Polly nor the other men knew what was going on, and no one could answer Ammeh's question.
Avi and Felisty, who were standing on the city walls, could also see the dozen or so people in the moonlight, and no one knew who they were or what they were going to do.
"They have a stench on their bodies, a strong stench, exactly the same as the stench on that person," Ben Nicott's voice suddenly came from Avi's head.