Chapter 595: The Great Collapse
Many of the routs rushed out of Beran's camp, and Schönbrunn's army followed them, keeping pace and occasionally cutting down a few, but not killing them, but driving them forward.
It's almost true that friendly forces are often more difficult to deal with than enemy forces.
As long as it is not an emotionless fighting machine, then it is naturally impossible to attack friendly forces without hesitation, and once it hesitates, it is easy to be rushed into the array by the rout.
The average enemy charge speed is definitely not their maximum speed, because they still have to maintain their formation and retain some of their physical strength to fight.
But the rout, who only cared about fleeing for their lives, really didn't have any strength left, and threw away their armor and ran at a high speed, simply running for hundreds of meters with the strength of fifty meters, and they couldn't breathe.
The infantrymen were running on their feet with the same force as the light cavalry, and if they were to rush in front of them, they would not be overwhelmed by their allies.
Officer Beran basically had this common sense, so he quickly resorted to all kinds of means, on the one hand, he guided the fleeing crowd to try not to collide head-on with his own side, and on the other hand, he also organized those troops who were still in order to turn around as soon as possible and maintain the array, so as to face the enemy who was following behind the rout.
However, they did not expect that the small army that had cowered by the river also boldly began to advance.
Lormine and Granty personally led the cavalry into a new charge, initially chasing down some of the retreating Belans, as small groups of cavalry often do in any war.
But this chase was only enough to catch up, and Luo Ming suddenly shouted "Follow me", and turned with the cavalry.
The cavalry that followed him now was either Meiquan leading his own soldiers or noble cavalry, but they were also convinced by him and more obedient to orders.
In addition, he had also given orders before, so at this moment, no one left the team unorganized and undisciplined to continue the pursuit, but turned together.
At this turn, the people of Belan saw the clue - they actually killed their own Chinese army!
Generally speaking, the Chinese army has always been the place with the strongest defense and the thickest military formation, even if a great sword master and a perverted sword master like Luo Ming combined to lead the team, it is difficult to rush in.
If you are weak in the middle of the rush, you will be surrounded by a large army, and there is no way to enter the heavens and the earth.
However, at this moment, the Beran army is moving most of its soldiers to the other side, and there are not enough mobile forces to turn around and meet it again, and the soldiers who are in front of the Chinese army are slightly weak!
And behind, Luo Ming's musketeers and artillerymen fired another volley there, directly causing more than fifty kills in an area with a total of less than three hundred soldiers!
They knew that behind them were the main generals and the mage group, and they were not immediately defeated, but the formation was already scattered and the people's hearts were unstable.
Luo Ming's wave of cavalry rushed forward, first more than 20 light cavalry took out the pistols that had been loaded just now and suddenly fired a wave, and then directly dropped the pistol, pulled out the saber and went on.
And Granty rushed to the front, Luo Ming followed, the two of them were wearing iron armor, protected by vindictive energy, and their bodies were temporarily covered with a layer of cangyan, completely invulnerable - in fact, there were not many knives and guns on the two.
Seeing the shiny appearance of the two of them, the Belan soldiers already knew their arrogance, and before they could swing a sword aura, someone had already begun to flee, and soon led the collective collapse of the friendly army.
It seems that this series of actions by Luo Ming tonight, and even the heavy losses caused by the siege of the city during the day, have weakened the confidence and courage of the people of Belan a lot.
If they had just encountered Luo Ming, they would definitely be full of confidence, believing that Luo Ming's side did not have enough strength to break through their defenses, and did not have the strength to kill too many of them, and the friendly forces would soon come to support and destroy them......
Now it's completely different, Luo Ming realized this, laughed three times, ignored those guys who fled in a hurry, swung his sword and blasted away a few recalcitrant ones, and rushed towards the Chinese army!
"Kneel and don't kill!"
"Capture Zagmer alive, a thousand bounties!"
Including himself and Granty, several loud voices roared as hard as they could.
Of course, with their cavalry, it would be difficult to capture Zagmer alive, but that didn't prevent them from shouting like that.
Just imagine, when you are dealing with a large army rushing head-on, will you be startled when you suddenly hear this sound behind you?
Individual soldiers may not be at a loss, but as soon as the officers, big and small, heard this, their faces immediately changed greatly.
They are not three meters tall, and it is impossible for them to stand on a high platform, and they can't see how many people Luo Ming has when they look behind them. But as long as they thought that they were caught in the dilemma of being caught in the front and back, and the enemy's sword light had even approached the Chinese army, they suddenly felt that the future was bleak.
Although morale and people's hearts seem to be illusory, their impact on the war is indeed very huge.
Belan's main army had already been disturbed by the rout, and now it was even more unbearable, and even one of the army leaders had already begun to flee with his small army of more than 200 people!
Although there have been many deserters in the Belan army so far, this is indeed the first time that such a collective rout - they did not even flee to the large army to seek refuge, but directly left the battlefield.
opened such a bad example, and several small military leaders nearby actually fled directly behind them!
If they don't escape, there is still a certain chance that they can withstand Luo Ming's wave of front and back attacks.
But those who flee first now will surely get out safely, and those who stay are likely to meet a terrible defeat...... These military leaders had come to fight for profit, and if they were to choose between a few percent defeat rate and 100 percent safety, the outcome would be beyond doubt.
This escape was a bad thing, and a large number of routs saw that some people were fleeing en masse, so they subconsciously ran with them, which further caused a full-scale panic.
And those deserters also made a certain vacancy in the array, and the soldiers near the vacancy couldn't help but start trembling even if they hadn't made up their minds to run away - the comrades around them suddenly ran away, and their weak flanks were exposed!
At this moment, even powerful spells are difficult to restore the situation of declining morale.
The Béran Mages are neither gods nor legendary powerhouses, they can boost the courage of their soldiers, but any courage will turn into water without a source in the face of desperate situations.
And the spell that directly manipulates people's will and distorts their judgment is an absolute forbidden technique, and they don't have much understanding and research before, and it's too late to sharpen their guns in battle.
As the cavalry of the Gartai mercenary group outflanked the gap created by the deserters, the nearby Berans also began to flee, and finally began a chain reaction of great collapse!