Chapter 398: Defeat
In the eyes and expectations of countless people, the Third Heavy Armor Legion finally arrived at the Morning River Front unhurriedly a few days ago, as one of the most powerful legions in the Lopez Kingdom, they certainly have their own reasons for becoming famous.
But when they arrived at the banks of the Morning River, they reluctantly found that just a few days ago, the Morning River Bridge had been ruthlessly destroyed by Jason, which was a bridge that had been built with millions of gold coins from the Lopez Kingdom.
There were even more than a dozen extraordinary powerhouses at the level of Great Knight who fell during the construction of this bridge.
Jason had deliberately destroyed the bridge in the last few days, in order to stall for time and force the Third Heavy Legion to engage in a water battle with him.
Although his army is not adapted to water warfare, as long as the Third Heavy Armor Legion is not on land, their strength will be greatly reduced.
In this way, the situation is much more favorable for Jason.
The commander of the 3rd Heavy Armor Regiment was also decisive enough, and immediately ordered to be stationed and set up a military camp ten miles away from the banks of the Chenhe River to defend against possible sneak attacks.
Then he sent people to the province of Zhelun, intending to mobilize the warships there to rush to the battlefield here, because it was obvious that it would be a waste of time to cross the river from the Chenhe Bridge in the province of Zhelun.
His Highness Phil couldn't wait that long.
Within a few days, a fleet was coming down the river, and thousands of soldiers were standing neatly on it, which was meaningless, this was the army of the Third Heavy Armor Regiment from the province of Zhelun.
At the same time, they are also warriors who are proficient in water warfare.
Finally, the 3rd Heavy Armor Regiment ordered an attack that day, and hundreds of ships clashed on the river, and the chaotic rain of arrows continued throughout the battle.
In the end, after losing more than a dozen ships under the indiscriminate bombardment of ballistas, the enemy finally realized the gap in equipment between the two sides.
The commander of the Heavy Legion immediately gave the order, ordered everyone to drive their boats into the enemy, and got close enough to let the soldiers engage in a fierce broadside battle.
There is no military formation, no stratagem, it all depends on the fighting qualities of their respective soldiers.
Although the soldiers under Jason's command are well-equipped, the equipment of the Meaningless Third Heavy Armor Legion is not bad, although it is not as good as the equipment of the Iron Fang, but it is still ahead of most of the lord's private soldiers.
Soon the 6,000-strong army led by Ranmarok began to show signs of rout, and even though he was superior in force, he still could not recover the decline.
In the end, Jason, who led 5,000 troops to guard the shore in formation, thought that if this continued, Ranmarok and his 6,000 troops would all be killed, so he decisively ordered a retreat.
Although Ranmarok was unwilling, he still did not dare to disobey the military order, so he could only give the order to get rid of the suicide attack of the enemy ship and retreat to the shore with his people.
As long as they hold the shore so that the enemy cannot go ashore, they still have the initiative.
Just this water battle, which lasted less than a day, caused Ranmaro to lose nearly 2,500 soldiers, and Jason had already suffered heavy losses from his attack in order to control the province of Hiro, so I am afraid that the province of Hiro was about to become the weakest province in the north.
The casualties of the Third Heavy Armored Regiment after the battle were not much better, because all but the 1,000 troops from the province of Gelen were wearing heavy armor, and if the ship sank, there was little chance that the soldiers on it would survive.
Unless they are about to take off their armor.
It's just that there are a lot of people in the Third Heavy Armor Legion, a full 30,000 troops, even if three for one, they can consume Jason's army to death.
But then Jason realized why the most powerful army in the kingdom of Lopez was called "wolves" by the surrounding countries, and their way of fighting was simply the kind that did not kill.
This has never been seen in General Panik and others.
Because the Third Heavy Armor Legion did not stop to rest because it broke the water blockade that Jason had painstakingly set up, but drove directly to Jason's side with the battleship, and then the soldiers of the Third Heavy Armor Legion rushed to the river bank one after another.
They looked like they were going to fight Jason to the death, and after getting off the ship, they quickly sent troops to line up with shields in the shallows and braved the rain of arrows, and directly attacked Jason's army formation.
I have to say that their crazy way of fighting did scare the army under Jason's command, if it weren't for Ranmarok and Gareth who stabilized the situation in time, I am afraid that there would be signs of rout.
Fortunately, after paying the cost of thousands of soldiers' lives and the defense line retreating two miles, they finally stabilized the enemy's offensive.
The Third Heavy Armor Legion lost more than 8,000 soldiers in this battle, the largest attrition of this elite legion in the last dozen years.
As a result, they finally landed on the north bank of the Morning River, and although they paid a huge price, it only took one day and one night to crush Jason's previously deployed defense line and build their own battle line on the north bank of the Morning River.
This battle has just begun.
On the other side, in Jason's temporary barracks, he looked gloomily at a piece of parchment in his hand, on which was the detailed information of Levi Nasdaq, the commander of the Third Heavy Armor Legion.
He'd read this information countless times, but today he took it out again.
"Your Highness, it's getting late, and it's likely that you will continue to fight them tomorrow, so you can rest first. Hassan walked in softly, looking a little tired and whispering to him.
He was also tired today, because of the unfavorable situation, some of the Black Crow members in charge of the battle were forced to join the battle, and they who were not suitable for the battlefield of course suffered heavy losses.
"I can't sleep. ”
Jason gently put down this information, he was a little surprised by the decisiveness and ruthlessness of Marshal Levi Nasdaq, and he took the lives of nearly 10,000 soldiers to break through Jason's defense, and Jason felt a little powerless when he encountered this kind of opponent.
Gratifying the other party, it is obvious that they are making a fuss about the disparity in strength between the two sides.
He Levi could afford to lose so many soldiers, but Jason didn't dare to do that.
However, if Levi's position as marshal was replaced by Jason at this time, he might not be able to do such a decisive thing.
And now Jason has another thing to worry about, that is, why hasn't there been news back yet, Lancelot has been on his way for so long.
And at this time, the Baria Pass may have also been attacked by the enemy, right?
"Actually, if I take a few of the Black Crow's masters and sneak into the enemy's camp at night, I have a great chance of killing their commander. Hassan hesitated.
But there's a good chance he and the Crows won't be able to get out.