They have all reached their own desperate situation, so the barbarians did not have the slightest idea of retreating, and they pulled out a cavalry corps of 30,000 people, and directly fought with the cavalry of the Imperial Guard, which was close to 10,000!

The besieged lion army was also keenly aware of the change in the barbarian formation, although it was far away and I didn't know which imperial army was coming, but Duke Otto still did not hesitate to order the whole army to launch a counterattack, he knew that this was the best opportunity to attack the barbarian cavalry.

More than 100,000 troops fought bloody battles on this grassland, and almost any side was considered to have done their best, and everyone had no way to retreat. The huge disadvantage in numbers of 40,000 troops against the 100,000 barbarian army offset the advantages in equipment and training.

Even Duke Otto himself was fighting in the crowd with a sharp sword in his hand. The golden lion armor on his body turned a blood-red color. The helmet didn't know where it was beaten, with long gold and white hair, mixed with red blood, just like a bloody lion, which is the origin of Duke Otto's lion army, because every time there is a big battle, Duke Otto must be at the forefront!

The soldiers on both sides kept falling, and the cavalry troops shuttled back and forth to slash and slash in turns, both the cavalry on their bodies and the war horses under them exhausted their last strength to increase the speed of the sprint and cut the enemy under the horses.

This breakthrough was even more difficult than Duke Otto had imagined, as the barbarians showed extraordinary tenacity. Probably both sides know that this battle will determine the future of the steppe and even the entire northern region. The French Empire won, basically there is no worries, you can withdraw your troops and go back to recuperate and ease the national strength, there are too many places for the French Army to fight in the past two years, and it is overwhelming for the French Empire.

And if the barbarians win, then their interests will be greater, and once the old rival Lion Army collapses and annihilates, the entire Duchy of Berry may become their grassland. Everything that was missing before can be snatched back from the Duchy of Berry, which is also a common idea for them.

Ujili Khan of the barbarian Silver Horde sat on his war horse, staring at the battle in front of him with a pair of eyes, and beside him was Alatan, the great shaman of the Silver Horde.

"Great Shaman, the Lion Army is even stronger than we imagined, we knew that we should unite with other khanates and gather 200,000 string-controlling warriors to completely annihilate the Fran Lion Army!"

In the face of Ujili Khan's words, the expression on Alatan's face was also very solemn, he didn't expect that the lion army facing the encirclement would still have such a strong combat effectiveness, let alone that he didn't know where to kill a French Imperial Guard!

"Great Khan, this is the Hans Empire is too incompetent, the same 100,000 troops surround the 30,000 French army, and the imperial army on their side is not as fierce and strong as the lion army, as a result, this can make the Guards break through, otherwise we would not have such a big pressure. ”

Hearing Alatan's words, Ujili Khan just shook his head slightly and replied: "Maybe it's not that they are incompetent, the current situation is the result they want." ”

As soon as Ujili Khan said this, the Great Shaman Alatan instantly understood what the Great Khan meant. The Hans Empire is simply killing two birds with one stone, allowing the barbarian soldiers to consume each other with the Fran Empire army, and it can also reduce the pressure on his side. Because the Francos are their enemies, and the barbarians are their enemies too!

"Humans are too despicable, after this battle, we must gather the strength of the four khanates, and let the Hans Empire see what the wrath of warriors is!"

Ujili Khan only nodded slightly at the Great Shaman's words, for the meanness of human beings, to put it mildly, they were all used to it now. The French Empire is to be wiped out, and the Hans Empire will be slowly calculated in the future!

The battle between the lion army and the barbarians stood from noon to nightfall, and both sides were already in a state of the end of the crossbow, and it was up to them to see who could not hold this breath first. However, as night gradually fell, the advantages of the French Empire began to gradually increase, because there were many people with night blindness in this era, and the proportion of night blindness was relatively more on the barbarian side due to the lack of vitamins.

More importantly, as night fell, the barbarians' greatest advantage in mounted archery began to decrease greatly due to the problem of vision, and more hand-to-hand combat began with the French army. This is also good news for the French Lions, who have superior equipment.

It's just that after this day's battle, the casualties of the Lion Army and the Guards Legion have exceeded 10,000, and because there is no way to treat them, the injured are basically lying on the ground waiting to die. Fortunately, this is summer, the temperature is not very low, otherwise many soldiers may freeze to death on the ground so alive.

"Lord Duke, the barbarian offensive has just eased, or we choose to retreat back to the Duchy of Berry!"

Count Fleck said to Duke Otto, as the commander of the Lion Army, this may be the heaviest casualty since the establishment of the Lion Army, if you can take advantage of the cover of night to retreat, there is a good chance that you can break through and return to the Duchy of Berry, then it will be relatively safe.

If this one continues to fight like this, it may end up like this war of attrition, which will give the entire Lion Army an account here. Without a lion army in the Duchy of Berry, it is like a lion without teeth, and it will be a scene of mermaid meat in the future. For the sake of both the Lion Army and the Duchy of Berry, Count Fleck had to say the word "retreat".

The term retreat did not appear much in Duke Otto's military career, except for a few times in the early days when he was weak, until he became a duke from the fiefdom of the Duchy of Berry, there has never been such a large-scale retreat, even if he fought with the barbarians and the orc army at the same time, he did not choose to retreat.

Because at that time, there was still this powerful French Empire behind him, and the entire empire had thirteen directly subordinate legions and three royal legions, all of which ensured the safety of the Duchy of Berry and the northern defense line of the French Empire.

Of course, this is a time when there is no estrangement from Henry VII, if the French Empire is still so strong now, so many imperial troops have entered the territory of the Duchy of Berry, Duke Otto is probably not happy but cautious.

But then again, if the French Empire was still so powerful, then Henry VII would not be so jealous and suspicious of Duke Otto today. Perhaps this is one of the balances of power, and the weakening of the French Empire has caused Henry VII's worries and fears.