Duke saw Duke Otto riding in front, the expression on his face was an irrepressible tiredness, and the lion armor on his body also had a lot of dark red bloodstains, which could see the intensity of Duke Otto's previous battle.

Behind Duke Otto was Duke's eldest brother, Baker, and he saw that Duke's eyes had been on Duke, with an incredible shock on his face. Before, they were all curious about how the First Legion of the Empire broke through, but now that they see the Storm Army, the truth is revealed, and the First Legion of the Empire was saved by the Storm Army.

But being saved by the Storm Army made Baker very puzzled, and he couldn't even imagine how Duke did it. The reason is very simple, that is, as an old opponent of the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire, there are not many people in this world who can understand the Black Eagle Army better than the Lion Army.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the 100,000 barbarians may not be as strong as the 60,000 Black Eagle Army. And on the side of the First Legion of the Empire, plus the Storm Army, there are only 25,000 people, while on his own side, it is close to 50,000 people.

Even his own side fought so hard, and it took a big battle to defeat the barbarian knights, and finally highlight the encirclement. How did the Storm Army manage to break through early with the First Legion of the Empire? In Baker's eyes, this can no longer be described as a miracle, but a supernatural event, which is too exaggerated.

But this was not the time to get to the bottom of it, because as the Lion Army approached the Storm Army's position, there was also a more violent dust and shaking on the opposite side. In the direction of the storm army, you can already see with the naked eye that a black crowd has appeared in the distance, the cavalry of the Hans Empire, after a few days of crazy pursuit, finally caught up with Duke's storm army.

Duke Blair, who was charging ahead, subconsciously twitched the muscles on his face when he saw the Storm Army standing in formation. Because if the previous stop spreads, it will be the greatest shame for Duke Blair, so he personally led the team to pursue Duke's Storm Army, just to be able to completely annihilate the Storm Army and the First Army of the Empire, and be ashamed!

But he never expected that the Storm Army, which seemed to be infantry, would run so fast with so many wounded soldiers of the First Army of the French Empire. Even if the Hans Imperial cavalry started the pursuit a day late, with Duke Blair's budget, it should be able to catch up with the pace of the storm army in two days while maintaining horsepower.

It took four days, nearly five, for him to catch up with the Storm Army's wagon procession. This made him understand that he really underestimated the Storm Army before, with excellent equipment, weird muskets, and this kind of iron-like execution, it was enough to compare with the most sophisticated legions on the continent, even if it was the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire, Duke Blair felt ashamed.

However, when his eyes looked to the side, the expression on his face was not very good-looking, because he saw a huge cavalry force, which was in the rear of the Storm Army, and the golden pattern on the banner in the distance, even if it was not clear what it was because of the distance, but Duke Blair, as an old opponent of the French Empire, could recognize that this was the lion flag of the Lion Army.

This was the first thought that came to Duke Blair's mind, and he had previously made an agreement with the barbarians that the other party would send at least 100,000 cavalry to besiege Duke Otto's lion army.

100,000 cavalry, even if the Guards Legion broke through, it has more than twice the strength advantage, but now it seems that the Lion Army alone has 20,000 cavalry that broke through, and they have all run to the position of the northern defense line.

Duke Blair was extremely angry in his heart, but he obviously forgot one very important thing, that is, his own Black Eagle Army, seriously speaking, was more than twice the absolute superiority of the force. As a result, the time of their siege may not be as good as the time of the barbarian cavalry, if you really want to say that, the barbarian Khan is probably also scolding the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire in his heart, not only letting go of the Imperial Guard Legion, but even the trapped First Legion of the Empire can break out!

Now there are more than 10,000 people in the entire Northern Legion of the French Empire, Duke's Storm Army and the First Legion of the French Empire combined. As for the total number of cavalry led by Duke Otto, there are also 20,000 or 30,000 people, that is, in terms of strength alone, it is already ahead of the pursuing Hans Imperial cavalry.

More importantly, this is only forty kilometers away from the northern defense line of the Duchy of Berry, and more than two hundred kilometers away from his Hans Empire, and the logistics supply and the speed of reinforcements are not at the same level, plus Duke Blair does not know the depth of the lion army, he can't do a desperate attack at all.

The two sides are facing each other from a safe distance of several kilometers, and both sides are very clear about the current situation. On the one hand, the foreign powerhouses of the French Empire have all experienced a few days of rapid marching, and there is no time to recover or rest. On the other side, the lone cavalry of the Hans Empire penetrated deeply, and could not afford to lose on the enemy's territory.

"Lord Duke, I think this situation has lost the advantage of encirclement and annihilation, so let's retreat. ”

After a standoff for a while, the commander of the Black Eagle Cavalry Corps, Kabu, said to Duke Blair, in the current situation, one person must come out and withdraw the troops and find a step. Under normal circumstances, this step is said by Duke Blair himself, but the disastrous defeat a few days ago made Duke Blair no longer able to withdraw his troops, because in this way, the soldiers under him will think that Duke Blair is cowardly in the face of the storm army, and many times, the prestige of the general is also a very important thing.

Duke Blair naturally understands the current situation, if the confrontation continues, the situation of the Hans Imperial cavalry will become worse and worse, whether it is the logistics supply problem, or the reinforcements that the French Empire may reinforce in the future, it is a great threat to the Hans Imperial Army.

Hardly any hesitation, Duke Blair nodded and replied, "Withdraw your troops." ”

When Duke Blair said this, he also felt relieved. In fact, seriously speaking, this time the encirclement and annihilation plan in cooperation with the barbarians, in addition to the face problems caused by the attack of the storm army, the Hans Empire has to carefully study the overall casualties of the armies on both sides, in fact, the Hans Empire still earned. So Duke Blair's announcement of a retreat is not an unacceptable thing.