Chapter 457: Flying Tiger Attack
He first organized the remaining ironclad cavalry troops and preemptively attacked the reinforcements of Black Cloud City. He then mobilized the remaining tens of thousands of elite war elephant troops, and launched a second wave of attacks after the cavalry. He then organized a large infantry force and launched a third wave of attacks after the herd. Only 5,000 men were left in reserve and took on the responsibility of protecting themselves.
It should be said that Luo Zhen's command is still quite appropriate. The army of the Ma Huaishan Kingdom still had a strong impact at this time, and the exhausted army of the Qinglong Kingdom was very difficult to deal with. Although Lin Xiaoshuang ran back and forth, shouting and shouting to boost morale, and the drummers also used all their strength to eat milk, desperately beating the war drums, but the effect was not obvious.
The officers and soldiers of Black Cloud City in the forward position were quickly defeated despite their hard work, and the mountains and fields were littered with the corpses that had been cut down. The cavalry of the Ma Huaishan Kingdom drove straight in, constantly squeezing the defense line of the Qinglong Kingdom with ferocity, forcing them to retreat step by step.
The army of Black Cloud City had not yet arrived at this time, and the follow-up troops were still coming. Lin Yi frowned when he looked at it from a high place. She knew that the current situation was very unfavorable for the Black Cloud City army. The army did not arrive, and the follow-up troops were gradually thrown into battle in batches. In the art of war, this is called "refueling tactics".
The biggest disadvantage of the refueling tactic is that it cannot invest key forces at one time, which not only makes it difficult to turn the tide of the battle, but also wastes a lot of living forces. This tactic is taboo in the art of war, and commanders often gradually put a lot of strength into the battlefield and sacrifice countless people, but they never see the change in the tide of battle. Lin Yi has discovered this problem now, and he doesn't know what to do. So she was very anxious, so she wanted to find Luo Ming to ask for advice. only to find that Luo Ming disappeared at some point. She looked around and asked many generals, but she never found any trace of him, and she was so anxious that she was about to go crazy. If the battle continues as it is on the battlefield now, the army of the Ma Huaishan Kingdom will sweep away the army of Black Cloud City in one fell swoop like a knife splitting bamboo. But at such a critical moment, where did he Luo Ming go?
At this time, Luo Ming had already taken Mo Chan to the rear of the team to meet the Flying Tigers led by Jiang Tengjiao. The war had lasted until the third day, and no matter how tight the battlefield was, Luo Ming had been reluctant to use this force. He must keep a hole card in his hand no matter what, because, once the reinforcements of the Avrean Empire come in a big way, Black Cloud City will no longer have the strength to use.
Now the coalition army's three-way army has collapsed on two routes, and the decisive battle of the third route is just around the corner. The Avrean Empire has been following this war very closely, and it is impossible not to know about the situation. Therefore, the decisive battle before protecting the castle is extremely important. Not only must it be won, but it must also be won as soon as possible. Once the enemy reinforcements come in large numbers, it is obviously not possible to rely on the Flying Tigers alone. No matter how powerful they are, the number of arrows is extremely limited. Once they run out of arrows, the few Flying Tigers are bound to be surrounded and struggling. This is something that no one wants to see.
And the problem now is that, judging from the current state of the army in Black Cloud City, not only will the battle of protecting the castle not be able to win smoothly, but it is also very likely that it will not be able to withstand the opponent's attack and be defeated. In this case, not to mention that the coalition forces of the enemy country are coming, even if there are no reinforcements coming, the war is likely to be lost. So now Luo Ming is determined to use the ace force of the Flying Tigers.
He personally rushed to the rear of the team to greet Jiang Tengjiao and explained the situation to him. Under his instructions, Jiang Tengjiao led eight thousand Flying Tigers to avoid the frontal battlefield, and Pegasus rushed to the flank on the east side of the battlefield. In order not to be detected by the enemy, to achieve the suddenness of the action, they went around in a large circle. Luo Ming proudly called this operation "decapitation operation".
In order to strive for the success of the operation as soon as possible. The Flying Tigers no longer spared their horsepower as usual, but galloped one by one. In order to prevent the enemy from even seeing the dust stirred up by the horses' hooves, they first ran twenty miles to the east, and then moved southwest. In order to guide their accurate movements, Luo Ming specially sent a scout light cavalry to the flank of the battlefield and waved a large flag to guide the direction of the attack.
When Luo Zhen found that the dust was rising due east, and it was rushing in his direction menacingly, he knew that things were going to go bad. But he could not judge the extent of the matter, so he shouted to the five thousand men who remained with him to form a formation and prepare to meet the enemy. These 5,000 men were all hoplites, not only fully armoured and shielded, but also armed with iron-core spears that were more than three meters long.
The dense hedgehog-like formation formed by five thousand people holding such long spears diagonally did not make ordinary cavalrymen fearful, even the elite war elephant troops or super cavalry troops such as the Blue Fire Wolf Cavalry Army did not dare to rush hard. After all, no matter how ferocious a beast is, it is flesh and blood.
However, these 5,000 people did not face the cavalry that relied on the power of physical shock, but the legendary Blue Dragon Flying Tigers. When Luo Zhen saw the other horseman's costume clearly, his heart was cold, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head, and his face turned pale. The bright red helmet, yellow robes, and sapphire blue and silver-white armor were easily recognizable. Even if you have never seen it, listening to people's descriptions will be impressive. The generals of the coalition army had heard of this team and had taken precautions accordingly. They knew that the number of people in this team was small, and the number of arrows was limited, so they might not dare to easily rush into the crowded camp of the coalition army.
Since the beginning of the war, everyone has paid more attention to this unit. The generals always put themselves in the center of the army, and did not give the Flying Tigers a chance. However, since the beginning of the war, this team has not appeared, and they have disappeared without a trace as if they had evaporated from the world. After all, Taihe Iron is very expensive and difficult to forge, and it takes a lot of money to build an army out of Taihe Iron.
Just when people had gradually forgotten about its threat, it suddenly appeared. Carrying the immense power and the shadow of death, it broke into people's eyes with brutality and savagery. The formation of 5,000 people, who had been waiting for the battle and guarding Luo Zhen majestically, showed a trace of panic and restlessness. As the enemy approached, a storm of fierce blows came to the face.
The well-trained Flying Tigers kept their formation tight and not chaotic at all during the high-speed running. The riders in the front row made a salvo at a distance of three hundred meters. As they unleashed their crossbow volleys, the team following them deliberately slowed down and pulled a certain distance. When the first row of riders had finished firing a volley, they turned their heads around the side of the line, freeing up space for the second row of riders to continue firing crossbow bolts.
By the time the second row of riders began to fire a volley, they were already within two hundred meters of the opposing camp. In this way, after three rounds of volleys, the Flying Tigers had already rushed in front of the hedgehog formation. The tightly organized camp just now was in tatters at this time. Most of the officers and men in the camp were pierced by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground in disarray. The wounded let out a terrible wail, and those who were alive and still able to move threw away their spears and shields, trembling as they wanted to run but did not dare to run, and looked at the Flying Tigers rushing towards them with trembling bodies.