Section 20 Combat
Gray's mission is simple, he leads the first team to sweep the western plains of the Red Rain Forest area, and then advances from west to east, without letting go of a goblin along the way. The Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Pula Knights are tasked with sweeping the eastern region and then advancing from east to west.
The light cavalry brigade blockaded the southern capital area and swept away the small goblin gatherings, and Sir Garnard planned to use a siege net to wipe out the goblins, which was a very practical method.
Gray's task is a bit like the feeling of herding a flock, not a single sheep can be missed, coupled with Gray's cautious character, his progress is a little slow, Sir Garnard has already sent two groups of people to urge, Gray has accelerated the progress.
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After two days of encirclement, Gray arrived at a high and low ten miles west of the goblin settlement, which was the agreed place, and he did not have time to repair it, so he immediately sent a herald to report to Sir Garnard's cavalry brigade.
Gray didn't let the soldiers rest, once people relaxed, it was difficult to reply quickly, if his estimate was good, the other troops would have already arrived at the designated place, and this was also a place where there was no way, because the area Gray was responsible for was the largest, but the number of troops was not much more, and it was still infantry, and it was already good to complete the task in two days.
As Gray expected, less than half an hour after the herald was dispatched, the shrill sound of the magic whistle sounded five times in a row, which was the agreed signal for attack, and Sir Garnard did not give Gray any time at all.
It doesn't take much of a ruse to fight a goblin, although it is 3,500 human soldiers against about 30,000 goblins, and even the Lord Count of the Reserve is not prepared.
As the formation slowly advanced, it became clearer and clearer to Gray that their camp had no defenses, and even when Gray advanced less than a mile from the camp, they met no decent resistance.
Suddenly, the ground trembled violently, and the cavalry charge brigade appeared on the right side of Gray's troops, and they stuck into the goblin's camp like a bayonet.
The cavalry's mobility was too strong, and in just a moment's effort, they made a big circle in the goblin camp and fought out of the camp again, and at the moment they were adjusting their formation, ready to charge again.
After the charge of the cavalry brigade, the goblins in the camp rushed out of the dense goblins like ants dug into their nests, and Gray immediately ran back and forth in his army formation with the belly of his horse, shouting: "Advance quickly, advance quickly!" The squadron leader and squad leader who received the order immediately ordered the soldiers under their command to speed up.
"These damn cavalrymen!" Ruken cursed in a low voice, as the deputy captain, he didn't have to walk like the other soldiers, he was qualified to ride.
Gray immediately glanced at Ruken, who was startled and quickly lowered his head. However, the cavalry is indeed very hateful, and when they rushed like this, the whole camp was in chaos, and there were not enough troops, so they could not be surrounded at all.
"Tell the order, if the squadron lets go of a goblin, the squadron leader will be punished for the crime of releasing the enemy privately!" Gray stared at the dense group of goblins rushing out of the camp in front of him, and said coldly.
Gangde immediately bowed and left, and Ruken next to him shuddered when he heard this, this was a great crime of extermination, and his superiority as the deputy captain at the moment disappeared in an instant.
This was Gray's first time commanding a large-scale battle, and the goblins that had been encircled and suppressed in the previous two days were basically crushed at the first touch. He didn't want to be too ugly this mission, it must end perfectly, as for the thoughts of the soldiers below, he didn't have so much heart to care?
His orders were immediately effective, and the formation of the troops advancing rapidly became more rigorous, and the five squadrons of archers in the rear row had already formed up and marched slowly at a certain distance.
The goblins were much weaker than expected, they managed to rush through the dense rain of arrows, and when they rushed to the front of the infantry spear array, they were immediately pierced by a dense row of spears, and the goblins who were lucky enough to escape the spear array were immediately strangled by the second row of short spears.
Luckily, they rushed through the second row of short spears, only to find in despair that there was a row of tall shield walls in front of them, with short blades slashing through the gaps in the shield walls from time to time.
Gray didn't rush forward, he knew his own duty, he was in charge of the entire front, and he had to keep an eye out for what was about to be scattered so that he could remedy it in time. If even he had to rush forward in person, then his front would be about to end.
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As time slowly passed, Gray's army array also advanced slowly, and the ground where it passed was covered with a thick layer of blood plasma, and the corpses of goblins were everywhere, and the front of the dense spear array was also blood-red, like a ghost soldier from hell.
Although the combat effectiveness of the goblins is very poor, but there are too many of them, and the physical strength of many soldiers has obviously decreased significantly, if it weren't for the scolding of the commander next to them, they would have been spread out on the ground to rest, and Gray rode past them from time to time, and shouted in his mouth: "Steady, steady!"
Fortunately, at this time, the goblins may have been placed by the large number of goblin corpses, and the fear in their eyes was obvious, and they began to retreat, moving closer to their main camp, and only a small number of goblins chose to escape from the gap in the encirclement.
The cavalry brigade rushed back and forth a few times before stopping to rest, their horses needing to regain their strength. When Gray saw that the situation on the battlefield had stabilized, he hurriedly ordered to slow down, and his soldiers also needed to rest.
The battlefield entered a brief lull, but the thick smell of blood in the air reminded everyone of what had just happened.
The main Goblin area was now crowded with goblins, and they didn't charge as indiscriminately as they had just done, and there was no commotion even when Gray's First Infantry Brigade reached their left side.
"They're going to fight us?" Gray was slightly stunned in his heart, he looked at the goblins in front of him, who were already a little rudimentary formation, and frowned slightly, maybe he should call "them" instead of "them".
Gray ordered the troops to stop, and the squadron leaders below immediately reorganized their formations, and there was no one dead in the confrontation just now, which made Gray feel that this was a massacre rather than a war, and he was suddenly a little bored.
casually glanced at the dense bloody footprints on the ground behind him, and Gray had goosebumps all over his body.
Gray turned his head to look at the main goblin camp on the high slope, and a goblin wearing a flower crown appeared in his field of vision, and the goblins around it were even equipped with iron tools.
The goblin was screaming on the high platform, and the sound could reach Gray's ears, and the goblins were obviously a little excited when they heard this cry, and they also screamed with Wow.
This is obviously already a sign of civilization, Gray stared at them, sighed slightly in his heart, their fire of civilization is destined not to burn, the flag of the second infantry brigade led by Pla on the right Gray can already clearly see that the cavalry brigade is also slowly advancing.