Chapter 131: Failed Raid
At the beginning of November 7144 in the Guangming calendar, a team of tens of thousands of people set out from the Red Flame Fortress and headed for Cangyun City, the capital of the king of Kyrgynia. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the Cloud Forest, "General, the spies have sent back information. A herald rushed to report. "Say it quickly. Oram, the general of the Gilgidian royal army, looked at the herald in front of him.
"There are 50,000 Bretan troops escorting more than 1,000 truckloads of supplies from the Red Flame Fortress three days ago, and now they have reached the vicinity of Cuizhu Mountain, fifty miles south of the Cloud Forest. The herald reported the information from the spies to the two generals, Oram and Nice.
"Fifty thousand Brettan troops are escorting supplies!" Oram was a little surprised, "General Oram, this is more than a thousand truckloads of supplies, it is now winter, the temperature in the Kingdom of Gilgias will drop sharply this month, these supplies are urgently needed by the front-line Brettan army, and it is not surprising that there are fifty thousand troops escorted." Another general of the royal army, Ness, spoke.
"General Nice, Marshal Claude told us to cut off the supply lines of the Brettan army after winter, it seems that Marshal Claude had expected a major supply operation for the Bretan army. Oram said as he looked at the young General Nice in front of him.
"Well, although the Bretan people have 50,000 troops escorting this batch of supplies, Marshal Claude has left us 80,000 troops, and we have the advantage in terms of strength, General Oram, gather your men and horses, and we will ambush this Bretan army supply force in the area of Cuizhu Mountain. Ness nodded.
On the mountain road on the east side of Cuizhu Mountain, the Brettan army convoy that stretched for more than ten miles was advancing on the mountain road, and 50,000 Bretan soldiers followed on both sides of the convoy to escort it.
"Whoosh ......" a rain of arrows flew out of the green bamboo mountain. "Enemy attack, enemy attack. "The Bretan army on the mountain road was in disarray.
"Rush, kill these Bretans......" The Kyrgidian army poured out of the Cuizhu Mountain.
"Stop the wagon and meet the enemy. One of the brown-haired generals in Bretan's army ordered loudly, "Orik, take your men and go and repel these Kyrgias." The brown-haired general who gave the orders was the "Flying Tiger" Lieton of Bretan's army.
There was a fierce battle between the Gilgidian army and the Bretan army at the foot of the Cuizhu Mountain.
Swinging his sword to cut down a spearman, Nice looked up, the Bretan army was in formation, and the Bretan army quickly recovered from the surprise attack on its own side, and the two armies were in a scuffle, and the Gilgidian army did not have much advantage.
It seems that the commander of this Bretan army is very calm and sophisticated, and Nice can tell from the rapid reaction of the Bretan army that the enemy commander is very powerful, and the enemy general quickly stabilized the situation and commanded the troops to counterattack.
A heavy armor-clad Brettan general brandished a black war hammer on a rampage across the battlefield, and with a "bang" hammer knocked a Gilgidian cavalry company and horses to the ground, this is a high-level fighting warrior, Nice saw that behind this Bretan army general was also followed by 3,000 cavalry troops wearing brown and yellow armor and red cloaks.
"This is the Flying Tiger Battalion!" Nice was horrified in his heart, the Flying Tiger Battalion was a powerful personal guard unit built by the famous general of the Brettan Army, Lydon, since the Flying Tiger Battalion was here, wouldn't it be the one who commanded this supply force......
"General Nice, this is the Flying Tiger Battalion of Ledon...... Oram rode over from the side, and the imposing Flying Tiger Battalion cavalry split the formation of the Gilgidian army like a sharp blade.
"General Oram, it's Lydon who is in command of this supply force, we don't have much chance of winning if we continue to fight like this, let's retreat first. Ness said to Oram.
Oram was also jealous of the "Winged Tiger" Lieton, and agreed with Nice's suggestion, and the clarion call for retreat sounded, and the Gilgidian army withdrew from the foot of Cuizhu Mountain.
"These timid bunnies. Wielding a black war hammer, Orrick, the commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion, wanted to chase the retreating Gilgidian army, "Orik, don't chase it. Lieton stopped his men.
"General, these Kyrgynians really don't have the guts, obviously there are more people than us, and they ran away after a while. Reluctant to turn his mount and come to General Lydon.
"It's not that he is guts, Eurik, the commander of the Gilgidian army is very sensible, he knows that it will be difficult to defeat our army and intercept the grain and grass, so he took the initiative to retreat. Lieton shook his head.
"General, it's good that we are here today to escort this batch of grain and grass supplies, otherwise these Kyrgyians would have succeeded. Oryk said with a smile.
"Claude Kurou, the commander of the Gilgian Army, actually arranged such a hand, it seems that ...... The Kyrgyians abandoned Lanyue City one after another, and Liyang City was indeed premeditated. Lytton silently muttered as he watched in the direction of the withdrawal of the Kyrgidian army.
As early as after Bretan's army captured Liyang City, Ledon sensed a hidden danger, his side's supply line was too long, from the Red Flame Fortress to Cangyun City, the capital of the king of Gilgias, it took nearly twenty days for grain, grass, and materials to arrive. Once the enemy cuts off the supply line, the troops on the front line can only retreat.
Judging from today's attack, Claude, the commander of the Kyrgyz Army, really arranged men and horses on his side's supply line to intercept it.
"Orik, from now on, be vigilant and arrange spies to scout around the convoy to prevent the Kyrgyzans from ambushing again. Lieton ordered.
Lieton knew that his most important task was to quickly transport this batch of grain, grass and supplies to the front line, the cold winter of the Gilgian Kingdom was about to come, and the 400,000 Brettan troops outside Cangyun City urgently needed this batch of warm clothes and quilts.
After retreating for dozens of miles from the foot of Cuizhu Mountain, the Gilgidian army stopped and repaired, "Report, general, our army suffered more than five thousand casualties in the battle. An officer stepped forward to report.
"Well, got it. Sitting on a large rock, Ness nodded, and at Nice's feet was a map of Gilgias, which was looking down at the map on the ground.
"Fuck, how could it be that this guy is escorting the grain, grass, and supplies?" Olam walked back and forth in front of Nice with an irritated look on his face.
"General Oram, it's useless to be troubled, we need to come up with a good plan to wipe out this supply force of the Bretan army. Ness looked up.
"General Nice, the other party is the Winged Tiger Lieton, this is not an easy figure to deal with. Oram said as he looked at the young general sitting on the stone.
"If it's not easy to deal with, you have to find a way, General Oram, whether or not you can destroy this Bretan army is related to the outcome of this war. Ness said solemnly.
Nice had already comprehended the strategic plan of Meng Fan, the commander of the Kyrgyz Army, so Ness understood that only by cutting off the supply line of the Bretan army could the entire battle plan go smoothly.
Meng Fan's carefully arranged situation was originally very successful, but Meng Fan missed a little, Meng Fan did not expect that Christian, the commander of the Bretan army, would crookedly throw the most capable general in the army, "Winged Flying Tiger" Lieton, to escort grain, grass and supplies.