Chapter 375: Retreat

The Second Southern Province Offensive and Defensive Battle was the only large-scale field battle between the forces of the Fisabrun family and the coalition forces of the four central principalities against the forces of the four alliance families of the Northlands. Nearly 160,000 troops www.biquge.info the Pen Fun Pavilion fought against 100,000 horses of the four alliances of the Northland. After the Norton family used the secret weapon catapult in the north, in the face of the huge stone balls flying from the sky, the elite infantry battle formation of the four central principalities collapsed, coupled with the stormy attack of the Norton family chariot steel crossbow, more than 60,000 infantry in the central four principalities suffered heavy casualties and were defeated. If it weren't for the reserve legion of the Fisabrun family to resist the pursuing Norton Knights, I am afraid that the infantry of the four central principalities would have fled into a great pursuit.

-- From the History of the War on the Continent of Gelintia: The Rise of the Bear -- The Offensive and Defensive War of the Southern Province.

Having won the war, Lorist finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the strategic initiative of the Southern Province was firmly in his hands. But then he was troubled by the heavy casualties. More than 30,000 casualties of 100,000 horses in the field battle were beyond Lorlist's expectations.

The greatest losses were the two Flying Tiger Corps led by Tiger Ross and Pachko, who crushed the three attacks of the Grass Barbarian cavalry, and then counterattacked, defeating the 5th Frontier Ranger Regiment of the Fisabrun family, and then took the remaining lancers to attack the two ribs of the enemy's central army, which became the last straw that crushed the enemy and laid the foundation for the victory of the entire campaign. There were only two 30,000-strong lancer regiments, and less than 10,000 people were still on horseback after the victory, not counting the minor and serious wounded.

The second is the Angry Bear Knights, 3,000 silver knights and 6,000 knight squires fought against the reserve legion of the Fisabrun family of more than 20,000 people, although the reserve legion was left on the battlefield, but it itself lost more than 4,000 people.

Next were the two Pegasus regiments of Count Philim, who were responsible for assisting the two Flying Tiger Corps led by Tiger Ross and Pachko, although the main force on the battlefield was the Flying Tiger Corps, they also lost five or six thousand men and horses.

The heavy armoured legions of the Kenmas family suffered nearly 2,000 casualties when they were met with infantry resistance from the four central principalities and assisted the Knights of the Furious Bear in their battle against the reserve legions of the Fisabrunes.

Finally, there were two corps sent by Count Shahin, one was a light cavalry regiment and the other was a light infantry regiment, these two corps were put into the battlefield after Lorist gave the order to attack the whole army, and at first the pursuit and round-up of the fleeing soldiers was very smooth, but later the Grand Duke of Fisabrun brought in the third frontier ranger regiment to meet the defeated troops and stopped the light cavalry regiment, and the two sides fought a big battle, suffered a small loss, and suffered more than 4,000 casualties.

The fewest casualties were the Rock Corps guarding the defensive positions of the large battalion, and there were no less than three or four thousand corpses of the barbarian cavalry left in front of the large battalion, but their own casualties were less than five hundred. But if you add the 4,700 watchtower guards who died in the first line of defense, the casualties of the Rock Legion are more than 5,000.

The total number of casualties was about 30,000, and more than half of them died heroically. Lorist sighed generally, this is when he really understands what it means to be famous.

The family forces of the four alliances of the Northland suffered nearly 30,000 casualties in the second offensive and defensive battle of the southern provinces, but at this time, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun and the four Grand Dukes of the Central Four Duchy could not even cry. The Fisabrun family lost a reserve legion, and the reserve legion of 20,000 people claimed to be the most powerful in the family's armed forces, but now it has been completely wiped out on the battlefield.

Then there was the crippled Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, 40,000 light cavalry only escaped back more than 16,000 horsemen, and then the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment went to meet it, and the light cavalry regiment of Count Shaheen fought fiercely, and the result was a draw, and the casualties were about three or four thousand.

The most annoying thing is those barbarian cavalry, this time the Grand Duke of Fisabrun drove all the grass barbarian cavalry to the battlefield and divided them into three teams, here to attack the defensive position of the Norton family's armed battalion is more than 20,000 grass barbarian cavalry, under the supervision of the third frontier ranger regiment to attack, the loss of three or four thousand people began to refuse to attack, but the camp is mainly contained, and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun is too lazy to worry about them.

But the 40,000 grass barbarian cavalry on the left and right flanks are not ready to let go, of course, there are no 40,000 now, and less than 20,000 can escape back to the camp. According to several family knights of the disabled Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, the main reason for the defeat was that these barbarians did not obey the command, and when they fled, they disrupted the longbow battle formation laid out by the Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, so that the two lancer regiments of the Norton family took the opportunity to rush into the battle formation and slash and kill, and the Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment, which could not resist, had to flee......

The reserve regiment was completely annihilated, with more than 20,000 men, and the 5th Frontier Cavalry Regiment with a full strength of 45,000 men had more than 18,000 cavalry, the 3rd Frontier Cavalry Regiment suffered 34,000 casualties, and the barbarian cavalry lost 25,000 men and horses. Combined, the Fisabrun family lost nearly 75,000 troops in this battle.

If you subtract the casualties of those grass barbarian cavalry, the Fisabrun family forces have lost at most 50,000 people, but the total annihilation of the reserve corps has made the Grand Duke of Fisabrun feel painful, this is the sharpest knife in the hands of the Fisabrun family, almost all of them are composed of the most elite grass barbarian cavalry, suppressing the rebellious grass barbarian tribes, sweeping the grass barbarian tribes who refuse to surrender on the northeast steppe, and making countless contributions to the family, and now it is gone, the Grand Duke regrets it a lot, how can he send the reserve army to meet the defeated troops of the four central principalitiesI knew that it was better to retreat as soon as possible to preserve our strength, anyway, in the end, the infantry of the four central principalities did not escape much......

Compared with the regret of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, the four Grand Dukes of the Central Four Duchy are the ones who really want to cry without tears. 80,000, 80,000 elite infantry is gone! In the end, only 10,000 of the infantry of the four principalities in the central part of the country who fled back from the camp were collected. Among them, the Principality of Sabaji was the luckiest, with about 5,000 infantry, mainly because their battle formation was at the rear. The infantry of the Duchy of Handla was the worst, less than 800 returned to the camp alive, and their battle formation was at the forefront, first smashed by huge stone balls, and then swept away by chariot steel crossbows, and suffered the heaviest casualties, and they were able to come back alive because they were the first to escape.

The Duchy of Fakr fled back with nearly 3,000 soldiers, while the Duchy of Forendor was in the early 3,000s. All the soldiers who fled back to the camp were in a trance, and there were even nightmares in the middle of the night, when they suddenly woke up crying and making a fuss, and almost bombed the camp. Think about it, many soldiers who don't know the truth regard the stone balls smashed on the battlefield as a taboo magic meteor shower in the legendary era of magical civilization, for the soldiers, in addition to magic, who can smash so many dense huge stone balls from the sky, and fight against the legendary magician, we mortals are looking for death......

In fact, it was this second battle of attack and defense in the southern provinces that made the Thunderbolt catapult and chariot steel crossbow in the hands of the Norton family famous all over the world, and almost all countries had a strong interest in catapults and steel crossbows. The Four Duchy of Central China and the Fisabrun family, who had captured the first line of defense, seized a lot of steel crossbows from the watchtower, and after sharing the spoils, they ordered their craftsmen to copy them, but none of them succeeded. The biggest difficulty was that they couldn't make the same crossbow boom steel plates.

However, the catapult has been imitated a lot, although many countries have not seen the real thing, but can throw huge stones into the sky, with this direction many craftsmen are brain-open, soon slingshot trebuchet and torsion arm trebuchet, lever trebuchet appeared, although the throwing distance is not far from the accuracy is not accurate, the thrown stone is not large, but after all, a new type of attack and defense has been added to the military equipment of the Galinthia continent, which is also a symbol of scientific and technological progress.

"Your Highness......" El lifted the curtain and hurriedly came in: "Just now the scout light cavalry returned, there was an abnormal situation in the enemy's camp, and the flags of the four central principalities were all gone. ”

"What?" Lorist raised his head, it was only three days after the end of the battle, and the flags of the four central principalities in the enemy's camp were gone, what was the situation, could it be that they ran away?

"Send someone to search for the road leading to the Central Four Duchyes immediately, if they run away, there will always be some clues. Lorist commanded.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the scouts who had gone to search returned, bringing back the news that new wheel prints and horseshoe marks had been found on the road leading to the four central principalities, which were estimated to have been left by experience at about four or five o'clock in the morning. It is clear that the Four Central Duchyes have given up on continuing to fight in the Southern Province and the Four Alliances of the Northlands, and have retreated back to the country with the rest of their men. Now the four alliances of the Northlands are facing only the forces of the Fisabrun family.

"Your Highness, should we send someone to chase after you?" Schward asked beside him.

Lorist touched his chin and pondered for a while, then shook his head: "Don't worry about the retreating troops of the Central Four Duchy, they don't have much left anyway. At present, the troops are resting and cleaning up the battlefield, our family forces have suffered a lot of casualties this time, and it will take time to recover their combat strength, and the light cavalry of the faction's family forces has passed, I am worried that they will lose their guard and fall into the trap set by the enemy, so it is better not to make trouble. ”

After circling the tent twice, Lorist asked, "Is there any change in the battalion of the Fisabrun family's armed forces other than the absence of the banner of the Four Central Duchyes?"

El replied: "No, the scout hussars report that the Fisabrun clan forces are forcing the brute cavalry to dig trenches and deploy new defenses in the large camp, but our men cannot go around behind the enemy's large camp, and the border rangers are very well guarded in this regard. ”

"It seems that even if the Four Central Duchyes run away, that old guy from Fisabrun still decides to fight with us!" Lorist chuckled: "Next, we can pick up the original strategy plan for the Southern Province again, and when the troops are rested, we will go and smash the turtle shell of the Fisabrun family." The expulsion of the Fisabrun forces from the southern province would complete the first step of the plan, and the next major battle should be gone. When we have built the southern province into an impregnable wall as planned, the Fisabruns will be imprisoned by us in the savannah. I'd love to see when that old guy bows to me......"

In this battle, the reserve regiment of the Fisabrun family was gone, the Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment was disabled, and the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment was also limited, and it was already dissatisfied with the formation of less than 30,000 people. In addition, the remaining troops of the four central principalities have also fled, and the advantage of strength has shifted to Lorist's side.

As long as the Fisabrun family is driven to the northeast prairie, and the southern provinces fall into the hands of the four alliances of the northlands, cutting off the trade routes to the four central principalities, then the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce monopolizes the trade of goods and materials in the territory of the Fisabrun family, and the Fisabrun family can play to death. No matter how much gold the Fisabrun family mined from the Great and Small Jinchuan regions, it was only a wedding dress for the four Northland Alliances in the end.

However, Lorist had to wait patiently for a while, and the war was over, and there were many things to do. The 80,000 elite infantry of the four central principalities suffered more than 30,000 casualties in this battle, and more than 30,000 were captured, adding up to nearly 70,000. Therefore, Lorist didn't care about the escape of the remaining troops of the four central principalities, and the remnants of the army were defeated, and that little strength was not in his eyes.

In addition to the infantry captives of the four central principalities, more than 8,000 barbarian cavalry were captured, and Lorist gave them all to Count Philim and threw them into the iron pit to mine. As for the more than 30,000 prisoners of infantry and more than 10,000 prisoners of the wounded, Lorist handed them over to Baron Camorra, and these sturdy soldiers were good laborers, and the road from Winston to the Southern Province could be repaired. As for the wounded prisoners, they were also treated, but they also had to serve three years of hard labor before they could be freed......

On July 28, 1778, the Third Southern Province Offensive and Defensive War began. It's just that this time the main attack became that the families of the four alliances in the Northland were armed with 70,000 horses, while the defense was defended by the Fisabrun family's armed nearly 50,000 horses and more than 40,000 grass barbarian cavalry. Although the defensive forces commanded by the Grand Duke of Fisabrun exceeded the attacking side of Lorlist, the initiative on the battlefield was in the hands of Lorist at the beginning of the war, and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun was always passively beaten.

Lorist snorted proudly: "I have time, everything can be done slowly......"

It may be that Lorist hummed too badly, and Schward, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand the noise and had to cover his ears. It's just that the guards around him didn't pay attention to Schward's actions, and now everyone looked up and watched a large large stone in the sky fall on the defensive position of the Fisabrun family's armed forces like rain, making a dull crashing sound and raising a large cloud of dust.

The Thunderbolt Battalion, under the command of Ovikis, smashed all obstacles that stood in the way, while the Rock Legionnaires led by Bodfinger and the heavily armored regiments led by Suremes of the Kenmas family pushed the captured trench wagons and erected wooden bridges made of logs over the trenches. As for the counterattack of the Fisabrun family's armed forces, no joke, there is also the chariot steel crossbow corps commanded by Malek staring at the back, and all the Fisabrun family soldiers who counterattacked were either smashed by boulders or shot by chariot steel crossbows......

Lorist didn't mind spending a few more days smashing the camp and defensive positions set up by the Grand Duke of Fisabrun to the ground, but the Grand Duke of Fisabrun didn't want to play anymore, and on the night of the third day, he withdrew his troops, and the next morning Lorist found that the old guy had run away and was about to order someone to chase him, and the last few knights left in the camp by the Fisabrun family set the camp on fire, and the fire blocked the way of the armed pursuit of the four alliances in the Northland, until the fire was extinguished three days later, but the camp was already a piece of ashes.

"Old fellow, you can't run. Lorist said hatefully.

...... (To be continued.) )