Chapter 160: Heigang's Stratagem (2)
As soon as the two legion commanders stepped out of the tent, they noticed that the soldiers around them were looking at the two of them, and their brows couldn't help but wrinkle.
Some of the soldiers were still whispering, not knowing what they were saying.
"You, come here!", one of the legion commanders said, pointing to one of the guards next to him.
The guards trotted over to the corps commander and saluted, "General".
"What are they talking about?", the Legion Commander asked, looking at the crowd in the distance.
The guard hesitated, a little panicked, as if he didn't dare to speak. Seeing this, the legion commander snorted coldly, "What, what I said doesn't work?"
"No, no, no, general, it's rumored in the barracks that our supply lines have been cut off," the guard whispered, frightened.
The two legions glanced at each other, and one of them said, "All right, you go down."
The guards retreated, and both legion commanders understood in their hearts what was going on. There are spies of the Heigang Principality in the military camp, and it is obvious that the Heigang Principality wants to use offensive tactics to break down the psychological defense line of its own side and greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of its own side.
Nodding to each other, the two corps commanders knew that it was imperative to withdraw at this time. The first is to avoid being made dumplings, and the other is to stabilize the morale of the army and reassure the soldiers.
Use the withdrawal to tell the soldiers that even if the supply line is broken, we will have to withdraw anyway, and it doesn't matter if it is broken.
It only takes three hours to return from the borders of the Duchy of Heigang to the territory of the Duchy of Elt. Three hours without eating, and nothing.
What's more, the two corps commanders will not declare to the public that the supply line may have been cut off. The soldiers at the bottom can only guess and can't be sure, so the impact on the morale of the army will not be too great.
"Heralds, heralds, military orders, orders for our troops to withdraw to the Duchy of Elt", one of the regimental commanders shouted. Under the guise of the military headquarters of the Duchy of Elt, the commander ordered the army to retreat. Let the Elt soldiers know that this is not me leaving, it is an order from the military headquarters.
In this way, the news that the supply line has been cut off will be less credible, and it can also hide the real purpose of this retreat.
As soon as the order was given, the entire barracks came alive.
Soon, the 400,000-strong army gathered outside the barracks, and the two corps commanders walked to the front of the army, and one of the corps commanders stepped forward and said: "The military headquarters has ordered to retreat to the Duchy of Elt, so as not to be surrounded by enemy troops, so that they will be isolated and have an accident."
As soon as the commander's voice fell, everyone began to whisper, the main content of which was that the military department cared about them, thought about them, and said something like gratitude.
Seeing this scene, both legion commanders smiled, and the other legion shouted, "Great army, pull out!".
Elt's army was about to leave the camp when the ground suddenly 'boomed' and even trembled.
The faces of the two legion commanders changed, and things were already going in the worst direction. Supply lines were cut off, and news spread throughout the barracks. The last thing the two legion commanders want to see is that this is a conspiracy of the Heigang Principality.
However, now it seems that he and others have been calculated.
One of the legion commanders jumped up, stood on a high pole in the camp, looked at the black lines on the ground in the distance, and shouted: "Array, meet the enemy!"
The rioting army stopped the confusion and, under the command of another corps commander, quickly formed a formation to meet the approaching enemy.
The army, which seemed to be far apart, arrived in a blink of an eye, without any stop, and the three legions of the Heigang Principality that rushed from a distance directly turned into a torrent and crashed into the array composed of 400,000 troops of the Elt Principality.
The cavalry of the Principality of Heigang directly tore a hole in the defensive formation of the Principality of Elt, rushed into the hinterland of the army of the Principality of Elt, and wantonly slashed ordinary soldiers.
Cavalry is a sharp sword, a sharp weapon on the battlefield, with huge lethality, especially in flat terrain, it is a big killing weapon.
Tens of thousands of cavalry, forming a phalanx, charged and killed in the camp of the Duchy of Elt.
The formation was torn apart, and the two armies soon fought together, and the powerful power of the stars raged on the battlefield, taking away lives one by one.
This is not only a collision of weapons, but also a collision of flesh and blood.
Millions of soldiers scuffled together was a spectacular sight. The two legions of the Duchy of Elt, whether they were men or generals at the rank of commander of the legions, all joined the battle.
On the other hand, on the Heigang side, only a small number of high-ranking members of the army participated in the war.
When a legion commander of the Duchy of Elt saw those cavalry, his heart sank. Cavalry, which only regular legions have, depending on the composition of the opposing team's members, there is at least one ordinary legion, and there are two or so temporary legions.
In the absence of preparation, the two legions on their own side have little chance of winning when they fight each other. Moreover, this is on the territory of the other party, and if it is entangled by the other party, it is likely that the whole army will be wiped out.
Forcing back the two sixth-level swordsmen beside him, Curry said to his friend Nan Hu, who was also the commander of the legion: "Nan Hu, go quickly, my palace, if you don't leave, no one will be able to leave, take care of my family."
Hearing this, the commander of the Nanhu Legion who was fighting on the side, killed the Heigang soldier in front of him, looked at Curry, and was about to speak, but when he saw Curry's determined eyes, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
"I, Nanhu, swear by my faith that if I don't die, I will treat my brother, Curry's family, well, as long as I am here, no one can bully them", Nanhu raised the long sword in his hand and said solemnly.
When Curry heard this, he showed a hint of relief and a hint of determination. Raising his head and looking around, Curry shouted loudly: "Duchy of Elt, 18th Army, battle!17th Army, retreat".
Glancing at Curry, Nanhu spoke: "Seventeenth Legion, retreat." Duchy of Elt, 17th Army Corps, the commander of which was General Nanhu; The Eighteenth Army Corps, the commander of which was the General Kuri.
Hearing this, these Elt soldiers who had received regular military training, the Elt soldiers of the Seventeenth Legion quickly left the battlefield, and the Elt soldiers of the Eighteenth Legion were resisting the enemy's attack.
Curry looked at the Seventeenth Legion that left the battlefield and began to leave the battlefield, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as the commander of the Legion, some people may feel that it is very beautiful and majestic. However, these things come at a cost.
Now, on this battlefield, anyone can retreat, but he, the commander of the legion, cannot retreat. As the commander of the legion, he is the leader of a legion and the spiritual pillar of a legion.
If they all run away, the spiritual sustenance of this legion will also collapse, and the entire legion will perish in an instant.
In less than half an hour of contact between the two armies, nearly 100,000 corpses were left behind.
The Eighteenth Army of the Principality of Elt, when it was evacuated, lost more than 30,000 troops, and most of them were wounded, and the entire legion can be described as a broken shin.
On the side of the Heigang Principality, the commander of the legion who led the frontal attack saw that the other party was about to flee, so he divided a legion to pursue, but was blocked by the eighteenth legion that remained to block.
By the time the pursuing Heigang Legion left the battlefield, the Seventeenth Legion had already run some distance and it was difficult to catch up. However, the pursuing Heigang Legion still held on, chasing far behind, with a great spirit of not abandoning or giving up.
To the west of the border line, in the territory of the Principality of Heigang.
Feng Qiankuo led a temporary legion to ambush here, waiting for the enemy army who might escape. After calculating the time, the wind was wide enough to cheer up the Heigang soldiers.
Depending on the time, the fleeing Elt soldiers will flee here during this time. If it hasn't arrived after a while, then there is a high probability that the legions of the two Elt principalities have been wiped out, and there is no need for Feng Qiankuo to make a move.