When they reached the Fastmarsh, they saw from afar that several light cavalry had dismounted and were pulling out of the swamp the horse of the reckless fellow who had almost followed him into the marsh. Some light cavalry formed a circle around them, guarding against the northerners, which was very cautious, for by this time the fog on the marsh had almost dispersed, and the view was good—there was no sign of anyone in the swamp anywhere.

"Did they all sink into the swamp?" Jenny was surprised, she looked ahead, the big fast marsh was different from the swamp she had seen before, this swamp was full of black mud, one by one gurgling out of the black mud, it did not have the usual green illusion of the swamp, Jenny could only faintly see a few green islands on her horse, and fortunately the hussars did not fall into the swamp in the pursuit-of course, it was more likely that the northerners had abandoned their horses here and made them more vigilant, Otherwise, the light cavalry is likely to be wiped out here.

Jason's brows furrowed, he was still worried about the legend of the swamp banshee, and it was the other thing to think that the light cavalry had almost wiped out, "Hey, fortunately, they saw the opportunity in time!" "It is true that the high mobility of the light cavalry is based on the open wilderness, and in a situation such as a swamp, not only is there no mobility at all, but there is also a risk of being counter-attacked by the opposing side.

"One, two, three!" With the help of the newly recruited infantrymen, the hapless horse finally freed itself from the mud, and as soon as it stood up, it wagged its tail and mane violently, and shook off its saviors all over the mud. Caused a burst of laughter and scolding, "Oops! Ah! ”

One of them was particularly loud. For the horse had brought a sheep's skull out of the swamp, which seemed to be a relic of some unfortunate little lamb who had coveted the greenery of the marsh. The sheep's head landed at the feet of a man, and he took a big step back.

Luo Yi rode her horse to the side of the swamp, dismounted and squatted, carefully observing the swamp, and after a while, she asked Jason, "Do you think they are all trapped?" ”

"I hope so," Jason snorted, "but I've always felt like it's not that simple. Their leader didn't look stupid - it took so much effort to run around that it wasn't enough to deliver food to the banshee. ”

"Indeed, their head is not stupid." Luo Yi said, "Jenny, lend me the shield." ”

Subsequently, she demonstrated to the people what she guessed as the way to get out of the northerners, lying on a shield, as if lying on a boat, and then. Waving hands and feet, like people rowing with their hands in a lake in a park, they made their way through the swamp. The shield sank into the swamp partially, but she didn't.

"Ahh Not bad! Exactly! "I saw Luo Yi's personal demonstration. Jason high-fived angrily, "These cunning northerners! I actually came up with such a ghostly idea! They must have made a deal with the devil, otherwise how would they know? No. I don't mean you, ma'am. ”

"Shall we catch up like this?" Jenny asked. "They've been running for a long time, and if they don't catch up, I'm afraid it'll be too late."

"Nope." Jason sighed, "We're not as trained in rowing as they are, and we're not as fast as they are, and besides, what about our cavalry and baggage wagons?" Hey, these cunning guys have caught a big hole! ”

The true light and heavy cavalry possessed by the Tournestians could have been a decisive force on the battlefield, and when used properly, they could have beaten an enemy ten times as numerous as them without the power to fight back, but, obviously, it was impossible to let them carry their horses across this swamp, and if their horses were discarded, the mobility advantage of these cavalry would have been lost, and they were not much better than ordinary infantry. It was a terrible stupid idea to let these expensive cavalrymen abandon their horses and dismount after the enemy.

In passing through the Fastmarshes, it was the half-mounted cavalry infantry of the northerners who had the upper hand, and their horses were already snatched, and they did not feel sorry to discard them—at least, they did not suffer a great loss in abandoning them compared to real cavalry—because they were infantry in the first place, so they regained their former strong advantage in this terrain where cavalry was not allowed to pass through guò.

Without the support of light and heavy cavalry and baggage wagons, the remaining infantry would not have a particularly big advantage in facing the enemy in the swamp, and Jason firmly opposed the idea of entering the swamp to chase the enemy: "First of all, we can't catch up with them, and secondly, even if we do, we can't trap them lightly like we can with light cavalry, although our weapons may be better than theirs, but their leader is not stupid, and he will not 'arm to arm' with us." ”

On the battlefield, without the cooperation of mobile cavalry, without suitable terrain, and if the opponent's leader does not draw his brain, it is not easy to fight.

He exhaled, "But although we didn't catch up with them, we didn't lose anything. ”

The northerners had abandoned all the horses they had taken along the way, and the light cavalry were present, and they soon gathered the horses together, and from the books, these horses and other heavy goods that had been collected by the northerners were enough for their military expenses for this expedition, "The harvest of these northerners is really rich, no wonder they are always thinking about Neustria." "It was not only Jason, but Jenny and many others in the room.

"So we must expel them!" "The damage they have done to Neustria is more than ten times the value of the property they have plundered!" ”

She did not say this nonsense, for the northerners had taken away a cow, which was no more than a few days' military rations for them, and the fields of Neustria were deprived of a ploughing animal; The northerners took a horse captive, and along the way they fodded for the seedlings in the fields and the grain stored in the storehouses, and their mounts were eaten in a few bites

a loaf of bread in autumn; They used their catch to increase their mobility in this way, at a cost that was almost negligible to them, but a heavy loss to Neustria.

Sun Tzu said, "Eat the enemy for one minute, and be me for twenty minutes." "Encouraging the use of food for the enemy, on the one hand, can reduce the loss of grain transportation, and on the other hand, the consumption of grain in enemy-occupied areas can cause losses to the enemy.

"Yes," Jenny nodded in agreement, empathizing as a farmer's daughter who had seen the devastation brought by the northerners along the way, "but where have they gone now?" ”

"Good question." Jason said dryly, the question giving him a headache. (To be continued......)