Chapter 274: A major setback

The situation took a turn for the worse the day after General Adolf, the commander of the Imperial Central Army, ordered the entire army to shrink its defensive line and the major armies were forbidden to attack privately. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Rose Legion, who had been beaten to the ground for nearly a month, suddenly took the initiative to charge from the front, and their morale was high.

Compared with the previous infantry corps charging alone, this time the cavalry and infantry cooperated tacitly, the infantry charged from the front, and the cavalry loitered on both wings.

This put a lot of pressure on the Imperial Legions, who had been winning battles for too long, and they were forced to give up their positions constantly under orders, and the situation was embarrassing.

However, the Rose Legion did not accept it when it saw good, but chased and fought like a cone of bones, making the Imperial Legion very painful and constantly defeated.

After the Rose Legion seized the position, in the face of the shrinking Imperial Legion, the young soldiers continued to provoke in front of the battle, and the noise shook the sky.

Two days ago, the Imperial Legion did strictly abide by the orders of the main general, General Adolf, and could not hold out no matter how much the Rose Legion scolded.

But on the third day, the commander of the Viper Legion, Aquiz, could not bear it anymore, and he led his army into battle despite the order.

In the early days, it was true that the Rose Legion had lost its armor, and he was so proud that he chased and fought hard to make these guys taste great.

"I really don't know what that old fool Adolf is afraid of, and we can't hold out with this level of opponent? ”

Aquez was so energetic that he easily broke through his enemies, which made his confidence so strong that he didn't notice what was going on around him.

"Captain, no, we seem to be chasing too deep, it looks a little too quiet around, let's retreat. ”

Aquiz's adjutant immediately told him to leave, and before they knew it, they were already far away from the Imperial army's camp, and they were alone.

"Isn't it a little too late to react now?, Lord Aquiz, we've been waiting for you here for a long time. ”

A young man rode out, and two armies fought out from both wings, completing the encirclement of the Viper Legion in an instant.

"Who are you? Damn, are you setting a trap to lure us into the bait? But you don't think you're going to defeat us, do you?"

Aquiz looked around and saw that there were at least six thousand soldiers surrounding him, three times as many as his command, and the situation was not in his favor.

"Legion Commander, this guy, with black hair and black eyes, isn't that the notorious Duke of the Far East?

The adjutant behind Aquiz exclaimed, the young man with black hair and black eyes was basically the label of the Duke of the Far East.

After all, only people from the Far Eastern Continent meet this characteristic, but there are very few people from the Eastern Continent.

Not to mention wearing aristocratic costumes and being with the soldiers of the Rose family, combined with these points, his identity is about to be revealed.

"It's notorious? Am I that famous? It's a little embarrassing. Lin Ye laughed at himself and teased a few words.

According to the information available to him, there were three officers who were most easily provoked to send troops, and Aquez was at the top of the list.

"Is this kid the Duke of the Far East who made General Adolf pay attention? It doesn't look as powerful as rumored, hmph, don't think that you can take us with this little force, the imperial army is invincible, see if I don't capture you alive and sacrifice it to General Adolf!"

Aquez snorted coldly, he had the honor and pride of being an Imperial soldier, and they had been too smooth since the beginning of the war.

This gave them the illusion that only their central legion was the most powerful, and that the rest of the troops were nothing more than a rabble.

What if it's three times as many as them? It's not easy to defeat them, it's not that difficult at all.

"Self-confidence is a good thing, but if you are too confident, it will make others feel very troubled, so let's go to war, let the brave southerners see how many catties and taels you soldiers who claim to be the elite of the empire, march!"

Lin Ye calmly gave the order, the Viper Legion was a cavalry legion, and heavy infantry immediately began to move over on all sides.

Dressed in thick armor, the soldiers moved constantly to oppress the space of the Viper Legion, while the flanks were filled with cavalry loitering.

Lin Ye's tactics were extremely simple, with the heavy infantry as the main force, and once the cavalry lost its buffer space and could not charge, the strength would be greatly reduced.

With twice as many heavy infantry against the Viper Legion, the Light Cavalry, the Rose Legion will have an absolute advantage.

Even if the Viper Legion tries to break through in an unfavorable situation, they will be hunted by the cavalry wandering on both wings, completely blocking their retreat.

"It's really self-defeating, our Imperial Central Army is not the same as your local troops, let's stare at the gap between us!"

Aquiz had no choice but to fight this heavy infantry hard, and dark clouds began to coalesce in the sky, and heavy rain began to pour down.

The sharp spear pierced the armor, and the blood flowed down the tip of the spear, mixing with the heavy rain, and the war horse roared, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

When Adolf learned that Aquiz had disobeyed orders and led his army into battle, it was already night, and he yelled at Aquiz.

"You bastard, didn't Lao Tzu give an order for you to hold on? Why do you go out to catch up, why do you go deep alone? This is really too bastard, it's not a pity for you to die, but the soldiers of a whole legion are buried for you, that's two thousand people!"

Adolf's face was extremely pale, many officers were silent, and Vlad, the leader of the Blood Bat Knights, knelt on the ground, his right hand was wounded.

"And you, Vlad, even if Aquiz himself wants to die, you still have to take the enemy lightly and fall into the trap again, plus your Blood Bat Knights lost more than half, in just one day, we lost the lives of three thousand elite soldiers, this is an out-and-out defeat!"

Adolf pointed at Vlad and roared as well, this was the first major defeat that the Imperial Army Center had suffered since its march south.

This had an impact on the morale of the entire Imperial Legion on top of the defeat on the first day.

"Forget it, Commander Aquiz has been killed in battle, Commander Vlad has also been wounded, even if one and a half legions are lost, the main force of our Imperial Central Army is still there, the old general doesn't need to be so angry, we still have the initiative in the war. As a second general, Karen stood up and gently persuaded him.

Despite the loss of 3,000 men, the Imperial Central Army still maintained the size of twenty-five integrated regiments.

In other words, they still have an army of up to 50,000 people, while on the side of the Rose family, there are only twelve legions, or 24,000 men.

They still have twice the advantage in numbers!