On August 26, 348 A.D., the Third Battle of Parelo began its main text. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Frick Mercedes' 23rd Division, which had all of the 23rd Division, and the 22nd Division's Coran, and the 21st Division's Couna, totaling 11,300 men, had a small number of men in a small village 65 fats east of Parello. His opponent, Baron Férran Damoa Duville, led two wings of his Third Army, 9 and 12, with a total strength of 19,600 men, and then rushed to the battlefield set by the opposing side.

The Mastars were disadvantaged, and in the early confrontation of two days and one night, not only did they suffer one and a half times as many casualties as their opponents, but they lost a centurion of the Phalanx in vain this morning. Moreover, the three brigades that were the vanguard became hostages in the hands of the other party. If these three brigades dared to act rashly in their original positions, they would inevitably be ruthlessly annihilated by the other side. Therefore, the Mastarians had to obediently stay where they were, waiting for the help of friendly forces.

At about 10 a.m., two wings of the 3rd Mastar Corps entered the battlefield.

In just two or three hours, the Fallons had dug a trench around the village that was 2 fatz wide and 1 fatz deep (1 fatz is 1.5 meters) deep, and had erected a simple fence.

When Deville saw the situation in front of him, he couldn't help but laugh. If you attack the other side, it is estimated that it will not be solved today; If you retreat like this, not to mention how you will be ridiculed in the future, even the Pharians in front of you may not be willing to let themselves run away easily. Of course, the Baron himself could not have willingly disengaged with the French army in such a disgraced manner.

"Let the soldiers have breakfast, and then we attack." The baron finally gave such an order.

It was about noon, and after both sides had eaten and drunk enough, they began to prepare for the next fight.

The Mastars beat the drums of war on their side, and they were the first to attack as a matter of course. The front of the battlefield wasn't very spacious, but it was still enough for the Mastars to attack with four large groups at a time. Relying on their numerical superiority, they are ready to completely overwhelm their opponents in long-range firepower. Mastar's archers poured fire on the Pharians' positions with a volley every 5 seconds. The Pharisees seemed to be pinned down, and they barely fought back.

Three minutes later, the first wave of the Mastars had reached the Phalansi trench, and the soldiers with sand on their backs jumped out from under the cover of the phalanx to fill the artificial barrier. However, the other party will not let them succeed easily.

The Falencian officers shouted for orders, and the Mastarians were astonished to find the archers of the Falencian army rapidly rising from the ground at close range. At almost zero distance, a flat shot was fired at them with a short bow. The speed at which the short bow fires is very fast. In a very short time, the Farencian army completed two rounds of firing in three columns. The Mastars suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and the soldiers in charge of filling the pit had no armor in the first place, not to mention being fired intensively at a distance of only 2~5 faz. Many fell into the trenches with men and earth, but their comrades were helpless.

The first-line commanders of the Mastar Army were unable to respond to the current situation for a while, and they could only carry out a strong attack. As long as the trenches were filled, the phalanx army would be able to reach the opponent, so that the enemy could be struck at . On the one hand, the Mastars continued to carry earth to the front; On the other hand, there were sections where officers organized soldiers to jump over the trenches. But these two actions did not improve the situation, but only paid a greater toll in vain. In the rear, the archers were so close that they could not guarantee that they would be able to effectively suppress the enemy and avoid injuring their comrades by mistake.

If such casualties continue, the morale of the attacking side will quickly collapse, which Baron Deville does not want. So, in desperation, he gave the order for the attacking troops to retreat.

Seeing the other side retreating, the morale of the Pharians in the position was immediately high, and some of them even got carried away and jumped over the trench to give the other side a victory in pursuit. As a result, of course, it was the lances of the phalanx waiting there to pierce him in half.

Mercedes was pleased that his well-orchestrated tactics had succeeded, but he also knew that such a small victory alone would not be able to completely defeat the opponent in front of him. Taking advantage of the pause in the enemy's offensive, the Pharisees immediately began to consolidate their fortifications, digging the trenches that had already been filled in a small part of them wider and deeper. The Mastars tried to dissuade them from doing so with their bows and arrows, but even in the Age of Hot Weapons, it was not easy to kill a soldier hiding in a trench with 100 fats. Therefore, the Falencians easily continued to dig deep trenches under the cover of some shield bearers, and by the way scavenged some booty from the corpses of the enemy soldiers lying in the trenches.

Deville had lost about half of his brigade in the attack just now, and the opponent could be said to be unscathed, which made him very annoyed. However, the Baron was not incompetent, and during this time, he quickly conceived a plan in his mind to break through the opponent's defenses.

Half an hour later, Mercedes received news that the Mastar had resumed their attack. This time, Deville continued to suppress his own side with superior long-range firepower, and focused on striking at the forward line of the French army. However, this was also expected by Mercedes, who ordered his archers to retreat 10 fatz to conceal.

However, just as the Pharians were about to go up and attack the enemy, as they had done before. Arrows were also fired from behind the shields of the Mastar phalanx, and all of a sudden, the Pharensi, who were caught off guard, suffered a large number of casualties. However, this did not allow them to be left in a state of confusion, and the officers quickly stabilized the situation, relying on their shields and fences, and engaged in a stubborn exchange of fire with the Mastar. Mercedes' order soon arrived, if the opponent's archers could shoot at all, if the opponent wanted to come out to fill the earth, then he must be dealt a resolute blow.

The Falencians performed well on this, and for the enemy archers' shots, if not particularly effective, then they could be ignored for the time being. Those who thought they were holding down the Pharisees, and rushed out to fill the earth, they were to shoot resolutely, regardless of the cost. And in this way, although it seems that the Mastar army has the upper hand, in reality it has evolved into a war of attrition in a sense.

Just when Mercedes thought that the other party had exhausted his donkey skills, the dragon knight of his own side who swept over his head gave a warning.

"Captain Curran, attack!" Without the slightest hesitation, Mercedes gave the order to the hussar commander.

Joan, who had been waiting in this formation, also saw the dragon knight's warning, and he naturally understood what to do. Hussars were not needed for the defensive front, but they were still ready to join the fray at any time. Therefore, after receiving the order, the hussars quickly followed their commander and galloped away after the dragon knight who led the way.

When Joan and his squadron arrived at the designated position, they happened to encounter the Mastars who had just been touched out of the woods. 200 Mastar heavy lancers and 300 hussars, to be exact. Due to the need to cross the forest, it was clear that the Mastar Lancers would not be able to maintain a complete formation all the time, so they appeared in a scattered formation in front of the Pharians. The situation in front of them is like that of a thief caught red-handed in the process of stealing. However, it was impossible for the Pharians to take care of their mood at this time, and Joan led his men to rush forward without saying a word.

It is well known that the heavily armored units of Mastar can only exert their maximum combat effectiveness if they form a tight formation. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the other side is in a disadvantageous situation to launch a surprise attack is a reflexive approach for the Falensis.

Most of the knights of Mastar wisely abandoned their knights' spears and drew their swords or weapons such as meteor hammers and axes for foot combat. And those inexperienced knights were all put down by the Farensi almost immediately.

The cavalry on both sides had lost their mobility, and men and horses were mixed to fight. In this case, it doesn't mean that riding is something that doesn't matter. On the contrary, whoever is more skillful in controlling the horses to move flexibly in a small area will have an advantage. Of course, only a few people have mastered this kind of superb technology. It is said that the reason why the cavalry of Nacibis was able to defeat the cavalry of Mastar and Pharynsi many times was because they had a significant advantage in this area. Joan, on the other hand, seems to have carried on this fine tradition, and his mount moves as if it were a minuet in place, in line with its master's attacks and dodges. In this way, Joan and his mount danced a pleasing "dressage" to the eyes of others, leading their team to eat away at their opponents step by step.

However, although the light cavalry of Mastar was no match for the Falensis, the heavily armored knights, relying on their equipment, still fought stubbornly. The sabers of the hussars had only a small chance of hitting the smallest gaps in their armor, and it was easy for their weapons to get caught in the gaps in their armor. The Mastar knights took the opportunity to kill and wound a number of enemies, but their light cavalry losses were too great, so their best case scenario was to be able to retreat at a cost.

However, after confirming that there was a Mastar attack force in this direction, Mercedes quickly sent in reinforcements, a squadron of heavy infantry with large armor-piercing axes and hammers. The appearance of anti-heavy cavalry weapons quickly turned the tide of the battle to a one-sided situation. If Mastar didn't want to be wiped out, he had almost no choice but to escape. The Falensis then pursued into the woods, but fortunately the Mastar response had arrived, otherwise the price paid by the Mastarians would have been unimaginable.

Baron Deville noticed the threat of the opposing dragon knights to his side, and even though the forest was used as a cover, the attack just now was still discovered by the opposing dragon knights. If this situation is allowed to continue, there is no doubt that the attacking side will be in a very passive position. In the current situation, it is estimated that the main forces of both sides will have to show up soon. Then just give this hot potato away. Baron Duville summoned the herald over after doing so.

On the afternoon of 26 August, the top commanders of both sides had received the news, and in the face of such a situation, the initial speculation of the two sides was almost the same: one of our sides was bitten by the other side's decoy troops, and if we did not go to the rescue, I am afraid that the other side would come to a complete encirclement and annihilation. So the next question is, where is the main force of the other side now?

"Leave this problem to me." Cizer said this to Leon, and then left where the commander had gathered.

On the afternoon of August 26, the dragon knights on both sides discovered that the opposing forces had begun to build, which became necessary evidence to corroborate the previous inferences of their respective commands. In order to cover the build-up of their own side and break the cover of the other side, the dragon knights of the two countries engaged in a desperate struggle in the airspace near Parello.

Unlike the sporadic aerial battles between the two sides for a week, on August 27 and 28, there were two consecutive days of large-scale battles in which more than 100 Wyverns were concentrated in the same airspace. The dragon knights on both sides did not give in to each other, and engaged in a battle that was no less intense than that on the ground. In the past two days, although the Mastar side had suffered slightly more losses than the Falencian army, they succeeded in constructing an air exclusion zone with a radius of 20 fathom around the small village where the two sides were fighting, with the cooperation of the archery guerrillas.

And, unusually unfavorable for the Fallensi army, the main forces of the Mastar army had already outflanked from the southwest. In this direction, the only blocking force available to the Farency side was three regiments, which were currently assembled under the command of General Speighter of the 3rd Division. After understanding the current situation, Spease began to organize on-the-spot interdiction work. However, with the size of at least six full wings on the other side, he also knew that his job was only to stall for time there.

Similarly, the main forces of the Fallensi army, which was due north of the village, were rushing to the battlefield. And in front of them, there were also Mastar's blocking troops in a position, and unlike the shabby blocking and plastic surgery of the Falensians, the Mastarians put 15,000 men led by two phalanx army brigades here.

In the early morning of 29 August, the main part of the Mastar army led by Leon finally touched the opposing line. Spart chose a three-way crossing as his position. The roads were blocked by trees, stones, and other obstacles, and the Falencians leaned on a hill on their left hand, on the east side, and on their right hand side on a relatively low hill.

The battle soon began, but it was clear that the Mastar side had an overwhelming advantage. Speight's strength was already at an absolute disadvantage, and what was even worse was that he lacked archers, with only 1 squadron of archers out of 6,000 men. After completely overpowering the archers, the Mastarians slaughtered the rudimentary barricade defensive positions of the Pharians. In their opinion, it could not have been easier to get over this "wall", which was not even 1 fatz high. The Mastars also had the advantage that they originally planned to attack the city, so all the siege weapons were readily available. Thus, relying on the carts and catapults, they easily opened several gaps in the fortifications of Falencia.

Seeing the other party rushing into his position, Spart could only feel helpless, he didn't think in advance that the other party still had the problem of carrying siege weapons.

"It's a lot earlier than originally estimated, herald, let's start the plan."

Just as the Mastars were excited to break through the other party's fortifications, the backhand that Farensi had been forced to use in advance arrived. The logs, sawn into small pieces, were poured with liquor and set on fire, before being pushed down the hillside and smashed into the ranks of the Mastars. Separated the men and horses who had already stormed the Fallensi positions from the follow-up troops.

"Cut, the Falencians will also use some carving insect skills." Leon bit his lip when he saw this later.

He quickly stabilized the abrupt army, and then Leon noticed the low hills on the attacker's left hand and the defender's right.

"Go around from the left!" Leon gave such an order, of course, he did not fail to consider that the other party might have a countermeasure. Therefore, he reminded the troops who made the flanking movement to be cautious. Leon needed to buy time, even if he had nearly twice as many troops at his disposal than Spease had at his disposal. But that doesn't mean he can let the troops of the 8 wings wander around here.

Spart had set up a number of traps in the woods on the west side, as well as some delayed troops.

Leon estimated this, and before letting the soldiers into the woods, he organized his own catapults to project gravel into the three depths of the woods: 10 fatz, 30 fatz, and 60 fatz. It was a pretty sensible thing to do, and Spart could only smile wryly as most of the traps he had set up were triggered and exposed by the rubble. Afterwards, Mastar burst into the woods on the west side and drove all the Farensi.

While the Mastars extinguished the flames that stood in their way on the front, their flank assault force also fought their way out of the woods, and the Phalensian held positions were flanked from both sides. Although the Falencians put up a valiant and stubborn resistance, they had the upper hand on every front.

The Mastars did not want to spend too much time here, so Leon ordered the troops on the front line to intensify their attacks on the enemy, while leading the troops in the rear to quickly pass through the edge of the battlefield.

Spease saw that the battle had come to this point, and he knew that his mission had been accomplished. His three regiments fought very bravely, and the next thing to do was to save as many lives as possible. The 500 archers who had been hidden by him on the slopes of the mountains played a key role at this time. Spett instructed the commander of the archer squadron to follow his signals, and at the same time led his own personal guard to take over the operational chain of command, which was on the verge of collapse.

When the general reached the front line, he learned that two of the three regimental officers had been killed, and the only one left was also wounded. This was a tradition of the Farencian Army, and the officers were proud of it. Two of the lieutenants who took over the command of the regiment commander were also killed, and the rest were all wounded. Spart personally ran on the front line, allowing the guards to convey his orders, so that the grassroots personnel could build up the confidence to continue fighting when they saw him fighting in person.

Subsequently, after an excellent three volleys from the squadron of archers, the Fallensi army managed to disengage from the enemy. Although there were some accidental injuries and reluctance to give up in this process, the entire unit was basically completely withdrawn into the mountains and forests. Of course, the lack of willingness on the part of the Mastar side to take the initiative to pursue is also a key.

In this battle, the three regiments of the French army lost more than half of the battle that lasted only half a day, and the original team of more than 6,000 people is now only more than 2,400 people left. Leon Fieldes' forwards were only 19 fats away from Baron Duville's troops.