CHAPTER XVI

On May 8, 177 A.D., after being besieged in the Solang Valley for exactly two months, Camp and his remaining 20,000 infantry and 13,000 cavalry finally broke through and advanced to the western city of Hyde. In front of them were 22,000 infantrymen led by King Fabre himself, and more than 13,000 royal cavalry led by Dakar more than ten miles away. The reason why Camp chose such a formation was to prevent possible surprise attacks by Yankel along the way. Once the infantry in front is surrounded by the enemy, the cavalry from ten miles away can rush to support in a very short time, even if the opponent has more soldiers than himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to annihilate the main force of the Fabre army. In case of carelessness, Yankel may also capsize in the gutter and be defeated by the tactics of Campuri should be combined and flanked back and forth.

One day. In two days, Kamp's army advanced eastward for about a hundred miles, and it was only a day's journey from Hyde City, but there was not a single ambush soldier of the Newman army.

Could it be that Yankel has given up, or has he already returned to China, or has Yankel already occupied the city of Hyde, blocked his eastward route, and is ready to fight an offensive and defensive battle with him under the city of Hyde.

Just as Camp was puzzled, standing on the high ground beside the road and looking into the distance, a cloud of dust about a few miles wide appeared on the left hand side of the road, advancing at a very fast speed towards the area where Fabre's army was located.

"It's cavalry!"

Before Camp could give any instructions, the personal guard beside him exclaimed.

Yankel still couldn't wait, and finally made a move Judging from the smoke and dust brought up by the cavalry, this is definitely the main cavalry of the enemy army, and there are many of them.

"There is a Newman cavalry on the left, form a formation and prepare!"

The heralds rode fast horses from one end of the infantry regiment to the other, carrying the king's orders along the way, and with the cry of the heralds, all the Fabre soldiers turned to the left, the shield-bearers were the first to erect the shield wall, the archers were ready to attack, and the pikemen raised their spears, ready to pierce their spears at any time.

The figure of the Newman cavalry finally entered the sight of the Fabre army, and it is worthy of the cavalry brought out by the "first general", even the heavenly dragoon, which is known as the sky dragoon!

Camp sighed in his heart, and he really admired Yankel's method of governing the army.

"Ignition, signal!"

Under Camp's orders, several soldiers lit the smoke that transmitted signals on the battlefield, with the aim of informing the cavalry in Dakar.

Dakar, who was ten miles away, saw the wolf smoke rising into the sky in front of him, and immediately ordered the whole army to advance as fast as possible.

Wolfroot, the time has come to avenge you!

Dakar galloped forward with his men on his warhorse.

Newingman's cavalry finally stormed the position of Fabre's infantry. Since Fabre's army was still on the march a quarter of an hour earlier, the front was stretched too long, and the thickness of the formation was clearly insufficient. Prior to this, the Fabre army had never fought with the cavalry of the Newman army, and it could be said that they had no experience in blocking the cavalry. On the other hand, this 10,000-strong cavalry is Yankel's personal cavalry, which is the most warlike unit of the 40,000 cavalry used by Newingman, and in the battle with the Prussian Empire, this cavalry is called Yankel's "iron arm", which means that this cavalry is strong in combat and is an "iron arm" of Yankel against the enemy.

When they rushed forward about 500 paces in front of Fabre's formation, this "iron arm" split into two and attacked the weaker head and tail of Fabre's army. In the face of the enemy's superior cavalry, Fabre's originally weak position was suddenly torn apart, and the two cavalry basically killed from the front of Fabre's army to the rear of the formation without any resistance. Faced with this situation, the soldiers of the Fabre army turned around one after another, and the formation became even more chaotic for a while. The two cavalry teams converged behind the Fabre army and fought towards the middle of it, and now they were facing not shieldmen or archers, but ordinary Fabre infantry. Although the soldiers of the Fabre Kingdom showed a tenacious will to fight throughout the battle, they still did not stop the charge and assault of the Newingman cavalry, and countless Fabre soldiers fell under the hooves of the enemy.

Seeing that Fabre's cavalry corps was about to be torn apart and fell into the predicament of fighting on its own, the follow-up cavalry units in Dakar finally arrived on the battlefield. Although the cavalry of the Fabre army was inferior to its opponent in combat effectiveness compared to Yankel's "iron arm" cavalry, it gradually turned the situation around with its superior strength and infantry support. Newingman's cavalry was no longer as unbridled as at the beginning of the battle, and many of them were surrounded by Fabre's infantry, which was held back by Fabre's infantry, and the cavalry was responsible for the slaughter.

The commander of the Newingman Initial Cavalry was also experienced in combat, and when he saw that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately commanded the cavalry unit to break through. In the face of the sharp breakthrough of the "Iron Arm" cavalry, even if the Fabre infantry was desperately blocked, it was still difficult to stop the enemy cavalry, and finally the Newman cavalry left after dropping more than 1,000 corpses, and the casualties of the Fabre army were more than three times that of the enemy.

Ever since the death of Wolfroot, there has been a wave of anger in Dakar's heart, and today he met the army of Newingman, and the other party was a cavalry like himself, and he did not chase after him. Moreover, the direction of the enemy's escape was due east, and thirty miles away was the city of Hyde, and Yankel could not play any tricks.

Without Camper's permission, he led Fabre's main cavalry in pursuit. In fact, as the commander of the First Army, Camp could have stopped the pursuit of the Dakar, but his thoughts were similar to those of the Dakar. Even if Hyde City really falls into the hands of the Newman army, Dakar will understand everything when he chases down the city, and it won't be a big deal.

However, the situation on the battlefield is always unexpected, and any rash action can lead to defeat without a full grasp of the opposing side.

The cavalry of Dakar pursued for twenty miles before realizing that the situation had changed. Unconsciously, they deviated from their original direction due east, and Dakar seemed to sense something, and ordered the troops to stop the pursuit, and the front team turned into the rear team, and the rear team turned into the front team.

Just as Dakar turned his horse's head, numerous Newingman infantry appeared behind him, cutting off their retreat, and the cavalry that had fled all the way turned back and killed. At this point, Dakar understood that he had fallen for Yankel's scheme.

Without waiting for Dakar to learn more about the situation, Newingman's army attacked his cavalry units. Dakar, who was in the middle of the battle, did not know that now his more than 10,000 cavalry would face four times his own strength.

Yankel was determined to destroy this cavalry force, and did not hesitate to use all the forces at his disposal. He expected that camp would not continue to advance towards Hyde City until he got the news of the Dakar cavalry, as long as he annihilated this cavalry as soon as possible, and then killed the horse pistol himself, and took advantage of the situation to eliminate camp's infantry corps.

Because Yankel had previously given the order to die, the Newman army showed super combat effectiveness in this battle, especially the "Iron Arm Cavalry" in his hands, and Dakar really saw its power without the infantry.

Only half an hour had passed since the battle, and nearly half of Fabre's cavalry had fallen to the ground forever. The encirclement and annihilation tactics of the combination of infantry and cavalry were definitely not something that the cavalry under the Dakar could handle, and the battle was completely one-sided.

After a rain of arrows, the cavalry around Dakar fell in large numbers, and only four or five hundred horsemen remained beside him. In desperation, Dakar ordered the entire army to break out, even though he knew that the breakthrough would further disrupt the already chaotic cavalry ranks. But in this case, Dakar could only hope that some Fabre cavalry would break out of the encirclement and inform Camp so that he could prepare early. As for the rest, he no longer had any illusions.

On May 10, 177 years of the imperial calendar, Dakar, one of the "Fabre Tigers", died on the battlefield after Wovogen, and more than 10,000 cavalry led by him did not survive, all of them were martyred, and the once famous Fabre "Big Three" was left only after this battle, "Mad Lion" Camp Orlando remained.