Garrison of the Imperial Cavalry of the Newingman Empire.

Ferdinand, Earl of the Newman Empire, who was only twenty-seven years old, was sitting in his tent and tasting his treasured wine.

With brown curly hair, a straight nose, dark brown eyes, and a light blue armor, this is the dream lover of many girls in the Newman Empire, the "Knight of Color" Ferdinand. In addition to his noble birth and handsome appearance, his military talent also made him very popular with Emperor Howard II of the Newman Empire. Ferdinand's first military talent was when he was nineteen years old when he became a staff officer in the Empire's Northern Frontier Army. In a battle with the Prussian Empire, when the main general was killed, he led a cavalry team of only 800 men to drag the Prussian Empire's 30,000 troops for two days and two nights, and finally returned safely from the enemy's encirclement, which won precious time for the victory of the Newman Empire. It was during these crucial two days and two nights that Yankel mobilized 60,000 troops to divide and surround the Prussian army of 30,000 and finally destroy the enemy. At the age of twenty-four, on the recommendation of Duke Yankel, a veteran of the military circles of the Newingman Empire, he became the commander-in-chief of the Empire's southern frontier troops.

Now, the kingdom's former military secretary died of illness a year ago, and his position has been vacant there, and the most promising successor is the commander of the Northern Front of the Empire, Duke Yankel. According to information from the Imperial capital of Wesley these days, after the end of this war against the Kingdom of Fabre, the Emperor will officially appoint his mentor, Duke Yankel, as the military secretary of the Empire.

Once the mentor becomes the military secretary of the empire, he will most likely be transferred to the northern front of the empire as the commander. Although in the positions of the Empire, the commanders of the Southern and Northern Fronts were of the same rank, their practical meaning was completely different. He is now the commander of the Southern Front, with 40,000 border guards, responsible for the border line with the Kingdom of Fabre. The commander of the Northern Front commanded a staggering 140,000 Imperial troops, responsible for the border with the Prussian Empire. Although he is now the commander of the Southern Front, there are still several veterans in the Newman military circles who are pressing on his head, and once he serves as the commander of the Northern Front of the Empire, it will make him the second person after the military secretary and on an equal footing with the commander of the Imperial Navy, which is not at all the same as his current status.

Remember what Duke Yankel said when he handed over the command of 30,000 cavalry to himself.

"As long as you can eliminate the reinforcements of the Fabre Kingdom, then in this battle against the Fabre Kingdom, you will be the first hero of the Empire, and at that time, I will have enough reason to recommend you as my successor in front of the Emperor. ”

At the thought that he might command more than 100,000 imperial troops, Ferdinand, as a soldier, couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart.

It's just that the facts of history will ruthlessly shatter his dreams, and it is not those timid Fabre bureaucrats who are fighting with him at this moment, but the "white-haired Shura".

"Report to the General, Fabre's army stationed at Awt began to advance towards Hyde last night. A sergeant ran into the tent and panted.

"Well, it's finally time for you to come out!" Ferdinand jumped up from his chair.

I thought that Fabre's reinforcements would rush to the front line to rescue the "mad lion" camp trapped in the Solang valley, but I didn't expect that these 20,000 infantry-based reinforcements would be stationed until now after arriving in the small city of Ewut, and there was no movement for three days, I don't know what the reason is.

However, as a young general who has been praised as the "flower of the empire", he will definitely not lack the sensitivity that he should have for war. After two days of Fabre's reinforcements stationed in Ewute, he guessed that the enemy was most likely scouting the situation, trying to find out if there were any ambushes on the road to Hyde.

After figuring out the situation, Deferdinand, who had wanted to hide the cavalry, abandoned his original plan because of an idea of his own. Now that he has learned the strength of the two sides, and the terrain is extremely favorable to him, he does not need to hide. If the opposing generals resolutely do not enter the army until they have a clear understanding of this area, then when will they have to wait. The reason why Duke Yankel assigned himself 30,000 cavalry, not 30,000 infantry, was to make a quick victory.

Thus, on the fourth day of Fabre's reinforcements in Evuet, Ferdinand divided his forces in two, with 5,000 men remaining on the northern front, and himself moving towards the southern front with 25,000 cavalry.

"The Fabre army chose the southern or northern front?"

"Northern Front!"

"Northern Front?" Ferdinand was slightly stunned, he couldn't figure out how the other party would choose the northern front as his own route of march when he knew that his cavalry was stationed on the northern front.

"Can you be sure that the enemy is on the northern front?" asked Ferdinand, who was full of doubts.

"Yes, the enemy is indeed marching on Hyde City from the Northern Front. ”

A day after leaving the camp on the northern front, news came from the scouts on the front that left Ferdinand puzzled.

It is absolutely impossible for the enemy to find out the real and false plans of our army, and it is not valid in time.

Questioning, Ferdinand made his first mistake by ordering the scouts to continue to investigate the Fabre army on the northern front, while the cavalry troops, which had been prepared to rush to the southern front, remained in place for a day. Ferdinand thought in his heart that if the enemy's main force attacked from the northern front, then his 25,000 cavalry could join up with the army stationed on the northern front in one day, and they would be stronger than their opponents in terms of strength, and they would definitely be able to defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop. If only one of the other side's decoys appeared on the northern front, then he would have enough time to lead his army to intercept the enemy's main force advancing from the southern front. In his mind's eye, Ferdinand imagined the Fabre army as a slow-moving infantry force, and never imagined that it would be a cavalry force that would advance day and night on the southern front.

But even so, Ferdinand still did not completely lose the initiative on the battlefield, his cavalry team was only a day's journey from the southern front, and at this moment, the cavalry team of 5,000 people led by Li Yuxuan and Teucer was also a day's journey from Ferdinand's scheduled interception site.

The next day, scouts from the front brought back accurate intelligence that the Fabre army that appeared on the northern front was only two thousand people and was not the main force of the Fabre army.

After learning the news, Ferdinand secretly rejoiced in his heart, it was already clear that the main force of Fabre's army would go to Hyde City through the southern front, and the victory was definitely his own. But just as Ferdinand was about to give the order to advance his entire army on the southern front, a strong and persistent storm suddenly descended on the plain. Although the storm would not stop the troops, the thought of the wet and uncomfortable feeling of marching in the storm made Ferdinand, a nobleman, feel uncomfortable. As a result, the cavalry troops of the Newingman Empire were delayed on this plain for another day, and this day finally decided the outcome of the war.

In this stormy world, 25,000 Newingman cavalry were warming themselves in the tents, time was passing little by little, and the initiative of the war was also shifting to Fabre's side little by little.

Southern Route Road.

Five thousand Fabre cavalry rushed forward in the storm, and none of them stopped their advance, and the noble purpose in their hearts sustained them in resisting the cold torrential rain with tenacious spirit.

The wandering knights who had rested in the city of Avut for three days had accumulated too much energy in their bodies, and now this storm was like an open-air shower for them. Moreover, this army was originally composed of wandering knights, who may be inferior in discipline to the cavalry of the regular army, but their adaptability to the harsh weather of nature may not be comparable to them in the western part of the continent.

As commanders on both sides of the war, Li Yuxuan and Ferdinand focused their attention on the southern front. It should be said that strategically Li Yuxuan is slightly superior, but in terms of specific tactics, he obviously underestimated his opponent Ferdinand. If it weren't for this torrential rain, Li Yuxuan would probably lose in this military contest and even take his own life. However, the outcome of a war does not only depend on the strategic and tactical contest between the commanders of the two sides, but many complicated factors will affect the changes in the situation on the battlefield and will ultimately determine the victory or defeat of the two sides. Fortunately, Li Yuxuan gave full play to the high mobility of the cavalry in this war, providing a vital link for the final victory of the war.

On the night of April 23, 177 A.D., when Ferdinand, the "Cadenza Knight" and the 25,000 cavalry of the Newingman Empire under his command, arrived on the southern front, the cavalry force composed of Li Yuxuan, Teucer and the 5,000 wandering knights had already passed through the area half a day earlier.

The entire battlefield was unusually calm for the next two days, and there was no contact or fighting between the two forces at all.

The two thousand infantry of Corinth on the northern front marched slowly with the banner of the crown prince. For both sides of the enemy, this force is already a discarded pawn, and everyone can clearly see its strength and strategic purpose. And the 5,000 cavalry belonging to the Newingman Empire on the northern front also resolutely carried out the orders of their commanders, waiting for the enemy's blatant "main force" in an area about sixty miles away from Hyde City. All in all, the troops on both sides on the northern front were dragging their feet, and neither wanted to fight a battle that did not matter whether they were won or lost.

On the southern front, the main force of the Newingman army, which was expected to be approaching by Fabre, was basking in the sun for two days, and the whole force seemed to be in a state of discouragement.

Hell, even if the enemy's main force is crawling, I'm afraid it should have climbed there!

Ferdinand paced back and forth in his tent, and for fear of revealing the exact location of his main force, Ferdinand never placed scouts on the southern front, so he was completely unclear about the specific situation on the southern front.

After two days of waiting, Ferdinand abandoned his strategy of waiting for work and ordered his cavalry to advance along the southern front towards the city of Evuet. At this moment, he has completely lost patience, and he is eager to find the enemy's main force immediately, destroy his opponent on this plain suitable for cavalry combat, and complete his dream of promotion after a decisive victory.