CHAPTER XXXVII
In the reddened earth, the rebel army's front army of 30,000 men took advantage of the gentle hills to deploy their army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The army was divided with 8,000 troops on the right flank, 8,000 on the left flank, and 10,000 in the center, and the position was smoothly arranged by making use of the three hills. The five platoons of infantry at the front, holding spears of more than six meters that can only be grasped with two hands, were arranged in an assault formation, with 2,500 elite cavalry totaling 5,000 men on the left and right flanks, and their role was to attack the enemy from the flanks and give the enemy a morale blow.
In the center of the position was erected a banner painted with an ornate pattern, and everyone in the rebel army knew what it meant, and under that banner was a handsome knight on a white horse, Da.
Behind the front army, which had completed the deployment of the attack, was an army of 20,000 under the command of Anglaus himself. There is only one reason why it is necessary to deploy in this way, if the troops led by Da are defeated, there are still 20,000 troops to protect Angelus from escaping.
But having said that, the rebel army did not have the slightest sense of defeat, and they all had a relaxed expression. They don't feel like they're going to lose at all.
It is the self-confidence that comes from knowing the difference in strength between individuals and numbers.
Although many of the 50,000 members of the rebel army were peasants who had been farming before, the fighting ability of the rebel soldiers was far stronger than that of ordinary people. What's more, this time there is a numerical advantage, and it is really impossible to imagine what will cause them to lose.
As the clock ticked into the evening, a little fog began to appear on the plains, but the reported enemy forces did not appear.
Da had already pressed the idea of regrouping and moving forward many times, because the terrain he was now occupying was the best position for the rebels who had adopted a combination of cavalry and infantry, and he did not want to give up easily.
The fog grew thicker and thicker, and gradually, Tatsu couldn't see what was ahead.
What are these Imperial trash fish doing? Why haven't they shown up yet?
As if in response to Da's thoughts, finally, at the end of the line of sight of the rebels, a figure appeared, and based on the number of figures, there was no doubt that it was the Imperial troops.
"It's finally here!" Unable to suppress his excitement, Tatsu immediately called the herald. "Pass the order, let the cavalry attack the enemy's flanks from both sides, and the infantry will follow the cavalry to break in, and let the empire know how powerful our rebel army is!"
"Oh !!" the rebel army roared loudly, and the cavalry on both flanks immediately rushed from the high ground to the enemy's weak flanks, cavalry is a powerful class, and occasionally plays a key role when magic is still alive, not to mention that there is no magic that can dominate the war now, and their importance in the war is even more obvious.
At this time, the Imperial army must be frightened by the momentum of the cavalry, and then start to flee in all directions, right? This is the inevitable result of taking untrained soldiers into battle.
However,
The Imperial army did not move, and it would be nice to say that some people would be frightened into a state of immobility at the sight of such a cavalry charge, but how could it be that everyone was like this? They behaved more as if they were waiting for something else.
"It's not shaken, no, maybe it's better to have no movement, what the hell is going on?"
The main formation where Anglaus was located was wrapped in the rear of 20,000 rear troops, and the center was far behind.
On the slightly higher hill was the safest position, Mephistopheles, who was now a military advisor, whispered.
Anglaus still had a leisurely attitude, "Take it easy, my military advisor, this kind of battle is sure to be won, since they haven't moved, let them become the mud under our iron horses, what we have to do now is to watch the collapse of the empire while tasting the wine." So saying, he picked up the delicate glass full of wine, which had been scavenged from the house of Count Francis.
"I'd rather have the results later. ”
"Rest assured, it's going to be fine. ”
"If it's really okay......" Mephistopheles said softly, not letting her master hear it.
The cavalry of the rebel army was getting smaller and smaller from the two flanks of the Imperial army, and through the fog, the cavalry was finally about to break through to the Imperial army.
Then, the Imperial Army finally moved.
It's just that it was a very subtle movement, and if it weren't for the sound that resounded through the sky, no one would have thought that the Imperial Army had started to move.
However, the results were beyond the expectations of everyone present.
The cavalry that rushed to the front, with a loud bang, spilled a bright red liquid called blood from their heads and fell.
The companion who followed behind them, who had no idea what was going on, had a confused expression on their face, what had happened?
But this is just the beginning.
This great bang was only the beginning, the beginning of a nightmare, and then, countless noises came from the Imperial army, and in this loud noise, the cavalry fell one after another.
"What kind of magic is this!?"
"What!?Didn't you say that there was no magic in the Empire?"
"Oops!"
"Retreat!
Bad voices rang out everywhere, the cavalry had no experience in fighting magicians, but if they did, they might have seen that it wasn't magic, right?
Several bursts of gunfire caused all the cavalry who rushed to the front to fall, and despair quickly spread among the cavalry, and all the cavalry who saw their companions killed by the magic of the mystery began to retreat, as if it was to seize the opportunity for the cavalry to stop, the Imperial army rushed out.
The cavalry that was supposed to defeat the empire became the target of slaughter at this moment, and they were killed by the imperial soldiers who rushed up, and immediately began to scatter and flee, but these rebels were not trained to retreat, and the chaos of the rout caused many cavalrymen to fall off their horses because they bumped into their comrades, and they fell in such a chaotic situation, and the leeway to get back on their feet or something, it was impossible for the followers who were chasing them in fear to give them.
The one who fell was trampled by the hooves of the horse behind him.
Even if you wear metal armor, you can't escape the fate of being trampled into flesh by iron hooves.
In fact, the casualties inflicted by the Empire on the cavalry were very small, and they simply did not have the ability to hunt down these highly mobile cavalry, and the casualties of the cavalry were more likely to be generated by their own hands.