Chapter 149: Night Battle (4)
At the moment, in the camp in Macedonia, it is a different scene. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Under the command of Sarul, taking advantage of the wide open space between the inner and outer camps, the four thousand Macedonian soldiers in the inner camp took advantage of the time when the Northwest Army was fighting in the outer camp, and had quickly picked up weapons and equipment and lined up the formation in the night.
Soldiers from the outer battalion kept fleeing, and the chaotic light of the fire made the other Macedonians a little nervous. But as members of the Golden Armor, the military qualities of these Macedonian soldiers were top-notch.
Even though the situation was extremely unfavorable, not a single officer or soldier fled in fear, and even some Macedonian soldiers who had escaped from the saber in the northwest subconsciously gathered together and rejoined the formation under the order of the commander.
Salur was also in the middle of the formation at the moment, and he was well aware of the current situation. Just now one of his officers counted the number of soldiers, and the more than 4,000 soldiers in this phalanx were already their last strength, but the heavy cavalry under the command of Lord Barcelus had not been seen until now.
Where did General Baselerus go?!Why didn't he come forward to organize the soldiers, and the cavalry under his command were gone, did he abandon us?!
Many soldiers were talking, and even some officers had complicated expressions, but their eyes were all focused on Saruel.
Salul frowned, he naturally knew the unease in the soldier's heart. Before the battle, but without seeing the commander, it is inevitable that the army's morale will fluctuate, but he also knows that the situation is grim at the moment, and if the army's morale is unstable, it will inevitably collapse from within the army.
Listening to the soldiers on the side whispering suspicious something, even the other officers had flickering expressions, and Salur finally couldn't help it.
He shook the battle axe in his hand and roared with a hideous face:
"Shut up! I know what you're wondering, and if I were you, I'd also wonder why General Baseileus is missing!
But on the contrary, General Baseleus did not abandon us, but had already taken advantage of the night to sneak attack the military camp of the Northwest Army! Now that the fire is so big, you must have seen it, as long as we stick to this place and General Baseileus encircles us from the outside, we can completely annihilate the Northwest Army attacking the camp!
Moreover, our main army, more than 50,000 warriors with a total of more than three legions, has already rushed here! Now we are competing with the Northwest Army, that is, who can hold out to the end, as long as we hold here, as soon as reinforcements arrive, we will naturally be able to break the Northwest Army!
Now, take up the weapons in your hands, line up your camp, and give these night raiding Northwest Army a head-on blow! I promise you that Lao Tzu will preside over the phalanx here, and he will not retreat a single step! Whoever dares to disturb the morale of the army will be killed immediately!"
After Salul finished speaking, the voice below immediately became quieter, and when these ordinary soldiers heard this, their hearts immediately calmed down a lot. After all, most of them are rude men, and when they heard what the chief said, they naturally believed it.
As for those officers, although there were still some doubts in their hearts, Sarul had already said so, and I am afraid that this was indeed the case. And with his prestige and temper, no officer dared to question anything, but looked nervously out of the camp.
Seeing that the soldiers' emotions had calmed down slightly, although the anger on his face had not decreased, he secretly thought in his heart: he had arranged the distribution of the troops of the inner and outer battalions last night on purpose, and most of the 2,000 soldiers in the outer battalion were wounded or auxiliary troops, and they were not the main force of the Macedonian phalanx. Although almost all the troops were wiped out, it also served the purpose of warning and delaying the progress of the Northwest Army.
As long as the generals of the other side are not fools, they will see that these soldiers are almost vulnerable, and I am afraid that they will inevitably be a little vigilant in their hearts, and they will not dare to continue to rush to the inner camp rashly.
The 4,000 soldiers in this inner battalion are all relatively elite main forces, although they are besieged, but if they do a battle of trapped beasts, I am afraid they can bite off a few pieces of flesh and blood of the opponent!
As for whether Barcellus really went to attack the Northwest Army camp at night?
Salul smiled coldly, and beyond the night was the sky-high fire above the camp, and the noise of the cavalry of the Northwest Army and the grinding of swords out of their sheaths were almost close to his ears.
His expression was a little complicated, and he muttered in an almost inaudible voice: "Lord Barcelus, you must keep the flame of the golden armor and return to Macedonia safely......"
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At this moment, on the wasteland forty or fifty miles away from the Macedonian camp, a cavalry unit galloped all the way west under the cover of night!
The leading cavalry general had a gloomy face, and his slender eyes had a hint of essence. The thousands of cavalry behind him were all well-skilled, and even though they had galloped for dozens of miles, they did not show much fatigue.
This cavalry team is naturally the personal guard led by Baseileus!
Two hours earlier, under the leadership of Barcelus, the cavalrymen had unloaded their armor lightly, abandoning their usual heavy iron helmets in favor of ordinary cavalry armor. Although the night was thick and the roads were difficult to walk through with heavy rain, the two thousand cavalrymen were all veterans of the perennial march after all, and they had already marched dozens of miles at a rapid pace.
Barcelus didn't say a word after he withdrew from the camp, and even the guards beside him could feel the indifference in the commander's eyes!
Thousands of soldiers were abandoned by Barcelus in this way, and became cannon fodder after the break, and his heart was extremely angry at the moment. Since he joined the army, he has not suffered such losses, and all this comes from the military report from the county town of Sadland:
His Royal Highness Farusi, the prince of Macedon, who was fierce and had a deep city, only brought thousands of soldiers to surround and suppress a rebellious army's lair in a recent war. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by this group of rebels, separated from his subordinate soldiers, and his whereabouts were unknown!
Compared with the defeat in the war, the situation in Sadland at this moment made him even more anxious!
What the hell is this Farusi doing?!
Although Baseileus's face was indifferent at the moment, he was already angry in his heart, as one of the commanders of this crusade. It can be said that although Barcelus has some scruples about him along the way, he does not dare to joke with the life of the third prince.
As a soldier, although Barcelus is extremely proud, he still has a brain. Although he didn't like this guy and was calculated by him to stay in the rear, it was all within the range that Barcellus could bear. As a subordinate, he can ignore Falusi's methods, but his safety himself must not be missed.
So when he got this military report, Barcelus could no longer calm down: what are the commanders of these three legions doing? !
The location of the Macedonian legion has been delayed for a long time, and it is precisely because of the disappearance of Falusi that it is impossible to effectively dispatch troops to support, except for the main force of Barcelus's golden armor approaching him again, the other legions are almost busy searching for Falusi!
In fact, there were not too many details mentioned in the military newspaper, and even if Kakar and the others saw Falusi's hat, it was hard to believe that Farousi would be killed by Joseph, so Barcellus just thought that this guy was missing.
However, this also means that the main force of the Golden Armor will have to return to Barcelus from Sadland. This is tantamount to turning this army back and forth thousands of miles in the valley corridor, and even the elite troops can't help but slow down.
Barcelus understands this, and if he could, he would even wait for the main forces of the Eighth Army to converge in order to save the thousands of soldiers in the mountain pass.
But now, he had to evacuate, leaving behind thousands of his men! )