2026 Life and Death (4)

Melee combat is the specialty of these Imperial Guards cavalry, hundreds of horses like a galloping torrent of metal, like a high-flying eagle from the middle of the two armies from the hillock with the help of horses, in one go into the rear guard of the main force of the Hun cavalry field battle, suddenly rolled a piece of blood like a wave, the war horse neighed fiercely, as if to burst out all the suppressed feelings tonight,

"Kill"

The bayonet spear in Gabriel's hand first pierced into the body of a Hungarian archer, and then he didn't even bother to pull out the spear, he directly pulled out his war knife with one hand and hit the head of another frightened Hungarian cavalryman from top to bottom

The speed of the Hun cavalry was extremely fast, and when the rear team was attacked, it was even faster.

Because it is a light bow cavalry that pursues high mobility, all of them are light chain mail, and some of them are simply not armored, plus they are temporarily hastily assembled and turned to the direction of the fire, and they take the fastest one-word long dragon, a team of more than 3,000 people, and they dragged out a length of three or four miles in one breath in the galloping horse, and suddenly encountered a chase from the rear road, and the team could not turn at all, and the Hun cavalry simply gave full play to their mobility, hoping to throw off the distance with speed, and then use the long-range cavalry bow to block the pursuit of the imperial cavalry, this tactic was very effective in previous engagements.

In Central Europe and Pakistan, where infantry group combat is the main way, the cavalry of the Hungarians is a nightmare for many countries with high mobility and power, if you encounter the Hungarian archers, the best way is to stabilize the array, rather than thinking about pursuit, the speed of the Hungarian archers is very fast, and it is completely impossible to capture in the open terrain, and the simple and single organizational system is the distinctive feature of the Hungarian army.

The standard Hungarian field cavalry consisted of 3 cavalry corps. Each team had a thousand cavalry, and the real Hun cavalry generally did not carry servants, they fought on horseback. Sixty percent of the total number of cavalry archers were engaged in assault operations, and the archers wore simple helmets and leather armor all over their bodies, and some of the cavalry's horses were often covered with a small amount of leather armor. Each archer also carried a short scimitar or a mace at the waist. Some archers generally do not wear armor except for a helmet. Their main weapon was the bow.

The Hungarian cavalry had a fairly large compound bow on horseback, and the firing distance could reach a hundred to one hundred and twenty paces, far exceeding the eighty to one hundred paces range of the Central European Baro infantry marksmen.

This is mainly due to the clusters of arrows they carry, and they carry two kinds of arrows, one light. The arrows are small and pointed, which are used for long-range shots, and the other is heavier, which is large and wide, and is used in close combat. The Hun cavalry from the eastern steppes also had a special habit, that is, they may not wear armor, but they must wear a silk robe before the battle. This robe is made of raw silk and is quite finely woven. The ancestors of the Hun people had long discovered that clusters of arrows could pierce armor. But it's hard to shoot through the raw silk, but it will be inserted into the wound along with the arrow and the garment. As a result, the rescuer only needs to pull the silk out to pull the arrow out of the wound.

At the age of eight, regular Hun cavalry were sent to special schools for rigorous training in horse riding. They were strong enough to adapt to the demands of battle, and they were able to turn back and shoot at the enemy who followed them in a quick retreat, and it was from here that the Hungarian archers developed the "tail hook" tactics that changed the color of the whole of Central Europe and Baro.

If it was another opponent, he could only stare dryly at the high mobility of the Hun cavalry. There are often cases where the Hun cavalry is completely wiped out after adjusting the counterattack, but tonight, they are also encountering the Imperial Guards cavalry with long-range firepower. This encounter, from the very beginning, went to the side of the smaller Imperial Guard,

The armor of the Imperial Guards was black, which was inconspicuous in the dark, while the Hun Archers all carried a white flag behind them, which stood out in the dark, and they were simply live targets

Realizing the intention of the Huns to use the high mobility to get rid of themselves and then counterattack with long-range cavalry bows, Gabriel did not hesitate to order some of the Guards cavalry to bite the tail end of the Hun cavalry and not give the other side time to adjust, while the other part of the slower guards quickly used their cavalry assault crossbows to shoot fiercely at the Hun cavalry running in front.

The rear team of the Hun cavalry who ran forward with gritted teeth fell off their horses one after another, and before they knew it, the number of Huns who fell off their horses exceeded two or three hundred, which was almost one-tenth of this group of Hun cavalry, and as the momentum of the horses on both sides had been exhausted, the speed of the Huns finally began to slow down

Gabriel's Imperial Guards cavalry still maintained a forward pressure posture with an open front, trailing and shooting all the way, constantly shooting the Hun cavalry to death on horseback, and the Hun finally could not withstand such a fierce pursuit, and the formation began to divide into two wings, one part continued to move forward, and the other part turned back and shot. If the Imperial cavalry continues to pursue, the other side will inevitably kill from the hills and block the rear road of the Imperial cavalry

"Captain, what should I do?"

A guard approached Gabriel, although the Hun cavalry suffered losses, but its number still occupies an absolute advantage, even if the soldiers are divided into two teams as in front of them, the strength of either team is not under the Imperial Guard, if the pursuit continues, the other party only needs a reflex to form a front and rear flank attack on the Guards cavalry

"The whole team stops the pursuit"

Gabriel raised his hand and shouted loudly, the imperial guards have violently reined in the war horses, the battlefield of the short battle just now is full of horse corpses and human corpses, a hand-to-hand, the Huns were killed two or three hundred people, and the guards cavalry were also injured more than a dozen people, along the way are the horses that have lost their owners are screaming, Gabriel's eyes swept over a part of the Hun cavalry that stopped on the hills in front of him, his eyes were cold, they were all light bow horses with extremely fast speed, this was ready to bite back his rhythm, just now a gallop pursuit, unconsciously he had followed to the vicinity of the opponent's base camp, and soon the other party would kill back!

"Let's withdraw!" Gabriel decisively ordered and shouted, this encounter with the opponent's main field force can be regarded as completely exposing himself, with his own main force exposed in the eyes of the Hun people, the direction of the camp is insignificant, the seventh detachment that set fire is only a hundred people, the Hun people may not be able to watch the stage, should be able to evacuate safely, as long as the other party is not a fool, he will know that chasing and encircling his own main force is far more useful than spending energy on more than 100 horses in the seventh detachment,

Not far from the top of a hill. The leader of a cavalry squadron of the Huns was looking down at the Imperial cavalry that stopped and began to turn to the Imperial cavalry that wanted to run, watching the orderly retreat of the black cavalry that he encountered tonight and chased after him for more than ten miles. The face of the captain of the Hun cavalry squadron couldn't help but be slightly moved, today's encounter was very aggrieved, in terms of combat strength, he thought that the Hun cavalry was not afraid of these black imperial cavalry, but in order to rush to the direction of the camp as quickly as possible, he could only follow the general's order to rush forward with all his might, and was pursued by these black cavalry all the way behind and picked up a lot of cheap,

Now that the other party is full and wants to wipe his mouth and leave, how can it be so easy

All I brought with me were light bow riders. Advancing and retreating quickly, he was ordered to watch these black-armored cavalry "Rush up, don't let the other party run!" The leader of the Hun cavalry squadron shouted, Bai Shi waved the banner, and the Hun cavalry who had been maintaining the formation and slowly retreated to the hills invariably turned back, like a, and turned back and rushed towards the imperial guards behind,

The distance between the two armies was about one hundred and fifty paces. The Imperial Guard's hot red eyes shone with a grim glow, their fingers pressed solemnly on the trigger of their crossbows, and the wind was blowing in their faces, mixed with damp moisture. The galloping Hungarian archers have also drawn out the full moon. Both sides are calculating distances,

Although the range of the short crossbow was slightly better than that of the composite bow of the Hun cavalry, that little distance was in front of the high galloping horses. It's just the difference between firing one second early and firing one second late, when the crossbow is deducted from the crossbow machine. The bowstring on the opposite side had also sounded, and life and death were only in an instant. The brutality here is not inferior at all, and the two armies are fighting with short blades, and arrows are flying sideways. The arrows on both sides point at each other. Traces of death snowflakes between the two armies, the Imperial Guards cavalry has a horse shield, holding an assault crossbow in one hand, and raising a horse shield in the other hand to protect the body, the Hungarian Tooth Archer Cavalry is more sad, the Archer Cavalry is not equipped with a shield, and the light chain mail on the body is easily pierced like a piece of paper in front of the powerful Imperial Assault Crossbow, and the position of the cavalry's arrow is on a high-speed running horse, like a puffy red blood mist that explodes at night, and the cavalry on horseback disappears in an instant, "Rush up!"

The captain of the Hun cavalry was in a hurry, the sound of arrows tearing apart the flesh was mixed with the shouts of fighting, in a vast open field, the two cavalry units were like two iron walls colliding together, the Hun cavalry was fighting for their lives, and the light bow cavalry with no protection ability was better than the long-range Imperial Guards cavalry, and the Imperial Guards cavalry was still in the process of slowly retreating, and suddenly turned into a counterattack posture. Each of the Guards cavalry moved swiftly and quickly, almost instinctively completing the change of formation to meet the attack. Naturally, a powerful situation was formed in which the central attack and the two flanks were outflanked! The cavalry engaged, because both sides had considerable impact force, and the change of this formation and formation became a very important factor, and the elite guards cavalry in a hundred battles moved quickly. The good coordination is like a natural thing. Moreover, their strength is superior to that of the overconfident Hungarian cavalry, and as soon as they launched a counterattack in formation, they immediately formed a combined attack on the light cavalry that the Hungarians were still advancing!

The queue is so open. It came like a lightning bolt, and immediately sandwiched the Hungarian cavalry that was deeply penetrated into it, and the Hungarian cavalry was caught off guard and squeezed into a group, and the sound of people shouting and neighing horses became one piece. All kinds of long and short weapons of the Guards cavalry frantically stabbed at the Hungarian cavalry, the war horses rolled on the ground in the squeezing, blood splattered out from the staggered war horses, and in an instant, the Hungarian cavalry crashed into the Imperial Guards cavalry ranks, and a huge collision sound rose into the sky, followed by the intersection of blades, and the sound of the elite warriors of the two countries in their respective languages

The Hun people also felt that something was wrong, obviously there were a lot of their own people, how could they see the enemy's black armor in all directions, everyone was a light cavalry, but the other party's slashing was much more fierce and fierce, and the little cover and dodge could not be dodged, and the war horse without armor neighed and fell to the ground. In an instant, he seized the initiative on the battlefield...... Both sides are light cavalry, but the other side is scattered in the queue, and this side is too many war horses crowded together, and it is difficult to even turn around.

The Hungarian captain shouted loudly, "Rush out, rush out!" The trapped Hun cavalry desperately stabilized its position, and was also trying to open its wings. But they were killed back step by step by the black-armored cavalry on both sides, and the two sides fought in a narrow area, and every moment, there were countless blades flying each other, and there were human bodies falling heavily from their horses, and they were trampled into flesh by countless horses' hooves. Even a scream could hardly be made, and under the hills, the men and horses were covered in blood, panting heavily, and the confrontation was short but doubly intense. The Hun cavalry endured a large number of casualties, and fought back desperately, hoping to fight a bloody way.

The situation on the battlefield is changing invisibly, and even Gabriel himself does not know it. What he was doing now was a crooked attack that completely attracted the main force of the Huns, and at this time, the news brought by another group of Hun cavalry rushing into the canyon shocked the spirit of the Hun King Bai Geros, "Yaaosen, since you have encountered the main force of the Empire's elite rangers on the road, why don't you bite them! Do you know how much effort I have spent to capture them?" Bai Geros, dressed in a white robe, stood up from his seat in the tent. His eyes were blazing like a sharp sword, and he looked fiercely at the kingdom general Yaaosen, who was covered in cold dew and frost, this kingdom general was about forty years old, with a broad face and shining eyes. The wind and frost of the years are engraved on a vicissitudes of life, and he is one of the two generals of the main force of the Eagle of the Hungarian Kingdom, and this time he led the Eagle Army to be ordered to wander twenty miles outside the base camp "The camp suddenly caught fire, and it was a sudden encounter. The situation is unknown, and our army does not dare to fight without authorization, but the other side is also hooked by our army's tactics. I have ordered the fifth team, which is the fastest in the legion, to watch them, if you want to annihilate them, just send the main force now" Yaoson replied with a grim expression, his tone was sharp, if Gabriel heard this, he might be in a desperate mood, and the pursuit all the way was actually hooked and ran forward, this Yaaosen was also an excellent commander, and he was able to quickly make the most favorable decision in that sudden encounter

Yaaoben is a Hungarian clan, Yaaosen is the patriarch, the identity is not very afraid of the current Hungarian king, the royal power in Hungary is not the kind of centralized power of other Obaro countries, but more like the kind of tribal system of the steppe people, Yaaosen himself is very prestigious in Hungary, lived on horseback at the age of four, and went to the distant northern steppe of Central Bia to study alone at the age of eleven, and returned to China at the age of twenty-one.

Moreover, the Hungarian Kingdom also maintains contact with many tribes in the steppe, and most of the customs are similar to those of the steppe people.

Even if the children of the Hungarian nobility are very different from the nobles of other countries in Central Europe and Barrow, most of them grew up on horseback, fierce and good at fighting, upholding the vigorous martial style of their ancestors, and their coming-of-age ceremony is still completed according to tradition and must go to the distant northern steppe homeland, and the road is unescorted, which is part of the test, so although the Hun people have been established for a hundred years and have enough things to support their entire nation, the memory of the struggle for survival in the past hundreds of years has not diminished at this time. Therefore, there is still the blood of the fierce steppe people in his body, "Come on, order all the troops in the camp to gather! Bai Geros no longer wants to care what Yaoson thinks, he now just wants to immediately mobilize the main force to eliminate the forward scouts of this Falcon Army, this scout main force has been wandering around for so long, not counting the situation of the armies of various countries, even the terrain intelligence is also an extremely valuable thing, this time the countries can pull out the troops that can be provided by the best efforts of the countries, and can no longer afford to consume, if this forward scout brings back the information, this complex border will be transformed from advantageous to unfavorable to the coalition army, the so-called war advantage is nothing more than military strength, equipment, logistics, geography, morale five items, and now the coalition forces have lost four, if you lose the last item, I really don't know if there is still a need to fight this border war.

In this kind of national fortune dispute, it is often in the course of a fierce battle to seize the other side's resources, land, population, and lead the other party's vitality to be greatly damaged, and finally flee in despair. As soon as you retreat this time, there will always be only one word for retreat in the future! The sequelae can often reach decades, or even a hundred years, so it is called the national fortune! "The number of opponents is unknown, and it is dark in the field, and the situation is unpredictable, it is not suitable for such a noble status as His Majesty, so let his subordinates go down! I have been in contact with the other party, and I also know the current position of the other party! Leading the main force to go will inevitably be quickly extinguished!" Ya Aosen said with a solemn expression, although he may not look down on this young king very much in his heart, but as a front-line commander, if the king is injured in this night battle, it will be enough to be ashamed.

The Hungarian king Bai Geros also hesitated, and while he was hesitating, the kingdom guards had already run in and loudly announced, "Your Majesty, the camp has been assembled" "Yaaosen, there are currently 3,700 troops in the base camp, I will give you 3,000, plus your troops will be 5,000! Give you a night, tomorrow, I will see the heads of the Falcon Army scouts!" Bai Geros looked at Yaosin fiercely, although he is also known as the king of the bow and horse, and a short spear can shoot a wooden rake of thirty meters, but there are not many opportunities to really go to the battlefield, the late night field battle is different from the daytime, it is almost a big chaotic battle, if one of his own kings has an accident, it will be funny! (To be continued......