"According to the information reported by the southern cavalry of the front line this morning, Marshal Yang commanded four imperial legions, three electoral legions, and more than 20,000 Kislev troops, forcibly crossed the Tenez River, and captured the nearest enemy stronghold to Kislevgrad, Sdallund Castle. In the first battle, he defeated the 60,000 Chaos army, and successfully joined the 20,000 Duke Kislev army from the Eastern Front, and now it is less than 100 leagues away from Kislevgrad. The decisive battle was imminent, and it was heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would also lead the First Army Corps, the famous Imperial Guards and the Imperial Marine Corps, along the Talas River, from the Western Front, and Kislevgrad had been besieged for half a year. ”

Taking advantage of the break, Loren Sr. drew a simple map of the sand with his scabbard while explaining the current situation to Hyde. The white-haired old man was familiar with the geography of Kislev, and in fact, it was not only Kislev, but he had traveled almost all over the empire, and his forty years of military service made him like a living map.

"Grandpa Loren, the current pace of our march is twenty-five leagues a day, which I think seems a little slower. The castle of Sdallund, which I remember, was still a hundred and twenty leagues away from us. In other words, it will take us about five days to reach the location of the army, so why don't our troops speed up a little? We won't miss the decisive battle, right?"

After two sips of ale to moisten his throat, Hyde posed his question to Old Loren. Hyde, accustomed to the rapid march of cavalry, was a little impatient with the slow, step-by-step way of advancing these days. It was time to rest, and there were only a few familiar people with Frei Marshall, so he reverted to the intimate honorific title of old Loren, and did not call Loren His Excellency as he did in front of everyone.

"Marshal Yang pays attention to concentrating troops, so before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrives with the First Army, the decisive battle will not happen. It was impossible for the First Legion to reach Sdallund Castle in five days, so we didn't need to hurry. Kislev's lightly armed cavalry galloped a hundred leagues in a day, but our Empire's heavily armored knights were much slower, not to mention the infantry and artillery carriages. The army must advance at an appropriate pace as a whole, and it is impossible for each to do its own thing. ”

Old Loren also picked up the kettle, took a few sips of light ale, and then went on to patiently explain the tricks of the march to Hyde.

"Your Highness, you have been favored by the Valkyrie, and your physical strength and endurance are much stronger than ordinary people. Since the march, they have been riding horses, and there are auxiliary horses that can carry luggage, so they do not pay much attention to the problem of fatigue. But ordinary infantry did not have these conditions, they wore heavy armor, weapons, ammunition, luggage were carried on their backs. Although the baggage wagons of each squadron could carry some things, the wagons were filled with spare dry rations, beans, gunpowder, and tents, and secondly, under such conditions of preparation, no one dared to let the armor and weapons leave for a moment, so everything depended on their own two legs. Your Highness, since you have already brought the soldiers, the hardships and well-being of the soldiers must be known. ”

"Grandpa Loren, I'm a little ashamed of what you're right. ”

Hyde's face flushed, and he felt a little self-righteous just now. Indeed, as a knight, as a commander, Hyde did not carry his own luggage after setting out from the station, and carried it on the spare co-horse. And she does it almost every time she packs and tidys up, let alone walks long distances by herself. Old Loren's words were compared to his own heart, and the young god felt that he was indeed a little far away from the soldiers.

"Moreover, Your Highness, you must also understand that soldiers rely on physical strength to fight, and this is especially true for infantry. If the army marches too fast in peacetime, exhausts all the physical strength, and suddenly encounters the enemy in battle, cannot move the gun and halberd, cannot hold the musket steadily, and cannot tighten the bow and crossbow, how can this battle be fought! On this thousand-mile grassland, the enemy's cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and will leave at the stroke of a blow, and will launch a surprise attack at any time, and it is necessary to reserve enough physical strength for the troops to be able to line up and fight a fierce battle at any time. The march of the large army in the field against the enemy's territory, not seeking speed, but only seeking stability, these are the lessons summed up by the blood of countless troops over the past thousand years, and there is no sloppiness in the slightest!"

Old Loren waved his hand vigorously to show the meaning of emphasis. There were acquaintances on both sides, and he had nothing to do with Hyde as his grandson, the experience of war was precious, and he needed to make Hyde understand that.

"Well, in the past few days, His Excellency the General has never paid attention to the enemy's harassed rangers, strictly forbidden, and strictly forbids the infantry to stop and return fire, and only uses a small number of cavalry to expel them, and it is also for this reason, to maintain the physical strength and array of the army, right. ”

Hyde scratched his head and responded to Loren Sr. In the past few days, the Chaos Kugan rangers, ranging from a dozen to two hundred, often harassed the northbound convoy, almost day and night. Relying on the advantage of mobility without armor, they often used a screaming dischief to make a long-range projectile at a distance of more than 200 paces, and often killed and wounded some lightly armored or unarmored infantry or cavalry, which was very annoying. However, the Wing Commander gave a death order that any infantry should keep marching and not stop to fire back at them, and the main cavalry should not move, and only use a small number of selected light cavalry covering their flanks to drive them out.

In fact, Hyde began to resist this order, and he was eager to fight Chaos. A few times, he almost rode his horse and chased him out. But under the persuasion of Loren Sr., Marshall, and Frey, he restrained himself. After all, he is no longer an ordinary knight, but as a temporary captain, commanding a commander of thousands of subordinates, it is not okay to take the lead in violating military orders.

"Yes, the Kugan Rangers did this in order to provoke our army, to destroy our array, and to lure our army into pursuit or to prepare for battle. If our army is disorganized because of such a small provocation, pursues or stops arranging formations, then our army's physical strength and horsepower will soon be exhausted by these chaotic bait, and the chaotic army will lose no time in attacking our army, then we are likely to suffer a big loss. But as long as we hold our ground and ignore them, the enemy will have no chance. ”

Old Loren stroked his beard and replied to Hyde in a gentle voice. In fact, the lightly armed Kugan barbarian cavalry, without the cooperation of war elephants, giant beasts, and great wizards, could not please the well-armored and fierce artillery fire of the Emperor [***] team. However, if the heavily armed Emperor [***] team is exhausted or confused by maneuvering and harassing, it is easy to take advantage of the cavalry advantage of the Kugan nomads and defeat the Emperor [***] team in one fell swoop. There are many such examples in history, and it is difficult to list them all.

"Well, Grandpa Loren is right, I saw this kind of positive and negative examples when I fought with Lord Edelman in the Imperial Court three years ago. Do you want me to talk about it, my lord Hyde?"

Frey flicked her black ponytail and chimed in coldly, much to Hyde's surprise. However, he immediately remembered that Frey was actually a soldier with many years of military career, and he was also a "veteran" in the main army of the Imperial Court, and he was immediately relieved.

"Of course I'd love to hear the story of my dear Frey, but tell you that you've been in the Empire's most elite imperial army for years. ”

Hyde smiled and patted Frey's shoulder, although he and the beautiful black-haired girl had been in a relationship for a month, Frey didn't talk much about her fighting with Lord Erdman when she got along with her, probably because she was overly sad about Edelman's death and didn't want to think about it. To be honest, Frey is actually a bit of an introverted girl, and it is surprising that she took the initiative to show love to Hyde at the beginning.

"This happened three years ago in July, when we were chasing down a Chaos Kugan force that had infiltrated the borders of the Empire in the Highlands. The Chaos Army was not very strong, about 3,000 people, all of them were light horses, there were no giant beasts or anything like that, of course, the Kingdom of Kislev was still thriving at that time, and it was impossible to let the Chaos army infiltrate our territory. ”

Frey naturally told Hyde about the war, a smile on her cheeks. In fact, since Catherine came to her, the dark-haired girl seemed to be a lot more cheerful, much to Hyde's satisfaction. Because he was afraid that the brutal Catherine would bully Frey.

"Although there are not many enemy troops, the regular army of our empire still adopts the tactics of steady and steady fighting, marching and encamping in an orderly manner, because there is no army in the empire that adheres to the holy military code more than the Ricklands. A few days later, the exhausted troops were beaten back by the Kugans, and dozens of nobles and more than 3,000 soldiers were killed, and almost the entire army was wiped out. ”

Frey lowered her voice and sighed when she mentioned the "annihilation of the army", and then continued to explain the story of three years ago in her slender and gentle voice.

However, our army seized the favorable terrain in time, laid out a suspicious formation, lured the Kugan people, who were proud of the victory, to take the initiative to attack, and adopted the policy of calming the enemy by braking quietly and showing weakness. When the frontal infantry line absorbed the enemy's main force, and the melee between the two armies reached a fierce point, the commander of our army concentrated the cavalry on both flanks to launch a decisive detour, and all the enemy was crushed at once, and the leader of the Chaos Kugan was also killed on the spot by our guns. In the four-hour battle, a total of nearly 2,000 enemies were killed, and less than 300 of our troops were killed or wounded. By the way, the strength of our army in this battle is a wing, 3,500 troops, which is about the same as our current force. ”

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