Chapter 44: The Contest of Minds

As thoughts surged, his right wrist flipped over, and his figure quickly faded little by little.

Kriya, the garrison's resting place, belonged to the tent of Gleilint. He retrieved the "Chain of Trickery" and looked at it, confirming that nothing had happened during this time, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was about to turn the secret puppet back into "Alister", but he suddenly stopped.

"The identity of 'Glerint' is to lead the ironclad cavalry and take the initiative to charge the enemy army! So why do I have to change back? In terms of physical fitness, even if he is not demonized, Morgan has both the bonus of 'Corrupt Baron' and 'Apostle of Desire', maybe he is better than me...... The most important thing is that he is just a secret couple! It's perfect for charging into battle! ”

Having made up his mind, Glerint's face squirmed, his body shortened, and he quickly turned into "Alister".

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The next morning, when it was just dawning.

This 300-man cavalry was organized as the "Iron Cavalry Battalion", with a total of 6 companies, and there was no chief and deputy battalion commander, and it only obeyed the orders of general-level officers in normal times. This time, Wardhouse overstepped the level and gave Glerint the authority to transfer troops, and it has to be said that he still took a certain risk.

After taking the "Acting Battalion Commander's Order" to find the six company commanders for a brief understanding and communication, "Glerint" and the accompanying "Alister" led the pioneer horses out of the garrison barracks in the heavy frost of the early morning.

This season is not very suitable for the soldiers of Rune, who live in the northern temperate zone all year round.

But if Fersak wants to fight, there is no way.

Both people and horses have taken both cold protection and protective measures. Grelynt was the same, with a layer of full-body armor.

Da, da, da......

The chaotic sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the early morning in Kria and shattered Glerint's thoughts.

In addition to guns and ammunition, this group of ironclad cavalry did not carry wound medicine or food, under normal circumstances, it should be the business of the logistics regiment and the medical regiment.

There was no need to run as hard as they could, and two hours later, they approached the second city that had been attacked.

"Battalion commander, what should we do?"

The questioner was the commander of the first company, an iron-blooded man in his thirties, Dorigo.

The first city that had been attacked before was fine, it was close to Kriya, and the enemy forces of Vrsack did not dare to be too aggressive. The situation here was not good, and several small groups of the enemy forces in Fusak controlled the right of way from all roads, so that the garrison here did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

Dorrigo asked Glerint understood.

If you want to fight, you still rush straight over.

Fighting, can relieve the pressure of the engagement here, but if they are entangled by the enemy, then the support process will be difficult to move forward.

The same is true for direct charge, as long as the enemy finds out about the support, the telegram will be slapped, and a large number of enemy troops will come behind to surround them, preventing them from cooperating with the soldiers stationed in the city to carry out a flanking attack.

And here is still sixty or seventy miles away from the destination.

Manipulating the secret puppet to take a closer look at the situation in front of him with his glasses, "Gleilint" ordered in a cold voice:

"Ride your horse and don't fight."

As he spoke, he grabbed the horse's belly and took the lead in leading the team to rush out.

They were in the rear of the enemy, and when they were near, the small group of Fursak found them, and he took out the "hymn of courage" and blew it fiercely.

Woo......

By the time the low horn sounded, the spearheads of the ironclad cavalry were already less than 200 meters away from the enemy troops occupying the road.

Bang...... Bang bang...... Bang...... Bang bang bang......

A round of firing broke out between the two sides, and the horses continued unabated.

On one side is a battalion of all-armored cavalry, and it is better to tickle it when the idle bullets are hit, but on the other side it is just dozens of road occupying infantry, so the result is self-explanatory.

In just one round of assault, the cavalry camp was completely routed without any injuries.

Without attempting to kill all the enemy soldiers and thus prevent the news from leaking, Glerint immediately led his team to rush over. In the current situation, even if they completely wipe out this group of enemy soldiers, the enemy will not receive news from them every once in a while, and they will soon find out the problem.

Breaking through the pass blocked by four more enemy forces occupying the road, the Iron Cavalry Battalion crossed the second city that was attacked.

Then there is the third city, which will be the most dangerous, and they should have received the news by this time.

Beyond it is Chalogo.

The horse team stopped for a moment.

"What now? Battalion commander. ”

"Take a detour or just wait and do it again?"

The safest way to do this was to go around the back of the third city, but it would take more than 40 miles, and the enemy might have set up an ambush in advance of their ideas.

Looking at Dorigo's contemplative expression, "Glerint" grinned:

"Detour! Get around behind enemy lines. ”

"What? Walk in enemy-occupied territory? ”

"This ......"

Madison, the commander of the third company, shouted loudly, and looked at the other five people, all of whom had good military vision.

It's a good idea, but it's just ......

"Wouldn't it be too risky?"

Dorigo cautiously asked Glerint, but did not persuade him, but only reminded him.

"Gleilint" glanced at him, looked at the other five company commanders all looking at him, and then explained:

"At this time, if you don't want to take risks, you can't go around 120 miles and pass past the edge of the ancient deep forest. The remaining three options, 40 miles back, direct charge, and around the enemy-occupied area, undoubtedly the last option is the least likely to encounter enemy soldiers. ”

However, once encountering enemy soldiers, it is very troublesome and easy to fall into siege.

But the other two paths are the same.

"The people of Fursack already know about our support, which means that if we encounter enemy troops on the other two routes, the situation will never be better than the third."

There is no need to attach "persuasion", as long as Glerint says it, the six of them will certainly understand it.

Therefore, everyone no longer hesitated, and eight people, including "Alister", immediately drove their horses to the right and went deep into the enemy-occupied area.

After marching for 30 miles in this way, their group was not intercepted, not even the enemy troops who occupied the road at the pass, and they bypassed the third attacked city very smoothly, and it was only ten miles away from Zalogo.

It's not that there are no people along the way, it's just that at this time, the two countries are at war, there are fewer pedestrians, and it is impossible for them to quickly notify Fursack - even if they do, Fursack will not believe such information from unknown sources.

So Glerint didn't give the order to kill all the way.

"Phew~"

Eighty percent of the way through the march, Glerint pulled the reins of Mara abruptly, and the cavalry came to a halt behind him.

He felt that something was wrong, it was so smooth!

"Ha, the battalion commander is a man, brave and strategic, really powerful."

Taking advantage of the slackness, Madison stepped forward and complimented Glerint with a small compliment.

I don't object to conspiracy, but on the other side is the Fursak army, their royal family is the Einhorn family, how can there be no "conspirators" in the large army?

Wrong!

Greinte's expression condensed suddenly, and despite Madison's compliment, he sternly ordered:

"15 miles deeper."

He wasn't sure if there would be "traps" if the road continued, but he wouldn't underestimate the enemy's intelligence.

The atmosphere in the team suddenly tightened, and Glerint did not explain, but the clever people such as Dorrigo were the first to taste some of the flavors.

These 30 miles have indeed been too smooth.

"Order!"

Although Madison was puzzled, he could not disobey the order, not to mention that he now fully believed in Glerint's military wisdom

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Outside Chalogo, Evraf, who was burly and stout, with only one right arm left, looked at the two routes to the west and south, and his eyes narrowed slightly:

"The prey is coming."

According to the itinerary, they should have passed through the city in front of them, and since there was no signal yet, it was better to come from behind.

And Glerint's cavalry, naturally, rushed to the outside of the city of Zalogo. The low-lying terrain of Chalogo had just stopped on the hill, ready to swoop down into the enemy camp.

"I just don't know if the enemy outside the city guessed our marching route?"

If you have a preset artillery......

When he was about to cross the hill, Glerint reined in again.

"Take a telegram to Major General Isla and ask about the situation."

Although Glerint changed the direction of his advance twice "by surprise" and penetrated deep behind enemy lines, it was unlikely that the besieging enemy forces would be able to stop them.

But again, to despise the enemy is to bury yourself.

Honk...... Doodle...... A voice rang in the hearts of seven people and a puppet from the portable telegraph, and soon, Isra took the telegram:

The enemy forces are besieged on the west and south flanks, and they have not launched an attack today, and it is not clear whether there is an ambush.

Looking at the 12 eyes that looked at the secret puppet, Glerint thought for a moment, and manipulated the secret puppet to speak:

"This is a great opportunity!"

"But we have few men and must make sure that the enemy is not in ambush."

"What do you think?"

The safest way is to go around the city to the north and enter the city, but this will lose the advantage of surprise soldiers, lose the opportunity for the enemy to be open and dark, and then the cavalry besieging the city will be more difficult to move because of the artillery.

Madison's military vision is not so good, and his ability to slap horses and observe words and emotions is good.

As soon as he heard Glerint's statement, he knew that the young lieutenant colonel already had the idea of a raid, and he just intended to seek relative safety in the raid.

After considering the sentence, Madison said:

"I think it can be fought, but it is better to send a telegram and ask His Excellency the Major General to send troops to attack from the south at the same time."

The purpose of the attack from the south is to lure the enemy from the west to support the south, and then they can take the tail from the west, and if there is an ambush from the west, they can mislead the enemy into thinking that they are coming from the south and withdraw the ambush.

Hearing this, "Gleilint" just nodded, noncommittal, and instead set his eyes on Dorrigo.

Dorigo's brow furrowed visibly, very embarrassed.

After struggling for a few seconds, he still gritted his teeth and said decisively:

"I think I should fight too."

When the other four officers also nodded their heads, and unanimously approved the attack, "Glerint" then said:

"Okay, then send a telegram to Your Excellency the Major General, asking him to attack to the west."

"West?"

Although I don't know the specific division of the enemy's troops, my side is obviously hiding in the shadows, and if Isla also comes here, won't it be directly exposed?

And Glerint's idea was:

He did not know that the enemy army of Vrsack had ambushed men and horses on the west and south sides, or that there were both.

The most superficial thinking, of course, is to support the cavalry and attack in the same direction as the city. A deeper level of thinking is to stagger the two sides. But Glerint is now standing on the third floor, first of all, he still thinks that the enemy should not be underestimated, thinking that they can't think of the second layer, then it is very likely that it will evolve into a battle between his own side and the enemy army on the west side, and whoever moves first will die.

Is it possible that the enemy also thinks of the third layer?

Of course it's possible, but if you dig deeper into the thinking level at this time, there is no point, because you can never be sure of the enemy's thinking.

So Glerlint's idea is to think outside the guess and find your core strengths:

The enemy is bright and I am dark!

Then it is best to cooperate directly with Isla to fight on both sides.

And from the enemy's point of view, he doesn't know what level of thinking his side is, so he should be the most likely to stand on the second layer, and of course, there is also a great possibility to stand on the third layer.

He did not explain.

The six officers look at me, I look at you, and in the end they chose to obey the order and sent Isra a request for a sortie from the west.

It's not that no one thinks about the problem of thinking traps, but from their point of view, the most suitable for their side is, of course, the second level of thinking, so they can't quite understand Glerint's approach to the sword.

Mystery: Order and disorder