At the forefront, General Alessandro's heavy cavalry had already begun to storm the enemy's second line of infantry,

This time they will no longer face slave soldiers, but the regular army of the Solan Kingdom,

Dressed in more elaborate red uniforms and carrying the latest flintlock rifles, these professional soldiers were much better equipped and trained than the slave soldiers who had preceded them.

In the face of a massive group charge of heavy cavalry, the line infantry and grenadiers quickly formed an infantry phalanx, the first two rows of soldiers crouched down to set up a jungle of bayonets, the back row stood and fired in turn, and the commander hid in the center of the phalanx to give orders.

According to the experience of gunpowder age warfare in the last hundred years, the cavalry was absolutely helpless in the face of the infantry that had formed a phalanx and had high morale, and rushing forward was to die.

But these rushing steppe heavy cavalry are not ordinary people, they are all young people who grew up riding horses, they are nomads or steppe noble knights or rich peasant landlords, they eat meat and drink wine on weekdays, like to use force to settle disputes, and the more difficult living environment has also created their fierce and brave character.

Because of the characteristics of the nomadic people, all of them are skilled in horsemanship, skilled in swordsmanship, and can become excellent cavalrymen with high morale and hard work, and can easily integrate into the order of modern cavalry

What's more, they are still the grassland warriors selected layer by layer, which can be called the elite of the elite, especially those heavy cavalry who rush to the front line and serve as the forward task, all of them are strong and fierce men, and the war horses they ride are also the best grassland horses.

In the face of the dense phalanx of bayonet jungle infantry, these people were not afraid at all,

At a distance of 50 meters, General Alessandro gave the order, and the steppe cavalry drew their carbines and pistols on the side of their saddles and fired a volley at the infantry phalanx, causing a large number of enemy infantry casualties, and then put away their firearms and drew their sabers to charge.

These fierce steppe horses did not look like grazing livestock at all, but like carnivorous beasts, seeing the layers of bayonet arrays did not instinctively dodge and retreat, but relied on the strong hind leg strength to jump, the heavy cavalry crossed the bayonet jungle of the phalanx, and began to slash frantically inside the phalanx, their first target was the richly dressed enemy commander, the dragons were leaderless, the military flag was also snatched, and the morale of the enemy army collapsed in an instant.

After holding out for less than ten minutes, the second infantry line of the Solan Kingdom was completely defeated, and until this time, only one heavy cavalry division of the entire steppe cavalry army participated in the battle, and the losses were quite slight, and the light cavalry division was still following behind.

General Alessandro, who had been rushing to the front, finally gave the order to regroup, and the exhausted cuirassiers began to rest in place, watching the squadron of heavy dragoons and carbines that followed after them continue to pursue the fleeing burden

Due to the massive group charge of the steppe cavalry corps to block the offensive of the Columns, the Third Army of the Valstad Empire was able to breathe,

They followed the garrison in time, quickly annihilated the enemy's two light infantry units, and regained the two border villages that had been occupied after the start of the battle, and the battle line finally returned to the state it was in the morning, when the steppe cavalry army had crossed the border and entered the hinterland of the neighboring Sylvinian Empire.

Since the two columns in front of King Solan** had been completely defeated, the fragile line of light infantry skirmishers was exposed in front of the scaly cavalry.

These thin and nimble light infantry were experts in guerrilla warfare, they were not good at fighting in dense formations, and worse, they were in a dry and hard plain without any obstacles, and in the face of the charge of a large number of shock cavalry, they had to stretch their necks to be slaughtered, and more than half of the three or four thousand troops were quickly killed and wounded, and the rest were all captured.

At 15:45 p.m., the General Headquarters of the Emperor ** of the Battle of Ramvedence.

Prince Leopold Schumacher, the commander-in-chief of the campaign, was anxiously pacing back and forth in his tent, occasionally glancing down at his pocket watch.

Staff officers are using paper flags of various colors to insert on a huge sand table to simulate the current battlefield situation.

In the center of the sand table battlefield, the Saker insignia banner representing the steppe cavalry army has penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland, and the golden lion banner representing the infantry of King Solan is planted next to it.

It was clear that the enemy infantry on the left and right flanks had begun to gather towards the central battlefield area, obviously trying to cut off the rear road of the steppe cavalry army.

A herald with a face blackened by gunpowder smoke rushed into the command and shouted, "Lord Leopold! Our cavalry army was rushing too far, and the enemy's left and right flanks were closing in, and we could not deliver the order to retreat in time. ”

Prince Leopold slapped the table and yelled, "What a fucking damn! Ivan, this reckless man! You know that you are fierce and ruthless! Punch and dash! ”

Lord Samuel, Chief of Staff of the Legion, chimed in:

"The purpose of sending his cavalry to rush forward was to support the Third Army and fight the Torao attack, and he had already completed his task, but he was not willing to accept it when he saw it, but continued to go deep alone. I suppose Ivan must have been carried away by the victory, did he think that his cavalry army alone could crush the enemy's central front? ”

"Humph! That's impossible, the enemy's infantry defense line is deep and bottomless, and he could have been in a turbulent situation, but he is good! I can't get out of it with a head in and out! Ivan, this fool! The gringos clearly buried the trap clips, and he stepped on them without hesitation! ”

Lord Samuel walked to the sand table, looked at the large pile of flags in the center of the battlefield, and said, "My lord, we can't watch our main cavalry force being surrounded and annihilated, we must quickly send someone to pick them up." ”

Prince Leopold smiled bitterly and said, "Who to send?" What little little reserve we had left was on standby in the rear of the left flank, and there was no time to transfer it! ”

"What about General Berg's Mountain Grenadier Division?"

"Have you forgotten? It has long been sent to the right flank to make up for the defense! ”

"What? Without mobile forces, wouldn't we be doomed? ”

"You just realized? From five o'clock in the morning to now, we have sent ninety percent of our troops, and only then can we keep the enemy outside the national border!

We have seriously underestimated the total strength of Lierao, and no matter how many attacks are repulsed, there will always be a steady stream of people pouring out, and we know how many new forces they still have not yet participated in the battle! I see that more than half of this battle has been lost, and I need to prepare to retreat early, so that I can rely on the strong fortress for defensive operations and save our main force! ”

Lord Samuel hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Excellency...... Marshal Dalí's Third Army was closest to the cavalry corps...... I don't think it's as good as ......."

"Stop! No more, that's impossible! Leopold interrupted his men:

"Thank the gods, it's a miracle that the Third Army has survived until noon this day! We have to thank Marshal Dalí for holding the Ramvedence Farm Fortress with the 7th Infantry Division, if he hadn't led his men to fight to the death, we would have been completely defeated by noon!

The Third Army is now suffering heavy losses and is exhausted, and I am planning to draw two infantry divisions from the left flank to replace them, as for the steppe cavalry corps of Marshal Iwan? Forgive me for not being able to do anything, let them bless themselves! ”

Lord Samuel, Chief of Staff, asked with a shocked look on his face, "Na...... Your Excellency, Commander! Are you really going to give up on rescuing Ivan Marshal Imagin? I have to warn you! That's 10,000 people! The lives of 10,000 Valsta compatriots! ”

"Hey...... I'm sorry, I was a little excited......" Prince Leopold sighed, he gradually calmed down, and his tone gradually slowed:

"Well, Chief of Staff, pass on my order to have all the heavy artillery concentrate their fire on the central front, transfer our chasers up to harass, and slow down the enemy's encirclement, that's all I can do......

And then...... Let's wait for the news together, pray for the favor of the god of fate, and hope that Marshal Iwan will be able to withdraw. ”