Chapter 116: The Burning ......
"Quick!"
"Speed up!" …… In the ranks of the coalition army, various kings are constantly urging the army to advance. According to information coming from the front, the enemy has launched a general offensive.
In the end, these dozens of miles will directly determine the fate of the trapped coalition forces.
"King, the battle at the front line is over, and the enemy has turned south and left......" Hearing this answer, the Snow Eagle King's face sank, and he was just twenty miles away.
Without the slightest hesitation, the Snow Eagle King hurriedly passed the news to the kings of all clans. The enemy has already fled, and there is no point in marching hastily.
There is no pursuit, only cavalry has always pursued and killed infantry, and there has never been infantry chasing and killing cavalry.
There are no formed cavalry in the coalition army, and it is not that the various ethnic groups do not know the importance of cavalry, but they are really trapped in a corner of the land and cannot afford to raise a gold-swallowing beast like cavalry.
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"Now that the enemy has left, let's set up camp first and let the soldiers rest for two days!" The Shadow King suggested.
The soldiers on the battlefield are very fast, and in recent days, the soldiers of the coalition army have been desperately hurrying, constantly breaking the marching record of the alliance.
At the cost of this: most of the soldiers with weak physical strength are left behind. Certain races, even the Legionnaires, have been left behind.
rushed so much, and finally pounced on the air, how depressed you can imagine how depressed it is.
"Shadow King, I'm afraid it's a little early to rest. According to the information from the spies, the enemy did not massacre the prisoners...... Wounded, there are still many wounded soldiers of various ethnic groups on the battlefield waiting for us to treat. The Snow Eagle King added slightly embarrassed.
It is also very humiliating for the alliance to say in front of elves and outsiders that a large number of soldiers have been captured.
It's a pity that the Snow Eagle King was too upright and accidentally exposed the truth. Even if it is remedied, it will be a matter of exhaustion.
There is nothing to hesitate about, since the clansmen are still alive, they must be saved. The family background of all ethnic groups is not thick, and everyone can only selectively ignore the matter of soldiers surrendering as prisoners.
All the way to the front line, looking at the wounded all over the ground, the kings were directly dumbfounded. The wounded they understood and the wounded left behind at the scene were completely different concepts.
There were only 50,000 troops in total, and more than 20,000 were lying on the ground. Such a high proportion of seriously wounded people may have refreshed the history of the war on the mainland.
It is impossible to give up. The smaller the race, the closer the internal relationship. In front of many clansmen, if anyone dares to do such a thing, the throne will not be stable.
Treating the wounded is undoubtedly a severe test for the coalition forces with poor medical conditions.
"Damn the human race, it's so despicable that it's actually ......" The words came to his lips, and the Giant King suddenly got stuck.
Knowing that the wounded all over the land were a burden thrown on them by the expeditionary force, as a king, they could not say it directly.
The other kings also angrily scolded the Terran for being despicable, but everyone tacitly agreed not to talk about the specific despicable law.
"Venerable, you are very knowledgeable and well-informed, and you do not know that there is a cure?" The Shadow King asked expectantly.
With the medical level of the Ancient Relic Alliance, these injured clansmen on the ground can only resist on their own.
In the end, it was good luck to survive 12 out of 10. Even if you can save people, you won't have a few years to live.
Seeing so many colleagues die, the blow to the morale of the army can be imagined.
"We don't have many magic potions with us, and we can't save so many people at once. I'll have someone bring it later, and you can dilute it with water and distribute it to the soldiers. These drugs can only save the lives of the wounded, and they will have to be recuperated for a year or two. After recovering, it should not be a big problem to live an ordinary life in the second half of your life. Listening to the slightly sad words of the elf young woman, the mood of the kings became even lower.
If you can't save everyone, then choose the key treatment! It's just that this kind of words, they can only hold it in their stomachs.
Magic potions are provided by the elves of other people, and others have the right to decide how to use them. Let the elves send more potions, everyone can't think of it.
The ally is not a nanny, and being able to take out these magic potions to save the emergency is already a face-saving one. According to the past traditions of the various tribes, when such a change occurs, priority is usually given to the treatment of those who are valuable to the tribe.
It is better to let ordinary people die than to restore the elite to their peak state, which is the continuation of the race.
But the elves are different, they follow a different set of values. When this kind of change happens, the first thing that comes to mind is to save the lives of the clansmen first.
As for whether it can recover its combat effectiveness, I will slowly figure out a way later. The initiative is in the hands of the elves, and this collision of values naturally ends with the elves winning a big victory.
Looking at the diluted potion being poured into the mouths of the clansmen, the faces of the kings were a little better. Even if the efficacy of the diluted healing potion is greatly reduced, it is better than nothing.
After all, it is his own clan, and it is definitely better to survive than to die. Immediately after that, the thorny problem was exposed to everyone, how to deal with a large number of wounded?
It is definitely not possible to take the march with you, and if you go all the way, you have to toss people away. If you can't leave with it, you can only divide the troops to take care of it.
…… After the army had gone all the way south, and after about seventy or eighty miles, Hudson suddenly ordered: "Give the order to go down and set up camp on the spot." ”
"Yes, Marshal!" The generals responded in unison. Frankly, such a distance is not safe. If the enemy marched overnight and attacked the camp under the cover of night, the cavalry advantage of the expeditionary force would be greatly weakened.
But this can only be thought about, these days the ancient relics coalition army can be tired enough. After a day's journey, and then let them play and raid overnight, I am afraid that before they reach their destination, the troops will collapse first.
In the era of cold weapons, the infantry that can travel hundreds of miles a day and maintain combat effectiveness is already the elite of the elite.
The army erected its tents, and the fortifications began to be constructed. This was Hudson's habit of leading troops, and fortifications had to be built near the camp, regardless of whether there was danger or not.
Open whistles and dark whistles are definitely indispensable. In the nearby hidden areas, there are also some simple traps, which usually stretch for several miles.
I don't know if the enemy is too disciplined, but these cautious styles have not played a role so far. It can't be said that it is completely useless, there are still a lot of beasts that have been hit.
The unlucky beast that strayed into the trap naturally wanted to feed the soldiers. So much so that the soldiers who have been following Hudson for a long time have a tendency to evolve into hunters.
Glancing at the improvised simple sand table, the ugly Hudson couldn't bear to look at it directly, and the error in proportion was even greater.
"Mark the location of the enemy's team transporting logistics supplies!" Hudson immediately commanded.
From the beginning of the operation of the Coalition of the Ancient Relic Clan, he had his eyes on the logistics of the enemy army. It's just that at the beginning of the enemy's logistics and the large army acted together, and he was not given a chance to attack.
After unremitting efforts, in order to rescue the trapped troops, the enemy finally couldn't help but divide his troops yesterday.
Looking at the location and distance marked on the sand table, Hudson frowned. The enemy's logistical supplies were less than forty miles away from the position of the main army.
At such a close distance, enemy reinforcements could arrive in a matter of hours. If you take action, you have to be quick and ruthless.
In particular, confidentiality work must be foolproof.
"Marshal, the distance from which the enemy was mobilized by us was not far, between the logistics troops and the main forces, only one day's journey was opened. If you want to attack them, I'm afraid you can only go through the stars and night, and then launch a surprise attack. Judging from the intelligence detected, the enemy's logistics force is about 8,000 people, and with some races that have fallen behind, the total strength will not exceed 15,000. The combat effectiveness of these people is not very strong, if we dispatch the Warcraft Legion, it will not be difficult to eat them within four hours after the battle breaks out. Considering the transmission of information, it will take time to assemble a large army, and only small elite units will be able to reinforce the battlefield before the end of the battle. The alliance of the ancient relics is seriously divided, and in the face of this uncertain battle, when the various clans are reinforced, there will inevitably be people who want to preserve their strength. The only thing that wasn't certain was the elven army. We've gathered too little information about elven reinforcements. If the reinforcements come from the main battle legions of the Elven Kingdom, and they run forty miles in three hours, there should be no problem. If you get entangled by the enemy, I'm afraid you'll ......" Before Jose finished speaking, Hudson smiled slightly.
Plundering grain and grass is the easiest way to win, but there are very few examples of successful grain robbery since ancient times.
The shortcomings that everyone can see are often not the real shortcomings. In the battle between the two armies, as long as the commander is not stupid, he will protect his own grain route.
Many times it seems to be an opportunity, but in fact it is a trap set by the enemy in advance. Of course, this time it will certainly not be a trap.
Hudson did not believe that the remnants of antiquity, who had been separated from the mainstream of the continent for thousands of years, could suddenly pop up with a military strategist.
When it comes to fighting with soldiers, the elves are not much stronger. As the paddling champions of previous continental wars, although their military strength is not weak, they still have too little actual combat experience.
However, the lack of actual combat experience does not affect the victory of others. In the midst of the war
"One force to ten meetings" is actually the best tactic. If he could rely on his strength to press it down with dignity, Hudson would not be willing to go to great lengths to plan here.
"What's the point of attacking the enemy's grain and grass at such a distance? Even if they succeeded, the enemy's current position was less than two hundred miles away from their stronghold, and with the dry food they carried with them, I am afraid it would be enough for consumption on the road. Even if we capture the enemy's grain and grass, we will take a few at most, and the rest can only be burned. Unless we can drag their main forces in place, there is no value in burning the grain and grass. With an elven army here, it's too hard to do that! After listening to Hudson's explanation, the officers were confused.
If burning the enemy's grain and grass is worthless, then why keep an eye on the enemy's grain convoy? Glancing at the map, Jose seemed to think of something, and then asked in disbelief: "Marshal, do you want to use the raid grain and grass to lure out the elven army, and then wait for the opportunity to kill them?" "No wonder everyone can't think of it, it's really this plan, which is even more difficult to realize than the previous sneak attack on the grain road.
It may be possible to lure out an elven army, but it is almost impossible to annihilate them in a short period of time.
The two elites collided, and the battle was by no means a short period of time. As long as the battle is not one-sided, the Elder Relic coalition will be able to reinforce in time.
War is often anti-human, and the more impossible it is, the easier it is to work miracles.
"Rest assured, I don't have the luxury of expecting to be able to wipe out the elven army at once. But it's okay to lure them out and give them a big gift. The goal is not high, and if you can destroy a thousand elven troops tonight, you can complete the task. If that's not possible, we'll just leave. If you can eat more than 10,000 troops of the enemy, you won't lose! Hudson said murderously.
…… As night fell, the coalition camp was brightly lit. The kings of all ethnic groups gathered together to inspect the camp, and suffered the losses of two night raids in a row, and they also learned to behave.
In order to avoid falling into the embarrassing situation of fighting separately after encountering an enemy attack, a group of kings simply gathered together to form a joint command center.
With so many people conducting together, the efficiency is certainly not as fast as that of a single voice, but it is also an improvement.
"King, kings, great things...... Big things are not good! The team that we are lagging behind has been attacked by the enemy, please send troops to support you......" As soon as he finished speaking, before everyone could ask, the snow eagle who reported the news was killed.
When they looked closer, they found that he still had a sharp arrow stuck in his chest. After receiving the bad news, the faces of all the kings were gloomy and terrifying.
It is not only the weaker races that are left behind by the coalition forces, but also the logistics of the large army. In order to be in a hurry, everyone hurriedly went on the road with a few days of rations, and most of the strategic materials were left behind.
Simply to deal with the remaining resistance forces, the escort force was naturally sufficient, but when the expeditionary force was raided, the situation changed.
After glancing at each other, the Shadow King was the first to break the silence: "The enemy is menacing, and most of the troops in the rear will not last long. We don't have a lot of supplies to carry with us, and once we lose our logistical supplies, we won't be able to hold out for a few days. If the enemy, relying on the superiority of cavalry, would have haunted us along the way, it would have been difficult for the army to return to its garrison before the supplies were exhausted. The order was sent to the elite troops to form a rescue advance team. But these are not enough, if you want to be foolproof, you need to rely on the power of allies. Let's go and visit His Holiness together, there is no time to delay at a time like this! "In times of crisis, the genes of solidarity can be awakened the most.
The panicked kings saw that the Shadow King had given a solution, and they all agreed. Some kings were dissatisfied with the Shadow King's overstepping of their authority and wanted to speak out against it, but there was no better solution.
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"Kill!"
"Ahh The sound of killing and screaming mingled through the dark night, and the raging fire poured out the fierceness of the battle.
Compared with the previous two night attacks, the enemy's preparations this time were obviously more adequate. In the end, it was people who decided the outcome of the war, and the temporary repair of the camp fortifications created some trouble for the expeditionary force, but it was only trouble.
The overwhelming giant bear paw directly slapped the bow and arrow tower; The dragon tail of the giant directly swept away the horse rejection pile and the horse pit.
It really doesn't follow the rules, and the good Sacred Domain powerhouses don't mix with ordinary people to fight, but they were attacked by the two Sacred Domain powerhouses at the beginning.
Without waiting for the enemy to protest, the rolling Demon Beast cavalry had already rushed into the camp along the passage made by Hudson and slaughtered.