Chapter 217: Soldiers' Rations Run Out
The squad of the third division, Lu Yuan nodded, before that, he had a one-sided acquaintance with Ma De, the direct general of the third division, in general, he was more familiar with the third division.
But he also didn't tell Dean that he had an old affair with General Mader.
"Today at Your Majesty's will." Lu Yuan immediately took out a holy decree (don't complain about why Western Fantasy is a holy decree, because the original plot is like this, Xue Ye named Tang San as King Lan Hao, that is, a guy took out the holy decree to read it. He said directly, "Mobilize five thousand Royal Knights to carry out the mission with General Ben." ”
He didn't give a small captain like Dean a look, in fact, he just went in and called in five thousand troops to attack, after all, he was still the commander of the Royal Knights.
In fact, in addition to mobilizing the army to have corresponding holy decrees and military orders, Lu Yuan is currently temporarily acting as the head of the Royal Knights of the Heaven Dou Empire, he can actually directly give orders to the Royal Knights.
Soon, Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong entered the royal hunting ground, and directly summoned the remaining nine generals of the Royal Knights.
The size of the Royal Knights of the Heaven Dou Empire was twice as small as that of the Royal Knights of the Star Luo Empire, with only 50,000 people in the entire legion, and when 5,000 people were a division, it was divided into ten divisions.
At the same time, each of the ten divisions has a direct general, and above these ten men there is also a regimental commander who is in charge of all the affairs of the Royal Knights.
However, the former legion leader Lambir was killed in the poison erosion of Zi Ji in the battle of the soul beast beast tide, and he finally suggested that Lu Yuan temporarily replace him as the leader of the Royal Knights in the case of undecided war.
Therefore, there were originally eleven senior generals of the Royal Knights, and there were only ten generals left, including Lu Yuan.
They responded to Lu Yuan's call and came directly to the Chinese army camp of the Royal Knights.
When they came here, they had already found that Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong were already waiting here, and at the same time, behind them, the six commanders of the original Tenth Division loyal to Lu Yuan, Han Qiannuo, Cheng Qixiao, Russell, Hornak, Barnaby, and Gao Kai, were acting as Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong's pro-army at the moment.
"I've seen the Celestial Shadow General!" Ma De and the other nine generals bowed directly to Lu Yuan in front of them and said respectfully.
Today's Lu Yuan can be said to be famous in the continent, this will not be like before, although he has excellent cultivation and talent, he has no achievements in military merits.
In addition, Lu Yuan's age is really too young, and now he is not yet twenty years old, let alone before.
That's why when he first came to the Royal Knights, he was despised by Lian Long Crab and other former commanders of the Ten Divisions, thinking that he was not worth mentioning at all.
But now it is not what it used to be, today's Lu Yuan is really famous in the continent, 30,000 Heavenly Shadows break through the stars and slash the hegemony, and 300,000 troops block millions of troops, these alone are enough to make Lu Yuan a famous general on the same level as Ge Long and Andrew in the Heaven Dou Empire.
He was even named a duke by His Majesty today, a prince and a prince, it can be said that in addition to a princely position that is difficult for outsiders to get now, Lu Yuan is now a very human minister.
And at this time, Lu Yuan, who has no shortage of prestige, strength, reputation, and background, no matter how young he is, he should not be underestimated.
Therefore, the nine generals of the Royal Order were all respectful at the moment.
"You're welcome, colleagues." Lu Yuan smiled slightly, and then didn't talk nonsense, and directly put the holy decree on the table, "Your Majesty has an order, ordering me to take five thousand Royal Knights soldiers to carry out the task of harassing the Star Luo Empire to the point where it is really difficult to manage the supply line. ”
When the people saw the decree, it was so, and they had no complaints.
"My idea is that the second division has suffered serious losses, so I won't consider it for the time being." Lu Yuan said.
The Second Division lost nearly 3,000 soldiers in the Beast Tide Incident, and the losses were indeed heavy, so it was reasonable for Lu Yuan to say so.
Piot, the direct general of the Second Division, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, now that the Second Division is being rebuilt, it is naturally a good thing that Lu Yuan did not let the Second Division become extinct.
"As for the remaining nine divisions, my tenth division will send ten battalions of troops, and the remaining eight of your divisions, each with one battalion of elite, listen to my dispatch, how about it?" Lu Yuan said with a smile.
One battalion is 100 troops, which means that the 10th Division dispatched 1,000 troops this time, while the remaining eight divisions each contributed 500 troops, adding up to 4,000 troops, which is exactly 5,000 troops.
"The general's decision is." Ma De and the others did not complain and said.
"Alright, then you go down." Lu Yuan waved his hand and said.
Ma De and the others immediately went down and began to raise a large army, not only them, but even Cheng Qixiao and others immediately went down.
They went to gather the troops of the Tenth Division, and they were also the ten military camps led by Lu Yuan's most loyal ten commanders in the Tenth Division.
Soon, after all, it was the elite army of the Heaven Dou Empire, and the speed of gathering was indeed very fast.
In just about half an hour, the 5,000-strong army, including men and soldiers, gathered on the Central Colonel's field.
Soon after, even the 10,000 troops of the Celestial Shadow Army were assembled.
Under Lu Yuan's order, the Royal Knights directly let them in.
苍白的天空下,天影军的一万大军组成十个方阵,缓缓地移动在皇家围猎场上。
Opposite the five thousand knights of the Royal Order next to him.
“原地休整,明日准备出发。 Lu Yuan ordered in a loud voice, "The commanders of the Royal Knights and the Celestial Shadow Army came in with me to discuss the matter. ”
At this time, of course, the assembly is not to mobilize the army immediately, but generally assemble the army in advance, and then after a little rectification, the army is officially mobilized a day or even a few days later.
And Lu Yuan's next step is to summon the generals to discuss the matter.
He had to assign tasks to the two armies separately and explain the tactics of warfare, especially the Shadow Army, which was in charge of guerrilla warfare, and after arriving in the Duchy of Hull, he would not directly command the Shadow Army, but let the Shadow Army fight guerrilla warfare on its own.
Lu Yuan needed to use the source number control to lead the Royal Knights to directly cut off the supply line of grain and grass in the Star Luo Empire.
Soon, Cheng Qixiao, Lu Po and other army commanders entered the camp together, and then Lu Yuan began to carefully explain to them what the next tasks and strategies were, and Lu Po and other generals of the Heavenly Shadow Army listened very carefully.
Because they knew that next, Lu Yuan would not directly lead them into battle.
……
Ten days later.
两大帝国边境。
A long procession walked on the deserted battlefield, the main body of this team was all men dressed in cool earth-colored linen clothes, all shirtless and bare-shouldered, but their thin arms were pushing the one- or two-wheeled carts full of burlap bags and yellow straw in front of them.
Although there are also many livestock in the team pulling carts, in general, there are more of these thin men, who constitute the main body of the team
The team was flanked by armoured and armed soldiers, and at the back of the group were a dozen knights on horseback, slowly following the procession.
But......
“这份工作真是舒服啊……”在骑士最中间处,明显是这支队伍的最高长官的家伙左手拿着一个水壶,笑嘻嘻地说道。
However, the kettle in his hand emitted a burst of wine, and it was obvious that it was not filled with water, but with wine, which was forbidden in the army.
"Commander Cui, we're on a mission here, it's not good......" A slightly younger knight couldn't help but persuade when he saw this.
Commander Cui suddenly waved his hand, "What's the matter, anyway, there is no accident here, even if it is a robbery of grain and grass, our Star Luo Empire occupies the Zhennan Pass in front, and the rear is the border of the empire, how can the little chicks of the Heaven Dou Empire appear here?" ”
He also smiled and said, "I don't believe you...... It's so quiet today, there isn't even a bird in the sky. ”
However, at this moment, his face suddenly changed!
I saw that he immediately threw the kettle in his hand to the ground, and the kettle fell to the earthy yellow ground, and the turbid liquid that exuded the smell of wine immediately spread a burst of mist on the ground.
"The whole army obeys the order! Get ready for battle! Those people obey orders! Put away the baggage, when necessary, the first thing is to protect the grain and grass, and the rest of the baggage can be discarded at any time! Before everyone could react, they saw Commander Cui shouting an order.
"Martial Spirit Possession!" Commander Cui's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he no longer had the appearance of being a hanger before, and directly summoned the martial spirit.
Suddenly, his muscles burst out, his teeth became extremely sharp, and at the same time, his hands stretched out like wolf-like claws, and the gray-black hair on his body also covered his body.
His martial soul was a gray wolf, and four soul rings appeared behind him, one white, two yellow and one purple, indicating that he was a soul sect with more than forty soul power.
Not to mention anything else, in the Star Luo Empire, where there are not many soul masters, especially in the army, the cultivation of his soul sect is very good.
And the army of the Star Luo Empire did not doubt him at this time, the Star Luo Empire, which had a very good military strength, the low-level soldiers were basically forbidden, and they all immediately obeyed Commander Cui's order and drew their weapons.
"What's going on? What happened? The young knight was a little puzzled.
But soon, he knew the answer.
Commander Cui's eyes flashed as sharp as a wolf and a tiger, and he looked closely at the direction of the northwest direction.
"Boom - Boom ——!" The thunderous sound grew louder and louder...... No, it should be said that it is getting closer.
Everyone immediately understood, and it was when Commander Cui heard this thunderous sound that he was instantly alerted.
Commander Cui, as a Soul Sect of the Gray Wolf Martial Soul, has a hearing far beyond ordinary people, and the gray wolf is an animal that is known for its hearing and sense of smell, so he quickly sensed that something was wrong.
Under the gaze of the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire, for a while, it was as if a sandstorm had rolled up in the northwest direction, and countless yellow sands seemed to be blasted into the air by thunder.
But everyone knew that it was not thunder, but the sound of cavalry on the ground on their horses.
But the sound of the horse's iron hooves was far more fearful than the thunder!
"The enemy army seems to be numerous, should we run ......" A small commander looked at Commander Cui and asked.
"The other party is a cavalry, how can you run?" Commander Cui's eyes lit up, and he said coldly, "And the grain and grass have not been transported to Zhennan Pass, all of them are folded here, and we will all be dealt with by military law!" ”
The military laws of the Star Luo Empire are strict, after all, they can even treat their brothers and sisters so cruelly, let alone soldiers in the army.
This batch of grain and grass that can supply 100,000 troops for a month of fighting, if it is not transported to Zhennan Pass, even if Commander Cui and the others escape back to the Star Luo Empire, they will not be able to escape the punishment of military law and martyrdom.
"The only chance now is to kill the enemy desperately, at least it is possible to win a way to survive." Commander Cui was like a wolf hunting, his eyes exuding murderous intent, staring at the place where the yellow sand was permeated.
And then......
A delicate and atmospheric flag has been rising above the dust, and under the light of the sky, the emblem on the flag is not clear for the time being.
But Commander Cui was stunned, and in the sound of iron hooves like wind and thunder, he saw ...... A knight in bright armor and armed with a long sharp weapon appeared before them.
The big flag fluttered, and the emblem on it finally met the eyes of Commander Cui, and a snow-white swan fluttered its wings and soared, appearing in the blue flag scroll - the "swan" martial spirit of the Royal Snow Family of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Royal Knights of the Heaven Dou Empire!
Then he shook his head bitterly, "It seems that we didn't have much luck today. ”
"Cui Commander ......" Suddenly, everyone else panicked.
Commander Cui smiled bitterly and said, "The Royal Knights of the Heaven Dou Empire...... I'm going to die here today! ”
The next moment, the knight army over there with the sound of wind and thunder directly rushed into this baggage force of the Star Luo Empire with ten thousand momentum.
The dust rolled up under the horses' hooves was blown away by the wind, and the soldiers and civilians in front of them were trampled to death with a huge impact, and then their bodies were trampled into bright red minced meat.
The long knife and knight's spear instantly swept through the throat and heart of the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire, bringing out blood-colored flowers.
The brutal slaughter directly shattered the silence that Commander Cui had previously said, and the screams, the sound of flesh and blood tearing, the sound of weapons clashing, and the sound of iron hooves raging on the ground continued to resound in this uninhabited battlefield.
Even the Cui Commander, who was not weak in cultivation, was killed on the spot in the spear of a Soul King Knight.
……
Two hours later.
"General......" Seeing the general in front of him slowly coming to Wren, he immediately saluted.
Wren didn't pay attention to him, but looked at the tragic battlefield behind him, only to see tens of thousands of people dressed in coarse cloth and 10,000 soldiers wearing the standard armor of the Star Luo Empire, all of them sleeping quietly on this deserted ancient battlefield at this moment.
Even many of them were blurred with flesh and blood, as if they had been chopped into minced meat, and spread on the ground like the crust of a pancake.
It doesn't take much analysis to know that this is a corpse that has been trampled by cavalry.
But......
"It's the cavalry who did it, but it's not the ordinary cavalry who can do this." Wren shook his head and said, "Only those powerful and tall hybrid soul beasts can trample people like this. ”
"How's the grain and grass going?" He asked softly to the general behind him.
"The other party didn't leave us any grain and grass, most of the grain and grass were burned on the spot, and some of it may have been taken away." The general said immediately.
"But the general...... If this was done by the Heaven Dou Empire, how did they bypass our Zhennan Pass and come here to cut off grain and grass. He said incomprehensibly.
Wren gave him a faint look, "yes...... I can't figure out how they came out with a large number of cavalry and appeared here......"