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Chapter 66

Before dawn the next day, the 13th Corps was launched. General Adric personally led the men and horses of the 1st Banner Regiment on the road first.

The Third Banner Regiment led by Butler, the silver-haired man who had previously been the vanguard of the power search, had sent back a military report that there had been two skirmishes with the Odin in the northern part of the Arbarkt Plains, with the scale of the battle being about 100 men, and each side had won one.

The place of the battle had moved about dozens of miles south from the grove that Char had experienced last time that the scouts had attacked.

It was clear that the Odin army was moving south, digging its tentacles deep into the depths of the Arbuckt Plains.

Char, as a member of the personal guard, dressed in a full cavalry state, set off with the large army.

The only thing that disappointed Char was that he didn't get the legendary "cavalry equipment" that Cato had mentioned last time: spears that were four meters long, huge shields that were half a man high, and even horse armor for horses......

He still got the same light cavalry equipment he had used to get on his last scout's trip, a double-edged sword for foot combat, a shield for foot combat, and a long weapon for immediate combat - Char still chose the axe gun.

On the way to the march, Char told his comrades about the doubts in his heart, and soon his doubts were explained. The explanation is that Sharpa, the former number one Hercules of the Guard, has taken a back seat since his last wrestling defeat to Char, of course.

The burly giant laughed, "You've been misled by that guy in Cato. The equipment that Cato said about the mouse refers to our heavy cavalry, hmph, the cavalry heavy armor of the whole body, the four-meter cavalry spear, and the half-human riding shield, and the horse armor equipped by the horse...... Think about it, how heavy is the equipment of such a cavalry, just the whole body? Where can ordinary soldiers afford it? Only the jīng rui selected by the jīng heart in the army can afford such a heavy armor to fight, and ordinary people, such as Cato's mouse, have long been pressed down. ”

After a pause, the rude man lowered his voice: "Also, think about it, how much iron does it cost to carry such a heavy load? Such heavy cavalry in our 13th Corps only has the fourth flag and one flag. If you want to be a heavy horseman, wait until you have the opportunity to intercede with the general and ask him to send you to the fourth banner. ”

Char was immediately relieved - it is indeed impossible to equip such a class of heavy cavalry on a large scale, and he had thought about it before.

In fact, in a strict sense, the First Banner Regiment where Char is at the moment is not a cavalry in the real sense - the First Banner Regiment under the 13th Cavalry Corps is actually a mounted infantry combat unit - Mounted Infantry, as the name suggests, is considered an infantry class in the strict sense, but in order to strengthen mobility, these infantry use horses to march, and dismount and line up into infantry queues when fighting.

After all, although the cavalry arms are strong, it is impossible for the cavalry arms to fight on a large scale alone, and they also need the cooperation of the infantry. Generally speaking, cavalry is unlikely to be able to conduct frontal field positional warfare as a dúlì class alone, with thousands of cavalry charging head-on and directly attacking the enemy's infantry array, which is actually very rare, and the real power of cavalry is to place cavalry on both flanks for roundabout outflanking, attacking the enemy's flank, and penetrating layer by layer like peeling potatoes.

The 13th Cavalry Corps was a dúlì corps with some infantry units, but in order to maintain the mobility of the cavalry corps, the infantry was upgraded to mounted infantry to maintain rapid mobility. Moreover, in the event of a siege campaign, pure cavalry could not play a role, only infantry depended.

The men and horses of the First Banner set off in order to meet the pioneer Third Banner Regiment that had gone north some of the previous days.

Char marched in the personal guards, and listened to some of the combat methods of the Thirteenth Corps from his companions along the way, although these personal soldiers may not know a lot, but as a personal soldier, he can often hear some military newspapers and military newspapers, which is always higher than the knowledge of ordinary soldiers.

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On the first day of the road, Char followed a large army of more than 1,000 people for the first time, in the past, I heard those legendary stories, it was often a war of thousands of troops, although it was only a flag regiment of 2,000 people at the moment, but watching the black cavalry team on the plain, the 13th Cavalry Corps had strict military discipline, and the queue was neat and quiet during the march, but there was a murderous feeling, which made Char sigh in his heart.

This is just a flag regiment, if a corps, or even several corps, gathers, how will that kind of scene make people happy?

At night, the ranks did not rest, and the soldiers of the 13th Corps were accustomed to marching to such a degree that the soldiers could eat and drink on their horses, and even rest. It was not until dawn the next day, in the morning, that General Adric gave the order to allow the large army to stop and rest for a while.

The Guards are a special kind of thing, because they are the only real cavalry in this mounted infantry unit, and everyone has a horse. Char happened to be on duty and was sent to General Adric's side.

He and Kevin were escorted by Adric's side in a dozen other personal formations. General Adric is still the same black leather robe that Char wore when he first saw him, but his brows were tightly twisted, and his eyes flashed with chilling edges from time to time, like a lion.

"Rookie. ”

Just as Char was quietly looking at Adric, the general suddenly turned his head to look at Char and smiled.

"Huh?" Char straightened up immediately.

"There's a big battle coming soon, are you nervous?" said Adric's mouth with a strange smile.

The soldiers next to him all looked at Char, as if they were a little curious about the general asking this rookie alone.

Char thought for a moment and shook his head: "It's not too nervous." ”

"Oh?" Adric's eyes were a little satisfied, "Why?"

"Killing wild beasts is killing, killing is killing, and if they want to kill us, we will naturally kill them, and it makes no difference. Char replied without thinking about it.

"Hah! Adric stared at Char twice, then shook his head and said, "You're a nice boy, a little similar to a guy I knew back then, but you're not as good as that guy." Do a good job, your skills are very good, if you can make meritorious contributions in this battle, I will let you go down to be a cavalry commander after you go back. ”

The pro-soldiers next to him suddenly showed envious expressions, and Adric looked at the bald man on the side again: "And you too, Kevin, if you can go back alive this time, you can go down and lead a battalion." ”

The bald man immediately roared excitedly, his face was flushed, and even his bare head was a little glittering in the sun.

Adric seemed to be in a good mood, waved his hand, ordered the rest to be over, and was about to turn over his horse, when suddenly his eyes changed, and he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky.

Above the sky, between the blue sky and white clouds, a gray shadow spread its wings and circled, it seemed to be an eagle, but by visual inspection, it was slightly smaller than an ordinary eagle, and the circling movement seemed to be a little strange, and after hovering directly above the first flag regiment several times, it turned over and danced a few times.

Adric's face sank suddenly, and Kevin next to him squinted twice, and said, "General, it's the ...... of Odin."

"Well, it's the Winged Eagle!" Adric's eyes flashed with a hint of jīng: "The Winged Eagle is here, the army of the Odin must not be far away!" He turned his head and asked an officer beside him, "Butler, how long have they not heard from them?"

"The last wave of heralds came back yesterday evening, and there has been no news since. The officer replied.

Adric's face sank: "Map!!"

The adjutant next to him immediately took down the map from behind his back and unfolded it, Adric looked at it twice, and then pointed to a location above: "How far away is it from here?"

He was referring to a narrow strip of land, slightly low-lying, in the middle of the plain, flanked by woods on either side, and a depression in the middle.

"It's not too far. ”

It was Char who answered, and he said loudly without thinking: "I know that place, from us, if you let go of your horsepower and rush at full speed, you will definitely be able to reach it in two hours at most!"

"Are you sure?!" Adric stared at Char, and for a moment, the general's eyes were actually bright and terrifying, and the flashing gaze was terrifying. Char gritted his teeth to meet such a gaze, "I'm sure! I've been to that place twice." I'm familiar with the terrain in the vicinity. ”

"Something happened!" Adrick's eyes flashed with a dangerous light: "The Odin people's wingman is warning us! Butler in front of them must have had an accident! Otherwise, the wingman would not have flown so far south to reconnoitre, and Butler they haven't sent a herald all night!"

The general thought for a moment, looked at the lieutenant generals beside him, and finally his eyes fell on the bald man: "Kevin!"

"Yes!" the bald man shouted excitedly, holding his neck as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"I'll hand over all the guards to you! And the scouts directly under the Third Banner Regiment! I can muster together a total of 200 cavalry! You lead the team, and I will immediately leave my own team and go north at full speed! That guy Butler must be in trouble! Your task is to meet them, and you will encounter obstacles on the way, you know what to do!"

Kevin immediately raised the prism hammer and shouted excitedly, "Shred them!"

"Idiot!" Adric scolded: "If you encounter obstacles, you are not allowed to fight, break through directly, your task is to find Butler's department, and then support them! I will catch up with the brigade later!"

After a pause, he glanced at Char: "Char is familiar with the terrain, let this rookie lead the way!"

As he spoke, he looked up at the eagle flying in the sky, and suddenly felt a sense of irritability in his heart, and grabbed a bow from the saddle of a warrior next to him with his backhand, and aimed it at the sky with the bow and arrows......

Airplanes!

In the vibration of the bowstring, the arrow flew straight up like a gray light, but after all, this bow was just an ordinary standard bow, even though it had reached the appearance of a full moon, the arrow flew up for a while, and it fell from the Eagle Shadow and the boss with all its strength. Adric was furious and pulled the bow again, this time harder, but with a click, the bow was directly broken by him.

"Bastard!" Adric was furious: "If Via is here......"

He glared at Kevin, "What are you still doing!

Kevin hurriedly answered, hurriedly rode his horse and ran out, and after a while, gathered the personal guards, plus all the scout cavalry, and formed a squad of about three hundred horsemen: "All of you don't bring horses!

The Thirteenth Cavalry Corps was indeed sharp, and in a moment the cavalry of three hundred people had already set off, and Kevin had quite some leadership skills, so he easily lined up the queue in a wedge shape and led the three hundred cavalry away.

Char and Kevin rushed to the forefront of the cavalry, he was responsible for leading the way, galloping forward for about a meal, seeing that the flat terrain in front of him gradually appeared a steep hill, and there was a sparse forest on a high ground on the left, Char immediately shouted: "Hurry!

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of people coming around in the woods on the high ground, each of them in leather armor, tall and burly, with his hair all over his head, and in his hands he held a short axe or a great sword and various weapons, and held a round shield. About 100 or so people rushed out of the forest and greeted the cavalry!

The fellows did not ride horses, but they rode strange mounts, which were about the same size as the horses, but seemed to be more majestic, covered in black sè striped fur, and had two long horns on their heads.

Char looked strange in his heart, but heard Kevin already roaring anxiously: "It's the reindeer cavalry of the Odin!!rush over!!"

The two teams soon collided head-on, and when they got closer, Char heard a whining roar from the Odin people on the opposite side, and the reindeer roared even louder, and the momentum of running was even more amazing than that of horses!

The wind blew in the face, and there was a loud sound of ping-pong, and the two cavalry collided head-on!

Char and Kevin were at the front, rushing headlong into the ranks of the Odin!

It's a shame that after all, he is not skilled enough in equestrianism, and he was directly hit by a majestic reindeer, knocking his horse's head crooked, and Char immediately turned over and fell off the horse!

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