672 Unexpected encounters
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Ruibogen,
At night, a faint layer of silver moonlight was everywhere in Rebgan, and the emerald green forest was like a large flower garden, and the faint white shot down pillars of light on the dense mountain forest road
Varisian, who had just been promoted to the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Banner of the Central Army, was also sweating profusely at the moment leaning on a waist-thick tree trunk, and his throat was dry as if smoke was about to come out.
The war horse beside him lowered its head and chewed on the tender stems and leaves, and from time to time made a rustling sound, and his surroundings were full of resting falcon cavalry and foraging war horses, and they pursued non-stop all night, from the border to the hinterland of Borrigan, not only the horses were tired enough, but even people could not stand it, and as a last resort, Varisian could only risk the possibility of being discovered, and temporarily ordered the whole army to rest in this hidden wood
After opening the map in his hand, and looking at it carefully by the moonlight shining above his head on a rock, Varisian whispered to the adjutant next to him in a somewhat annoyed voice
"These guys are running so fast, if we hadn't followed the methods provided by the Ministry of Military Affairs and pursued all the way along the site of the destroyed Miè village, we might not have been able to keep up with these Dongting people for a long time!"
"These Dongting people are indeed different from the Kugit cavalry we have encountered before!" Regarding the opinion of the main general, the adjutant Kuant agreed and said: Those guys who fled all the way are too tenacious, they have been bitten by us several times, and they have been led away by the dead soldiers among them with a decisive heart, such cavalry may not be unusual if they appear in our guard cavalry, but this is the nomadic cavalry of the Dongting grassland, those grassland people have always been very scattered!"
"You're right, this is what I feel most terrible about!" Varisian pointed to a few markers on the map and nodded, "This is the location of several encounters with the enemy, although they have been on the run, but the goal and direction are very clear, there is almost no panic that the rout army is used to, it is so calm, it proves that they are just as we guessed before, these Eastern Court cavalry did not flee at all, but went to report the news"
"Tell me, Lord ......" Adjutant Kuente's face changed, "We are within the range of the Dongting people?"
"If the map doesn't deceive me, it should be!" Varisien's face was a little sickly red, and his fingers connected the punctuation points on the map, apparently in a straight line.
"According to the military report provided by Ryerdian, the Eastern Court cavalry in Ribogen is about 40,000, and only about 8,000 were wiped out by our raid last night, that is, there may be a cluster of more than 20,000 or even 30,000 Eastern Court cavalry in our vicinity."
"A cluster of 2 to 30,000 Dongting cavalry is near us......"
Hearing this terrible assertion, even with the composure of the adjutant Kuante, his face became extremely ugly, and he gasped deeply, and the opposite Varisian made a silent gesture to him
"In order to avoid possible confusion, this situation must be kept secret!" said the experienced Valincian in a low voice, his eyes blazing around, his years of combat experience made it clear to him what the consequences would be if the news circulated among his subordinates
Although it is no longer what it used to be, the Fourth Cavalry Flag Regiment, which originally belonged to the ordinary flag regiment, was incorporated into the main flag regiment sequence of the Central Army because of its merit in killing the Khan King Sisai Ali last time, and became the main cavalry hand-picked by His Majesty the Falcon, equipped with the latest assault crossbows, and the personnel has expanded from the original 8,000 to 12,000 people.
But this does not mean that you can confront more than 20,000 Dongting cavalry, not to mention that the commander of these Dongting cavalry is Bogul Zamu, a famous general of Dongting who has never been defeated.
It is conceivable that after getting the news that his powerful corps under his subordinates has been annihilated, what kind of means will the famous general of the Eastern Court of Bogol Zamu use to retaliate against the pursuing falcon cavalry, blood for blood, tooth for tooth, but not just Wikiasian style, once the slightest trace is revealed, the hooves of tens of thousands of Dongting cavalry will quickly surround this forest, and then kill all the targets like a wolf pack hunting
"Order the squadrons to rest on the spot, put their horses on their heads, and never let the horses neigh" Varisian shook his sour neck a little casually,
"I don't know why, I feel so uncomfortable in this area, like there's always a pair of eyes watching us, or maybe the camp of the Dongting people is somewhere in our sight!"
"It can't be such an exaggeration, can it?"
The adjutant Kuant was taken aback by Varisian's words, as Varisian's adjutant, of course he knew how terrifying his intuition was that this experienced general had a terrible intuition, and he killed King Kugit Khan in one fell swoop, because Warission judged the possible hiding location of King Kugit Khan with his intuition, and then used a small force of cavalry to lure it out and kill him in one fell swoop
"It's hard to say," said Varisian, a little half-jokingly, "that the messengers disappeared here, doesn't that mean that the camp of the Dongting people is somewhere nearby?
Varisien's voice paused, and he said with a smile, "I don't know how the Ministry of Military Affairs knows about the habits of the Dongting people, and in order to hide their whereabouts, they destroy any traces that may be exposed along the way,
Judging from the direction in which those marks are connected, I will never be surprised even if the marshal of the East Court appears in front of us!"
"Let all the scouts come back!, and wait until dawn to get better," said Adjutant Kuhn
"Well, that's all it takes" Varisian nodded, his finger drawing a circle on the map, "Let's lurk here, this is the only mountain in this area, the terrain is steep, the mountains are densely forested, even if we dodge twice as many people, it will be difficult to be found in a short time, before the arrival of the large army, we can just nail here like eyes! Maybe tomorrow as soon as we open our eyes, we will see the people of Dongting"
For the malicious joke of the main general, the adjutant Kuant could only sneer
Varisian's instincts saved his life again, and even the 12,000 falcon cavalry under his command suddenly noticed a slight tremor on the ground in the middle of the night,
Just 500 meters away from the forest where they were, a group of Xiting cavalry, like ghosts in the night, drove forward, quickly waking up the nervous Varisian,
Click......
The crisp sound of horses' hooves was unusually clear in the early hours of the morning, getting closer and closer, and in the shadowy morning light, a group of black-armored cavalry swept across the earth like a gale, leaving behind a cloud of dust like rolling dragons.
The sound of horses' hooves woke up the small animals around them, so frogs, bullfrogs, autumn stingers, etc. chirped one after another, setting off the night of late summer and early autumn to be particularly lively, and the frightened wild birds fluttered to find a place to hide.
But the cavalry maintained a high degree of silence, many of them were bent over, tightly attached to the back of the horse, and even some of the brave cavalry simply fell asleep on the back of the horse, allowing the horse to follow the march of the large army.
When the day is about to dawn, the sky seems very dark, it was originally a night when the moon and stars are scarce, and there is no light at this time. But half an hour later,
The pre-dawn darkness gradually passed, and the morning light slowly opened the prelude to the darkness of the earth, and the faint light gradually illuminated the long and powerful recurve bows that the black armor of the cavalry had been assembled on the crotches of their horses.
This bow is a variant of the cavalry compound bow, with a unique recurve handle, a longer bow body and a strong black buffalo bowstring, giving this recurve bow a range and penetration that is up to one-third stronger than the ordinary cavalry compound bow, almost comparable to the strong bow of the infantry corps, which is the hallmark of the ace cavalry of the Eastern Court
This is the cavalry of the Eastern Court who has been camping overnight, if Varisien is shocked, his eyes can pass through the dense fog of the morning and land on the right side of this column,
It is possible to see the long white tasseled battle banner held high, it is the battle flag of Bogol Zamu, and at this moment he is wearing light cavalry armor, escorted by hundreds of black-armored archers of the Eastern Court, crossing the wide field in front of the forest in front of him
The calm morning is so peaceful, the dense lakes shine brightly in the morning light, and the undulating waterfowl rise and stop in the air
Traditionally, before the army marches, the scout cavalry will search all possible places where the enemy is hiding, but due to the rush of time, the scout cavalry rarely spares this forest that seems too large.
This forest is located in the only mountain in this area, the terrain is steep, the mountains are dense, even if you hide tens of thousands of people and horses, it is difficult to be found in a short time, but in the same way, if there are really tens of thousands of enemies, it is extremely difficult to rush down from it in a short time.
"How many teams is this?" Varisian, who was lying in the bushes in the woods, asked the adjutant beside him a little boredly, and after watching it all night, after the initial shock, he didn't feel anything anymore,
Even Varisien had the idea of taking the time to squint, but he definitely couldn't do it, he was the main general, and he had to make a judgment for any unexpected situation that might occur,
For example, the neighing of war horses, being spotted by enemy scouts, etc., these are enough terrible situations to make the entire flag regiment fall into ruin
Yesterday, he only guessed that he might find the main force of the Dongting people nearby, but he didn't expect that in the middle of the night, the main force of the Dongting people really appeared in front of him, and at this moment, even he scolded himself for being a crow's mouth
At this moment, not only him, but also Adjutant Kuant, as well as all the Falcon Cavalry behind him, who were strictly forbidden to make a sound, stared at the Eastern Court cavalry advancing forward like a huge fan at the bottom of the mountain
"35 or 36 team ......" Adjutant Kuant replied to him in a low voice, he couldn't help the boring of the main general, this is war, no one knows when to meet the enemy,
From just now he counted the number of Dongting people in his heart, and the more he counted, the more shocked he became, in the middle of the night because of the lack of vision, so a lot of the number was missed, but with the current number alone, this Dongting cavalry that was sweeping away in front of him can be described as quite large,
And that's not counting the new queues that kept emerging from the fog behind these untold cavalry, which, according to Kuhnt's conservative estimates, were definitely above 30,000 at the foot of the mountain
"Their goal seems to be the north, what do they want to do?" said Adjutant Kuante with some confusion, and the Eastern Court cavalry cluster below was silent and murderous, and the banner representing the length of a thousand flags was like a morning cloud, and the dense cavalry parted the ground and headed towards the far northern sky
"North, it won't be for the main force of our Central Army, right?"
Adjutant Kuante's unintentional words shocked Varisian's expression. Last night's big victory, at this moment no one would have thought that the Dongting people would run overnight, last night of fierce fighting, at this moment most of the people in the entire camp are afraid that they are still asleep, even if there are a small number of sentinels, they will lose their due meaning in front of the fast-coming Dongting cavalry,
"What a powerful Dongting people!" Thinking of this, there were already big beads of sweat on Valisian's head, the counterattack of the Dongting people came so quickly, it was completely beyond everyone's expectations, such an elite cavalry with more than 30,000 people sneaked up, even with the good fighting of the Central Army General Hu Keqili, I am afraid that it will end up in death
"Kuhnt, immediately release the carrier pigeons, and report the situation to the base camp quickly! The Dongting people are going to sneak attack" Varisien stood up almost like a rabbit that had been stepped on by the tail, and hurriedly gave the battle order, now the only one who can save the base camp is his own cavalry, which has not yet been discovered by the enemy
Watching the white carrier pigeon disappear into the sky in the distance, Varisian's face was full of solemnity, he violently pulled out his sword, and shouted to the cavalry lurking behind him, "All the troops get on their horses and kill them with me!"
At the foot of the mountain, Bogolzamu looked like an eagle's gaze, and at the same time looked through the dense fog to the hills in the dense fog in the distance.
"My lord, what's wrong?
In order to hide her true identity, this beautiful princess of Dongting was wearing the armor of a black-armored archer, and her long hair was draped over her shoulders from behind a dark metal helmet, which was a little less feminine, but more tenacious belonging to a Kugit woman
"That mountain has no soul!" said Bogul Zamu with a solemn expression, "When the sun comes out, it is the time when birds and birds are not allowed to hunt, but such a large mountain has only a few anti-Nio eagles entrenched in the sky, and in the quiet dense forest, there is no breath of life at all, if it is not for the large-scale plague that leads the birds and birds to die, then there is only one possibility......"
"Come, immediately send a team of 1,000 people to search the mountain!" Bogol Zamu pointed to the hill in the distance, and ordered in a loud voice to the nearby heralds, "especially the woods located on the mountainside, whether they find out about it or not, they must return within an hour!"
Unfortunately, it was still a little late for Bogol Zamu to find out, and just when he gave the order, Varisian's 12,000 cavalry had already completed the assembly preparations, because the mountain road was narrow, Varisian divided the 12,000 Falcon cavalry into ten teams and rushed down.
"Enemy attack!"
The galloping sound of the war horse quickly attracted the attention of the Dongting cavalry under the mountain, the war horse was like thunder, and tens of thousands of cavalry slowly poured down from the mountain, "Stop them!" The Dongting archers below also panicked, and the compound bow in their hands was quickly pulled, and the rumbling horse hooves were like beating war drums.
The undulating horseback made it difficult to determine the accuracy of the archers' shots, and in most cases they could only take a rough covering shot, and the falcon cavalry took out the cavalry crossbow on their legs with a cold face, and their eyes flashed red. Flashing with a cold and merciless light, his fingers were solemnly clasped on the trigger of the crossbow,
Varisian's own cavalry shouted, Samar's sword raised in his hand. The wind was blowing in the face, mixed with damp moisture. The horse's hooves trampled on the soft dirt. Out of the snapping crunch,
The compound strong bow of the Xiting Archer Cavalry has also pulled out the full moon and raised it high at a forty-five degree angle, and both sides are calculating the distance, although the range of the short crossbow is slightly better than the compound bow of the Dongting Cavalry Cavalry, but that little distance, before the high galloping war horse, is just a matter of shooting one second early and shooting one second late,
When the crossbow is detached from the crossbow machine. The bowstring on the opposite side had also sounded, life and death were only in an instant, and the fierceness here was not inferior at all, and the two armies were fighting with short blades, "Shoot!" Both sides shouted almost at the same time, and arrows flew sideways. The arrows on both sides are in harmony with each other. Ten traces of death came out, and powerful crossbows shot into the armor of the cavalry
The first to bear the brunt was a lightly armed thousand-man cavalry team responsible for the flanks, this was the light cavalry of the East Court, and in front of the Vicchia Falcon cavalry that suddenly appeared, they were suddenly shot into a rolling gourd
"Killing" Varisien took the lead, and the sharp Samar war knife in his hand slashed off the shoulder of an Eastern Court cavalryman with horsepower, poof, the Western Court cavalry who had not had time to react was disemboweled on the spot, and blood mixed with internal organs gushed out of the incision, blowing up Varisien's face,
"Rush over!" Varisien shouted as he slashed one of the Eastern Court cavalrymen off his horse with a single sword, like a falcon rider behind him, and the first group he led was completely strangled with the opposing party,
The falcon cavalry's sword was like a snow-bright lightning, cutting through the opponent's weak armor, bright red blood shot from the enemy's neck, the war horses were staggered, and the figure of a hundred-man Dongting cavalry disappeared from front of him in an instant, and the corpse was scattered like a broken cloth.
"Kill, stop them!"
The thousand commanders of the Dongting cavalry were also anxious, and he took the hundreds of cavalry behind him to meet them fearlessly, and the sound of metal impact was mixed with the shouts of fighting, and the two cavalry troops were like two metal monsters squeezing each other entangled, swords and swords, flesh and blood flying, galloping war horses staggered past each other, and the cavalry on it shook and was thrown off the horse. was dragged out more than ten meters by a war horse
They were less than 400 meters from where the Varisian cavalry had appeared, and it was an unobstructed open field, and if they were scattered by the opposing cavalry, they had no choice but to be slaughtered
"Bump," the second thousand-man falcon cavalry rushed in from the front very quickly, the surging falcon cavalry rushed the few remaining Dongting cavalry, the whole queue cut from the middle, in a vast open field, the two cavalry units were like two iron walls colliding together, the war horses rolled on the ground in the squeezing, and blood splattered out from the staggered war horses
"It's a Vecchian!" Bogol Zamu's sharp eyes flashed, "I didn't expect to encounter an ambush by Vecchian cavalry here, it's really providential! It's a pity that just such a few people want to defeat me Bogol Zamu, it's a joke!"
Bogol raised his right hand and said, "Blow the rallying trumpet!" Change the previous sneak attack strategy, I will eat this Vekia cavalry!"