Chapter 149: Pre-Battle Preparations 5
"Alright, you know better than I do about the temper of our commander, and all we can do now is fight the battle and not let go of an enemy. Howard said wryly.
"Then you have to obey orders, and you can't rush in!"
"Come to me, let's talk about it again, and let me, old fellow, hear your young man's new ideas for leading troops. ”
Speaking of which, Ed understood that the other party was changing the law and wanted to teach him some combat experience, and only in this way could he reflect the little mental strength of the old man.
Although the engraving contains countless biographies of famous generals from other worlds, the art of war and various profound tactical theories, Ed still obediently followed behind Howard, and spent most of the afternoon listening to him explain his experience and the various major battles he participated in.
In the following time, he summoned all the captain-level and above personnel of the cavalry team he was going to lead, and taught the final preparation before the battle, most of which were the elites who followed him to support Auvare, and a small number of them were newly added personnel, with a full set of war horses and cavalry equipment, which can be regarded as the most powerful force except for Howard and other psionics, and the total number of people has also reached more than 5,000.
There is no doubt about how this order of magnitude of cavalry was formed in such a short period of time, even in remote areas such as Carmen, Roland is definitely considered to be rich in resources. The land is fertile, and there is a huge surplus of all kinds of crops, whether it is for human consumption or all kinds of livestock, including horses, for people to squander. With the logistical preparations of Ed, Delia and even Little Elinor and others some time ago, they completed the unprecedented army construction before the decisive day.
Never before in Roland's history have so many ordinary soldiers been mobilized for battle. Even if there is, it is not as well-equipped as this time, and the morale of the personnel is high, in the previous wars, ordinary people were used to make up the numbers, and cleaning the battlefield after the war and serving the psionic knights was their main duty.
On the other hand, it is precisely because of the great abundance of products that Ed and the others cannot understand the purpose of Ingill's war, and it is said that their own island country is compared to Roland. There are even more resources that can be harvested, and the wars that those in power have started purely for their own unsatisfying ** is really intolerable.
Gathering his men to complete the final deployment, Ed met with his companions in turn in the last few moments of the day, Andre, Delia, and even the two brothers Stanley and Tennison, all of whom had high expectations for tomorrow's battle.
Early the next morning, the side of the Roland camp was very lively. The various troops were driven out of the camp and moved to the corresponding positions, and the generals already knew their position and the role they would play through the three-dimensional sand table provided by Malorne.
And the other side. Ingill is not so troublesome, they are still using traditional war strategies, with psionic knights as the core and main force. The rest of the ordinary warriors were auxiliaries, marching in turn towards the decisive battle. Their commanders were completely contemptuous of Roland's side, as the history of the past wars told him. No amount of ordinary soldiers could match a large army of heavily armed psionic knights on the battlefield, and he was convinced that a single charge would take out all the miscellaneous fish.
The hundreds of Roland knights led by Knight Howard set out first, followed by the knights' own retinue, who came from the territory of the knight lords, and would be responsible for some of the final preparations before the battle.
The cavalry led by Ed also set off in a group after a while, the five thousand cavalry personnel were large but acted quickly, and the captains at all levels organized their subordinates to set off in an orderly manner according to the tasks assigned by Ed.
The two teams of cyclists arrived at the battlefield one step ahead of the plan and waited for the Chinese army to slowly enter the battlefield after eliminating hidden dangers.
At this time, Commander Ingier and his knights also came to the plain of the decisive battle, and looking at the two teams in front of him, which were extremely uneven in number, he asked around: "Is this the opponent we are going to fight today?" The knights of Roland and their retinue, less than two hundred knights, brought so many retinues. ”
"My lord, maybe their main force hasn't arrived yet, look at the huge open space left between these two teams. ”
"Well, it's true that I don't see the giant banner of the leader among the other side, and I've heard that the newly appointed female commander of Roland is good at using ordinary warriors as the main force, and today I want to see how she uses these ants against the iron hooves of our Ingir psionics. ”
"Yes, the previous defeat was just the result of our division of troops, and today is the death date of that little **!"
"Ignorance, you can despise your opponent, but you must give him the respect he deserves, otherwise you are insulting yourself as his opponent. Glaring at his men, the self-proclaimed prudent Commander Ingier turned his gaze back into the distance, where a torrent of black oppression covered the original clearing, and Commander Roland's banner fluttered in the heart of the ranks.
"My lord, do you want to attack now, and ...... while the enemy's formation is not stable," said another strategist.
"Don't forget your knighthood, the victory won by sneak attack will only be ridiculed as the fruit of the despicable, and we must take the glory with dignity. ”
In the admiration and admiration of the surrounding knights, the commander set his eyes on the immovable cavalry on both sides, and secretly said in his heart: "What's more, the Roland people have not given us a chance to sneak attack at all! At this time, the attack will fall into the enemy's pocket encirclement, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”
The battlefield of tens of thousands of people took half a day just to arrange the troops, Ed rode on his horse, quietly watching the enemy who was standing still in the distance, in the eyes of others, the contrast between the forces on both sides of the battlefield was so great, but in fact, both sides thought that their side had a huge advantage.
Ingill's psionic knights were more than three times as many as Roland's side, and of higher quality, while Roland's side had enough warriors to overwhelm the opposing side.
Near noon, the soldiers took out the dry food they carried with them to replenish their strength, they would not eat too much, but also to ensure that they had enough strength to slash, the two sides of the confrontation finally sent envoys for the final routine negotiations, and when the staggered figures returned to their own teams, everyone knew that the final battle was finally about to begin. (To be continued......)