Chapter 433: [Out of the Cage] (9)
In order to make a direct attack on the new city as quickly as possible, Manninger drew out almost all the cavalry of his department and organized it into an army, which had already broken away from the main army on the day of the start of the march and galloped west of the new city.
There were about 3,000 cavalry in this army, but it was already all the cavalry that Manninger could draw. After all, Odin's army was not known for cavalry, and the reindeer cavalry of the Odin people, from a combat point of view, was more inclined to use heavy cavalry, and the reindeer's heavy weight and strong weight-bearing ability and short-distance sprint ability were stronger than ordinary horses. But after all, this kind of mount is different from horses, and it cannot be stocked on a large scale, so even among the first-class legions in the Odin Empire such as the Red Snow Army, at its peak, the whole army only maintained a few thousand reindeer cavalry.
In this southward invasion, Manninger had already dragged out all his family, and thousands of reindeer cavalry of the whole clan went out with the army, and some horses captured from Byzantium were replenished in Sirtan County, and the total number was sufficient, but only five or six thousand.
But the problem is that in this winter war, Manninger still left some people in the lair, and there were less than 4,000 horsemen who went out with the army
At present, these 4,000 horsemen, under Manninger's strict orders, have taken out the strength to eat milk, and are rushing towards the new city day and night!
Manninger's order was simple and clear: within two days, "Whatever the cost, you must rush to the new city!"
Although Manninger was angry, he was not completely out of order, and he was sure that the number of the enemy troops who had raided his lair must not be large, and the enemy's thousands of cavalry rushed straight over, and maybe they would be able to rely on a surprise attack to defeat the opponent by surprise! If he could recapture the city in one go, it would naturally be the best. Even if it is not good, the cavalry can quickly arrive and go back, and they can put pressure on the enemy in the city, and do not give the other party the time and opportunity to calmly arrange the city defenses!
In Manninger's heart, even if these thousands of cavalry are gone, it is far less than the value of the new city!
Under his orders, these thousands of reindeer cavalry, which were originally used as heavy cavalry, could only drive ducks to the shelves, take the posture of light cavalry, and go long distances to the new city.
The reindeer mount was not good at long-distance galloping, although in order to save horsepower, these dry cavalry before departure, had been as light as possible, the heavy armor they wore was replaced by light leather armor, as much as possible, and only carried a small amount of rations, but after galloping for a day and a night, both the warrior and the mount were tired.
Fortunately, the mainland is still relatively smooth, and the Quanding warriors have always been hard-working, and they actually galloped all the way, and finally did not delay the time specified by Manninger's order.
Seeing that by noon the next day, the whole army had already marched to a place less than two hundred miles away from the new city, and at this rate, it should be able to reach the new city at night!
Since Siltan County is a large grain-producing county, in addition to the terrain is a flat plain area, there are also many rivers and lakes, and in winter, the rivers are naturally frozen.
At this moment the whole army marched to a river beach, and along this river pond to the south, the river went around a bend, and after this bend, along the main road, it was a new city.
Thousands of cavalry gathered and galloped, and the scene was naturally extremely shocking, thousands of horsemen spread out on the mainland, galloping all the way, slush splashing.
When the brigade came to the riverbank, the leader of the cavalry slowly stopped, and immediately ordered the whole army to rest here for a while!
Although there were bags of material that people could eat during the march, the mounts could not be swayed, and the most important thing was to drink water.
After the army stopped, thousands of cavalry lined up beside the river beach, and the cavalrymen dismounted one after another, taking advantage of this brief opportunity to seize the time to rest, some to eat, and some to put bags around the reindeer Hao's neck for the mounts to eat.
And the leader of the cavalry, naturally, also sent men to the river to smash the ice on the river to get water.
Along the river beach, after knocking open a patch of ice, he ordered a group of cavalry to lead their mounts to drink.
The weather is so cold, and it is a day and a night without closing the eyes to rest, even if Odin Hanzi can bear hardships and stand hard work, but it is also a little unbearable, and everyone knows that the new city is lost, there is huge pressure in their hearts, this march, everyone along the way is gloomy, there is no high-spirited appearance when going out,
One team after another took turns to go to the river to drink muntjac, and when they were in the fourth team, they suddenly heard the whistle of the Odin warrior who was in charge of guarding in the distance!
Di's voice came very quickly, and then the leader of the Odin cavalry immediately changed his face!
Downstream of the river beach, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and then I saw a cavalry clearly waving the Byzantine banner, coming head-on!
Although the Odin people were tired, they were all elite after all, and they immediately gathered and lined up quickly under the orders of the leader, and even the cavalry who were drinking deer by the river turned over and rushed towards the team on the main road!
The Byzantine cavalry in the distance, although it seemed that there were many mounts, but when it was closer, Odin looked at the goods carefully, but it was only the number of five or six hundred horses, only one person and three horses, so it seemed that the team was much larger.
On the road, suddenly avoiding the enemy, these Odin cavalry were not ambiguous, they took off their tomahawks, long knives and other weapons, and quickly put on a posture.
The cavalry in the distance was naturally the six hundred cavalry brought out by Char.
Char led this cavalry from afar, in fact, he had been waiting near this river beach for a long time, this is the way for the Odin people to return to the new city after all, he took the cavalry to rest and recharge in the lower reaches of the river beach, once the Odin cavalry arrived, he immediately brought people on the horse and killed it!
More than six hundred horsemen rushed over the road, but only when there was still a stone's throw away, but.' The whole army stopped, and the two splitting armies confronted each other at such a distance
Char smiled coldly, turned around and said loudly, "The prey has arrived, everyone is ready to harvest the heads of the Odin!
This winter, whether it is Char here or Manninger, there is a shortage of food on both sides, ~ the reward of wine and meat is already a big reward, plus Char, since the enemy rode south, every battle must be a big victory, and he has already accumulated enough sharpness in his heart, and when he heard Char's words, the whole army was a spring shout.
Char deliberately raised a hand slowly, rode his horse forward a few steps, he raised his left hand high, opened his palm, and Zemas gradually broke away from his own formation.
In the distance, the cavalry leader here of the Odin cavalry saw it and was stunned.
This is a common gesture among the cavalry of the two countries fighting, and those who go out with this gesture are often the cavalry who send a message, or the officer who comes out to shout.
Could it be that this Byzantine cavalry, with a few hundred horsemen, still has to fight with us in an upright manner?
The cavalry here, although it was a little strange because of the sudden appearance of this Byzantine cavalry, but they were not afraid to panic, after all, from the comparison of troops, they had more than 3,000 elites here, and the other party was only five or six hundred..."
When Shaya rode forward, he stopped, and shouted in Odin, "I am the Byzantine general Char Thunder!
When the two armies were fighting, the top generals of the two sides shouted to each other, firstly, to give war letters to each other, and secondly, to boost their own morale, which was also considered to be normal.
The leader of the cavalry did not suspect it, but it was strange: the other party's small number of troops was most likely a patrol post from the Byzantine army that occupied the new city, and according to common sense, when encountering our cavalry brigade, it should immediately turn around and retreat, but how could it still have the courage to fight us?
This cavalry leader is also the number one warrior in the Red Snow Army, otherwise, Man Shouzhi
I won't hold my thousands of cavalry and hand them over to an unknown junior.
This Xi Ding fierce general sneered heroically, slowly took a few steps forward, and proudly shouted: "I am a warrior under the command of the Manninger Patriarch of the Red Snow Army... ・・・・・
Poor thing, this guy only had time to say half a sentence, and he didn't even call out his own name.
On the other side, Char was not interested in continuing to listen!
A smug smile flashed in the turtle's eyes, and he suddenly raised his right hand quickly! He had already carried a spear and spear in his hand, held it in his hand, and suddenly waved it forward!
Poor Odin General was about to sign up according to the usual practice of fighting, but suddenly he saw a black light on the opposite side, mixed with a howling wind, and it was in front of him in an instant!
This Odin fierce general is indeed a warrior in the Red Snow Army, and suddenly, with a roar, he quickly raised his battle axe in his hand, and slashed down at the black light that shot in front of him, and at the same time, his body had flashed to the side......
It's a pity that with Fuya's strength at the moment, he is deliberately sneak attacking, where can he dodge!
I heard a pop, and the spear pierced directly through the chest of this Odin general: !
The Odin cavalry here were all frightened, and before they could react, Char on the opposite side had already raised his fire fork and shouted: "Kill!" !!"
As soon as he took the lead, he rode directly up, and the hundreds of cavalry behind him also roared and galloped down!!
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Char first assassinated the opponent's top general directly in front of the battle, these Odin people have no leader to command, naturally they are a group of dragons without a leader! Seeing that Char Kan was killed, even the Odin people were still a little chaotic here for a while!
And the more shameless is yet to come!
The 600 cavalry who rushed in front of him heard the sound of a whistle on the opposite side, and the 600 Byzantine cavalry suddenly threw out all the cavalry guns in their hands!
Six hundred spears, plus these six hundred cavalry are all strengthened warriors, the strength is huge, with the help of horsepower, suddenly six hundred spears shot down in the head!
Then I heard a terrible shout, and the people of the Odin cavalry were overturned! Among the thousands of horsemen, one was suddenly stabbed alive!
When the Odin people reacted, Char had already rushed in front of him! As soon as he took the lead, the fire fork in his hand instantly burst out with a cloud of red light!
The crimson murderous aura erupted, and suddenly a cloud of red light enveloped the range of twenty or thirty steps left and right, and Char's fire fork swung round, and immediately the blood light sprayed on all sides! Anything that was in the range of his crimson murderous aura or something, those Odin cavalry were all cut off even with their mounts!!
Char had already rushed directly into the ranks of the Odinians, and everywhere he went, he was invincible!
The six hundred horsemen behind him had already been killed in an instant, like a sharp knife, and slammed into the brigade of the Qiding people!
Shameless! Shameless!!
Even if you sneak attack halfway! Forget it if you rush to kill while people are resting and drinking! If you come up, you will ignore your faith and righteousness, and even if you assassinate the enemy's main general! What made Odin's cavalry helpless the most was that the Byzantine cavalry who came in was actually equipped with two guns!
After that round of spear throwing, the Byzantine cavalry fired the cavalry spear in his hand, and the Byzantine cavalry immediately took off the spare cavalry or saber hanging from the saddle!
Six hundred horsemen, plus Char, the invincible vanguard general, rushed into battle, and the Odin people galloped for a day and a night after all, and the men and horses were exhausted.
The most important thing is that, in order to travel lightly, these Odin cavalry have discarded the light leather armor that everyone is accustomed to wearing, and hedged against the handovers in this kind of cavalry
In this case, there is no doubt that he will lose three points of combat power first!
Char took the lead, and everywhere he went, flesh and blood flew everywhere! No matter what kind of Odin general or warrior was in front of him, no one could take the blow of the fire fork in his hand! The cavalry of the other side had already directly entered the formation! Even though these Odin cavalry were numerous and elite, they were cavalry who rushed up, and with the momentum of the charge, their own family was chaotic in the same place...... This time, there is no commander in command, and after resisting for a while for such a chaotic fight, the Odin people can't resist the guide!
Moment!
It's just a moment of effort, and I don't know who came first and who came after, the Odin cavalry barely resisted, and was rushed by the Byzantine cavalry.
Char killed it in one go, and the fire fork in his hand didn't know how many Odin's lives had been killed, but he felt that his heart was boiling, and when the murderous aura was soaring, he suddenly felt empty in front of him!
His eyes widened, only to find that he had already killed the Odin array, a standard chisel piercing, and killed from behind the Odin array!
Char laughed, rode his horse and ran away two steps, then turned the horse's head, and naturally there were cavalry under him who rushed to kill him and rushed out of the formation together!
Char laughed out loud and said, "There was another long howl, hundreds of cavalry quickly gathered beside him, and then he couldn't take a breather, and with Char raising the fire fork, he re-entered the Odin formation!"
The chaotic Odin lost their main general, although some officers desperately shouted orders, but in a short period of time, they did not have time to form a team, "The other party, these tough Byzantines, turned around and killed again!"
This time, the Odin cavalry finally couldn't bear it!.
Rout!
A rout that frightened the Odin!
There was a surprising scene on the plain! The reindeer cavalry brigade of thousands of Odin people was driven all over the mountains, but behind them there were only hundreds of good Byzantine troops shouting and chasing!
The most pitiful thing is that the reindeer, the mount of the Odin, has been galloping for a long time for a day and a night, "I don't have enough strength, even if I run, I can't outrun the opponent's horse at the moment! Seeing that I don't know how many Liding cavalry were caught up by the Byzantines behind them, those Byzantine cavalry directly cut down and fell off their horses with a knife, and then they didn't look at it, and continued to ride their horses forward to chase and kill!
This pursuit ran more than 100 miles!
Along the way, there were not as many Odin people running as they went, and the reindeer under the crotch couldn't support it, and finally it was four
As soon as the hooves fell to the ground, the Byzantine cavalry who had been driven up was killed with a single sword.
After more than a hundred miles of pursuit, the team of Odin's soldiers is getting thinner and thinner!
Finally, after the Byzantine cavalry behind finally stopped the pursuit, stopped far away, showed off and shouted, and then the whole team retreated, these silent cavalry still galloped out of the distance again before they reluctantly stopped regrouping their men.
This rectification made these former arrogant Ao 3_ soldiers unable to even cry!
More than 3,000 cavalry set out, but after the whole team was at this moment, there were less than 800 left!
Char gathered the cavalry to rejuvenate, and scattered a few squads along the way to chase down some of the defeated soldiers in the palace.
The cavalry who came back, every one of them was full of murderous and sharp spirit, and everyone's head was immediately hung up!
After a little liquidation, in this battle, at least more than one Odin cavalry was killed, and those who were killed and scattered were killed on the way to the pursuit, and there were also hundreds! In total, about two thousand enemies were killed!.
Six hundred cavalry against five or six times the enemy's cavalry, such a result can be described as brilliant'!
Here in Tuochaia, more than 20 people were killed in battle, more than 100 were slightly wounded, and 14 people were seriously injured.
"Kill all the heads of these Odin's people, and pile them together in the middle of the road!.
Char put away the fire fork, let out a long breath, and said coldly: "Manninger's army came over, and he happened to see these heads!
Beside him, one of his cavalrymen asked, "My lord, Luo Yi's battle is happy, what are we going to do next? Are we going to fight the main army of the Odin?"
Char laughed, his cavalry, it seems that they are all more and more arrogant by the successive victories, and they rushed to fight the main brigade of the Odin people with only a few hundred horses.
However, the people below are hot-headed, but Fuya himself can't be like this.
He shook his head and smiled, "Not busy! we still have important things to do...... We're going to destroy the Red Snow Army, and this little number of men and horses is not enough! We've already left an ambush behind along the way south! We're going to pick up reinforcements and gather under the new city! We'll send Manninger back to his fucking hometown in the first battle, hahahaha!!"
The vanguard cavalry of the Odin was routed all the way, and they marched north along the main road towards Manninger's main army.
Manninger is here, but he is worried.
Behind him, the thousands of enemy cavalry led by Sharpa kept harassing along the way, and each time they came with a roar, and then they rushed to kill for a while and left immediately. Manninger's backteam continued to attack early, and the damage was not small.
Sharpa seems to have indeed been trained, and every battle comes and goes like the wind, and he is never greedy for merit! Several times when the Odin's team was in a position to be encircled, he immediately led the people to withdraw, without the slightest hesitation!
With Sharba's incessant harassment and attacks behind, Manninger's brigade marched, and the speed was suddenly reduced by more than half. Manninger could only do his best to straighten out the rear of the army and prepare it tightly, but in this way, the speed of the march made Manninger worried, so marching, to get to the new city, I don't know how much more time it will take!
After walking like this for a day and a night, Sharpa led people to charge into battle thirteen times! Although each time he only killed and injured Odin's people, ranging from dozens to hundreds, he couldn't stand up so slowly
The fire is tormenting!
The Odin people were provoked here, and they took each other, and the morale inevitably dropped.
It wasn't until the second night that Sharpa's cavalry finally retreated, and the cavalry was tired of attacking continuously, so Sharpa led his men to retreat a little and integrate his troops and horses.
Without the enemy army harassing all the way behind, Manninger breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the army to speed up, but in the evening, he got bad news!
The rout of the vanguard cavalry finally fled back to the main brigade!
When they set out, thousands of cavalry were brilliant, and when they returned, there were less than 800 horsemen, and all of them were covered in blood and stains, most of them were wounded, and their faces were full of panic and frustration.
The news of the defeat of the 800 horsemen immediately spread throughout the army!
Manninger was on the march, got the news in the carriage, and immediately rushed out, and saw it
Eight hundred horsemen came running over in an embarrassed manner, and Manninger was shaking his body at that time!
When these cavalry returned, naturally the leading military officers came to report to Manninger, but these defeated cavalry leaders came to Manninger, and only half of what they said in 1510 found that the face of the chief of the coach in front of them was not right..."
"Poof!!"
Manninger suddenly opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of the sky, and his face, which had only been a little more peaceful, suddenly turned pale again!
When he went up to support him left and right, this Odin hero had been confined for two days and fainted.
The coach vomited blood and fell into a coma, and the team immediately stopped. You can only wait in place on the main road.
Manninger's coma this time was much longer than the last time, and he was in a coma all night, and only woke up at noon the next day.
When he woke up, he was lying in the carriage, and his first reaction was that there was a bump in the carriage! Obviously, the whole army had stopped advancing!
Manninger was furious, turned over and got up, and was about to drink angrily, when he felt a sharp pain in his heart
Shortness of breath!
He gritted his teeth and gasped for breath, and after a few calls, he heard it and opened the door to the Year of the Horse.
Hearing that the commander woke up, and soon the generals and leaders of the army gathered, Manninger was angry in his heart, and he was in a coma, but the army actually stopped!
But looking at the worried subordinates around him, he couldn't raise his anger in his heart.
After all, these subordinates were also loyal to themselves, and when they saw that they vomited blood and fell into a coma, they ordered the whole army to stop advancing. I'm afraid that my body won't be able to withstand the bumps along the way.
Manninger's anger couldn't come out, but his heart was cold!
The news of the rout of the vanguard cavalry was even more shocking than the news that his son Morka had been killed!
Thousands of cavalry! That's a real thousands of elite cavalry!
Odin's reindeer cavalry, if you gather thousands of horsemen, a night battle is enough to crush a Byzantine infantry corps!!
Even when he annihilated the Seventh Corps of the Byzantine Empire, he relied on concentrating a few cavalry to charge the formation, and overwhelmed the array of the Seventh Corps with these thousands of cavalry, and then the infantry covered and killed, and won a complete victory!
But these thousands of horsemen were actually crushed by people!
And it's in the field, a real field war!! Hard-hitting field battles!!'!.
How is this possible! How can this be received by Manninger?!
Listening to these cavalrymen who came back from the rout, the opponent was only a few hundred horsemen, but his combat power was amazing, and the main commander of the opponent was brave and insidious..."
Hundreds of horsemen can crush my thousands of elite reindeer cavalry?! Where is there any brave and fierce general in the Byzantine army!! Even if it is the Rodria cavalry, even if it is the Rodria cavalry led by Adric himself, it is absolutely impossible to beat his own thousands of horsemen with a few hundred horses!!
In Manninger's heart, it was ridiculous to the extreme!!
"Onward, continue to the new city.
In the face of the public's concern and silence, Manninger only coldly gave such a brief order.
...... Patriarch!"
Some subordinates couldn't help but speak, but Manninger glared at him fiercely, and immediately told the man to close his singing.
"I know you're worried that my body is failing, but the plan of the whole army can't be changed! I'm not dead yet! I can still withstand this bump!" Manninger gritted his teeth: "But if we don't go to the new city, where else can we go?!"
After being silent for a while, someone couldn't help but whisper, "There are other towns nearby, 'We can set up a place to straighten out the soldiers and horses first, and let the clan's sons and soldiers trim ......"
"Cowardly!" Manninger coldly rebuked, he took a breath, and said slowly, "Our lair has been raided! The cavalry we sent back to the division has been crushed! At this time, some of you may think that it is too dangerous to return to the new city! But I tell you! Now we have to go back! What are we Odin warriors going south for? It depends on the bravery and ferocity of our soldiers! It depends on this courage! But no, the lair has been taken and the cavalry has been defeated! One by one, the news came, and our tens of thousands of troops didn't even dare to go back, and they had to go somewhere else to take refuge...... Don't you want to think about what the soldiers of the whole army will think once such an order is given? They will really be afraid of these Byzantines from now on! Once we lose our martial arts, what will be left of our Odins!!"
(In the next chapter, it's Char's three-breath Manninger, hehe...... He had already vomited blood twice, and the third time, it was time for him to ascend to heaven......
Tomorrow's update will be more exciting~~ haha!