Chapter 207: Western Expedition (Part I)
In the middle of the night, the 20th Cavalry Regiment was taken by surprise, so that Harold met little resistance, and it was not until Harold stormed the camp for the fourth time that he encountered a slightly more effective counterattack from the 2nd Banner Regiment.
I saw Harold taking the lead, a spear in his hand with a silver-white light constantly waving, and every rotation would kill and injure many soldiers of the Second Banner Regiment......
Augustin came from a distance, he did not rest in the camp here, behind him, the dozen or so guards who followed closely did not say a word, all staring at the formidable Harold in the distance.
Harold's martial arts were extremely conspicuous in the dark night, so he became the target of public criticism for a while.
Whether it was an ordinary soldier or the battalion captain of the battalion, they all went straight to Harold, but Harold was not in a hurry, his strong martial arts ability was now revealed only one or two out of tenth, and ordinary soldiers, even if they came so much, they couldn't get close to him.
As a master of the seventh level of martial arts, Harold was like entering a no-man's land at this time, stabbing left and right, and the soldiers of the Second Banner Regiment continued to fall.
In this way, these cavalrymen lost their lives before they could even step on their horses.
Ten zhang, five zhang, three zhang, finally, Augustine was the first to ride a horse to Harold approach, without saying a word, Augustine stabbed with a gun!
Harold had already noticed Augustin's arrival, but he didn't look back, and at this moment he pierced an oncoming soldier, and Harold's whole body slashed to the side, and at the same time, the spear that was swung out was still carrying scarlet blood, and it met Augustin's weapon.
The spears that are equipped with cavalry corps are generally only used for thrusting, and are not easy to use in close combat. But Harold was different. A spear was as light and nimble as a saber in his hand.
I just listened to it. A spark flashed, and the two riders had already staggered their figures.
Augustine saw that the blow missed, so he immediately rode his horse back, but just as he was about to turn around, Harold's spear had already arrived first, "What a fast marksmanship!" Augustine sighed in his heart, but he didn't have time to think about it. The tip of the gun was already behind him, Augustine broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly tried his best, but it was too late to dodge at this moment, so he had to face it.
The spear, which was not as fast as to turn, was driven towards Harold at a very fast speed under Augustin's efforts, although it was not the tip of the spear, but under the rapidity, the attack was naturally not to be underestimated.
Although Harold has a body of cultivation. But at this moment, he did not have the martial power to condense the armor, but gave up the attack on Augustine. Hurriedly returned to defense.
At this moment, Augustine hurriedly rode away, and in just two rounds, the spear in his hand had been abandoned, and not only did he not hurt the enemy in the slightest, but he was almost stabbed by the opponent.
Augustine turned around and looked at Harold in the distance, feeling powerless for the first time.
In fact, he is not to blame, aside from the huge difference in cultivation between the two, Harold can be regarded as a general who can fight in the De Rosana army, and Augustin can be said to be a fledgling, in Harold's eyes, he is just a hairy boy.
Seeing that his commander was lagging behind, Augustin's subordinates all shouted and rushed over, and while Harold and Augustin were fighting, most of the soldiers in the camp here had already mounted their horses and began to engage the soldiers brought by Harold.
Coupled with the reinforcements of the other two battalions, although Augustine was temporarily defeated, they had a greater advantage in terms of strength.
At this moment, Harold, who was about to chase Augustine, was surrounded by more than a dozen guards who had been waiting for the opportunity for a long time, and he didn't have much advantage for a while.
If Harold burst out with real strength, the surrounding resistance would naturally not be his opponent, but now, he was entangled and helpless for a while.
I saw that the guards did not take turns in a single turn, but constantly rotated around Harold riding horses, which is also a tactic in the army, under this combined attack, as long as there is no strong break through the encirclement, it is one person and more than a dozen of them.
Until dozens of rounds of fighting, Harold did not occupy the top.
"These dozen people are a little weird, it seems that this combined attack technique is specifically to deal with the opponent's main general, well, the power is acceptable, but it is difficult to work under the strength, but I am now deeply involved, how to get out......"
Harold thought while fighting, with superb martial arts and profound martial arts, Harold was not afraid, but after a long time, the ordinary soldiers he brought would be difficult to protect.
"No, I have to rush out, there are no people in this camp who are skilled in martial arts, so I guess I won't find out......" As soon as this thought came to his mind, Harold immediately decided.
"Ah......h
I only heard a scream, and the dozen or so guards were fighting, but the enemy suddenly broke out, and I saw three guards screaming at the same time, and then rolled off the horse and did not move.
When the three of them fell off their horses, a gap was revealed in the entire encirclement, and Harold saw the opportunity and rushed out directly between the two war horses.
Harold killed three people with one shot, which was just two words of strength in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, but Allen, who was also rushing to kill from a distance, saw the move made by Harold at that moment, not only that, but also the fleeting gunshot, which failed to escape Allen's eyes.
"This person's cultivation is profound, and he has at least a seventh-level martial artist, how can he behave like this, could it be that there is some special reason, or is he just here to test the truth?" Alan thought to himself, casually destroying one of Harold's subordinates.
At this moment, Harold glanced up at Augustine, and rode towards the outside of the camp, and the cavalry that followed him also wanted to follow Harold to rush out, but they were surrounded by reinforcements that came one after another.
Harold took the lead, but the soldiers behind him only rushed out of about two hundred men, most of them still wounded, and the whole team did not stop for a moment, and went south according to the same route.
The men and horses of the battalions demanded to pursue, but Augustine did not allow it, and the pursuit at this time, if the enemy ambushed again, would be more than worth the loss.
Moreover, even if the other party did not ambush, only a few hundred horsemen, in this dark night, it was not easy to catch up, and the battalion also needed to be more guarded. Thou shalt not be reckless.
"Your Excellency. The subordinates are guilty!" After taking care of some important matters. Augustine had just returned to the account when a voice came to his mind.
Augustin slowly unbuttoned his shirt, only to see a wound that was oozing blood beads outside, and the military doctor on the side hurriedly stepped forward to bandage it.
Reaching out and handing the sword to the guard next to him, Augustine slowly turned around.
"For the crime of dereliction of duty of subordinates, please punish your lordship!"
Glancing at Allen, Augustin's face was pale, and the military doctor on the side was still seriously bandaging. It wasn't until Augustine grinned that the wound was bandaged.
"Stand up and speak. Augustin opened his mouth and said, "Although this matter is your dereliction of duty, but it is also my dereliction of duty, the first battle of the corps, it was completely suppressed by the enemy, although it was defenseless, but the battlefield is unpredictable, I did not expect that the other party would really attack my battalion at night." Moreover, the soldiers of the corps are too weak. That's why we are failing now!"
Augustine did not mention Allen's dereliction of duty, but only analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of both sides tonight, indeed, without the baptism of war, the lamb can never grow into a lion.
"Adult ......"
"Needless to say, go and rest, and hopefully tonight will be peaceful. Augustin waved his hand and turned around.
"Thank you, sir!"
Alan exited the tent, and the voices outside the tent faded away, and it was late at night.
In tonight's battle, more than 400 soldiers were killed and hundreds were wounded. Sitting in the tent, Augustine sighed, "Xilin, the road of the 27th Corps is still very long, I hope that after the Western Expedition, there will be a real 27th Corps born in blood." ”
In front of Augustine, a piece of parchment was spread out neatly, and in his hand, there was a small carving knife.
Night, groggy.
The next day, the sun did not appear as promised, and although the sky was already bright, the clouds in the sky were getting closer and closer, and there was no intention of scattering.
The headquarters of the 27th Corps had also reached the Chatria River, and for the rest of the time they were to go down the river until they caught the big fish of Claude.
"Your Excellency, the Second Banner Regiment has only brought food for ten days, and now three days have passed. Dana was standing beside Sirin and spoke.
"Well, the Second Banner Regiment may have already fought the enemy, and in three days, if there is no news of Claude from Augustine for another three days, then we will cross the river and march west in the south of Char County, I don't believe that he can still escape. ”
Augustin had already sent news back to the country, saying that traces of the army's movements in the west of the river had been discovered, and Cillin did not think that Claude had wings.
Not only that, but Cillin also had an idea in his heart, he was thinking that Claude might also be waiting for the 27th Corps to come to his death, but it was not yet known who would really kill the deer.
The Second Banner Regiment was on the road from the beginning, and they were not in a hurry now, but were constantly searching and advancing, except for the swampy area close to the Onnas Mountain, they did not waste much time, and in this narrow strip of land, if there was a large army in front, it would definitely not be possible to hide such a rigorous search.
"My lord, there are traces of the enemy ahead, only dozens of horses, and we have been discovered by the other party. ”
The news from the scout in front made Augustine a little confused about what the other party was going to do.
"Probe, report again!"
The scout took the order, "My lord, maybe the Claude Corps is ahead. Ian sat on his horse and spoke.
To be honest, it was the first time to fight against such a clever opponent, Augustine was very worried, he had already seen the strength of the enemy last night, and it was still a question whether he could fight the opponent with his thousands of men alone.
"En......" Augustine had a heavy expression, no matter how strong the other party is, sooner or later it will be a stepping stone to the glory of my 27th Corps.
An hour passed quickly, and the high ground ahead became more and more obvious, but faintly, Augustine was troubled, so he coughed lightly.
This light cough startled Ian on the side, because the other party was losing consciousness.
Turning his head to look at Ian, who was awakened, perhaps to ease the atmosphere, Augustin smiled and said, "Ian, do you miss the girl from your hometown?"
"Back to my lord, Ian doesn't have a sweetheart!" Ian grinned slightly, laughing more ugly than crying.
"Well...... I can see it!"
Augustine glanced at the other party and thought, no wonder there is no sweetheart, this person is simply heartless.
"My lord, the weather is so dreary, it seems like it's about to rain. Ian burst out of nowhere. It really made Augustine extremely speechless. Say something like this at this time. Augustine was even more sure of what he had just concluded.
"Your Excellency?"
Seeing that Augustine ignored him, Ian continued: "I see, this Andus is really bad, how can there be Odo's simple, if you want to go down, or you can't go down, isn't this hanging people's appetite, En...... Otto ......"
Ian pauses as he speaks. He has always grown up in Odo, serving in the army to resist the demons, the fierceness of every battle, and the violet of Odo.
After a brief conversation became silent again, the second banner regiment was leading to a path in Guò, lined with dense forests, with an uneven mountain area to the east and a swamp to the west, which was the only way to the south.
Carefully pass through this forest, and you will see another grassland. There is no end in sight.
"Oh, oh, it's this damn green again. My eyes are turning green these days. Ian complained about the weather and cursed the meadows of Andus, but he soon lost his interest.
A quarter of an hour later, Augustine suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and said, "Ian, did we notice anything wrong when we passed by that forest just now?" ”
As Augustine asked, Ian's expression was no longer casual, and he began to carefully recall what he had just done.
"My lord, there's nothing wrong with it, it's normal to be a qiē, not to mention people, not even a bird. Ian spoke.
Hearing this, Augustine's expression was suddenly shocked, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.
"My lord, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Augustine like this, Ian hurriedly asked.
"Yes, that's it, it's too calm, it's too calm, even when we passed by the forest just now, we didn't even frighten a bird, just passed by that small piece of forest, and there were a large number of birds flying out, and now it's ....... The more Augustine thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he hurriedly called the scout.
After questioning, he learned that the scout who went to search in the forest had not returned, and Augustine knew that the matter was not good, and it was too late to ask the scout officer for not reporting it for a long time, so Augustin ordered to move forward at full speed.
For the sake of today, only by staying away from the forest can we have the strength to fight, and if we return the way we came, we will inevitably end up in the situation of total annihilation.
But Augustin's order had just been given, and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in front of him.
Both Augustin and Ian could hear that the other party had no less than 3,000 people, but their own troops were not as good as the other party, and besides, the other party must still have some spare strength.
Whether to fight or avoid, Augustine made a decision on the spot - war!
At this moment, the enemy soldiers coming from the opposite side had already appeared in sight.
"Twenty-seventh Corps, forward!"
At this time, Augustin did not use his riding spear, but directly drew his long sword and rode towards the enemy.
"Twenty-seventh Corps, forward!"
The shouts of the warriors shook the earth, and in terms of momentum, no one could match.
In the time of ten breaths, the gallop of the war horse was already extremely fast, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly narrowing.
"Whoosh!" came a sound that pierced the air, and for a moment the air trembled, cut by the speeding spear. Only this one sounded, and then it sounded like a thousand sounds.
For a while, the sky was even darker!
"Long live Lord Claude!"
There were also shouts from the other side, but this shout seemed to lack a soul, a terrifying power.
"Boom ......"
Rapid collision, horses, soldiers, spears, swords, intertwined.
At the moment of contact, both sides have suffered huge losses.
Especially in the first few rows, the armor of many soldiers has been severely deformed, and the heads of the war horses have also been directly shattered, this is the power of iron and blood, destroying a qiē!
On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Second Banner Regiment had forgotten themselves, they had become crazy, and the swords in their hands could no longer stop slashing, even if it was an enemy who had long since died, they had to stab several more swords.
And the opponent's warriors are one-hit kills and will never be entangled.
One by one, their soldiers fall from their horses, and the iron hooves of their horses will put an end to their suffering. Seeing this qiē, Augustine's heart ached.
At this time, I don't know who shouted, "Spranton!"
Suddenly, the entire Second Banner Regiment suddenly woke up, as if they had been called by a divine spirit.
"Spranton!" "Spranton!"
This is the glory of the 27th Corps, and this is the heroic words written by countless undefeated legends!
No one could understand the charm of this sentence, but Claude really felt it.
After that, the soldiers of the 2nd Banner Regiment of the 27th Corps no longer fought in disorder, but waved their arms like real warriors and cut off the enemy's heads with their long swords.
Claude's cavalry was retreating, and many of his soldiers were abandoned by Claude.
In the rear of the Second Banner Regiment, more than 1,000 infantry had already come up to surround them, and they did not expect that their own cavalry could no longer contain each other, and with the defeat of the cavalry of Claude's corps, the infantry that had been exposed to the steppe began to bear the wrath of the Second Banner Regiment.
"Kill!"
The Second Banner Regiment suddenly turned into several squares, staggering towards the fleeing Claude infantry.
A pitched battle.
Claude was defeated, and the Second Banner Regiment finally played its majesty.
It can be said that if there is no 'Spranton', the Second Banner Regiment will be difficult to preserve, this is the soul of a corps, no matter what the situation, as long as there is a soul, there is the power to win a decisive victory!
Under the First World War, the Second Banner Regiment suffered more than half of the casualties, but the results were also extremely significant, Claude's cavalry was left more than a thousand, and the infantry also lost nearly one-third, although this was only his first Banner Regiment, but Harold's First Banner Regiment was his strongest combat force, so he had to continue to go south, looking for opportunities.
In the following time, the waters of the Chatria River will inevitably be stained red with blood. (To be continued......)