That's it, under William's orders, the imperial army left only one or two thousand troops to monitor Tabriz and prevent them from breaking through or escaping. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, in addition to that, all the barracks and flags were left behind as a suspicious tactic to fool the fellows of Tabriz.

Originally, William had also considered whether to calculate it first, that is, to spread rumors that the army of the dark elves had arrived, and William's main force had already gone to attack, and now those who stayed in the camp were all old, weak, sick and disabled of some second-line troops, and their combat effectiveness was complete rubbish.

In this way, maybe the guys in Tabriz will be very happy to waaaagh and want to pick up the bargain. When the time comes, the army of imperial conquerors who have been in ambush for a long time will come out and teach them a good lesson.

After suffering this loss, when the main army of the Hereford family is really gone, these guys will also think that this is William's trick, so they just stick to the city, and they will never run out to fight with William.

Uh-huh, it's pleasant to think about it. It's just very unfortunate that William underestimated the fear of these guys. Even if William deliberately made the camp look empty, the guys in Tabriz didn't have the courage to go out of the city to face it.

These guys were completely frightened by the near-perverted record of the Conquistador's army before.

So William had no choice but to plan and calculate, and then the army that had already been ambushed appeared as if he was depressed. Deliberately let the Tabriz defenders see it.

In this way, the defenders of Tabriz would understand that William's previous rumors were a ploy. The same tactical objectives can be achieved.

After tossing around for a little day, and making sure that the Tabriz guy was frightened and would not pose any threat to his own rear road at all, William happily killed the army of 100,000 dark elves.

He had already forensic and confirmed that the closest reinforcements to the Ottoman army were hundreds of kilometers away. For at least a week, the scum couldn't do anything to help them. In other words, as long as William can defeat or even kill all these guys in a week, there will be no problem at all. In this battle, he will be able to win enough opportunities, and compared with the opponent's strength of 28 and 37, he will be able to improve to four or six points.

Yes, there is only a 40% chance of winning. Even after doing so much, William thinks he actually has only a 40% chance of winning.

This calculation is based on the fact that the opponent's combat effectiveness far exceeds that of one's own.

William's two regular armies of the Prairie Corps had assigned a division to Freya to support the situation in the east. In addition to this, under the city of Tabriz, William left another brigade to monitor the situation.

Coupled with the previous attrition of the army, there are also some sappers and baggage troops left under the city of Tabriz, and now, the regular army under William is only 20,000. And it was an all-cavalry unit.

On the other hand, the dark elves have a large number of elites, among which the Janissary Army composed of the dark elf race, the machine-like troops trained by the dark elves since childhood, that is, the new army has several legions each, and there are more than 100,000 of them. In addition, the combat effectiveness of the army corps that has undergone military reform is not as bad as imagined, and they have the power to fight no matter what kind of army they are fighting against.

In this case, it is already a miracle that William was able to turn the tide of the battle and be able to push the comparison of the combat strength of the two sides to four to six. And to this ratio is to add William's own command ability and combat effectiveness.

It can be said that the only armament that William has confirmed to be able to outwit the enemy at present is the artillery unit.

Although there were only cavalry guns, these guns that used the new gunpowder picric acid were much more lethal than the old guns. This is what William believes is the most crucial point for his victory, and that is artillery.

If the power of artillery can be used properly, then he will greatly increase his chances of winning this war. The other way around, then he will fail.

Of course, this is a tactic that will only be used in the final battle, and before that, William could not use his artillery power too much, and he even had to hide the news that he had a powerful artillery unit.

Because only in this way can the suddenness of war be achieved.

Fortunately, the 100,000 troops at the front of the enemy were able to destroy them without much need for artillery power.

100,000 troops, although the configuration is not bad. But in William's opinion, it was still too old. What's more, these guys were like the Tabriz people before this, and they didn't expect William to dare to take the initiative to attack them when their combat strength was completely inferior to theirs.

Of course, William's tactic of attacking Tabriz also frightened the commander of this army.

However, the Dark Elf commander of this army and his staff, after some discussion, all agreed that William's tactic was good. Surprising, and outstanding. But at the same time, it is also a manifestation of forced helplessness.

"They're going to have to get rid of those guys. Otherwise, by the time we join forces, the army will exceed 600,000. Such a large army was not something that William could defeat in any way. So he wants to get ahead and eliminate Zoroaster. ”

The Dark Elves finally came to this conclusion. At the same time, I couldn't help but praise:

"This trick is clever, really clever. Moreover, as long as Tabriz is stormed, then they will have enough resources to feed their army. They can even burn and loot, weaken these places with the tactics of plundering, and then retreat, leaving behind large scorched earth. As a result, access to these areas, our supply lines had to be extended.

We don't have enough supplies on the ground, so the Empire will be under heavy pressure. The Empire's finances are not very good at the moment. Therefore, if it costs too much because of this war, I am afraid that many people will turn against this war. We will even be dragged down because of this. ”

This is what the dark elves have come up with. Very vicious and insidious, in line with the evil psychology of these guys. They even began to feel terrified because of it. At the same time, a heated discussion began about whether or not to support Tabriz.

Because if the Conqueror Expeditionary Force of House Hereford had used this tactic, it would have been very difficult for them to win.

In order to decide whether to help Tabriz, the dark elves are arguing up and down, supporting those who send troops and those who do not send troops, and the two sides have their own opinions. Whoever said it seems to have a point. As a result, no one can convince the other.

That's it. They totally, completely, completely did not expect that the army of the Hereford family would come and attack them on their own initiative.

So, when William's army quickly and accurately eliminated their lazy scout cavalry, sentry posts, and loitering sentinels, they were still at a loss to know it.

Even when the cavalry army of the Hereford family entered their barracks, led by musketeers and revolvers armed with revolvers, they were still debating whether to send troops to support Tabriz.

Of course, William will not give them any chance to straighten out, and reorganize the array.

Although it is said that artillery is better not to use. But the arson bomb made of picric acid explosives, William still had to use it.

The weather at that time was also very face-saving, and the east wind was blowing. William set fire directly to the upwind, and then the cavalry covered the fire. The other party barely felt anything, didn't react, and then was directly killed and collapsed.

At noon that day, Wilhelm von Hereford and his army appeared in a very arrogant manner, and then slaughtered them completely unreasonably. Then, before the other side reacted, did not prepare the formation, and did not even have time to pick up the weapon, the killing began.

In the first round of attacks, the way was opened by musketeers, and several camps on the outskirts of the opposing side were directly breached. Legionnaires of the army wailed and collapsed, or simply surrendered.

Then William's army encountered a slight obstacle - it came from the infantry regiments that had undergone military reform, and the infantry of the reformed army corps had assembled a regiment of flintlock infantry, gathered together, and then began to resist, while buying time for the stronger main force.

In this case, William did not hesitate to give the order. An entire regiment of lancers was pulled out, and then a band charge began.

"Steady! Shoot! Don't be afraid, these guys are no big deal! Raise your bayonet, raise your bayonet!"

That being said, it is still a very, very distressing thing to face the charge of the lancers in a situation of low morale......

Yes, the hollow bayonet phalanx had a great restraint effect on cavalry. If the two sides are head-to-head, it is not known who will kill the deer.

However, the problem is that war is not a simple calculation of addition and subtraction, and it is not a matter of who has more people who wins. Furthermore, even in terms of weapons and equipment, quality, morale, tactics, and so on, it is not the case that whoever has the more advantage will be able to win.

Although these improved Army Legionnaires, weaponry, and training methods were infinitely close to those of the Hereford Army, the problem was still bad. The bad problem is their morale.

They were frightened. By the time the cavalry came roaring with their spears in hand, the soldiers were already wailing and running away......

Yes, hollow phalanxes, if the cavalry rammed into them, then both sides would be killed and wounded. But it's a life for a life. The contest is the will, morale and spirit of both sides.

In such a competition, these Ottoman armies were completely defeated.

After losing dozens of horsemen, the lancers rushed away from the opposing array. Subsequently, a killing began.