Chapter 254: Detachment
This unit was none other than Edlan's cavalry, which arrived at the battlefield just as his troops were being flanked from front to rear. And the arrival of reinforcements also made the originally somewhat chaotic Terrans not stabilize the situation, and after the initial panic, they soon found that the situation was not so bad.
Yes, although the troops from the city fought very bravely, after all, they had not eaten or drunk for a day, and they had no strength at all, and they were still so weak. Although the troops behind him have combat effectiveness, they are not numerous, and they were just caught off guard before, but now that they have reacted, they can still deal with it.
The scene was reversed again, and when Edlang saw this, he immediately commanded the troops to make a surprise attack on the support army. And the elf queen on the opposite side reacted quickly, and immediately shouted to the front: "Enter the woods!" ”
Yes, the area north of the city is a forest, as long as you enter the forest, the power of the cavalry will be greatly reduced, and it is because of this that the elves will choose to break through from this side. With Ilwen's voice, all the elven troops began to move in the direction of the woods, fighting and retreating, rather than continuing to attack the Terran troops.
"Intercept them!" Although the other party was shouting in Elvish language instead of lingua franca, Edlang immediately understood what the other party meant, and immediately shouted along.
The cavalry immediately rushed forward, trying to cut off the elven troops, but the problem now was ...... Can't see clearly. Yes, it was too dark, and there was no flare lighting around, so it was almost pitch black all around. The elves don't even have torches here, after all, they are breaking through the battle, but although there is no lighting, they are very familiar with this area, and they can know the location without looking, but the human race can't, although they carry torches, but even if there is some lighting, they can't see the road clearly.
What's even more troublesome is the attack of the elves, the elves are good at using bows and arrows, and at this time there are no modern firearms on both sides, and the battle has returned to the primitive state, the attacks of the elves still have a great effect, for example, now they aim at the person with the torch to attack, even in the dark night, they can hit the enemy very accurately, and the human side has no way, they can't see the location of the elves clearly, they can only rely on the sound to paste it.
After a round of fighting, although the Terran troops suffered little losses, they were not able to intercept the elven troops, most of the elves had already rushed into the woods, and then fought and retreated to the north.
Yes, after leaving the city, the elves also slowly recovered from the feeling of vomiting, although they still didn't eat, but at least they felt a lot better, their combat effectiveness recovered a little, plus the advantage of the terrain, the battle situation seemed to be slowly deflected.
Gradually, Edlang also discovered this situation, and the losses of his troops began to increase, especially the losses of the cavalry, which made Edlang a little distressed, after all, the cavalry team is very valuable, and it takes a lot of time to train a cavalry.
Although he also knew that the queen of the elven clan should be in the army in front of him, it seemed that it was impossible to capture the other party now. Seeing that the other party continued deeper into the forest, Edlong finally gave the order to stop the pursuit.
"Alas......" Edlang sighed here, the elf main city was taken, but this is not a big credit, he let the queen of the elf clan escape, this is very troublesome, I really don't know how to explain it to Ye Junwen. Of course, this is mainly due to the inaccuracy of his own judgment, if he sees the situation of the West Gate clearly and then sends a signal, the people from the north of the other side will not rush out so easily, and it seems that he is still not as good as the marshal in terms of command.
"Let's go into town." Edlong sighed again, then waved.
At this time, the battle in the place was over, and the battle at the West Gate ended quickly, with machine guns in front and troops outflanking on both sides, the elves who rushed out died quickly, whether they were troops or civilians. As soon as these people saw that the outside was so exaggerated, they hurriedly fled to the city again, and as a result, they attacked their troops one by one, and the final result was that the death troops of the elves almost all fell without even resisting.
After the troops entered the city, they also quickly opened the gates on several other sides, and together with the troops returning from the north, they soon surrounded the inner city.
At this time, there were still troops in the inner city of the elves. Yes, the troops in the inner city are those elven ministers and elders, they have not joined the queen before, and they are trapped in the inner city and can't get out.
The Terran troops did not rush to attack the inner city, and after staying for a while, they chose to go out of the city again. Because the smell in this city is too strong. Although the city gate was now open, the smell of the stink bomb had not yet dissipated, and only the Terran soldiers began to vomit after a short time after entering.
Seeing this, Edlong also asked the troops to withdraw again, and continued to surround the city gate, waiting for the smell to subside a little before returning. Of course, when they went out, they also directly destroyed the zipper of the city gate, the city gate could not be pulled by manpower alone, and it had to be operated with a winch, and of course the door could not be closed for the time being, so as not to close the gate again by the elves inside.
After completing this, Edlang also asked his subordinates to count the battle damage, and then quickly returned to the main camp. Yes, the elf queen ran away under his nose, and he could only ask Ye Junwen for this matter in person.
Ye Junwen was still in the main camp in the east at this time, of course, he had already woken up when the battle began, and he also looked at the situation of the battle in the artillery position, he already knew the general situation, and basically guessed the development of things, although he also had the opportunity to interfere, but in the end he didn't do it, because it didn't affect the overall situation.
Yes, Edlang thought that the whole result of this battle was to capture the queen of the elves, but Ye Junwen didn't think so. He launched a war against the elves, first for money, and secondly for tickets, so as long as the opponent's main city is captured, the money is available, and the tickets are also available, and the purpose has been achieved. As for the other party's queen running away, it is estimated that there will be trouble, Ye Junwen said that the last thing he is afraid of is the trouble, give the elves a thought, the other party will hate themselves, in case they really beat their servility comes out, if they are willing to be slaves, they can't bring hatred, so it doesn't seem to be a bad thing to say that the queen ran away.
Just thinking about it, Edlang had also rushed to the main camp and immediately saw Ye Junwen. As soon as he came to Ye Junwen's side, the other party knelt down on one knee and said, "I'm sorry, Marshal, I have disappointed your expectations, and I am willing to accept military justice." ”
"Edlang ......" Ye Junwen turned his head and said, "You are still a little too anxious, although I also understand what you mean, the people below question your status and make you very anxious, but in fact, it is not necessary, as long as I support you, no matter what the people below say, there is no threat to you." ”
"Yes, I know your kindness to me, but ...... I also want to prove my abilities in front of adults. Edlang said.
"No, no, no, it's not your ability that I value." Ye Junwen said, "Actually, I promoted you mainly because of your loyalty. ”
"Huh?" Ederon was stunned for a moment.
"You also know my situation, in fact, I am similar to you, I am just a count myself, and then I have rocketed all the way up to this position, I have very few connections in the army, simply put, I don't have many henchmen. You also know nepotism in the army, it's not easy for me to find a henchman who can be used, and it just so happens that you are a person with no nepotism, I thought it was strange when I noticed you before, a person of this age is just an ordinary general, but after a little checking, I found that you were indeed not promoted to this position by nepotism, so there is no way, I will use you. I think you might be able to be my confidant. Ye Junwen said.
"I see." Edron understood and immediately said, "Please rest assured, Marshal, my loyalty to you is evident, and I will be your most faithful servant for the rest of my life." ”
"That'll do." Ye Junwen also nodded.
"But my lord, if the elven queen successfully escapes this time, it will still be a big trouble for us, and I must take responsibility for this matter." Edron said, "Please allow me to make a meritorious service and encircle the remaining elven troops. “
Yes, although the elven queen has escaped now, the direction of escape is the north, and there is not much way to retreat in the north, so if the army keeps chasing the north, it should be able to surround the other party. They had spared the elves before because the troops had not arrived, but this time with a little preparation, even if it was a forest, with such an obvious numerical advantage, there should be no problem in taking down the other party.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry." Ye Junwen said, "Although the queen has run away, we have also laid down the main city, and it will take a little time to rectify here." As for the Queen's troops over there...... Well, anyway, we are despicable humans in the eyes of the elves, so we might as well be more despicable. ”
"Huh?" Edlang was slightly stunned, not knowing what Ye Junwen meant by this, but seeing Ye Junwen's sly face, he knew that Lord Marshal might have thought of some way to trap the elf clan again.
Yes, Ye Junwen now thinks of a good way to continue to pull the hatred of the elves, anyway, the hatred is not too much, of course Ye Junwen wants to try it on the elves.