And so, after the dark elves joined the fray, the cavalry of House Hereford began to retreat. The speed of defeat www.biquge.info Colonel David and the Crimean Khan were quite frightened.

"How can these dark elves be so strong?!" Colonel David questioned the Crimean Khan in an almost questioning tone - he still had one more thing to say, and that was that if he knew that these dark elves were so strong in hand-to-hand combat, then he would never have chosen this tactic.

Thinking about the fact that this Crimean Khan encouraged him to charge, he had to wonder if the Crimean Khan had a backbone in the back of his head and a tacit understanding with the dark elves to wipe out their army.

"I don't know either!" Crimean Khan also understood the meaning of Colonel David's words in an instant. In any case, he did not want to carry this pot: "I was at the front, and most of the time I fought with the Slavits, nomads, Turks and Levants. There are very few times when you actually fight the Dark Elves. These dark elves are almost always just fighting with the wind. Shoot at the end of the bargain. So I didn't know these guys were so strong!"

"Is that so?"

Although the Crimean Khan's statement was somewhat reasonable, Colonel David was still somewhat dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what it is, I swear to Tengri!" Crimean Khan hurriedly said.

Despite his doubts, Colonel David also knew that now was not a good time for infighting. After thinking about it for a while, he decided not to dwell on the issue anymore.

What really matters now is not accountability, but whether we can turn the tide of the war.

It was very unfortunate that Colonel Davy did not think that there was anything he could do.

Turning the tide of war requires strength and a solid army. However, Colonel David had no troops left in his hands.

His cuirassiers and lancers were fighting the enemy head-on. Many cuirassiers and lancers chose to dismount and fight on foot. Formed an array to fight the enemy. However, even if this is the case, it is by no means a match for the dark elves.

Seeing their own troops, the soldiers were impaled by the dark elves of the opposing side, beheaded, and severed. Colonel David's eyes were torn, but he was helpless.

At present, the number of troops available to this Colonel David is only one artillery battalion and two or three hundred artillerymen.

These cannons, now because the two sides have been entangled, so there is no way to fire them at all. And the melee combat ability of these artillery is very poor, if they want to fight against these skilled dark elves, I am afraid that they can only slow down the pace of the opponent's progress for a certain period of time, and cannot play a decisive role.

More importantly, artillery is a technical branch, and it is by no means a random rifle that can be taken out after a few months of training, and a single shot of the bell kills the cannon fodder without any problems. Send these artillerymen up casually to their deaths. It would be nice if it could do something. I'm afraid that if it doesn't play any role, I will let them wipe out the whole army casually. Then after the end of the battle, the country will be held accountable, which is definitely a stain on Colonel David.

"The speed at which the opponent can break through our cavalry or the speed at which our army can break through the opponent's cavalry, who is faster?" Colonel David couldn't help but start thinking about this question. In the end, I came to the dismal conclusion that the Dark Elves were probably going a little faster.

And, despite their superiority, how much strength would the light cavalry have left after defeating the numerically superior Turkic and Levantine cavalry, which numbered in the thousands?

Then Colonel David turned around and began to pay attention to his pistols, which were fighting with the crossbowmen of the Dark Elves.

This was mainly the action taken by the Cavalry after realizing that they were no match for the enemy in terms of long-range weapon output, even though the Cavalry Crossbow was quite a powerful weapon in the Cold Weapon Age. But in the face of epoch-making revolvers, there was still no strength.

A volley of cavalry crossbows, winding time, was enough for the revolver to empty a magazine.

After a round of firing exchanges, the cavalry battalion of the dark elves lost nearly half, and seeing this scene, the commander of the cavalry battalion was anxious and immediately ordered to charge.

Although the weapons of the dark elves are backward, their warhorses are far superior to those of the Hereford family. This is true both in terms of speed, endurance, and explosiveness over short distances. That's how it is, in a very short period of time, the two sides entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat. Then, the occupation was quickly reversed, as if it were a frontal battlefield.

The Dark Elves' cavalry were as good in martial arts as their infantry, and despite the loss of so many in a single face, they were still firmly in the ascendancy, relying on their superior fighting skills. Even on horseback, they can still fight with dual weapons, not only scimitars and bayonet guns, but also cavalry crossbows that have been modified with spikes in the front to simulate short spears or bayonets, which is a very interesting weapon.

If the person observing this weapon is not the other side of the Hereford family army who was killed by the dark elves and wanted to cry.

That's it, despite the fact that there were more people and troops than the other side, but the colonel always felt that the pistol cavalry battalion would be the first to collapse. Not only because of the relatively small scale of this battlefield, but also because the melee strength of these pistols is relatively weak.

After being equipped with a revolver, which is obviously beyond this era, it can be called a weapon like black technology, these pistol cavalry are very happy, they think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world, and with this kind of artifact, then they feel that they don't even need melee combat.

There are twelve rounds of bullets in the pistol, and no one can get close to them after a shot of twelve bullets, and then start a melee fight.

Therefore, the pistols were very active and very hard when training to shoot. A lot of pistols and cavalrymen have become quite good marksmen.

But in pit stop training, these pistols looked a little half-hearted...... And because shooting training takes up a lot of training time, the melee training time of the pistols is inevitably compressed a lot. Serious loss of points inside and out. After being caught by the dark elf cavalry, it was a matter of course.

"Really...... Worst. Thinking of this, Colonel David secretly smiled bitterly. Speaking of which, before this, he was also an admirer of pistol cavalry, believing that the emergence of this kind of cavalry would greatly change cavalry tactics, and even lead to the decline of several other types of cavalry, such as lancers, sabre cavalry, and cuirassiers, and even eliminate these cavalry classes. But now it seems that it is very difficult to really do that.

At least when facing the Dark Elf cavalry, such a monster cavalry with terrifying fighting skills and fighting will, the pistol cavalry seemed to be weak. In this case, when facing the Dark Elf Cavalry, the Pistols of the Hereford family naturally suffered a great loss.

That's it.

"It seems that we can only count on those Cossacks. ”

Thinking of this, Colonel David couldn't help but smile bitterly. Like the vast majority of the army officers and generals of the Hereford family, the colonel had only four words of assessment of the Cossacks, rabble.

He didn't understand why a great king and ruler like William, who seemed to them to be a great leader who could conquer the whole world, and who single-handedly created the military commander of the Hereford Praetorian Guard, should value those who were not professional enough, tenacious enough, and very unreliable.

He couldn't understand this at all.

He thinks the Hereford Janissaries are strong enough. Even if there are some shortcomings, they are only numerical deficiencies. The next step is to build the army step by step. Increase the number of regiments, the size of the army, train more officers. In this way, all combat missions can be completed. In this case, he did not need to pull up another armed force, let's say a Cossack.

All the Hereford family officers did not want any group of people to dilute their power, their military and political status. It's as if the Wehrmacht in the Third Reich did not expect the so-called dictator to build the SS.

Moreover, these Cossacks were still the nomads who were seriously very, very unreliable, ignorant, and ineffective in combat, as well as the inhabitants of the border areas with humanity...... For a long time, it can be said that the hatred is as deep as the sea.

They did not understand William's foresight, and this was rightfully true, and in fact even now, even if these Cossacks were needed now to save their fate, the colonel did not understand.

Because their vision, their calculations, their thinking were not at all on the same level as William's.

That's it.

"Well, it's up to them. If they can really complete the flank detour, then there is still hope of victory in this battle. Beside him, Colonel David thought to himself. At the same time, he couldn't help but look at the Crimean Khan beside him, the centaur khan who seemed to be working happily together. At the same time, he was the commander of the 1st Cossack Brigade.

Although the cooperation between the two sides seems to be very harmonious, in fact, Colonel David has never forgotten how his parents died tragically under the iron feet of the Tartarya Khanate. At the same time, he did not forget what his kings, commanders, lords and rulers said to him, his instructions:

"If there is the slightest bit wrong with this khan, then do not hesitate to kill him at the first opportunity. Colonel David kept this in his heart. And at this moment, while looking at the Crimean Khan, his hand couldn't help but touch the spear on his waist.

To his surprise, the Crimean Khan was looking at him in the same way.

The centaur khan's face was as calm as an ancient well. He calmly said to the colonel, "Don't worry. ”

He reassured, "We're going to win." My army will definitely arrive on time. This battle, this war, the Hereford family and the dark elves of the south, will also ...... So, I won't betray. ”

Although he didn't show enough loyalty, even the subtext of the other party was read by Colonel David, that is, he was following the strong, and the reason why he stood with the Hereford family was because the Hereford family was strong enough. At the same time, he believed that the Hereford family could win the victory, and that the Hereford family would be able to meet his demands.

It's not loyalty.

This made Colonel David feel very uncomfortable. Although he was only the son of an ordinary yeoman farmer, he even later became a homeless. But after standing out in the officer corps and becoming a senior officer, Colonel David began to bind and demand himself with his knightly identity and creed. For a knight, this kind of loyalty tied to interests is a complete blasphemy of loyalty.

If it had been in peacetime, perhaps Colonel David would have shouted at the Crimean Khan.

But now, no.

Seeing the promising officer looking at him, with a complicated and tangled expression, the Crimean Khan sneered slightly in his heart. Because in his opinion, his loyalty was not inferior to that of this Colonel David. In addition to his "loyalty", a film called "chivalry" was plated.

He also because William was strong, because William was worth following, and at the same time, because William gave him status, glory, fame, wealth, and power. That's why he was grateful and loyal to William. It is the material guarantee that gives birth to the spirit, and then the spirit gives birth to the result.

He just skipped the "spiritual" level and hit the result directly. And in terms of results, how is he different from this Colonel David?

Even the great, terrible Majesty King Wilhelm von Hereford, who made him want to shudder when he thought about it, would probably not care so much.

"As rulers, rulers from above, they might propagate that spirit...... But what they value more is still the result. The greater the monarch, the more emphasis is placed on the result rather than the process. So, maybe after this, my position in this empire will be higher than this guy, and it won't necessarily be ......."

Thinking of this, Crimean Khan developed an inexplicable sense of superiority, and with it, his smile was followed.

When Colonel David was a little dissatisfied, and wanted to question why this guy could still smile when he was so nervous, he spoke: "Here we are." ”

What's coming?

Cossack cavalry, of course.