Chapter 226
"This retreat is a difficult battle. Zhou Zhongmou muttered to himself, beside him were ten cavalrymen who volunteered to follow him - Han En was also among them, although the regiment commander and others had secretly persuaded him not to do this thing with a high probability of death, but this kid was in the second middle period of hero worship, and insisted on following Zhou Zhongmou to break off together.
The troops of the White Eagle Kingdom were still retreating quite quickly - everyone knew what would happen if they were slow in this situation, so they abandoned all the heavy baggage, and everyone ran away with light armor and weapons in their arms. What was left behind was burned, and the reddish glow of course informed the Grizzly Kingdom soldiers that their enemies had fled overnight. In such a case, of course, a pursuit was necessary, but the raging flames made such a move unfeasible - the length and width of the battlefield were not too large, and it was impossible to send a large army to pursue them in the midst of the flames. And the most important thing is that the opponent's forward camp is more than ten kilometers away from the rear of Solburg, and most of the enemies can run back after a night of wild running. So the only way to do this was to send out light cavalry.
Zhou Zhongmou led the ten cavalry behind the broken to hide his figure with shadows behind the burning camp, and a little further behind them, was the main force of the Red Wolf Regiment that formed a formation and slowly retreated. By midnight, the fire had been extinguished, leaving only the hot ashes and some of the flames still burning. This time, the Grizzly Kingdom uncharacteristically used infantry to pursue, "It looks like they want to bite and then send out cavalry for a surprise attack after dawn." Zhou Zhongmou muttered, and the horse under his crotch sniffled uneasily. It looks like it should be hot air that makes it feel uncomfortable. Zhou Zhongmou dismounted. He patted the horse on the neck. Then he untied all the harness and threw it on the ground, and then he began to position his scabbard, "Oh, I'm not very suitable for horse fighting, I'd better solve the problem with the usual foot combat." ”
The enemy troops passing through the fire could already be seen, and these were lightly armed swordsmen. The battlefield where Zhou Zhongmou was preparing to engage the enemy was about a hundred meters away from the fire, which was enough distance for the cavalry to launch a short attack, and there were only ten cavalrymen in total anyway. It is impossible to launch a long-distance attack, and fighting and retreating from the guerrilla attack is what they need to do. "But if there are ten centaurs" Zhou Zhongmou was still muttering, Hann on the horse didn't hear clearly, but Hann who was watching the other party pounce didn't have time to ask, he just paid attention to Zhou Zhongmou's gestures.
With their palms cut straight down, the cavalrymen, who had been lined up for a long time, simultaneously mobilized their horses, each of them with a short spear in his arm, and launched a surprise attack against the enemy. According to Zhou Zhongmou's explanation in advance, they would not let the horse gallop at full speed, but used a half-speed speed to assault. And then the assault distance is not long, fifty meters is the limit. Then they're going to turn around and run away. As for Zhou Zhongmou himself, he launched an attack with the war horse - he himself would become the life harvester of the other party who was in chaos, and he would break into the opponent's array and slash and kill. This guy is running fast, and it is not a problem to follow the horse for more than ten meters.
The situation developed as he expected, although the cavalry of the assault did not put the speed to the maximum, and the force of the assault was far from being comparable to that at full speed, the impact of the horse's weight still allowed the short spears to find their respective targets. Ten horsemen killed about three or four infantrymen, killed and wounded about the same number, and when the distance of fifty meters came, whether or not they had won the battle, the ten men quickly turned and let the horses hasten away.
The pursuing vanguard was not very numerous, about a hundred people, and fell into a brief confusion when less than ten people were killed or wounded, and at this moment, a figure jumped in, and dark red arcs continued to bloom in the crowd, bringing screams of death and splashes of blood. The soldiers of the Grizzly Kingdom began to retreat, the chaos caused by the cavalry was greatly enhanced by a man, the great sword with a faint red glow was a nightmare, no one could escape the path of this great sword, not even parrying - all they could do was let themselves be chopped into several pieces in various positions, and then a few screams that could or may not be possible, and that's it.
After the death of twenty or so soldiers, the whole army collapsed, and they fled back through the fire with shouts, and Zhou Zhongmou did not chase after him - because this was actually useless, the other side sent the pursuing infantry not only here and all the way, but spread out three arrows. The width of the entire battlefield has reached more than three kilometers, and in terms of the cavalry led by Zhou Zhongmou, he can only delay one of the roads, but fortunately, there is not only one Red Wolf Regiment who is responsible for the broken back, and the commander who is still in his right mind will not let only a mercenary group of three hundred people be responsible for the whole army with a width of several kilometers, and he will always send other troops to break the back.
However, it is also true that the Red Wolf Regiment is the most responsible, they are responsible for the central part, and it is also the part that is most likely to be pursued by the enemy army. Now that the first round of pursuit has been repulsed, the Red Wolves have gained valuable time to continue their retreat. "I have to hope that the army sent by the other side is limited, so they must reorganize before launching a pursuit. These were the words of the regiment commander Alunzuo after seeing Zhou Zhongmou leading the cavalry to repel the other party, "Speed up! What a hell!" The troops of the Kingdom Army were still blocking the route of the Red Wolf Regiment, which made it impossible for them to run as fast as possible.
However, the prayers of the regimental commander did not seem to work, and the first wave of enemies had just retreated, and after only half an hour, the new wave had already passed through the fire—this time led by warriors of the knightly class, whose symbols were full of plate armor and heavy weapons. Standing in the first column were about forty soldiers wearing chain mail and holding swords and shields, and in the middle of them stood four figures wearing plate armor with square shields and knightly heavy swords, and some other figures in plate armor could be seen in the back mixed with the soldiers who followed.
"It's troublesome now, the physical strength of the warriors who have awakened the bloodline is not comparable to that of ordinary people, and their impact is not much different from the speed of a half-speed cavalry. Now, it shouldn't be possible to rely on these ten cavalry. Zhou Zhongmou knew this very well, and he could only signal the cavalry to retreat until they retreated into the battle line of the Red Wolf Regiment. "If you get bitten, you're in trouble. Zhou Zhongmou thought.
The speed of the opponent's advance was fast, and the formation of these lightly armed soldiers was not tight, but under the leadership of the leading soldiers, the morale seemed to be quite high. As a last resort, he had to let all the warriors in the regiment who had awakened their bloodlines out of the ranks, and then lead the formation under his own leadership, while signaling the others to quickly retreat. "The enemy is about the same number as I am, and this kind of battle can only be fought by fighting. (To be continued......)