The "retreat" order of the Dark Elf Vanguard Commander became the last straw that crushed the Advance Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

With a cry of his retreat, the Dark Elves took the "most correct" tactic as a matter of course. The Praetorian Guard, composed of human orphans, was placed at the front of the pack as the main force behind the temple - or the Dark Elf troops retreated. At the same time, the dark elf cavalry did not hesitate to escape from the battlefield in the shortest possible time.

The Levantines and Turks, who were still struggling to survive, were all abandoned by the dark elves.

And for their abandonment, the choice of the Turks and the Levants was very straightforward. That is, surrender.

With the surrender of hundreds of remnants of the Turkic and Levantine cavalry. The Hereford family forward also had hundreds of hussars empty-handed. The remnants of the hundreds entered the battle against the new army of the Dark Elves. Surround and annihilate it......

What puzzled the forwards of the Hereford family was that the indestructibility of these Forces nouvelles soldiers was beyond imagination.

Knowing that they had been abandoned and that they had no chance of breaking out, they did not hesitate to surrender like the Turks and Levants, and did not seem to be depressed or anything.

These guys chose to fight to the end.

Even though they were surrounded by corpses of robes, even though their weapons and armor were torn, and their physical strength was so lost that they could barely fight, these terrible, formidable creatures continued to fight, and so on until they died.

"Surprisingly, these guys are just a bunch of cannon fodder, why are they working so hard?" Colonel David couldn't help but think to himself. And his question was quickly answered by the Crimean Khan:

"Because if they don't, they don't exist. Crimean Khan said calmly: "These guys have been plundered into military camps since they were eight years old, or even younger, and have been trained into a group of combat weapons." The brains, the thoughts of these guys are completely different from ours. ”

The centaur khan said this, nodding his temples: "Aside from loyalty to their masters, the dark elves, they are cruel and bloodthirsty. These guys can barely be called human anymore. ”

"Is that so? ”

If ordinary people hear this statement of the Centaur Khan, they may be shocked and feel how powerful and terrible the other party is. However, Colonel David was different. As a high-ranking officer who has systematically studied modern military affairs, he understands very well that there is actually no benefit in doing so.

The army, the soldiers, are not works of art, but consumables. They have the technology to train an ordinary person in half a year and be armed to become a qualified soldier, so why spend a decade, or even longer, cultivating a group of brainless killing machines?

Although it is said that such careless guys are very ruthless in killing people, but at the same time, these guys do not have the power to restrain and control them. With brainwashing and mental control alone, I am afraid that this group of guys will not be able to perfectly make this group of guys obedient.

He thought so in his heart, and he thought of the Levantine armies he had heard of before.

That is, the Mamluks. These Mamluks were also trained by slave children. is also carefree, very fierce and brutal and loyal. However, it was this group of seemingly very useful fellows who eventually destroyed the most powerful kingdom of the Levantines, namely Silosis.

Over the course of hundreds of years, the Mamluk warrior class had succeeded in controlling all military power in Nigeria. In this case, any loyalty, promise, and anything else is weak. They expect to be able to gain status as well as power equal to their status. In this way, the Mamluk class succeeded in destroying the old aristocracy and successfully bringing the entire kingdom under their control.

On the other hand, there was another country that was overthrown by the samurai class, which was also regarded as slaves, and that was Japan. In the beginning, the samurai class was nothing more than a watchdog raised by the noble ministers of Heiankyo. They were sent to the manors in various remote corners to take care of those local affairs for them.

Eventually, however, the samurai who had mastered the land soon realized how strong they were, and how weak the ministers were. Soon, the samurai family rose, and Japan entered the era of samurai power in the shortest possible time.

Inside the barrel of the gun comes out of the regime. In particular, a powerful samurai class was raised, which was so powerful, and so unconcerned, that it had little in common with their interests. This is all self-destruction...... It is as if in the Ottoman Turkey of William's previous life, the Janissary soldiers, who were also trained by Christian slaves and young children, eventually succeeded in seizing all power in the country and became the most reactionary class representatives in the country.

"Whatever they are. ”

Although Colonel David did not know so many examples, William did, and the promotion textbook compiled by William for his senior officers naturally pointed out the disadvantages of this military system, which looked powerful but was actually stupid.

As an ardent admirer of William, Colonel David always felt that everything William said was true and every word was true. So, of course, this guy looks down on the Praetorian Guard.

“...... Oh?" Sensing the change in mentality of the officers of the Hereford family beside him, the Crimean Khan beside him was slightly surprised. He could not understand at all why the general had suddenly become less afraid. Obviously, before this, this guy was very surprised and worried.

Unlike Colonel David, despite his rich combat experience and his mind and talent, the Crimean Khan, who had not undergone a systematic study of military theory, could not see so much and could not see so long-term.

And rightfully so. Not to mention the Crimean Khan, the above-mentioned countries, those forces are also famous and capable countries in history, but they still embarked on a very pathetic and such a path.

So, sometimes, the ruling class is really stupid. Those compliments on weekdays, a casual word can make everyone around you exclaim invincible or something. Let their self-confidence swell to an unimaginable degree. Sometimes they really think that they are great, that they are special, that they can bypass those laws, that those objective laws do not work for them, and that the world runs with itself as the center.

That's what these things are, perhaps, only when these guys suffer a loss, they will wake up. It's just that by then, it's probably too late.

Regardless of how many different views Colonel David and the Crimean Khan had on these Forces nouvelles soldiers, at least one thing was agreed on by both sides, and the battle had been won...... Although, the loss is also a bit much.

Including the previous Ranger battles, and counting the losses in this battle, the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the Cossack Cavalry Brigade of the Forward Army lost more than 40% of their strength together.

The three cavalry regiments of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and one cavalry battalion, the pistol cavalry battalion lost more than half, the light cavalry lost half, the cuirassiers lost 30 percent, and the lancers lost 40 percent, adding up to nearly 1,400 cavalry losses. This figure is almost fifty percent. It can be called the most serious loss since the establishment of the First Cavalry Regiment.

The only one in the brigade that remained intact was the cavalry battalion. Because these guys are well protected, they are not close to the front line at all, and they are fighting.

In contrast, the number of losses of the Cossack cavalry brigade was not very large. In previous Ranger battles, their losses were almost the same as those of the 1st Brigade, but in this battle, the Cossack cavalry took advantage of them. They did not engage in frontal combat, but took advantage of the tricks and charged from the flanks. As a result, the Cossack cavalry brigade of two regiments lost no more than two or three hundred people. Less than a fifth of Hereford's 1st Cavalry Brigade.

The Hereford family's army suffered heavy losses, but their rivals, the Dark Elves' army, were not much better.

The Dark Elves fought with three infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, and a cavalry battalion. In the end, less than 1,000 people ran back. The infantry regiments of the Forces nouvelles and the infantry regiments of the army were completely destroyed, and the Levantine cavalry regiments and the Turkic cavalry regiments were also completely destroyed. The Dark Elf Ballista Battalion, as well as the Dark Elf Praetorian Guard Infantry Regiment, lost nearly three hundred.

This, combined with the losses previously lost in the Ranger battles, resulted in losses from the Dark Elves Vanguard, including killed, routed, and more than five thousand captured. Three times the size of the Hereford family.

The battle loss ratio between the two sides was three to one. It was a tragic battle for both the Hereford family and the Dark Elves.

After escaping, the Dark Elf Forward Commander, leading the remnants of the Dark Elf troops, quickly retreated towards the city of Kyiv. Bound by the new army troops, coupled with the fact that the other side was covered by hundreds of dark elf crossbow cavalry, the Hereford family army, which had just experienced a big battle, did not have much strength to stop them.

"If you let them retreat into the city, things will be bad!" Colonel David and the Crimean Khan both nervous. Then he gathered the cavalry and tried his best to stop the dark elves.

However, it soon turned out that two things happened, the first was that the wall was falling down, and the second was that the Slavians could not be trusted.

That is, after the troops of the dark elves fled to the city, the gates of the city of Kyiv did not open as they thought. Instead, after shouting twice and getting no reply, the fuses of several of the city's defense guns were lit. Next, artillery, muskets, longbows, crossbows, trebuchets and ballistas fire at the same time, projecting and firing. A large amount of ammunition poured down, killing hundreds of dark elves who were caught off guard in an instant.

"Damn it, you bastards Slavites! traitors! The Empire will never forgive you!"

Seeing this scene, no matter how stupid the commander was, he understood what these Slavians thought in their hearts. These guys, after the dust settled on the outcome of this battle, did not hesitate to betray again.

Without hesitation, they killed the Ottoman legionnaires in the city as quickly as possible. Of course, because the latter had been prepared, the ideal surprise attack and then the easy killing of it did not appear, and the two sides fell into a tragic street fight. In fact, even after the Herriford family's cavalry vanguard entered the city, the street fighting continued unabated. The soldiers of the Hereford family are still involved.

If the army of the Dark Elves had been a little more courageous and had not fled so easily, and had chosen a few other gates to try their luck, they would have a certain chance of encountering an area that was still under their control and entering the city again, and the situation would still be unknown.

Fighting in narrow streets and walls was by no means a cavalryman's forte.

However, because they had just suffered the effects of a defeat, the dark elves did not dare to stay here at all. They were cautious and discouraged, and at the same time regretfully gave up their last hope of winning.

And so, the battle ended, and the Hereford family managed to take control of Kyiv, the core of the Ruthenian kingdom, and to the south, attack the bridgehead of the dark elves.