Section 302 Advance and Retreat

The wound on the arm hurts.

Actually, the feeling at that time was not as painful as it is now, but now ...... Every slight pull would make him grin and hurt into his bone marrow.

The force of the axe was really great, the axe shattered the iron-clad oak shield from the front, and the remaining strength could still easily split his arm armor, leaving a huge wound on his arm along the way.

Fortunately, that's just "residual strength", otherwise, this arm should have been separated from the body. I have to say that he was lucky that the bones were fine. But even so, there is nothing this arm can do for ten days and a half months.

However, compared to the surrounding situation, Robin is much better. He was surrounded by other wounded, most of them worse than he was. Robin was also able to sit and ponder, trying to keep his attention away from the pain of the wound. The rest of the people were left with only moans of pain.

Today's battle always has a somewhat unreal feel. In retrospect, the Shogun's arrangement is clear. Rank the ordinary troops of the defeated troops on the front line, and fight the Chaos Legion with the support of muskets, attritioning and holding back the enemy. When the battle situation fell into a melee, and the Chaos Legion completely lost its organization and fell into a state of chaos, send elite troops to attack and crush the enemy in one fell swoop.

Now that I think about it, this is a very simple and easy to see strategy, but when I was a front-line officer, I didn't have this clear understanding. At that time, Robin couldn't think of anything superfluous, and there was nothing else on his mind except fighting, blood, and death.

However, simple tactics proved to be just as effective. As it says in the war book, as long as it works, a simple strategy is still a good strategy. On the contrary, no matter how carefully planned tactics are, they are only on paper and can only be reduced to jokes.

Robin slowly pondered the idea behind Baylor's layout - and now he was a little bit of a flashback. The whole process of the battle was actually a gradual retreat of the phalanx of spearmen. As the phalanx retreated, the enemy ranks gradually showed their flanks and backs in front of the musketeers. Although the spearmen were pressed back by the Chaos Legions, the muskets were even more striking against Chaos' flanks. In the process of this gradual retreat, stalemate, and melee, the Chaos Legion had actually lost half of its troops under the muskets. It was precisely because of these huge casualties that the spearmen, who were originally not strong in combat, held out for so long.

Of course, by the time the spear phalanx was completely out of combat power, it was already too late. The Chaos Legion had already suffered too many losses, and the remaining soldiers were also out of order and were eventually defeated by the elite forces that Bayrell had placed on the second line.

"Robin!" a voice sounded, interrupting Robin's train of thought.

Bayrell stood beside him, empty-handed, his armor bloodstained. However, Robin knew that none of the blood was Baylor's own. But...... But...... This was indeed Robin's first glimpse of a different kind of style on the battlefield. In addition to strategizing and exhausting strategies, his generals also have the ability to charge into battle and take the lead.

"General...... Ah......h

"Robin, you're alright. Bayral asked with concern.

"I'm sorry, General, for disgrace. Robin replied. His general-sama killed four or five Chaos warriors in one fell swoop, and then killed a Chaos Champion in a one-on-one duel. And his appearance was terrible - he was taken down by a Chaos Chosen Warrior with a single blow. If it weren't for the Shogun's timely assistance, today would have become Robin's last day in this world.

"Shame on you?" Beller clearly didn't understand what Robin meant. "No, Robin, you're doing well, better than I thought. You've lasted longer than I expected......" He smiled reassuring to Robin. "We're lucky that those Chaos Eggs were all badly damaged before the war. Otherwise, this battle may be dangerous. ”

By the way, the Chaos Legion intends to use the Chaos Egg as a precursor to attack the phalanx of spearmen. There were four Chaos Eggs in total, and they were "taken care of" by the musketeers, and although they posed a great threat to the spearmen, they eventually fell under the muskets. Although the Chaos Egg didn't seem to be so easy to clean up in Robin's memory (the last time he used a musket against the Chaos Wizard's side, it took a long time to kill it), but the number of musketeers this time was far from comparable to this one.

"I guess I was wounded in the battle with Parry, and I guess I haven't recovered yet. Bayrell said.

"General, are we victorious?" Robin asked suddenly.

"Won? Bayrell shrugged. "Our army has four hundred dead and wounded, including you. The Chaos Legion has lost twice as many as we have, and the Chaos Champion who led the team is dead. He said lightly, as if the Chaos Champion Samurai hadn't been killed by him. "Since we're still here, and the Chaos Warriors are either dead or fleeing, we should have won. Forget it, don't talk about this, Robin, how is your injury. ”

Robin's wound had been bandaged by Bayral before. However, it was only a temporary measure on the battlefield, and after the battle, a soldier in charge of caring for the wounded gave him more detailed treatment—a kind of officer's privilege.

"They said it was fine. Robin tried to make himself look less terrible. "General, you ...... today. I really didn't expect you to ......"

Bayral drew a pistol from his belt and shook it. "You say that?" he asked, a little playfully. "These are high-end goods. Well, this one was given to me. Double bullets, powerful, and well-aligned...... At the same time, it is also small in size, which is a good equipment for women's body protection. Speaking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. "Made from rare magical metals provided by the Church, handcrafted by the best dwarven engineers. It's a pity that the price is too expensive, that is, people like me use it, and it can't be promoted. ”

In fact, many people know that the musket is simply the terminator of fighting skills. The most important reason why this honor is not put on the head of the bow and crossbow is that the musket can be made small and hidden around, while the power remains largely unchanged. The power of a crossbow, or crossbow arrow, is proportional to its size, and the range and power of a small crossbow are greatly reduced. However, the power of a pistol is not so obvious as that of a long-barreled musket. The real flaw of the pistol is the accuracy of the head - and this special pistol clearly improves this flaw considerably.

For example, this time, Beller raised his gun and shot at a suitable distance, and the Chaos Champion Samurai was immediately caught off guard. As soon as the two bullets hit the chest and hit the face, they directly turned this battle-hardened Chaos champion into a soft-footed shrimp, and then Bayer's head was easily cut off.

"Well, I don't have the skills of Ashrufat, so I'm going to have to rely on this thing. Bayral sighed.

It must be said that Bayer is clearly a little behind the times in this regard. Although Bayral himself felt that this victory was a little dishonorable, his men did not despise him at all. On the contrary, everyone, including Robin, thinks that this is a sign of wisdom and bravery, a clever adaptation to the rules of the duel. Any weapon could have been used in a duel on the battlefield, wasn't it?

"Will the Chaos Legion still come?" asked Robin again as Beller sighed.

"I want to ...... Probably not. Bayral replied. "Their total strength is only more than 3,000, and almost one-third of them are here today...... From this point of view, their goal is to occupy this valley artery. ”

This is easy to understand, if these more than 1,000 Chaos warriors defeated Baylor today and took control of the main road, then the coalition soldiers who fled in the next few days would simply become sheep in the mouth of a tiger, as if they had deliberately run over to send them to death.

However, thanks to the hasty march of the Chaos Warriors, they were left in time to rest because they were in a hurry, giving Bayral a great opportunity and being defeated.

"Since they have been defeated, they should understand that reinforcements from our army have arrived. Bayrell said. "Now that the Chaos Legion has won a complete victory, it will not come back. After all, they don't have many troops...... Of course, this is just my guess, the warriors under the command of the blood god may not be so clear-headed. ”

"Blood God?"

"Well, I just got a little bit of information from the captive. This army is made up entirely of abusive believers. And their command ...... It's not me who kills that, but the one who leads the entire army, and it's the supreme commander of the entire Chaos Legion, a sadomasochistic believer called the Bloodfang Lord, a Chaos Lord. ”

"Ahh

"Parry didn't lose unjustly. "Bayral saw Robin's movements. "But, Robin, don't worry, we'll rest for the night today and go back tomorrow. He paused, "By the way, you'd better be a little prepared." ”

"What mental preparation?"

"The first day of the injury wasn't actually the most painful. Bayral said solemnly. "The second day, the third day, is when it's really painful. You're like this, it's better not to ride a horse tomorrow, but to walk. I have sent light cavalry to the rear to report the news, and I think that a vehicle will arrive soon for the wounded to ride......"

"General, why are you retreating?" Robin suddenly realized that Baylor's words were not referring to sending the wounded away, but to the withdrawal of the entire army to the city of Neustria. "If we're gone...... And those who have withdrawn from the front line...... What about the fleeing soldiers......?

"As I said, the defeated soldiers of Chaos will tell the Bloodfang Lord about us. They will interpret this as the arrival of reinforcements from our army...... In this case, the right choice for the Bloodfang Lord is to take it when it is good, rather than come and fight us to the death. There is no difference between us staying here and withdrawing. ”

With that, Baylor lowered his head, leaned close to Robin's ear, and said in a voice that could only be heard by Robin. "Robin, our army also suffered heavy casualties, if the Bloodfang Lord really kills, do you think we can stop him with the remaining combat strength we have now? You know, his troops are at least twice as large as the Chaos Legion we defeated today, and they are more elite. ”

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