1443 The Collapsed Alliance (IX)
Northwest of O'Barro, O'Acha borders Barton Tower,
The sky was a little overcast, and a light white rain was falling, and while the opposition was still struggling with the terms of the third day, the 15,000 steppe cavalry in the O'acha area had already divided into four routes and spread across the plain that was the border of Baston.
At this time, the time has reached the beginning of October, and the yellowing leaves are floating in the raindrops, and it seems that they will be broken at any time, and the ground is yellow in the eyelids.
In the base camp of the Basta army, the unfavorable battle reports from the front caught the Bastar side completely off guard,
This time, instead of the small forces that had scattered and attacked before, the enemy concentrated all his forces in front of them at once, and the real attack was carried out, and the reports of attacks and falls along the way flew like snowflakes,
Basta is famous for its elite and excellent light infantry in the opposition alliance, Basta's round shield formation is a flank protection formation favored by all generals, this kind of assault arm equipped with light chain mail and round shield, equipped with short swords, can effectively resist the attack of the enemy archers from the flank, even against the cavalry assault troops, the elite spearmen in the Basta round shield formation, can also use neat and accurate throwing guns, it is easy to kill the enemy cavalry at a distance of 30 meters,
But it's a pity that this time they encountered the steppe assault cavalry that began to pull the bowstring a hundred meters away, and the fierce steppe cavalry division and advance tactics completely violated the previous routine of the Basta people in the war with the battle of the large army as the main rule, and the army of 15,000 people that was finally gathered was likely to only encounter hundreds of people from the other side, so they had to choose to stop cautiously,
"Prepare for battle!"
The Bastar army lined up in tight formation, and the 3,000 spearmen who had fought against the cavalry assault were placed at the front of the formation, and the autumn wind blew the fierce military flags and rolled up the withered yellow on the ground. Heaven and earth were slaughtered, and when they were ready, the other party's assault cavalry, after shooting a burst of random arrows, immediately ran away without a trace, making the Basta side cry and laugh, is this also a battle?
But as long as their formation was out of order, a large number of steppe cavalry, like grasshoppers emerging from the ground, attacked from all directions.
Dense clusters of arrows like a rain curtain, mixed with white raindrops, shooting Basta infantry clusters crying dad and shouting mother, this kind of cunning Kugit cavalry style tactics, under the dispatch of a pair of magic hands of the fat man, showing a completely different style,
Coming and going like the wind, dividing the troops and attacking together. As soon as the blow is gone, the main force of the Basta Army is often surrounded by attacks, and the supporting units on its flanks or nearby are also in a state of being attacked by other cavalry units almost at the same time.
The Basta people sadly found that in their own land they had become blind and the high mobility of the opposing cavalry. Suddenly east and west, south and north, so that the Bastar army was attacked in a daze. The inexplicable rout, even the commander in question, couldn't explain what the situation was, and that feeling made the Bastar feel like they were going crazy
If you have a pair of eyes at this moment, you can look down from the sky, you may clearly see that the chaotic attack shows an extremely terrifying organization, and there is no loose style of the Kujits, but it is full of the strict discipline and strong cooperation that the Falcon Dynasty army has always had.
In a certain limited area, the Bastar people may have an overall advantage in strength, but if you look at the overall situation, it will be very clear that in the local area, the Bastar infantry with superior strength is completely at a disadvantage that cannot form mutual support at all, that is, they are fighting separately at a loss.
The geographical environment of the Bastar Plain has become the best slaughtering ground for cavalry guerrilla tactics, and the falcons brought by the steppe people are like a pair of eyes, watching every move within a radius of 20 miles from the sky.
The Basta infantry group was like marching through the mud, and the earth was shattered under the splash of the horses' hooves, and they were stepped deep into the earth, and occasionally one or two pieces of mud that were a little thicker were fluttered up by the horses' hooves.
The rain of arrows of the steppe cavalry in the rain curtain, emitting a dazzling light, the cavalry torrent swept the scattered Bastar infantry into the horse's hooves, like being involved in a tornado, rushing back and forth in the dense horse's hooves, until it was completely shattered, disappeared in the fierce cold wind, and even the raindrops falling in the sky were covered by the black of the cavalry, leaving corpses and despair all over the ground,
Black has become the main color on the border of Basta, the autumn wind is blowing, the mountains are shaking, like the lord of this land, where the cavalry passes, it is like setting off the rolling waves of the earth, the smoke and dust are all over the sky, and the chaotic and dense sound of horses' hooves fills the whole earth.
The war horses that grow in the grassland do not care about the storage of wild grasses and sand and gravel, they are naturally patient, and they will not have major problems even if they run for a day.
Almost on the third day, the hastily assembled 20,000 troops on the border of Basta were completed, and the cavalry clusters that had launched a frontal battle were reduced to a mess, more than 7,000 men were killed, two main armies were wiped out, and countless people were scattered and fled
Where is the enemy's main attack? Where do so many cavalry want to attack there?
The Basta generals, who were looking at each other, except for the confused corners of their mouths on the map full of lines, could only secretly mumble to themselves who would be attacked next,
Even Marshal Atami, the defense master of the Principality of Basta, who is known for being good at defense, faced with all kinds of intelligence, was troubled by these news.
With such a large-scale invasion, the base camp could not even determine the location of the enemy's main force, and there was news of attacks everywhere,
All the information that came back was negative, the 1st Frontier Corps was disbanded, and the commander of the 3rd Frontier Corps died in the chaos"
In the end, the master of defense came to the conclusion that this assault was a complete general attack, and what appeared before their eyes was a cavalry raid like a mercury outfall.
There is no main attack, no assist, but a trick show similar to a group hunt,
The whole Bastar is the prey,
This tactic, which had never been faced before, the Bastar infantry group, which had almost no mobility, was like a woman with her skirt lifted on the side of the street, and before she could react, she had already broken all the way, was beaten dizzy, and was completely overwhelmed.
In the opposition's stronghold of Brandenburg, the news that shocked the opposition even more came that on October 3, from the direction of Nysta, more than 20,000 troops from the northwest coast crossed the border and attacked the important town of Ayagotu of the Principality of Breis, and the troops were directed at Stonenes, the capital of the Principality ......of Breis.