2087 The Empire's Counterattack (2)
South of Rayla, Furui Region,
This terrain is a small corner of the southern border of the kingdom of Rayla, which is inconspicuous in strategic location, located in a semi-plateau, the vegetation is relatively scarce, the regional climate is dry, the snow-capped mountains in the north do not extend to here, there are very few rivers and lakes, only some small forks, and the temperature varies greatly during the day and night.
With the advent of summer, the scorching sun bakes the earth, steaming and hot, making people feel the stinging sensation at every moment.In the unique plateau climate of hot and cold, the Furui area has formed a rich mine, which is enough to make all the surrounding areas blush, one-third of the iron ore source of Rayla is the Furui mining area, where there are 3,000 Rayla troops stationed all year round, but with the defeat of the Rayla army in the border area, this precious area finally fell into the hands of the Silas people who have coveted this place for many years.
Garrisoned here is the Seventh Legion of the Silas Army, the general is called the Marquis of Nicus Dahua, this marquis who has part of the side branch of the Silas royal family, is a typical Silas noble, so ambitious, accustomed to living in the humidity of the plains, where can he stand such a dry climate, especially for the bad weather here is extremely disgusted,
The semi-plateau that rolls up the storm often turns into an area full of yellow sand,
Such a climate is like hell for the marquis, he spends expensive sebum to maintain his skin, in such weather, he needs to wipe it three times a day, the sky also looks gray, there is no interest at all, and he needs guards to help him cover his hair when he walks, otherwise it will make the elegant hair curls that took two hours to roll into a chicken coop, and most of the houses here are also messy, There was nothing that could be called art, dilapidated, dirty, and there was an unbearable smell wafting through the streets, which every time the Marquis went out, he needed to cover his nose with a handkerchief. The Furui Mining Area was originally an area used by the Kingdom of Rayla to force criminals to work, and for this marquis, it was like exile.
On the left side of the camp, on the high ground, a small ruined castle stood on the high ground, and only half of the collapsed wall remained, and the top of the second floor of the castle was covered with tall grass, and the castle was surrounded by low straw sheds. You need to bend over when you walk in and out, otherwise you will bump into it, and people will not be injured, but it is difficult to say whether the shed will collapse, this is the prison of the former Rela army, after the Silas army was stationed, the officers let the soldiers live in such an environment, and only the officers are qualified to live in a better castle,
Far from the main battlefield, the Seventh Army of Silas had a full strength of 15,000 men. The actual strength of the army was actually only 8,000, and the extra vacancies were the salaries of the three hundred and seventy-three regimental officers from the commander of the regiment, and for the seventh regiment to be transferred here, Marquis Nicus Dahua, the commander of the seventh regiment of Silas, said. The only satisfying thing about Jefferies is that it is not the main battlefield, and in terms of strategic location, it is almost worthless strategic blinds. "If Fury has an enemy, it can only be after the entire defense line is lost" The idea that he only needs to wait here until the end of the war makes the Seventh Army under him permeate the idea that they will never see the enemy.
This idea of theirs was shattered on this lazy afternoon, and the highland wind, under the pressure of the summer heat, whipped the gray dust, and blew through the ears, and there was a deafening rumble, and in order to avoid this dust, the outposts of the Seventh Legion of Silas, who could not suffer, hid in the bitter place of the main battlefield, and the enemy would not come, and no one saw it, and at the end of the earth that obscured their vision, there was a muffled echo mixed with the sound of wind and dust.
It was a black line on the gray horizon between heaven and earth, like a black wave jumping out, this black line spread at an astonishing speed, it was the echo of a huge group of cavalry trampling the earth, under the hooves of the horses, it was like a goshawk suddenly swooping down from the slope of the wasteland and rolling up the smoke, the dust covered the sky, obscuring most of the vision ahead, otherwise the sentinels of the Silas people would have found that the cloaks of tens of thousands of cavalry of the Imperial Central Army were also fluttering in the wind, red as if they were stained with blood, as if a dazzling stream of blood was rolling in,
Until the slightly trembling ground turned into a violent vibration, and in the roar of the earth, countless black cavalry swept forward from a high place, "enemy attack" Finally, there was a sound from the watchtower, but the sound was so weak that it had already been drowned out by the sound of rolling horses' hooves to the point that it was impossible to distinguish, the gray smoke and dust that were diffuse, the cavalry suddenly jumped over a trench outside the ground, like an infinite black wave slammed on the outer defense line of the Seventh Army of Silas, and the earth-shattering cry broke the sky, and the overwhelming cavalry group jumped into the low-lying Furui mining area like a frenzied tide, and the sharp cavalry spear was like a sharp sword at this time, deeply piercing into the camp of the Seventh Army of Silas in front, like a powerful giant hammer, and suddenly rolled up a red blood tide in the Silas Army......
"Kill!"
A squadron of 1,000 men arranged in the outer extension didn't even have time to assemble, and was scattered by the swift cavalry, reduced to minced meat trampled by the hooves of countless horses, the terrible shouts from the front had not disappeared, the chaotic queue had already collided with the black iron stream that was rushing in front, the tragic sound of flesh and blood still being knocked away by the war horses had not stopped, and the entire row of cold light and flickering imperial cavalry bayonets had been pushed like a bloody wall of killing,
The soldiers in the front row were pierced by the spears, and they were violently provoked by the high-speed war horse spurs, pushing them to continue to crash into the body of the second soldier, and the blood between the two people exploded like a squeezed ketchup, and the second row, the third row, the soldiers running in panic in the Silas camp were trampled by the war horses and killed by the spurs,
The horses draped in impact spikes swept through the grass hut that had no solidity to speak of, and the Silas soldiers inside were trampled to death by the heavy hooves, the range of advancement was so large, the speed was so fast, the ground of the camp looked like it had been slashed off by a single brush, the flesh and steel were hand-to-hand combat, in the face of extreme fear, the Silas soldiers were pushed and rolled, retreated, and were squeezed together like a large piece of sardines caught in a net, they were back to back, their trembling hands could barely hold the spears in their hands, and they were completely gathered with a survival instinct。 stabbed the spear in his hand with all his might, even if it was bounced off by the vest of the opponent's war horse because of the lack of angle and strength, the black cavalry on the war horse sneered, and the heavy steel thorn flail smashed his head at once,
In just ten minutes, the fierce black cavalry had already burst into the middle of the camp, which was the area where Silas's regular soldiers were located, and the cavalry bayonets raised people high and pierced them in the air, and the melee swords slashed the heads of the people all over the sky. Heads and broken limbs flew all over the sky, the scene was extremely tragic, such a terrifying speed, these regular soldiers were also completely stunned, who is the enemy? Where did the enemy come from? Their minds were blank, their eyes were full of jumping and crashing, taking advantage of the war horse, the three-meter cavalry spear that came like a whirlwind was like a scythe of death in the gloom, and it rushed into the body strongly, and the bayonet spear shook and strangled freely. The sharp tip of the spear pierced their bodies, and the blood exploded in front of them like red flowers, and the wails of the pierced soldiers filled everyone's ears, and the soldiers next to them watched in horror as the horses pushed the soldier forward. Soon there was no trace of the runners, and the feeling was like some kind of ferocious beast running with its prey in its mouth, and the blood splashed down on the paper-white faces of these Silas soldiers like a storm.
"This ...... What's the situation!"
The commander of the Seventh Legion, Nicholas Dahua, had curly hair with egg whites still dry, and looked at the four hundred Silas cavalry at the headquarters of the Seventh Legion in the center of the camp. As soon as he was fully dressed and ready to mount with his riding spear, he staggered and collided with a group of black cavalry that was coming on.
"Kill" the war horse neighed. The two armies were staggered like a torrent, and the cavalry that collided with each other rolled on the ground from their horses, and the knights on their horses were like planks squeezed by a heavy hammer. The chain mail on his body broke under the powerful multi-level attack,
The galloping black cavalry was like a straight bow, struggling to stretch out the blood-stained spear in his hand to the front, and the red blood immediately shot out from the chest of a Silas cavalry officer opposite, and sprinkled on the face of the black cavalryman, making him look extremely hideous,
The front of the camp had been completely broken through in a short period of time, thousands of corpses were lying on the ground, and the troops arranged in the front were also compressed into a very small range, and the Seventh Army had a combat strength of 8,000 people. In just ten minutes, it was severely injured by a third, and it was scattered countless times.
June 3, 1 p.m
Just as Rayla's army was in full retreat on the southern battlefield, and the Hungarian and Silas coalition forces were advancing in a big way, the 11,000 cavalry of the Imperial Central Army led by Yagrin entered the south from the unnoticed strategic blind Furui mining area, opening the curtain of the Empire's counterattack
With the high mobility and swift lethality of the cavalry, Yagrin aimed directly at the Silas military defense area with extremely poor combat effectiveness, first broke through the Silas Seventh Army, and then turned to the Silas Fifth Army, with the Ryla Border Army as a guide, the detachment marched more than 40,000 troops of the Silas Army, and was hit in the soft rib by the side of the cavalry of the Central Army of more than 10,000 people rushing down, with heavy casualties, and countless burdens were discarded, and the blow to the heart of the Silas army was even more incalculable losses, these seemingly chaotic attacks show a terrible disturbance,
The combat strength of the Sylas army is inherently poor, even in the era of the Ryla people, it is only used as an auxiliary army on the battlefield, where does it have the courage to face such a fierce enemy alone, even if it may be in a certain limited area, the Silas army has an overall advantage in strength, but in the face of the wandering of the cavalry, it is completely in the disadvantage of not being able to form mutual support at all, that is, in a dazed individual battle, a confused attack, an inexplicable rout, even the commander of the matter, can not explain what the situation is,
The light infantry of the Silas people has never faced this tactic, under the sudden fierce blow, the whole team of the Silas army is like a woman with her skirt lifted on the side of the street, and before she has time to react, it has already been scattered all the way, and she is dizzy, completely overwhelmed, the opposing cavalry has completely overwhelmed the Silas with its excellent mobility and rapid flank assault, just like a group of sheep encountering a hungry wolf, looking at the dozens of battle reports from various situations that are flying like snowflakes in their hands, the base camp of the Silas people on the border cannot judge what the real battle situation is, and where is the main direction of the opponent's attackWhat the hell do these cavalry want to attack there? The Silas generals, who looked at each other in confusion, looked at the map full of lines, and could only murmur to themselves who would be attacked next.
In the early days, the main force of the Silas army, which was still proud, achieved results in the early days. Under this stormy head-on attack, completely at a loss, it was clear that they had just received the news that the main team of the Second Army had been attacked, and within 10 minutes, they received a report that the Fifth Army had been routed 20 miles away from the attack point, and that the enemy was 20 miles away
"Hungarians, what are Hungarians doing!"
King Silas is already hysterical. The only thing he could do now was to order the troops that had entered Rayla's country, and with the subsequent reinforcements from the country, the nearly eighty-odd Silas army team all approached the base camp
But the assault continues, and the enemy is not only cunning, but also ferocious,
These elite and terrifying cavalry never go head-on to engage them. On the contrary, taking advantage of the high mobility of the cavalry, it appeared in all directions, floating like the wind, advancing and retreating. Fiercely attack your flanks and rear troops, or chase your convoys all the way to slash and slash,
In just three days, more than 10,000 Silas troops were killed. The terrifying situation of the collapse of more than 20,000 people made the Silas army worry day and night.
Dealing with cavalry was the weakness of Silas's light infantry. Even if it was really on the same page, it was immediately killed by the other party and could not find the north, so that when I slept at night, I don't know who shouted that the cavalry was coming, and the two legions of the demoralized Silas army were dragged into the rout and escape even because they were too close to each other
It was only four days after receiving the attack on the Silas army that the cavalry of the Eastern Hungarian Army began to agree to deal with the imperial cavalry that terrified the Silas people.
It's just that in this strange land, the Hun cavalry is also at a loss, the south of Rayla is not big, it is not small, more than 10,000 cavalry are sprinkled into it, it is really like a grass, it feels like fighting with the air, every fist is missing, and the enemy's blow to the small troops collected by the side in various places, every punch can make them hurt for a long time. Obviously, there are only 10,000 people on the other side, but using this kind of guerrilla tactics, they are like a fish in water in the vast world south of Rayla. This undoubtedly made the Hungarians aware of the taste,
The other party is definitely a real master of cavalry maneuvering, and he knows very well that the essence of guerrilla warfare lies in guerrilla warfare without attacking, and he must be ruthless enough to attack.
Coupled with the advantage of local combat, if there is no more than three times the number of troops, it is completely impossible to control its mobile maneuver, but the shortcomings of the Silas people's weak combat power make the Hungarians feel more and more dissatisfied, not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, that's the case, the low morale of the Silas army has reached the point of shattering at a touch, "Military minister, these Silas soft eggs have no combat power, not to mention, they will only drag the hooves of our Hyunya male army, and their subordinates ask to fight alone!" A Hungarian commander who is nearly two meters tall complained to the Hungarian military minister Bai Dulasu with a smile on his face.
He is also a famous commander in the Hungarian army, and he thinks he is also a master of mobile guerrillas, this time he spent a lot of effort and careful arrangement, and finally seized an opportunity, with 20,000 Hungarian cavalry and more than 30,000 Silas troops to form an encirclement, with the Silas army as bait to lure the imperial cavalry in, but the result was, before the battle was completely started, the side of the Silas army that assisted in the battle was actually scattered, and was calmly walked away by the Falcon Imperial cavalry, not to mention the previous achievements, the most surprising and angry thing for his straightforward Hun man was that there were only more than 1,000 Silas who died in the hands of the imperial cavalry who broke through, but because of the rout, the orderly retreat and the rout, crowded and trampled death, coupled with the lack of effective treatment, the wounded Silas army, there were more than 12,000 people,
Almost the strength of a Silas legion, because of their own stampede panic, this situation even if the Hungarian auxiliary army with the worst combat strength is pushed up, it will not be able to fight such a jaw-dropping brilliant result, "Can't you see it? The other side has only one intention, which is to fight the Silas people to drag us down"
Bai Dulasu was experienced, and said with a subtle sigh in his eyes. As far as I know, many of the imperial cavalry in front of us are cavalry from the northern steppe, like wolves cooperating tacitly, and the strength of the scattered assault is even above our elite, and it has sunk for a hundred years, it is our Hungarians, for such a seamless tactic like a wolf pack, I also lost the seventy-seven-eighty-eight, I didn't expect to encounter it here, this should belong to our Hungarian hunting instinct, but at this moment it is seen in the enemy's cavalry, it is really a great irony!" (To be continued......)