1950 The River Flows (4)

The cruelty of the war began to oppress the nerves of the non-gang army, and the local army with combat experience in contrast to the local army, when the first wave of the offensive was launched, there were uncontrollable casualties, these miscellaneous soldiers from the region, looking at the enemy in front of the tide like a mountain and a sea of arrays, iron armor sonorous, spears like a forest, felt as heavy as lead under their feet, "Forward, attack!" The officers in the back whipped angrily, unable to drive the chaotic situation of the miscellaneous soldiers, and the counterattack of the Falcon army in front had frightened many soldiers

"No, I don't want to die!"

And this situation is particularly prominent in the 17th Infantry Regiment, where arrows fly sideways on the concave surface, rolling stones fall densely like hailstones, the soldiers dare not raise their heads, they dare not take a step, some people try to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, and they are immediately kicked by the officers fiercely, and the soldiers scream and cry, you hit me and push the ground and squeeze into a ball, trampling on each other; some people lie down to dodge, but they trample on the back of the head of the panicked war horses.

"Bastard, how could I be sent to such a place!" Monroe, the commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment, was as pale as paper, and his hand holding the reins of the war horse was trembling, since he saw the crossbow arrows of the Falcon Army shoot over a group of infantry of about 150 meters, he was killed 200 meters away and did not move forward, in order to find a reason not to go up, he scratched his arm with a small dagger with his carrying, "My lord, the 17th Infantry Regiment reported that because of the battle damage, I asked to retreat!" In less than an hour of fighting, Marcos, who was full of ambition, received a report asking for evacuation, and he was stunned for a moment.

The ranks of the 17th Infantry Regiment were crooked one by one, like a flock of loose ducks, and they swarmed back before they touched the opposite side

"Who is the commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment?" Marcos asked angrily with a murderous look on his face. He said in a cold voice, "When the whole army is fighting to the death, this person does not seek to die for the country, but mentions the word evacuation! This is to be killed!, come on, immediately arrest this guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, I want to hang the head of this coward on the military flag" "My lord, you forgot, this 17th infantry regiment commander can't be caught, let alone killed!" The adjutant next to him changed his face and hurriedly reminded in a whisper.

"Why can't you catch it?" Marcos glared at the adjutant angrily,

"My lord forgot, this vacancy in the 17th Infantry Regiment was signed out by the lord himself!" said the adjutant in a low voice

"Well, really? You mean the ...... some time ago," a look of astonishment flashed across Marcos' face

"That's right, it was sold for 200,000 gold coins in one position some time ago" The adjutant took a deep breath and looked left and right, fortunately, the generals have gone to command the troops, and here they are all Marcos's cronies" Lord Monroe, the Minister of the Interior, has specially explained. The commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment is his son-in-law, and he asked you not to let him go to battle" "Did Lord Monroe explain this?" Marcos frowned slightly, "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

"200,000 gold coins, as long as the adults don't let the 17th Infantry Regiment go to the battlefield, the Monroe family is willing to give the adults 200,000 gold coins in private!

"Seems to be such a thing!" Marcos snorted. waved his hand to the adjutant, "Forget it, order the 17th Infantry Regiment to withdraw, it's useless to keep it! There is no need to offend the Monroe clan for such a waste, you must know that as the Monroe clan who controls the wealth and power of the empire." Going back three generations, it is the family of the first queen of the empire, and this kind of intertwined big family. I don't have the ability to directly shake it, if the former Minister of War Rubin Sark is here, I can slash the Monroe family without leaving any face."

"We have lost nearly 300,000 troops in the north and south, and we also have 300,000 vacancies and officer positions in our hands, which we use as bargaining chips to sell to those wealthy families, which is always worrying in our hearts!

Marcos sighed deeply, his bloodshot eyes looked at the front line and tore through the sky with a sharp whistling one after another, and a black spot rose on the opposite side, as if it was a sparrow rising in the air, and the dense slingstones expanded rapidly in the field of vision, and there was a sharp whistling sound in his ears, and the large stones of the millstone came from the sky with a terrible momentum and smashed on the flesh and blood of people, just like a dense meteor shower falling in the sea and splashing blood-red waves. "My lord, urgent military report!" a herald cavalry galloped in and handed over a report, Marcos opened the report and glanced at it, but did not speak, his eyes were unusually bright, but the corners of his mouth were slightly curved upward, which was a cover for his smug look

"My lord, it's ......," the adjutant gave him a complicated look

"Well, you're not wrong!"

The corners of Marcos' mouth grinned slightly, his eyes looked into the distance, and he said in a condensed voice. The Emperor's Praetorian Guard Corps was dispatched, the coalition army was blocked by Baruta, our army pinned down the Falcon Army on the front line, just like two giants wrestling with each other, the hands of both sides have been clasped together, and they have been fully exerted, who can stretch out one more hand, who is the winner, the Falcon Empire mobilized 30,000 elites to march north, thinking that they can use this to occupy the initiative, must not have imagined, the Emperor Xià's Praetorian Guard has left Besuka to ambush, our army's strong attack is just to cover the sight of the Falcon Army, this battle is personally surveyed by the Emperor Xià, if successful, we may be able to take the lost southern coast in one fell swoopAt worst, it can also open the gap into the general sleeve from the other end!"

"My lord taught a good student!" said the adjutant with admiration on his face.

"You can't say that!, it is the Emperor's genius and talent that can have such an excellent plan" Marcos's wrinkled eyes narrowed into a line with joy, looking very relieved that he had taught a good student, and Rubin Sark had only taught the Emperor to be resolute in his heart, and in his own hands, His Majesty the Emperor had begun to truly take steps in the direction of a future monarch who would rule the world

"But His Majesty personally commanded the attack, wouldn't it be too dangerous," the adjutant said with some concern

"Probably not, this time His Majesty went with the generals, and the Janissaries dispatched 50,000 troops, far more than the 30,000 Falcon Army troops advancing north! The commanders of the Falcon Empire's northward advance this time are two little-known characters, one named Reposti and the other named Yagrin, I have never heard of them have any outstanding records, and they are not fierce generals like Varisian."

Marcos's tone was very relaxed, he didn't know that in the Falcon Empire's Central Army, the two small characters he was talking about had the title of Fierce Eagle Fierce Twin Wolves, let alone the first battle of the Falcon Empire on the continent of Obarro. It was the Battle of Scarlet Silver Sparrow Mountain commanded by these two men, in that battle, the two of them were closely relying on the Salander Expeditionary Force, which was not strong in combat, and they defeated the main force of the Duke of Normandy, tearing up a gap for the Empire's landing on Obarro, and the two stood out in the Battle of Silver Sparrow Mountain, although they were derogatory because of the drag of the Salander Expeditionary Force,

Last winter, in view of the urgent need for good and experienced commanders at the front. The fat man had already resumed the position of the head of the central military flag of the two empires, and was later ordered to garrison the southern hub fortress Muya Fort, and the characteristics of the two as old partners were also quite clear.

The fierce eagle Reposti is good at scheduling and coordination, while the fierce wolf Yaglins is a first-class fierce general.

During their stay at Fort Muya, the two did their best to maintain law and order on the southern coast. It strictly forbidden, bullying and plundering, and the difference between the commoners and the nobles of the empire was clearly made public, so it was generally loved and supported by the common people in the occupied areas. The gradual stabilization of the situation on the southern coast made the original non-aristocratic army more isolated, and finally had to compromise with the imperial powers

The 30,000 Falcon Central Army led by the two of them marched rapidly northward, and in one fell swoop, they laid down the bridgehead of less than 3,000 troops to the north, Vato Fortress, and during a short break, Reposti unexpectedly received a surprising news from the fleeing civilians that in front of the northbound troops, the army of the Congo Empire was waiting for them

"Is the information true? Could it be that some businessmen said it to deceive us!"

Yagrins, who likes to go straight, was dissatisfied with this, if it weren't for this information, the forward troops he led would have set off a long time ago, and now they should have all reached the northern part of the Palu Plain, which was less than three hundred miles away from the battle target Besuka, and chose to stagnate because of a merchant's complaint, is Reposti a little oversensitive,

"Now is not the time to be in a hurry, the border of the empire's 100,000 Chen soldiers, the Baluta side is in full swing, it depends on us which way the balance of this war falls, His Majesty has such high hopes for us, naturally it is better to be careful!" Reposti opened the window of the room, among the two, Reposti was older than Yagrins,

He looked out the window and said, "It has been reported that an army of about 5,000 men is coming in our direction, and it must be that the enemy has unintentionally exposed some of the troops, because they did not bring enough food, these enemies have plundered civilians and caravans, and the robbers in the armor of the regular army are still easily recognized, and they have killed quite a few people! I have sent people to reconnoitre, the troops of 5,000 men are not so easy to hide in this plain, and the camp where 5,000 people rested, there will always be some traces"

In the rapid intelligence gathering, it was not long before they received a report that the Gangfei army had appeared in front, and the news they received startled the two of them, and what was waiting for them in front was not 5,000 people, but probably an army of 50,000 people

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with it, there is a real possibility of an ambush in front of us" Reposti looked at the somewhat surprised Aglins, nodded his hand on the map, and said in a condensed voice. You see, the reason why the Vato Fortress is called the bridgehead of the northward march is because from the beginning of the Vato Fortress to the north, the terrain will become more and more flat, and the other party can use 50,000 troops to calmly open a big net in front of us, quietly waiting for us to crash into it, the terrain of the plains, once it is glued, it is the result of endless death, and our cavalry is insufficient, since the other party chooses to fight in the plains, the number of cavalry will not be less, at least the merchant said, only he saw at least a thousand cavalry, but it is not a way to stay like thisIf we don't go north, win or lose. The Falcon Majesty will cut off your head and mine!"

"What then?" said Aglins shrugged

"I have a plan, since I can't enter, then just retreat!" Reposti raised his head and glanced at his partner, and said, "We can take the initiative to withdraw from Vato Fortress" "You're crazy!" Yagrin shouted in disbelief, "Do you know what it means to give up Vato Fortress, which means that we have lost the initiative of the war to the Gangfei people, and His Majesty will kill you and me!" "No, you are wrong, the Gangfei people don't want the Vato Fortress, they want us!" A sly smile appeared on the corner of Reposti's mouth. The other party spent so much effort to lay a trap and wait for us, only to find that we turned around and ran away. If you were the commander of the opposing party, would you choose a senseless Death Fortress or go all out to chase down the fleeing prey?"

"Naturally, it's all about chasing the prey!"

Yagrin's eyes lit up, and he understood what his partner meant, yes, Vato Fortress may have some meaning, but that is for his own northward advance, and for the other party, there are more urban strongholds. The significance of the Vatore Fortress is much smaller, what the other party wants is to annihilate himself who is advancing north!" Interesting, what do you want to do" Yagrin asked "At that time, I fought a battle first, otherwise how could I show a panicked posture" The corner of Reposti's mouth smiled slightly. "We can pretend that we don't know anything, suddenly encounter the other side, and then pretend to retreat in a hurry, and lead the enemy into a battlefield that is favorable to us. “

"One blow away from the method of warfare, what do you mean by a favorable battlefield?" Jaglins' face moved slightly. "That's right, the decisive battle is set in the Biang Beach, fifty miles away from here!"

Reposti pointed to a long, curved line on the map: "There is a wide river of Bion as a defensive line. There's only one bridge to get through, and the other side must be the first to arrive with the most mobile cavalry, and then the infantry cluster, we can let the opponent's cavalry come over, and then launch a surprise attack with the legion's ballista and catapults!Take advantage of the time difference, knock out their cavalry first, pull out their sharp teeth!And then come and clean up their clumsy infantry cluster" "That's a good plan"

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"Let's have a fight and see. The bold two had no fear.

"How?Can you win?" Reposti's eyes flashed with a smile, but the look in his eyes made people feel unstoppable, "You must know that this bait is not good, if you want to lure the opponent's cavalry to chase after it, you need to really sting the opponent!" and our cavalry is only 1,500 people."

"Well, I thought you were going" Aglins blinked, he was called a bad wolf, because he had always been known for his agility, "You don't really want me to do it, do you" Reposti turned his somewhat fat waist and put on an innocent expression, "As a bait, you must first make the fish unable to eat, this requires very agility, I can't, I haven't fought for a long time, and even if I ride a horse faster, I will fall off!" "So, you owe me again!"

On the side of the Gangnon-army, when the little emperor led the Praetorian Guards to set off, he began to regret it in his heart. At this time, it is really difficult to ride a tiger, this time the mobilization of the Praetorian Guard to ambush the 30,000 Falcon Army, logically speaking, it should be a very proud thing for the little emperor, this is a display of his military talent, and it is also a time to show the ability of a monarch,

After all, the rapid rise of the Falcon Empire has shocked the Obarro region, watching the Falcon of Vekia almost sweep through the northern and central parts of Obaro with the power of a single country, the Obaros people have begun to regard command as a condition for measuring a great monarch,

After all, the little emperor is still young, it is one thing to make a battle plan, and the real army scheduling and marching operations are another thing, the army is not a child's play, tens of thousands of people eat and drink, and the scheduling and cooperation between the various legion queues are all things that need to test the coordination ability, Marcos especially brought the experienced general corps to the emperor's side for this purpose, the original intention was to avoid the lack of experience due to the little emperor's lack of experience, and the reality is that these professional soldiers who have been idle for a long time, for various interjections in strategy and tactics, it is difficult for the little emperor to accept, but they must also be accompanied by a smiling face,

At the meeting that just ended, a general proposed that "setting up an ambush is an impractical method, and the best way should be to lead the army south to recover the lost southern coast in the name of His Majesty the Emperor's personal expedition, which will inevitably deter Xiaoxiao, reflect the prestige of our army, and inspire the people and the army of the whole country."

If it was the year before, the little emperor might have really been aroused by this sentence, but now it is different, two consecutive moves to Beijing have made the little emperor deeply aware that the military strength of the Gangfei Empire still has a huge gap with the Falcon Empire, and the Iraqi people who can fight the Gangfei army are defeated and retreated, and they have to retreat fifty miles obediently when they encounter the Falcon Army, this is the gap, and the mighty military power from the Northern Falcon Empire is like the sun that countless people dare not look up (to be continued......