After an afternoon of fierce fighting, the Fifth Banner Regiment of the Falcon Empire, Reposti, began to transfer back the melee infantry in front in an orderly manner, and the imperial crossbowmen located in the rear of the infantry also received the order to shoot the last shot, under the sky overpowered by black clouds, the dark night wind howled and blew through the battlefield frozen with countless corpses, "Order, shoot all the arrows out within five minutes, not a single arrow can be left! Run immediately after shooting! Run from the lake!" The herald cavalry galloped behind the array of elite crossbowmen in the line, pulled the horses around, loudly conveyed the order, and then immediately ran to the next queue of crossbowmen, and similar orders were passed from one queue to another

"Did you hear everything?"

Elite crossbow shooter Zack looked left and right, his hand holding the crossbow trembled slightly, he fought fiercely for several hours in a row, pulling the bowstring dozens of times, even if there was a string opener, but the continuous pulling of the crossbow string for powerful snipers consumed a lot of the crossbowmen's body, the entire team of fifty elite crossbowmen, there were already ten people who quit the shooting queue in advance because of their lack of body, "All of them, the last three rounds of shooting! Take out your last strength to eat! Let's kill it!" Zack glanced at these companions, who were no longer able to shoot, but did not evacuate, and shouted loudly, although the hoarse voice of the screaming for an afternoon was as ugly as a torn bellows, but at this moment it was like a dull hammer smashed on a wooden stake, so that all the remaining crossbowmen looked determined to pull out the arrows stuck upside down on the ground one by one, and skillfully pulled the bowstring down with a string puller.

In the darkness, it was no longer possible to accurately lock on to the target, the crossbowmen could only neatly aim at the gap that had just been revealed by a group of infantry, the bowstring was pulled to the extreme, making a gurgling and tense sound, the arrow was sharp and the cold light made this cold night also solidify, and a row of black pressed figures "Forward!" The voice of the Gauls came from the gap in front of them, "Shoot!" Zack shouted hard. The swiftly drawn bowstring shook like a torrential rain falling to the ground, and the white lines like a waterfall smashed like hail towards the ranks of the Gauls, and a group of Gallic infantry was hit in the front by the brunt of the blow, "Bang! Bang! The arrows broke through the armor of the Gauls, and the bodies inside burst into countless blood flowers in an instant, and the white lines shot out cut in front of the Gallic infantry like sharp cutters, and a group of Gallic soldiers who had just crossed the gap fell to the ground as if they were cut by a row of invisible sickles, and the brush fell to the ground, "Forward! They have no arrows" The Gallic Governors were still shouting frantically behind, and when they saw the situation in front, they were startled, and immediately changed their words and shouted, "Forward, they will soon have no arrows!" Whoever rushes up first will be promoted to squadron leader with a bounty of one hundred coins. The second row of crossbow arrows came quickly, and the Gallic infantry fell again

"Damn, who said they didn't have arrows!" The Gallic infantry behind them lay dead on the ground. Shielding their bodies with shields, their figures began to become illuminated by the firelight of the battlefield at fifty meters, and their precise crossbow arrows began to become sharp and terrifying. A Gallic soldier's head peeked out from behind his shield and was shot in the head from the front with a crossbow bolt to get a glimpse of what was ahead. The arrow came in head-on, coming out of the back of the head, "Steady! One last round!" Zach put down the sniper crossbow in his hand, shouted hysterically, and struggled to pull the bowstring away with a string hanger, half-bent over, his back against an evergreen tree with the mouth of a bowl, and his mouth spewed white gas outward, his gaze still calm when he looked into the distance, although it was as hideous as hell

On the shore of this lake, which is less than 500 meters, countless figures are wriggling, twitching, In the bleeding, the other archers were already retreating, the bright metal armor of the Gauls reflected in the firelight, the red and white corpses on the ground were all over the field, the blood flowed into the soil, the goose-feather-like snow flew in the wind of the night, and the corpses full of blood fell on both sides, the battle flags planted diagonally on the ground were dyed white by the heavy snow, and the spots of blood on it were faintly visible, and the layers of corpses formed a clear black line on the battle line between the two sides, and tens of thousands of corpses turned into white ice in the extreme cold, like a huge rift drawn in this lonely and cold world

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was already very clear, the Gauls made up their minds to bite the tail of the evacuated Fifth Banner Regiment, they rushed madly against the wind and snow, as the night fell, the situation on the battlefield quickly shifted to the Gauls, the night made the vision of the falcon crossbowmen greatly reduced, and the loss of the falcon infantry expanded after a long battle, and now even an ordinary Gallic soldier knew that as long as he could break through the increasingly weak infantry line of the Falcon Army on the opposite side, he could slaughter the rear crossbowman troops who killed tens of thousands of companions in one afternoon,

As the last of the rear troops, Zack's face was extremely firm, he pulled out the last arrow cluster, put it into the crossbow trough, took a deep breath, let himself shoot five arrows in a row The rapid breath calmed down, and used all his strength to slam the crossbow machine "Jump!" A crisp and pleasant bowstring vibrating, the arrow was like a white line, and it shot into the chest of a Gaul who was less than thirty meters away from him, and he saw that the Gaul looked at him with a stunned face, it was a very young blond young man, Zach shot out the two arrows he brought today, and it had already exceeded the required 20, and there were at least thirty Gauls who died in his hands alone, but only this last one made him remember, what a young face, I don't know if there is thirteen years old! The Gauls have already sent even such children to the battlefield for this war.

Zack withdrew his gaze from a distance, turned around and ran, and saw that his companion next to him was stunned, and a voice like a ghost crying wolf came from, why are you standing stupidly, waiting for the Gaul spear to lick your ass!" Hearing the captain's voice, the crossbowmen's firm faces disappeared at once, it was like a drop of water falling into the oil pot and frying the pot, fifty or sixty crossbowmen who had just said that they wanted to kill the Gauls in one bite, and they didn't care about a slope about twenty meters long from their feet to the lake, and they rolled down very gracelessly.

The body was in close contact with the hard ice, and when it hit a qiē, there was a wail, "Damn, don't get in the way, whoever will kill me!" Some people scolded in the dark, and some people wailed in pain, "A bunch of unrighteous things." It's like the captain of that unrighteous dog day, who stepped on Lao Tzu's thigh!"

The commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment in Gaul, Hong Dubai, looked at the completely collapsed Falcon Army, his face was excited and bright, his eyes were shining, he didn't expect that the commander of the Falcon Army would choose to evacuate directly from the frozen lake, on such a frozen lake, not to mention running, it is difficult to walk normally, it is conceivable that the Falcon Army evacuated from the lake must still be struggling on the lake at this moment, it must be that the commander of the other party has panicked. It was a godsend, "Hold on to the whole army!" Pursue along the lake, and never let them escape!" He shouted and ordered all the troops to catch up! We must kill all the Falcon army that had been crumbling! This will be the most glorious counterattack of the Gallic Empire in several years!

"Your Excellency, Lord Paul, I beg our army to flank another Falcon Army!" a herald cavalry galloped in

"Join the siege? When Lao Tzu fought the hardest, why didn't he take the initiative to close the siege!" Hearing such a request, Hong Dubo, who was still full of excitement just now and was ready to become famous in a battle, had a crooked nose, he fought here for several hours, half of the 30,000 troops were disabled, and Bao'er, who should have attacked from the flank an hour earlier. But he was just passively confronted by another Falcon Army, and now that the situation had been completely won, he even asked himself to join him in the secret scolding of Hong Dubo's extreme dissatisfaction, of course, he refused to do this kind of thing to help them make wedding dresses. What he needed now was to expand the victory, so he said to the herald cavalry in a somewhat mocking tone, "Sue Sù Paul, when I have collected the fleeing falcons, I will come and join him." Please insist on holding back the enemy's flank."

"Catch up!" the new 5th Infantry Regiment rushed frantically from the lakeside to the frozen lake below, "Bastard, that's an arrogant guy who thinks about himself all over his head"

Paul, who received the reply, threw the horsewhip on the ground with his right hand in white gloves and scolded Hong Dubai for his ingratitude. If it weren't for the Falcon Army that had been reinforced from the flank, the new Fifth Infantry Regiment of Hongdubai would have been gnawed by the two converging Falcon Corps, and there would not even be any bones left, "My lord, I think it's time to attack!" A Gallic general beside him said, "Attack?" Paul glanced at the general, and then at the Falcon formation on the opposite side, and snorted dissatisfiedly. You have also seen that with a force of two to one, the New Fifth Infantry Regiment of Hong Dubai still paid such a tragic price in order to defeat the Falcon Army, which was less than half of its own strength! When it comes to combat strength, Hong Dubai's New Fifth Infantry Regiment is above us, he has 3,000 Praetorian Guards and 10,000 hoplites, and what do we have? The weapons are all eliminated by the front-line troops, and it has only taken less than two months for the soldiers to be put into the battlefield from their formation, and most of the soldiers are just a Cheng Dù who has seen blood, and you want them to fight the Falcon Army? How to fight? In all fairness, even if we can fight, can we fight with the same momentum as the new Fifth Infantry Regiment?" "The current situation is actually more favorable to us!" The Gallic general responded, "What do you mean?" Paul's expression perked up for a moment, showing a hint of astonishment

The Gallic general explained" The current form is that the enemy's flank has collapsed, the enemy in front of us is a lone army, unless the other party wants to face the flank attack of our two armies, it must be the fastest speed to break away from the retreat, that is the best opportunity for our army to attack, when the enemy's military heart is floating, plus the sky is dark, if our army takes the opportunity to press quickly, in the case of a smooth lake on the back road, the enemy will inevitably be chaotic, the time and place are on our side, if we defeat the falcon army on the opposite side, the form is two different things, we will become the first merit of this battle!"

"Is it the first one? it should be the new Fifth Infantry Regiment of Hongdubai!, after all, he was the first to defeat the Falcon Army!" Paul shook his head in confusion

"My lord, the so-called first merit is not calculated according to who defeated the enemy first, but according to who gets the greater result after the battle!" General Gaul smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Our army has been recuperating, and its body is superior to the new Fifth Infantry Regiment of Hongdubai who fought fiercely for an afternoon, and our army still has a cavalry configuration, and in terms of expanding the results of the battle, the exhausted New Fifth Infantry Regiment cannot compare with us at all!" As long as we defeat the enemy on the opposite side and enter the pursuit battle, Hongdubai's infantry will change from the main attack to coercion, and the glory of this battle will inevitably go to the adults, but if our army sits back and watch such a good fighter lose from front of us, it will definitely become the laughing stock of the whole Kyoto!"

"It makes sense, if we can catch one or two Falcon generals, we'll be on our heads!" Paul laughed at the corner of his mouth. I knew that it was right to ask for your General Orade to be transferred to my new 7th Infantry Regiment from among the personnel assigned to the east, and among so many generals, only you could see that you were indeed the attendant officer who had followed Lord Yald's side.

"That's all in the past, the current Oladi no longer exists, my name is Osti now, but I'm just an officer!" The former lieutenant of the Gallic Northern Army, the military adjutant of Alde, because his wife was from a noble family in the northwest region, was affected by the previous purge storm, and was secretly imprisoned by the Gallic Kyoto censorship force at the height of the military morale in the north, and after more than a month of censorship, he was finally released, but his previous military rank and position were all stripped and he was appointed as the magistrate of a small town in the eastern part of the empire. Because Jarde admired his talents, and after examination found that there was no problem, he was transferred to the new 7th Infantry Regiment, which was the least effective, as an officer, but the name was changed to Osdie

The new 7th Infantry Regiment was formed at the end of July in Kyoto, Gaul, using displaced people. The soldiers were put into the front after only two months of training, and the equipment was the inferior product eliminated by the front-line troops, so it was generally used as a logistical support for other infantry regiments, and its special logistics role was in the eleven newly formed infantry regiments in Gaul. It was the only unit with a large number of horses, with a light cavalry regiment of about 2,000 men, and the infantry was mainly light infantry. Because it is always stationed near the logistics line, it is also contemptuously called a "logistics regiment" by other combat units

"Report, the Falcon Army on the other side is retreating!" The news brought by the scout cavalry made Paul excited,

"Are you sure it's a retreat?" he asked aloud

"Yes, my lord, although it is not very clear in the dark, the infantry in front of the opponent is indeed moving, and the enemy's archer queue is also moving!" replied the scout cavalry in the affirmative

"The direction in which they are moving is a direction?' Unexpectedly, Orradi, who was still encouraging Paul to attack just now, suddenly tightened his eyebrows together and asked, "What's the matter, what's the problem? Didn't you say that they would evacuate soon?" Paul looked at him puzzled, "The situation is a bit problematic, if it is an evacuation, the other party will not do it so obviously, how can he put on a posture of fighting to the death, and then slowly withdraw his troops, try his best to avoid being seen by us, instead of like the first, I want the whole army to move!" The experienced Orade shook his head and said, "To say so, the scout cavalry also seems to have sensed something, and his expression is a little nervous, and he said, "The direction in which the Falcon Army is moving on the opposite side seems to be the east side of the lake where the fierce battle just now!" "East side!" Paul's face changed, he was not a fool to be the commander of the New Seventh Infantry Regiment, on the contrary, the reason why Yard chose him was that his logistics ability was outstanding, and the combat power configuration of the New Seventh Infantry Regiment was destined to miss the tragic front-line battle, but mainly the logistics work, in this regard, Paul's ability was quite affirmed

"Hong Dubai's Fifth Infantry Regiment! The Falcon Army is going to cut off their rear route, crazy, the other commander's commander must be crazy, I really can't understand it!" Oladi also couldn't believe it, it was too rampant, the other party completely ignored his own existence, and actually played a smothering game in front of himself, as if changing a flag!

Just when the two of them didn't know what to do, the soldiers behind them suddenly began to fluctuate, "Oh, oh my God! Some soldiers let out exclamations of disbelief, and the two of them looked in the direction of the soldiers' exclamations, and they were stupid for a while, countless red meteors slowly rose from the other side of the lake, and the illuminated sky was blood-red, which was an innumerable incendiary catapult, dragging the long tail of black smoke and smashing down towards the center of the lake, popping, red light, even if they were hundreds of meters away, the two had seen countless black dots flying up in the red light

"Fifth Infantry Regiment!"

The two looked at each other in horror, there is no doubt that the Fifth Infantry Regiment on the lake is the target of the other party's ambush, although the new Fifth Infantry Regiment still has more than 10,000 people, but it is useless to encounter such a blow on the smooth ice, even the thick armor is useless, the Falcon Army that moved to the east just now has occupied the area that was abandoned earlier, and countless crossbow arrows are shooting at the soldiers of the Gallic Fifth Infantry Regiment who are running around on the lake and wailing,

"The whole army advances, take the east side of the lake, and rescue the 5th Infantry Regiment!" Paul shouted loudly with a pale face, he couldn't sit back and watch the new Fifth Infantry Regiment such a front-line elite unit annihilate on this lake, otherwise even if the new Seventh Infantry Regiment was brought back intact, it would be cut down by Lord Yalde, because the incident was hasty, the entire Seventh Infantry Regiment was completely chaotic, a group of people swarmed towards the east side, the queue was dragged loosely, it was not an elite infantry fighting on the front line, this time it was like a stretched noodle, even Paul, the commander, could not control the situation

"Boom!"

A slight trembling sound of the ground came from the other side, because there was chaos around him, no one noticed this abnormal sound, and the cautious Orade unexpectedly stopped, he looked at the position of the falconry army that had confronted him earlier, which was the western end of the lake,

Intact

The Falcon Army's incendiary catapults were all placed in the eastern section, "Boom!" The snow fell, like a sharp blade drawn in the dark night, and a faint and fast black line suddenly emerged from the location of the Falcon Army just now

The reindeer of a small pony with a sharp short knife tied to the antlers leapt out like a tsunami landslide, and the falcons that had just drifted away were not so much blocking the back of the Fifth Infantry Regiment as making way for this sharp knife to get out of the sheath.

On the front of this sharp knife is the defenseless side of the 30,000 recruits of the new Gallic 7th Infantry Regiment that has been scattered (to be continued......