2126 Black August (Thu)
Scattered from the slope, the torrential rain hit the gorgeous military flag, the rain hit the muddy ground like a messy and broken bead, like a turbulent current rolling wildly on this land, the commander of the Third Army of the Istanbul Empire, Marquis Leokart, was already a bloody color in front of him at this moment,
On 7 August, the Fei Shan Army, which was already in a state of total suppression, suddenly erupted into a counterattack force that the Iranian Army did not expect at all, "Bastard, what's going on? What are those guys in the War Department doing?"
Leo Carter, the commander of the Third Army, who was at the forefront of the Faisan front, held the horsewhip tightly and pale, and his eagle-like eyes were full of hideous bloodshots.
He just got the news from the front, the number of Fishan troops in front of him is increasing rapidly, the inferior forces that have been suppressed by themselves have become much thicker, and a large number of cavalry appeared behind the infantry cluster, turning into a mixed cluster of infantry cavalry, which is a bad omen, the role of cavalry in defense is very limited, but it is a sharp weapon for attack, and the cavalry was added to the Fishan army that was originally in a defensive posture, which made Leo Carter vaguely smell a bad taste, and what made him feel even more incredible,
There was such a large number of intensive mobilizations overnight that even a blind person could hear that the voice was wrong, but it was as if it was completely invisible to the Imperial War Department! The intelligence from the War Department was hardly mentioned about it, and it seemed that the entire war front was collectively silenced.
It wasn't until the Third Army's emergency call for help report was submitted that it slowly threw out a sentence "To be investigated!" and "To be investigated?"
This reply, Leo Carter's teeth were almost crushed, waiting for Nima's investigation, thinking what was this? This is the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, the slightest carelessness is the life and death of tens of thousands of troops, a sentence to be investigated, too light! What are these guys who are scribbling around the battle map every day thinking!
The enemy on the opposite side had already gathered his forces. The total attack has entered the countdown, and one is to be investigated, can it appease the decisive heart of the 50,000 Imperial soldiers below? Can it make the situation on the battlefield better? Or can it frighten the opposing Fishan army to suspend the attack!"Order the whole army to hold on!" Leokart ordered the troops to withdraw to the chaotic mound where the terrain is conducive to defense, and the Third Army Corps is the six most elite first-line legions in the Istanbul Empire, and its weapons and equipment are also in front of the first-line legions in the Imperial Army.
Commander Leokart, who is now six years old Chinese New Year's Eve, has a strong spirit and a resolute style, and his legion is also fierce, and he has the nickname of the Thunder Lion Legion in the military circles of the Empire of Istanbul. Last year, he fought against the Congo-Africa Empire, and his Third Army was the first to enter Kyoto in the Kong-Africa Empire.
As the contemporary head of the Imperial General Menleo family, Leo Carter joined the Emperor's Guards at the age of sixteen, entered the Southern Frontier Army as a squadron leader at the age of twenty-one, and at the age of twenty-three in the battle with the Karui people in the South, Leo Carter was already the commander of the 3,000-man Border Army.
Battle of the Southern Hearthvale, Leokart led an infantry of six thousand men. Withstood the elite left wing army of 17,000 people in Kalu, and made great achievements in annihilating the main force of 50,000 Karui army on the main battlefield, and in that battle, King Kalu, who ambitiously provoked the Istanbul Empire, was defeated and captured. The Karui cessed the war at the cost of ceding three provinces.
At the age of thirty-one, he was already the deputy commander of the 110,000 border army in the south of the empire, Leo Carter, and was promoted to the commander of the third army of the empire by His Majesty the Emperor. He took over the position of his father Leo Lo Barsa, and also became the seventh generation head of the Leo family, the Third Legion of the Empire. It is one of the six main legions of the empire, and it is also the family legion of the Leo family, the entire legion is based on the children of the Leo family in the past generations, and among the 1,700 officers at all levels in the entire legion, there are more than 1,400 people with the surname Leo, and the whole army is well prepared.
It is precisely because it is a family structure, there has been a proud record of 60% of the battle losses without collapse, this time in the hundred-year battle against Fessan, the Emperor of Istanbul also focused on this legion, if the 300,000 Istanbul Legion is rolling forward iron flow, then the third legion is the tip of the spear at the front end of the imperial iron flow that is enough to break through the obstacles, Leokart did not live up to the emperor's expectations, the third legion is the first to break through the key defense of the Fishan army, and it is the first Istan regiment whose front is less than one hundred and fifty miles away from King Fishan,
Like a sharp blade that cut into the defense line of the Fesan army, twice forced the Fesan people to keep bleeding, and had to give up part of the area to reduce the pressure, and it was also a spike in the eyes of the Fisan people who couldn't wait to pull it out, and at this moment, the high ground where the Third Army was located. The flag was still fluttering, but looking around from the feet of Leokart, it was just a tragic scene of flesh and blood, and on the wide battlefield, Fishan's army rolled like a wave, high and low depressions, muddy and uneven washed by rain, and countless snow-bright bayonets slapped on the front of the defensive line.
The battle line where the Third Army Corps is located, infantry regiments, squadrons, squads, all kinds of flags and flags have been overturned,
The strength of the Fishan people this time was the largest in the history of the attack, and it can be seen from the density of the opposite side that more than 50,000 troops were spread out in the front, which can be described as overwhelming, the spears were as high as a forest, the sea of steel was dazzling, and the oppressive force gathered by tens of millions of people was coming.
On the front alone, the spread of the Fishan army reached dozens of thousand-strong squares, and there were uncountable hoplites in the middle, fanning forward. Countless battle flags flipped in the wind were like the ocean, almost covering the rain curtain of the earth, and the uniform footsteps fell and lifted, as if the ground was trembling,
If it weren't for the defensive line built on the slopes, it was the pass of two interconnected steep mountains, like a huge gate strangling the throat of the Fei shan army, so that the Fei shan army could only enter about 10,000 troops at a time, and the third army would have been scattered by the influx of the opponent's troops.
Even if the force could not be fully developed, but the fierceness of the battle was still not inferior to any major battle, since the battle began in the early morning, the two armies staggered here and the infantry lined up, and the willpower and morale of the Fishan army were astonishing.
Braving the pouring rain and struggling in the mud, the Fishers, armed with spears and battle axes, stooped over the open ground in front of them with a slope of fifty degrees, and they braved the rain of arrows that covered their heads, and shouted and launched an overwhelming assault on the gable built by the Third Regiment on the mound.
The companions in front fell, and the Fishan soldiers in the back walked over their corpses without changing their faces. Continuing to advance, it seemed like a steady stream of tides, wave after wave crashing into the defensive positions of the Third Army, as if to tear apart everything that stood in front of them.
The piles of corpses lying under the earthen wall were piled up with a slope of more than a meter, and blood mixed with rain rolled down like a stream, and this battle continued until the afternoon, when the attacking troops retreated as if they had a tacit understanding, and the Third Army Corps above also found a chance to rest. A qiē quickly returned to calm,
The blood of the belligerents stained the muddy ground crimson, and the corpses that strewn and scattered, the broken spears, the tomahawks that broke the gaps, the broken bows and arrows on the slopes of the most beautiful mountain roads in the past, the shattered pieces of military flags, choked in the evening rain, made people feel an irrepressible sadness. In the midst of this silent world. Only the vultures, whose feathers were soaked in the rain and chased the corpses, kept fluttering up and down, as if they were attending a banquet.
"Is there any news of the Fifth Legion on the flank? At this time, they should take the initiative to move closer to us!" Leocart sat down to rest tiredly, and asked the herald cavalry captain beside him, "There will be no problems on the way!"
"Probably not!" the herald cavalry captain looked a little embarrassed, "We sent three teams of men, unless we encounter a full cut from the Fishan army. Otherwise there won't be any problems" "That's good!"
Leocutt nodded, and one of the guards looked behind him in surprise. There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and I saw a general of the Iraqi army wearing heavy armor, riding his horse in front of him with an anxious expression, and before the war horse stopped, his body could not support it and fell off the war horse, and rolled a few times in the mud on the ground, "It's Lord Rosander!" The nearby guards hurriedly rushed into the rain and helped the general up from the mud, Leo Carter also stood up, he also recognized it, the person who came was the first step commander of the Fifth Army located on the flank of the Third Army, Rosander, at this moment The broken armor on Rosunde's body has broken several holes, and some are still coagulated with frozen blood, under the rain that hits his body, bringing a smell of blood, his arrival makes the atmosphere of the camp extremely depressed, suddenly become dignified,
Lord Rosander's scene, could it be that there was something wrong with the flanks? No, everyone's hearts couldn't help but tremble, and Leo Carter hurriedly walked over under the heavy rain that was falling, regardless of his demeanor
"Rosand, you're not guarding on the flanks, what are you doing here!"
"Flanks?" Rosander looked at Leo Carter in surprise, as if he had thought of something, obviously gasped, and hurriedly said, "Didn't you receive a call for help from our army?"
"The Fifth Legion's request for help!" Leocat's face was stunned, feeling that the situation was worse than he imagined, when the Fishers attacked themselves, they still had the strength to attack the Fifth Legion at the same time, such a build-up of troops was definitely the main force of the Fishan Army" When, I didn't receive any news about the Fifth Legion at all, let alone any call for help! Are you sure you sent a call for help?" "I'm pretty sure, I just sent no less than three groups of cavalry!" Rosander's voice trembled and said, like a thunderbolt on everyone, "The Fishers launched an offensive in the early morning, and the other side dispatched the most powerful Lu Lin heavy cavalry to the front, and there were more than 50,000 Ketang heavy infantry following the influx, breaking through the Carrousel mound in one fell swoop, and the Fifth Army has collapsed! Also, they are all talking ......" Rosande's voice suddenly revealed a trace of unconcealable sobs, covered in mud, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have believed that Rosunde, who was two meters tall and was feared by the enemy after wearing the forged iron armor, would cry like a child at this moment,
This is too abnormal, could there be something even worse! Leocat's face turned pale, and he picked up Rosandra and asked loudly, "What are you talking about?" Although the Fifth Legion is not as strong as the Third Legion, it is mainly a family, but it is also a first-line legion with as many as 37,000 troops, how can it collapse all at once? The collapse of the Fifth Legion means that the Third Legion has lost its support, and the already unbearable battle situation is even more ugly.
If it's just a battle death, it doesn't matter, but if the third legion is compared to the private army of the Leo family, if all of them are destroyed here, for more than a hundred years, the legion forged by the Leo family with life and blood from generation to generation will be buried like this, Leo Carter doesn't dare to think that the third legion will all be killed in battle, and the Leo family will only have a bunch of old and weak women and children left!
Rosander's voice was like tearing a leather drum, and the ghost cried wolf's howl, "I heard Lord Merlot say that the emperor had an accident on the way home! Now the empire is completely chaotic! A minister has written a letter asking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return to the army at a cost, and the two Imperial Legions behind us are evacuating, and the Third Legion and the Fifth Legion are being regarded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as outcasts to block the pursuit of Faisan's army! If it weren't for the secret letter received by Lord Merlot, we would still be in the dark!" No, this is absolutely impossible, how could it be...... You're talking nonsense!" Leocart let go of his hand, almost stupid, his body trembled slightly, his hands clenched violently, his knuckles gurgled, and his face became blue and frightened, Emperor, how could something happen to the Emperor, isn't there still 30,000 elite guards?
The Melo in Rosander's mouth is the commander of the Fifth Legion, and he is a member of the Imperial Chancellor's faction, "This time, His Majesty the Emperor led the Guards back to quell the rebellion, judging from the time, it should have been to the empire itself, who has the courage to spread such rumors!"
"Lord Leo, you can't hesitate any longer! Evacuate now, it's still possible to escape!" Rosander said with an anxious expression, "If you wait until the main force of the Fishan army completes the encirclement, the Third Army will die and there will be no place to bury!"
Leocat's face was silent, he believed that Rosander would not lie to himself, the relationship between the two was extraordinary, when he was exercising in the southern border army, one of Leocat's henchmen was Rosander, and later, it was Leo Carter who brought this small southern nobleman into the imperial capital, so Leocater knew that Rosander would not lie to himself, judging from Rosunde's wolf bèi, it was obvious that after the collapse of the legion, he risked his life to come here, and was chased by Faisan's cavalry along the way, which means that the flank of the fifth legion has been cut off by the Fissans!
And himself, there was no news at all, and the previous "to be investigated" Leo Carter felt like he was blindfolded and earfolded
The base camp abandoned the 3rd Corps!
It is not difficult to understand why the news of the collapse of the flank, which was not known until the arrival of Rosander, himself and the Third Army, or really was abandoned, "Why!"
Leocut's mouth was filled with bitterness, and there was a huge anger in his heart, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's actions were really chilling! His eyes swept over the battlefield in front of him, the wind blew, and a few stems of hair under the helmet spread out, just trembling in the wind, and the defeat was like a mountain, His Majesty the Emperor had painstakingly planned the fruits of victory for so long, did he give up like this............ What the hell is going on! Just as Leotel hesitated, an exclamation was heard from the front, and all the soldiers of the Third Legion who were resting stood up and looked at the front with neat eyes
The rain hit the face, and also on the heart of the Third Legion, and the strength of the Faisans increased again, this time, a general attack!
Leo Carter saw the innumerable Fishan army, as if it suddenly appeared out of thin air from the opposite side, a well-equipped army drove into the battlefield of the two armies, in the wind and rain, groups of horses continued to emerge, the tall Fishan light cavalry carrying a four-meter-long light cavalry bayonet spear in the rain is also dazzling, the sharp bayonet spear is in a line, like a long river, the entire sortie array is turning into a huge scissors, white raindrops hit a blood-red Fishan cavalry armor, reflecting a bewitching light, "This is!" Leocut's hands were clenched tightly, the rain soaked the air, and the Fishers had completed the encirclement......!