Chapter 08: Becoming bait
On the third day of their deep march into the battlefield, the Blue Enchantress Cavalry encountered the Sea Clan army for the first time, a scout cavalry of only a few dozen people.
This was the first time the mercenaries had seen a foreign race, the Sea Clan warriors were taller than the orcs, their scale-covered bodies made them naturally defensive and amazing, and their mounts were seahorse beasts that glided on the ground with their lower bodies, comparable in size to the crocodile horses of the Blizzard Legion.
At the first sight of the Sea Clan warriors, the Terran mercenaries were nervous and excited, and before Arthur could give an order, dozens of cavalry rushed forward, and the other cavalry rushed up when they saw this.
Faced with the sudden attack of the Terran cavalry, these Sea Clan scout cavalry turned around and ran. But the Terran mercenaries finally had the advantage in numbers, some pursued and killed from behind, some outflanked from both sides, and some were far away and shot arrows with full courage.
Knowing that they couldn't escape, the Sea Clan warriors chose to fight to the death, and they suddenly turned around and the Seahorse Beast fought back into the Terran cavalry.
The battle ended quickly, and after an initial panic, the Terran mercenaries began to fight back, and basically a few people besieged a Sea Clan warrior.
Arthur's gloomy gaze swept across the battlefield, dozens of Sea Clan warriors did not leave a single intact corpse under the siege, and the Terran side killed three and wounded a dozen.
Arthur suddenly yelled at the excited mercenary behind him, "Who rushed out first just now?"
The excitement on the battlefield was swept away in an instant.
"What do you have to celebrate? Hundreds of people besieged each other, dozens of people died, and three died, wasn't it you who celebrated the death?"
"You, you, and you, get out of the ranks!" Arthur pulled out a few mercenaries from the ranks, "Who else rushed up before I gave the order! I tell you, I don't care which mercenary group you came from before, you only have one identity now, the warrior of the Blue Enchantress Cavalry Regiment! As a soldier, you are not allowed to act without an order, this time those who act without permission will not participate in the distribution of loot, and next time there will be those who do not obey the order, and they will get out of the way!" Arthur scolded the mercenaries behind him.
Arthur must make these mercenaries change their identities as soon as possible, from free and loose mercenaries to forbidden warriors, otherwise the price to pay on this battlefield is his life!
Since then, Isaac's wolf pack tactics against the Sea Clan army in the territory occupied by the Locke Kingdom have officially come to an end.
Regiments of cavalry like the Blue Enchantress roamed the vast land behind the main army of the Sea Clan, launching surprise attacks on the scattered forces of the Sea Clan.
Although these attacks were piecemeal, they added up to a lot, and the scouts sent by the Sea Clan often went without returning, the transport convoys were robbed several times one after another, and even some important passes with few troops were pulled out one after another, so that the Sea Clan army fell into a very passive situation.
There was no shortage of strategizing generals in the Sea Clan army, and the counterattack against Isaac's wolf pack tactics soon began.
The first is the safari tactics, and the Sea Clan army also sent its own cavalry units. Although the number of sea cavalry is not large, but the strength is strong, the seahorse beast cavalry is almost equivalent to the most elite heavy cavalry of the Terran army, and far beyond the Terran heavy cavalry in mobility, such a cavalry unit is cruising in the rear of the battlefield, once it collides with the Terran cavalry, the defeated are without exception the Terran cavalry.
The second is the tactic of closing the door and fighting wolves, in which the Sea Clan uses cavalry and infantry to cooperate with each other to suddenly and completely block all the entrances in a small area, and then sweep this area. As long as none of the Terran cavalry trapped in the Sea Clan's blockade area can escape, all of them will not escape the fate of total annihilation in the end.
Twenty days after the wolf pack tactics, the casualties paid by the Terran army far exceeded that of the Sea Clan.
In the past twenty days, the Blue Enchantress Cavalry Regiment has encountered the Sea Clan army three times. First, he pulled out an important pass garrisoned by 100 Sea Clan warriors, and then under the command of the Legion, he cooperated with two other cavalry regiments to seize a Sea Clan transport convoy.
In both battles, the Blue Enchantress abandoned the traditional frontal assault and surprise attack combat methods of the cavalry, and instead adopted the night sneak attack and ambush methods that mercenaries are good at. Using the means he was good at, and with the command of Arthur, an experienced regimental commander on the battlefield, the two combat cavalry regiments completely annihilated the two Sea Clan armies without any losses.
Especially the second time they ransacked the sea tribe transport convoy, the mercenaries harvested a large amount of loot such as food, medicine, equipment, etc., and this time the harvest alone was worth half a year's remuneration income from the mercenaries of the small mercenary group, which greatly boosted the morale of the mercenaries.
Two days after this successful ransack, the cavalry regiment ran into the Sea Clan's cavalry. Fortunately, Arthur had the habit of arranging pathfinder cavalry, and Huey, who was in charge of the forward pathfinder, sent back a warning signal as soon as possible, and Arthur did not hesitate after learning the size of the opponent's cavalry, and led the team to turn around and run.
The Blue Enchantress Cavalry Regiment ran for most of the day to get rid of the pursuing Sea Clan cavalry.
Arthur, who had the experience of the Orc Wasteland Pursuit Battle back then, knew that this might not be a chance encounter, and it was more likely that the other party's counterattack had begun.
Three days later, Arthur's suspicion was confirmed. The cavalry regiment passed through a battlefield where the two sides had just fought, and the corpses of the Terran warriors on the battlefield had not yet been cleaned up, judging from the number of corpses and the messy armor on their bodies, it could be judged that this was a patchwork aristocratic private army, and the end was the annihilation of the entire army.
At this moment, the mercenaries really realized the cruelty of the battlefield, and if they were negligent, they would end up in the same fate!
Just then, a new message came from Arthur's magic token. Arthur frowned after just one glance.
Joan leaned in, "What order?"
"One hundred and twenty miles away, at the Huyaqiu Pass, we are to be at our destination before dark in two days' time, and join the other two cavalry regiments to completely destroy this pass. ”
"It's another joint operation, how many defenders of Huyaqiu have said?"
"At least one Sea Clan commander leads the troops. ”
Joan thought for a while and said, "That means that there are a thousand Sea Clan warriors, and it is not a big problem for the three cavalry regiments to be defeated. ”
Arthur sighed softly, "Be careful, I've always felt that this mission was a bit sudden. ”
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Hundreds of miles away, the town naval regiment is in a big tent.
Hadi pointed to the sand table map and said: "We use three cavalry regiments as bait to attack the Huyaqiu Pass, this pass is the key road connecting the northern part of the Rock Kingdom and the imperial capital Gyeonggi region, the Sea Clan has set up heavy guards here in order to prevent the imperial army from sneaking up from behind, and our attack will definitely attract the encirclement and suppression of the other party." We've moved the rest of our cavalry regiments around here, and once the Sea Clan army gets a bite of the hook, we're concentrating on attacking their encirclement legions from behind. They want to close the door and fight the wolves, so let's have a pack of wolves knocking on the door!"
The Marquis of Gu Luolan, who was surrounded by several generals, couldn't help nodding, "It's worthy of being the rising star of the Sillo family, this plan is very good! It's just the three cavalry regiments that are used as bait?"
"It's just a miscellaneous private army cobbled together by some small nobles, the so-called sacrifice is only gained, and the sacrifice of these warriors is also for the great cause of our human race!" Hadi said this, with a cold glint in his eyes.