Before dawn the next day, the 13th Corps was launched.
General Adric personally led the men and horses of the 1st Banner Regiment on the road first.
The Third Banner Regiment led by Butler, the silver-haired man who had previously been the vanguard of the power search, had sent back a military report that there had been two skirmishes with the Odin in the northern part of the Arbarkt Plains, with the scale of the battle being about 100 men, and each side had won one.
The place of the battle had moved about dozens of miles south from the grove that Char had experienced last time that the scouts had attacked.
It was clear that the Odin army was moving south, digging its tentacles deep into the depths of the Arbuckt Plains.
Char, as a member of the personal guard, dressed in a full cavalry state, set off with the large army.
The only thing that disappointed Char was that he didn't get the legendary "cavalry equipment" that Cato had described last time: spears that were four meters long, huge shields half a man high, and even horse armor for horses He still got a set of light cavalry equipment that was exactly the same as the last time the scouts traveled, a double-edged sword for foot combat, a foot shield, and a long weapon for horse combat, and Char still chose an axe gun.
On the way to the march, Char told his comrades about the doubts in his heart, and soon his doubts were explained.
The explanation is that Sharpa, the former number one strong man in the guard, of course, has retreated to second place since he was defeated by Char in the last wrestling.
The burly giant laughed, "You've been misled by that guy in Cato.
Cato's equipment that the mouse said refers to our heavy cavalry, hum, the cavalry heavy armor of the whole body, the four-meter cavalry spear, and the half-human riding shield, the horse armor equipped with the horse, think about it, such a cavalry, just how heavy the whole body equipment is, where can ordinary soldiers afford it, only the elite carefully selected in the army can afford such a heavy armor to fight, ordinary people, such as Cato's mouse, have long been pressed down. ” After a pause, the rude man lowered his voice: "Also, think about it, how much iron does it cost to carry such a set of heavy equipment, and the war horses that are heavily ridden must also be good horses of good breeds."
Such heavy cavalry in our 13th Corps only has the fourth flag and one flag.
If you want to be a heavy horseman, wait until you have the opportunity to intercede with the general and ask him to send you to the fourth banner. ” Char was immediately relieved that it was indeed impossible to equip such a class of troops on a large scale, and he had thought badly before.
In fact, strictly speaking, the first flag regiment where Char is at the moment is not the first flag regiment under the 13th Cavalry Corps in the real sense, but actually a mounted infantry combat unit mounted infantry, as the name suggests, it is considered an infantry branch in the strict sense, but in order to strengthen mobility, these infantry use horses to march, and when fighting, they dismount and line up into infantry queues.
After all, although the cavalry arms are strong, it is impossible for the cavalry arms to fight on a large scale alone, and they also need the cooperation of the infantry.
Generally speaking, cavalry is unlikely to be an independent arm alone frontal field positional warfare raid warfare, except for the frontal charge of thousands of cavalry, directly attacking the enemy's infantry array, this kind of thing is actually very rare, the real cavalry can exert the power of cavalry, is to put the cavalry on both flanks for roundabout outflanking, attacking the enemy's flanks, like peeling potatoes layer by layer penetration.
The 13th Cavalry Corps was an independent corps with some infantry units, but in order to maintain the mobility of the cavalry corps, the infantry was upgraded to mounted infantry to maintain rapid mobility.
Moreover, in the event of a siege campaign, pure cavalry could not play a role, only infantry depended.
The men and horses of the First Banner set off in order to meet the pioneer Third Banner Regiment that had gone north a few days ago.
Char marched in the personal guards, and listened to some of the combat methods of the Thirteenth Corps from his companions along the way, although these personal soldiers may not know a lot, but as a personal soldier, he can often hear some military newspapers and military reports when he follows the general on weekdays, and his ears and eyes are always more knowledgeable than ordinary soldiers.
On the first day of the road, Char followed a large army of more than 1,000 people for the first time, in the past, I heard those legendary stories, it was often a war of thousands of troops, although it was only a flag regiment of 2,000 people at the moment, but watching the black cavalry team on the plain, the 13th Cavalry Corps had strict military discipline, and the queue was neat and quiet during the march, but there was a murderous feeling, which made Char sigh in his heart.
This is just a flag regiment, if a corps, or even several corps, gathers, how can such a scene be exciting At night, the ranks did not rest, and the soldiers of the 13th Corps were accustomed to marching to such a degree that the soldiers could eat and drink on their horses, and even rest.
It was not until dawn the next day, in the morning, that General Adric gave the order to allow the large army to stop and rest for a while.
The Guards are a special kind of thing, because they are the only real cavalry in this mounted infantry unit, and everyone has a horse.
Char happened to be on duty and was sent to General Adric's side.
He and Kevin were escorted by Adric's side in a dozen other personal formations.
General Adric is still the same black leather robe that Char wore when he first saw him, but his brows were tightly twisted, and his eyes flashed with a chilling edge from time to time, like a lion.
"Rookie."
Just as Char was quietly looking at Adric, the general suddenly turned his head to look at Char and smiled.
"Uh" Char straightened up immediately.
"It's going to be a big battle soon, are you nervous" There was a strange smile on the corner of Adric's mouth.
The soldiers next to him all looked at Char, as if they were a little curious about the general asking this rookie alone.
Char thought for a moment and shook his head: "It's not too nervous." ” "Oh" Adric's eyes were a little satisfied: "Why" "Killing wild beasts is also killing, killing is also killing, if they want to kill us, we will naturally kill them, and there is no difference."
Char replied without thinking about it.
"That's an interesting statement."
Adric stared at Char twice, then suddenly shook his head and said, "You're a nice kid, a little similar to a guy I knew back then, but you're not as good as that guy."
Do a good job, your skills are very good, if you can make meritorious contributions in this battle, I will let you go down to be a cavalry commander after you go back. ” The pro-soldiers next to him suddenly showed envious expressions, and Adric looked at the bald man on the side again: "And you too, Kevin, if you can go back alive this time, you can go down and lead a battalion." ” The bald man immediately roared excitedly, his face was flushed, and even his bare head was a little glittering in the sun.
Adric seemed to be in a good mood, waved his hand, ordered the rest to be over, and was about to turn over his horse, when suddenly his eyes changed, and he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky.
Above the sky, between the blue sky and white clouds, a gray shadow spread its wings and circled, it seemed to be an eagle, but by visual inspection, it was slightly smaller than an ordinary eagle, and the circling movement seemed to be a little strange, and after circling directly above the first flag regiment for several times, it turned over and danced a few times.
Adric's face suddenly sank, and Kevin next to him squinted twice, and changed color: "General, it's Odin."
"Well, it's the Winged Eagle" Adric's eyes flashed with a hint of essence: "The Wingman is here, the army of the Odin must not be far away" He turned his head and asked an officer next to him: "Butler, how long have they not heard from them" "The last wave of heralds came back yesterday evening, and there has been no news since."
The officer replied.
Adric's face darkened: "Map" The adjutant next to him immediately took down the map from behind his back and unfolded it, Adric looked at it twice, and then pointed to a place above: "How far is it from here?"
He was referring to a narrow strip of land, slightly low-lying, in the middle of the plain, flanked by woods on either side, and a depression in the middle.
"It's not too far."
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It was Char who replied, and he said loudly without thinking: "That place I know, from us, if you let go of the horsepower and rush at full speed, you will definitely be able to reach it in two hours at most."
"Are you sure" Adric stared at Char, and for a moment, the general's eyes were actually bright and terrifying, and the flashing gaze was terrifying.
Char gritted his teeth to meet such a gaze, "I'm sure I've been to that place twice."
I'm familiar with the terrain in the vicinity. ” "Something happened," Adric's eyes flashed with a dangerous light: "The Eagle of the Odin people is warning Butler in front of us, they must have had an accident, otherwise the Eagle would not have flown so far south to reconnoitre, and Butler, they haven't sent a herald all night."
The general thought for a while, looked at several lieutenants around him, and finally his eyes fell on the bald man: "Kevin" "Yes," the bald man shouted excitedly, holding his neck as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.
"I'll hand over all the personal guards to you, and the scout team directly under the Third Banner Regiment, you can make up a total of 200 cavalry, you lead the team, give me to leave the team immediately and go north at full speed, Butler, that guy must be in trouble, your task is to pick them up, you will encounter obstacles on the way, you know what to do, right?"
Kevin immediately lifted the hammer and shouted excitedly, "Tear them apart" "Idiot" Adrick scolded: "If you encounter obstacles, you are not allowed to fight, break through directly, your task is to find Butler's department, and then support them, I will catch up with the brigade later" After a pause, he glanced at Char: "Char is familiar with the terrain, let this rookie lead the way" As he spoke, he looked up at the eagle shadow flying in the sky, and suddenly felt a sense of irritability in his heart, and grabbed a bow from the saddle of a warrior next to him with his backhand, and aimed it at the sky with the bow and arrow airplanes In the vibration of the bowstring, the arrow rushed straight up like a gray light, but after all, this bow was just an ordinary standard bow, even if it had reached the appearance of the full moon, the arrow flew up for a while, and it fell from the Eagle Shadow and the boss with all its strength.
Adric was furious and pulled the bow again, this time harder, but with a click, the bow was directly broken by him.
"Bastard" Adric furious: "If Via is here" He glared at Kevin: "Why are you still stunned to carry out the order immediately" Kevin hurriedly answered, hurriedly rode his horse and ran out, and after a while, gathered the personal guards, plus all the scout cavalry, and formed a squad of about three hundred horsemen: "Everyone left without horses and dry food, and threw away unnecessary things immediately."
The Thirteen Cavalry Corps is indeed elite, and in a moment the cavalry of three hundred people has already set off, Kevin has some leadership skills, he easily lined up the queue in a wedge shape, and led the three hundred cavalry away.
Char and Kevin rushed to the forefront of the cavalry, he was responsible for leading the way, galloping forward for about a meal, seeing that the flat terrain in front of him gradually appeared steep hills, and there was a sparse forest on a high ground on the left, Char immediately shouted: "Run fast past that high ground and keep running" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of people coming around in the woods on the high ground, each of them in leather armor, tall and burly, with his hair all over his head, and in his hands he held a short axe or a great sword and various weapons, and held a round shield.
About a hundred or ten people rushed out of the forest and greeted the cavalry The fellows did not ride horses, but they rode strange mounts, which were about the same size as the horses, but seemed to be more majestic, covered in black markings, and had two long horns on their heads.
Char looked strange in his heart, but heard Kevin already roaring anxiously: "It's the reindeer cavalry of the Odin people rushing over" The two teams soon collided head-on, and when they got closer, Char heard a whining roar from the Odin people on the opposite side, and the reindeer roared even louder, and the momentum of running was even more amazing than that of the horses The wind blew in his face, and there was a loud sound of ping-pong, and the two cavalry collided head-on Char and Kevin were at the front, rushing headlong into the ranks of the Odin It's a shame that after all, he is not skilled enough in equestrianism, and he was directly hit by a majestic reindeer, which knocked his horse's head crooked, and Xia Ya suddenly turned over and fell off the horse: