Chapter 433 In order to attack the new city as quickly as possible, Manninger pulled out almost all the cavalry in his department and formed an army.
There were about 3,000 cavalry in this army, but it was already all the cavalry that Manninger could draw.
After all, Odin's army was not known for cavalry, and the reindeer cavalry of the Odin people, from a combat point of view, was more inclined to use heavy cavalry, and the reindeer's heavy weight and strong weight-bearing ability and short-distance sprint ability were stronger than ordinary horses.
But after all, this kind of mount is different from horses, and it cannot be stocked on a large scale, so even among the first-class legions in the Odin Empire such as the Red Snow Army, at its peak, the whole army only maintained a few thousand reindeer cavalry.
In this southward invasion, Manninger had already dragged out all his family, and thousands of reindeer cavalry of the whole clan went out with the army, and some horses captured from Byzantium were replenished in Sirtan County, and the total number was sufficient, but only five or six thousand.
But the problem is that in this winter war, Manninger still left some people in the lair, and there were less than 4,000 horsemen who went out with the army.
At present, these 4,000 horsemen, under Manninger's strict orders, took out the strength to eat milk, and galloped towards the new city day and night Manninger's order was simple and clear: within two days, at all costs, he must rush to the bottom of the new city and attack the city defenses Although Manninger was angry, but after all, he was not completely disorganized, he was sure that the number of the enemy army who had copied his lair must be small, and thousands of cavalry rushed straight over, maybe they could rely on a surprise attack to fight the other side unprepared, if they could recapture the city in one go, it would naturally be the best.
Even if it is not good, the cavalry can quickly arrive and return, and can put pressure on the enemy in the city, not giving the opponent the time and opportunity to calmly arrange the city defenses In Manninger's heart, even if these thousands of cavalry were exhausted, it was far less than the value of the new city Under his orders, these thousands of reindeer cavalry, which were originally used as heavy cavalry, could only drive ducks to the shelves, take the posture of light cavalry, and go long distances to the new city.
Reindeer mounts were not good at long-distance galloping, although in order to save horsepower, these thousands of cavalry had been as light as possible before setting off, and the heavy armor they wore was replaced by light leather armor, which minimized the weight, and only carried a small amount of rations, but after galloping for a day and a night, both the warriors and the mounts were too tired to work.
Fortunately, the mainland is still relatively smooth, and the Odin warriors have always been tough guys who have always endured hardships, galloping all the way, and finally did not delay the time specified by Manninger's order.
Seeing that by noon on the second day, the whole army had already marched to a place less than two hundred miles from the new city, and at this rate, it should be possible to reach the new city at night Since Siltan County is a large grain-producing county, in addition to the terrain is a flat plain, there are also many rivers and lakes, and in winter, the rivers are naturally frozen.
At this moment the whole army marched to a river beach, and along this river beach to the south, the river went around a bend, and after this bend, along the main road, it was a new city.
Thousands of cavalry gathered and galloped, and the scene was naturally extremely shocking, thousands of horsemen spread out on the mainland, galloping all the way, slush splashing.
When the brigade came to the riverbank, the leader of the cavalry slowly stopped, and immediately ordered that the whole army should rest here for a while, although there were bags of material to carry, and people could eat during the march, but the mounts could not stand it, and the most important thing was to drink water.
As soon as the army stopped, thousands of horsemen lined up along the riverbank, and the cavalry dismounted and took advantage of this brief opportunity to take advantage of the time to rest, some to eat, and some to put bags around the reindeer's necks for the mounts to eat.
And the leader of the cavalry, naturally, also sent men to the river to smash the ice on the river to get water.
Along the river beach, after knocking open a patch of ice, he ordered a group of cavalry to lead their mounts to drink.
The weather is so cold, and it is a night without closing his eyes to rest, even if Odin Hanzi can bear hardships and stand hard work, but it is also a little unbearable, and everyone knows that the new city is lost, there is huge pressure in their hearts, this march, everyone along the way is gloomy, and there is no such high-spirited appearance when going out.
One team after another took turns to go to the river to drink deer, and when they were in the fourth team, they suddenly heard the whistle of the Odin warrior who was in charge of guarding in the distance The voice came very quickly, and immediately the face of the leader of the Odin cavalry changed Downstream of the river beach, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and then I saw a cavalry clearly waving the Byzantine banner, coming towards it Although the Odin people were tired, they were all elite after all, and they immediately gathered and lined up quickly under the orders of the chief, and even the cavalry who were drinking deer by the river turned over and rushed towards the team on the main road The Byzantine cavalry in the distance, although it seemed that there were many mounts, but when it was closer, Odin took a closer look, but it was only the number of five or six hundred horses, only one person and three horses, so it seemed that the team was much larger.
On the road, suddenly encountered the enemy, and these Odin cavalry were not ambiguous, they took off their battle axes, long knives and other weapons, and quickly put on a posture.
The cavalry in the distance was naturally the six hundred cavalry brought out by Char.
Char led this cavalry from afar, in fact, he had been waiting near this river beach for a long time, this is the way for the Odin people to return to the new city, he took the cavalry to rest and recuperate in the lower reaches of the river beach, once the Odin cavalry arrived, he immediately brought people on the horse and killed it More than 600 cavalry rushed over on this main road, but only when there was still a stone's throw in the distance, but suddenly the whole army stopped, and the two cavalry faced each other at such a distance.
Char smiled coldly, turned around and said loudly: "The prey has arrived, everyone is ready to harvest the heads of the Odin, kill a pound of meat and a bag of wine."
This winter, whether it is Char here or Manninger, there is a shortage of food on both sides, and the reward of a pound of wine and meat is already a great reward, plus since Char's hundreds of horsemen went south, every battle must be a big victory, and he has already accumulated enough sharpness in his heart, and when he heard Char's words, the whole army was roaring.
Char deliberately raised a hand slowly, rode the horse forward a few steps, he raised his left hand high, opened his palm, and the horse gradually broke away from the formation.
In the distance, the cavalry leader here of the Odin cavalry saw it and was stunned.
This is a common gesture among the cavalry of the two countries fighting, and it is often the cavalry who summons the messenger or the officer who comes out to shout.
Could it be that this Byzantine cavalry, with a few hundred horsemen, still has to fight with us in an upright manner The Odin cavalry here, although it was a little surprised because of the sudden appearance of this Byzantine cavalry, but it was not afraid to panic, after all, from the comparison of troops, there were more than three thousand elites here, and the other party was only five or six hundred, and Xia Ya took a few steps forward, stopped, and shouted in Odin: "I am the Odin man opposite the Byzantine general Char thundering, and I asked your supreme leader to come out and speak."
When the two armies fought, the top generals of both sides shouted to each other, firstly, to give each other a war letter, and secondly, to boost their own morale, which is also considered ordinary.
The leader of Odin's cavalry did not suspect it, but it was strange: the other party's small number of troops was most likely a patrol post from the Byzantine army that occupied the new city, and according to common sense, when encountering our cavalry brigade, it should immediately turn around and retreat, but how could it still have the courage to fight us The leader of this cavalry is also one of the most famous warriors in the Red Snow Army, otherwise, Manninger would not have handed over his thousands of cavalry to an unknown junior.
The Odin fierce general sneered heroically, slowly took a few steps forward, and proudly shouted: "I am a warrior under the command of the Manninger Patriarch of the Red Snow Army."
Poor thing, this guy only had time to say half a sentence, and he didn't even call out his own name.
Char on the other side was not interested in continuing to listen A smug smile flashed in the turtle's eyes, and he suddenly raised his right hand quickly, he had already carried a spear and spear in his hand, held it in his hand, and suddenly waved it forward Poor Odin General was about to sign up according to the usual practice of fighting, but suddenly he saw a black light on the opposite side, mixed with a howling wind, and it was in front of him in an instant This Odin fierce general is indeed a warrior in the Red Snow Army, and suddenly, with a roar, he quickly raised the battle axe in his hand, and slashed down at the black light that shot in front of him, and at the same time his body had already flashed to the side Unfortunately, with Char's strength at the moment, he was deliberately sneak attacking, where could he dodge I heard a pop, and the spear pierced directly into the chest of this Odin general, piercing him directly, and his body flew out from the back of the deer, and smashed into his own queue Here the Odin cavalry were all frightened, and before they could react, Char on the opposite side had already raised his fire fork and shouted: "Kill" As soon as he took the lead, he rode directly up, and the hundreds of cavalry behind him also roared and galloped down Char first assassinated the opponent's top general directly in front of the battle, these Odin people have no leader to command, naturally the dragons have no leader to see Char lead people to kill, and for a while, even the Odin people are still a little chaotic here And the more shameless is yet to come The 600 cavalry who rushed in before they could hear a whistle on the opposite side, and the 600 Byzantine cavalry suddenly threw out all the cavalry guns in their hands Six hundred spears, plus these six hundred cavalry are all strengthened warriors, the strength is huge, and with the help of horsepower, suddenly six hundred spears are shot down in the head A terrible cry was heard, and among the thousands of horsemen among the Odin cavalry, one of them was suddenly stabbed alive When the Odin people reacted, Char had already rushed in front of him, and as soon as he took the lead, the fire fork in his hand instantly burst out with a cloud of red light The crimson murderous aura erupted, and suddenly a cloud of red light enveloped the range of twenty or thirty steps left and right, and Char's fire fork swung round, and immediately the blood light sprayed on all sides of everything that was in the range of his crimson murderous aura and the like, and those Odin cavalry were even cut off with people and mounts Char had already rushed directly into the ranks of the Odin, and wherever he went, he saw his fire fork rise and fall, and in the red light, a person's head flew into the sky, and blood sprayed The six hundred horsemen behind him had also been killed in an instant, like a sharp knife, and fiercely pierced into the Odin brigade Shameless, shameless Even if you attack halfway, even if you take advantage of the time when people are resting and drinking, you can kill it, regardless of faith, and assassinate the enemy's main general, the most helpless thing for the Odin cavalry is that the Byzantine cavalry who came in was actually equipped with two guns After that round of throwing guns, the Byzantine cavalry fired their rifles, and each of the Byzantine cavalrymen took off their spare rifles or sabers hanging from their saddles Six hundred horsemen, plus Char, the invincible vanguard general, rushed into battle, and the Odin people galloped all night after all, and the men and horses were exhausted.
The most important thing is that in order to travel lightly, these Odin cavalry have discarded the light leather armor worn by the most accustomed heavy armor, and in the case of this kind of cavalry hedging and handover, they will undoubtedly lose three points of their combat power first Char took the lead, everywhere he went, flesh and blood flew everywhere, no matter what Odin generals or warriors were in front of him, no one could take the fire fork in his hand, and the opponent's cavalry had already directly entered the battle, even though these Odin cavalry were numerous and elite, but the people were cavalry rushing up, with the momentum of the charge, their own family was chaotic in the same place, and there was no commander to command, and they fought separately After resisting such a chaotic fight for a while, finally, the Odin people couldn't stand it moment It's just a moment of effort, and I don't know who came first and who came after, the Odin cavalry barely resisted, and the Byzantine cavalry rushed the queue to pieces, a huge array, and was cut into pieces Char killed it in one go, and the fire fork in his hand didn't know how many Odin's surnames had turned out, but he felt that his heart was boiling, and when he was murderous, he suddenly felt empty in front of him His eyes widened, only to find that he had already killed through the Odin array, a standard chisel piercing, and killed from behind the Odin array Char laughed, rode his horse and ran away two steps, then turned his horse's head, and naturally there were cavalry under him who rushed out of the battle with him This chiseling tactic, which can be called the textbook standard, Char laughed loudly, and then let out a long howl, hundreds of cavalry quickly gathered beside him, and then he couldn't count the respite, and with Char, who raised the fire fork, he re-entered the Odin formation The chaotic Odin lost their main general, although some officers desperately shouted orders, but in a short period of time, before they had time to form a team, the tough Byzantines on the other side turned around and killed back This time, the Odin cavalry finally couldn't bear it Rout A rout that chilled the Odin There was a surprising scene on the plain, and the reindeer cavalry brigade of thousands of Odin people was driven all over the mountains, but behind them there were only hundreds of Byzantine troops shouting and chasing The most pitiful thing is that the reindeer, the mount of the Odin, has been galloping for a long time all night, and their strength is not strong, even if they run, they can't outrun the other party's horses at the moment, and they don't know how many Odin cavalry were caught up by the Byzantine behind them, and those Byzantine cavalry directly cut down and fell off their horses with a knife, and then they didn't look at it, and continued to ride their horses forward to chase and kill This pursuit ran for more than 100 miles Along the way, I don't know how many Odin people ran and ran, and the reindeer under the crotch couldn't support it, and finally fell to the ground on all fours, and the Byzantine cavalry who caught up was killed.
After more than a hundred miles of pursuit, the ranks of Odin's cavalry are getting thinner and thinner Finally, after the Byzantine cavalry behind finally stopped the pursuit, stopped from a distance, showed off and shouted, and then the whole team retreated, these Odin cavalry still galloped out of the distance again, and only then did they reluctantly stop regrouping the men and horses.
This rectification made these proud Odin warriors unable to even cry More than 3,000 cavalry set out, but at this moment, after the whole team, there were less than 800 left, and most of them were wounded Char gathered the cavalry and came back, and scattered a few squads along the way to chase down the defeated Odin soldiers who had fallen behind, and it took another two hours for the cavalry sent out to clear the army to come back one after another.
The cavalry who came back, every one of them was full of murderous and sharp spirit, and everyone's head was hung on the horse After a little liquidation, in this battle, at least more than a thousand Odin cavalry were killed, and those who were killed and scattered were killed on the way to the pursuit, and there were hundreds of them killed in total, and about two thousand enemies were killed With 600 cavalry against 5 or 6 times the enemy's cavalry, such a result can be described as brilliant And here in Char, there were more than 20 killed in the battle, more than 100 were lightly injured, and 14 were seriously injured.
"I cut off the heads of these Odinites and piled them together in the middle of the road."
Char put away the fire fork, let out a long breath, and sneered: "When Manninger's army came over, he just saw these heads and made his whole army frightened."
A cavalryman next to him asked: "My lord, this battle is very happy, what are we going to do next to fight the main army of the Odin?"
Xia Ya laughed, his cavalry, it seems that they were all inspired by the continuous victory, and they rushed to fight the main brigade of the Odins with only a few hundred horses.
However, the people below are hot-headed, but Char himself can't be like this.
He shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't be busy, we still have important things to do, let's destroy the Red Snow Army, such a few men and horses are not enough, we have already left an ambush along the way, we will go to pick up the reinforcements, gather under the new city, and send Manninger back to his fucking hometown in a battle, hahahaha" The vanguard cavalry of the Odin was routed all the way, and they marched north along the main road towards Manninger's main army.
Manninger is here, but he is worried.
The thousands of cavalry led by Sharba behind him kept harassing along the way, whistling every time, and then rushing to kill for a while and leaving immediately.
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Manninger's backteam continued to attack early, and the damage was not small.
Sharpa seems to have been trained, every battle comes and goes like the wind, and he will not be greedy for merit, and when the Odin's team is about to close the line, he will immediately lead people away, without the slightest hesitation With Sharba's incessant harassing attacks from behind, Manninger's brigade marched at a speed that was suddenly reduced by more than half.
Manninger could only do his best to straighten out the rear of the army and keep it on guard, but in this way, the speed of the march made Manninger worried, and he didn't know how much more time it would take to march to the new city After walking like this for a night, Sharba led people to charge the battle thirteen times, although each time it was just killing and injuring Odin, ranging from dozens to hundreds, but he couldn't stand such a slow fire The Odin people were made to hold back the fire here, and there was nothing they could do with the other party, so their morale inevitably dropped.
It was not until the evening of the next day that Sharpa's cavalry finally retreated, and the cavalry was exhausted, so Sharpa led his men to retreat a little and gathered his troops and horses.
Without the enemy army behind him, Manninger breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the army to speed up, but in the evening, he got bad news The rout of the vanguard cavalry finally fled back to the main brigade When they set out, thousands of horsemen showed off their might, and when they returned, there were less than eight hundred horsemen, all of them covered in blood and embarrassed, most of them wounded, and their faces were full of panic and frustration.
The news of the defeat of the 800 cavalry immediately spread throughout the army Manninger was on the march, got the news in the carriage, and immediately rushed out, seeing the eight hundred horsemen running over, Manninger was shaking at that time When these cavalry returned, naturally the leading military officers came to report to Manninger, but these defeated cavalry leaders came to Manninger, and only half of the 1510 said it, and they found that the face of the chief of the coach in front of him was not right, "poof" Manninger suddenly opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from the sky, and his face, which had only eased a little, suddenly turned pale again When he went up to support him, this Odin hero had already closed his eyes and fainted.
The coach vomited blood and fell into a coma, and the advancing team suddenly stopped.
You can only wait in place on the main road.
Manninger's coma this time was much longer than the last time, and he was in a coma all night, and only woke up at noon the next day.
When he woke up, he was lying in the carriage, and his first reaction was that there was no jolting under the carriage, and it was obvious that the whole army had stopped advancing Manninger was furious, turned over and got up, and was about to shout angrily, when he felt a sharp pain in his heart and mouth, and he was short of breath He gritted his teeth and gasped for breath, and only after he called out did he hear it and open the door of the carriage.
Hearing that the commander woke up, and soon the generals and leaders of the army gathered, Manninger was angry in his heart, and he was in a coma, but the army actually stopped these fools, don't you know that if the army goes back one night late, the danger will be more But looking at these worried subordinates around him, he couldn't raise his anger in his heart.
After all, these subordinates were also loyal to themselves, and when they saw that they vomited blood and fell into a coma, they ordered the whole army to stop advancing.
I'm afraid that my body won't be able to withstand the bumps along the way.
Manninger's anger flared up, but his heart was cold The news of the rout of the vanguard cavalry frightened him even more than he learned that his son Morka had been killed Thousands of cavalry That's a literally thousands of elite cavalry Odin's reindeer cavalry, if assembled in the thousands, was enough to crush a Byzantine infantry in a night battle Even when he annihilated the Seventh Corps of the Byzantine Empire, he relied on concentrating thousands of cavalry to charge the formation, and with these thousands of cavalry, he broke the array of the Seventh Corps, and then the infantry covered and killed, and won a complete victory But these thousands of horses were actually crushed And it's still in the field, a real field battle, a hard-fought field battle How could this be possible and how could this make Manninger receive Listening to these defeated cavalrymen, the other side is only a few hundred horses, but its combat power is amazing, and the main general of the other side is brave and unparalleled, and it is also insidious and cunning, hundreds of horses can crush my thousands of elite reindeer cavalry, where is there any brave and unparalleled fierce general in the Byzantine army, even if it is a Rhodrian cavalry, even if it is a Rhodrian cavalry led by Adric himself, it is absolutely impossible to eat his thousands of horses with a few hundred horses Manninger's heart was simply ridiculous to the extreme "Onward, continue to the new city."
In the face of the general's concern and silence, Manninger only coldly gave such a brief order.
"Patriarch" Some subordinates couldn't help but speak, but Manninger glared at him fiercely, and immediately told the man to shut his mouth.
"I know you're worried that my body is not going to work, but the whole army plan can't change this bump that I'm not dead yet, I can still bear it" Manninger gritted his teeth: "But if we don't go to Xincheng, where else can we go" After being silent for a while, someone couldn't help but whisper: "There are other towns nearby, we can find a place to tidy up the soldiers and horses first, and let the clan's sons and warriors repair a little."
"Cowardly" Manninger coldly reprimanded, he took a breath, and said slowly: "Our lair was copied, the cavalry we sent out to return to the division was crushed by others, at this time, some of you may think that it is too dangerous to return to the new city, but I tell you that now we have to go back, since our Odin warriors went south, what has relied on the bravery and ferocity of our clan warriors, it is this courage, but now, no, the lair was captured, and the cavalry was defeated one by one, the news came, our tens of thousands of troops, But they didn't even dare to go back, and they had to go somewhere else to avoid the limelight, don't you want to think about it, once this kind of order is issued to the whole army, what will the soldiers of the whole army think in their hearts, they will be really afraid of these Byzantines from now on, once these Byzantines lose their martial arts, what will be left of our Odins?"
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: