Leo V finally managed to lead his imperial guards to escape the pursuit of the Western Qin cavalry and join the main force of the coalition forces.
He walked into the tent with a pale face and saw a bowl of hot soup on a table and drank it.
After drinking a lot, he sat on a stool and panted.
Charlie saw the bad look on Leo V's face and asked: "Looking at your expression, could it be that the ambush failed?"
Leo V did not answer directly and asked: "Charlie, why is it so difficult for us to ambush the Western Qin army, but it is so easy for them to sneak attack and ambush us?
Are we inherently stupider than them?"
Charlie understood now that Leo V had really failed.
He comforted: "Of course it's not that we are stupider than them, nor that they are smarter than me.
We use the tactics that Easterners are good at to deal with them.
Of course it will not be easy to succeed. , these tactics are extremely familiar to them.”
Batannicus said at this time: "Are they catching up?"
"Not yet, but it should not be far from here.
We must find other ways to resolve this crisis, otherwise this group of Western Qin cavalry will follow us closely like a pack of hungry wolves.
As long as we relax a little, they will They will pounce on us and bite us.”
Charlie stood up and said solemnly: "It seems that it is necessary for us to dispatch a cavalry to confront them head-on.
As long as we can deal with this hateful Western Qin cavalry, it will be worth paying some price.
Pass my order, If we send out five thousand infantry and three thousand heavy cavalry to fight them openly, I don't believe that the Western Qin cavalry is really invincible.
Even if it is, I will break this myth."
Leo V quickly asked: "Your Majesty, if you want to deal with the Western Qin cavalry, how do you send out infantry?
Infantry has no chance of winning against the cavalry, and it will become a burden.
Also, I don't know why you use heavy cavalry to deal with the Western Qin."
Light cavalry, but as far as I know, the best unit to deal with the Western Qin light cavalry is the light cavalry.
Although the heavy cavalry has a powerful impact, it is too inflexible.
The Western Qin people are not fools and will fight you head-on with the light cavalry. " Charlie said: "The role of military units is not always the same.
It depends on how you use the troops and prepare more flags for the infantry."
Li Su once again led his army behind the coalition forces, only a dozen miles away.
This situation was soon known to Charlie and others.
He immediately ordered: "Send five thousand infantry and three thousand heavy cavalry with me to attack the West."
Qin Cavalry" Charles's subordinates tried to dissuade him.
Archbishop Tobin said: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country and the emperor of the Romans.
How can you personally lead troops to fight the enemy?
Moreover, the Western Qin Dynasty dispatched less than 3,000 people, and only A general, is it because of this that we have to dispatch an emperor to fight against them?
If the Holy King of Western Qin comes, who should we let fight against him?"
Leo III also dissuaded: "Your Majesty, I think Archbishop Tobin and the generals are right.
You are the emperor of the Romans and cannot easily take risks unless we have reached a critical moment of life and death."
Charlie thought for a while and felt that what everyone said made sense, so he gave up his plan to personally lead the troops to fight the Western Qin cavalry, and ordered: "Oliver, you will lead the troops to fight the Western Qin cavalry."
"I obey your orders, my majesty."
Oliver agreed, saluted, and quickly turned around and left.
When Oliver assembled 5,000 infantry and 3,000 heavy cavalry to send out, Charlie and others also wanted to see with their own eyes the combat effectiveness of the Western Qin cavalry, so they followed the army behind them.
In order to ensure safety, Charlie and others also brought There were five thousand light cavalry, and the heavy cavalry participating in the battle was several miles away from the infantry, and Charles and others were several miles away from the three thousand heavy cavalry.
Li Su's army, which had just arrived not long ago, was resting on the spot.
After the soldiers fed the horses with concentrate and water, they took out the dry food and ate it with snow water.
"Bao" came galloping on horseback, and in a blink of an eye, he stopped in front of Li Su and clasped his fists to report: "General, the coalition sent out 5,000 infantry to fight, but they raised the banner of 10,000."
"Oh" Li Su was stunned for a moment, then said: "That's interesting.
They actually used infantry to resist my cavalry.
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Are Westerners crazy, or have the world changed?"
A captain next to him asked suspiciously: "General, is there a fraud in this?"
Li Su thought for a while and asked the detective: "There are really only five thousand infantry.
Have you explored their rear?"
The detective said: "Back to the general, the coalition forces have sent reconnaissance cavalry to guard the surroundings.
There are mountains extending for several miles on both sides of the road.
We have no chance to go around behind them to investigate."
After Li Su thought for a moment, he immediately ordered: "The whole army is ready to fight."
After receiving the order, the soldiers stuffed the remaining dry food into their mouths, and hurriedly stuffed a handful of snow water into their mouths, then wiped their mouths clean and mounted their horses to assemble.
The assembled Western Qin cavalry advanced slowly under the leadership of Li Su.
Soon another cavalry came to report: "General, the coalition's 5,000 infantry troops have set up a formation six miles ahead.
It seems that if our army wants to fight, " Li Su asked: "Are they doing any tricks around them?"
"Yet to be discovered" What the cavalry is most afraid of when charging is encountering horse traps and horse ropes.
Especially after running at a high speed, once they step into the horse trap or get caught by the horse ropes, the damage to the cavalry will be huge.
A trip horse rope can even It can cause hundreds of cavalry to lose their combat effectiveness after being stumbled and trap a large area.
Horse pits can cause huge casualties to the first few rows of cavalry, and can also cause the cavalry behind them to stop and lose their impact speed.
The loss is not a trivial matter, but the blow to morale is huge.
Once morale drops, it is not easy to improve it again.
And this is why Li Su asked Tan Shao like this.
After confirming that the coalition forces did not make any small moves around the war, Li Su ordered the army to move forward.
In fact, the coalition forces had no chance even if they tried to make small moves.
The distance between the two sides was too close, and even small moves around the battlefield could not be concealed from the other side's reconnaissance cavalry.
Sentence.
When they finally saw the coalition troops, Li Su and others were even more confused.
There were obviously only five thousand people, but they wanted to raise the banner of tens of thousands.
What did the coalition mean?
At this time, the coalition military formations had almost been deployed, and the ranks of the troops were The distance between them is not large and the personnel are densely packed, which can restrain the cavalry charge.
"Hey, when these flags are being raised, it feels like you can't see clearly the reality of the other party."
A captain said to Li Su.
Li Su looked at it, slapped his forehead and said: "Something is wrong.
Such a dense concentration of flags is not consistent with common sense at all.
They must be trying to cover up some secret deployment and find people who are proficient in the art of listening to the ground."
A sergeant who was proficient in the art of earth listening lay on the ground and listened for a long time.
He got up and reported to Li Su: "General, I am sure that the coalition army must have more than 5,000 people.
Because the ground is covered with snow, the villain's exploration is quite large."
The impact was large, so I couldn’t hear clearly, but the villain heard the sound of horse hooves, and there must be cavalry hidden behind them.”
Li Su was startled and immediately asked: "Can you tell whether it is a light cavalry or a heavy cavalry?"
The sergeant shook his head and said: "It's impossible to tell.
If the snow melts and the ground dries, you can hear it, but you can't hear it in this case."
Li Su's face suddenly changed to a concentrated expression, and then for the sake of safety, he ordered: "Send the order, collect everyone's caltrops and pass them to the front row."
Soon, the entire army of nearly 3,000 people was passing bags of caltrops from behind to the front.
As soon as the Western Qin Army was ready, a long roar came from the coalition forces: "Infantry advances!"
The use of roars to convey orders has always been the norm in the West at this time, and those who can convey orders need a thick and penetrating voice.
They must be full of energy and roar a few times without damaging their throats.
Of course, the order soldiers also More than one person.
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The coalition infantry held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and moved slowly towards the Western Qin cavalry with neat steps.
The flags kept shaking along the way, making the Western Qin army even more unclear about the reality of the opponent's formation.
Li Su was sitting on the horse, holding the reins in one hand and the Guan Gong knife in the other.
He remained motionless, staring at the coalition formation without blinking.
A lieutenant next to him could not hold his breath and said: "General, The enemy is pressing forward, so strike first to gain the upper hand."
Li Su said calmly: "Don't worry, the enemy's strength is unclear, and rushing to fight will only do bad things."
But the captain said anxiously: "But if we wait any longer, we won't be able to increase our speed."
Li Su looked at the approaching coalition infantry phalanx.
When he was about to enter the bow and arrow strike range, he raised his hand: "Bow and arrow ready."
The flag officer immediately asked the flag bearer to hoist the flag, and the soldiers took off their bows and opened their bows to wait.
As Li Su's arm suddenly waved down, with a "buzz" sound, a bunch of arrows flew into the sky and landed on the coalition infantry.
In the military formation.
Screams came, and coalition soldiers kept falling down, but other coalition soldiers quickly raised their shields under the orders of the officers.
The captain said anxiously to Li Su: "General, give the order to attack.
This distance is too close, too close.
If we cannot meet the speed requirements, we will be trapped in the enemy's formation."
Li Su didn't look anxious at all, but he was very nervous in his heart.
On the surface, he had to pretend to be indifferent and said: "What's the rush?
At worst, the entire army will withdraw.
Do they want to use infantry to pursue them?"
You can’t kill us” When the captain thought about it, that was true.
It was just that the mighty Western Qin cavalry was forced away by the coalition infantry.
If this word spread, it would make a big joke.
It felt aggrieved just thinking about it.
At this moment, the coalition infantry stopped advancing amidst a sudden loud roar.
The entire large square formation quickly split into two halves from the middle.
Both wings of the infantry occupied all the open space in the middle of the mountains on both sides, leaving a wide passage. , at the end of this wide passage were rows of dark Frankish heavy armored cavalry.
"The great Frankish heavy cavalry attacks" came a loud roar.
"Rumble":