Chapter 58: [The tragic empire]

Just when the night of the entire imperial capital was shrouded in various complex emotions, just when Abbas XI was anxious and his ministers urgently discussed the military situation, and when Roddy returned to the Tulip family without sleep. In the northwest, the northwest in fierce battle, the situation has changed again...
The hills on the edge of the Xichuan Plain in the northwest.
The night has shrouded the earth, the moonlight is covered by the billowing clouds in the sky, and only half of his face can be revealed occasionally. There is no starry sky, and an army is struggling to march along the mountain road.
They were wearing the uniform armor of the Bright Empire, and the soldiers were already exhausted at the moment. Many people just drag their swollen and numb legs inertially and follow the person in front of them with their heads down. The standard bearer was also listless on the horse, the original flame-like thorn flower banner was weakly carried on his shoulders, and one hand held the reins, barely letting himself fall off the horse.
From soldiers to officers, everyone is full of pessimism and fear for the future. They were originally the defenders of the Northwest Legion stationed at a distance from Blackstone Fort, but the day before yesterday they received an order from the commander of the Northwest Legion, General Ruben, to immediately abandon Blackstone Fort and move closer to Watt Fortress where the main force of the Northwest Legion is located.
At this moment, the whole army is full of pessimism. Everyone knows that in the past month, the Northwest Army has been retreating steadily. The 150,000 army of General Ruben has been commanded by the murderer of the Great Moon Kingdom. The cavalry regiment was defeated. Lost most of the territory of the Northwestern Province of Rostock, and finally even the base camp Mutan Fort was captured. At this moment, General Ruben led his main force to hold on to the last big fortress in the northwest-Watt.
And just two days ago, all kinds of news came. I heard that the murderer Rayantal had been rushing for two consecutive days and nights, pulling out the imperial military strongholds around the Watt Fortress, Loulan Fort, Trier. The fort was also breached overnight.
The Northwest Army Command ordered all the scattered troops to immediately move closer to the main force-this order is correct. It is already at a disadvantage. Instead of distributing the troops, it is better to clenched your fists and concentrate your strength against the opponent.
But when the commander of the Black Market Fort received the order from General Ruben, the commander of the Northwest Army Corps, he couldn't help but smile.
The order required him to lead the 15,000 defenders of the Blackstone Fort to immediately join the headquarters, but General Ruben only gave him one day and one night!
"Damn it!" The empire leader of Blackstone Fort was riding on the horse, couldn't help but glanced back at the long army behind him, and cursed in his heart: "How can I get there in two days and two nights? That's more than six hundred miles. The way! We are infantry! Not cavalry! Soldiers walk six hundred miles on two legs for two days and two nights? It's a joke! There are heavy ordnance following behind! Can those things fly?"
The commander could not help secretly begging for the blessing of the great god-at this moment his army has been on the road for a whole day without a break, even if it can rush to meet the army, I am afraid this army will have nothing in a short time. Fighting power. Now the soldiers are so tired that they don’t even have the strength to walk... If... If you encounter an enemy on the road... Then...
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the news that had come the previous two days. It is said that two garrison troops in other places were ordered to move closer to the main force. They were intercepted by the army of the Great Moon Kingdom and ended up in the Empire on the plain. 'S infantry was overwhelmed by the cavalry of those alien barbarians, almost completely wiped out...
I can only ask the gods for blessing!
He looked at the surrounding terrain. Fortunately, this is not an open plain area. The surrounding hills and hills make the road relatively narrow. Even if the enemy encounters an enemy, the opponent's cavalry can't do much...
At this time, several scout cavalry ran back from a distance. The leader immediately cheered up and asked: "How is it?"
The cavalry was already covered with sweat, but his expression was still very calm, and he said loudly: "My lord, the mountain road ahead is over. We can walk out of this hill in about half an hour! Going out is an open area, no I found traces of the enemy army. It’s just adults. It seems that we can’t find a better place to camp tonight. There is an open field in front, and there is a small forest beside it."
The commander listened carefully to the scout's report, daring not to miss a word, and then he was silent for a while.
It looks like it will rain tonight, so there shouldn't be much problem with camping on the edge of the woods. Don't worry that the enemy will attack with fire...Ah, I hope you won't encounter the enemy. When it rains, in this bad weather, the cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom will not come out to attack us, right? After all, this rainy and muddy weather is not conducive to the cavalry charge.
"Order the whole army to speed up, step out of this mountainous area, and then camp!" He gave the order loudly...
The soldier received the order. Although his body had already weakened, but he heard that he could camp and rest, he was still struggling and quickened his pace.
When the forefront of the team walked out of the mountain intersection and saw an open plain in front of them, the soldiers couldn't help but let out an exhausting cheer-they were finally able to rest!
After the order to camp was passed, the entire army began to get busy. To the disappointment of the soldiers, the woods mentioned by the scout were too few, and the trees were all small slender saplings, and they could not be cut down to build fences for camping. In desperation, they could only use mobilization of trucks and simple wood to form a weak camp wall.
But to the soldiers of the empire is gratifying that the legendary ambush that may have been encountered did not appear, and the murder demon of the legendary Great Moon Kingdom did not appear to show any signs-probably in this kind of weather, the enemy will feel tired. . Everyone thought they could at least spend the first night safely.
A veteran was teaching the panicked recruits and told them not to panic. Generally, if they were attacked by the enemy, the scouts walking around would have a warning-if you want to escape, wait until you hear the enemy's horns and drums running. Not too late.
The entire military camp was noisy. The soldiers were busy arranging tents and burying pots for cooking. There was a loud "click", and a thunderstorm rang out. A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and then there was a bang, and the heavy rain smashed down. .
The soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally it rained. In such rainy weather, the enemy's cavalry would not come out!
The sky was completely dark, and a recruit was soaked all over. He was trying to use a hammer to fix the wooden camp wall that was crooked by the strong wind. Suddenly he seemed to sense something, looking up at the empty space in panic. In the distance, at the far east end of the sky, some indistinct dark shadows began to be discovered.
"what is that!!"
An veteran looked back, his face changed immediately, and his mouth opened wide: "It looks...like a human! God! It's the enemy! It's the cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom!!!"
"The enemy attacked!!"
It is unclear who yelled this sentence first, and then this sentence spread to the entire army like a plague in the dim night. Everyone was panicked. Everyone yelled and threw away the tent that was being pitched in their hands and the fence that was being erected. The soldiers panicked looking for their swords. The cavalry hurriedly put on battle armor, and the people in the huge camp screamed.
I have to deny that the Guangming Empire was founded for 200 years, and the tradition of martial arts has created many true heroes. At this time, it was the loyal and courageous leader of this army that really showed a military spirit!
"What's the panic! Everyone take up their weapons!" The leader immediately made a decisive decision, drew his sword and beheaded several sergeants who were still running away in a hurry. "If you panic any longer, no one can live! The infantry lined up!" A majestic voice sounded in the night, and he ran all the way, beheading several soldiers who didn't listen to orders and yelled and ran around blindly. Bringing his own soldiers to drive the scattered soldiers into a square formation.
"Idiot! Don't panic, the enemy is still lined up. They have time to line up to charge!" The leader tried to calm as many soldiers as possible, "Pick up your sword! Lift up your shield!! The shield is here! The first column! The second column of the Spearman!"
Several infantry formations that had begun to take shape were finally lined up, and the only five hundred cavalry who commanded him turned over and quickly moved to the back of the infantry formation a hundred steps away. These five hundred men are the cavalry he trained alone, and they are the real elite force in this army. All of them have cold and firm faces, and they hold their bright sabers across their chests and hold the reins tightly.
The dull sound of horseshoes came, and the ground shook under the trampling of thousands of horseshoes, bringing up the dust. The trampling sound of thousands of horseshoes even covered the billowing thunder above the head...
The commander sat immediately watching the speed of the enemy approaching, and couldn't help but have some questions in his heart: "It doesn't seem to be right, how could their cavalry charge so slowly?"
The black iron current in the distance gradually approached, and the sight of the imperial soldier could finally clearly see the appearance of the enemy cavalry. He could even see the feathers on the enemy's cavalry helmet. The commander suddenly showed a look of fear in his eyes: "No. It's an archer!!!"
"Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! There are not enough shields in the infantry line to resist the bows and arrows shot from the sky like locusts. Countless soldiers fell to the ground with arrows screaming and shouting, and others were shot through by several spiked arrows just as they raised their shields! Then someone screamed: "It's an archer! Let's run away!"
Almost instantly, the army that had been distracted from the army collapsed, and all the infantry teams were in chaos. Everyone knew that ordinary light infantry was not an opponent of archers in the wilderness. Their thin equipment can't resist the sharp arrows shot by the opponent. After the opponent's bow and arrow are shot, the full charge of the enemy cavalry is even more a massacre for them!
Countless people kept yelling: "Escape! Everyone!" The infantry queue that the Imperial Army commander painstakingly drove out instantly collapsed. He swung his knife and chopped off a few escaping soldiers, still unable to control the situation. The chaotic army that was running around, instead rushed the cavalry queue he was going to be behind.
At this moment, the enemy cavalry formation suddenly fell silent, and then heard a deep and high-pitched voice shouting: "Change the knife! Charge!! Streer (foreign language: kill!)!!!"
"Stellier!!!" Thousands of cavalry screamed at the same time. The empire leader knew immediately that he was finished! This troop is over too!
The black iron current suddenly roared and rushed away at an incredible speed. Under the tens of thousands of horses, the earth trembled, and the iron hoof clank seemed to crush everything!
In the roar, the forefront of the enemy cavalry has easily broken through the already fragile infantry formation. Some brave soldiers who still hold their positions have not had time to see the twisted and brutal face and red eyes under the enemy's cavalry helmet. The queue was rushed to pieces.
The enemy's cavalry quickly crossed the foremost defense line of the infantry and rushed directly toward the depths of the imperial army camp.
Behind them are infantrymen that have completely collapsed and scattered. These infantrymen are being killed by a steady stream of cavalry from behind. They are often chopped down by the scimitar of the enemy cavalry before the sword in their hand is swung. Or be trampled into flesh by the enemy's horseshoe!
The commander of the empire looked desperately at his infantry queue being easily torn to pieces by his opponents. His body could not help shaking. He said to his messenger with a calm voice that was almost death: Pass my order and call everyone Run away, run as far as you can!
After giving the last command in his life, the loyal empire turned his head and shouted at the five hundred cavalry around him: "I used to be a soldier of the Duke Tulip! There is absolutely no coward running away under the banner of Tulip. Are you afraid?!"
"Follow the lord!" The shouts of five hundred people seemed to overwhelm the screams and screams all over the sky! Five hundred sharp sabers are raised high!
The commander no longer looked behind him, drove his horse and shook his hand, and rushed towards the iron current without hesitation. The five hundred brave and elite cavalrymen behind him hesitated, shouting with a long saber. Follow closely behind!
The last cavalry squad of the empire slammed into the enemy's cavalry forward. Because the enemy's forward passed the first block of the infantry formation, the momentum has been weakened, so their sniping still gained some upper hand at the beginning, and it also won precious time for the defeat and escape of other teams in the camp. Later scholars who studied the history of war believed that if the heroic leader of the empire did not regard death as home in the moment of crisis, the 15,000 army that reinforced the main force would probably be annihilated.
But their sniping did not last long. This heroic leader and his five hundred men and horses, in that huge steel torrent, was like a small stone thrown into the big river. Although there was a short splash of waves, it quickly, Was overwhelmed...
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In this battle, the 20,000 cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom completely overwhelmed this 15,000-strong local defender of the Northwest Army's main force. All night, the empty plains were filled with the roar of the Great Moon Kingdom’s iron cavalry and the empire. The soldiers screamed and howled. This is no longer a battle! The infantry who lost their defensive position was slaughtered by the cavalry!
In this night attack, the 15,000 imperial army was completely defeated, and in the end less than 5,000 people escaped from the massacre. And the chance of survival of these five thousand people was returned by the leader and his five hundred warriors! There is no record of the leader’s name...
In this battle, the 20,000 cavalrymen led by Prince Luoyantar of the Great Moon Kingdom had a great victory, completely defeating the last reinforcement unit that approached the main force of the Northwest Army! Wipe out more than 10,000 enemies...
No captives!