Lord of War

Compared with the strong winds on the plains, the wind on the Gobi has a bit more awe-inspiring momentum, which makes people feel a sense of wonderment involuntarily.

It's like the difference between the ragtag and the elite.

On a vast and endless Gobi, a cavalry unit is like a raging wave, rushing towards the battlefield that is fighting in the Gobi, just like a tsunami that has already formed a large scale is trying to break through with a force that destroys the world. Destroy everything in its path.

In the entangled battle situation of infantry that has gone from charging each other to fighting each other, it is naturally impossible not to see this menacing cavalry unit.

It has to be said that the timing of the charge of this cavalry unit was very precise. At this time, the two sides entered a stalemate in the tug-of-war in the battle situation. As a new force, the entry can bring great advantages to one's own side. In particular, the entry point of the cavalry unit's charge is located on the flank of the battle situation. As long as the battle formation is penetrated once, it can deal a heavy blow to the enemy from the two aspects of momentum and lethality.

The value of the cavalry unit should have been like this.

However, on a steep slope at the back of the battlefield, William's eyes finally moved away from here: "The victory has been decided."

"Huh? Is the outcome already decided?" Hassas looked at the battlefield ahead with a look of surprise and uncertainty, quite unable to understand what William said that the outcome had been decided.

In his opinion, the Thunder Lions led by Alfred did not break through the enemy's infantry phalanx in one go as they did in the previous battles, which led to a situation where the occupation fell into a dogfight. Logically speaking, in such a situation of evenly divided battles, the commander should immediately join the second echelon, trying to get rid of this fighting situation as soon as possible, so that his side can expand its advantage.

But William did not do this. Instead, he kept Clover and his troops on standby, and even the troops he had raised as cannon fodder had not been used—in fact, Hassas knew very well what he had raised The level of that troop, he knew that this troop would not be able to play an independent role on the frontal battlefield. So from the moment he handed over the command of the troops, he thought that his troops would be used either to lure the enemy or to use them in a stalemate like the current one. To put it simply, he was very self-aware: cannon fodder was can be sacrificed.

But the result was completely beyond Hassas' expectations.

William's approach seems full of arrogance and even complacency, and he doesn't even bother to use the second echelon.

However, the enemy commander who confronted William obviously knew how powerful William was. Of course, the other party also knows better how powerful the Thunder Lion is. In the previous battles, the infantry under his command were no match for the Thunder Lion at all. The charges of both sides were directly defeated by the Thunder Lion, causing Less than thirty minutes after the battle broke out, they were completely defeated.

The reason why today's battle can be stalemate is because the enemy has invested almost all of its infantry, and even used a previously unused heavy infantry as the core main force, which blocked the Thunder Lion's charge.

However, the opponent's commander was also very cautious and cautious. When he discovered that William did not use the second echelon, he directly ordered his troops to fight and retreat-obviously, this was a tactic that the opponent had already prepared. Although this tactic will cause the losses of one's own troops to further expand when they retreat in a dogfighting state, at least the front line remains intact, and it has not been crushed by the Thunder Lion. offset.

until then,

When the enemy put in the cavalry as the second echelon to cut the battle formation, it was too late for William to join the second echelon for rescue—because the cavalry was definitely faster than the infantry, and the battle situation was more biased towards the enemy. This formation, so the support speed of the cavalry unit is definitely faster than the second echelon sent by William. Under the double combination, it seems that all the people and places are in the hands of the other party.

Hassas even began to wonder if the relationship between Alfred and William was at odds, otherwise, why didn't William go to the rescue at all?

Seeming to see Hassas's doubts, William, who looked back from a distance, said lightly, "That's a light cavalry."

Seeing William's indifferent appearance, only those who are familiar with William's nature will know that the current battle can't arouse his interest at all. This also means that the level of the enemy commander who confronted William was too low to arouse William's attention and excitement. For him it is war.

However, there were only a very few people who were really lucky enough to see William enter the excited state of command.

"I know it's a light infantry, but the ability of the light cavalry to rush to the rescue is recognized as second to none." Hassas said with a puzzled face, "Although in the previous battles, it has been proved that the peeling tactics of the light cavalry are very effective The Thunder Lion is useless, but this time they took advantage of the Thunder Lion's entanglement and charged directly!... Even if the light cavalry is not good at charging in battle, it is still relatively heavy cavalry."

"I am more familiar with the military formation than you." William said lightly, but his words revealed absolute confidence.

At this time, the enemy's light cavalry unit had already started a battle with the soldiers on the edge of the Thunder Lion.

Light cavalry is a unit famous for its extremely high mobility. They have excellent battlefield support capabilities. In most cases, light cavalry units also serve as strategic roles such as scouting, vanguard, and sharp knives. Because the light cavalry has a wide range of characteristics, the use and applicability of the war is above all arms, and depending on the battlefield situation, many countries will specially train light cavalry units with more targeted value.

Under normal circumstances, the light cavalry unit most commonly used peeling tactics surrounded by wolves.

They will use the unique high mobility of the light cavalry to continuously charge the flanks of the enemy's troops, thereby causing a certain degree of damage to the enemy's troops, weakening the enemy's troops, and playing a role in damaging the morale of the enemy's troops. . In terms of frontal charge and battle formation, light cavalry units are not as lethal and efficient as heavy cavalry due to equipment problems.

However, that is only relative to the heavy cavalry.

"...The heavy infantry of the Thunder Lion are already at the forefront, and now only the light infantry are on the edge of the two wings." Hassas continued to say something, his tone seemed very excited, "Light cavalry or impact force Not as good as heavy cavalry, but the light infantry standing in front of them now!"

William nodded slightly, which generally means "I know": "It seems that you have studied the "On Arms Restraint" written by General Hannibal very deeply. I am here to thank you on behalf of others. A scripted introduction."

Even an idiot could hear the teasing in William's tone, which made Hassas blush. Only then did he realize that standing in front of him was not an ordinary general, but a commander who could rank among the top ten generals. It was obviously impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake.

William could see Hassas' embarrassment, but he didn't mean to continue to laugh, but waved his right hand: "Tell Clover, they can move forward, and the battle ahead is over.  … Chasing and harvesting The task is given to him, and I will hear the news that he has completely wiped out the enemy army at sunset today."

Hassas was slightly startled, and could not help but move his eyes following the figure of the orderly soldier.

He had known for a long time that Clover's troops had been waiting for work, but what Hassas guessed before was that William planned to let this army make a final decision at a critical moment, thus ending the battle. After all, Alfred and his Thunder Lion were in charge of fighting and chasing these few days. Instead, Clover's troops had been leisurely adhering to the rear of the army, and had no chance to go to the battlefield head-on.

However, Hassas guessed the ending, but not the process - Clover and his Cecilia guards were indeed regarded by William as the final word of the battle. It's just that it is not used for the current battle situation, but for the harvesting battle situation of chasing and killing the enemy who has been frightened and exhausted to the point of being unable to continue fighting.

As if seeing Hassas' surprise, William was finally willing to give an explanation: "The Thunder Lion's troop composition is very complicated, not purely human. For bearmen and tauren, and even northern barbarians , the division of light infantry and heavy infantry is meaningless, because they are born heavy infantry.... You have only read General Hannibal's "On the Restraint of Arms", but you don't know that General Hannibal's book is I wrote it after reading "A Brief Discussion on the History of Continental Wars" written by the miraculous military god Jason."

After finishing speaking, William stopped looking at the battlefield ahead, but turned his horse's head, and then slowly left the slope, heading towards the camp behind. Nolo and Bannock, who were in charge of protecting William, naturally left together, accompanied by a dark wing guard unit trained by William, and soon on this slope that was convenient for observing the battlefield situation ahead, only Only Hassas and his uncle Moro, who also served as a bodyguard, were left.

Ahead, the situation on the battlefield is indeed as William said before, the outcome has been decided.

The charge launched by the light cavalry unit was only a quarter of the way into the battle formation, and it was unable to continue to advance. Instead, it seemed to be stuck in a quagmire and could not move. As we all know, once a cavalry unit responsible for charging and cutting the enemy's formation cannot successfully penetrate the enemy's formation, but instead falls into the enemy's army, it is basically no different from annihilation of the entire army, especially if it is a light cavalry unit.

Seeing that there is nothing to be done—of course, Hassas now thinks that the enemy commander should have been frightened, and at this time he is blowing the sound for the cavalry to retreat. However, it was rare to lure out the enemy's cavalry unit. Of course, the Thunder Lion couldn't let it go. An anti-encirclement circle was soon formed, directly surrounding the cavalry unit, and the battle soon became completely heated.

But what really made Hassas feel palpitated was the Thunder Lion Guard led by Alfred who was at the forefront and seemed to be in a stalemate. In the blink of an eye, this troop exploded with astonishing momentum and fighting power, like a real lion. Under the leadership of Alfred, they directly pierced through the enemy's infantry phalanx, and then formed a counterattack. The situation of siege unfolded almost one-sided massacre.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Hassas's mouth twitched slightly.

He never expected that the stalemate before was actually just a play put on by Alfred. At this moment, the Thunder Lion, which finally revealed its true colors, immediately revealed its palpitating sharp teeth and claws, completely tearing apart all the enemy's defenses. It felt as if a male lion had completely bit off the prey's trachea , and then ready to start chow down on the same.

The complete defeat of the enemy army was completely unstoppable.

If it weren't for the fact that the Thunder Lion's troops were too small, it would have been impossible for the enemy to escape, and there was no need to dispatch Clover and his troops to mop up them.

After a long time, Hassas finally sighed: "It was rumored that the Thunder Lions, an infantry regiment, could be used as heavy cavalry. I thought the rumors were too exaggerated. I didn't realize until I saw them today that the rumors were too modest.  … ...Hey, the three major armies under the command of the Grand Duke of the Void, the steel wings of 'Mountain Mountain', the Thunder Lion of 'Thousand Armies Split Yi', and..." Hassas turned his head and looked towards Cecilia, who was already preparing to go out. The guard, and then continued: "...The Cecilia Guard of the 'Fearless Death' really deserves its reputation, no wonder it can enter the field of vision of those big men."

"The gap between combat literacy and armament is too great, and there is no comparison at all." Mo Luo, who was standing beside him, also nodded with deep empathy, "This is because the Void Principality can no longer support other armies, making it impossible for the other legions to expand. , otherwise... I am afraid that these few legions are not the only ones that are famous."

Hearing this, Hassas couldn't help but think of a conversation he had with Angel before. In that conversation, what Angel cared about was not the three powerful legions that had already become famous, but the First Cavalry Regiment commanded by her equally famous Valkyrie, Valkyrie Rina, and the reborn The only true knight order in the Principality of the Void, based on the 1st Cavalry Regiment: The Scarlet Knights.

"After this battle, my older brother and older sister don't have enough background and strength to compete with me. In the next family meeting, my succession will be promoted to the first place." Hassas said, "As long as If I don't die young, then I have obtained the position of Patriarch in advance... But I don't know why, at this moment, I am not happy at all."

Moro didn't speak, but his eyes said it all.

The Joanton family is located in the southern border of the Millennium Covenant Empire, and is the nobleman of the Millennium Covenant Empire closest to the barren land. So this also means that after Hassas succeeds as the Patriarch, he will not only often deal with the wild land, but also often deal with the Void Principality-especially the ten-year trade agreement that has just been signed. But no matter who it is, if they know that there is a giant dragon lying beside them, they will not feel at ease.

As everyone knows, this scene is actually a scene William intended for Hassas to see.

After breaking through the army that secretly supported the rebels in the Millennium Covenant Empire, William had fought against Hasass' brother and sister, and even remotely controlled Dwight's Scarlet Knights to assist the Frost Legion with another One apparently came to support the rebel party and had a confrontation. And since that time, William has accurately grasped the strength of the enemy, so he actually had the opportunity to directly determine the outcome through a battle from the very beginning.

It's just that in that way, the war ended too quickly and there was not enough time for the future heir of the Joanton family to see some facts clearly. For this reason, after discussing with Alfred, William sacrificed a small number of soldiers to give the future heir of the Joanton family a grand war that was shocking and thought-provoking.

Judging from the current results, it is clear that this plan is very successful.

After returning to the camp, William also received the message from Neil.

"Sean has entered the Millennium Covenant Empire to support Cecilia?" William looked at the confidential letter handed over by the intelligence personnel of the Void Realm, and then his brows were slightly frowned, "There are enemy forces here The savage tribes in the Great Rift Valley are infiltrating and destroying, and you want me to return to the Great Rift Valley immediately? Well... that's fine, since Sean has personally taken action, then I shouldn't have to worry about it, and the things here It's all resolved."

While saying this, William quickly made a decision. He hurriedly wrote a reply letter, handed it to the intelligence officer in the void, and said: "Tell Ruby, in addition to maintaining the necessary information After the collection, all the dispatched Void Realm intelligence personnel and Void Darkblade troops returned. ... There is something in the Great Rift Valley for them to do, and let Lubi come to me directly when he returns."

"Yes." The intelligence officer nodded and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Nolo, who was standing next to William, felt the aura disappear before he said: "Lord Xiao En has also given me an order to continue to be responsible for your safety... In addition, let me tell you that he must I will bring Miss Lais back, please don't worry."

"I have always trusted Sean." William smiled, which made his indifferent face look a little more charming, "So, I will continue to trouble you, Your Excellency Nolo .”

Nolo, who also smiled with a charming smile not inferior to William's, said with a smile: "You're welcome, Mr. William."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Bannock suddenly shuddered for some reason, and felt like wanting to escape from here.

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