Lord of War

Under the setting sun, the wind and sand gradually increased.

An army of over a thousand is marching.

But looking at the exhaustion on the faces of the soldiers of this army and the damage to their armor, it is not difficult to find that this is a defeated army.

Rude looked extremely tired, he hadn't closed his eyes for two days.

Nuo Sen and another middle-aged man on the side looked at each other, and both could see the worry in their eyes. In the end, it was Nuo Sen who spoke first: "Master, take a rest first, you won't be able to hold on if this continues."

"No, we must return to Heidelberg as soon as possible, and build corresponding fortifications." Rude shook his head, "Let the troops catch up quickly, and we must not fall behind at this time, and we will arrive if we persist."

"Master, it's been almost a day, and the army may not be able to hold on." Another middle-aged man couldn't help but said, "If there are too many non-combat reductions, even if we can rely on the fortress and the terrain, but We cannot defend against the enemy's attack without manpower."

"That's right, young master, what Kazi said is right. If this continues, even if we reach the fortress, we can't do anything else." Nuo Sen echoed.

Rude sighed helplessly: "Order the whole army to rest on the spot for two hours."

Orders began to be passed on quickly, and the exhausted soldiers immediately fell down, wailing loudly. The sound waves formed by these voices soared into the sky, making Rude's face turn blue and then pale. Even though he knew that this would severely impact the enthusiasm and morale of the soldiers, Rude couldn't say anything, because in this battle he Is really defeated.

And it was a terrible defeat.

Nuo Sen and Kazi looked at each other again, and the worry in their eyes became more apparent.

Everyone couldn't help but recall the war.

Originally, the development went smoothly at the beginning. Rude first led the army to merge with the other two baron's troops. After the integration, the army has nearly 4,000 people, not counting the logistics. The noble private army of this size is not bad in terms of combat power. Moreover, Rude, who is in charge of the commander-in-chief of the entire army, is not the kind of inexperienced commander. He has very rich combat experience, and he has always focused on prudence.

Although this means that he is likely to miss many of the best opportunities to attack, it also means that he will never make mistakes.

But even so, he was defeated.

And it was defeated by the opponent with upright tactics.

The vanguard of the enemy army was the angry lion Alfred and his lion group, which had been rumored in the Kingdom of Darbion recently, and the number of them was only 2,000. With four thousand against two thousand, Rude thought that there was no suspense in this battle at all, so he didn't have the heart to fight this lion group here, he just wanted to defeat this army in the fastest way and rush to rescue Lang Baron Nice.

Therefore, when the war broke out, Rude directly bullied the opponent without long-range units, so he let the archers scatter, but unexpectedly found that long-range strikes did not seem to have much impact on this troop, even the impact on morale. nothing. So after leaving a reserve force, let the infantry of the whole army start a hedge against the enemy, and at the same time let Nuo Sen and Kazi, the two top silver masters, also play together.

But the result of all this is completely different from what Rude imagined!

After a confrontation, it was his coalition forces, not the enemy's, that were completely pierced through the formation!

And when the front line was pierced, the enemy did not continue to charge,

Instead, they directly dispersed into dozens of squads, and began to intersect the battlefield vertically and horizontally, cutting the entire battlefield into countless local occupations. However, the enemy forces can rely on the advantages of this local battle situation to join forces with each other. However, Rude's coalition forces couldn't take advantage of this at all. Almost every cut-off local battle situation needed to face pinching attacks from at least two directions.

The entire battlefield situation was cut to pieces in an instant, just like the broken parts of alchemist's precision instruments.

Afterwards, if Rude hadn't decisively thrown the light cavalry troops into the battlefield and let the reserve troops form a second line of defense around a hundred crossbowmen, and then let the infantry in the melee start to retreat strategically, it might just be a charge. It is really possible that the 4,000 coalition troops will be directly eaten by Alfred's 2,000 steel wings!

Let the infantry adopt the cutting tactics of the cavalry?

Rude had never thought of this kind of thinking. It was only when he saw it for the first time today that he realized how terrifying the power would be if it succeeded!

Naturally, this initial confrontation resulted in the defeat of the Rudd coalition forces.

After that, the so-called coalition forces were completely disbanded.

Regarding such a result, what else could Rude say other than a wry smile? He just didn't expect that Sean, Alfred under Connery, the lord, was more terrifying than he imagined, and this battle alone completely broke up the hearts of their coalition forces. However, Rude didn't mean to blame him. After all, he is also a small family, and he knows the difficulty of these two barons. The combined strength of the two barons is 1,300 people, but after the end of World War I, only 800 people remained. This loss is indeed a bit heavy for the two barons.

However, Rude's situation was not much better. Only 2,000 of the 2,700-odd troops survived.

The subsequent battle situation continued to develop towards the worst situation.

But Rude felt that the commander of the enemy army seemed to have changed, and Alfred was no longer in command, because the tactical style of the battle had obviously changed greatly. Rude couldn't tell the specifics of this command style, but what he could feel was that the enemy had become more savvy, and all his follow-up actions seemed to be seen through, no matter whether he used the terrain or used tactics to counter sneak attacks , all without the slightest gain.

On the contrary, in this process, his troops began to decrease crazily from the initial two thousand people.

Now, apart from the complete formation of the archers, the pikemen have been completely annihilated, and there are less than 30 left of the 100 crossbowmen, and less than 300 of the 500 light cavalry, and even more sword and shield soldiers. They were completely maimed, and there were only four hundred people left. Counting the so-called logistics, there are only more than 1,500 people left in the entire army, but Rude knows very well that the logistics of his army are not even worth cannon fodder. To seven hundred people, the rest are wounded soldiers.

In this battle, Rude's most common tactic was the piercing tactic of using infantry as cavalry. It was this tactic that completely divided his army in frontal combat. Originally, he didn't have an advantage when the number of troops was superior, and when the number of troops on both sides was basically the same, he was even less likely to have any advantage. I don't bother to use these cutting tactics anymore, just a frontal charge is enough to defeat my army.

Two hours, soon to be over.

The tiredness on Rude's face was even more obvious, because the soldiers had been resting for these two hours, but he was constantly thinking about his failure in this battle, and even the enemy's tactics used it. They are constantly thinking, and speculating on how the other party discovered their strain.

It was precisely because of this that Rude became more and more tired and haggard.

Fortunately, these things will end soon. As long as they pass through the last open plain, they can return to Heidelberg, which is a fortification at the border of his territory, only one day away from the nearest town. the distance. As long as he returns there, he can immediately carry out emergency recruitment and re-raise an army of more than 3,000 people. Of course, in terms of combat effectiveness, it is naturally inferior to the army he personally trained, but he feels that as long as he relies on fortifications If so, he will be able to hold on to this line of defense no matter what, until the war is completely over.

Rude was still very cautious when passing through the plain, but any ambush on the plain could be seen at first glance, so after confirming that there was no danger, Rude immediately urged the troops to move quickly, and they had to rush back to Greece as soon as possible. DePauw.

But when this army rushed back to Heidelberg after going through untold hardships, they saw that it was not the welcome of the fortress defenders, but the formation that the enemy had already set up!

Rude looked at the scene in disbelief. He still couldn't believe it. How did this army get to them and capture Heidelberg? Rude hoped that all this was just a dream, he just fell asleep due to exhaustion, but when he saw the flag with a pair of bronze wings flying above Heidelberg, he knew that all of this was true. it is true.

Heidelberg, which he gave all hope of counterattack, has been completely occupied.

As for everything around them, they didn't have any terrain to use, and even the army rations had been completely eaten up.

"Master, fight them!" Nuo Sen turned his head to look at Rude, with a murderous look in his voice.

"Master, since there is no way out, let's fight to the death." Kazi also said.

They are all veterans of the Michelin family, and there is no doubt about their loyalty to Rude, otherwise they would not have stayed by Rude's side forever. Now that the overall situation has been decided and everything is hopeless, then they can only Fight to the death. Everyone knows the fate of surrendering in the war. Unless it is of great value, no one will let the tiger go back to the mountains. However, although Rude is a nobleman, if he surrenders and is captured, no one is willing to pay the ransom. , he was equally doomed.

Although the Michelin family was created by Rude's father, there are already many people in the family, and many people are even peeking at Rude's lord and noble status. It is conceivable whether they will pay the ransom.

Seemingly infected by the killing intent of Nuo Sen and Kazi, all the soldiers became united at this moment, and the morale that was originally low began to gather and rise continuously.

But at this moment, the steel wings that had been spread out suddenly separated automatically, revealing a path, and a young man riding a white horse stepped out slowly, followed by two people beside him.

The Rude on the right recognized his identity at a glance. He is Alfred the Angry Lion. How could their cutting tactics succeed so easily. And the man on the left Rude didn't know him, he could only tell that he was a barbarian from the Northland, but at this moment, he was able to go out with Alfred, and his identity must not be easy.

After hesitating for a while, Rude also walked forward. This was obviously a half-talk before the war. Rude still had some kind of expectation in his heart, but he didn't know exactly what he was expecting. Northon and Kazi followed silently. No matter what the circumstances, they were knights of the Michelin family, and they would never abandon Rude.

"Surrender." William rode on the horse, looked at the extremely haggard young man in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "I have already captured Heidelberg, and you have no defenses around here, and I guess your The military rations should also be exhausted. If you surrender at this time, I can guarantee the safety of your army, absolutely no one will die because of this, and all wounded soldiers can also be treated immediately."

"Why should I trust you?" Rude asked.

"You have no choice." William shook his head, "You can only choose to believe or not..., and the fate of your territory will depend entirely on your next decision. Believe me, since I dare to go to Negotiating with you at such a frontline place, then naturally I will not be afraid of your two knights suddenly violent."

After hesitating for a while, Rude finally reached out and untied the saber around his waist. Along with his action, both Nuo Sen and Kazi looked unbelievable, and Nuo Sen, who was a little more irritable, wanted to explode on the spot, but was stopped by Rude: "Uncle Nuo Sen! We don't think about ourselves, but also about these soldiers, many of them have families..., even Uncle Nuo Sen and Uncle Kazi, you also have families."

"Master!"

"Order the whole army to put down their weapons and surrender." Rude threw the saber in his hand to Alfred's feet, expressing his willingness to drop the sword and surrender, "I hope you can keep your word."

"A wise choice." William smiled slightly, "Annuo, go to receive the surrender of the enemy army, and ask for a doctor to be called out immediately to treat the wounded soldiers. Except for the logistics personnel who can be released, everyone else is under centralized supervision. I will leave some people for you, and the dungeon in Heidelberg should be put into use immediately..., as for Viscount Ruud and the two knights under your command, they probably need to accompany me on a trip."

"Where are you going?" Rude asked.

"Go back to Panda." William said softly, "And this time, I haven't settled the accounts of the other two barons in your coalition army. You are more important, so after Fred and I meet up, I will transfer everything I'm focusing on you." ...How about it, my tactics of blooming everywhere are still practical. "

"You are Sir Sean Connery?" Rude looked at William.

"No, I'm just a general under Lord Sean's command." William smiled, "Such a level of petty trouble is not worthy of Lord Sean's personal action, so I can only do it for you. "

"Who are you?"

"My name is William. William Yale." PS: Originally, I wanted to write a positive war scene, but in this way, I have to write at least three or four chapters. And considering that many people have complained recently that my writing about the war is really a mess, so I modified it a little bit, only described it from the side, and ended the war in one chapter, um... That's it. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @假仕尊尊] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring @xuanxiaonongying