Realm of Power

444 Wikiya’s Counterattack (6)

The wind blows across the grassland covered with white frost. The closer to the mountains to the west, the colder the weather becomes. You can still see the hazy sun in the morning, but it may be covered by a confused snowflake at noon.

The earth is vast, like the iron law of nature

The environment creates everything, and the life that can survive in this extremely cold and frozen soil is always so tenacious, just like the tender grass on the earth that is still covered with white frost.

Even if the soil is as hard as ice above the head, the green leaves still tenaciously stretch out longing for the sun.

A group of Ruidian cavalry stood on the hill. In the middle of them, a strong man like an iron tower was in the middle.

"People from Wikia must have been here." The sturdy Marquis Willile's huge rosacea twitched slightly,

He took a deep breath, and the unique dry, cold and fresh smell in the air made him frown slightly. The wind in the valley blew the cold, but it could not shake the keen observation ability of Marquis Willile, which he had developed through years of hunting.

Among the Ruidian military generals, the Weililai family's unique long-distance tracking ability is well known. There was once a lord who made a bet that whoever could escape the pursuit of the Marquis of Weililai would be given the title of the lord's guard knight. This is This record has not been broken until a person hid in a strong wine vat so that the Marquis of Williley did not notice it, but that person never had the chance to climb out of the wine vat.

With this in mind, Marshal Berlant specially arranged for the infantry corps of the Marquis de Willeley to serve as the main search task.

Advance steadily with infantry groups, flanked by cavalry,

As long as one of the searching legions entangles the Vecians, the other two armies that arrive later can form an encirclement on Vecians.

It was precisely after seeing through the intentions of Ruidian's army that Crolisat's mountain army hid in the depths of the hills without even the most basic contact.

"If I'm not wrong, the Vecians spent the night here last night. Unfortunately, we almost caught them." Marquis Willile shook his head with regret, like a hunter who missed his prey. The regretful gaze of Marquis Willile disappeared in the rolling hills of the eastern section.

"My lord, actually we don't have a chance," said the adjutant Lord Victon who was following him. "The infantry formation of the Vekians is recognized as powerful in the mainland. Even the Kurdish cavalry group cannot attack them from the front." The 40,000 Vecians were defeated in one blow. If we speed up our march, we might be able to give the Vecians a fatal blow from behind."

"Well, you are right." Adjutant Victor Victon's words made Marquis Willilei's depressed expression stagnant. His eyes gradually lit up with a fiery light. He immediately ordered the flag officer behind him, "Put up the legion flag and order the search nearby." The squadrons move closer to my main formation immediately. We are going to kick the Vecians' ass."

Weililai is a typical commander of the Ruidian Infantry Corps. In the Ruidian Kingdom that advocates cavalry tactics, Weililai's infantry regiment has always been a second-line army that assists in the attack. This undoubtedly makes the arrogant Marquis Weililai Feeling a little angry,

The Vecian army defeated the Third Knights, known as the kingdom's elite, overnight. This deeply shocked the commanders of the Ruidian Army, who had always looked down on the infantry, but the one who felt the deepest was the Marquis of Willilei who commanded the infantry.

It turns out that the infantry's group assault can be so powerful. The fierceness of the Vecian infantry made Marquis Willilei, who was also the commander of the infantry corps, feel a wave of excitement in his heart.

This time, he personally requested Marshal Berlant to be assigned the task of being the main attacker. He wanted to compete with the Vecian infantry, which was known as the powerful army of the mainland.

The Marquis of Willile wanted to see who was the "real infantry" compared to the newly-emerged Vecian infantry between his infantry regiment, which he devoted all his efforts to.

Just as the 30,000 soldiers of the Weili Lai Corps were closing in on the formation from all sides, the sound of horse hooves in the distance caught his attention.

"Military Urgent Report" The scout cavalry advancing to explore the road came rushing from a distance like an arrow. From his rapid and panicked shouting voice, Marquis Willilei felt an ominous premonition.

"What's going on?" A guard knight standing outside stopped the running and panting scout.

"Sir!" The scout fell off his horse in a state of embarrassment, ran to Willilai's horse and knelt down on one knee. He said with a pale face, "We found it on the eastern hill. We found..." The scout looked suffocated. , seemed to think of something horrifying, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that he shouldn't describe the scene he discovered before.

Could it be that he noticed the panic of the Weili people looking at the scouts? Marquis Willile's depressed face flashed red. This is really an opportunity gifted by God! Marquis Willile clenched his fingers in excitement habitually.

"Give him the water bag." Marquis Willilei, who was eager for victory, immediately asked the guards around him to hand the nervous scout a bag of water. His army had completed a large-scale assembly. If he really encountered an unexpected encounter with the Wekia army in this mountainous area, And Yu, compared to the hasty battle of the Wikiya army, he is absolutely confident of winning this first battle.

"Gulu" the scout raised his water bag and took a big sip. His nervous expression was slightly relieved, and he gradually calmed down from panic and hesitation. The scout waved his hand, trying to explain the matter more clearly.

"Following your instructions, we searched along the eastern hills and found the Kurdish cavalry at the foot of the mountain ten miles away."

His words undoubtedly made the happy Willilai feel a sinking feeling, "You mean you discovered the Kurdish cavalry in the eastern hills." Marquis Willilai waved his hand to interrupt the scout's report.

His enthusiasm just now has dropped to freezing point, but he is still in the mood to listen.

When 40,000 light infantry encounter a Kurdish cavalry group of 20,000 heavy cavalry, you don’t need to think about it to know what the outcome will be.

"I didn't expect the Kurdish cavalry to attack so quickly!" Marquis Weililai felt a bitter taste in his heart. This time it was the cavalry who won the first victory. He didn't expect that the Vikia infantry was defeated so quickly. If the scout's report is true, the so-called mainland confrontation The Vekiya infantry, which had the strongest cavalry, could only hold out for a maximum of 2 hours in front of the Kurdish cavalry group.

It's really disappointing. Willilai sighed with a dark face. This time, the arrogant generals of the cavalry troops will probably look down on the infantry even more. I thought that the Vekians with special tactics could hold on for a while longer, but I didn't expect it. So vulnerable

"Sir, what we found is the body of the Kurdish cavalry." Seeing the angry look on the face of Marquis Willile, the scout looked at a loss.

"What did you say you found the body of the Kurdish cavalry?" Marquis Wilila's thick body also trembled in surprise, and his face that looked disappointed just now was full of shock.

"How many people? One squadron or two squadrons..." Weililai asked hastily and unwillingly, his heart was full of contradictions,

On the one hand, I hope that the Vikians can resist more fiercely, but on the other hand, I am afraid that the Kurdish cavalry will achieve more brilliant results.

"My lord, it's not a few squadrons, but the entire Kurdish army," the scout added with a pale face.

As a veteran, he also knew how horrifying what he reported was. The Kurdish Cavalry Corps is the largest cavalry group in the Ruidian Northern Army and has powerful combat capabilities.

Thinking of the corpses of 20,000 war horses and tens of thousands of cavalry piled up in a small open space, the horrific, bloody and strange scene still makes this experienced scout feel scared.

The thick burning smell that filled the air made even him, a veteran who had been participating in the military for more than ten years, feel the discomfort of retching.

"We still found the body of the leader of the Kurdish army high up on the hill." The scout paused and said with a strange expression, "The man's sword is still in his hand. We found no traces of being besieged around the body." I believe that the Kurdish master should have committed suicide after defeat.”

"Why did Mr. Kurd commit suicide?" Marquis Wilila's face had turned pale and ugly, and his left hand holding the horse's reins trembled slightly.

The annihilation of the Kurdish army was like a heavy blow to his head.

He felt a little confused. The Kurds had 20,000 battle-hardened elite cavalry, not 20,000 infantry.

In order to gather so many highly mobile cavalry in one place, in addition to being surrounded by more than 5 times the number of troops, it also requires extremely favorable terrain and sophisticated strategies.

How the 40,000 Vekian infantrymen with only light equipment could do this without anyone noticing was a question that the Marquis of Williley found unimaginable.

"Sir, the Kurdish cavalry must have encountered something unimaginable." Adjutant Victor Victon looked solemn and whispered in his master's ear, "In view of the current situation where the enemy's whereabouts are unknown, we should withdraw from here immediately. Otherwise, we It is very likely to become the second target of attack.”

"The second target? Do you think that instead of planning to escape, the Vekians are planning to turn around and eat us and Wembrun like the Kurdish cavalry group?" Willilai himself was frightened by Victon's analysis. He jumped, and took a breath of cold air from his red nose, showing an expression of disbelief.

"This is crazy. They only have 40,000 people. Do they still want to eat our 100,000 troops? The other party's commander is not crazy."

"Sir, you guessed it right. The opponent's commander is not only a lunatic, but also a lunatic with a genius strategic idea." Although the adjutant Victon said it lightly, his eyebrows were already knitted together.

He did not directly answer Willilai's doubts, but continued with a dark expression, "Who else but a madman would use 40,000 light infantry to ambush 20,000 cavalry? But other than a genius, who would conceive of using 40,000 light infantry to ambush 20,000 cavalry?" Killing the enemy's 100,000 people, this is crazy, but now it seems that this is what the Vikians do. Victor's voice stopped, his eyes staring at the rolling mountains in the distance, which is the direction where the Kurdish cavalry was discovered to be destroyed.

He murmured in a low voice with a serious look on his face, "The Kurdish cavalry group is located on the left wing of the main force of our army. It is not only the most powerful among our three troops, but also the most mobile..."

"Commander Wikija did not touch the other two armies. Instead, he did not hesitate to risk the entire army's destruction. Before the three armies were encircled, he used light infantry to attack the strongest Kurdish cavalry army among the three armies. If this is It's just a coincidence, I'm afraid it's hard to explain.

"Are you saying that this was the original plan of the Vekians? They brought us here just to eat us all. This is really a crazy plan, or we fell into a trap from the beginning... "Marquis Willile's face changed drastically, and when his adjutant Victon mentioned the possibility, he felt a chill in his back.

"We are fighting at a location chosen by the enemy. From the beginning, the Vikians chose this place as the battlefield," said Adjutant Victon with a sigh, pointing to the rolling hills not far away.

"Without the high mobility of the cavalry group, not only is our flank completely exposed to the Vikians, but the connection between our three troops is also cut off.

Adjutant Victon paused and suddenly hissed, "If the Vikian army suddenly turns back from the front and launches a surprise attack behind us, according to the Vikian army's powerful long-range attack capabilities, even if Wenlun on the right If more armies can cross the mountains and rush to support from the right in time, I am afraid we will not be able to escape the same fate as the Kurdish army."

Just when Marquis Willile and his adjutant were still discussing, they did not know that on the top of the hill in the western part of the mountain range, the Krolisat Army, which had just won a great victory, was looking coldly at the Rieldians in the two valleys.

This was the Wenbrun Army advancing on the right. They had no idea about the destruction of the Kurdish cavalry. In order to speed up the march, they did not even send the most basic scouts on both sides. , the left wing is the Kurdish cavalry, the middle wing is Willile's 30,000 main infantry, as a detachment of the Wenbrun Corps, they do not think that the Vikia army will risk being attacked from the front and back and rush from their direction,

Their scouts' eyes are completely fixed on the road ahead, and they are unaware of the possible dangers on both sides. The 30,000 light infantry are lined up in a long snake formation for several miles, like a group of long dragons crawling forward among the rolling hills

"Prepare to attack," Krolisat gave the order with a serious look, and drew out his right hand He raised his command saber slowly towards the morning light,

"Shua shua" behind him, tens of thousands of Vikia hunters raised their bows at a 45-degree angle, the metal arrows flashing with killing luster shone in the sun, as dense as the dazzling stars in the sky

"Attack" Krolisat shouted, the saber in his hand fell, and a light and shadow representing death passed through the air,

"Bang bang bang" accompanied by the sound of bowstrings falling to the ground like a heavy rain, a terrifying black cloud hundreds of meters wide gushed out from both sides of the hill.