To Four Thousand Years Later

As in the past, the Marquis of Black Hart asked his attendants to put on his beloved black armor and ride on his thin old horse. On the chest is a relief in the shape of a stag's head, which glistens in the midday sun, and on his head is a black antler helmet. From a distance, he looks like a majestic black stag on horseback. In fact , it once saved Heiluhou's life.

It was on the body: with two arrows pierced, from the front line of the Persian battlefield, he dragged Hei Luhou, who had been poisoned by the arrow on his shoulder, back to a safe rear. At that time, the pastor who treated the injury told him that if he came back half an hour later, his injury would not be saved. After that, Hei Luhou had a serious illness, and when he recovered, he became as thin as his horse. He affectionately named this dark horse, which was as seriously ill as himself, Rusa...that is, his father's name, and loved it to the point of being almost paranoid.

The Black Deer Territory is in the northeast of Gothic, and is closely connected with the territory of the Powatu family. He himself was the supreme commander of the Northern Army. Whenever he encounters an enemy that is difficult to defeat, he will carefully lead Rusa. Fortunately, every time Rusa is present, he can win. He believes that Rusa is a magical horse that can bring him luck. It not only allowed him to win consecutive victories and protected him from being injured on the battlefield, but also allowed him to make great achievements many times. He changed from Earl of Heilu to Heilu. skinned the man and threw him into the stables. At that time, Rusa was only six or seven years old, but now it is almost twenty years old, and its body has become even thinner.

Although Heiluhou knew that Rusa was actually past the age to serve. But facing Marshal Roland, who only brought more than a hundred elites, he retreated and fought. Use terrain, weather and people's hearts to pull back and forth. The legendary general who broke up more than 800 wizard troops and defeated them one by one. He used a hundred ordinary soldiers to use witchcraft against hundreds of elite cavalry, but he wiped out his opponents at the cost of less than ten lives.

This brilliant battle even makes people think that this is a lie about military intelligence.

Of course, being able to lead a hundred men to defeat 800 doesn't actually prove that he can also lead 5,000 to defeat 40,000—even if they didn't know where to find a few Egyptian stone-throwing cannons. . The moment he saw those very familiar stone-throwing cannons, Hei Luhou thought that the war started by the Franks was to attract the attention of the Gothic military. He immediately sent someone to write to His Majesty King Shi. Tell him to be careful of the Egyptians, and never divert the troops stationed in the South. Although Roland's strange "retreat tactic" is very difficult. But Heiluhou didn't intend to annihilate them in the first place. If he had been twenty years earlier, he would have been at the age of passion, and he might have chased him straight away... But the current Heiluhou is already a fine man.

Gothic logistics and armaments are several blocks away from Frank, and the people of Gothic have long been used to war, but the Franks are always greedy for hypocritical peace. Roland was carrying the mission of quick victory, and Black Deer Hou didn't need to defeat Roland head-on.

He just needs to defend against Roland's impact, and the Franks will collapse after waiting for a while.

Now it is Roland who is asking for a fight, not him. He didn't need to rush to defeat Roland at all. He only needs to pretend to chase out, drive the Franks away, and then retreat, pulling back and forth several times, and the Frankish soldiers will become exhausted.

"This is the last time, Rusa.

Hei Luhou walked towards the outside of the city, and comforted him in a low voice: "As long as you win this game, I will never bother you again. I will let you live a good and stable life until you grow old... Maybe I can also live like this." As long as the Faliu people are defeated, King Stone will be able to cut off the territory he has always wanted of Marquis Dujuan.

Rusa neighed in a low voice, and kicked the ground a little uneasily. It raised its head and glanced from a distance, then ignored Heiluhou's control at all, turned around and wanted to leave. Black Deer Hou was taken aback. He immediately tightened his grip on the horse's belly, trying to make Rusa go forward again, but it desperately wanted to turn around and go back. Seeing that Hei Luhou at the front suddenly stopped and even wanted to head back, the soldiers behind him didn't know whether to continue forward or turn around and walk back, and they fell into chaos.

It was with great difficulty that he calmed Rusa down again. Rusa's unusual movements made Heiluhou feel uneasy. But after thinking about it, he still gritted his teeth and decided to chase him out according to the previous plan.

The four trebuchets outside the city were still bombarding the northern city wall. Although about five or six stone bullets can only hit one, each stone that hits the city wall can make the ground shake violently.

The soldiers guarding the city wall were killed by the stone bombs one after another, but even so, the warlord had to keep urging the soldiers to climb up the city wall, so as to prevent the Frankish soldiers from climbing up directly during the interval between the blows.

After all, at the beginning of their city wall design, it was only to defend against the cannons used to attack the city. Although the power of driving a cannon is huge, it is not impossible to defend.

However, the stone walls, which were able to defend against ballista bombardment, became crumbling under the bombardment of this Egyptian trebuchet. Every time a stone bullet falls, a large amount of dust will enter and exit. Rubble was also knocked from the stone walls. If by chance two stone bullets landed in the same place, the stone wall would be cracked directly.

The defenders were in an embarrassing situation where they couldn't beat Roland's army when they went out of the city, and couldn't defend the city against this terrible siege weapon.

After all, they only had less than 5,000 people, and what Roland led was a legion with a strength of nearly 40,000. But they didn't force their way into the city. Instead, they spread out to protect their siege cannons and precious technicians when they already had a huge advantage in numbers. When receiving the task, Hei Luhou immediately made a judgment: Although the Franks had excellent armaments, they did not have enough courage, and the nobles in the country could not accept too many losses. If the benefit they get is less than the cost, their fighting enthusiasm will drop rapidly.

So Heihou dispatched 30,000 troops of his own in advance, and came from the west and the east to encircle long distances. At noon today, when the sun reaches its highest point, they will attack the Frankish army from three directions simultaneously. In addition, just arrived last night, the eight elites stationed in the south of the city can cross the city at any time and rush towards the army formation from south to north. courage.

But their catapults have poor maneuverability, and when they escape slowly while protecting the catapults, they will actually become a piece of meat that is constantly being ground.

This time Heiluhou brought all his cavalry, a full eight thousand men. It was impossible for the Franks to flee from his pursuit.

Surround three and fight one This is the strategy that King Solomon used in history. Now it is used to confront the "King Solomon" in the village, and everything seems to be logical. He won't fight for too long. Heiluhou is already ready, as long as this strange outfit can kill half of Roland's soldiers, no matter what happens next, he will retreat immediately.

…But what exactly is this uneasy feeling? Where did he miss it? Hei Luhou felt his heart beating abnormally... as if he was afraid of something.

But he can only move forward. he has no way out

In case the ambushes from the east and the west arrived, and they had not yet rushed out of the city, the Franks might directly attack the city, hoping to take the city and defend it in danger. Afterwards, the pursuit battle will turn into street fighting and siege warfare. After losing the upper hand, it is difficult to reflect the advantages of their soldiers' numbers and experience. only so can only go forward

"The whole army

So he put aside distracting thoughts, strengthened his will, and shouted loudly.