Chapter 760 Formation
Seeing that the other party was not friendly, Angus and the others were suddenly in a disadvantageous situation where we were outnumbered and outnumbered. Before they had time to challenge the opponent, several people started to retreat from halfway.
"Hurry up, hurry up, they are catching up!" Angus kept looking back while running for his life.
At this time, the enemy cavalry almost came out in full force, waving their swords and charging towards the cavalry who had failed to challenge the side. "Reyek, cover and retreat alternately!" In the blink of an eye, Angus and others had joined most of the cavalry on standby behind.
Shuttered for Reyek to take his men to cover and retreat in alternate ways.
Leijek, who had been closely watching every move of the enemy camp, had already ordered the soldiers with mounted bows behind him to draw the bowstring and aim at the group of mercenaries who were about to enter the shooting range.
“Ready!”
More than fifty cavalry bows were raised high by the cavalry at the same time, and the arrows held in their bent right hands were already aimed at the group of guys charging not far away.
"Let go!" Reyek shouted.
whisw~
whisw~
whisw~
In an instant, more than fifty armor-piercing heavy arrows drew an arc in mid-air, flying towards the group of mercenaries who entered the shooting range -"
The result can be imagined.
In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so unsuspecting mercenaries at the front were shot down one after another. The fallen war horses and mercenaries knocked down the other cavalry behind them who were still charging at high speed. The sudden attack disrupted the mercenary camp's charging rhythm.
Immediately afterwards, the second wave of arrows struck again. In addition to the two unlucky guys who were shot in the thigh, only the sound of arrows and shields colliding with each other was heard from the mercenary team... More than 150 steps ahead, looking at the tragic situation of the cavalry, Reyek suddenly laughed loudly, then turned his horse's head and fled quickly towards the rear.
Seeing that the opposing cavalry was about to disappear from sight, the captain of the mercenary company immediately shouted, "Guys, catch up and kill those hateful guys and avenge the dead and injured brothers!"
"Kill~"
Therefore, under the leadership of the company captain, the cavalry of the mercenary legion, which had suffered a brief defeat, stepped over the bodies of their fallen comrades and the horses that were lying on the ground and neighing due to injuries, and rushed towards the enemy who was about to disappear in front of them again. At the same time, the mercenary captain Gray Wolf ordered all the soldiers of the legion to enter combat mode and accelerate forward at the same time, following closely behind the cavalry,
in order to deal with any adverse situation that may arise at any time.
In this way, on the trade road less than five miles long from the narrow plain, Angus led more than a hundred cavalry from the cavalry company and sometimes scattered and escaped, using flexible tactics to avoid the enemy's pursuit; sometimes they gathered together and suddenly rushed out from the side, catching the opponent off guard.
After a few rounds, the mercenaries complained endlessly. They were confused by this elusive cavalry and lost a dozen companions in vain.
What makes them even more difficult to guard against are the archers hiding in the surrounding dense forests who scatter cold arrows from time to time. The enemy fled deep into the dense forest after being beaten. The cavalry was unable to move in the dense and airtight woods, and they had no idea where those guys had fled. For safety reasons, the mercenary company commander had no choice but to return to the trade road with his cavalry and continue heading north.
I thought it was safe enough to march along the commercial road, but the mercenary company commander still underestimated the insidiousness of his opponent.
As long as this group of mercenaries passed through the narrow area between two hills, the cavalry were always on tenterhooks, fearing that they would be hit in the head by rocks suddenly flying from above. Because just a moment ago, seven or eight cavalrymen had their heads smashed open by rocks that suddenly rolled down from the top of the mountain.
Three of the horses had their soles smashed. Although the large force following the cavalry did not encounter any attacks, they looked at the solidified blood on the ground, the corpses of their companions discarded on the roadside, and the deadly stones scattered in the middle of the road. All this seemed to tell them that the group of northerners they were about to face were definitely not good people.
The messengers ran back and forth between the chasing cavalry in front and the large troops following behind, constantly reporting all the military information that happened along the way to the mercenary captain who was riding in the middle of the team.
Suddenly, the mercenary captain tightened the reins and stopped.
"Legion commander, what's wrong?" Glen, the deputy commander of the legion on the side, asked curiously.
"Don't you think it's strange along the way?" The mercenary leader looked at Glenn.
Glen touched the beard on his chin and said: "It's a little strange. Those guys didn't confront us head-on at all. They hit and ran, as if they were deliberately delaying our advance."
The mercenary captain is true. Thinking, "Yes! I conclude that the Earl of the North discovered the plain suitable for an ambush just like us."
Glen suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked uneasily: "Legion Commander, what should we do now?"
Hence my order, everyone must run forward and arrive at the predetermined battlefield before the northerners!"
Hence "Yes!"
Glenn immediately kicked the horse's belly hard and ran all the way forward -
Hence "The legion commander has ordered that everyone run forward without making any mistakes!"
"The commander of the legion has given the order, everyone runs forward——"
After a while, the mercenary army began its final rapid march, and the dust kicked up was flying all over the sky for a while——
"..Lord Angus, those guys are catching up!"
Seeing that the ambush battlefield set by the Wells Legion was not far ahead, Jafar, who stopped in the middle of the business road and waited for the pursuers behind him to show up again, couldn't hide his excitement.
When Angus turned around, he saw that most of the opponent's cavalry had already exited the bend and was running straight in the direction of the group of people. He quickly ordered, "Listen to me. Now our mission is to tangle with this cavalry here to make them think that our army is still there." We haven't arrived here yet. We will wait until their follow-up reinforcements arrive and let the infantry retreat first, leading their cavalry to the north step by step. "Is it clear?" Everyone replied in unison.
At this time, together with the cavalry company's more than one hundred men, plus one hundred and fifty light armored infantry armed with spears and fifty crossbowmen, Angus had a total of more than three hundred men. Facing the menacing enemy's two hundred light armored cavalry, there was no trace of panic on the faces of the more than three hundred men. On the contrary, everyone worked hard and prepared to teach this group of cavalry a lesson.
“Prepare the phalanx!” Angus slowly raised his right hand and ordered the light armored infantry behind him holding a spear.
Immediately afterwards, more than 150 Changyu soldiers stepped forward one after another, divided into five staggered groups in a formation of ten horizontally and three vertically, and quickly built a shield wall with the shields in their hands to block the entire trade road.
From the outside, the spears protruding from the array formed a spur-like defense that could effectively block the cavalry's advance.
At the rear of the array, fifty crossbowmen lined up one after another, already unloading their bows and arrows under the cover of shields.
As the main battle force, more than a hundred cavalry were arranged on both sides. Once the front formation was broken through, they immediately filled the gap and covered the retreat of the infantry and crossbowmen.
Five hundred steps away, the mercenary company leader who was walking at the front of the team saw that something was wrong, and immediately reined in the reins and stopped.
Seeing that the cavalry that repeatedly attacked his own troops from behind had many helpers, the captain of the mercenary company was worried that the other party was cheating, and glanced at the hillsides on both sides of the commercial road, fearing that he would be surrounded by the other party.
Seeing that the scheduled battlefield was in front, the opponent's army forward blocked the only road leading to that plain, and a large group of troops from the rear were about to catch up. In order to seize the initiative in occupying the battlefield, and to wash away the shame of being picked by this group of northerners, the captain of the mercenary company decided to personally lead his men to break through the defense set up by the opponent.
With a glance at the big officer on horseback holding a battle ax and wearing armor, the captain of the mercenary company immediately turned around and began to encourage the group of angry men.
"..-Guys, as the elite cavalry of the legion, now, those bastards of ours who are constantly picking on you along the way are right in front of you, tell me what you will do!" The mercenary company captain screamed at the top of his voice, while still waving the scimitar in his hand.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
This group of elite cavalry, already full of rage, shouted at the same time, the swords in their hands clinking on their shields. Each one of them stared at the cunning and insidious northerners in front of them with an angry look, wishing they could rush up and skin them.
Especially the few mercenaries whose arms and foreheads were injured by the rocks looked at the group of Burgundy men in front of them and clenched their fists, secretly vowing to show these guys some shame.
"Okay!" The mercenary company captain looked very satisfied with the answer of his soldiers and continued: "As the vanguard of the legion, we must chop off all the heads of these bastards before the army arrives here as a response to the Burgundians!"
At this time, the mercenary company captain slowly raised the scimitar in his hand and stared at the enemy in front of him like a hungry wolf. The horses under them kept snoring, and their hooves kept scratching the soil on the ground~
More than two hundred cavalrymen behind them showed their weapons, held the reins tightly, and waited for the mercenary company captain to give the order to attack.
"Warriors, kill for me!"
Following the mercenary company captain's shout of killing, the two hundred cavalry kicked the horse's belly hard, brandished their swords and excitedly rushed towards the enemy formation on the opposite side. "Hold on!" Behind the formation, Angus held the reins in his left hand and the battle ax in his right hand, his eyes never leaving the group of mercenaries who had already rushed over.
"Archers, prepare!" When the enemy army was less than 300 steps away from the formation, fifty archers had already put their arrows on the strings.
"Two hundred steps~" Angus slowly raised his battle ax, preparing to give the order to release arrows.
"Let go!" When the enemy ran to a distance of 150 steps, Angus slashed forward with his raised battle ax. The fifty crossbowmen who received the order instantly released the arrows held between their fingers.