Chapter 144: Five Collapse
Later generations debated whether Deguzorff's choice was correct, and some believed that he only increased the number of Frankish casualties in vain. Those who oppose it believe that if Deguzorf stays on Mount Gulabarca and continues to try to break through, he may eventually be surrounded by the combined forces of Paz and Palci, and end up with a total annihilation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 InfoNo matter how correct these people are to argue their claims, they have made a major mistake, that is, he has no other way out of his client's position, and this almost suicidal choice is only a last resort.
If anyone could see the actions of the Frankish army from the air, he would surely sigh at the miserable situation of the Frankish army: the 300,000 Paz army of Baibasbar swept towards Frank's back like a huge net, and all the "fish" that unfortunately hit this net will be swallowed mercilessly; The Palch infantry led by Hector roamed the southern front of the Frankish army like a sharp blade, ruthlessly destroying all attempts by the Frankish army to expand the strategic space, just as a sculptor constantly cutting and polishing his work, and all the excess parts would be removed; The cavalry under Müller gave full play to his terrible mobility, weaving back and forth in the Frankish camp like a shuttle of a loom, disrupting the movement of the opponent and slowing the pace of the opponent; The archers led by Senas himself, like hunters following their prey, used all favorable terrain to cause trouble for the Franks, who had to pay a considerable amount of corpses in addition to a detour where they were fortified. Poor Frank's army marched forward like a scarred bull, covered in blood, and as it bled more and more, the bull's physical strength became worse and worse, and each step became more difficult because of it.
In this way, by the time the Frankish army returned to their homeland with exhausted steps, there were less than 30,000 men left. In other words, from the time the Franks set foot on the land of Paz to the time they all left, nearly 320,000 Franks remained in a foreign land. This included thirty-two kings, one hundred and seventy-one lords with titles, and almost two-thirds of the high Frank nobles who fought failed to return to their own country. This miserable situation made many people who set foot on their homeland cry silently, and even Draguzorf himself could not help but feel sad.
However, unlike the others, Deguzorf did not let his guard down when he returned to his homeland, knowing that although the Paz and Palci armies had suffered considerable casualties along the way, they would not rest on their laurels as long as the supply situation allowed, because there was almost no military force to compete with them in the Frankish country.
Sure enough, the footsteps of the pursuers soon sounded again, and the Franks had no time to rest before they had to embark on the escape again. Their only chance at the moment was Fort Idur, a hundred and fifty miles away, the strongest fortress in the frontier region, where they had the opportunity to breathe, get a good night's sleep, eat a full meal, and straighten out their low morale.
However, Deguzorf soon discovered two strange situations: first, the enemy troops pursuing him were all Palci troops, and the huge Paz army seemed to have temporarily stopped the pursuit; Second, the road ahead seems to be a little strange, even if the border area has been poisoned by the Frank army itself, it is not even impossible to see a single figure, as if this place has suffered some kind of disaster not long ago.
Deguzorf's premonition unfortunately became a reality, and the whistling of arrows swept through, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing from all directions, and the Frank army immediately panicked.
Even Deguzorf couldn't understand what was going on at once, but when he saw the Palchi flags erected around him, he finally understood the reason behind them - these Palchi flags had never been seen before, so it proved that the enemy army he was encountering now was not a pursuer who rushed to him, but an ambush arranged by Palci early on!
Deguzorff was very correct in his judgment, and the Frankish army encountered was not a force led by Senas, but 40,000 soldiers transported by the First Fleet of Palci, led by two generals, Tatar and Jimda.
In the Palci army, which is full of famous generals, Tatar and Jimda are two of the less impressive. They were born from the Tiers bandits, and among the many bandit leaders in the alliance back then, there were only two of them left to bear fruit, while most of the others died on the battlefield or died of illness. Some people even say that the two of them can survive to this day entirely because they are Li Tianhao's old team at the beginning, and Li Tianhao takes special care of them. In fact, in the difficult war years, Jimda and Tatar have been fighting to the death on the front line, Jimda's bravery and courage are enough to make the enemy fearful, but compared with many fierce generals, it is only overshadowed; The Tatars had honed their ability to command large armies calmly during the long war, and even such military celebrities as Wei Song and Li Tianhao praised him, otherwise they would not have handed over the entire 40,000-strong expeditionary force to them to command.
Tatar did not meet his expectations, he carefully analyzed the situation and the contrast of power between the two sides, and finally he chose the plan of setting up an ambush in Frank's territory, and successfully carried out this plan.
With 40,000 Palci fresh troops, dealing with the 30,000 remnants of Frank's army who fled all the way here, and it was a surprise attack, the victory or defeat of this battle was already clear without fighting. If the opponent is the same exhausted Palchi army that has chased all the way here, it has to be said that it is now dealing with an experienced army of 40,000 people, and the Frankish army is unable to fight to the death. The formations everywhere could not be maintained, and the troops were quickly divided by the other side. Deguzorf was lacking in skill at this time, not because his command could not keep up, but because the soldiers' ability to act was no longer able to respond to his command. In this situation, even the gods can't save the defeat, Düzorf knows this very well, but as the commander-in-chief, he can't sit back and watch his subordinates be annihilated like this, he dragged the same tired body to continue to command his direct troops, open the breakthrough as much as possible, and bring as many friendly troops out of the enemy's attack range, for which Dguzolf was seriously wounded in seven places, and finally fell into a coma, before being rescued by his subordinates. The last survivors of the collapsed Frankish army were only 2,700. To make matters worse, the Tatars seized the weakened Fort of Idur, forcing the surviving Frankish army to take a detour, during which time half of them fell halfway through.
Originally, Tatar had hoped to wipe out the Frankish army, if he boldly took an offensive posture in the Frank hinterland, but the cautious Tatar did not make this choice. After that, Tatar waited for the arrival of friendly troops at Fort Idur, but strangely his waiting time was unexpectedly long, and the Senas army stopped halfway through the pursuit, and the reason why Senas did this was that the Paz army led by Basbahn stayed in the border area of Paz and did not set foot in Frankish territory, if Palci alone attacked Frank, the strength was slightly insufficient, and Parci's supply capacity was also insufficient.
The main reason why Baibasbar did not break into the territory of the Frankish country in one fell swoop, as he had planned, was mainly because he received a report of the battle from the eastern border of Paz - Dadaran had fought a good battle in the east.