Chapter 274: Execution of the 'Poison Needle'
Due to the counterattack of the 2nd column, the Mars side not only lost the opportunity to win, but also lost the nearly 10,000 Bobcats who participated in the surprise attack plan, plus the previous abandonment of those Mars miscellaneous soldiers in order to ambush the plan, now the strength of the Mars side has dropped to 80,000, and this decline rate has doubled with the passage of time.
On the other hand, on the side of the sun, although he was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the lynx warriors during the rapid march halfway, with nearly 3 years of combat experience, these sunsets will not set the silver star level (remember the 9 levels of the troops in the whole battle, right?). For the convenience of these regulations in the future, grades 1 to 3 are referred to as Bronze Stars, which are new recruits in the Sunset Empire; Grades 24 to 6 are referred to as Silver Stars and are considered professional soldiers in the Sunset Army; And 7 to 9 are simply called Venus, which belongs to the veteran in the army on which the sun never sets. By the way, one can tell the level of the Sunset Soldier by the inscription on his right shoulder and the shape or color of the tattoo on his right arm) The Heavy Swordsman and Yoman Longbowman were only in a temporary panic.
And when it reacted, there weren't many heavily armed swordsmen who were put down by those Bobcat warriors, of course, the main reason was that those Bobcat warriors were helpless to find that even if the weapons in their hands had been replaced with steel, they still couldn't use them to break through the armor on the people on whom the sun never sets. As for those Yoman longbowmen, although they killed a lot at the beginning, the melee ability shown by the other party after reacting was also very strong, plus those who rushed over to support the heavy swordsmen, and it didn't take long for these lynx warriors on their side to become the live targets of those Yoman archers on the city wall, not to mention how much oil and water they caught, and they also lost all the people on their side.
"But, damn! I haven't lost yet! I haven't lost yet! Heralds! Where's the herald? Let the reserves all rush forward! Looking at the vicinity of the camp in front, the soldiers who were originally suppressed by the sword and crossbow on their side and could not move, after receiving reinforcements from the rear, not only relieved the crisis of being divided and encircled, but also began to continue to move forward, Andrew, the commander of Mars's side, shouted in a slightly crazy tone, but in fact, his heart was dripping blood now. Excluding the nearly 10,000 lynx warriors, the number of sacrifices at the gate of the camp alone was no longer something he could bear.
"Roar!" A roar sounded, and the Mars soldiers, who were originally at the rear of the Mars camp, joined the battlefield under the orders of the commander Andrew, including the logistics soldiers with rudimentary equipment, all rushed to the front of the camp under the roar, and confronted the soldiers who never set.
"Courage is valuable, but it can't change the situation in front of you" This is the only evaluation Sun Lin made about those Mars soldiers after seeing the Mars side pressing the whole army into the line. He then immediately looked down at the battlefield in front of him with binoculars, and found that most of the Bobcat warriors had been killed, and those who survived were being chased and driven by their own guards, and the heavy infantry of the 2nd Column had all moved to the Mars camp, and the Yoman longbowmen who had participated in the defense of the city in the morning and had just come out to put a few arrows at his side had also retreated. Immediately ordered the more than 10,000 heavily armed swordsmen of the 3rd Column that he had brought over this afternoon to go out of the city to meet him.
Immediately afterward, a shout of killing sounded no less than the roar that had come from Mars's side before, and at the gate of the western wall of Riley, a group of almost identical-looking heavily armed swordsmen stepped out of the city gate, and began to speed up in an orderly manner, and then turned into a trot and turned into a wild run and moved quickly to the front of the battlefield. And what made Mars's side despair the most was that the number of heavy swordsmen who came out this time was the same as the number of heavy swordsmen who ran out for the second time in more than 10 minutes ago, reaching more than 10,000 people.
"Nope! That's impossible! It is impossible for them to have so many soldiers, and the troops stationed in Edinburgh are obviously only 4 regiments! Looking at the army that never sets again, Andrew finally vomited blood and fainted after shouting a few times in the sky.
The news that the commander vomited blood and passed out immediately spread among the Mars Imperial Army, and even due to the large number of people, the news that Commander Andrew had lost his command ability even became the news that Commander Andrew had escaped from the battle or the main general was killed when it reached the front line. The Mars soldiers, who got the news, gradually began to fight without any intentions, and although they did not flee, they were also about to flee. On the other side, the morale of the army that never sets after receiving the news of the death of the enemy's main general (fleeing from the battle) has increased again, and even the speed of advance has increased a lot, especially after all the reinforcements of the 3rd column have joined.
"Win!" Sun Lin stood above the city gate and said lightly, his face was neither sad nor happy, as if this was something that would inevitably happen. Beside him, Andelt had just completed the preliminary estimation of the troop losses of the enemy and us with the naked eye, and began to report to Sun Lin: "Your Majesty, our final casualties should be between 10,000 and 18,000, and Mars's side, counting those lynx warriors lying in the snow, should have been killed by nearly 30,000 by now." ”
"Only 30,000?" Sun Lin frowned slightly and said: "I just saw that the general on the other side seems to vomit blood and fall off his horse, and this news should have reached our front line by now, otherwise the offensive momentum on our front line just now would not suddenly become so violent, it seems that Mars's side is estimated to not hold out for long, but ............... It seems a bit worthless to let these Mars rout now! The ultimate goal of our battle is to do our best to keep these 100,000 Mars army behind. ”
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the commander of the 2nd Longbow Regiment has begun to circle the camp with his subordinates who have retreated from the 1st Column according to the instructions, and it is expected that in only 10 minutes, the other 3 exits of the Mars camp will definitely be ignited by them, and then those Mars soldiers will become turtles in the urn."
"......... in 10 minutes Is it? That's good news. By the way, Anderte, did the 5th Heavy Infantry Regiment reply now? ”
"Come back, they have now begun to move towards the territory of the Mars Empire according to the poison needle plan, and I estimate that by the time we enter, the 5th Heavy Infantry Regiment should have already taken a bridgehead for us."
"Very well, then you can send the order down, let the rest of the city begin to prepare, I want them to advance in echelons according to the march plan formulated before tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Your Majesty Sun Lin."