Chapter 611: Battle of Mordan (13)
"What!" After hearing the news, Henry's face even turned snow-white in an instant.
Since the number and quality of Avatha's soldiers were nearly twice as many as estimated before the sun never set, in order to better resist the attack of Avasha's 180,000 reinforcements on all fronts, Henry had no choice but to stretch the army's front and divide it into several levels to resist the attack of Avasha's troops in a phased manner.
The advantage of this is that it allows the ranged units in the rear of the Sunset Army to increase the range of damage, and have a larger range of movement to allow the ranged troops to change more angles when carrying out long-range strikes, and in addition, this army arrangement is actually somewhat similar to the group retreat method used by the Sunset Army for a long time, but the usage is different: if the troops at the forefront are about to be broken through in the middle of the battle, then the reserves behind can go straight up like a long line, so that those formations have almost been scattered, the comrades who had exerted too much physical strength retreated backwards while being replaced by the reserves.
And most importantly, this arrangement achieved what Henry wanted most: to lengthen the line with fewer battles. The problem is that this type of combat is only used against infantry, because even a warrior as large as a Naga warrior cannot break through an array of human soldiers in a short period of time, and this array is extremely effective for soldiers who are not good at melee combat, just like these Ahuasa warriors with tower shields in front of them (whether the Ahuasa soldiers are holding a mace or a Roman dagger in their right hand, or an all-steel short spear, It is equipped with a tower shield and is destined to be classified as a defensive class such as spear infantry, after all, it is easy to say that it is used for charging if it is equipped with a tower shield, but after being equipped with a tower shield, it affects the soldier's play too much for hand-to-hand combat).
The problem was that this formation was almost incapable of resisting the charge of the cavalry, not even the light cavalry, because it reduced the number of columns sent by the soldiers on which the sun never set to a minimum. In such a situation. Cavalry with high mobility can achieve a devastating effect whether charging from the front or from the side.
"Quick! Let the rear troops gather and move the Scorpion Crossbow position 500 meters to both sides of the Egger Avenue behind it! Due to the urgency of the situation, Henry couldn't care about how his fiancée Helen came to be next to him, and what she came here for, so after a short thought, he directly pressed the shoulder of the herald in front of him and said: "You go and tell those regiments on the front line, if I guess correctly, the next side of the Aihuasha side will stop the attack on the Eiger Avenue and the surrounding flat area, because it is for the Aihuasha cavalry troops to attack, now I ask them, With the exception of the Papal Guard regiment, which had previously been a reserve, the rest moved to the wooded areas on both sides. This will be the main direction of attack of the Avatha Foot Troops, and of course, when evacuating, you will have to inform them to bury a certain number of troops on both sides of the Egger Avenue, most of which will be long-range troops. ”
"Yes!"
Half an hour later............
Over time, the previous battle columns have also changed dramatically. If the layout of the army that never sets the sun was regarded as an arc before, then the layout of the army that never sets is like a crossbow now. However, there is not a single arrow inserted into the slot in the middle of the crossbow.
As the news of the appearance of the Ehuasha cavalry swept through the entire army of the sunset. As a last resort, George transferred all the soldiers who were originally guarding Egger Avenue to the woods on both sides of Egger Avenue, and let these transferred soldiers who never set the sun begin to rely on the more complex terrain in the woods to lay out their formations, preparing to meet the Aihuasha cavalry troops rushing along Egger Avenue.
Of course, it does not mean that the Egger Avenue was abandoned by the Sunset Army, because at the end of this section of the Egger Avenue is the camp where the Sunset Army was stationed before, and it can be regarded as the last line of defense in the Sunset Defense Line that the reinforcements of the United Kingdom of Aihuasha originally wanted to break through, and at this time around the camp. A regiment of the Papal Guard from the Great Empire on which the sun never sets was guarding the area, relying on the improvised fortifications in the camp, ready to act as the last line of defense against the advance of the cavalry of Ahuasha towards the Imperial City of Mordan.
Regarding the sudden change of formation on the side where the sun does not set, how can Aihuasha's side not know the reason for the sudden change of formation on the side of the sun that does not set. So when the sun never sets side began to change formations, the Avatha side ordered the previously withdrawn army to turn around again and kill the soldiers who exposed their backs to themselves, but it is a pity that the sun does not set side had the foresight, in fact, long before the sunset melee soldiers at the forefront changed formations, the soldiers who did not set the sun completed the order to transfer the long-range troops owned by their side to both sides of Iger Avenue, so it was nothing more than those Aihuasha soldiers who turned around and killed back, Under the long-range fire of the commercial alliance's composite archers in plate armor and the sunset crossbowmen, they were all shot into hedgehogs and forced to turn around and retreat to the rear of Ihuasha again.
Of course, Avatha's temptation did not end all at once, because after the Avasha soldiers who were shot into hedgehogs by the soldiers in the Sunset Long-Range Force withdrew, just as Henry had predicted before, Avasha's side intensified its attack on the Sunset positions in the woods on both sides of Egger Avenue, and at the same time sent Morta Flying Axemen, a more mobile unit, to advance directly along Egger Avenue.
The former method is obviously to cover the arrival of its cavalry troops, hoping to attract the attention of the soldiers who do not set the sun at once, while the latter method is to test the side that the sun does not set after changing the formation, what is the reputation of this new formation, the most important thing is that it poses a big threat to the cavalry troops on their side.
As for the result......... With the powerful long-range lethality of the sunset side, and the strong individual combat ability and excellent cooperative combat ability of the sunset melee arms, how could the soldiers of Aihuasha be able to test it?
The Aihuasha soldiers who attacked the forest position on the side of the sun that never set were soon dragged down by the army that passed through the contraction of the front, resulting in the increase of most of the regional troops, don't look at the fact that although the soldiers of the Aihuasha are well-equipped, compared to the regular army of the sunset, even those soldiers who are equipped with equipment produced from the sunset military factory are much stronger than the side of the Ahuasha in terms of equipment, and the most important thing is that the side of the sun does not set In this battle with the army of Ahuasha, the soldiers used not sharp knights' swords, It is a one-handed war hammer and mace with armor-piercing attributes, this weapon specially designed to fight defensive soldiers is in the hands of the soldiers of the commercial alliance who are good at using it and the hands of the soldiers who never set the sun, and the wielding can even make a sound of breaking the air, how can these Ahuasha soldiers beat these soldiers who never set the sun in this situation? If it weren't for Henry's obedience to Sun Lin's order to ask the soldiers on the side of the sun not to fight too aggressively, and to make the soldiers on the opposite side always think that their side was about to be unable to support it, it is estimated that now those soldiers who are fighting on the front line are ready to start a counter-charge, as for those soldiers who are advancing along the Avenue of Egger, they once again fled to the rear after being shot into a hedgehog.
"Your Excellency, General! What are you doing? Do we want our camp to be completely exposed to the soldiers of Ehuatha? Just when the cavalry of Alvatha was about to appear in the sight of the soldiers who were fighting on the front line, and the soldiers who were fighting at the forefront of the sunset almost vaguely heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping, with the arrival of the Papal Guard regiment guarding the camp, the commander of this legion also entered Henry's command camp tent, and said to Henry, who was drawing and writing on the map: "If you really want to do this, then what are you doing here now, Your Excellency General?" The fortifications of the camp could not withstand the huge heavy cavalry charge, not even our papal guard! ”
"Oh? Hearing you say this, could it be that the number of heavy cavalry on Avasha's side this time has already been fruited? Henry looked up at the Sunset Legion.
"Yes, General Henry, this time the United Kingdom of Aihuasha has sent all the remaining heavy cavalry troops that went to the Kirin Territory here, the total number has reached 10,000 people, and there are almost the same number of knight squires, which means that the Papal Guard Regiment is now estimated to face two cavalry regiments." The commander of the Sunset Legion said with a somewhat ugly face: "Seriously, Your Excellency Henry, I really don't think that the simple fortifications around the Sunset camp and the 10,000 spearmen in my hands can take the more than 20,000 Ehuasha cavalry at the moment, after all, the number of others will be more than 1 times ours, and if they don't choose to contact us directly, but directly bypass and go to the Imperial City of Mordan, right?" Aren't we going to waste all our work then? ”
"In fact, I didn't think that the strength of one legion could block the cavalry of two legions, even if these soldiers are good at dealing with cavalry, after all, the cavalry type has too much advantage in terms of movement speed compared to the foot class."
"What are you talking about, General Henry, and you still decided to .........." Before he finished speaking, Henry directly interrupted the speech of the commander of the Sunset Legion, and pointed to the figure behind him that was not watched by the Sunset Legion Commander with the baton in his hand and said, "Because I have her." ”
"She? A woman? The sun never sets on the legion commander finally noticed the emaciated figure behind Henry, but after discovering this figure, the legion commander felt as if he had been humiliated, feeling angry and funny, because in his opinion, the woman standing behind Henry couldn't even beat herself, how could she deal with the more than 20,000 cavalrymen?
But at this moment, Henry raised his head again and smiled at the commander of the Sunset Legion, "To be exact, it is the 30,000 Watt soldiers in the hands of this beautiful lady. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )