Snow falls at this time, which is a good sign for farmers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info isn't everyone's happy.

"Your Highness, it's snowing." Atalanta said.

"Really, it's this time." Sigrani clearly did not like the snow and "told the infantry to run forward and throw away unnecessary equipment." ”

"Your Highness, your ministers are against this," Frederick admonished, "and the superiority of our army is in heavy armament, and this is not the sacrifice of our own strengths?" ”

"I don't want an army that can't move in the snow, it's soldiers who fight, not spears and shields. Accelerate forward. ”

For the whole day of January 4, both sides were marching to gain a geographical advantage. In order to rush for time, the Falencian army didn't even bother to cook. Karl Hollin ate his dry rations with snow as he beckoned his soldiers to hurry up. The goose feather snow is getting heavier and heavier. In just one day, the snow had faded from the gloom of Alc's winter, and the white landscape had become a little more vibrant. On 4 January, the 8th and 9th Divisions arrived at Worston shortly after the snow stopped, and Worston's chief of security brought them delicious hot soup and blankets. At the same time, Gresden sent them 20 carts of "snow-white" sheets. Everyone knows how this battle should be fought when they see the sheets.

"I don't know if we'll meet the beautiful princess." Hollin looked forward.

"Maybe she's in Jackfleet's direction." Singald was still pouring cold water mercilessly.

"Don't worry on his side, that kid has gay tendencies."

Singled frowned; Rael Sksahar of the 43rd Light Infantry Regiment choked at once and shoved snow into his mouth; And Brigitte immediately came to listen to the gossip with starry eyes.

"Oh, Skesar, you're an old acquaintance who graduated from the same class as the Legion Commander, don't you know?" Huo Lin pretended to be surprised, "You don't know, Jack Fleet was still a little bit at the beginning, and he was bullied by the senior guys when he first entered the non-commissioned officer academy, and the legion commander appeared in time to 'Hero Save Beauty', oh no, it's 'Hero Save the Imp'." Since then, Jackfleet has decided that he must repay the Legion Commander in the future, and he will probably promise it in person. ”

"With Jackfleet's stature, if the Legion Commander is a girl, it's a good match." Brigitte fantasized.

Singald and Skesahar looked at each other for a moment, then said in unison, "You two are a better match." ”

"Who wants to be a match for this pervert (old virgin), huh!" The other two replied at the same time.

On the other hand, Hayes, who was forced to separate from "Lovely Miss Gautier", had to walk with the arrogant Iberian deputy commander-in-chief. The two ignored each other during the march, and indirectly increased the progress of the march by comparing the speed of the march with one force. So much so that at last they were only 20 fathoms from Karan, and both sides were forced to stop and rest, because the soldiers were dying.

Juan José, the commander of the Iraqi army in the center, took it slowly, letting the 10,000 light infantry of Mastar in front of him. And the reason why the Mastarians are obedient is because of a quote from Sigrani: "The enemy does not necessarily come from the front." And José did this exactly in the hands of Higrani, just in time to allow his own people to slow down the Iberian Army.

At the same time, 30 fathoms west of Karan, the 13th and 15th divisions of the Fifth Army were advancing towards Arke.

"Chenna, it's almost there." The one who spoke was a woman with brown hair, hair tied up at her sideburns, and brown eyes. This person was the commander of the 15th Division, Rakoxiu Becky, and the daughter of the commander-in-chief, Vifliz Becky.

"Yes, I hope to join the Third Army as soon as possible, it's not a good thing to run into the enemy's main force." The answer to her was the commander of the 13th Division, China Lanfonte, with her silver-gray hair tied in a haphazard bunch, and her ice-blue eyes staring ahead.

The two men graduated two years ago from the Farency Women's Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, which has graduated 25 years ago due to its strict admissions standards and brutal training methods, and the number of graduates can be counted with only human limbs. First of all, the first of the enrollment conditions makes many people unable to pass, that is: "Must be a beautiful woman and at least 14 years old." (What kind of condition is this!!) It is said to have been ordained by the founding king of France, Leighton the Great. The reason: beautiful female commanders inspire soldiers. The requirements for students in the academy are very strict, but anyone who can survive the four-year graduation can be independent. For example, Brigitte's class had more than 300 applicants, and 160 actually enrolled, and she was the only one who officially graduated.

"Rakoxiu, this is not an option," said Chenna, "I will take 4,000 cavalry to find the main force of the Third Army, and according to the information received, they should be in the valley of Besel." You're still going to Karan as planned. ”

"It's going to distract the troops." Rakoxiu objected.

"In this case, we will not have an advantage in terms of strength no matter what. Guerrilla is better. ”

"I can't tell you, so let's do it."

"The 61st and 72nd regiments will now begin to follow my orders." Cena held her spear aloft and beckoned, "Follow me!" ”

Four thousand hussars followed her out of the camp of the main force, and soon turned into a group of small black dots in the eyes of Rakoxiu, and disappeared into the white forest and snow fields.

As Rakoxiu continued to guide the army forward, she let out a sigh of relief, and the white smoke quickly disappeared before her eyes. It was quiet all around now, except for the footsteps of people and horses. She didn't like the army, unlike Chinna, who was only forced to join the army because she was the daughter of the commander-in-chief. I originally hoped to find a rich aristocratic son to marry after serving three years of military service in Taiping, but I didn't know that I was assigned this kind of task at the beginning of the last year. Who knows if it will survive.

"Lord Becky, Wyvern." Rakoxiu's thoughts were interrupted, and when she looked up, she saw a wyvern larger than an ordinary wyvern flapping its wings and slowly falling to the side. It was Arudina's mount, the Fireball, one of the few Wyverns that could only use breath attacks.

"I'm the Squadron Leader of the 3rd Dragoon Squadron - Arudina Wing Mnast." The dragoon general glanced at the banner, "What part of the Fifth Legion are you?" ”

"I'm the commander of the 15th Division - Rakoxiu Becky." Racoxiu replied cautiously.

"Our Legion Commander is coming this way, please don't change course lightly for the time being. I'll take my leave. The wyvern hissed and spread its wings again and flew into the sky.

"Don't be in a daze, keep going!" Rakoxiu shouted.

How could the commander of the Third Legion come here, did he lose his legion? But soon she was interrupted from her thoughts again, and several silver wolf flags on a black background came into her field of vision. The military flag is waving in the wind with the galloping horses, revealing a bit of heroism. In the blink of an eye, about 300 hussars had arrived in front of her. At the head was a knight in green clothes, who did not dismount, took out a coat of arms engraved with a wolf from his clothes, and said, "Leighton the Great wants to fight rabbits." ”

"But the wolf has already taken the lead." Apparently against the code.

"Okay, what do you call it?" The Tsing Yi Knight asked, putting away his coat of arms.

"I'm the commander of the 15th Division - Rakoxiu Becky." Rakoxiu also looked at the other party carefully when he answered.

"Okay, General Becky, I need your man, I'm Thorgrande Leus. How many people are there here? ”

"Sixteen thousand. 10,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 4,000 archers. Seeing the other party's doubts, Rakoxiu added, "Another general took four thousand cavalry to find your main force and went to the valley of Besr. ”

"Besel?" Sogre was taken aback, "I hope he's a general." Sixteen thousand, it should be enough, we need to counterattack, but there are not enough people. You and your men are in good hands. My men are fighting at full strength, hoping to hold out for two days. Now start at my command. By the way, put away the five-star flag of the Fifth Legion. ”

"Why?"

"I don't want the enemy to know that we are 50,000 and not 30,000. The whole army is running forward, and the cavalry can slow down. We need to hurry. Sogrend began to arrange the direction of the army, but asked again: "Who is the other general?" ”

"Cena Lanfonte."

"Sharpel Lanfonte's daughter?" Thorgrande asked, thinking: Hope is different from what was rumored at the time.

"Huh? Do you know her? Rakoxiu asked with a little uneasiness.

"No, never." Sogrend turned to his guards and said, "Zoffie, you lead the way in front, and you must get to M'eryat tonight." After that, he said hello to Rakoxiu and rushed to the front of the line.

It's not like there's nothing to gain, Rakoxiu is secretly happy.

Jackfleet's 7th Division had preemptively entered Kahlan to join up with the garrison there. Another reinforcement arrived, and Lal Tweez's engineer brigade, led by Tis himself, arrived with 30 catapults and 20,000 javelins. In fact, the full name of the engineer brigade is "Logistics Support, Transportation, and Weapons Supply Research and Development Department," but this name is indeed very awkward, and few people outside the brigade call it. And the first training for joining the engineer brigade is to be able to skillfully shout the name of your unit out loud.

"Your presence has given me the confidence to stay here for a year."

"The commander of the legion sent someone to inform me that there are at least 60,000 enemies." Ral Teess is 38 years old, and he is the oldest commander in the entire legion. When Sogrerd asked for a man to manage the finances of the whole army, Shapoel recommended him to Tees, who was then a tax collector in Parello.

"Spot the enemy!" Soldiers on the watchtower report.

"All ready to fight!"

Karan appeared in front of Bavar Hayes, and it was more of a thick, high wall than a fortress. It is built on the side of the mountain, and is surrounded by natural hazards on both sides, and it is steep and unclimbable. And the only front that could be passed was blocked by one of the best walls on the mainland.

"There is no time to grind your teeth, the 36th Wing sets up camp, and the rest of the 12th Legion prepares to attack the city."

"Don't take the lead, the glory of the first battle should be won by our army." Garcia popped up again.

"I don't want to waste my saliva and decide in the easiest way."

As a result, Garcia's "Bu" and Khais's "Stone" grabbed the right to attack first.

It was the morning after the heavy snowfall, and the sun peeked out of the clouds. Seeing the weather, Jack Fleet suddenly shouted, "I've got a good idea, Bass, to tell the spearmen to get their shields ready." Rex, your axe cavalry is ready to strike. I'll leave it to you, Officer Tis, and I'll reflect the sunlight with a shield at the first order. With that, Jackfleet ran down the tower.

Soon the Iberian army began to attack, and five thousand infantry were lined up in a hundred columns and rushed towards Karan. The front, of course, were against the siege ladders, and the siege weapons behind them were constantly firing at Kahlan to cover the infantry. Karan's Pharensi army was not at all inferior in terms of firepower and returned fire fiercely.

"The enemy charged."

"Let's get started, open the gates."

"Stop shooting!"

"Raise your shield!"

With a few orders from the commanders, more than 100 bright bronze shields reflected the sunlight towards the Iberian Army. The front row of the Iberian Army was caught off guard and stopped at once. As a result, there was a chain reaction, with rows of soldiers in the back crashing into the people in front of them, and for a time the Iberian army was in chaos. The officers shouted loudly, hoping to regain control of the ranks. In a few moments, Jackfleet personally led the axe cavalry to slaughter them.

The axe cavalry used a one-farz (1.5 m) long double-sided axe with a spear tip on its head, which could be used for both chopping and stabbing. Jack Fleet preemptively chopped off the head of one of the officers leading in front with an axe, and Rex also commanded his men to attack the opposing formation. The axe cavalry rushed everywhere in the Iraqi army's formation, making the originally chaotic Iraqi army even more at a loss.

The essential flaws of the Iberian army were evident at this moment, and the soldiers, who had lost their officers, were immediately thrown into disarray and unable to reorganize their fighting forces. The people's army, made up of peasants with only a small amount of military training, lost their already little courage almost as soon as the noble officers were killed. The officers in the back were still urging the soldiers forward, while the people in front had already begun to turn around and run away, and the situation was very bad.

The Pharisees slashed the enemy infantry with their axes, and the Iberians could not withstand the attacks of the tomahawks with their spears and short swords. For a while, severed limbs and human flesh and blood continued to fly in mid-air, and the screams were endless. The Iberians, who had not been attacked by the Pharansic axe cavalry, panicked when they saw the bloody scene approaching them. Instead of stopping the enemy's slaughter, the spear that trembled with its body wounded many of its own compatriots.

Just as the Pharians were in the midst of their slaughter, suddenly the trumpets of the troops were heard from the walls of Karan. Knowing that the reinforcements were pressing, Jackfleet ordered the axemen not to fight and to withdraw to the city of Kalan. The trebuchets in the city were fired together to cover the retreat of their own cavalry. After this harsh counterattack, the Iberian army lost 2,000 men in an instant, and the French army survived.

The Iberian lieutenant-in-chief angrily summoned back his troops and watched through gritted teeth as the Mastars triumphantly organized their attack.

By the time Jackfleet returned to the tower, the Mastar army had begun to siege the city under the cover of the phalanx. The phalanx army used huge square steel shields to defend the light infantry from stones and bows and arrows, and built a huge umbrella in a certain area. After commanding the spear regiment to throw a round of javelins, Rut Bass stabbed the enemy soldiers who climbed up with his spear. Although the Mastar army attacked fiercely, they did not find any opportunity to break through the opponent's defense. By the time of the noon truce, the Mastar army had suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and Lut Bass's regiment had paid the price of nearly 1,000 dead. After that, Volker Condé's 34th Regiment took over.

At the same time, on the other side of the battlefield. As the Mastar Army approached the Eduara Forest, the scouts who were the lead scouts returned to report that Miston was an empty city and that the fixed catapults in the city had been removed. Theorani did not know that Hayes had fought against the Farensi. According to the information at hand, the Marstars agreed that the main force of the Fallensi army had returned to Gresden and was ready to concentrate all their forces on the twin forts of Gresden-Langcados. Sigrani ordered the whole army to pass through Miston quickly, and the Marstar army unsuspectingly slipped into the trap that Sogrand had devised to him.

"The slippery Mastar mongrel, after grinding for so long, shouldn't you find anything?" The commander of the 45th Heavy Infantry Regiment, David Yadan, was a little out of breath. This big man, who was nearly a third (about 2 meters) tall and weighed nearly eighty ruts (100 kilograms), was only 24 years old this year, and it was clear from his stature that he must be an excellent heavy infantryman.

"Big man, shut up, the sound of your breathing is our only flaw." Huo Lin reminded the other party to remain quiet with a slight sarcasm. And he was worried that after the sun came out, he would be spotted because the white sheets covering his body did not reflect the sunlight like snow. Just as the Mastar army began to enter the ambush circle, the sun retracted behind the clouds in a very cooperative manner.

"It's finally here," Huo Lin subconsciously pulled the white sheet tightened and clenched the spear in his hand, "and called Brigide to signal." ”

A ringing arrow slashed through the sky, "Enemy attack!" The Mastar army hurriedly set up a defensive formation, and the infantry hid behind the huge round shield, scanning the forest on either side in panic. But the expected Farensi charge did not come, so it shouldn't be the Farensi playing tricks, right? Sigrani was also puzzled, and then Atalanta asked, "Your Highness, do you want to find out the shooter?" ”

Sigrani pondered for a moment and said, "No need, the forest is so big, I can't hold it." Order the whole army to advance slowly, always on alert. ”

The Mastar army withdrew from the fire guard formation and cautiously marched forward. After a short walk, another rattling arrow flew overhead. The Mastars immediately established a defensive line. But it was still the same, and not a single Falencian was gone. The soldiers slowly gathered up their ranks and continued on their way.

"It seems that this is just a trick by the enemy to cover friendly forces." Frederick said confidently.

"Well," said Cosette, "the Pharansian barbarians do not know the art of war. ”

"Don't be careless." Higrani said that from the moment she entered the forest, she felt that something was wrong around her, but she couldn't tell.

A third arrow flew again, and the soldiers continued their march, ignoring it. As soon as Sigrani tried to reprimand, the sun began to shine on the earth again. Sigrani suddenly discovered that large expanses of snow did not reflect sunlight, so there was only one explanation. Just as she was figuring it out, a fourth arrow pierced the sky. Sigrani secretly screamed in her heart, and hurriedly shouted: "This time it's true, quickly establish a defensive line!" ”

(Nacissu talks about camouflage, but considering here1, white sheets at that time could not have been as white as they are now, and there was no mature bleaching technique.) 2. The original garrison of the Mastar Eastern Army was not a place where large areas of snow could often be seen, so there was no need to expect ordinary soldiers to find out about this problem. ）

The officers and soldiers were stunned, and it was this brief moment that several flint shells fell into the formation. Then there was a rain of arrows mixed with javelins, and more than a thousand soldiers who had no time to defend arrived forever. Before the Mastars could breathe a sigh of relief from the first attack, Major Noyce's lancers struck from both flanks, breaking the Marstar's shaky formation and cutting off the Mastar's flank. Holin led the infantry to tear off the sheets, leap out of the snow, and began to encircle the opposing forward; After firing three rounds of salvos, Brigide and Fabaru's attackers began to attack in groups.

The Pharians were not good at using bulky knightly spears after all, and the lancers around Noyce kept falling, but they could not take a step back. Seeing this, Brigide personally led 50 attackers to concentrate on attacking the enemy knights. Mastar's archers also wanted to fight back, but the opponent was in the shadows and could not reach the whip.

The Mastar army was so rushed to the surprise attack that few of the rank and file commanders did not even think of preparing their formation. They were pressed down the road by the Pharensi, and the ranks were still in the same formation as they had been on the march, narrow and long. What's more, now the seven inches of this long snake are also strangled by people.

Sigrani had dismounted five of his horsemen, and the knights of Mastar were indeed superior to the Pharians in their marksmanship. But she also saw that her own front could not be maintained, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and gradually began to retreat. "Pass the order, the guard will change to the forward, and the whole army will retreat."

The herald could not reach the avant-garde troops, and Huo Lin was covered in blood at this time, as were the regimental commanders under him. The retreat of the Mastar army relieved Noys, and if the battle continued for a short time, his regiment might be wiped out, and even now he probably would not be able to talk to half of his men again. In addition, he himself was at a disadvantage against an old knight, and he was almost unable to say a word to everyone.

Atalanta and Cosette carefully protected the princess, and Frederick led the infantry behind. The Pharansis do not seem to have any intention of pursuing, and indeed they are incapable of leaving all the enemies behind. Sigrani brought out about 8,000 soldiers, while more than 20,000 Mastarians were to bury their bones in a foreign land.

The forest of Abdurah witnessed an important stroke in the First Battle of Ark, and the blood of the Fallensi officers and soldiers testified to the defeat of the Mastars. The one-sided slaughter also continued for a long time, and the proud phalanx army was pierced by ballistas; Blood also flowed from the throat of the armorer; The archer's bow is broken; The swordsman also lost his arm.

Some of the Farencians had begun to pack up their loot, and armor and weapons were constantly rummaging through the corpses. When Horin killed the last enemy soldier, almost all of them sat on the ground gasping for breath, and the battle drained all their physical strength.

Sigrani was retreating to a lowland with 8,000 remnants of her army, slowing down. But before they could calm down, javelins and arrows flew again, and then at least a thousand hussars and a thousand lancers rushed down the high slopes on the side. The Farensi army, led by Singled, was condescending and overwhelming, and the Mastar army continued to rout. Archers and chasseurs, hidden on the slopes on both sides, waited for an opportunity to attack with crossbows. The commander of the 37th Hussar Regiment, Finn Necot, commanded his regiment to slash and slash the advancing Mastar infantry.

"Your Highness, go quickly. I'll leave it to this old bone. Fitred said, and wanted to ride his horse and charge into the enemy's ranks.

Just as Sigrani wanted to stop it, Atalanta said, "Your Excellency, you only care about your own reputation, where are you going to trap Your Highness. Do you want Your Highness to bear the sin of defeat for you? ”

Frederick was stunned and reined in his horse. Sigrani hinted with her eyes that Atalanta had gone too far. Frederick turned to Sigrani and said solemnly: "The old minister is too selfish, for the sake of the Mastar Empire and the future empress, the old minister will definitely escort His Royal Highness back to the royal capital to atone for the crime of defeat." ”

Sigrani replied, "Your Excellency is serious. Leave the infantry alone, all the knights quickly leave the battlefield. ”

The only 3,000 knights of the Mastar army fled the last line of ambush with great speed. The Farencian army did not pursue, but was only prepared to encircle and annihilate the infantry that could not escape. But the Mastarians did not give them this opportunity, and they simply disarmed and surrendered.

In the battle, the French army destroyed more than 23,000 enemies, captured 4,000, and suffered only 2,000 casualties. The scales of victory began to favor Sauglande Luce.