On the evening of August 20, 348 A.D., the Thirteenth Army of Falency was making its covert advance towards the fortress of Gresden. The 32nd and 30th Hussar Divisions were arranged in front like two tentacles of insects, and they were each 5~8 miles away from the main formation where Chena was. The scout cavalry was distributed around the main force of the infantry, always on the lookout.

According to the latest information, the Iberian army besieging Gresden has exceeded 150,000, and Hollin and his Third Army are under great pressure. The enemy advanced rapidly this time, and the knightly troops of its main attack were no less advanced than the previous Iberian army. From this point of view, the royal knighthood plan of Ofhrit I was quite successful.

Because the enemy had absolutely abundant forces, it was impossible for China to swagger directly to Gresden, otherwise she would definitely be intercepted by the enemy on the avenue. The Thirteenth Army finalized a plan for the march on the eve of its departure.

At the heart of the defense east of Falensi were the twin forts of Gresden-Lankados, while the Alker Highway, the main traffic artery of the province of Alc, turned almost 90 degrees east in front of Gresden after passing through the Beser Valley. This creates an anti-"C" pattern on the east side of Gresden, which means that at least 3 fats of the entire road is completely exposed to Gresden's fire. Lancados, on the other hand, sits on flat land on the eastern side of the road, which was originally a fortress as a stronghold. With a difference of more than 20 meters in elevation, the mere capture of Lancados would not pose any threat to Gresden, but would put itself under the fire of the fortress's trebuchets. Therefore, compared to Gresden, the walls of Langcados are much thinner. Originally, because of the rampant bandit gangs here, the economic situation on the eastern border of France was lackluster. But since the Third Army was stationed here nine years ago, the law and order situation has been getting better and better, and it is also adjacent to the army station. As a branch city, Lankados gradually prospered economically, and many merchants flocked to the city, setting up entertainment facilities and supplying supplies to the army. As a result, the military use of Lankados was gradually overlooked and forgotten.

The dense mountainous vegetation of the southeastern part of Alc Province was both a handy tool and a troublesome obstacle for the army, and in the first two battles of Alc, the Fallensi army used the forests to play a nifty tactic. In the same way, now China must also guard against the enemy's "own way" approach.

However, the danger that should come is not detoured because of people's caution. The 30th Division, located in a position to the east, was the first to encounter the anomaly, as they spotted enemy light cavalry during their advance. While reporting the situation to the Honjin, Griblane ordered the whole division to be put on alert and expand the range of alert. Generally speaking, encountering the opposing light cavalry at this time is not a major event, after all, the Iberian army has begun to besiege Gresden, and their scouts should be scattered everywhere in a radius like fleas on the bears.

The Falencian hussars immediately carried out their "snowballing" tactics, and the commander of the 60th Regiment quickly gathered nearly two squadrons of troops, and they followed the enemy scouts and soon found a temporary Iberian camp. As soon as the scouts started a fire in the area, they were immediately doused by the iron hooves of the Pharians who kicked over the stew. The Iberians reacted quickly, climbed on their horses and fled. As the pursuit progressed, Falenci was surprised to find that they seemed to have disturbed each other at dinner time for the Iberian scouts, and more and more Iberian light cavalry joined the driven group along the way, probably about 100 according to a rough visual observation. If you can completely destroy this group of enemies, not only can it be counted as a good result in terms of numbers, but also can extract a lot of information from the enemy scouts. Therefore, the Falencians chose to continue the pursuit.

Followed by about 800 Farencian hussars in more than 100 Iberian cavalry, they reached the edge of a stream after a chase of about 1 far. The stream has entered a dry season, so the valley formed by it is particularly empty. There is a difference of about 1 fatz between the valley and the forest vegetation on both sides, and the Iberians seem to have lost their way, and it is supposedly that they should not jump into this valley, which is tantamount to cocooning themselves.

The Pharians divided two hundred cavalry teams along the river to prepare for the interception in two opposite directions, and the main force followed them into the valley. It is impossible for the other side to jump on the other side in a short time, which means that the Iberians are completely seen as fish on the chopping block. And just as most of the hussars were happily riding their horses into the valley, ready to teach each other a lesson. They saw a strange move by the enemy, and all the Iberians quickly dismounted and squatted.

Are they going to surrender? But then the flying arrows shattered this beautiful illusion. It's a trap, the real prey is the Pharians, and the other is the hunter. The few of the Pharisees chose to flee and those who dismounted to take refuge. The former mostly failed due to terrain, while the latter found that the archers were as strong as they had ever encountered. The ambushed archers were at least 30 fats (45 meters) away from them, but almost every arrow left a penetrating wound on the body, even killing or wounding the horse.

For a time, the valley was filled with the screams of people and the neighing of horses, and everything was terrifying. The Pharisees were in complete disarray, and while each hussar tried to regroup their ranks, the constant casualties brought all their efforts to naught. It was an intensity of fire that they had never faced, the regimental commander was killed in the first round of fire from the opposing side, and the non-commissioned officers had all stepped forward. But they simply could not defend themselves against such shots, and often the non-commissioned officers did not have time to say a second word, and they themselves or their comrades fell from arrows.

Even after losing the organization, the Farensi hussars remained a model of bravery. Out of spontaneous action, they bravely drove their horses in the direction where the arrows were fired. The Pharians roared and swung their sabers forward. Some fell from their horses after being hit directly by arrows; Some of them continued to get up and charge on foot after falling a few times when they lost their horses; Others hurled their spears at the enemy, despite the danger of being hit. But all in vain.

When the last of the Farencian hussars, with his sabre, staggered up to the Iberian, the young Iberian hussar had forgotten that he should draw his weapon to take him down, and he could only freeze there and tremble. "Where the hell did this archer come from......" The Falenci stretched out his right hand forward, muttering such an unwilling question as he fell in front of the enemy.

By the end of the hour-and-a-half-minute shooting, the stream had turned into a blood-red serpent, and the entire valley was littered with the corpses of men and horses. As a decoy, Iberian looked at the scene in front of him with trepidation, and was terrified of the ferocious lethality of his own archers. Because these archers were not from Iberia.

"Is this the true power of Zigna's longbowmen?" The Iberian officer swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said secretly.

"According to one of the plans formulated by His Highness Henry, it has been successfully implemented, and if it can continue like this, it will not be a big problem not to have enough heavy infantry to cover." The Earl of Lancaster rode his horse to inspect the battlefield, and less than half a distance in front of the Signer's archers' position, several spears thrown by the Fallensi army were stuck there.

"Lord Count." A staff knight rushed over.

"Did you catch them all?"

"It is a pity that most of the Falencians on both flanks have escaped." The knight further explained, "When they found out that something was wrong, they quickly disbanded into small detachments of five and fled in different directions, and we had no idea what to do. ”

"Don't worry, His Royal Highness Henry's plan is currently being implemented smoothly, and we continue to work on it, believing that we can achieve the intended goal." When the Earl of Lancaster had finished speaking, he looked back at the rider, and then said to her in the Continental Dialect: "In the same way, ma'am, the information you have brought us is unusually accurate, and we would not have done such a good job without you." Thank you so much. ”

At about the same time, Piogel's 32nd Division was also attacked by the enemy, and his troops were located on the west flank, which was searching and advancing along the Alk road. The hussars found themselves under attack by the enemy's superior forces, and the Iberian army pressed down on their cordon in units of 300 men in multiple directions and in batches. There are more opponents than them in each locality, and they are a mix of classes. In addition to the Iberian knights, Herz's heavy infantry and Zigner longbowmen were also likely to be mixed in the ranks. Biogel lost about 50 men in about 15 minutes, and the ring of caution with a radius of 5 francs around him was quickly compressed to 1 and a half centimeters.

Gribland soon received the news of the ambush of the 60th regiment, which made his nerves tense. He immediately sent a herald and asked the rest of the troops to quickly assemble and move closer to their own position. But just after he sent out all the heralds, his location was exposed to the Zignates. With more than 600 men lost almost instantaneously, Grimbrand's front became porous. The Iberian guerrilla archers easily passed through the Falencian guard, leaving Grimland with less than ten horsemen at his side, and just as he had finished sending the heralds, the Falensi, while they were still in place, sniped at them. Grebrandin immediately fell from his horse with an arrow in his left chest, and his staff and guards immediately panicked, not even thinking about clearing the archers. They were busy dismounting and looking after the chief's wounds, which were not serious, but they fell from their horses and caused Grebrandin to fall hard. A mouthful of bloody sputum smelted in his throat, and one of the staff members hurriedly slapped him on the back, finally making him spit out the bloody sputum. Although he avoided reporting to the Grim Reaper for the time being, the extent of his injuries was unknown, and Gribland was unable to speak at this time.

It should be fortunate that the Zignerians are not good at guerrillas, otherwise Gribland would have died this time. Just as the Pharians were relieved for their commander, trouble ensued. The Iberian knights soon tracked them down on the basis of the reports of the guerrillas, and they were already close at hand. The Pharians dragged a wounded man, and they were also an absolute disadvantage in numbers. And just when the Iberians could give the 30th division to a pot, the help of the Fallensia arrived. Marci Landil found Gribland with a team of 80 horsemen, and the hussars crushed the Iberian knights with a clean flank assault.

It turned out that after Qinna found out that she had lost contact with the two hussar divisions in front, she immediately sent Xiuyunston and others to do liaison work, and wanted to recruit the two division commanders back to their main formation. Eventon was the first to run into Officer Randyer, and when March heard the Legion's order, he gathered his scout troops and searched for Moonston with him.

By this time, China had realized the seriousness of the problem. She had to make a guess that her marching plan had been completely broken by the other side, and if she continued to follow the original route to Gresden, then there was a high probability that she would completely fall into the trap of the other party.

"Groslyn!" China called to her subordinates.

"I'm here, Legionnaire." Groslyn's deep voice came from behind.

"It's likely that we're not going to be able to meet up with Captain Randeil and them smoothly, and now you're in charge of the scouts."

"Yes, my lord."

"Give you the first order, gather all the hussars within 2 miles, and put them under your command."

"Yes, I'll do it." Grosslyn rode away.

"Kreitt!" China called out to the second person.

"What do you command, Lord Lanfonte?" Kreyit leaned over from the side.

"I will give you 100 archers and 200 infantry, and you will lead them forward, ready to meet General Biogel and his men. I've sent Ispar to find him. If this torch is not answered before it is burned, immediately lead someone across the Alker Highway to meet me. ”

"I'll be careful, my lord." Kreyit took the torch and left.

"Haas!" China called out to a third person.

"Ha, it's finally my turn." Haas said with a big grin.

"Give me the order to go backwards, and the whole army will run forward and follow me."

"Huh? That's it? Haas was not reconciled, and his companions were assigned tasks that seemed important to him, while he was treated as a herald.

"What are you talking about, don't go yet!" Cenna raised a rare frown and glared at Haas.

"Yes, sir!" Haas puffed up his chest, saluted, and left.

Chyna didn't look back, and when she heard Haas read the order aloud for the fifth time, she raised her spear aloft. Her subordinates knew that this was the signal of the Legion Commander, and when she pointed her spear forward, they immediately followed with understanding.

However, it was said that March and Huvinston, carrying the wounded Grebrand, were continuing to move closer to the original route of the camp. Although they continued to converge with the men and horses of the 30th Division along the way, they encountered more and more resistance. Grebrandand had just taken advantage of a little regain to hand over the command of the 30th Division to March, and then fainted.

This was the seventh time they had killed small Iberian forces, and they were appearing more and more frequently, in number and in number.

"What do you think, Captain Ingrid?" March asked, shaking off the blood from his saber.

"I think that the next enemy army may not be able to cope with it, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that we will be completely wiped out if we do not return to our own position." Xiuyunston replied.

"You have some point, but we didn't receive any further orders from the Legion Commander......"

"Report, caught a spy!" At this time someone reported.

"Bring it here."

"Hey, hey, I'm not a spy, I'm a righteous thief." Someone who had been escorted by several hussars asserted. March felt the voice familiar, but he didn't really remember the man's face. But just because he doesn't know the other person doesn't mean that the other person doesn't know him either. Someone who called himself a thief immediately smiled when he saw March, and said, "My lord, I don't know if you are still used to riding the BMW that you lent you in the Beser Valley a few years ago?" ”

When Ma Qi heard this, he patted his head and said in surprise: "It turned out to be you, this is a misunderstanding on their part, I was in a hurry last time in military affairs, and I didn't have time to ask your Excellency's name." Let go of this gentleman! ”

"I'm Maun Chuck."

"It turned out to be you, I've admired the name for a long time, thank you so much at the beginning." March thanked the old thief leader again and again, "Is there anything important about your adventure?" ”

"Of course, you can't go any further, the Iberians seem to know your course of action and have been arranging an ambush a few days ago. I wonder who led the people who came this time? ”

"Actually saw through our plan?!" March was shocked, "We are the Thirteenth Legion, led by Admiral Gina Lanfonte, and now we are trying to join up with the Captain's main formation. ”

"In my opinion, you can no longer go on to search for your own troops, and according to the reconnaissance of my men, a large Iberian army is gathering on your way. They just want to cut off your ties with your own formation, and then break you hussars individually. Mang Chuck analyzed. The leader of the thieves is also a guy who is familiar with military tactics, otherwise it would not have been possible to survive such a chaotic situation on the eastern border.

"So, in your opinion, what are we going to do?"

"You still have the wounded with you," said Mun Chuck, looking at Gribland, "in my opinion, Admiral Lanfonte's main force will be fine, and with her ability, the Iberian trap will not be able to trap her." And, if you don't get there as planned, Gresden will find out right away. The news will soon reach the royal capital, and when the time comes, Lord Luce will inevitably lead a large army to the rescue. Your troops who have been cut off should better gather and retreat north. On the one hand, they avoided the opponent's edge, because they could not keep a large number of troops behind Gresden for a long time, and here they could not get supplies. On the one hand, it is necessary to prepare for the army of Lord Leus, and to clear out the small forces that have penetrated the battle line in the future. ”

"The idea is good, but I have two questions, first, where do we need supplies. Second, we need a foothold. March immediately asked.

"That's very easy to do, I'll be responsible for the supplement, and I still have a month's worth of food for a thousand people. As for the stronghold, I have a mountain lodge near here, the terrain is very good, don't worry. ”

"Then we'll have a lot of interruptions."

"Without further ado, hurry up."

In this way, March led the hussars to temporarily "fall into the grass", and in the future, the 30th Division successively collected scattered soldiers, and there were still nearly 2,000 people, of course, this is a later story.