At dusk on June 27, 363 in the continental Gregorian calendar, 30 fata northeast of Donetsk. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Pamiswan Cavalry Commander Mishan had just set up his camp, he led 17,000 men from Kafbas, after two days of rapid marching, there are still 5,800 cavalry and 6,000 light infantry who can still keep up with the team. According to Grez's plan, they will converge in Donetsk. Although the distance between the two armies was not too far, Yoneyama chose to camp on the spot tonight, and his men were exhausted from the days of rushing to pass.

That same evening, Yoneyama received a report that a herald claimed to be one of Grace's men. He brought information that Grez had been attacked by the main force of the Lenosk Army in Donetsk and was in a bitter battle, and Yoneshan needed to rush to support him immediately. Yoneyama personally received the herald, and after a few more conversations, the cautious commander of the Ten Thousand Horsemen ordered his subordinates to take the herald down.

"You're from Renoske!" Yoneyama snapped.

"Don't wronged the good guys, Lord Grace is waiting for your rescue." The herald said without changing his face.

"Do you know where your flaws are? The insignia on your cloak is from the Odros Ministry, how could Odros' subordinates appear in Grez's troops? Take it down and interrogate us to see where the Renoskes are going to entertain us. ”

Yoneyama then ordered his troops to be on higher alert and fortified the fortifications outside the camp. Yoneyama's judgment on this fake herald was well founded. His troops came from afar, exhausted, and weak. If he had been General Reynolds, he would have given priority to attacking Yoneshan, who was in a weaker position, rather than Grez, who was in a neat and elite position and relied on the town.

Nevertheless, he sent a liaison officer in the Donetsk direction to inform Grez about the situation. Naturally, when the liaison officer sent by Yoneyama arrived in Donetsk, he saw that the Grez division had already engaged the Reynosk army. The Reynosk Army, which already occupies most of Donetsk, is erecting pontoon bridges and preparing to cross the river to attack the Chinese battalion in Grez. Grez immediately arranged for someone to escort the liaison officer back, and asked Yoneyama to leave immediately to support. (At this time, it is not possible to use the Dragon Knights, because flying at night, unless there are familiar landmarks and navigation facilities between fixed cities, it is difficult for the Dragon Knights to identify ground targets at night, which is why it took Mazarel almost a whole night to find them when the Pharansis got lost when they rushed back from Iva during the Third Battle of Parello.) ）

At about 10 o'clock in the evening of June 27, Yoneyama immediately ordered his troops to set out after receiving the report. During this time, he gradually gathered some stragglers, and he currently has 6,300 cavalry and 7,000 light infantry. With a distance of 30 fari and a decent road condition, Yoneyama expects his vanguard cavalry to reach Donetsk in two hours. At the same time, the fake herald couldn't stand the torture and revealed the location of the original ambush of the Reynosk army. Yoneshan sent a reconnaissance cavalry to search there, and it turned out that the Renoskes had sensed the failure of their original plan and evacuated the ambush site.

On the other hand, the fighting in Donetsk is still in a stalemate, and the Pamis army in the town has been completely wiped out. But the Renoskes did not go any further, and their pontoon bridges were not very successful several times, either washed away by the current, or destroyed by the catapults of the Pamis. The only stone bridge over the river was already covered with bones, and the heavy infantry on both sides fought repeatedly on this stone bridge, which was no more than 3 fats wide, and neither of them would take a step back, and the entire bridge deck was already soaked in blood.

The clock had just struck midnight on 28 June when the sound of horses' hoofs was heard directly north of the Grez camp.

"Lord Grace, it looks like Mistress Yoneyama's reinforcements have arrived." The staff reported excitedly.

Grez looked to the north with wide eyes, the moon had already set, and he couldn't tell if it was the Parmis Army by the light of the fire in the camp alone. Out of an abundance of caution, Grez sent a herald to call for confirmation. And at this time, a detachment of the Lenorsk Army appeared to the northwest of the battalion, apparently crossing the river from downstream. The cavalry that had arrived from the north immediately turned around and killed the infantry of the Renosk Army. Soon, the unstable Lenosk army was overwhelmed by this reinforced cavalry and fled into the river in disarray. The cavalry, who chased to the shore, fired at these infantrymen.

"Is it really your own person?" Grez muttered, not continuing to care about the fact that his herald had been on his way for a long time and had not yet returned to report the results.

However, it turned out later that all this was a ruse by the Reynolds army. The cavalry then swaggered slowly towards Gretz's camp, which did not make the Pamis feel anything wrong, after all, they thought that after 30 fathoms had just made another assault, it was normal for them to slow down in order to relieve the fatigue of their horses. This caused the Pamis to turn their attention from top to bottom on the increasingly frantic frontal offensive of the Reynos army.

Ten minutes later, the cavalry charged the large camp of Greze, and in a very short time they crossed the palisade of the Parmis and entered the camp. When a shiny lancet knife plunged into the throat of a staff member next to Greze, Grez realized that he had been tricked. His home was broken through by the enemy's camouflaged forces, and Commander Pamiswan naturally did not sit idly by.

"Bunnies of Reynoske, you will regret attacking the home of a 10,000-horse commander." Grez roared angrily, brandishing his chains, and led his personal guards to carry out a counter-assault on the other side.

After throwing his throwing knife, one of them lunged at Grez with his saber. Pamiswan shouted and threw the chain out of his hand. The iron vertebrae at the end of the chain struck the head of the winged Husa mount, shattering the entire horse's skull, and the horse fell to the ground and died before it could even neigh, and the knight fell from his horse at the same time.

Seeing this, the Winged Husa outflanked Grez, intending to work together to kill the Captain. However, they underestimated the strength of Captain Pamiswan. Grace swung his chains from side to side. The Winged Husa were not allowed to approach him, but were struck one by one by chains. Minor fractures and bruises, or death on the spot. In just half an hour, Grace killed more than 30 people in a row, and the number of wounded was probably hundreds. Under the personal battle of Commander Pamiswan, Husa, the Lenosk flank that had broken through into his own position, was routed, and they scattered and fled. Grez didn't chase either, and the most important thing for him now was to re-stabilize the defensive line and hold on until dawn to win.

At about 1 a.m., the Lenosk army had partially crossed the river and stormed the Parmis camp, and the two sides were engaged in scuffles on the outskirts of the camp. The Pamis infantry resisted with the help of the camp's fortifications, but the Renoskes cut down and pounced on them like weeds growing out of the ground. The two sides fought each other instinctively in the dark.

At this time, another force appeared in the northwest direction of the battlefield, and they also marched more slowly.

"Is it still the same trick? Archers ready! Grey was now distracted by the horrors of the battle, and instinctively believed that his flank was seriously threatened, and that he had to react in time, or his exhausted infantry would not be able to withstand a flank assault on Wing Husa.

Thus, the Parmis archers, who had no way to play because of the heavy infantry on both sides, ended their short rest, got up and lined up, drew their bows and aimed at the army in the north-west direction.

"Shoot!" The arrow curtain flew towards the enemy at the command's orders, and seconds later the neighing of horses and the screams of men could be heard.

"Cavalry assault!"

The most effective way to deal with the flank assault of the enemy cavalry is to use your own cavalry to attack the enemy first to defeat them. Grez did just that, because the enemy army, after encountering the first volley from his side, began to move slowly and rushed towards his own camp at full speed.

The two sides soon became intertwined, and it was the first time that Gretz's thousands and hundreds of cavalry commanders had encountered such a high-level opponent, and they watched each other's sabers cut down their own men again and again, and it would take a considerable price to deal with an opponent themselves.

Grez didn't expect his cavalry to be entangled by the enemy like this, when did the Reynolds wing Husa reach such a high level in group warfare? Grace pondered for a moment, and suddenly, a possible one made him break out in a cold sweat, and he couldn't help but shiver in the midnight breeze. Why haven't Yoneyama's reinforcements arrived yet? Why is the cavalry unit in front of you so strong? If they've arrived, if my men are fighting against the cavalry.

"Herald! Command the front to everyone to sing the "Song of the Cavalry". "The song is almost the military song of the Parmis Army, although it has never been written into any rules and regulations.

Sure enough, when the song was heard, the Parmis were surprised to find that their opponent had sung the same song. The two sides soon shouted at each other in Parmis language. This new cavalry was indeed Yoneyama's troops. A few minutes later, Grace saw Yoneyama covered in dust and blood in his own field.

"What's going on? Why am I being attacked by your men! Yoneyama asked angrily.

"Before, the Lenoske army disguised itself as you launched a surprise attack on me, I thought they were doing the same trick again, and you can see that the current situation of our army does not allow me to let go of the possibility of being attacked by the flanks." Grez explained.

"Your prudence almost ruined me and my men!"

"All I can say to you now is sorry, but on the other hand, why didn't you arrive at the scheduled time? 30 miles away, you shouldn't spend so much time. If I was upset by the previous attack, why didn't you find out in time? Grace asked rhetorically.

"I was attacked by enemy troops on the road, and they were also disguised as friendly troops, and although they were poorly disguised, I had to guard against them. And, in order to get rid of their entanglement, I was forced to take a detour. Yoneyama reported on the situation on his side.

"Well, it's useless to talk too much, since you're here, let's get through the night together."

"That's the only way to go."

The two armies continued to fight until dawn, and the Lenosk offensive did not last until dawn, and with a few early morning rooster crows, the Lenosk army began to retreat to the west bank of the river. The Pamis were powerless to pursue, exhausted and wounded. The entire east bank of the river was littered with corpses, the blood had solidified, and the river had washed away the blood stains on the riverbank. The Renoskes simply sent a small force of sappers to continue to strengthen the pontoon bridge, and to place obstacles such as horse rejection on the river beach.

Grez and Yoneyama counted their losses, and Yoneyama still had 6,300 cavalry and 5,000 light infantry when he set out from the camp, and now he had only 3,300 cavalry and hundreds of infantry left. Grez had 9,700 cavalry and 18,000 infantry before the battle this night, and after the battle, there were 6,100 cavalry and 11,000 infantry left. The Renosk people left about 15,000 corpses on the river beach in Donetsk, and the losses in the rest were about 4,000~5,000 people.

This near-1:1 exchange ratio was a disaster for the Pamis, who now occupied the town and the landing ground, and were in an advantageous position in terms of troops and supplies. The Pamis now need to think not about how to rescue Poltava, but how to save themselves and withdraw from the battlefield.

"It would be nice if Wolfga was here." Yoneyama sighed.

When Grez heard this, he thought of another aspect—if Odros had obeyed his orders and rushed to meet them, he would not have been in such a predicament.

And at this time, Odros had indeed withdrawn the encirclement of Nizhny Novgorod and rushed towards Donetsk. He did so for a reason, and at noon on June 27 Voroshilov sent him the same emissary as before, and Odros received him with courtesy, as was customary.

"I have come to you on the orders of Lord Voroshilov to persuade you to surrender." The messenger said.

"Don't think that if you have a few friendships with me, you can come to entertain me." Odros seemed to have heard a rather funny joke. "Nizhny Novgorod is just around the corner for me, and I should have asked you to advise General Voroshilov to surrender as soon as possible, so as not to increase the casualties of your army."

"General Voroshilov's order must be relied upon when he comes down, please think twice about Lord Odros."

"Oh? Well, let's hear it. ”

"Actually, our army has captured Poltava the day before yesterday, and His Majesty the Tsar has already led a large army to this place, and it is estimated that it will arrive before noon tomorrow at the latest, and I am afraid that Lord Odros will not be able to do so at that time."

"How do I know you're not bluffing? Not to mention such important information, why are you willing to tell me about this enemy? ”

"I am grateful for the benevolence of Lord Odros before him, so I tell you that in fact, General Voroshilov means the same, if your Excellency is willing to take refuge in our country, even if you are alone, Your Majesty the Tsar is willing to meet you in a triumphant manner. If Your Excellency is unwilling to betray the motherland, then please also withdraw quickly, and our army will not pursue it within two days. As for whether Poltava's news is true or not, please wait for the report of the self-army scouts. The messenger made an open and honest gesture.

Odros listened and fell silent. At this time, the herald walked in and handed over the information brought by the dragon knight who had just returned to Odros, and what the messenger said was indeed true, Poltava had broken the city, more than half of the 8,000 defenders were killed and wounded, and the rest surrendered to the Reynosk army, after all, most of the infantry of the Pamis army were mercenaries. In addition, there is information that Grez is staying in Donetsk and that several Lenosk corps are massing there, and it is expected to engage the Grez division by tomorrow morning at the latest.

"Now that Your Excellency has received reliable information, then I will take my leave, and my previous promises will definitely be fulfilled, please don't worry."

Sending off the Renoske, Odros immediately ordered the camp to be pulled. Although the Renoskes promised him that if the Pamis withdrew, they would not pursue him for two days, Odros still ordered his troops to cover the retreat for the first time, just in case of contingencies. As a result, until noon on June 28, the Odros troops were still 80 fathomi away from Donetsk.

On the morning of 28 June, the Reynosk Army launched another offensive against the Pamis Army, which was trapped outside Donetsk. According to the last reconnaissance of the dragon knights, Grez judged that they had been flanked by the Lenosk army, which had at least 100 Khrugvi in the west and north directions, more than twice as many troops. By 9 a.m., the Pamis Dragon Knights had been completely driven out of the airspace near Donetsk, losing 17 of the 45 Wyverns in an hour-long air battle, while the opponent was shot down 9.

In one night, the Renoskes built a solid fortification on the beachhead on the east bank of the river. From here, a large number of Renosk infantry set out and launched an attack on the camp of the Pamis. Grez and Yoneyama struggled to prop up their defenses, and the Pamis, lacking air cover, were on the back foot. The enemy relied on the guidance of the dragon knights to find holes in their defenses, while the Pamis had to tear down the east wall to replace the west wall and move the ground to cope.

In order to suppress the enemy's attack, Yoneyama organized several counter-assaults by the cavalry, but they were always discovered in advance by the opposing dragon knights and resolutely counterattacked by the Wing Husa. The Hamis cavalry was repeatedly dragged into battles of attrition with the opposing cavalry, and the Renosques used their own flank Husa to hold back the cavalry, and then arranged for infantry with anti-cavalry equipment to quickly support them. Such tactics were very successful. After a morning of fighting, the Renosques lost about 4,000 men, while the Pamis lost not only 3,500 infantry, but also more than 1,000 cavalry.

"We must find a way to break through, or we will be consumed alive in this hellish place." At lunchtime, Yoneyama threw his helmet on the table and said to Grez.

"I also hope to be able to break out immediately, but we are now at a disadvantage and morale is very low, if we rashly abandon the position and move, I am afraid that the situation will only get worse." Grez replied.

"I know this, but we won't have new reinforcements, so let's find a way to break through as soon as possible."

"If Odros can come in time......"

"Don't count on him, he won't come, who knows if he's in trouble himself."

"So," Grez pondered for a moment, "let's hold out until the evening, and after avoiding the opposing dragon knights, let's find a way to break through." If it really doesn't work, then it will be possible to save the lives of the precious Parmis elite warriors. Gretz's implication was to be prepared to abandon the infantry units, which were mostly foreign mercenaries, if necessary.