Chapter 116: A Thousand Miles Escape (Part 2)
On the fifth day of entering the vast grassland, there was no scout who had discovered any sudden report to Cons: "Sir! More than a thousand cavalry were found thirty kilometers ahead and were rushing towards us!"
While the cavalry reported, the cavalry guarded around rushed back to report: "Sir, a large number of cavalry were found forty kilometers to the left!"
"Sir, thousands of cavalry were found fifty kilometers to the right!"
"Sir, smoke and dust were found sixty kilometers behind, and a large number of cavalry were chasing me!"
Such news immediately surprised everyone. People were surrounded by people. Who was the other party? They actually chased this place without water. Now there are enemies everywhere, where should I break through? Everyone immediately focused their attention on Cons.
Cons first stood on his horse and looked around, then ordered: "Send the order, all the cavalry will gather together, the extra horses will be put into the carriage and the logistics soldiers will provide each person with three pots of arrows."
Hearing this, everyone knew that they were going to attack the enemy in front of them. Many people muttered in their hearts: "Are those servants reliable? Will they turn against each other when they see them fighting with their compatriots?"
People with this kind of concern will temporarily keep their concerns in their hearts when they see the appearance of Torgelat in the grassland.
The scout who came to report immediately changed his career and became a messenger, shouting orders and running around.
The cavalry in the team immediately ran forward, and the logistics soldiers on the carriage were busy sending pots of arrows out. The infantry also trapped the excess horses and carriages under the command of the captain.
The eight servant soldiers who received the orders, of course, noticed the suspicious eyes of the Imperial soldiers, and they couldn't help but shout to their subordinates: "Remember! We are Lord Cons's servant soldiers! For Lord Cons, we can point the bow and arrow at any one! Don't lose the glory of our grassland people!"
The servant soldiers who have become a little human these days responded with a burst of shouts under the leadership of the ten men.
Seeing that Cons was about to attack with the cavalry, Rett, Lekke and other personal soldiers looked anxious, but they were depressed by Cons's order "You and the infantry are following behind".
However, they also knew that there was nothing they could do. Although their five personal guards could also ride horses, their riding skills could not be compared with those of the cavalry. In other words, they were just dragon cavalry who rode horses during marching and dismounted during combat.
Thinking of this, Reit and others made up their minds to practice equestrian well.
Holding a strong bow, Cons looked at the nearly a thousand cavalry behind him, and said, "Ok, drive the carriage and follow us." Then he waved his hand: "Cabinets attack!" He ran forward with the lead.
Monte, who was proud and satisfied, immediately shouted with a blue face after receiving the scout's report on the situation around him: "Hurry up! Those damn wild wolves have noticed our prey! We must seize the prey in front of them!"
Monte's confidant was based on his duties, so he couldn't help but remind him: "Sir, there are more than a thousand people on the other side, and we only have one thousand people here..."
Monte glanced at his confidant and said disrespectfully, "What? Do you think we will fail? Don't forget that the other side had only two or three hundred imperial soldiers, and the others were captured flag slaves. Do you think those low-key flag slaves dare to fight against us noble men?"
The confidant hurriedly said, "No, sir, my subordinates are not worried about the group of Imperial Army. My subordinates are worried that when we attack the Imperial Army, those wild wolves will take advantage of the situation to rob them."
Hearing this, Monte was stunned, frowned and said in agreement: "It's true, what should we do?"
The confidant may have had a solution for a long time. After muttering a few words in Monte's ear, Monte patted his confidant's shoulder with a smile and shouted, "Let me listen to it! As long as you hunt prey, everyone will be promoted! All flag slaves will become flag citizens!"
As soon as this benefit came out, the men and women, including those expressionless cavalry, all their eyes shone brightly, howling and whipping their mounts hard and rushed forward.
The two sides ran quickly at the same time, and the distance of 30 kilometers was shortened to two or three kilometers in a short while. There was no place to hide in this grassland where the sight was within reach, so both sides discovered each other at the first time.
"Swap horses!" Cons and Monte ordered at the same time. The soldiers on both sides immediately threw down their sweaty and breathless mounts and stepped onto another mount that had been running in the air.
Monte looked at the cavalry opposite and found that the other party had no identity mark. Monte immediately waved his hand and said, "Attack!"
The confidant immediately asked, "Sir, we haven't figured out the other party's identity yet. Is it too hasty?"
"That's a hurry! There is no sign of identity, either horse thieves or those imperial troops, beat the goddamn!" Monte shouted again: "Now is the time to show your courage, attack me!"
"Wow!" The cavalry of the C-shaped flag shouted loudly, threw down the tired mount, and mobilized the mount under his crotch and rushed towards Cons and his gang.
On the side of Cons, after changing horses, Cons actually ordered a slow cycling. Geralt and other imperial cavalry were stunned when they heard this order, because logically speaking, there was no fancy between the two cavalry, and only the two sides charged against each other. But now the other party has charged, and he actually rode slowly. Do you still want to save horsepower?
Now the distance is only two kilometers. If you don’t run, you will become an infantryman to fight against the cavalry.
Monte, who was surrounded in the center of the team, saw the forward raising his bow and cursed: "Cut the bow and draw the sword in the front row!"
The confidant knew why Monte did this and shouted, "We will destroy them in the shortest time! Draw our swords and fight! The eagles on our grassland are not afraid of any battle!"
Although it is recognized that the grassland people have a good way of riding and shooting, the grassland people believe that they have a good way of fighting immediately whenever they fight immediately, and they are eager to show their courage. Compared with the instinctive riding and shooting, they prefer close combat, so they have no resistance to this command that obviously abandons their strengths and takes up their weaknesses.
Geralt and others wanted to come and dissuade Cons, but they were sent down to lead the team and could not leave without authorization. Just when they saw that the enemy was approaching the range of the bow and arrow and were preparing to charge against the order, Cons' order came again: "The servants roamed from both sides, and the Imperial Army drew their swords to charge!" After saying that, the first one was to draw the sword and rush forward.
When Geralt and other imperial cavalry heard this, they suddenly remembered that the imperial cavalry was relying on close combat, while the Madonna Cavalry was relying on cavalry and shooting. Now that the opponent has passed the range of the gamble, he continues to rush hard and draws his sword. It depends on the situation and wants to fight close combat with him.
When were the Imperial cavalry afraid of close combat? Geralt and other cavalry captains immediately drew their swords and shouted: "Come on, sir!"
The eight servants and centurions of Lao Dao also shouted loudly: "The time to show our loyalty and courage is here!" He scattered around with his servants and began to shoot arrows at Monte's Thousand-man team.
More than 100 cavalry squadrons of the Imperial Army immediately raised their swords and rushed forward with enthusiasm. If Monte ordered all the archery, these 100 people would probably die in one round of volleys.
But Monte certainly would not have expected that only a hundred people rushed up, and even if he thought about it, he would not take these hundred people to heart. In the eyes of these nomads, the servants who were rushing on both sides were their great enemy.
So when Cons led the cavalry squadron into the Monte Thousands forward array, Monte Thousands, ninety percent of the attention of Monte Thousands were focused on the servants scattered around shooting archers.
The Imperial Army's ability in hand-to-hand combat is one of the best on the mainland. It is just a charge, a hundred people who fought against the Imperial Army's Monte vanguard were cut off at almost one encounter.
Cons quickly killed two or three. At this time, the Monte mid-range and back-range were still shooting with the servants.
The cavalry led by Cons did not stop after killing the front army of Monte, but instead rode their horses to charge. They knew that if they stopped, they would really become targets. As long as these herdsmen and flag soldiers took the time to shoot an arrow at them, they would be in trouble. Only by fighting a melee would it be safer.
When the imperial cavalry charged, the servants also caused damage to the Muqi soldiers. Although they were all shot at the target and the number of people was comparable, there was a gap in the losses between the two sides.
Originally, the morale of the soldiers on both sides was unequal. After all, Monte was completely self-deprecated. It was just that Monte said that after victory, they would be promoted to the people of the flag, which inspires the morale of fighting.
Although the servant soldiers are also slaves, the servant soldiers not only know clearly that as long as they work hard, they can become commanders at any time. Their food is the same as the imperial army. There are the imperial army, and they also have them, and there are also talking and laughing with the imperial army, and there is no difference.
So in terms of morale, the two sides tied, but on the other hand, there was a big difference in equipment.
The mounts of the servant soldiers were all good horses selected from tens of thousands of horses in the horse robbery market. They were not only one level higher than the mounts of the Monte Thousands. More importantly, the servant soldiers were all wearing leather armor, which was incomparable to those flag slaves who had no armor except clothes.
Although there were casualties and injuries in such a battle, it goes without saying which side suffered heavy losses.
Although Monte is just a commander who has climbed up by blood, he has some skills on this grassland where the strong prey on the weak. He just looked at it and found that something was wrong.
The other party sent melee cavalry to fight to the death, while there were skilled archers outside, one harassed outside and the other slashed inside, making him ignore the outside and ignore the outside and the outside and the outside and the outside and dislike the inside. If he didn't make a decision immediately, he would probably end inexplicably.
Thinking of this, Monte immediately shouted: "Don't pay attention to the rangers outside and fight for the cavalry in front of me with all my might!"
Several of Monte's husband's confidants immediately shouted loudly, shouting to convey Monte's orders, while leading their subordinates to surround Cons, which immediately woke up the surrounding commanders who were fighting against the servants, and all of them approached the center with their subordinates.
The servants who were shooting easily around him were immediately panicked when they saw nearly a thousand Muqi soldiers giving up shooting against him and turning to the center. They knew that their master was charging at the forefront. If they were besieged, even if the master could kill dozens of gray wolves, they would not be able to compete with hundreds of people.
The servants and soldiers immediately approached with their subordinates, and several more eager centurions even led their men to the Muqi soldiers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.
Monte's screaming and shouting made Cons, who always looked around the audience, noticed that after chopping down several herd flag soldiers around him, he pulled his knife and pulled his bow and shot three arrows at Monte, and then he ignored the bow and drew his knife to continue slashing.
"Master, be careful!" Several herds and flag soldiers who were responsible for protecting Monte were already in front before Monte could figure out what was going on.
The puff and scream immediately sounded, and Monte, who was a little stunned, felt a pain in his chest and fell down from his horse.
The herds and flag soldiers on both sides of Monte were shocked to find that three iron arrows easily penetrated the chests of the three guards, two of which shot two guards behind to death, while the other one passed through the gaps in the guards' bodies due to angle problems and accidentally drilled into Monte's chest.
No wonder the iron arrow is so strong. Cons's bow is the best among so many strong bows in the logistics industry.
"Master!" Seeing Monte fall to the ground, his guard shouted and all rushed over in panic.
After a moment of stunned silence, the surrounding ten husbands had completely reacted in two ways. One ran over like a guard, and the other ran towards the centuries.
As for the herds and flag soldiers, they were completely stupid. The chief general died in battle, and the flag slaves of them would definitely not have a good ending.
He noticed the fierce battle and suddenly stopped. Cons immediately looked around and saw that the place where he had just shot archery and had squeezed many people. He had been through the battle formation for a long time and knew what was going on. He raised his knife and shouted: "Blow the trumpet! Assault the whole army!" The cavalry following Cons immediately blew the trumpet.
The cavalry squadron fighting in the enemy formation immediately shouted loudly when he heard the horn. He ignored the enemies around him and rushed forward desperately. The servants who had already rushed up around rushed into the enemy formation with rushing horses.
In the first carriage that followed behind, the black wolf left by Cons suddenly raised his head and howled as the horn sounded. The horse, which was already a little trembling, immediately neighed and accelerated its pace.
And the people who heard the horn at this moment, of course, immediately whipped and followed.
Xiang Wen looked at the black wolf with a surprised look: "Ah, no? You can actually command a horse? Are you still a wolf?"
Heilang glanced at Xiangwen proudly, then turned his head and looked ahead with disdain.
Xiang Wen was immediately furious. He didn't offend this wolf, why did he just wink at me?
Xiang Wen's eyes were red due to grievance, which made Oak feel sorry for his smile and comforted him: "Look out. Wild wolves, especially the head wolves, they will only obey the strong. Look at Reit, don't Lei Kai and the others get along well with the Black Wolves?"
Xiang Wen was silent, and he understood what Oak said.
Rett and Leike ignored what they were muttering, but looked at the fighting sounds in the distance with an anxious look on their faces. After a while, the two brothers suddenly roared and jumped onto a horse pulling a cart. The horse was originally a temporary cart pulling, with reins and saddles on their bodies.
Ret and the others cut off the cable, pulled the whip, and ran out excitedly. A cold light flashed in the black wolf's eyes, and a howling sounded, jumped off the speeding carriage easily, and quickly caught up with Ret and Ret and the others.
The actions of Rett and Lei Kai set an example. Most of the left-behind imperial infantry jumped on horses and rushed to the battlefield.
Only the logistics soldiers and a few unlucky guys stayed to drive the carriage. Wei Jie, who was cursing at the second carriage, was one of them.
Xiangwen, who was silent, suddenly jumped onto a horse with agility. Oak immediately shouted in panic: "Why are you going to join in the fun?"
Xiang Wen said with a serious expression: "I want the damn guy to understand that I am also a strong man!" After that, he waved his sword lightly, pulled the reins, and the horse neighed, and immediately ran wildly.
Chapter completed!