Loud horns sounded one after another. Edward, the commander of the Seremis family army, rode on his beloved "Black Beauty" and looked up at the Saranaar family army that slowly walked out of the Crimson Castle, walking at the front. The one above was the battle flag embroidered with the Saranaar family coat of arms. Judging from the pattern on the battle flag, Edward understood that today's opponent was the frail Lord Adams.
"Humph, pass on the order, and all the troops will quickly enter the position." Edward turned around and gave the order to the order soldiers around him, and these order soldiers immediately passed the order in pairs on fast horses. After getting the command from the commander, After the order, the army of the Seremis family accelerated their march. Under the leadership of the officers, they jogged all the way to the place designated by Edward in advance. They formed a formation and waited quietly.
In the Cassano Plain, which has a population of only 300,000, today's battle at the Crimson Rose Castle can be considered a large-scale battle. The two warring parties have invested a total of more than 17,000 troops, including the attackers, the Seremis family. There are 11,000 people, and the Saranal and Emilio coalition forces have less than 7,000 people. It can be said that the gap in military strength is still very large.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of these armies is far inferior to that of the garrison of the Thunder God Fortress. The real elites among them are roughly similar to the second-line troops of the Thunder God Fortress, and more of them are farmers who just abandoned their farm tools and picked up weapons not long ago. With soldiers who have received long-term military training as grassroots officers, these farmers quickly learned the skills and experience of combat. If they had the opportunity to experience many hard battles and persist to the end, these farmers could also become well-deserved veterans. It is a pity that Most people will die fighting or lay down their arms and go home to farm again before then.
Edward commanded his men to complete the layout of the military formation first. As a well-behaved commander, Edward certainly would not take risks when his troops were superior. He still adopted the most commonly used method in battles to use the most powerful force. The 2,000 most powerful warriors were placed on the right wing of their own position, and the weaker 3,000 troops were placed on the left wing. As the commander-in-chief, Edward led a large army of 6,000 troops to sit in the center.
The biggest advantage of this kind of arrangement is that it can give full play to the advantage of troops, especially on a vast battlefield when the two sides cannot use the terrain to sneak attack on the opponent. Such a regular arrangement can slowly consume the opponent and frustrate it through a series of means. The opponent's morale is improved, and then the strongest right wing is used to launch a penetration offensive against the enemy's weakest left wing, causing chaos in the opponent's position and thus achieving the final victory of the battle.
Under this arrangement, if the two wings are tight, Edward can choose to divide his troops for rescue, or he can directly launch an attack with the Chinese army to counterattack the opponent's position. Even if there are some losses on both wings, Edward's troops will still be equal to the maximum troops invested by the opponent. As long as With a little arrangement, Edward can counterattack when the opponent's physical strength is reduced after a hard battle, and he can also achieve the final victory.
"Unless a miracle happens, our army will definitely win." Edward said secretly in his heart after repeated deductions several times and still couldn't find his own shortcomings.
Just when Edward was complacent, the positions of the coalition forces of Saranal and Emilio were basically completed. On the surface, it seemed that Lord Adams was in command, but in fact his daughter Adela was the leader of the coalition. The actual commander, in order to hide from others, Adela was covered in a black cloak, and her rose battle flag was not displayed. Adela herself was not even in the army at all.
According to Adela's arrangement, her father Adams personally led 4,000 troops to garrison the central army. Adams' only task was to stay firmly in place, while Vivian personally led the remaining 700 soldiers of the Emilio family. Pretending to be miscellaneous soldiers, Adela also carefully selected the elite members of the Salanaar family to increase Vivian's direct subordinates to 1,000 people. In order to conceal her identity, Vivian and her soldiers were all on her body. They were wearing a raincoat that farmers would wear when farming in the rain. Fortunately, these warriors were equipped with mail armor made of thin sheets, so they only looked a little bloated in appearance, but they showed that they had spent a lifetime working in farmland. Some are kind of rustic,
As for Adela herself, she came to the right wing with less than 2,000 remaining men pretending to be elites. In order to deceive Edward, Adela allocated the family's supplies and equipped these men with leather armor. Come over to Vivian's guards who are wearing stainless steel armor. These warriors were originally selected, and the armor on their bodies was also blessed by Ryan himself. It can be said that this team of dozens of people is the most powerful in the entire battle. The strongest team, when they removed the Emilio family crest and replaced it with the Saranal family crest and stood in the front row on the right wing, they really attracted attention.
"Well, it seems that you have formed the same formation as me." Edward whispered after carefully observing the opponent's position: "Adams, in fact, if you hadn't been frail and sick since you were a child, your intelligence would be the highest among our three families. The strongest one, if it were me and you getting along in a different place, I could only use this method to delay and pray for a miracle to come. It's just a pity that your military strength and combat effectiveness are far inferior to mine. If you continue to use up this way, you will definitely lose. Although you lose a little slower, maybe you think it’s not too embarrassing.”
After watching both sides arranging their troops, the soldiers on both sides were about 500 meters apart, standing quietly like this. The battlefield fell into an oppressive silence. Edward looked up at the sun and found that he had started to adjust. Almost 2 hours have passed since the soldiers left the camp.
Of course, Edward cannot continue to stalemate with the opponent like this, because it will not benefit him at all. However, although Edward's military strength is superior, if he acts rashly, it will still trigger a series of unpredictable consequences. Therefore, Edward can only use various means to slowly Weaken the opponent's strength and morale so that you can find and seize the moment of opportunity for the entire army to attack,
"The third and fourth squadrons stepped forward and prepared to shoot, while the seventh and eighth squadrons raised their shields to protect them." Edward gave the order softly.
Under his order, the 200 sword and shield warriors responsible for protection raised their round shields and walked forward for almost 50 meters. They leaned closely together and formed a dense formation to prepare for the bows and arrows behind them. They formed a safe shield wall with their hands, and the only two archers in Seremis also moved forward slowly, came to stand behind the sword and shield warriors, and under the command of the commander, these archers all came together. Drawing out his feather arrows, he prepared to attack.