Witteger is also a young man, and he thinks he is no worse than Schweinger except for his background. Whether it was in the Sui Dynasty or the Opulu Empire, the emperor's promotion of young generals was mainly based on their background. In the face of dozens of military achievements and a good background, the emperor's choice is often the latter.
Both young talents, young people from aristocratic backgrounds have a much higher starting point than those from poor families.
This involves many, many interests, not because the emperor is stupid. For example, a child from a poor family joins the army, and if he survives hundreds of battles and has good luck, his name may be known by the emperor and promoted, but after a while his name cannot be mentioned in the emperor's ears If so, it will be forgotten.
The children of noble origin are different. As long as they are young and talented, their families will naturally let the emperor remember this name early.
Moreover, the emperor also needs to give enough benefits to those nobles.
There is no fairness at all in this, the fame and fortune that can't be exchanged for a hundred battles, maybe people have it at birth. Witage came from a small noble family in the Opru Empire. Although he might not be able to climb up no matter how hard he struggled like the poor family, he needed an opportunity to take another step forward.
Unlike someone from a big family like Schweinger, he could look at those humble children fighting to the death on the battlefield with contempt, but he had to bow his head in front of someone like Schweinger. Most of the middle- and lower-level officers of the Opulu Imperial Army came from small families like his. Each family has some background, but it is absolutely difficult to reach the sky. Therefore, they need to be attached to those big families and wait for the opportunities that leak from the fingers of the big families all the time.
Just like the emperor wants to win over those big families, the big families also need to release some small credits from time to time to win over those small families.
This is the composition of the Opru Empire interest group.
Witteger knew that Schweinger would not lie to himself, because he knew Schweinger's character very well. Such an arrogant person disdains to say nothing. And as a young general who wanted to take the command of Schulens, Schweinger also needed the support and love of his subordinates.
But having said that, since it was a charity from Schweinger, then Schweinger must have gotten more because of it.
It took only half an hour for Witage to lead his team to leave the camp, and quietly lurk in the high-slope dense forest about five miles away from the camp. If the Han people really want to attack at night, this is the place they must pass through. Witteg never thought that such great credit would all fall on himself. As Schweinger said, as long as his name is mentioned in the memorial to His Majesty the Emperor, the future will be bright.
This is a very suitable place to set up an ambush. The road passes between the high slopes. The foreign army ambushing on the high slopes has an absolute advantage in medium and long-range weapons. A Shura hell. During these days of fighting with the Han people, Witag had to admire the fighting spirit of the Han people, but he firmly believed that the Han people could not become the final victor.
The huge gap in weapons gave them an absolute advantage.
Of course, this advantage was lowered as much as possible in front of the Black Flag Army. The Black Banner Army is an army beyond the limit of the imagination of foreigners. Before meeting the Black Banner Army, the people of the Opru Empire never thought that the Han people would also have a well-organized army equipped with advanced firearms.
However, the Firearms Battalion of the Black Banner Army could not form a direct confrontation with them in terms of strength, which made them feel at ease. Another headache of the Black Banner Army was the light cavalry that came and went like the wind. The cavalry of the Black Banner Army has a very special tactical system, just like a pack of wolves, rushing out from time to time to bite for a while and then turn around and leave, making them miserable.
Therefore, Witag firmly believes that if the Han people want to attack at night tonight, then the cavalry must be sent. Only that cavalry has such a fast speed and can withdraw quickly after a battle. Of course, there will be many practitioners who are incomprehensible to the people of the Opru Empire.
So far, it is the Han practitioners who have shocked foreigners the most.
Those damn practitioners have abilities far beyond normal people. Once they break through the blockade of muskets and get close to them on the battlefield, it will undoubtedly be a nightmare for the soldiers of the Opru Empire Army. Those practitioners can fight one against ten or even one against one hundred.
The only ones who can deal with those practitioners are the Musketeers with special equipment. But the number of such musketeers is like the comparison of the number of ordinary people and practitioners among the Han people. In this army of at least hundreds of thousands of horses, the number of special musketeers that can deal with practitioners does not exceed 800.
These eight hundred people were the guards given to Schweinger by Emperor Lehmann.
Witage looked back at the fifty arrogant musketeers behind him, seeing their clothes that were no different from ordinary musketeers, Witage felt a little emotional in his heart. If it weren't for the special and important task of this time, Schweinger would not have assigned him fifty Demon-Breaking Musketeers.
The people of the Opulu Empire called the Han practitioners demons.
In their view, these people are people empowered by the devil. The Demon-Breaking Musketeers are the only means for the Opulu Empire to deal with practitioners. This mysterious musketeer team was built by Emperor Lehman himself, and the exact number of people is kept secret. However, it is said that there are no more than five generals protected by the Demon-Breaking Musketeers on the entire battlefield. Of course, these five people will assign the Devil-Breaking Musketeers to be beside their important subordinates.
Therefore, in this war, the death rate of the middle and lower officers of the Opru Empire has always been high. Those Han Chinese practitioners have learned how to identify officers, so on the battlefield, middle and lower-level officers are the targets of those practitioners. Seeing these fifty demon-destroying musketeers, Vitag felt a little more at ease.
it's getting dark.
He sniffed, as if he smelled blood.
So he was a little excited. When he thought that his name would appear in front of Emperor Leman after the victory of this battle, he couldn't hold back his excitement. The heart was beating wildly, and this feeling was more intense than when he was fifteen years old and forced one of the family maids into the garden and tore her clothes.
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Wittig found himself making a colossal mistake.
Before the war began, he believed everything Schweinger said to him. Because he knew Schweinger's ambitions, and knew that Schweinger needed people like himself to be his loyal subordinates. He never thought that he would become a stepping stone on Schweinger's promotion road.
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Sacrifice
It seemed too late when he realized it.
The Han people did come to attack at night, and it was indeed the light cavalry that was invincible. But something seemed wrong with the war from the start.
According to the advance habit of the Han army, Witage knew that the small group of cavalry at the front were scouts, and if there was any trouble ahead, these scouts would immediately issue a warning, and the large group behind would stop. So when he saw a horse team of about a few hundred people approaching, Witag ordered not to shoot.
He kept the soldiers quiet enough that they didn't even have to gulp for breath. As a qualified general, Witag knows that it is often a small detail that determines the outcome on the battlefield. If you ignore something, then fate may play a cruel joke on yourself.
Fortunately, today is the first quarter moon.
The moonlight was very clear, and Vitag could see the cavalry team of hundreds of people passing by on the high slope. The next thing he has to do is to wait, waiting for the group of people behind. As long as those cavalry are within range, this terrain is definitely the best graveyard for cavalry.
No matter how fast the cavalry is, it is not so easy to charge up a high slope. The cavalry, which has lost its advantage in speed, is not as defensive as the infantry. Infantry can also fall down to avoid the baptism of bullets, and cavalry on horseback are just like targets.
At the beginning, the development of the matter went exactly as Witteg expected, until he found that the cavalry team suddenly stopped after entering the ambush circle, and then the hundreds of cavalry who had passed before ran back, not long after. , The light cavalry of the Han people actually started to change direction, and it seemed that they were going to retreat.
At this time, Witteger received a military order from Schweinger.
"Regardless of the cost, hold off the Han light cavalry, support will come later, and the encirclement of this light cavalry is about to be completed."
When he received this military order, Witage had no doubts. Because this is a tactic that has been negotiated beforehand, once the Han cavalry enters the ambush circle and the battle starts, Schweinger will personally lead troops to support and complete the encirclement. Although the Han Chinese light cavalry did not enter the ambush circle, Schweinger was obviously still sure to eat this team.
Therefore, without any hesitation, Vitag ordered to shoot.
The musketeers on the high slope began to shoot at the horse team, but because the distance was too far, the damage to the Han people was very small. Thinking of Schweinger's military order, and then thinking of his own future, Witteg gritted his teeth and ordered a charge. Then the soldiers rushed down from the high slopes on both sides and began to attack a cavalry team.
If Wittag hadn't been blinded by his own fantasy of a bright future, he might have discovered the weirdness of this war. As a general who has led the army for many years, why did Schweinger order the soldiers to attack a light cavalry at any cost
Unfortunately, it was too late when Witag reacted.
When he came to his senses, it was still because the support he was waiting for had not appeared. The so-called imminent encirclement of the Chinese cavalry that Schweinger told him never happened.
"how so!"
He looked at the fragmented team in front of him being charged by the Han cavalry, with sadness and despair in his eyes.
"General!"
The soldier he sent back for help ran back in a hurry, the sweat and dust on his face mixed together, making him look extraordinarily embarrassed.
"We... were fooled!"
The despair in this soldier's eyes was even stronger than that of Witag.
"I just ran back to the big camp to ask for help, and found that the army was arrayed on the flat ground three miles behind us. I rushed over and asked them why they didn't come to help, but no one paid any attention to me. I found out later that this is Shi Weiyin at all. General Ge’s plan, and we are all victims of this plan. General Schweinger has no intention of sending troops to support us at all, he has already led his troops to attack Phoenix Terrace himself!”
The soldier's voice was hoarse, as if his throat had been torn by anger and sadness: "A soldier who knew me told me that General Schweinger asked us to lay an ambush here in order to contain the most powerful Chinese army. The cavalry. Then, General Schweinger took advantage of the opportunity of the Han cavalry to leave the city, and launched an attack on Fenghuangtai. The army behind us was to prevent us from fleeing..."
"This is impossible!"
Witage roared, grabbed the soldier by the collar, and his eyes turned red: "The Marquis promised me that he would personally bring troops to support him!"
"General..."
The soldier said desperately: "Didn't you realize that we... have been abandoned. General Schweinger's target was not the cavalry at all, but the Phoenix Terrace. When we came out, he had already led a large group of troops. They left the camp from the other side and rushed to Fenghuangtai even faster than us. And our only purpose here is to use our lives to hold back the Han Chinese cavalry."
Phoenix Terrace is too small.
There is no room for the Black Banner Army's 100,000 troops.
So the Black Banner Army camp outside Fenghuangtai City was Schweinger's main target this time.
Witag opened his mouth, feeling a sweet smell welling up in his throat.
With a pop, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
His face was pale.