In order to go straight to the new city at the fastest speed, Manninger pulled out almost all the cavalry under his command and formed an army. On the day of the departure, he left the main force and galloped away from the new city.
This cavalry has about 3,000 cavalry, but it is already all the cavalry that Manninger can draw. After all, the Odin army was not good at cavalry originally. From a combat point of view, the reindeer cavalry of the Odins was more inclined to use the heavy cavalry. Stronger than the average horse. However, this kind of mount is different from horses after all, and cannot be stocked on a large scale, so even among the first-class legions in the Odin Empire like the Chixue Army, the entire army only maintained a few thousand reindeer cavalry at its peak.
In this invasion of the south, Manninger has already dragged his family out. Thousands of reindeer cavalry of the whole family have gone on the expedition, and some horses captured from Byzantium have been added in Syltan County. In total, there are only five Only six thousand.
But the problem is that in this winter war, Manninger still left some people in his lair, and there were only less than 4,000 cavalry with the army.
Right now, under Manninger's strict orders, these 4,000 riders exerted their strength to suckle and galloped towards the new city day and night!
Manninger's order is simple and clear: within two days, at all costs, must rush to the new city! Go straight to the city defense!
Although Manninger was furious, he was not completely out of order. He was sure that this enemy army that had stolen his own nest must be small in number. Thousands of cavalry rushed towards him, and he might be able to rely on surprise attacks. One is not prepared to hit the opponent! If you can retake the city at once, it is naturally the best. Even if it's not good, the cavalry can quickly arrive back, and they can put pressure on the enemies in the city, not giving them time and opportunity to calmly arrange the city defense!
In Manninger's mind, even if these thousands of cavalry were exhausted, it was far less than the value of the new city!
Under his orders, these thousands of reindeer cavalrymen, who were originally used as heavy cavalry, could only drive the ducks onto the shelves, put on the posture of light cavalry, and ran away to Xixincheng for a long distance.
The reindeer is not good at long-distance running, although in order to save horsepower, these thousands of cavalry have been as light as possible before they set off, and replaced the heavy armor on their bodies with light leather armor, reducing as much as possible. He was heavy and only carried a small amount of rations, but after running for a day and a night, whether it was a soldier or a mount, he was exhausted.
Fortunately, the mainland is still smooth, and the Odin warriors have always been tough guys who have endured hardships.
Seeing that at noon the next day, the entire army had already marched to a place less than two hundred miles away from the new city. At this speed, they should be able to reach the new city at night!
Since Syltan County is a large grain-producing county, in addition to the flat terrain, there are many rivers and lakes in the territory. In winter, the rivers are naturally frozen.
At this moment, the whole army has reached a river beach, and along this river beach to the south, the river will go around a bend, and after passing this bend, go straight down the road, and it is the new city.
Thousands of cavalrymen gathered to gallop, and the scene was naturally extremely shocking. Thousands of cavalry spread out on the mainland, galloping all the way, and the slush splashed.
When the brigade came to the beach, the leading cavalry leader slowly stopped, and immediately ordered the whole army to rest here for a while! Although there are sacks of material, people can eat during the march, but the mounts can't stand it, and the most important thing is to drink water.
After the army stopped, thousands of cavalrymen lined up beside the river beach. The cavalrymen dismounted one after another, and took advantage of this short opportunity to seize the time to rest, some to eat, and some to put sacks around the necks of the reindeer for the horses to eat.
And the leader of the cavalry, of course, also dispatched people to the river to break the ice on the river to get water.
Along the river beach, after knocking on a layer of ice, he ordered a group of cavalrymen to lead their mounts to drink water.
The weather was so cold, and he never closed his eyes to rest day and night. Even though Odin could bear hardships and stand hard work, he couldn't stand it. Besides, everyone knew that the new city was lost, and there was a huge pressure in their hearts. Everyone on the road had a gloomy face, and they didn't have the high-spirited look they had when they set out on the expedition.
Teams took turns going to the river to drink deer, and when they reached the fourth team, they suddenly heard the warning whistle from the Odin warrior who was in charge of guarding in the distance!
The voice came very fast, and then the Odin cavalry leader immediately changed his face!
Downstream of the river beach, there was the sound of hurried horses' hooves, and then I saw a cavalry clearly bearing the Byzantine flag, coming towards us!
Although the Odins were exhausted, they were all elites after all, whistling again and again, and immediately assembled and lined up under the command of the leader. Even the cavalry who were drinking the deer by the river turned over the deer and headed towards the road. The team is coming!
The Byzantine cavalry in the distance seemed to have a lot of mounts, but when it was close, Odin took a closer look, but it was only five or six hundred horses, only one person and three horses.
On the road, they suddenly encountered the enemy, and these Odin cavalrymen were not ambiguous.
The cavalry in the distance was naturally the six hundred cavalry that Xi Ya brought out.
Xia Ya led the cavalry from a distance, but in fact, he had been waiting near the river beach for a long time. This is the ultimate road for the Odins to return to the new city. He took the cavalry to rest and recharge in the lower reaches of the river. Once there are Odin cavalry When he arrives, he will immediately bring someone on a horse to get dressed and kill him!
More than 600 cavalry rushed over on this road, but just when there was still a arrow in the distance, the entire army suddenly stopped, and the two cavalry were facing each other from such a distance.
Xia Ya smiled coldly, turned back and said loudly: "The prey has arrived, everyone is ready to harvest the heads of the Odins! Kill one for a pound of meat and a bag of wine!"
This winter, whether it is Xiaya or Manninger, food is in short supply on both sides. The reward of a pound of wine and meat is already a generous reward. In addition, since Xiaya's hundreds of horses have gone south, every battle must be a great victory. He had accumulated enough energy in his heart, and when he heard what Xia Ya said, the whole army shouted loudly.
Xia Ya deliberately raised a hand slowly, and the horse took a few steps forward. He raised his left hand, opened his palm, and the horse gradually got out of the formation.
From a distance, the cavalry leader of the Odin cavalry saw it and was startled.
This is a common gesture among the cavalry in the war between the two countries. Those who come out with this gesture are often cavalrymen who send messages or officers who come out to shout.
Could it be that the Byzantine cavalry of several hundred cavalry still have to fight with us in an upright manner
Although the Odin cavalry was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of the Byzantine cavalry, they were not afraid of panic. After all, from the comparison of the troops, there were more than 3,000 elites here, while the opponent was only five or six hundred...
Xia Ya rode his horse forward a few steps, then stopped, and shouted in Odin: "I am the Byzantine general Xia Leiming! The Odins opposite, ask your supreme leader to speak!"
When the two armies fought, the top generals of the two sides shouted at each other. First, they gave each other a letter of war, and second, they also boosted their own morale, which was considered normal.
The leader of Odin's cavalry had no doubts, but it was strange: the other party ordered so many troops, most of which were patrol posts from the Byzantine army that occupied the new city. According to common sense, when we encountered our cavalry brigade, we should turn around and retreat immediately. How can you still have the guts to fight us
This cavalry leader is also a worthy warrior in the Chixue Army. Otherwise, Manninger would not have handed all his thousands of cavalry to an unknown junior.
The fierce general Odin sneered boldly, took a few steps forward slowly, and shouted proudly: "I am a warrior under the command of Patriarch Manninger of the Chixue Army..."
Pity, this guy only had time to say a word, and he hadn't even called out his own name.
On the opposite side, Xia Ya was not interested in continuing to listen!
A smug smile flashed in the turtle's eyes, and suddenly he raised his right hand quickly! He had already raised a lance and spear in his hand, grabbed it in his hand, and suddenly waved it forward!
The poor general of Odin was just about to sign up for the number according to the custom of fighting, but suddenly he saw a black light on the opposite side, mixed with the howling wind, and it came to him in an instant!
This fierce general of Odin is indeed a warrior in the Chixue Army. Suddenly, he roared, and quickly raised the battle axe in his hand, facing the black light shot in front of him. At the same time, the body has flashed to one side...
It's a pity that with Xiaya's strength at the moment, he deliberately attacked again, how could he dodge it!
I heard a pop, and the spear pierced directly through the chest of this fierce Odin, piercing his whole body, and his body flew out from the back of the deer, hitting his own in one fell swoop. In the queue, Xi Ya's shot was extremely powerful. The spear not only pierced through this fierce general of Odin, but also pierced the three cavalry behind him in a row! Finally, an Odin cavalry was nailed to the ground! !
The Odin cavalry here are all panic-stricken, and before they can react, Xiaya has already raised a fire fork on the opposite side, and shouted: "Kill!!!"
As soon as he took the lead, he rushed up on a single horse, and the hundreds of cavalry behind him also whistled and galloped down! !
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When Xia Ya took action, he first assassinated the opponent's top general directly in front of the formation. Without the leader's command, these Odins are naturally a group of dragons without a leader! Seeing that Xia Ya led someone to kill him, for a while, even the Odins were a little chaotic here!
And the more shameless is yet to come!
The 600 cavalry rushing towards him heard whistling from the other side before they could even reach his eyes. The 600 Byzantine cavalry suddenly threw all the lances in their hands!
Six hundred spears, plus these six hundred cavalry are all strengthened warriors, with huge strength, and with the help of horsepower, six hundred spears suddenly shot down!
I heard a scream, and all of Odin's cavalry jumped! Among the thousands of riders, there was suddenly a piece of stabbing down!
When the Odins reacted, Xiaya had already rushed in front of him! As soon as he rode ahead, the fire fork in his hand instantly burst into a red light!
The crimson murderous aura erupted, and a cloud of red light immediately enveloped the range of 20 to 30 paces left and right. Xia Ya's fire fork swung round, and blood was sprayed in all directions! In the range of his crimson murderous aura, those Odin cavalry were beheaded even with their mounts! !
Xiaya has already rushed directly into the Odin team, and wherever he goes, he is invincible! I saw his fire fork rise and fall, and in the red light, there was a person's head flying into the sky, and blood sprayed!
The six hundred cavalry behind him have also been killed in an instant, like a sharp knife, mercilessly plunged into the brigade of the Odins!
Shameless! Shameless! !
Even a sneak attack on the way! It's okay to rush to kill while others are resting and drinking water! If you come up, you will ignore your faith and assassinate the main general of the enemy army! The most helpless thing for the Odin cavalry was that the Byzantine cavalry who came in were all equipped with dual spears!
After the round of spears just now, the lances in their hands were shot out, and these Byzantine cavalrymen immediately took off the spare lances or sabres hanging on the saddles!
Six hundred cavalry, plus Xi Ya, the invincible vanguard, rushed into the formation, and the Odins were running for a day and a night after all, and their horses and horses were exhausted.
Most importantly, in order to travel lightly, these Odin cavalry have abandoned the most used heavy armor in the past! The light leather armor that everyone wears, in the case of this kind of cavalry hedging and short-handed handover, will undoubtedly lose three points of combat power first!
Xia Ya took the lead, and wherever she went, flesh and blood flew! No matter what Odin warrior or warrior, whoever stands in front of him, no one can take the fire fork in his hand! The opponent's cavalry has already entered the formation directly! Even though these Odin cavalrymen were numerous and elite, they were cavalrymen rushing up, and with the momentum of the charge, they were scrambling around in place... This time, there was no chief commander, and they fought each other!
After resisting such a chaotic fight for a while, finally, the Odins couldn't stand it anymore!
Moment!
But it was only a moment of effort, and I didn't know who came first. The Odin cavalry reluctantly resisted, and the Byzantine cavalry rushed the queue into pieces. It was a huge array, and it was cut into pieces!
Xia Ya slaughtered in one breath, and the fire fork in his hand did not know how many Odin lives were lost. He only felt that his heart was boiling with enthusiasm, and when his murderous intent was soaring, he suddenly felt that his eyes were empty!
He widened his eyes, but found that he had already killed the Odinian array, a standard piercing, and killed it from behind the Odinian array!
Xia Ya laughed, and the horse ran two steps away, then turned the horse's head, and naturally his cavalrymen rushed out with him behind him!
This piercing tactic is a textbook standard! Xia Ya laughed and shouted again. Hundreds of cavalrymen quickly gathered beside him, and then, without even gasping for breath, Xia Ya, who raised the fire fork, re-entered the formation of the Odins!
The chaotic Odins lost their leader. Although some officers shouted desperately, but in a short period of time, before they had time to assemble the team, these powerful Byzantines turned around and killed them again!
This time, the Odin cavalry finally couldn't hold it anymore!
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Rout!
A rout that terrified the Odins!
A surprising scene appeared on the plain! Thousands of Odinian reindeer cavalry battalions were driven to run wildly all over the mountains, but behind them only a few hundred Byzantine troops were shouting and chasing them!
The most pitiful thing is that the reindeer mounted by the Odin people have been running long distances for a day and a night, and their strength is not good. Even if they run, they can't outrun the opponent's horse at the moment! I don't know how many Odin cavalrymen were caught up by the Byzantine behind them. Those Byzantine cavalrymen just slashed and fell off their horses, and then they continued to chase and kill without even looking at them!
In this pursuit, he ran more than a hundred miles!
I don't know how many Odins were running along the way. The reindeer under their crotch couldn't support it, and finally fell to the ground with their hooves limp. The Byzantine cavalry who was caught up killed them.
After more than 100 miles of pursuit, Odin's cavalry team is getting thinner and thinner!
Finally, when the Byzantine cavalry at the back finally stopped chasing, stopped far away, showed off and shouted, and then the whole team retreated, these Odin cavalry still ran wild again, and barely stopped to rectify their horses.
This rectification made these arrogant Odin warriors unable to even cry!
More than 3,000 cavalrymen set out, but at this moment, there were only less than 800 left! And most of them are injured! !
Xia Ya gathered the cavalry and returned, and spread out several small groups along the way to chase down the fallen Odin soldiers who had fallen behind. It took another two hours for the cavalry sent out to clear them to come back one after another.
The cavalry who came back were full of murderous expressions and full of vigor, and all of them had their heads hung on their horses!
After a little reckoning, in this battle, at least a thousand Odin cavalry were killed, and those who were killed and scattered were also killed in the hundreds! All in all, about 2,000 enemies were killed!
With six hundred cavalry against five or six times the enemy cavalry, such a victory can be described as brilliant!
And here in Xia Ya, more than 20 people were killed, more than 100 were slightly injured, and 14 people were seriously injured.
"I cut off the heads of these Odins and piled them up in the middle of the road!"
Xia Ya put away the fire fork, let out a long sigh, and sneered: "Manninger's army came over, just when he saw these heads! Make him terrified!"
A cavalryman next to him asked: "My lord! This battle is a joy to kill! What are we going to do next? Are we going to attack the main army of the Odins?"
Xia Ya laughed. It seemed that all these cavalrymen were inspired by the continuous victories, and they rushed to the main team of the Odins with only a few hundred cavalry.
However, the people below are hot-headed, and Xiaya himself can't be like this.
He shook his head and said with a smile: "Not busy! We still have important things to do... We have to destroy the Chixue Army, so this number of troops is not enough! I have already left an ambush as we pass along the way south. We're going to pick up the reinforcements and gather under the new city! We'll send Manninger back to his fucking home in the first battle, hahahaha!!"
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The vanguard cavalry of the Odins was defeated all the way, and went north along the road towards Manninger's main force.
Manninger is worried here.
The thousands of cavalrymen led by Sharba behind him continued to harass him along the way. Manninger's back team attacked early in a row, and the damage was not small.
It seems that Shaerba has indeed experienced it. Every battle comes and goes like the wind, and he will never be greedy for merit! A few times when the Odinite team was ready to encircle, he immediately took people away without any hesitation!
With Sharba's constant harassment and attacks behind, Manninger's brigade marched, and the speed was suddenly reduced by more than half. Manninger can only do his best to rectify the back team of the army and keep it on guard, but in this way, the speed of the march makes Manninger worry, so marching, to reach the new city, I don't know how much time it will take!
After walking like this for a day and a night, Sharba led people into the formation thirteen times! Although every time it just kills and wounds Odins ranging from dozens to hundreds, but it can't bear such a slow fire!
The Odins were so useless here that they couldn't do anything about the other party, and their morale inevitably dropped.
It wasn't until the next night that Sharba's cavalry finally retreated. He wanted to attack continuously, and the cavalry was exhausted. Sharba led his men to retreat a little and assembled his troops and horses.
Without this harassing enemy army behind him, Manninger breathed a sigh of relief before ordering the army to speed up its advance, but at night, he got bad news!
The rout of the vanguard cavalry finally escaped back to the main force!
When they set off, thousands of cavalry were showing off their might. When they came back, there were less than 800 cavalry. Everyone was covered in blood, in a state of embarrassment, most of them were injured, and their faces were panic and depression.
The news that the Eight Hundred Cavalry had returned from defeat immediately spread throughout the entire army!
Manninger was on the march, got news in the carriage, and rushed out immediately. Seeing the 800 riders running over in a state of embarrassment, Manninger swayed at that time!
When these cavalry returned, naturally a chief officer came to report to Manninger, but these defeated cavalry leaders came to Manninger, and they only spoke half of it, and found the face of the commander and patriarch in front of him. wrong…
"puff!!!"
Manninger suddenly opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from the sky. His face, which had only eased a little this day, suddenly turned pale again!
When he went up to support him from left to right, this Odin Xiongjie had his eyes closed and fainted.
The coach vomited blood and fell into a coma, and the advancing team stopped immediately.
Can only be stationed on the road and wait.
Manninger's coma this time took a lot longer than the last time. He was in a coma for a full night, and woke up faintly at noon the next day.
When he woke up, he was lying in the carriage, and his first reaction was that there was no bump under the carriage! Obviously the whole army has stopped advancing!
Manninger was furious, turned over and got up, just as he was about to drink angrily, he felt a sharp pain in his heart and a burst of shortness of breath!
He gritted his teeth and gasped for a few breaths. After he called out, he heard him in person and opened the door of the carriage.
Hearing that the coach woke up, the generals and leaders in the army soon gathered over, Manninger was angry, and he was in a coma, but the army actually stopped! Don't these idiots know that if the army goes back one night late, the danger will be a little more! !
But looking at the worried subordinates around him, he couldn't hold his anger anymore.
After all, these subordinates were also loyal to themselves, and they ordered the entire army to stop advancing when they saw that they were vomiting blood in a coma. I am afraid that my body will not be able to withstand the bumps all the way.
Manninger's anger couldn't come out, but his heart was cold!
The news of the vanguard cavalry's defeat shocked him even more than he learned that his son Morka was killed!
Thousands of cavalry!
That's literally thousands of elite cavalry! !
Odin's reindeer cavalry, if thousands of cavalry are assembled, can defeat a Byzantine infantry regiment in a night battle! !
Even when the 7th Corps of the Byzantine Empire was annihilated at the beginning, he relied on gathering thousands of cavalry to charge into the formation, and with these thousands of cavalry, he overwhelmed the formation of the 7th Corps, and then the infantry covered and killed it, and he won a great victory!
But these thousands of riders were actually crushed by someone!
And it's still a field battle, a real field battle! ! ! Head-to-head field battle! ! !
how can that be! How does this get Manninger to take over? !
Listening to the cavalry who came back from the rout, the opponent was only a few hundred cavalry, but the combat power was amazing, and the opponent's main general was brave and unparalleled, and he was also sinister and cunning...
Hundreds of cavalry can overwhelm my thousands of elite reindeer cavalry? ! Where are the brave and unparalleled generals in the Byzantine army! ! Even if it is a Rodrigueian cavalry, even if it is a Rodririan cavalry led by Adric himself, it is absolutely impossible to eat thousands of his own cavalry with a few hundred cavalry! !
In Manninger's heart, it is simply ridiculous to the extreme! !
"Go forward, continue to advance to the new city."
Facing the concern and silence of the generals, Manninger just coldly issued such a short order.
"... Patriarch!"
Some of the subordinates couldn't help but speak, but Manninger glared at him fiercely, and immediately told the man to shut his mouth.
"I know you are worried about my health, but the plan of the whole army can't be changed! I'm not dead! I can still bear this bump!" Manninger gritted his teeth: "But if we don't go to the new city, we can still go there. where?!"
After a while of silence, someone couldn't help but whisper: "There are other towns nearby, we can find a place to rectify the troops and horses first, and let the tribe's Erlang warriors repair a little..."
"Cowardly!" Manninger scolded coldly. He took a breath and said slowly: "Our old nest was copied! The cavalry we sent back to the division was crushed! At this time, some of you may think that Shixincheng is too dangerous! But I tell you! Now we have to go back! What did we Odin warriors rely on since they went south? It is the bravery and fierceness of our tribe warriors! It is this courage! But not now, the old nest was seized, and the cavalry was defeated! One by one, the news came that our tens of thousands of troops did not dare to return, and we had to go elsewhere to avoid the limelight... Don't you think about this kind of order Once issued to the whole army, what will the soldiers of the whole army think? They will really be afraid of these Byzantines from now on! Once we lose our bravery, what are we left of the Odins!!"