The next day when it was still dark, the Thirteenth Corps really set off. General Adrick personally led the troops of the First Banner Regiment on the road.
The 3rd Banner Regiment, led by the silver-haired man Butler who was the vanguard in the mighty search, has already sent back a military report. There have been two small-scale battles with the Odins in the northern part of the Albact Plain. The scale of the battle is about About a hundred people, both sides won a game.
The location of the battle was about dozens of miles south of the grove that the scout team attacked last time Char and the others.
Obviously, the army of the Odins is approaching the south step by step, penetrating the tentacles deeply into the depths of the Albact Plain.
As a member of the Guards, Char Ya wore a full set of cavalry and set off with the main force.
The only thing that disappointed Xia was that he didn't get the legendary "cavalry equipment" that Cato said last time: those four-meter-long spears, a half-human-high giant shield, and even Horse armor for horses...
What he got was still a set of light cavalry equipment that was exactly the same as when the scout went out last time, a double-edged sword for foot combat, a foot shield, and a long weapon for immediate combat—Char still chose the axe and spear.
On the way to march, Xiaya told his comrades in arms his doubts, and his doubts were soon explained. The explanation is Sharba, the former number one strongman in the Guards—of course, since he was defeated by Char in the last wrestling, he has retreated to the second place.
The burly man laughed loudly: "You were misled by that guy Cato. The equipment that Cato was talking about was referring to our heavy cavalry, huh, the whole body of cavalry heavy armor, the four-meter lance, and the There are half-man cavalry shields, horse armors equipped with horses... Think about how heavy such a cavalryman is with the whole body equipment? How can ordinary soldiers afford it? Only the elites carefully selected in the army To fight with such a heavy armor, ordinary people, such as Cato's mouse, have already been crushed to the ground."
After a pause, the rude man lowered his voice: "Also, think about it, how much iron does it take for a set of heavy equipment? And the heavy-riding war horses must also be well-bred load-bearing horses. This kind of heavy cavalry in our 13th Corps only has the fourth banner and one banner. If you want to be a heavy cavalry, when you have the opportunity to intercede with the general, ask him to send you to the fourth banner."
Xiaya was relieved immediately - it is indeed impossible to equip a unit like the heavy cavalry on a large scale, and he thought it was worse before.
In fact, strictly speaking, the First Banner Regiment that Char Ya is in at the moment is not a real cavalry - the First Banner Regiment under the Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment is actually a mounted infantry combat unit - mounted infantry, as the name suggests , Strictly speaking, it is an infantry branch, but in order to enhance mobility, these infantry use horses to march, and when fighting, they dismount into infantry formations.
After all, although the cavalry arm is powerful, it is impossible for the cavalry arm to fight on a large scale alone, and it also requires the cooperation of the infantry. Generally speaking, the cavalry is unlikely to conduct frontal field battles (except for raids) as an independent arm. Thousands of cavalry charge directly and directly attack the enemy's infantry array. This kind of thing is actually very rare, and it can really play a role. The power of the cavalry is to place the cavalry on the flanks to circle around and attack the enemy's flanks, penetrating layer by layer like peeling potatoes.
As an independent corps, the 13th Cavalry Corps is equipped with some infantry arms, but in order to maintain the mobility of the cavalry regiment, the infantry is upgraded to mounted infantry to maintain rapid mobility. Moreover, when encountering a siege battle, pure cavalry can't play a role, and only rely on infantry.
The men of the first flag set off to meet the vanguard third flag regiment that went north a few days ago.
Xia Ya was marching in the Guards, and along the way, he listened to his companions telling about some of the combat methods of the Thirteenth Corps. Although these Guards may not know a lot, but as Guards, they follow the General on weekdays and often hear some soldiers. The Yijun Bao is so familiar that it is always better than the knowledge of ordinary soldiers.
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On the first day on the road, Xia Ya marched with a large army of more than 1,000 people for the first time. In the past, in those legendary stories, it was a war of thousands of troops. The 13th cavalry regiment had strict military discipline, and the march was neat and solemn, but it had a murderous feeling, which made Xia sigh in his heart.
This is just a flag regiment. If a regiment, or even several regiments are gathered, how will such a scene make people feel heartbroken
At night, the queue did not rest. The soldiers of the 13th Corps had become accustomed to marching to such a degree that the soldiers could eat, drink, and even rest immediately. It was not until dawn the next day, in the morning, that General Adrick gave the order to allow the main force to stop and rest for a while.
The Guards are quite special, because the Guards are the only real cavalry in this troop of mounted infantry, and everyone has a horse. Xia happened to be assigned to General Adrick's side on duty.
He and Kevin and a dozen other personal formations escorted Adric by his side. General Adrick is still in the black leather robe that Xiaya had when he first met, but his brows were tightly furrowed, and his eyes flashed a chilling edge from time to time, like a lion.
"Rookie."
Just when Char was looking at Adric quietly, the general suddenly turned his head to look at Char and smiled.
"Huh?" Xiaya straightened up immediately.
"A big battle is about to take place, are you nervous?" There was a strange smile at the corner of Adrick's mouth.
The guards next to him all looked at Xia Ya, as if they were a little curious about the general's questioning of the rookie alone.
Xia Ya thought for a moment and shook his head: "It's not too nervous."
"Oh?" Adrick's eyes were somewhat satisfied: "Why?"
"Killing beasts is killing, killing is killing. If they want to kill us, we will naturally kill them, and it doesn't make any difference." Xia Ya replied without thinking.
"Ha! Interesting statement." Adrick stared at Xi Ya and shook his head suddenly: "You are a good boy, somewhat similar to a guy I knew back then, but you are not as good as that person. Awesome. Do it well, your skills are very good, if you can make a contribution in this battle, I will let you go down as the captain after you go back."
The guards next to him suddenly showed envious expressions, and Adrick looked at the bald man next to him: "And you too, Kevin, if you can go back alive this time, you can go down and lead a battalion. "
The bald man immediately roared excitedly, his face flushed, and even his bald head shone a little in the sun.
Adrick seemed to be in a good mood. He waved his hand and ordered the rest time to end. He was about to get on his horse when suddenly his eyes changed and he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky.
Above the sky, between the blue sky and white clouds, a little gray shadow spreads its wings and hovers. It seems to be an eagle, but it is slightly smaller than an ordinary eagle, and the circling movement seems to be It's a little weird. After circling directly above the first flag regiment for several times, it turned over and danced a few times.
Adric's face suddenly sank, and Kevin next to him squinted his eyes and said, "General, it's from the Odin..."
"Well, it's the Eagle Eagle!" A glimmer of light flashed in Adrick's eyes: "The Eagle Eagle is here, and the Odinian army must be not far away!" He turned his head suddenly and asked an officer beside him: "Bart How long have they been without news?"
"The last wave of messengers came back yesterday evening, and there is no news after that," the officer replied.
Adrick's face became gloomy: "Map!!"
The adjutant around him immediately took down the map from behind and unfolded it. After looking at it twice, Adric pointed to a spot above: "How far is it from us?"
The place he was referring to was a long and narrow area. The terrain was slightly low-lying. In the middle of the plain, the highlands on both sides were woods, and there was a depression in the middle.
"Not too far."
It was Xia Ya who answered, and he said loudly without thinking: "I know that place, from us, if we let go of horsepower and hurry on the road at full speed, we will be able to reach it in at most two hours!"
"Are you sure?!" Adrick stared at Xi Ya, and for a moment, the general's eyes were terrifyingly bright, and the flashing eyes were terrifying. Xia Ya bit her head and faced such a gaze, gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sure! I've been to that place twice. I'm familiar with the surrounding terrain."
"Something happened!" A dangerous light flashed in Adrick's eyes: "The eagles of the Odins are warning us! Butler and the others in front must have an accident! Otherwise, the eagles would not fly so fast. Come to scout from the south, and Butler and the others haven't sent messengers overnight!"
The general thought for a while, looked at the lieutenants beside him, and finally his eyes fell on the bald man: "Kevin!"
"Yes!" The bald man shouted excitedly, as if he had been beaten with blood.
"I'll give you all the Guards! There are also the scouts directly under the Third Banner Regiment! A total of 200 cavalry can be gathered! You lead the team, leave the team and go north at full speed immediately!! That guy Butler must be You are in trouble! Your task is to meet them, you will encounter obstacles on the way, you know what to do!"
Kevin immediately raised the prism and shouted excitedly, "Tear them apart!"
"Idiot!" Adric scolded: "If you encounter obstacles, you are not allowed to fight, break through directly. Your task is to find Butler's department, and then support them! I will catch up with the brigade!"
After a pause, he glanced at Xia Ya: "Xia Ya is familiar with the terrain, let this rookie lead the way!"
As he said that, he looked up at the eagle shadow flying in the sky, and suddenly felt agitated. He grabbed a bow from the saddle of a soldier next to him with his backhand, and aimed at the sky with the bow and arrow...
hum!
As the bowstring vibrated, the arrow shot straight up like a gray light, but after all, this bow was just an ordinary standard bow. Even though it had been drawn to the full moon, the arrow shot up for a while, and it was one year away from Yingying and the boss. Cut to exhaustion. Adric was furious and pulled the bow again, this time with more force, but with a click, the bow was directly broken by him.
"Damn!" Adric was furious: "If Via was here..."
He glared at Kevin: "What are you still doing! Execute the order immediately!"
Kevin responded quickly, hurriedly rode his horses and ran out, and after a while, he gathered the Guards, together with all the scouts and cavalry, into a squad of about 300 cavalry: "Everyone does not bring horses! Don't bring dry food! Throw away all unnecessary things! Go now!"
The 13th cavalry regiment was indeed elite, and the 300 cavalry had already set off in an instant. Kevin had quite a bit of leadership ability. He easily arranged the queue into a wedge and led the 300 cavalry away.
Xia Ya and Kevin rushed at the forefront of the cavalry. He was in charge of leading the way. They drove forward for about a meal. Seeing that the flat terrain in front of them gradually appeared steep hills, and there was a sparse patch on the high ground on the left. In the woods, Xiaya immediately said loudly: "Come on! Go past that high ground and keep running!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of people coming out of the woods on the high ground. Each of those guys was wearing leather armor, tall and burly, with messy hair, holding a hatchet or a big sword in their hands. weapons, holding a round shield. About a hundred or ten people rushed out of the woods quickly, facing the cavalry!
These guys didn't ride horses, but they rode strange mounts that were similar in physique to horses, but looked more majestic, with black striped fur and two long horns on their heads.
Xia looked strange in her heart, but heard Kevin roared anxiously: "It's the reindeer cavalry of the Odins!! Rush over!!"
The two groups of people quickly collided head-on, and when they got close, Xi Ya heard a roar from the Odins on the opposite side, and the reindeer on the mount roared even louder, and the running momentum was even stronger than that of the horses. amazing!
The wind was blowing, and there was a loud banging sound, and the two cavalrymen collided head-on!
Xiaya and Kevin were at the front and rushed into the queue of the Odins!
It's shameful that, after all, he is not skilled enough in equestrianism, so he was directly hit by a majestic reindeer head-on, knocking his horse's head out of the way, and Xi Ya suddenly turned over and fell off the horse!