Chapter 251

Under the setting sun, the wind and sand are getting bigger and bigger.

An army of more than a thousand people is moving forward.

However, looking at the fatigue on the faces of the soldiers and the damage of their coats and armor, it is not difficult to find that this is a defeated army.

Rudd looked very tired. He hadn't closed his eyes for two days.

On one side, Northen and another middle-aged man looked at each other, and they could see the worry in their eyes. Finally, Northen took the lead in saying, "young master, take a break first. If you go on like this, you won't be able to hold on."

"No, we must return to hitchburg as soon as possible and build the corresponding fortifications." Rudd shook his head. "Let the troops catch up quickly. Don't fall behind at this time. Just stick to it again."

"Young master, it's been almost a day. The army may not be able to hold on." Another middle-aged man couldn't help but say, "if we reduce too many non combat personnel, even if we can rely on the fortress and terrain, we can't resist the enemy's attack without manpower."

"Yes, young master, Katz is right. If we go on like this, even if we really get to the fort, we can't do anything again." Northen echoed.

Rudd sighed helplessly: "order the whole army to rest on the spot for two hours."

The order soon began to pass on, and the exhausted soldiers immediately fell down and sighed. The sound waves from these voices rose to the sky, making Rudd's face blue and white. Even if he knew that it would be a particularly serious blow to the enthusiasm and morale of the soldiers, Rudd could not say anything, because he was really defeated in this battle.

And it's still a terrible defeat.

Northen and Katz looked at each other again, and their eyes were more worried.

People couldn't help thinking of the war.

At the beginning, the development was very smooth. Rudd led the army to join the forces of the other two barons. After the integration, there were nearly 4000 troops, not counting logistics. The combat power of the noble private army of this scale was good. Moreover, Rudd, who was in charge of serving as the commander of the whole army, was not an inexperienced commander. He had very rich combat experience, And has always been stable.

Although this means that he is likely to miss many of the best opportunities for attack, it also means that he will never make mistakes.

But even so, he failed.

And was defeated by the opponent with open tactics.

The enemy's vanguard is the angry lion Alfred and his lion herd, which have been popular in the kingdom of dabion recently. The number of people is only 2000. For four thousand to two thousand, Rudd thought there was no suspense at all, so he didn't want to fight with the lions here. He just wanted to defeat the army in the fastest way and rush to rescue Baron lonnis.

Therefore, when the war broke out, Rudd directly bullied the other party. There was no long-range arms, so he let the archers scatter. The result was an unexpected discovery that the long-range attack did not seem to have much impact on this force, even on morale. Therefore, after leaving a reserve force, we let the infantry of the whole army oppose the enemy. At the same time, we also let Northen and Katz, two experts who are at the top of the Silver Peak, fight together.

But the result of all this is quite different from what Rudd imagined!

After a confrontation, it was his coalition, not the enemy, that completely penetrated the formation!

Moreover, after the front line was pierced, the enemy did not continue to charge, but directly dispersed into dozens of teams, began to intersperse vertically and horizontally on the battlefield, cutting the whole battlefield into countless local occupation, while the enemy could join hands with each other by virtue of this local situation. However, Rudd's coalition forces could not take advantage of this at all. Almost every local war situation cut off needed to face at least two directions of attack.

The whole battlefield situation was cut in pieces in an instant, just like the parts scattered after the precise instruments of alchemists were broken.

After that, if Rudd didn't put the light cavalry troops into the battlefield, let the reserve troops set up the second line of defense around a hundred crossbow soldiers, and then let the infantry in the scuffle start to retreat strategically, I'm afraid it would be just a charge. These four thousand allied troops could really be eaten directly by Alfred's two thousand steel wings!

Let infantry use cavalry cutting tactics?

Rudd never thought of this idea. Until he saw it for the first time today, he was surprised that once it succeeded, the power was so terrible!

The initial battle was naturally the result of the defeat of the RUD coalition.

After that, the so-called coalition forces were completely dissolved.

What else could Rudd say about this result except a wry smile? He just didn't think that Alfred, under Lord Sean Connery, was more terrible than he thought. The war alone would completely break up the spirit of their coalition army. However, Rudd didn't mean to blame. After all, he was also a small family. He knew that it was not easy for the two barons. The combined strength of the two men was 13000, but after World War I, there were less than 800 people left. This loss was really heavy for the two barons.

However, Rudd's situation is no better. Only more than 2000 of the 2700 strong army survived.

After that, the war situation continued to develop completely towards the worst situation.

However, Rudd felt that the enemy commander seemed to have changed, and Alfred was no longer in command, because the tactical style of the operation had obviously changed greatly. Rudd couldn't tell the specific situation of this command style, but what he could feel was that the enemy became more shrewd, and all his subsequent actions seemed to be seen through. No matter whether he used terrain or tactics to carry out anti sneak attack, he didn't get any harvest.

On the contrary, in this process, his troops began to decrease madly from the first two thousand.

Today, in addition to the complete establishment of archers, the long spearmen have been completely destroyed, less than 30 of the 100 crossbow soldiers are left, less than 300 of the 500 light cavalry are left, and the knife and shield soldiers have been completely crippled, leaving only more than 400. Taking into account the so-called logistics, there are only 1500 people left in the whole army, but Rudd is very clear that the logistics of his army does not even have the value of cannon fodder. In fact, there are less than 700 people with combat capability, and the rest are wounded soldiers.

In this war, Rudd's most common tactic is the interleaving and chiseling tactic of using infantry as cavalry. It is this tactic that completely separates his army in frontal combat. Originally, when the number of troops on both sides is basically the same, he is less likely to have any advantage. Until now, after the number of soldiers on the other side is obviously more than themselves, they are even too lazy to use this cutting tactic. Just a positive charge is enough to rout their troops.

Two hours, it'll be over soon.

The color of fatigue on Rudd's face was more obvious, because the soldiers had been resting for two hours, but he was constantly thinking about his failure in the war, and even the tactical use of the enemy was constantly thinking about, and wondering how the other party found his strain.

It was because of this that Rudd became more and more tired and haggard.

Fortunately, however, these things will soon be over. As long as they pass through the last open plain, they can return to hideborg, a fortification in his territory, which is only one day away from the border and the nearest town. As long as he returns there, he can immediately carry out emergency recruitment and pull up an army of more than 3000 people. Of course, his combat effectiveness is not comparable to the army he trained himself. However, he feels that as long as he relies on fortifications, he can firmly hold this line of defense until the war is completely over.

When passing through the plain, Rudd was also very cautious, but any ambush on the plain could be seen at first sight. Therefore, after determining that there was no danger, Rudd immediately urged the troops to speed up their action, and they must rush back to hitchburg as soon as possible.

However, when this army rushed back to hitchburg after thousands of hardships, it was not the welcome of the fortress garrison to them, but the formation of the enemy!

Rudd looked at the scene with an unbelievable face. He still couldn't believe how the army came around in front of them and captured hitchburg? Rudd hoped that all this was just a dream. He just fell asleep because of fatigue, but when he saw the flag with a pair of bronze wings flying above hitchburg, he knew it was true.

Hitchburg, which he gave all hope of counterattack, has been completely occupied.

But all around them, they have no terrain to use, and even the military food has been completely consumed.

"Young master, fight with them!" Northen turned his head and looked at Rudd with a murderous voice.

"Young master, since there is no way, let's fight to the death." Katz also said.

They are all old ministers of the Michelin family. There is no doubt about Rudd's loyalty. Otherwise, they will not stay with Rudd all the time. At this time, since the overall situation has been decided and everything is hopeless, they can only fight to death. Everyone knows the end of surrender in the war. Unless it is of great value, no one will release the tiger back to the mountain. However, although Rudd is an aristocrat, if no one is willing to pay ransom after he surrendered and was captured, he will die.

Although the Michelin family was fought by Rudd's father, it is conceivable that many people in the family are peeping at Rudd's status as Lord and aristocrat and whether they will pay ransom.

It seems that infected by the killing intention of Northen and Katz, all the soldiers have become united at the moment, and the originally low morale began to rise.

At this time, the steel wings suddenly separated automatically, revealing a way. A young man riding a white horse slowly stepped out and followed two people around him.

The RUD on the right recognized his identity at a glance. He was angry lion Alfred. With the cooperation of the soldiers, he forcibly pushed back the ruthless men of Northen and Katz. If he hadn't killed his life, how could their cutting tactics have been easily successful. Rudd, the man on the left, didn't know him. He could only see that he was a northern barbarian. However, it must be difficult to follow Alfred at the moment.

After hesitating for a while, Rudd also walked forward. This was obviously the negotiation before the war. Rudd still had some expectations in his heart, but he couldn't tell what he was expecting. Northen and Katz followed in silence. In any case, they are knights of the Michelin family and can never abandon Rudd.

"Surrender." William rode on his horse, looked at the haggard young man in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "I've taken hitchburg. You don't have any defense around here, and I guess your military food should be exhausted. If you surrender at this time, I can ensure the safety of your army. Absolutely no one will die, and all the wounded can be treated at the first time. "

"Why should I trust you?" Rudd asked.

"You have no choice." William shook his head. "You can only choose to believe it or not And the fate of your territory will depend entirely on your next decision. Believe me, since I dare to go to such a front line to negotiate with you, I will not be afraid of your two knights suddenly. "

Rudd hesitated and finally reached out to take off his sword around his waist. With his action, Northen and Katz both looked incredible. Northen, who was a little grumpy, wanted to be angry on the spot, but Rudd stopped him: "Uncle Northen! Even if we don't think about ourselves, we should also think about these soldiers. Many of them have families Even uncle Northen and uncle Katz, you also have families. "

"Young master!"

"Order the whole army to lay down their arms and surrender." Rudd threw his sword at Alfred's feet and said he was willing to surrender. "I hope you can keep your word."

"A wise choice." William smiled, "Ann Nuo, go to receive the surrender of the enemy and ask someone to call out the doctor immediately to treat the wounded soldiers. Except that the logistics personnel can be released, all others are under centralized care. I will leave some hands for you. The dungeon in hideborg should be put into use immediately As for Viscount Rudd and your two knights, you probably need to accompany me. "

"Where are you going?" Rudd asked.

"Back to panda." William whispered, "and this time I haven't settled with the other two barons in your coalition. You are more important, so when I meet Fred, I will pay all my attention to you Well, my tactics are quite practical. "

"Are you sir Sean Connery?" Rudd looked at William.

"No, I'm just a general under Lord Sean." William smiled. "It's not worth Lord Sean to make a fuss like this, so I can only do it for you."

"Who are you?"

"My name is William. William Yale. "（ To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)