Riding and Slashing

Chapter 396 Who is the real enemy

The Legion of the Immortals retreated.

Sometimes, soldiers retreat on the battlefield not because they cannot fight, nor because they are not brave enough.

But because of scruples.

There are no cowards in the Immortal Legion. While they were protecting Emperor Marius from retreating, they also left teams of soldiers behind with their lives.

These warriors swung their swords against the charging cavalry, trying to buy time and space with their lives so that other comrades could lead their emperor away from the battlefield.

Rear troops are almost certain to die in this situation, but they don't mind dying on the battlefield.

They only worried that His Majesty Mario would be harmed.

These are loyal and brave fighters.

However, Li Ang knew that Emperor Marius actually didn't want to leave the battlefield.

Li Ang was even sure that Emperor Marius would have preferred to die here. Like these immortals, this emperor was trying to use his own life to exchange time and space for the Bacchus Empire...

The emperor was worried about the future of the empire, and wanted to preserve the vitality of the empire as much as possible, dragging his sick body to personally command, and using himself as bait to lure the enemy into the battle;
But the soldiers were worried about the safety of the emperor, so they gave up the array and evacuated as shield masters...

The reality is often like this. They are all noble decisions and correct decisions, but they cannot get the desired results.

At this moment, on the side of the battlefield.

General Agathon and three thousand light cavalry were galloping along the periphery of the battlefield.

Emperor Marius ordered Agason to attack Li Ang when Li Ang had just launched a charge. Agason's original mission was to attack Li Ang with the light cavalry who were not suitable for frontal confrontation at the fastest speed while Li Ang was charging. the rear.

As for where to attack, Emperor Marius gave Agathon free rein - he can go directly to the city of Changhe, or go to Seren Meath to cut off Li Ang's food road, and go around behind Li Ang's large army to cooperate with the main force to carry out a pincer attack. It is also a good choice.

Agathon was best at raiding and fighting, and Emperor Marius knew the strengths of his favorite generals very well.

But after all, Emperor Marius misjudged the mentality of his soldiers...

If the central army of the Immortal Legion withstood the impact, and if Mario's battle flag had not retreated a step, Agathon would definitely walk around the flanks of the battlefield to Li Ang's rear, and do what he should do.

But the problem is, the Immortal Legion has retreated!
Fall back with the banner of Emperor Marius!
Agathon was on the side of the battlefield, he couldn't see the whole situation, but he could see the battle flag of Emperor Marius...

Based on Agathon's understanding of Emperor Marius, unless the enemy is truly unstoppable, Marius' Chinese flag will never retreat...

But the Chinese army is led by His Majesty Marius himself, why can't it be stopped so quickly?
His Majesty Marius has experienced hundreds of battles and has fought all his life. There were times when he was defeated before, but those were due to the huge disparity in the strength of the troops. He has never lost in an equal contest!
Moreover, even with a weak force against an enemy several times his own, there is no precedent for His Majesty Marius to retreat so quickly!
Has something happened to His Majesty?

At this time, Agathon's face was full of confusion.

Is it to continue to carry out the tasks assigned by His Majesty Marius?

Or to rescue His Majesty Marius?

If they continued to attack the periphery, no one could stop the three thousand light cavalry, and they could bypass the battlefield and directly cut off the supply line behind Li Ang, eventually forcing Li Ang to retreat.

But even if Li Ang retreats, it will be after today's battle - the currently retreating Immortal Legion, as well as Emperor Marius, are likely to be overwhelmed by Li Ang's cavalry...

If we go to rescue His Majesty Marius now, then these three thousand cavalry will still have a chance to hold back Li Ang's heavy cavalry, which can help Emperor Marius alleviate the current crisis, and maybe the Immortal Legion can stabilize their position again.

But these three thousand light cavalry were the gendarmerie and security guards urgently recruited by Emperor Marius, that is, the mounted police, and they were not suitable for fighting on the frontal battlefield.

And these are all light cavalry, if you use a light cavalry against a heavy cavalry that has raised its speed, the losses will be astonishing...

But His Majesty Marius... is more important!

Agathon hesitated for a while, and finally made a difficult decision: "Brothers! Charge with me!!"

Three thousand Qingqi turned around and cut in towards the center of the battlefield.

Since they had already rushed for a while, their current position was already some distance away from the Immortal Legion of the Central Army, and they could not be rescued directly, so Agathon took the light cavalry and cut into the battlefield from the side, and then tried to 'chase' Li Ang's heavy cavalry team...

It's almost suicide.

Because there are still two cavalry and archery troops in the center of the battlefield.

The Noldor and the Horn call the Rangers.

The Lancers had already rushed into the Bacchus formation, and the two cavalry and archery troops kept throwing cover and fell to the rear.

Seeing Agathon's hussars turn, both Islandil and Ralph realized what this force was trying to do, and they responded in the same way—to intercept it head-on.

The individual combat capabilities of the Noldor elves and rangers can beat these Bacchus light cavalry, and the level of equipment is far superior to these temporarily formed mounted police. As soon as the two sides come into contact, a large number of people turn their backs on their backs—the vast majority of them fell Most are Bacchus.

But Agathon was still steadfastly chasing after the battle flag of Emperor Marius. He led more than a hundred iron ring centurions to fight hard, trying to penetrate the obstacles of the rangers and intercept a part of the heavy cavalry behind... …

The battlefield has completely turned into what Li Ang envisioned - a melee.

Now Li Ang has no enemies around him.

The heavy cavalry continued to chase the battle flag of Emperor Marius, and the charging horses knocked away most of the enemies around Li Ang. go cavalry.

But they lost their neat formation and their stable mentality. This kind of small-scale interception can only make them all fall under the horseshoes.

Of course, they still played a big role. They and the two-handed swordsmen who stayed behind successfully slowed down the charge of the heavy cavalry and prevented the entire army from collapsing.

Agathon's light cavalry charge also prevented Li Ang's troops from pursuing the victory - the heavy cavalry could not continue to charge too far, and the follow-up pursuit could only be handed over to the Horn Summoning Rangers and the Noldo Rangers for riding and shooting oppression.

But this was barely achieved with the sacrifice of thousands of people.

Relying on the sacrifice of the light cavalry and the hard work of the Iron Ring Centurion, Agathon rushed back to the formation of the central army, and presided over the Immortal Legion to maintain the retreat order.

Since the cavalry and archery troops failed to pursue, the army of the Bacchus Empire regained its discipline after Emperor Marius was out of danger, and under the command of Agathon, they intercepted and slowed down the speed of the heavy cavalry.

Therefore, the rushing heavy cavalry failed to completely overwhelm the Bacchus, nor did they completely throw the opponent into chaos. Down.

But in any case, this battle has already been won - without a stable formation, the Bacchus could not fight back and could only continue to retreat until they reached the hilly area before they would have a chance to regain their footing.

Li Ang struggled to get up from the ground. His chest, abdomen, legs and hips were all injured. Before that, he was just gritting his teeth and persevering. If the immortals besieged him for a few more minutes, he would definitely not be able to hold on... …

There were cavalry rushing past him constantly. In order to avoid being accidentally injured by his own people, Li Ang didn't move, but raised his sword and pointed forward.

The battle flag of Emperor Marius has receded farther and farther.

The long contradictory formations on both sides were also retreating, and the crossbow arrows that had been flying around gradually disappeared.

Alice jumped over on three legs—one of her front hooves was twisted after the previous jump, and she didn't dare to step on the ground.

But the little mare still arched Li Ang with her head, trying to make Li Ang ride on the horse's back.

Li Ang put down the sword in his hand and stroked Alice's head: "The battle is over..."

Command is no longer needed.

Standing like this, one man and one horse, watching other troops rush past them, or chase from the side to the battle flag that is getting farther and farther away.

……

It was getting late, and the battlefield in Salem Wasteland calmed down.

Bacchus' army retreated for thirty miles and re-camped in the hilly area north of Salem Village.

Li Ang's light cavalry was hindered by Agathon, and the heavy cavalry and heavy infantry could not continue to pursue for too long, so they had to withdraw their troops to prepare and clean up the battlefield, and then camped in the Bacchus' camp yesterday.

The place where the camp is set up is the battlefield that Li Ang originally planned.

In this battle, more than 400 of Li Ang's men were killed and more than [-] were injured.Most of the casualties came from the first charge of the heavy cavalry.

As for the Bacchus Empire, more than 2000 people died in battle alone—this is the number of corpses on the battlefield.As for the wounded...the ones who didn't die were all evacuated, and I don't know how many were injured.

Nearly half of the light cavalry led by Agathon died in battle, leaving thousands of horses behind, and the Immortal Legion also left more than [-] corpses.

For the newly established Kingdom of Pendor, this is of course a brilliant victory. This is a great victory when it confronts the current strongest country in the entire continent with equal combat power.

In terms of the strength of the two sides, it was seven thousand and five against ten thousand, and the New Pendor Kingdom was still at a slight disadvantage.

Moreover, the significance of this battle is far greater than the comparison of casualties reflected so far-this victory means that no country can stop the New Pendor Kingdom from conquering the mainland, if it chooses.

In Li Ang's military tent, everyone rejoiced, even the lord who was injured on the battlefield was smiling.

"Your Majesty, we can take advantage of the victory and pursue it all the way to Siyuan City!"

Ralph was injured a little bit. When he intercepted Agathon, he was hit by a spear thrown by an iron ring centurion-this is the main reason why they failed to keep Agathon, if it weren't for the iron ring The centurions opened the way with their spears and protected Agathon and rushed back to the center of the Bacchus Empire. The Bacchus Empire may not be able to organize an orderly retreat.

Li Ang smiled and said nothing.

He is not so optimistic... The war with the Bacchus Empire has just begun.

The Bacchus Empire is the most populous country in the Pendor Continent. After occupying half of the D'Shar, its territory is also the largest in the entire continent. The victory or defeat of a battle cannot make such a country lose its will to fight, but it will destroy it. Awake.

From now on, the Bacchus will completely regard them as weak people, and they will start to really stand firm and resist steadily, and the hard battle is yet to come.

But Li Ang didn't say anything to spoil the fun. The brothers now have the confidence to win, which is a good thing, as long as he, the leader, doesn't get carried away by the victory.

So when it's time to celebrate, just celebrate, just don't have any banquets - no wine was brought with this expedition.

"Report...Your Majesty, there is an envoy from the Bacchus Empire asking to see him, saying that he is a debtor to you."

At nightfall a ranger of the Noldor crept into the tent to report.

"Another messenger? Why does Emperor Marius always like to send people at night? Is he going to make an appointment?"

The army tent fell silent, and Leofric spit out a trough.

"This time it's definitely not an appointment, it's probably for peace... Let him in, it should be Agathon."

Li Ang shook his head, got up and sat on the main seat again.

It was indeed Agathon who came.

There was a slap mark on the general's face, and it looked like he had just been taught a lesson - Li Ang could guess who he was taught and why he was taught...

If Ajiasong resolutely went around and cut off Li Ang's food path when Li Ang launched a charge, then even if the Immortal Legion was wiped out, Li Ang would have to be forced to withdraw.

Moreover, Agathon used the light cavalry who were not well armed and trained to fight with the Noldo troops, which caused even greater losses. It is estimated that Emperor Marius would be very distressed...

"Li Ang Pavilion...Your Majesty Li Ang, I'm here to negotiate peace..."

Ajiasong was obviously not used to referring to Li Ang as His Majesty, and he changed his mind after saying "Your Majesty".

"I thought you were here to pay off the debt... Don't forget the eight dragon tears!"

Seeing Ajiasong's serious face, Li Ang tried to speak more lightly.

"I've looked for Longlei...but I can't find it, so I have to owe this debt."

There was a smile on Ajiasong's face, probably because he remembered the sword that stabbed Li Ang in Qicha Fortress, and the unpalatable meal that Li Ang invited him to eat.

"Okay, just owe what you owe, and just don't renege on your debts... You said you want to negotiate? But, I just won a big victory, and it doesn't seem like a good time for you to come to negotiate at this time."

Li Ang spoke half-seriously and half-jokingly.

"I don't want to come either...but this is an order from His Majesty Marius."

Agason touched the finger marks on his face subconsciously: "I have to tell you, a few days ago, after you asked General Sura to bring back the people from the Shadow Legion, General Kryon had returned from Sava River Fort to Lie The Lion City Realm has entered."

Li Ang looked at Agathon in silence for a few seconds, then smiled: "It's inevitable. I sent troops to attack the Bacchus Empire. As the general of the empire, Kryon had to send troops to my kingdom..."

The words were easy to say, but Li Ang was actually quite uncomfortable in his heart - he once solved the Red Death with Cleon, and Cleon also brought the Knights of the Glorious Cross to help clean up the undead army in Sarleon City. They were not supposed to be enemy's.

"...Aren't you planning to return to the army for defense? Kryon is not easy to deal with... Besides, he knows that His Majesty Amy is resettling refugees in Luxin Lake."

Agathon asked.

"If Kryon will attack farmers and refugees, then he is not Kryon...Why should I worry? Instead, you should worry about the current situation—you have suffered too many casualties, and you can no longer defend Karen Deer Castle gone."

Li Ang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty Marius didn't ask you to tell me about Kryon, did you? You'd better tell me the exact words of Emperor Marius."

Li Ang knew very well what kind of person Marius was. The emperor would never threaten anyone with the safety of farmers or refugees. This must be Agathon's own idea.

Sure enough, Agathon sighed, glanced at Lisa Dilan next to Li Ang, and then turned his head and said: "The original words His Majesty asked me to convey are... The Bacchus Empire has suffered heavy losses. The fire has also been extinguished, are the elves able to think rationally now? Our true enemy is laughing at our foolishness to kill each other."

There was no sound in the military tent, and Risadiran and Islandil stood up at the same time.

Li Ang also stood up: "Snake worship?!"

"It's not just the Snake Cult. Your Majesty Leon, as you may know, Kailos' whole family is in the hands of the Snake Cult, and their father and son need the blood of the Noldor to maintain their lives, so they will trigger a war between us." ..."

Agathon nodded and said: "And what caused them to become like this is a masked eccentric who caused a disaster in Dilingang... The reason why General Sulla caught Antonius a few days later , because of the terrible disaster that happened in Dilingang...many dead people who had been buried were resurrected, and thousands of living people...all died in an instant!"

"Az Dahaka... Kavala!"

Li Ang's face changed: "Where is His Majesty Marius? I want to see him!"

(End of this chapter)