Chapter 433 [Out of the Cage] (Nine)

In order to attack the new city as quickly as possible, Manninger drew almost all of his cavalry and formed an army. He had already left the large army on the day of his departure and rushed to 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 known for its cavalry. From a combat perspective, the Odinian reindeer cavalry tended to use heavy cavalry. The heavy weight, strong weight-bearing ability and short-range sprinting ability are stronger than ordinary horses. However, this type of mount is different, and it cannot be raised on a large scale for livestock. Therefore, even in the first-class legions of the Odin Empire like the Chixue Army, the entire army only maintained thousands of reindeer cavalry during its peak period.

During this southward invasion, Manninger had dragged out his family's fortunes. Thousands of reindeer cavalry of the entire clan went on an expedition with the army. In Siltan County, some horses seized from Byzantium were added. A total of them were collected, but only a total of only five or six thousand.

But the problem is that during this winter war, Manninger left some people in his nest, and only less than four thousand cavalrymen went to war with the army.

At present, under Manninger's strict order, these four thousand cavalry took out their strength and rushed towards the new city day and night!

Manninger's order is very simple and clear: within two days, you must rush to the new city at all costs! Go straight to the city defense!

Although Manninger was furious, he had not completely lost his position. He was sure that the number of enemy troops that had copied his nest must be small. Thousands of cavalry rushed over and might be able to rely on surprise attacks to attack the opponent! If he could regain the city in one go, it would be the best. Even if the cavalry arrived quickly, they could put pressure on the enemy in the city and not give the opponent time and opportunity to calmly arrange the city defense!

In Manninger's heart, even if these thousands of cavalry were all sold out, they were far less valuable than the New City!

Under his order, the thousands of reindeer cavalry, who were originally used as heavy cavalry, could only drive ducks to put them on the shelves, act like light cavalry, and head for the Xinxin City for a long distance.

Mounts like reindeer were not good at long-distance Mercedes. Although in order to save horsepower, these thousands of cavalry had been as light as possible before setting off, and replaced the heavy armor they wore with light leather armor, minimizing the weight and carrying only a small amount of food. However, after a day and a night of Mercedes, both soldiers and mounts were exhausted.

Fortunately, the mainland is still smooth, and the Odin soldiers are always tough guys who have endured hardships. They galloped all the way and finally did not delay the time specified by Manninger's order.

At noon the next day, the entire army had already marched to a place less than 200 miles away from the new city. At this speed, you should be able to arrive at the new city at night!

Since Siltan County is a major grain-producing county, in addition to the flat plains, there are also many rivers and lakes. In winter, the rivers are naturally frozen.

At this moment, the whole army reached a river beach. Following this beach to the south, the river bypassed a bend, walked through this bend, and continued along the main road. It was the new city.

Thousands of cavalry gathered to gallop, and the scene was naturally extremely shocking. Thousands of cavalry spread out on the continent, galloping all the way, with snow and mud splashing.

The brigade came to the river beach, and the leading cavalry leader stopped slowly and immediately ordered the entire army to rest for a while! Although there were bags of material that people could eat during the march, the mount could not stand it. The most important thing was to drink water.

After the army stopped, thousands of cavalry formed a formation by the river beach. The cavalry dismounted and took advantage of this short opportunity to take a quick rest. Some ate, and some ate, and some ate the material bags around the neck of the reindeer for their mounts to eat.

The cavalry leader naturally sent people to the riverside to smash the ice layer on the river to get water.

After knocking on a layer of ice along the river beach, he ordered teams of cavalry to lead their mounts to drink water.

The weather was so cold that I never closed my eyes to rest for another day and night. Even though the Odin man could endure hardships, he could not stand it. Besides, everyone knew that the new city was lost, and there was huge pressure in his heart. During this march, everyone's face was gloomy all the way, and they did not have the kind of high spirits he had when he went to war.

Teams of people took turns to drink deer by the river. When they were just replacing the fourth team, they suddenly heard the whistle of warning from the Odin soldier in the distance responsible for the alert!

The voice came very quickly, and then the Odin cavalry leader immediately changed his face!

There was a rapid sound of horse hooves lower than the river beach, and then a cavalry clearly under the banner of Byzantine came towards us!

Although the Odins were tired, they were all elites after all. They shouted and whistled and immediately gathered quickly under the command of the leader. Even the cavalry who were drinking deer by the river turned over and rushed towards the team on the road!

Although the Byzantine cavalry in the distance seemed to have many mounts, they were closer, so Odin's men looked at it carefully, but only five or six hundred horses were the number of horses, but only one man and three horses made the team look much larger.

On the road, when they suddenly encountered an enemy, these Odin cavalry were not vague, and they took off their battle axe, long swords and other weapons, and quickly set off their posture.

The cavalry in the distance was naturally the six hundred cavalry brought out by Xia Ya.

Xia Ya led this cavalry far away, but in fact he had been waiting near the river beach. This was the road for the Odins to return to the new city. He took the cavalry downstream of the river beach to rest and regain his strength. Once the Odin cavalry arrived, he immediately brought his men to the horse and attacked him!

More than 600 cavalry rushed over on the road, but when there was still an arrow in the distance, the entire army suddenly stopped, and the two cavalry confronted each other far away.

Xia Ya smiled coldly and turned around and said loudly: "The prey has arrived. Everyone is ready to harvest the Odin people's heads! Kill a pound of meat and a bag of wine!"

This winter, whether it is Shaya or Manninger, there is food shortage on both sides. The reward of a pound of wine and meat is a great reward. In addition, Shaya's hundreds of cavalry have definitely won every battle since she went south, and she has accumulated enough spirit in her heart. When she heard Shaya's words, the whole army shouted loudly.

Xia Ya deliberately slowly raised one hand and rode his horse forward a few steps. He raised his left hand high, opened his palm, and rode his horse gradually left the formation.

From afar, the cavalry leader of the Odin cavalry saw it and was stunned.

This is a common gesture among the cavalry between the two countries. Those who come out of battle with this gesture are often cavalrymen who send messages or officers who come out to shout.

Could it be that these few hundred cavalry Byzantine cavalry will fight us in a dignified way?

Although the Odin Cavalry was a little surprised because of the Byzantine Cavalry that suddenly appeared, they were not afraid of panic. After all, in terms of the strength of the troops, they had more than 3,000 elite soldiers here, while the opponent was only 5,000 or 600...

Chara rode his horse forward a few steps, then stopped, shouted loudly in Odin, "I am the Byzantine General Chara Thunder! The Odin people opposite, ask your highest leader to speak!"

When the two armies were fighting, the highest generals of both sides shouted to each other, one to send a letter of war to each other, and the other to encourage their own morale, which is also considered ordinary.

The leader of the Odin cavalry did not doubt it, but was just strange: the opponent's few soldiers were probably the patrols divided by the Byzantine army that occupied the new city. According to common sense, when we encounter our cavalry brigade, we should turn around and retreat immediately, but why do we have the courage to fight us?

The cavalry leader is also a number of warriors in the Chixue Army. Otherwise, Manninger would not have handed over thousands of his cavalry to an unknown junior.

The Odin general sneered heroically, slowly walked forward a few steps, and shouted proudly: "I am the warrior under the command of the Manninger of the Red Snow Army..."

Poor, this guy only had time to say a half sentence, and he had not even shouted his own name.

Xia Ya on the opposite side was not interested in continuing to listen!

A smug smile flashed in the eyes of the rustic bun, and suddenly he raised his right hand quickly! He had already held a spear in his hand, held it in his hand, and suddenly waved it forward!

Poor that Odin general was about to register for the order of fighting, but suddenly he saw a black light on the opposite side, mixed with the whistling wind, and it instantly came to his eyes!

This powerful general Odin was indeed a warrior in the Red Snow Army. Suddenly, he roared his battle axe quickly in his hand, and slashed hard against the black light shot in front of him. At the same time, his body had already flashed to one side...

Unfortunately, with Xia Ya's current strength, he deliberately attacked him, so he could not dodge him!

Hearing a puff, the spear pierced directly from the chest of the Odin general, piercing him directly. His body flew back from the deer's back and hit his own queue. Xia's shooting was extremely powerful. The spear not only pierced the Odin general, but also pierced the three cavalry behind him together! Finally, he nailed an Odin cavalry to the ground!!

Here, Odin's cavalry were shocked and furious. Before he could react, Xia Ya on the opposite side had already raised the fire fork and shouted: "Kill!!!"

He took the lead and rushed up alone. The hundreds of cavalry behind him also roared and galloped down!!

When Xia Ya took action, she assassinated the opponent's highest general directly in front of the formation. Without the command of the leader, these Odin people naturally had no leader! Seeing Xia Ya bringing people to kill him, even the Odin people were in a mess for a while!

And the more shameless one is still behind!

Before the rushing cavalry could see the whistle sounds of rushing across the street. The 600 Byzantine cavalry suddenly threw out all the cavalry and rifles in their hands!

Six hundred spears, plus these six hundred cavalry, are all strengthened soldiers, with great strength, and with the help of horsepower, suddenly six hundred spears shot down on their heads!

I heard a scream, and the Odin cavalrymen were raising their horses and overturned! Among the teams of thousands of cavalry, a group of people were stabbed down suddenly!

When the Odin people reacted, Xia Ya had already rushed in front of him! As soon as he rode ahead, a red light burst out in his fire fork!

The murderous aura burst out, and a red light suddenly enveloped the range of twenty or thirty steps. Xia Ya swung his fire fork and immediately sprayed blood on all sides! Anyone who was in his murderous aura range, the Odin cavalry was cut off, and even his mounts were all cut off!!

Xia Ya had already rushed directly into the Odin team, and wherever he went, he was invincible! He saw his fire fork rise and fall, and in the red light, a person's head flew into the sky and blood sprayed!

The six hundred cavalry behind him also arrived instantly, like a sharp knife, piercing into the Odin brigade!

Shameless! Shameless!!

It's all about sneak attacks halfway! It's all about rushing while they are resting and drinking water! It's all about assassinating the enemy's chief general without regard for Xinyi! What made the Odin cavalry the most helpless was that the Byzantine cavalry that all of them had double guns!

After the first round of guns, the Byzantine cavalry shot out the cavalry, and the Byzantine cavalry each took off the spare cavalry or sabre hanging on the saddle!

Six hundred cavalry, plus Charia, an invincible vanguard general, rushed forward, and the Odins ran for a day and night, and their men were exhausted.

The most important thing is that in order to rush on the road with light clothing, these Odin cavalry have abandoned the most commonly used heavy armor in the past! The light leather armor that everyone wears, in the case of a cavalry's hedge and close handover, undoubtedly first loses its three-point combat power!

Xia Ya took the lead, and wherever he went, flesh and blood were flying everywhere! No matter what kind of general or warrior it was, no one could take the fire fork attack in front of him! The opponent's cavalry had already entered the formation directly! Even though these Odin's cavalry were numerous and elite, they were cavalrymen who rushed up, and with the momentum of charge, they were wandering around in chaos... At this moment, there was no command from the main general and they fought for themselves!

After resisting such a messy battle for a while, finally, the Odins couldn't stand it anymore!

One moment!

But in just a moment of effort, I don’t know who was ahead and who came first. The Odin cavalry barely resisted and was rushed into a row by the Byzantine cavalry. A huge array was cut into pieces!

Xia Ya killed her in one breath, and she didn't know how many lives the Odin people had suffered. She just felt that her heart was boiling. When she was murderous intent, she suddenly felt empty in front of her!

He widened his eyes, but found that he had killed the Odin people's array, and had a standard drill through it, killing him out from the Odin people's array!

Xia Ya laughed, rode his horse and ran two steps, then turned his head. Naturally, behind him, the cavalrymen who were following him rushed out of the formation together!

This tactic of scrambling is a standard in textbooks! Xia Ya laughed loudly and then let out a long roar. Hundreds of cavalry quickly gathered beside him, and then they could not breathe. As Xia Ya raised the fire fork, she broke into the Odin's formation again!

The Odins lost their commander. Although some officers tried their best to shout, in a short time, before they could complete the whole team, the powerful Byzantines turned around and killed them again!

At this moment, the Odin cavalry finally couldn't stand it anymore!

Defeat!

A defeat that scares the Odin people!

A surprising scene appeared on the plain! The reindeer cavalry brigade of thousands of Odins was driven to run wildly all over the mountains, but behind them, only hundreds of cavalry of Byzantines were shouting and chasing them!

The most pitiful thing is that the Odins' mounts and reindeer have been running for a long distance for a day and a night, and they are not strong enough. Even if they run, they can't run away at the same time! I don't know how many Odin cavalry were caught by Byzantine behind them, and the Byzantine cavalry directly chopped over and fell off the horse, and then they didn't even look at it, and continued to ride their horses forward and chased them forward!

This pursuit ran for more than a hundred miles!

There were countless Odin people running along the way, but the reindeer under their crotch could not support it. Finally, their four hooves fell to the ground with a soft overturn, and their lives were killed by the Byzantine cavalry who were caught.

After more than a hundred miles of pursuit, the Odin cavalry team became thinner and thinner!

Finally, when the Byzantine cavalry behind finally stopped chasing, stopped from afar, showed off, and then after the whole team retreated, the Odin cavalry still ran far away, before barely stopping to rectify their troops.

This rectification made these formerly arrogant Odin soldiers unable to even cry!

More than three thousand cavalrymen set out, but after the entire team, there were only less than eight hundred left! And most of them were injured!!

Xia Ya gathered the cavalry back and scattered several teams along the way, chasing the fallen Odin's defeated soldiers. It took another two hours to send out the cavalry to clear them back one after another.

Each of the cavalry who came back was full of murderous aura and full of sharpness. Everyone was immediately hung up with a lot of people!

After a little calculation, at least more than 1,000 Odin cavalry were killed in this battle, and hundreds of those who were killed and scattered were killed on the way! In general, about 2,000 enemies were destroyed!
To be continued...