Raid, the playwright's magic weapon, the historian's content.

Archives and historical materials often focus on recording the results of the raid, but downplay the preparation process.

It seemed that as long as the general ordered the "raid" majestically, everything else would fall into place.

However, the focus of a surprise attack is not actually after the battle begins, but before the attack.

High-risk combat operations require meticulous planning and reconnaissance: How are the fortifications? What is the terrain? How many sentries are there? From which direction can the attack be surprised?

It is even more difficult to raid the camps of the Hurd tribes.

Because the Hed people knew that their camp's defense was weak, they often deployed a large number of mounted sentries and mobile sentries, and the contact between the sentries was also very close.

If you attack with infantry, unless you are favored by the goddess of fate, your whereabouts will be exposed before you get close.

The only way is to use a large number of cavalry to speed up the attack and defeat the Hedians before they can effectively organize themselves.

It's a pity that Ronald doesn't have this condition.

He only had dozens of captured horses on hand, most of which were useless. And in order to avoid the Teltown people's riding sentries, he arranged his attack position two kilometers away from the ferry.

Two kilometers is too far, and charging would be a waste of energy.

So Ronald chose another way of "surprise" - walking over.

Of course, it’s not just as simple as “walking”, to be precise, it’s “walking across the river beach”.

Seeing thousands of Palatu people filing out of the forest and slowly approaching along the river bank, Qing Lingyu [Duo Gai] subconsciously wanted to escape.

It's not that Dougai is timid and cowardly, but for the Hed people who make a living as nomads, running away is almost an instinct.

An instinct developed from surviving in an environment surrounded by ferocious beasts all year round.

Just like horses. Horses seem to be very timid. Even if a rabbit comes out of the hole, they will be frightened and run away.

But if it takes the time to identify what's coming, then next time it won't be a rabbit that pops out, but a bear that will disembowel it.

No matter what, there is nothing wrong with running away.

When the enemy is strong and we are weak, we should run away; when the enemy is weak and we are strong, we should run away first to see the situation clearly, and then we can turn around and fight back.

Duo Gai couldn't figure out the two-legged man's intention, and was even more worried that there was an ambush in the forest.

The Terdun tribe at the ferry port is almost the size of three hundred cavalry troops, but "three hundred tribes" does not mean "three hundred cavalry troops".

These tribes belong to more than a dozen different families and leaders, and they are not in harmony with each other and have insufficient strength.

If there is a head-to-head confrontation, it is still unclear who will win.

On the other hand, if you escape temporarily, things will be much easier.

The Platoans only had two legs, so not only could they not catch up with them, they could not take away any women's belongings.

Once the space is opened, the Teldon people, who travel with horses, can easily take the initiative.

By that time, wouldn’t it be easy for three hundred Terton light cavalry to deal with a group of Platoans who were dragged down by women and children?

"Nager (Battle Plan)" is beautiful, but it is very troublesome to walk.

It's perfect, but it's very troublesome to do,

As soon as they arrived, Duo Gai couldn't move the children of other families - the Kota were already fighting for the sheepskin raft, each one wanting to send their own plunder across the river first.

Secondly, Duo Gai couldn't bear to part with the things he had captured.

Duojie has already experienced the methods of the Palatu people here - they always burn everything if they can't take it away. They are ruthless and ruthless, and they don't even care about their property as much as the Teldu people.

If Duo Gai's front legs forced Zhu Keta to throw away his belongings, and the two legs of his back legs burned everything, then things would be troublesome.

The play "The Pushcart, the Stingy Merchant and the Wolf" was staged again at the ferry on the Big Horn River.

Do you want the meat on your butt? Or the cargo in the car? A dilemma lies before Qing Ling Yu Duojie.

A great military strategist once wrote this military principle: "If you want to win by attacking, you must attack the enemy's weakly defended position."

Sometimes, this maxim can also be used in reverse.

For example, at the ferry where Ronald led the militiamen to attack, the Teltown people's defensive strength was not very strong, but their defensive will was not weak at all.

The personal guard quickly brought back news to Duo Gai - the nearby forest had been searched and no ambush was found.

In other words...the group of Platoans in front of them are alone? Duo Gai suddenly felt that the chances of winning were great.

On the other side, Ronald also believed in victory.

The generals of both armies are confident of victory, so the outbreak of battle is inevitable.

Just like a shepherd easily distinguishing the mixed flocks of sheep, the leader of Turton organized his tribe in this way.

Duo Gai personally led the armored elite and dismounted from their horses at a high point to watch the battle. The Terdun soldiers sat on the ground and quietly waited for the opportunity to fight.

The unarmored subjects and slaves were each led by a leader, and formed a group of more than a dozen people.

They either swept the formation from a distance and fired arrows, or suddenly rushed forward, testing and pulling the Platos away in turn.

This tactic may be able to disperse the mob, but it cannot shake the "sad soldiers" led by Ronald.

It was precisely because of these angry men who volunteered to fight that Ronald dared to give it a go.

The Tiefeng County militia formed a formation near the river, using horses and fences to resist the barbarian attack.

On their north side is a concave river channel, and on their east side is an earth platform caused by the collapse of the river bank.

The shape of the earth platform is a bit like a terraced field, with a height of about one meter. The closer to the river bank, the larger the drop, and the closer to the inland, the smaller the drop.

The Tiefeng County militia did not occupy the platform, which put them at a disadvantage.

On the other hand, the Terdun people were galloping, riding and shooting on the earth platform, which gave them a somewhat condescending advantage.

Seeing that the Platuan people's formation showed no sign of loosening, Qing Lingyu [Duojie] who was watching the battle put away the white horsetail flag and raised the red horsetail flag.

Like a swarm of bees that dispersed and regrouped, the Terdun light cavalry regrouped and formed a horizontal line in front of the Tiefeng County farmer's horse-repelling formation.

Although Major Ronald didn't have much actual combat experience, it was impossible for him not to recognize what it was. He shouted to remind his subordinates and militiamen: "The barbarians are going to use the Taikis method of warfare!"

Amidst the sound of the killing horn, the rightmost end of the Terdun front took the lead in taking action, followed by other leaders.

Terdun's light cavalry was like a long snake, flying around the Juma formation in a counter-clockwise manner, strangling the Platoans.

At the same time, the armored heavy cavalry on Teltown's side were still ready to go.

Ronald's horse-repelling formation was "wrapped" by Turton's light cavalry, and the thundering sound of horse hooves was almost suffocating.

From all directions in the west came not only the sound of hooves, but also the shrill scream of arrows.

A middle-aged farmer who was holding on to the door fell down silently. A featherless arrow was stuck in the back of his neck, still trembling slightly.

The Terdun people galloped around the horse-rejecting formation without any blind spots, and the Tiefeng County people's shields had lost most of their effectiveness.

Surrounding, riding and shooting, this is what Plato calls the "Tychis method of warfare".

The terrifying thing about it is not only that there is no blind spot for shooting, but also that the Platuan people are always within the shooting range of the Terton archers.

The one-shot detached form of skimming mounted fire leaves the rider with an extremely short shooting window. Each sweep can only fire three or four arrows at most.

However, the Terdun Qingqi, which was galloping around the Juma Formation, could shoot without limit until the quiver was empty.

Facing the Tekist tactics, the best strategy is to arm the warriors and fight back with a large number of projectile weapons.

Armor and ranged weapons...both of which Ronald lacked.

The militiamen used hunting bows and slings to fight back with great difficulty. For every Terdun man who fell from his horse, the lives of ten people from Tiefeng County were sacrificed.

Seeing the militiamen fall down one after another with arrows, Major Ronald almost broke his teeth.

The Taikis method of warfare meant running without stopping, and the stamina of the Teltun people's horses was rapidly depleting.

While the Xia Tiefeng County people's horse-rejection formation was crumbling, Teldun's light cavalry also gradually showed signs of decline.

Finally, Ronald saw more and more Terton horses struggling to even jump onto the knee-high earth platform.

"Piper!" shouted the major.

The militiamen had no drums, no bugles, and only two bagpipes to serve as messengers.

When the bagpiper heard the order, he took a deep breath and clamped the air bag hard. They couldn't play military melodies, so the major asked them to make noise as long as they could, the louder the better.

The rumble of horse hooves, the scream of arrows, the shouts and screams of dying humans... The loud and sharp sound of bagpipes penetrated the noise of the battlefield and reached everyone's ears.

This sound is so strange that no one can mishear it.

The people of Teltown didn't know why, but the farmers of Tiefeng County held on to their weapons tightly - when the bagpipe sounded, it was the time for a general attack.

"Second Lieutenant Adam Ortolani!" the major yelled.

Adam roared in response.

The horses on the side of the Juma formation facing the river were suddenly moved away. Adam led his men—all the militiamen who had seen blood—rushed out of the Juma formation, stepped on the beach and the river, and stabbed fiercely into the special area.

In the rush of Erdun Qingqi.

At the same time, another group of militiamen carried sharp wooden stakes and poured out of the anti-horse formation, erecting a barrier between the anti-horse formation and the river.

It was as if the earth was shattering with an ax blow, and the giant snake wrapped around the Palatine was split in two in an instant.
To be continued...