Chapter 272: The Spring and Autumn Dreams Are Without a Trace
Acrylic is still dreaming of his spring and autumn dream of becoming king and hegemony, and has no idea that a fatal disaster is about to come.
Another seven days passed in a hurry. The more Yacli led his soldiers and horses to march eastward, the harsh weather they faced became less severe.
By the time they were approaching the Frankish border, the light snow on the ground had little impact on their march.
Seeing that he was about to return to his own country in a few days, Yali and all the soldiers under his command all showed smiles.
Just when the Acrylic Legion was filled with joy, a warning trombone sound suddenly came from behind.
The moment the trombone sounded, Yali and the soldiers and horses under his command tensed up, and instinctively turned their heads to look behind.
More than 50,000 people tacitly had the same thought in their hearts. Could it be that the dragon's soldiers and horses were chasing after them?
While Ya Keli was in a trance, a Roman scout came running towards him with an anxious look on his face. He reined his horse tightly and stopped beside Ya Keli.
"Report, please report to His Highness the Prince that traces of the Great Dragon's troops and horses were found about five miles away from the rear of our legion."
Ya Keli came back to his senses, and there was a hint of uneasiness in his brows. He pretended to be calm and looked at the frightened scout Ya Keli and asked: "How many troops can we observe that are chasing the dragon troops?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, because Xue Mu blocks our view, we can't see the strength of Dalong's troops for the time being, but from the flags of their vanguard scouts, we can confirm that they are Dalong's troops.
However, I can feel from the trembling ground that is becoming clearer and clearer that the dragon's troops are mainly cavalry. They are approaching our army with all their strength. With the speed of the cavalry, they can catch up with us in a bowl of hot water.
of the rear army.
Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Ya Keli breathed in the air-conditioning and thought for a moment. He raised his riding whip and shouted loudly to the soldiers around him: "Quick, order the soldiers and horse generals on all sides to stop advancing immediately. The rear army will become the front army and set up defense on the spot.
The formation waits for the dragon's troops to approach.
As long as they are within the range of the archers, they don't have to obey my prince's orders and shoot arrows on their own to kill the dragon's soldiers and horses.
Tell the soldiers of the legion that the Dragon Soldiers and Horses are no longer our allies, but our enemies, and they must not be merciful."
"It's an order."
Dozens of Roman soldiers galloped towards the army formation behind them, shouting the orders that Acrylic had just delivered.
When the generals of the Roman legions heard the shouts of the Acrylic soldiers, they immediately commanded their soldiers and horses to start setting up defensive formations.
After receiving the orders from their respective generals, although the Roman soldiers were panicked, they still began to form a defensive formation in an orderly manner. The shield soldiers held the heavy shields and stood at the forefront, providing support for the archers and spearmen behind them.
Strive for sufficient time to set up the battle formation.
Just a few breaths after the Roman soldiers set up their defensive formations, they felt the strong vibrations of the earth.
They, who have been on the battlefield for a long time, immediately understood that this was the shock caused by a large number of cavalry rushing and galloping.
In an instant, 50,000 Roman soldiers stared closely at Xuemu in the west and began to stand ready, waiting for the enemy to enter the attack range of their own battle formation.
However, the tense Roman soldiers were doomed to be disappointed. Among them, they could vaguely see human figures, dozens of fully armored dragon scouts riding on war horses, putting down their telescopes with solemn expressions, and took out their telescopes.
He picked up the ox-horn in his suitcase and put it into his mouth.
A sudden and dull horn sound suddenly sounded on the beautiful snowfield, which made the Roman soldiers startled and hurriedly stared towards the source of the sound.
However, the heavy snow cover could only allow them to see a shadowy figure, but they had no idea what was happening over there and why the horn suddenly sounded.
The Roman soldiers didn't know why. Acrylic, who had seen General Dalong using a telescope with his own eyes, suddenly felt something in his heart, and a vague premonition arose.
Men's premonitions are often very accurate. When the rapid sound of trumpets gradually subsided, the 50,000 Roman soldiers suddenly felt that the trembling of the earth had eased.
"Come on, brothers, the scout brother has sent a message with a trumpet, and the enemy has set up a defensive formation."
"The messenger."
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"Immediately order all troops to form a formation of a hundred people and circle around on both sides. Remember not to rush in blindly before you understand the enemy's situation."
"It's an order."
After the messengers left, Ke Yan, Xiong Kaishan, Jiang Lei and others took out their telescopes from the saddles on their horses and looked forward.
However, even with the telescope in hand, Keyan and the other generals still couldn't clearly see the enemy's situation in Xuemuzhong ahead.
"Damn it, it's not in vain that we pursued them day and night for more than ten days, and finally caught their tail."
"Brothers, what should we do now? The snow is still a bit heavy, and we can't clearly see the enemy's situation. If we charge rashly, the soldiers will suffer a lot!"
"General Xiong, please be patient. Now we just need to catch up with them.
After all, our mission is just to delay their march, not to confront them head-on.
As long as we lock their whereabouts firmly, use bows, arrows, and crossbows from time to time to sneak attack and kill their soldiers on the periphery, and impede their march, then the mission will be completed."
"Brother Ke Yan is right. Although we are not afraid of fighting the enemy head-on, the number of enemy troops is 50,000, while our troops are only 5,000. Compared with the enemy, the difference is too huge.
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Although the kite-flying strategy can make them tired of dealing with it, the price we have to pay is estimated to be beyond our expectation.
The commander-in-chief's order is for us to contain their schedule, and then cooperate with the main force of the Huyan Warlord, Paoze, to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop and minimize the losses of our Dalong cavalry.
If we disobey military orders and rush to kill the enemy rashly, even if we achieve great results afterwards, we will probably still be prosecuted by military law. After all, we acted disobediently.
Right now, the commander-in-chief wants to do his best to reduce the number of casualties of our Xizheng son, so it’s better for us to obey orders and not make any arbitrary decisions!"
"It makes sense. It's better to obey orders honestly. We cannot afford the consequences of disobeying military orders!"
"I second the suggestion, then wait for the scout brother to report the enemy's situation..."
"Report to all generals, the enemy's main force of more than 50,000 people has set up a defensive formation on the snowy field two miles in front of our army, waiting for our army to take the initiative to attack.
The enemy's 50,000 troops are in 25 phalanx formations. Each formation has about 2,000 troops and is spaced 20 to 30 paces apart. The formation is both offensive and defensive. It is not suitable to charge directly. Light artillery can be used to cover and bombard."
After listening to the scout's report, Jiang Lei and others looked at each other with joyful expressions.
"Brothers, although this Xuemu has given us great inconvenience, it has also provided us with opportunities!
Acrylic knew clearly that our dragon soldiers and horses had weapons such as artillery in their hands, and still dared to set up battle formations for defense, most likely because they didn't know how many soldiers and horses we had arrived at the moment."
"Indeed, because Xue Mu blocks the view, there is a high possibility that Acrylic cannot figure out the actual strength of our troops. Although he has no choice but to passively set up a dense battle formation for defense.
Perhaps the shock caused by the galloping horses gave Alec a wrong perception, making him mistakenly believe that we only have cavalry.
Next, let’s see your performance, Brother Jiang Lei. In such a dense battle formation with enemy personnel, if our twenty light squatting tiger cannons are used to their full potential, we will receive unexpected results!"
"Damn it, I just don't know how to fire cannons. Otherwise, why would you, Brother Jiang, get the same military exploits that I picked up for nothing?"
Jiang Lei grinned, put away his telescope, pulled the reins of his horse and ran towards the snow curtain in front of him.
"Several brothers will have people unload the artillery first, and I will go and observe the enemy's battle formation layout first."