Chapter 42 During the First Lovik Battle

In the early morning of the next day, the gang was preparing breakfast for the soldiers of the 23rd Army. The cooking smoke rose, the green grass on the peaceful plains was green, and occasionally a few birds passed by at low altitude, bringing a trace of warmth to the busy camp.

When everything was so peaceful, a war horse rushed from a distance and rushed into the barracks. Even the horse did not stop. A scout in the uniform of the 23rd Army stumbled off the horse and ran all the way to the Chinese army camp. As soon as he saw the deputy commander Roderick, who was washing, he fell down. He got up again and shouted strangely, "Your Excellency, my lord, it's not good!"

"What's the strange name of early morning? Call me sir!" Roderick scolded.

"Your Excellency, no, sir, the cavalry of the Holy Empire was found 30 miles away. There are no end at a glance. At least 5,000 people are search formations. It is estimated that we will be found in an hour."

"Go down, someone, and ask four regiment leaders to come to my account for discussion!"

10 minutes later, the four regimental commanders gathered at the headquarters and became angry and nervous when they learned the news of the cavalry approaching.

"We should retreat, at least to the front line of Mount Domon, and maybe we can withstand it for 2 days." Suggested by a regimental commander.

"A regiment commander, you are too optimistic. The cavalry seen by the scout is golden armor, which is the First Legion. No one can block the First Legion in the wild for more than a day." The head of the 4th regiment is obviously a little pessimistic

3 Commander thought about it and proposed: "I suggest gathering the army and waiting for the order of Commander Lance in place. Now it's too late to retreat. It's better to stick to it in place."

"Our 5th regiment has no problem. We should be stationed in place or retreat slowly. We can't just run away. I'm afraid that we have been found now and it's overtook." The commander of the 5th regiment said.

15 minutes later, the four regimental commanders returned to their own teams, and each regiment began to carry out the orders of the deputy commander. The contents of the orders are roughly as follows: each regiment immediately gathered on the basis of the defensive cavalry ring defense line, relying on each other, defending in place, waiting for the next instruction of the commander of Lance.

So 20,000 people began to gather nervously, arrange defense lines, and dig some simple horse pits and trip pits.

At 927 a.m., the watchmen found the First Cavalry Legion of the Holy Empire. At the same time, the First Cavalry Legion of the Holy Empire also began to shrink its formation and gathered into an attack formation. Obviously, it also found the infantry in front not long ago. At 9:36 a.m., the military band of the 23rd Army sounded the drums. At the same time, The First Cavalry Regiment fired the first round of magic arrows, and the locust-like arrows flew overwhelmingly, and the sky darkened in an instant.

"Hip the shield!" Bows and arrows are coming!" The officers shouted, and the infantry of the 23rd Army began to raise their shields above their heads and slowly gathered together. The arrows hit the shield as a sound, and some arrows penetrated the small shield and killed the soldiers behind them. The magic arrows are much more powerful than ordinary arrows.

"Magic Arrow! Meet!" A voice sounded, followed by more shouts echoing in the air: "Magic arrows, shoot together!" The 23rd Infantry Corps began to fight back. The two sides exchanged arrows one round after another and adjusted their formation.

"Defense!" The roaring sound everywhere prompted the rookies.

"I want to go home!" A young voice whispered in a low voice. Shut up!" The comrades next to him obviously don't want to hear such boring words.

"I was hit by an arrow, help, mom, help!" Someone on the other side was injured and screamed hysterically. Stop shouting, carry him down and send him to the doctor!" A small commander arranged.

The First Legion of the Holy Empire was slowly gathering to attack the formation not far away. The roar of the horses came more and more densely. The vibration of the horseshoe hitting the ground faintly came through the feet, shaking the hearts of the soldiers like a heartbeat, and the dense light magic arrows brushed over their heads from time to time. Shot at the cavalry camp in the distance, and then bounced away by the defensive array in the cavalry camp, the other party's magic arrows could hit their shield. From time to time, the wail of the arrows of their own arrows came, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer little by little.

"Shir, where is Commander Lance? We should move to the mountainside and use the slope to defend against the impact of the cavalry. It will be too late!" A deputy commander begged his boss, and the commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment looked at him blankly: "Son, I can't confirm the position of the commander of the legion. There is no order from the legion headquarters. Our final order is to stay in place and wait for reinforcements." Then he shouted to the messengers: "Order the troops to concentrate the shields to the periphery and cover the shields with long spearmen. The archers shoot indiscriminately until the arrows are exhausted! As for the soldiers in the inner array, find anything that can be defended. Tell the troops that all the big pots of the whole regiment will be distributed, at least two or three soldiers without shields will have a big pot, and the gods are on top and ready to fight!"

At the same time, in the army of the First Cavalry Legion of the Holy Empire, the commander, butcher Baroque, looked contemptuously at the opposite army and gave his first official order today: "Raise the bloody battle flag of the empire, leave no life, the second cavalry regiment assault, the third cavalry regiment ready, beat the drum! Charge!"

The cavalry on the opposite side began to charge, and countless cover arrows poured into the position of the 23rd Infantry, bringing a sound, as if the rain had hit the eaves, but the sound was more than ten times loud.

"Shield soldier, keep your position!"

"Long Gunman! Cover! Kill the close cavalry!"

"Keep your position! Keep your position! Advance to the right wing of the 4th Infantry Regiment, or their right wing will collapse!"

The shouts came one after another, mixed with occasional cries, as lively as a vegetable market.

In the process of testing the conversion of attack and defense, in the chaotic central army, when the deputy commander Roderick anxiously dispatched the only four infantry regiments to carry out defense, several messengers rushed into the headquarters without even drinking a sip of water, and cried out to Roderick: "Sir , the magic arrows of the First Infantry Regiment are exhausted!" Then continue to attack with ordinary arrows!" Roderick didn't even raise his head and still stared at the map.

"Shir, the 5th Infantry Regiment has lost 1,000 people. The regiment sent me to ask you if you have approved the use of the reserve."

"Tell Chief Gauss that the reserve team is of great use. Let him fight for me!" Roderick continued to stare at the map.

"Shir, there are only 4 ordinary arrows left in the Third Infantry Regiment!" Another messenger from the Third Infantry Regiment suffered. Then launch the remaining 40% of the arrows! Are there any other questions?"

"Yes! Sir!" The last messenger to enter the tent said desperately, "The commander of Lance has been found. He has bled too much and has been killed in battle!" What?" Roderick finally raised his head and said, "How could he be killed?"