rise of empire total war

Chapter 381 Retreat
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Reining in his horse, Sir Frank, the commander of the Winster cavalry in full body garb, narrowed his eyes. Through the sight hole of his full-coverage helmet, he cast his eyes on the noble rebels of the Principality of Lasik who were gathering on the opposite side.Facing the cavalry under his command, the noble rebels seemed to be facing a big enemy. Except for the necessary rear army to guard against the defenders in Rostas City, the rest of the army lined up towards him, obviously preparing to start A big fight.

"The enemy has been prepared for a long time." Sir Frank said, as if talking to himself. He awkwardly turned his head to look at the cavalry around and behind him. He only had seven brigades of cavalry with a total of [-] cavalry, except for two The three hundred cavalry of the brigade include, in addition to the chainmail cavalry belonging to the heavy cavalry category, two brigade of horse sergeants and two brigade of crossbow cavalry.
Just these cavalrymen... Sir Frank looked at the rebel army on the opposite side again. He could not see the end in sight. Frank swore with his limited mathematical knowledge that the number of the opponent must exceed five thousand (not), or even more. The momentum with which his nine hundred cavalrymen run may scare the enemy, but their actual power is very low.

"Prepare to retreat. We cannot fight them until the main force of His Majesty Caesar arrives." Sir Frank decisively chose to retreat. While driving his horses to turn around and retreat, he shouted loudly to the cavalry around him. His voice penetrated the entire coverage The style seemed to be muffled, but it could still be clearly heard by the surrounding cavalry.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

The knights turned their horses' heads, shouted, and kicked the horse's belly with their legs to make the horse turn around and retreat. They looked at the dark enemy on the opposite side, and couldn't help swallowing, like a small number of knights charging to defeat tens of thousands. The plot of the enemy will only appear in the knight novels spoken by bards. Even if there are similar cases in this world, they can be made by fully armed knights. Most of them are light cavalry in light armor. , even those chain mail cavalry that belonged to the category of heavy cavalry were just knights wearing a layer of chain mail. If they rushed into the crowd with their front feet, they would be pulled off their horses with their back feet and stabbed to death.

Seeing that the Winster cavalry retreated without a fight, bursts of cheers erupted in the rebel army formation. Looking at the backs of the enemy cavalry retreating, they all thought that the other party was frightened by their own mighty army. This kind of thinking is understandable, who makes them just a group of ignorant soldiers.

However, those self-confident nobles on their heads looked at the "fleeing" Winster cavalry, but they had a different meaning. It is very likely that the Winster cavalry that Bo retreated directly were only the vanguard. As for the main force, they should still follow far behind.

Thinking of this possibility, Yairo and the nobles became nervous. They did not dare to disarm the army from combat readiness, but instead sent a team of light cavalry to follow the retreating Winster cavalry to check for information. Guess, then they can only retreat—it’s not that they are from the heart, but that they don’t have to fight at all. It’s okay to fight with a small number of Winsters. If the defenders in the city break through the siege and cooperate with the outside, they will only be wiped out.

Embracing the worst result, Yairo and the nobles waited anxiously for the return of the cavalry squad. The soldiers who were still cheering also felt more and more wrong with the passage of time. They stopped cheering and looked at him anxiously. Yairo's direction, while talking to the people around him in a low voice, a strange atmosphere enveloped the army that was cheering not long ago.

Finally, while Yairo and the others were looking forward to seeing through, a group of cavalry rode their horses and rushed all the way here. Under the puzzled eyes of all the soldiers, the whole picture of this group of cavalry was finally exposed to people's sight. Several people were hit by arrows in their backs, lying motionless on the horseback, bobbing up and down with the movement of the horses, the situation of the rest of them was not optimistic, all of them were bloody, and their faces were full of fear!

"Not good! Not good! It's the Winsters! The army of the Winsters is coming here!"

The knights on horseback turned pale. After rushing into the military formation, they shouted loudly, telling the soldiers what they had witnessed and spreading their fear to their comrades. Yairo's face darkened when he heard what they shouted. Unexpectedly, his worst plan actually became a reality. Although the knight did not tell the number of Winsters, from his disturbing reaction, he could guess that the number of enemies must be far away. Far higher than them!
However, he still had to ask carefully first.

After a while, the blood-stained knight was brought to Jairo. Seeing the knight's panic, he couldn't help frowning. He looked at the knight's eyes that were still in shock, and asked in a deep voice : "What did you all see just now? What have you experienced?"

"The Winsters are the main force of the Winsters!" the knight said tremblingly, suppressing the fear in his heart, and said: "We followed the retreating Winster cavalry and saw them and a large The army gathered together, the army could not be seen at a glance, and the exact number could not be seen clearly in a short period of time. Before we started counting, the Winster cavalry discovered us and started chasing us..."

After listening to the knight's words, Jairo's face became more and more ugly. He suddenly raised his head, startling the nobles around him. Before they could say anything, Jairo said decisively: "Withdraw the troops and withdraw to our territory. , if you want to survive, organize a withdrawal immediately!"

"Uh..." The nobles were stunned. After a while, they realized what was going on. They didn't bother to ask in-depth questions. They all agreed and issued the order to withdraw their troops.

Half an hour later, when Richard led the army to arrive here, the place where the noble rebels had lined up was already empty, leaving only filth and messy things on the ground. Richard ignored the remnants on the ground, he Raising his head slightly and looking into the distance, he could vaguely see the outline of the city of Rostas. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, but in his heart he sounded the death knell for the life of Grand Duke Felicias.

He knew that as long as he could enter the city of Rostas, the disadvantaged Grand Duke Felicias would be like a fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.

"Go forward! Tonight I will have dinner with Grand Duke Felicias at Rotunlins Palace in Rostas City!" Richard said loudly, and as his shouts came out, all the soldiers under his command roared passionately. respond.

Tread-tap-

The sound of uniform footsteps, like thunder on the ground, echoed across this open plain, almost making the earth tremble!

(End of this chapter)