Chapter 90 Breaking the Array(1/2)
Bigjiao River, dam.
The signal flag is raised.
"Enemy attack!" The observation post rushed down the hillside like crazy, shouting with all his might: "Caval!"
After extending to the west coast, the dam was hit on both sides.
Therefore, Tamas built a small fortress on the beach on the west coast, and he personally took charge of it.
The flood discharge is about to be released, and most of the defensive forces on the west bank have evacuated. Amid the death-thrusting alarm bells, the left-behind soldiers hurried to the wall with their weapons.
"Send a signal to the east coast." Tamas spat on the fortress on the west coast: "If the situation is wrong, destroy the dam in advance."
Cavalry jumped out one after another on the horizon at the edge of the river valley, and those who came did not reorganize and rushed straight towards the dam.
The cavalry led by him was tall and burly, sitting on the back of the short Hed horse, as if he was a bear riding a rabbit.
At the wall of the dam tomb, a childish boy skillfully hung the fuse, held his gun body firmly, and aimed with his breath.
The enemy is getting closer and closer, and he has already made a hundred steps forward.
The boy was about to press the firing rod, but the fuse was torn off by the sergeant Peter Dwarf Bunier beside him.
The exclaim from Battalion Commander Tamas came from his ears: "Don't shoot! It's your own person!"
However, several musketeers were frightened by the sudden sound and directly pulled the firing rod.
The dull gunshot echoed on the river surface, and several white smoke from the walls sprayed out.
"[Vulgar words of extreme anger]!" Lieutenant Andrea Chelini's roar penetrated the smoke of gunpowder and spread throughout the fortress: "Which bastard shot me!"
...
At the foot of Tiefeng Mountain, there is a battlefield where the two armies lined up.
After repeated tests, the Terdun people have roughly understood the other party's reality.
Although the opponent's three-wing flags on the left, middle and right side look similar to those on the other side, the central wing army is more rigorous and does not waver at all when facing the cavalry's charge.
Looking down from the Terdunn's formation, you can see white smoke like a wall escape from the arrow cluster in the center of the front.
"[Herd] there." A green-lingyu looked solemn: "How could there be so many little thunders in [Herd]?"
Another Qing Lingyu whispered: "[Hed] and he played well."
The leaders of all departments were afraid of Xiao Lei. The warriors who could have repeatedly rushed to the formation with their strong armor and arrow feathers, are now only killed by the lead flying indiscriminately.
Compared with the past, today's leaders rarely charge in person.
The elites in the center of the opponent's formation should not be underestimated, but the combat power of the two wings is obviously not enough.
With just a hundred cavalry siege, the front line on both wings loosened, and there was no white smoke coming from the volley.
According to the original intention of the nobles of Terden, they were not willing to confront each other head-on.
However, wherever the army passed, all the villages were burned in advance and the population was moved out in advance. The other party would rather turn their homes into scorched earth than let the Teltons take anything away.
The Khan Court is on the verge of food cuts, and the morale of the military is unstable. The rumors spread like wildfire. The more it is, the more it spreads.
The tribes whispered in places where the leaders could not see it. Some said it was done by the eastern part of the sea, some said it was a sneak attack by the Suz tribe, and some said it was the Chihe tribe who took action.
People have different opinions on which tribe the other party is. But there is one thing that is clear: something big must have happened in the wintering pasture, otherwise the Khan Court will not hide it.
Under such circumstances, Revodan failed to break through in one fell swoop, and he wanted to fight to the decisive battle, and the winter plunder had actually failed.
There is only one way left before the Terdun tribe to retreat. If you have a life left, you will always have a chance to start over.
But I was so unwilling! I was really so unwilling!
Everyone below the Teldun Khan Court knew it was time to run away, but no one was willing to spit out the meat that had already been in his mouth.
On the other hand, Winters can continue to wait. As long as the dam is completed and stored, the threatened Teltons will have to retreat.
At a delicate time point, Winters decided to take the initiative.
When he pushed down all the chips, he was also forcing the firefighter to make a choice: cut off his arm and survive? Or... also suppress all the chips and make a complete turnaround.
No matter what reason is driven by or what kind of game they have passed, both sides have arrived on this battlefield that is only two kilometers wide.
The decisive battle started like this.
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The Telden light cavalry holding a bow and carrying an arrow were in groups of three or five, galloping in front of the trench.
Sometimes they put their bows and shot quickly, sometimes fiercely, sometimes far and sometimes near, sometimes gathered and sometimes dispersed, like crows circling over the corpse.
In addition to the "Crows" light cavalry, several armoured cavalry attacked the two wings of the Tiefeng County Army in turn.
The tactics of heavy armored cavalry are very different from those of armorless light cavalry. They line up in dense formations, slapped at the military formations of the people of Tiefeng County like huge waves.
Many militiamen in the first formation were so scared that they almost woven their pants on the spot. Fortunately, Winters had a group of veterans who had witnessed the barbarian tactics.
"What are you afraid of? You're fucking scaring people! The barbarians dare not rush in directly!" The soldiers scolded with regret, but they didn't know that they were the ones who were scared to their knees last time.
Relying on the constraints of grassroots commanders and sergeants, the two-wing front did not directly collapse.
Seeing that the two legs were not shaken, the front team Terdun's cavalry immediately crossed the formation, and the second team rushed again. He could not enter, so the back team continued to repeat.
Winters, who was watching the game, suddenly spoke: "Give food and drink to the battalions."
The clerks and guards around looked at each other, not knowing how to implement this sentence. Seeing that no one was moving, Winters turned around and looked around, but no one moved.
Winters then remembered that Bud stayed in St. C. to organize logistics and was not on the scene.
For this period of time, Winters has been oral arrangements, and Bard then converts the oral content into written orders or instructions to issue them.
The two of them cooperated well, which greatly improved the operational efficiency of the command center. However, Bud was absent, and Winters had to adapt again.
"Go to the head of the logistics convoy and ask him to distribute food and drinking water to the battalions." Winters found Shire next to him and added in contemplation: "Prefer to the second line on both wings, then the central army, and the last two wings
The front line.”
"Start the house at this time?" someone asked in confusion.
"The Teltons' main formation is still resting, and obviously do not plan to launch a general attack now." Winters explained: "The rotational rush seems to be coming fiercely, but in fact the purpose is to exhaust the enemy."
"Then what are they waiting for?"
"Shock." Winters narrowed his eyes and looked at the sun: "It may also be time."
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On the banks of the Great Horn River, the pontoon bridge of the Telton people.
A few days ago, the leader of Terdun, who was stationed at the pontoon bridge, had already discovered that the water level was changing.
Zhixiao sent a light cavalry to trace the upstream all the way, and soon found the root of the abnormality, a river-blocking dam.
If the pontoon bridge was built one day and was within Zhixiao's understanding, then the river dam that appeared out of thin air completely surpassed his wildest imagination.
No matter what, the problem needs to be solved.
Not only can the impact objects drift downstream can damage the pontoon bridge, but also greatly changes in water level.
The essence of a floating bridge is to connect a fixed floating box with wooden boards. If the water level changes, the structure connecting the floating box will also be damaged.
Zhixiao, who stayed behind the pontoon bridge, did not understand the principle of the bridge, but he could see that the beams of the pontoon bridge were twisted one after another and broke.
Unfortunately, Zhixiao was unable to solve the structural problems of the bridge, nor the people who caused the problems.
Several attacks on the dam ended in failure. The fire-growing agent first sent reinforcements and then hurriedly transferred reinforcements away.
At the same time, almost all the Telton men who remained on the West Bank rushed to the Khan tent to join forces. According to their statement, "The fire-grower caught the cunning two-legged man."
With fewer and fewer people on hand, the water level has become shallower, and Zhixiao made a difficult decision to tear down the bridge.
After thinking about it, he thought clearly about the interests: it is a matter of time before or later that the pontoon bridge was destroyed, and he was powerless to stop it. Instead of letting his hands and waiting for the two legs to destroy the bridge, it is better to demolish it yourself. As long as the bridge construction materials are still there, it will be no difficulty to build another pontoon bridge in the future.
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The work of demolishing the pontoon bridge is in full swing, because many Palatu slaves were lost in the previous rebellion, so the progress of demolishing the bridge is very slow.
Suddenly, the servants in the door rushed over excitedly and reported the good news to Zhixiao: "[Hed] That person! The river water is rising again! There is no need to tear the bridge!"
Zhijun's heartbeat stopped and slapped his close slave hard with his backhand: "[Herd] idiot!"
Zhixiao rushed to the floating bridge and saw that the originally clear river water had become turbid and undercurrents stirring up the mud at the bottom of the river, and fish kept jumping out of the water.
The calm Bighorn River suddenly became manic and fierce, and the river flow rate was almost visible to the naked eye, and a series of vortexes of large and small appeared in the heart of the river.
On the bank of the river, a Telton whistle rode towards the pontoon bridge in a panic.
The whistle driver pulled off his outer robe, rolled it in his hand and waved his warning desperately, shouting at the top of his lungs: "[Hedd] ship! Big ship..."
There is no need to shout at the whistle driver, because Zhixiao can see it with his own eyes.
Gift from Captain Morrow A giant triangular raft full of earth and rock rushed out of the river bay, rotating and drifting along the water, and the speed became faster and faster.
Moro deliberately designed the impact raft as a triangle because it always has a corner that can hit the pontoon bridge.
The Teltons exclaimed, ran, watching the triangle rafts storm towards them.
The river-blocking rope was wrapped and then pulled off, and the blocking piles arranged in front of the pontoon bridge were also knocked to pieces.
To be continued...