Chapter 132: See the Knights Templar again
"Don't be anxious, just say it slowly." Commander Shang still stopped Commander Wang. He didn't understand why Commander Wang became so timid and fled.
"I don't have time to explain, run away quickly!" Commander Wang became even more anxious. After finally reaching his army, the reinforcements that should have become a support became an obstacle to his escape.
With a bang, Commander Shang slapped Commander Wang heavily.
The soldiers of the empire can fail, but they will never accept cowards who can only escape. The slap is very loud and wakes up Commander Wang in front of everyone.
Commander Wang also realized that his loss of composure brought shame to the soldiers of the empire. He finally stopped talking about the escape, but his face was still anxious. This was a matter of life and death, and it was urgent.
"Cabin! The enemy has a large number of cavalry!" Commander Wang gave the most critical information.
He had led his team to chase the fleeing rebels to Yinshuitan. Everything was fine. A large amount of military merit was obtained, but no clues appeared. Until his soldiers began to disperse in this area to capture and kill the rebels, the cavalry seemed to have traveled from another world, and they appeared without warning and silently. Only one thing is certain, they were cavalry from hell. The imperial soldiers who were scattered to obtain military merits were completely slaughtered without fortifications and geographical advantages.
They never expected that this was a huge conspiracy. The rebels did not use the thousand soldiers who died in the wild boar forest as bait, but used all of them as bait. Commander Wang remembered the desperate voice he heard in the wild boar forest.
"We're cheated", yes, not only were the rebels who attacked the wild boar forest cheated, they were cheated, too.
After hearing Commander Wang's words, the other two commanders were also stunned. This was indeed a piece of news.
Cavalry usually only appears in the north and Central Plains of the Empire, where the terrain is flat and very suitable for the running of war horses. In the south of the Empire, cavalry is really a rare species and is hard to come by. Not to mention the rare fodder for war horses, war horses in the north are very likely to be unacceptable to the local conditions and cannot fight when they arrive in the south. Therefore, at most, horses in the south are transportation tools. It is really a luxury to organize an army of cavalry in the south of the Empire.
Of course, there is also the most important point, that is, the terrain in the south is complex, and cavalry can play far less role than infantry in most places.
If it were normal times, Commander Wang came over to tell them that he found an army of cavalry, they would definitely laugh and praise Lao Wang for his good joke. But now after seeing Commander Wang's disobedience, the joke became less funny and even seemed very serious.
The cavalry is indeed not suitable for most terrains in the south, but it does not mean that it is not suitable for the current terrain. The Yinshui Beach they are currently in is very suitable for the cavalry's back and forth charge...
"Retreat quickly!" This time Commander Shang finally realized the importance of the problem. If he faced the enemy here, it was no longer a matter of the gap in troops.
But obviously, after missing the best opportunity to escape, there was no more time to get rid of the knights coming from hell. The roaring horse hooves sounded like thunder in early spring, the difference was that it did not announce the arrival of spring, but death.
The rebels were obviously prepared for a long time. The cavalry appeared just in time, and the torches in the hands of the imperial soldiers became their clearest signal, guiding the direction of the butcher knife.
The heavy horse's hooves stepped on the green grass, without smoke and dust, but with blood mist.
The scene became chaotic due to the large number of cavalry breaking in. Although several commanders were still ordering formations, they did not play any role at all. Their formation was completely dispersed, and every time they wanted to regroup, they would be dispersed by the rebel cavalry again.
After many cavalry attacks, the defeated army became soldiers of the empire. All the shouts no longer worked, and the soldiers began to act with their consciousness and desire to survive, which made the situation even more dangerous. When the infantry lost their formation, they were already lambs to be slaughtered in front of the cavalry. However, the rebel cavalry who kept passing by was also constantly bringing fear to them. This fear broke all their rationality and no longer thought about how to join the large army, but simply turned into "I want to survive."
The problem lies in "I want to survive", just like drinking poison to quench thirst, it is impossible for a soldier to survive. But fear dispels everything, everyone starts to run away with their heads in their arms, and they all want to survive.
It's over, everything is over... Commander Wang understood that the situation was hopeless. At the last moment, he chose to face his death in the form of a soldier. He drew his knife and stabbed him towards the cavalry rushing towards him. The long sword stabbed into the horse's neck, and he was hit hard on his shoulder. At the last moment before his consciousness disappeared, he saw the blood-red cross...
When Lin Ji arrived at Yinshui Beach, he only saw the remains of the ground, and the blood turned into the ocean here. The fallen people were wearing their military uniforms.
The development of things was not more optimistic than he thought. In this battle, the rebels sacrificed less than 5,000 people and killed more than 27,000 imperial soldiers.
The rebels had retreated, leaving behind the sad corpse in this place.
He miscalculated again. Lin Ji looked at the scene and felt dizzy. The carefully designed encirclement failed. Fortunately, someone helped him in time and would not fall directly to the ground.
"How could this happen... In a short period of time, the three commanders and so many soldiers died here?" Lin Ji couldn't speak in front of him. His most pessimistic estimate was that the three commanders were caught in the enemy's conspiracy and were deeply trapped in the siege. At that time, he had the chance to lead a team to rescue him. But now, nothing is gone, nothing is gone.
"Commander Wang, Commander Shang, Commander Qian died for his country..." Lin Ji didn't want to continue talking, because the three commanders' greed for merit and recklessness caused the empire to lose nearly 30,000 troops in Yinshuitan, but the source of all this was actually in himself. Every word he said became extremely difficult.
"Sir, you are still here, we still need you!" At this time, the initial messenger comforted Lin Ji: "We still have enough troops to eliminate the rebels and avenge several commanders and compatriots."
"Sir! It's a horse... a war horse!" At this time, someone found a war horse in armor lying on the ground.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!