When the number of people was not enough to change the situation of the battle, even if Sa Lange and the cavalry under his command put life and death at risk, it was meaningless to the entire battle.
For Sarah Lange, the final charge is undoubtedly tragic and even self-redemptive.
As a commander, he underestimated the enemy's strength and organization, made wrong judgments about the battle situation, and hoped to break through the enemy's formation through the echelon charge of the shield cavalry, which ultimately resulted in his own flank being stabbed by a wave of footwork coordination.
From this point of view, Sarah Lange is fully responsible for the failure of this battle.
Therefore, at the last moment, Sa Lange, who understood everything, chose to lead the cavalry to launch the final counterattack, hoping that his counterattack would provide some space for the main infantry of the remaining vanguard army to retreat, and
Through the scribe, report the entire battle to Jarvan IV.
This was all he could do in the end.
The brave Colonel Sa Lange finally fell on the road of charge.
But it is a pity that the desperate charge by him and the cavalry under his command failed to even buy the main force of the infantry some time to retreat. After confirming that the main force of the enemy army had collapsed, a large number of vehicles appeared behind the Plain Walkers' front.
He was dragged out of the forest by Ernuk.
Although the warriors of the Plain Walkers are only infantry, and the spell BUFF given to them by the third-order magicians does not last long, when the enemy organization collapses and falls into a rout, chasing by car is also an effective solution.
With three teams of cavalry and guard cavalry all annihilated, the baggage troops and pack horses dispersed, and the overall organization completely destroyed, no matter how excellent the personal qualities of the Xiongdu Pioneer Army soldiers were, they could only support them with sword formations and shields.
Formation is used as a unit to counterattack and mobilize.
Facing the Plains Walkers who were riding in Enuk carts and operating as a company of a hundred to intercept the flanks, they still had no room for resistance.
Finally, the retreat turned into a rout.
From this point of view, perhaps Sa Lange's final desperate charge was also a heroic mistake. He mistakenly believed that he could delay the enemy and give the infantry room to retreat. He mistakenly believed that the Xiongdu Vanguard Army would not retreat during the retreat.
rout, mistakenly believing that the fifty-mile retreat distance would give the vanguard enough space.
But the fact is that after his heroic charge, the Plains Walkers were like tigers chasing sheep, using their high mobility to bite the retreating vanguard infantry again and again, and finally completely defeated them.
The battle finally became a battle of annihilation.
In the end, Plains Walker even caught up to the city and saw the city of Pinara in the distance, and then he was able to board the car and return.
After this battle, Pingyuan Walker annihilated all 1,500 cavalry of the Xiongdu Pioneer Army. When cleaning the battlefield, they finally found nearly 1,000 pack horses and captured more than 1,000 people, most of whom were baggage soldiers and engineers.
As for the infantry killed and injured during the pursuit, the number is conservatively estimated to be over 500.
In addition, because the vanguard army was defeated quickly and was broken through from the flank, almost all their baggage was abandoned on the battlefield. A large number of armors, flags, horse gear, weapons, arrows, and tents were all cleaned up afterwards.
Those that were usable and repairable were taken away, and those that were completely unusable were taken away. Except for the rune steel armor, which was crushed and then transported away as steel, the rest was burned to the ground.
After subsequent interrogation, Haike determined that the Xiongdu Pioneer Army dispatched 3,000 regular soldiers and nearly 2,000 baggage troops and engineers in this battle. Based on the results of his own battle, the formation of this vanguard army can be declared cancelled.
As a price, in the three consecutive waves of heavy cavalry charges by the Xiongdu Pioneer Army, the Pingyuan Walkers suffered more than 400 casualties, more than half of whom were dead, and the majority of the injured were seriously injured; and in the subsequent outflanking and pursuit
, the casualties suffered by the Plain Walkers were much smaller, and even including the unlucky ones thrown out by the high-speed carts, the number of casualties was less than 200.
In other words, in this battle, Pingyuan Walker completely wiped out the 3,000 Xiongdu vanguard army with less than 600 casualties.
Looking at the rough battle report in his hand, Haike, who withdrew to the north bank of the 102 Canal, finally breathed a sigh of relief - the Xiongdu Pioneer Army's combat effectiveness did not exceed his expectations, and the result of this battle was completely acceptable to our side!
Even at the post-war summary meeting, many commanders of Haike and Pingyuan Walker agreed that the enemy army was a very capable team.
If it weren't for their commander's rigid combat thinking and obvious underestimation of the enemy, who had the confidence to believe that their cavalry could overwhelm our Chinese army's formation, I'm afraid the intensity of this battle would have been even higher, and our own casualties would have been even higher.
will be bigger.
If that happens, Heike is still confident of victory, but at the same time Plains Walker will pay a more painful price.
Summarizing after a battle is a fine tradition for the Northern Walkers. For this team that has relatively sufficient material conditions but lacks actual combat experience, training and summarizing are undoubtedly the key to their self-improvement.
Moreover, because there are huge differences between Forsbarrow and Shurima, even if Kalya provided ideas for building the army in the establishment of Northern Walkers, there is still a lot of content for Plains Walkers to explore on their own when it comes to training and coordination.
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For example, because the number of mages is insufficient but their individual strength is strong, when plain walkers coordinate their footwork, they often adopt a wide range of spells targeting the environment based on battlefield conditions, instead of buffing each warrior individually. Dandelion tactics is
The embodiment of this idea.
If it were the Shurima Empire, then they could definitely rely on an astonishing number of mages and magic props to provide acceleration spells to soldiers who needed to fight in a surprise attack.
But in Forsbarrow, the better way is for the soldiers to learn to ride on the wind, and carry sails specially designed to control the wind, like dandelions, within the wind field created by the magicians, and rush forward quickly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The idea of this tactic was created by the second group of Snow Walkers when they eliminated the ice trolls, but that time was in Freljord.
On the snowfield, the task of the Archon is to clear the floating snow on the glacier and provide assistance for the second group of Snow Walkers in their skating charge.
Later, the experience of this battle was learned by the entire army, and the Plains Walkers developed a dandelion tactic that was more suitable for fighting on open plains. They used strong winds and weight reduction spells to improve the team's mobility within a certain range.
This battle was the first time that Dandelion tactics were used in actual combat, and with the cooperation of Sal Lange, the effect was outstanding.
However, the data provided later at the post-war summary meeting also showed that the Dandelion Tactics often suffered heavy casualties when faced with enemies equipped with a large number of throwing weapons. During the execution of the Dandelion Tactics, many Plains Walker soldiers were thrown
Weapon injuries, although the weapons thrown against the wind are not very powerful, they are enough to easily destroy the sails behind them. Without the support of the sails, the weight-reduced Plains Walker will be inconvenient to move and his combat effectiveness will be reduced.
In addition to the summary of Dandelion tactics, another focus of the post-war summary meeting was the estimation of the combat effectiveness of the Xiongdu Front.
It was the first time for both sides to play against each other, and there were many tactical details that everyone only understood after actually playing.
First of all, in terms of individual combat effectiveness, all the regular soldiers of this vanguard army are skilled in bow and horse, familiar with military orders, proficient in battle formations, and good at coordination.
Even though the Plains Walkers Regiment is the most elite group among the Northern Walkers, in terms of personal combat effectiveness, the soldiers of the Plains Walkers Regiment are still difficult to compare with the regular soldiers of this vanguard army.
The Pingyuan Walkers are recruits. Even if they have professional training and a relatively unified ideology, their individual combat capabilities are still not as good as those of the Xiongdu Front Army who have been training hard since childhood and studying hard.
Even among Forsbarrow's Northern Walker sequence, the one with the strongest individual combat power was the first-generation Northern Walker brought out from the capital by Lux.
Therefore, if this is not a three thousand versus three thousand (the Pingyuan Walker regiment has two thousand people as a reserve and support team and did not participate in the battle), but a three thousand one-on-one battle, then the Pingyuan Walker will probably lose.
Very miserable.
However, war is not a one-on-one fight.
On the Plains Walker side, whether it is the organization of the team, the tactical thinking, or the use of magic, its level far exceeds that of the Xiongdu Front Army. In addition, the geographical advantages and water transportation advantages, as well as the mobility advantages brought by large vehicle transportation
, in Haike’s opinion, the follow-up Plain Walkers and even Northern Walkers should adopt the idea of using strengths and avoiding weaknesses as much as possible, and should not fight head-on, let alone fall into a melee.
The above are all conclusions without considering high-end combat power.
After the summary meeting, these ideas and conclusions will be sent to Lux as meeting documents for reference.
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Unlike the Northern Walkers who rested peacefully and patiently summed up their combat experience, the Xiongdu Front Army in Pinara City fell into a state of low pressure.
The scribe who successfully escaped back to Pinara City reported everything to Jarvan IV in detail, including Sar Lange's choice, the Northern Walker's reaction, and the ingenious Dandelion strategy.
Jarvan IV felt complicated after learning the entire battle from the scribe.
Even if it wasn't from God's perspective, he clearly discovered many mistakes in Sarah Lange.
Whether it is using sword formation cavalry and shield formation cavalry to attack the strict infantry square formation, or sparing the horses and letting the heavy troops enter the edge of the battlefield in advance to collect the horses, or giving up command at the last moment to cut off the rear in person, in the eyes of Jarvan IV, these are all
A taboo for military strategists.
Even though Jarvan IV was sometimes anxious in politics, he was quite patient when it came to using troops. In the Battle of Tobitsia, he and Swain patiently faced off for a long time in order to seek victory.
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However, judging from Sa Lange's final choice, all these mistakes have only one reason in the final analysis, and that is not paying enough attention to the Northern Walkers and underestimating their combat effectiveness.
In the end, Sar Lange's suicide attempt was intended as a warning to Jarvan IV, because his contempt for Plainswalker was an extension of Jarvan IV's contempt for Forsbarrow.
Being trusted by Jarvan IV and appointed as the Vanguard, Tha Lange's ability and loyalty are guaranteed.
Therefore, after a long period of silence, Jarvan IV concluded that Sarange was "a truly heroic warrior."
In the city of Pinara, Jarvan IV hosted a grand funeral for Tha Lange and affirmed his hard work. At the funeral, Jarvan IV directly expressed his attitude towards Forsbarrow for the first time.
The enemy is strong, but we are stronger.
As long as you have the determination and belief to win, these traitors will eventually be defeated, and Demacia will win!
Jarvan IV was not very good at giving speeches, but due to his outstanding reputation in the army, this speech still greatly boosted the morale of the Xiongdu Front, and to a certain extent diluted the consequences of the annihilation of the Vanguard Army.
of panic.
However, the problem facing the Xiongdu Front is still serious. It seems that Forsbarrow's Northern Walkers and Demon-stained Walkers are colluding with each other, and they have also created a brand new tactic, and there is no Colossus of Justice on our side...
It is foreseeable that the next battle situation may be more difficult.
Under this situation, Jarvan IV continued to hoard food and supplies in Pinara City, and at the same time invited the elders of the Moon Sect to come to the scene.
During the Battle of Nashrame, some unpleasant things happened between the flanking legions and the moon legions.
Because this unhappiness was finally put to an end by the Darkin, and later Jarvan IV presided over the Great Reconciliation of the Century, so after the Battle of Nashrame, both the Plains Walkers, the Moon Legion, and even Jarvan IV consciously and tacitly understood each other.
He kept a very low profile and did not mention this matter.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There is no battlefield investigation, no professional report, it seems that no war occurred on the flanks - Jarvan IV only knew about the conflict, and also realized from the subsequent changes in the number of troops when the partial division army was withdrawn.
They may have suffered a loss, but the specific battle experience and the outcome are unknown.
However, judging from the current experience of the vanguard army, this army known as the Plains Walkers seems to be far stronger than they thought.
Then you need to re-estimate the enemy's level.
In addition to looking back now to learn about the battle on the flank of Nashrame, Jarvan IV also dispatched an established team of dragon and bird knights to go north frequently.
It seemed that Jarvan IV had no intention of regaining his position. Instead, he was awakened by the confrontation between the vanguards of both sides and began to seriously examine Forsbarrow and the Northern Territory.
After an encounter, both the Northern Walkers on the Forsbarrow side and the Xiongdu Front troops temporarily stationed in Pinara City seemed to be summarizing the gains and losses of the encounter in their own way. Both sides
They all stopped large-scale military operations extremely patiently, as if they were accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity they needed.
Jarvan IV's waiting is understandable. He is waiting for the arrival of the elders of the Moon Sect, waiting for the large-scale gathering of dragon and bird knights, and waiting for the gathering of supplies sufficient to support a large-scale, long-term war.
But what is Lux waiting for?
Why did the main force of the Northern Walkers, who had completed their assembly early, stop at Zaluo City, a hundred miles north of the 102 Canal, and not continue southward?
The fighting between the scouts was very fierce, and dragon and bird knights from the northern border and Xiongdu often collided in order to compete for air supremacy and air intelligence superiority.
It seems that a war is brewing along the 102 Canal.
However, what no one knew was that at this time when the storm was about to come, Lux himself had quietly arrived outside Xiongdu City with the first and seventh order of the Dharma Protectors.
Jarvan IV seems to have become cautious. In order to avoid wasting too much time with him, Lux plans to bring a bit of northern shock to the capital.