Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 918 Follow-up
"Those who are injured, retreat to the back and treat your wounds! The defense work inside the fortress is now entirely taken over by our Lizardmen troops!"

The withdrawing Lizardman troops, while letting the wounded retreat, directly took over the defense of the entire fortress.

During this process, Soros also found an opportunity to remind Bai Tu.

"Be prepared for a long battle. We don't know what's going on this time. I'm afraid the ratmen won't retreat easily."

Soros paused at this point, then made up his mind to speak...

"We're using rotation tactics. Not just for the troops, but for you and me as well. From now on, I'll be in charge at night, and you'll be in charge during the day!"

Obviously, commanders also need rest, and it is very important.

If a commander is too tired and his brain becomes slow to react, causing him to miss an opportunity to fight, or if he issues a stupid order, then the entire army will be affected!
Bai Tu undoubtedly understood this situation.

At this moment, he simply agreed and gave direct orders to his soldiers to withdraw from the front line, and then treat their wounds as needed, eat as needed, and rest early after eating.

When day comes, the safety of this southern fortress will depend entirely on them.

This was the first time they had encountered a situation where the enemy had to eat and sleep in the middle of a battle. After all, the enemies they had encountered before could not launch attacks like the rat people, which continued day and night endlessly.

Under such circumstances, if they were asked to go to bed, they would feel somewhat uneasy.

They originally thought they would not be able to sleep, but the reality was not the case.

They all touched the pillow and fell asleep at the speed of light. It was estimated that they could not be woken up even if you called them.

They fought very hard in this battle, especially for the new recruits, who were exhausted both physically and mentally.

In comparison, the Lizardman troops have long been accustomed to the ratmen's continuous attack mode.

Although the Rat people this year appear to be particularly aggressive, it is still within their range of coping.

At the same time, the Vanguard Cavalry and the Dragoon Cavalry were still outside and failed to withdraw into the city in time.

But there is no need to worry too much about them.

The mobility of the cavalry is there, and if they leave the battlefield and want to avoid fighting, the ratmen will basically be unable to do anything to them.

As for food, they all brought some dry rations with them. If they ate sparingly, they would have no problem getting through a week.

After getting away from the battlefield and making sure there were no ratmen chasing them, the first thing the cavalry led by Zhou Chongshan did was to dismount.

It’s not that they can’t ride anymore, but that the horses can’t bear it anymore.

At this moment, many of the soldiers in the Xianzhen Camp's mounts were so tired that they were foaming at the mouth.

Their Xianzhen Camp was a heavily armored unit, and all the soldiers were selected to be strong and healthy. Each of them weighed at least 140 to 150 kilograms, plus the weight of the armor on their bodies, as well as a series of weapons such as swords, bows and arrows, and lances.

With all this, ordinary war horses would not be able to carry them into battle, so the war horses were selected from the best.

But even so, due to the limitations of the mounts' physical fitness, their sustained combat capability is still inferior to that of ordinary lightly armored cavalry.

In the past, the fighting style of the Xianzhen Camp has always been to win with one strike, and end the battle directly with one charge!

Therefore, the physical problems of war horses are not exposed.

But now that they have encountered an enemy that cannot be defeated by a single charge, this flaw has naturally been exposed.

The main reason for dismounting at this moment was to let the warhorse take a breath.

They first broke through the rat tide on the front battlefield, then rushed to the outer battlefield, rescued the dragoons, and then rushed for a while, plus the subsequent rapid evacuation. After all these waves, the horses' physical strength was consumed.

It is estimated that it will be impossible to launch a new round of offensive in a short period of time, for fear that we will have the strength to rush in but not the strength to rush out.

As another cavalry unit that had been training together before, Tash was undoubtedly aware of this shortcoming of the Vanguard Cavalry.

There was no need for any words. As soon as he saw Zhou Chongshan and the others dismount from their horses, he signaled his swift cavalry to begin their guard duty.

After arranging things, Tash looked back in the direction of the Southern Fortress, looking a little worried.

Although he didn't know the name of that move, it had caused considerable casualties to the Claw Clan when they were fighting against them.

This time, their cavalry units reacted quickly and evacuated quickly enough, so it didn't cause much impact on them, but he really had no idea what the situation was with the main force on the main battlefield.

Just as Tash was thinking about this, a pterosaur rider quickly fell from the dark sky.

While their cavalry unit was carrying out operations, two pterosaur riders were specially arranged to follow them in the air so as to deliver news from the battlefield to them in a timely manner.

In order to avoid being discovered by the ratmen and thus exposing the whereabouts of the cavalry, the pterosaur riders usually fly at higher altitudes. If they land, they must be bringing news.

Without any delay, the pterosaur rider who landed reported the situation on the main battlefield as quickly as possible.

"Report to the colonel, the main force on the main battlefield has completely withdrawn to the interior of the fortress, and the follow-up wave of ratmen has advanced and has now reached the outside of the fortress again!"

Tash's face darkened when he heard the news.

"What's wrong with these stinky rats this year? Are they going to fight to the death?"

"There's no point in thinking too much. We just need to adapt to the situation and deal with it as it happens."

Feeling Tash's irritability, Zhou Chongshan spoke out to comfort her.

Zhou Chongshan's words were effective and calmed Tash down a little.

After a short rest, Zhou Chongshan swiftly jumped onto the horse.

"Let's go back to the main battlefield to check the situation. You continue to lead the dragoons to sweep along the edge, and I will lead the trap camp to support the rear. We can also test whether the ratmen still have giant rat knights."

At this stage, compared to mopping up the opposing rat slave soldiers, Zhou Chongshan wants to completely destroy the giant rat knights.

Once all of the Skaven's Giant Rat Knights are killed or injured, the enemy will lose the means to restrain them.

At that time, as cavalry, they will naturally be able to do whatever they want on the battlefield again.

Thanks to the mobility of the cavalry units, they quickly returned to the vicinity of the main battlefield.

At this moment, outside the Southern Border Fortress, it was once again filled with a huge black tide of rats.

Zhou Chongshan, Tash and others were not surprised by this scale.

If the Ratmen's troops could be defeated in one wave, they would not have fought from autumn until the beginning of spring.

According to the plan Zhou Chongshan had just proposed, their Xianzhen Camp would first hide in the dark to hold the fort, while also letting the war horses slow down a bit so they could be ready to respond to any emergency at any time.

Just like before, Tash led the dragoons and rushed into the battlefield directly from the flank, then launched their sweep along the edge.

There is no need to say much about the harvesting efficiency. At the same time, it also made the ratman leader who confirmed the news even more irritated. It was definitely messing with his mentality!
(End of this chapter)