Blood Dragon

32 knots battle

Regarding the final battle in the Misty Grassland, both sides have left enough records, so that future generations can carefully figure out the battle that determined the fate of Paro.Of course, from an objective point of view, the attitude of the Paro people in this decisive battle is extremely unwise.The real key to this war lies in the defense of Drake City.When Thomas won the final victory in the defense of the city, he had actually decided the direction of the war, and the eight pursuit battles that annihilated the main force of the Paro people sentenced the Paro people to death.Palo's dream of annexing Casilos has been shattered, and the outcome of the Battle of the Misty Grassland will not change anything.

But regardless of the strategic situation, in terms of specific battles, there are still many remarkable things in this final battle.Not just Thomas, but Paro people too.

The commander of the Paro people is Prince Nikolai.According to the detailed records handed down, the prince deployed a geese formation for the central yang assault.In order to strengthen Zhong Yang's assault force, the prince placed the elite half-griffin cavalry on the front line of Zhong Yang, hoping to use the scent of the half-griffin to scare the enemy's war horses and crush the coalition forces.After the semi-griffin cavalry, there are musketeer knights who hold bursting muskets and can shoot ten bullets in an instant.After the musketeer knights came the powerful elite knights of the Paro people.After the Knights, there was also a considerable number of infantry.All these troops are victorious troops from Wolf's Mouth Castle, with high morale and excellent equipment.It can be said that Prince Nicholas concentrated all the elites in central Yang, intending to "cut through" the coalition forces from the front.

The prince deployed the remaining, less effective troops on the flanks.Although there are quite a few in terms of numbers, most of the armies on the two wings are defeated soldiers who retreated from various places and were formed after being reorganized in a short period of time.Whether it is morale or equipment, they are worse than Zhong Yang, and their combat effectiveness is weaker.Except for musketeers and crossbowmen, almost all sword and shield soldiers and halberd soldiers were mixed teams.In addition, since both sides were advancing lightly in this battle and the road was muddy, neither artillery nor catapults joined the battle.

If you put aside all the prejudices against Prince Nicholas and just look at the formation itself, this formation is definitely not the prince's whim, but the product of careful consideration.First of all, the Paro army has a certain advantage in numbers, but the force advantage is still large enough to outflank the enemy from both wings, so the central yang assault has become the most reasonable choice.Secondly, the Paro people have elite semi-griffin cavalry, whose scent can frighten war horses, and it is likely to have unexpected effects.In addition, the battlefield is a flat grassland, and the battlefield is open, which is very suitable for the deployment of large armies. Any deceitful tactics such as ambushes and detours that require terrain coordination cannot be implemented. The two sides can only rely on the formation of troops to fight frontally.

It should be said that Nicholas did not make any mistakes, and everything he did was thoughtful and reasonable.If another opponent, perhaps the prince can win this victory.Unfortunately, his opponent turned out to be Thomas—a famous general among famous generals, the undisputed greatest general of our time.

Thomas' formation in this battle was recognized as a work of genius by later generations.He did not set up a half-moon formation to fight against the flying geese formation.Instead, put all the elite knights on the two wings, and put the archers and militiamen-those archers and militiamen who are usually considered cannon fodder and meat shields-in the middle.In terms of the front line arrangement, there is a strange formation with two wings protruding and the central yang retracted - exactly the opposite of the flying geese formation.This completely violated the normal principle of using troops. The purpose of strengthening the two wings was to outflank the enemy, but the problem was that Thomas, who was at a disadvantage in strength, did not have the capital to outflank at all.

In order to prevent the militia from collapsing under the enemy's assault, Thomas ordered some knights to dismount and mix with the militia (many related records describe in detail how much resistance this measure will face. The knights are unwilling to do this. No one Willing to fight with those lowly militia partners, but under the command of the commander, they are still forced to obey).

In addition, as a customary measure, the archers routinely inserted horse-repelling wooden stakes on the front line (this is a traditional and effective practice in the Stygian region. Before. This method can protect the archers from retreating well when encountering a cavalry charge. Paro gave up this method because he accepted the military tradition of the seven kingdoms of Zhongyang).However, under the cover of flags and military columns, Thomas secretly ordered a second row of refusal horses to be planted behind the army.

The formation of the two sides was completed almost at the same time. Then, according to the usual practice, the commanders of the two armies galloped back and forth in front of their own troops, gave speeches, boosted morale, and reminded the soldiers to fight for life, for honor, for the motherland, and for hatred... …

—Excerpt from "History of Stygian Wars"

"...you look at these Paro people, they invaded your homes! They burned your cities, your houses, plundered your property, killed your wives and children! Now they are in front of you! Knights, hold your weapons tight and ride your horses! Today, we will wash away all shame! We only need to rely on bravery to recover the land taken from us by the enemy and the property of our ancestors, and we will get Sufficient compensation. Today, with the rage of vengeance burning in our breasts, all I see are warriors full of fighting spirit and spirit. We will charge the enemy, and we will win!"

"Because the Paro people before you are an enemy who is nothing but numbers. How can they compare with our valiant knights? They have turned their backs on the true gods and worshiped false gods maintained by money and idols. God! Their knights have long forgotten the spirit of bravery. They only dared to shoot from a safe position with their muskets. Their infantry turned around and ran away as soon as they saw the charge of their horses. Their generals would only do something sneaky. Conspiracy and tricks, as long as the situation is unfavorable, you will immediately leave the troops and escape alone!"

"Knights, I want you to be like thunder and wind and lightning! Now, draw your sword and raise your spear! With spear and sword, I will crush those cowardly enemies! Clean them from our land completely go out!"

After saying all this, Ashuruffat galloped back to his command position.It is not known what kind of speech Thomas will make.He thought secretly.Now the main force of the army is Casillas. If you want to improve morale, you must repeatedly stimulate Cassillas knight's revenge psychology.

Now, the commanders return to their positions.This land destined to become a bloody slaughterhouse is already full of bloodthirsty passion.Even the wind seemed to sense this, and a whirlwind blew across the grassland, picking up a small amount of debris and hovering over the two armies.

The wind of magic began to flow, Ashuruffat knew it was the enemy's mage preparing to cast a spell.This is also an added advantage for Paro people.In order to treat the wounded, Mayfair was unable to play.But Ashrufat had been prepared for a long time, he picked up the magic-breaking scroll that he had prepared long ago without hesitation, and released the power of the scroll directly.

These scrolls are all previous trophies, and they are actually high-quality products given to the Paro people by the Church of the True God.The magic-breaking scroll immediately took effect, and the wind of magic suddenly became sparse here.Regardless of what magic the magicians in the Paro army wanted to use before, it has become a waste of effort now.Because they simply cannot channel energy from the wind of magic that has become thinner.At least they can't do anything until the effect of the Demon-Breaking Scroll disappears.

The drums sounded, the horns sounded, and the battle began.A total of nearly [-] troops from both sides began to advance each other.The sun did not know when to hide, and the spear and the blade of the sword shone with a dim cold light.The sound of the horn was all the more muffled and desperate because of the morning dew.A piercing and murderous aura pervaded the world.

While the semi-griffin cavalry of the Paro army began to charge from central yang, the knights on both wings of the coalition army also began to speed up their horses.Ashurfat put all the elite on the two wings, especially on the left wing.Valiant knights spur their loyal steeds forward, charging across the fields to bestow upon their enemies destruction.The flying horseshoes smashed the remaining snow, and the loud noise of the horseshoes seemed to be roaring from the sky.

The knights lined up in lance formation, and it would be the most powerful knightly charge this land had ever witnessed.The knights braved the sky full of bullets and bows, and rushed straight to the enemy with unparalleled momentum.Ferociously rushed into the long-range troops of the Paro Army who wanted to retreat but had no time to retreat.In an instant, countless human bodies were thrown into the air by the horses, howled and fell backwards, and then were trampled by the ruthless horseshoes.More people didn't even have a chance to shout, and were directly pierced by lances and died.

This round of horrific attacks overwhelmed the Paro infantry who had not yet entered the battle in the rear, and they did not even rush forward to fight while the horses stopped.By the time their officers recovered and wanted to make up for this mistake, it was too late.The long-range troops had all collapsed under this ferocious attack. The remaining musketeers and crossbowmen threw down their weapons and fled backwards. Behind them, the knights had already begun to form again.

Paro's officers made the right choice this time.Instead of ordering the formation to break up to let the routed troops pass, he ordered his soldiers to cut and kill anyone who dared to rush to the position.This move temporarily saved the right flank of the Paro people from collapsing immediately under the onslaught of the defeated troops.However, the knights had an overwhelming advantage in terms of tactics, technology, and equipment. Although the Paro people tried their best to resist, under the overwhelming attack of the knights, their front line was in jeopardy.

On the right, something similar happened.Under the charge of the red-eyed coalition knights, the long-range troops were also quickly defeated.However, the number of knights here is not as large as that on the left wing. The knights and Paro's infantry were entangled with each other, killing them inextricably.

But in zhong yang, the situation is completely reversed.In front of the terrifying charge of the demi-griffin cavalry, even though there were foot knights supervising the battle, the archers only shot two rounds of arrows before hastily retreating.If it hadn't been for Juma temporarily blocking the half-griffin, the archer would have to repeat the same mistakes as the enemy's long-range troops.The half griffin was forced to stop and pull out the wooden stake, which allowed the archers to retreat from the middle of the militia formation relatively smoothly, and came to the rear of the entire position.

Now, it was the turn of the militiamen to face the main body of Paro's army.

Although the semi-griffin cavalry did not achieve the goal of scaring the enemy's horses, these cavalry themselves still have strong combat effectiveness.The lives of the half-griffins also far surpassed those of war horses. Each one of them was covered with arrows but still did not fall, but continued to roar and rush towards the militia phalanx.

Normally, such a horrific scene would have been enough for the demoralized militiamen to flee without a fight.But this time, they didn't collapse.Because their commander stood on the front line, holding a giant sword, standing shoulder to shoulder with them.

"Stand up the spear!" Ashurfat shouted loudly, all the militiamen clenched their spears, leaned on the ground with their backs, stepped on them with their feet, and aimed their spears obliquely at the half-griffin that was rushing forward .

In the distant enemy's position, a young general in gorgeous armor and a purple robe is watching the battle situation in the distance.He is the commander of the Paro army and the prince of Paro.But he couldn't help smiling when he watched his half-griffin cavalry charge into the enemy's formation and show off their might.But his smile didn't last long.After all, the number of half-griffins was too small, but the enemy did not flee in terror.In such a continuous melee, the numerical advantage is decisive.No matter how brave and tenacious the demi-griffin cavalry were, under the attack of spears and sharp swords from all directions, they were still knocked down one by one.

Speaking of a long time, in fact, there was not much time between the first half-griffin falling and the last half-griffin being killed.

Without even taking a breath, Paro's cavalry musketeers rushed to the front of the militia phalanx, raising their musketeers.