Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

Before we had gone far, we met some Russian cavalrymen with sabers in the woods.After discovering the strength of our brigade, these people were stunned for a moment, some even rubbed their eyes, then uttered a loud cry, turned around and fled.

"It's the Russians! They're the ones after us!" I could see it without Leon reminding me.

The closer you get to the battlefield, the more you can see the thick smoke shooting into the sky, and the more Romans are bewildered nearby, so the battlefield must be not far ahead.Those Russians were not there, no doubt they fled back together after hearing the warnings of the first group of people who discovered me, which left behind those unknown fifth Spartan soldiers.

"Go, tell those soldiers who have lost their courage, if they still have the dignity of a Roman, then pick up arms and rejoin!"

Seeing the chasseurs on the other side cooperating with the Poles to pull up thick smoke and dust, it seemed that a large army was attacking from the side and trying to block the Russians' retreat, so I urged: "Advance faster!"

More than 2000 people immediately speeded up and changed their direction halfway. Not only that, we also killed a dozen Russian infantry who didn't know how they appeared here. They ran for about three kilometers and came out from both sides. The sound of the cannon went off on one side, and I rode my horse away from the large army.

Leon followed me and shouted, "Your Highness! Don't stray too far from the troops!"

I signaled him not to speak, and then listened carefully, the sound of the cannon from the west was gone!

I suppressed my surprise, turned my head and shouted to Leon: "Send the order to the cavalry in the front row to switch to a three-column cavalry charge formation! Slow down!"

"Huh?" "Oh!"

Looking at the back of Leon's leaving, I realized that he is not an orderly. Whatever he is, it is enough to pass on the order anyway.

The cuirassier battalion converted into a two-column cavalry charge formation during the run, but after the horses have trotted for such a long distance, and they will have to run another three or four kilometers, if they really launch a charge, their power will definitely be greatly reduced , but even if you want to show off, you have to show it!

At about eleven o'clock, we rushed out of a forest that wasn't too densely populated and entered the battlefield!

The gunpowder smoke confused my eyes for the first time, and then, a tragic scene entered my eyes.

The smoky black flag was swaying here and there, the ground below was full of corpses, and the wounded were wailing among them. There were soldiers from the Fifth Spartan Legion, as well as Russians. Farther away, a small village and town appeared there. A legionary eagle flag waving in the wind on one roof shows that it is under Roman control.In front of the house, the muzzles of the eight cannons erected were still emitting green smoke, and the narrow open space ahead was even more tragic than the battlefield in the center of the plain.

Seeing this, my heart was relieved, and I understood why some Maozi infantry and cavalry would be encountered one after another on the road. It seems that the plain where the decisive battle is located is too small, and they deployed some troops to the outer forest.

At a place more than a thousand meters away from the village, three rows of Maozi cavalry with more than 800 men and four cannons were facing them.They looked at our group of intruders nervously. There were a lot less cavalry than I thought. I thought they would have more than a thousand cavalry, but the presence of cannons was beyond my expectation.This should be arranged by the commander of the Russian army to make up for the lack of cavalry. It seems that General Maozi who can command the army alone is not a waste, at least this strong man still has the ability to cut his wrists.Behind them, because I was deliberately delaying time, the Maozi infantry in a square formation was moving alternately to the rear quickly.

At this time, the news of the reinforcements had reached the village, and the Fifth Spartan Legion, which was trapped in the village, came out excitedly, as if they were going to pursue the whole team.

"Tell the Atalandi cavalry battalion to line up in three lines at 800 meters. If the enemy does not move, they will not move. Let the Poles continue to run back and forth in the woods. I didn't send the orderly, so they don't stop. !Infantry, escort the carriage into the village. Leon, you stay here and monitor the group of Russian cavalrymen! Let me know if there is any change!"

Successfully scaring off the Russians, we took advantage of the situation and entered the village, and then I ran into the fat Hippias in the village.

The fat man was miserable, with paint on his chest and arms, and several bandages were wrapped around his head, but he still couldn't stop the bleeding.

When he saw me, his eyes were dazed, he opened his mouth moved, and then knelt on the ground, weeping: "It's my fault! It's all my fault! I don't deserve to be a Roman, I'm the one who killed my brothers. "

"If you want to cry, you can cry whatever you want after the battle. Get up and give me all the people in your army!"

Hippias was astonished: "Ah? Don't pursue? Don't we have the main force nearby? Look at the momentum, there are no fewer than 2 people!"

"2 people?" I pointed to myself and the group of people outside, "There are not 3000 people, but there are [-] people."

Thanks to the fat guy Hippias, if he hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't even know that I have a weakened version of the skill of riding a thousand horses.

If it is a system that is carried with you, then at this moment it should be, legendary general Nikephoros Theofano (growable), Spartan muscular devil male blood triggers, obtains special skills, one against ten, under certain circumstances , One point of troops can be turned into ten points, which can be upgraded. Every time a general is upgraded by one star, the rate of triggering special legendary skills will increase by 3%. With full stars, one can trigger skills as a thousand!

Hahaha, I think I am becoming more and more general, and I can still complain about myself at such a critical moment.

"Gather your wounded soldiers, cannons! Arrange the cannons on both sides of the cuirassier battalion for me! By the way, are there any prisoners?"

Near the villages and towns guarded by the Fifth Spartan Legion, there are many half-dead Russian cavalry.Seeing this sight, I am a little more excited about my plan.Find a few who are still alive, tie some bandages on them, and keep them still useful.

It took us more than 20 minutes to concentrate on the wounded. Through this time, I roughly understood the ins and outs of Fatty's fiasco here.

The Russian army dispatched a 2-strong army from Minsk to rescue Kiev, and Uncle Zimiskia went south by the clear field and strong wall when the Russian army rushed to the front.The Russian general kept 4 people in Kiev and continued southward with [-] people.We did a good job at first, Uncle Zimiskia led the army around the highlands on the left bank of the Dnieper.Either you block my supply line, or I block your supply line.Soon the Russians found that their traditional mode of on-the-spot supply could not go on, and the food they collected could not keep up with the speed of their consumption.Lacking food, Russia was at a loss, but a turning point soon appeared. It should be that traitors appeared on the side of our pig teammates, the Poles, and the Russians were told that we had a large amount of food hoarded in Ulyanovka.

So they pretended to be in a hurry to find Uncle Zimiskia for a decisive battle. Of course Zimiskia would not fight, so they kept going around in circles.It’s just that the Russians wanted to push our main force as far away from Ulyanovka as possible. The enemy’s planned actions made Uncle Zimischia accept Cristheni’s proposal to advance instead of retreat. At this time , Russia uncharacteristically backed away.

Just as everyone was optimistic about this and thought that this was a sign that the Russians would give up continuing to press the war and retreat, the old man Christine proposed that the whole army march to the right and go straight to Ulyanovka.

The Russians, like cats with their tails stepped on, overreacted and stopped us.So the old man Cristini saw through the enemy's general's intentions. That night, Uncle Zimiskia led the army for a forced march and walked for dozens of kilometers in the morning of the next day.Soon, they were shocked to discover that Russia had sent a detachment to Ulyanovka.

But that's not why the Fifth Spartan Legion is here to give Russia a hard time.Zimiskia's forced march bit Maozi, who hadn't run too far.The superiority of the main forces forced them, who numbered no more than 1 people, to rely on villages and towns to hold their ground.The period during which the Russian commander rescued us gave us time to send orders to the south to burn and transfer all supplies.Uncle Tsimiskia did not attack the standing Russian army either. As soon as the main force of the Russian army arrived, he would automatically clear the siege.

Seeing that the attack on Ulyanovka failed, the more than 1 Maozi who came originally became the back of the palace. Uncle Zimiskia wanted to block the way for Maozi to retreat northward and let them starve to death here, so he sent A legion held back the rear legion, and he led the main force northward.

The Fifth Sparta of Hippias was left as a procrastinator, and the deputy of the Russian general Vasily from Minsk who fought with them, the lover of the Russian Queen.Who it was, Hippias didn't know, but he thought it was a nobody.

Therefore, after Vasily led the team to follow Uncle Zimiszia's footsteps to the north, he, who was in charge of the rear, chose this rare and narrow battlefield in an attempt to defeat the army with about 7000 troops from the Fifth Spartan Army. of twelve thousand Russians.That's how it happened, the person responsible for the delay turned around and attacked the person who was going to attack over there.

For reasons unknown, Hippias attempted to overwhelm the Russians with his demoralized Roman infantry not too long into the battle.But I didn't expect the Russians' charge to be even stronger. The four-round charge defeated the main infantry regiment and completely plunged Hippias into a bitter battle. The remnants of the Five Spartans retreated into the village to buy time.

The cuirassier battalion was crippled, and Hippias barely finished setting up in the village. He made full use of the artillery on hand to bombard the Russian cavalry that kept attacking the village.There are a lot of Russian cavalry, at least two thousand, otherwise Hippias would not have chosen this battle location to trap the Russian cavalry. After being bombarded by cannons, only about [-] people were left on the opposite side.

Hippias played quite well, at least he chose the venue very well. There are many plains in the south of Poland, but there are also many forests. He knows how to use the venue to restrain the hairy cavalry, and he always knows how to choose. I think In fact, Fatty does have some abilities.It’s just that the victory or defeat on the battlefield is often determined by a detail. When I think of the charge of more than 300 Russians, I almost wiped out more than 1000 people under my command. Fighting the bayonet with Maozi is probably the way to seek death.If there is no accident, Maozi only needs to fight fiercely for one day to completely wipe out these more than 7000 people. It is only because of the route I chose and the marching time that I accidentally bumped into their battle, adding to the battle that Maozi must win. variable.

Having given the order to move the cannon to the sides of the cuirassiers, I asked, "Is the regimental commander ready to command the battle again?"

"Commanding the fight? The Russians aren't coming back? After all, we're powerless to pursue them."

"Maybe, maybe not. But I still think they'll come back, after all, they were so close to eating the Fifth Spartan Legion!"

Hippias shook his head, seemingly disheartened: "I have lost so many people, I have no face to live anymore, Your Highness will succeed me as commander, let me die here as an ordinary infantryman."

"You don't think you have the courage to live anymore because you can no longer be the commander of the legion?" I feel a little ridiculous, but this does not prevent me from taking over the Fifth Spartan Legion. "I am interested in resigning from this position after the war. My staff?"

Hippias is a very practical fat man. As soon as he heard that I was recruiting him, he immediately gave up and asked me, as the army commander, what should I do next for the food collection team leader who is more than three levels lower than him.

After asking about the stock of shells, I smiled and said, "What to do, of course, we must try to destroy the enemy's remaining cavalry and artillery!"

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