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Chapter 1490 Conquering the Empire (36)

The officer stared at the battlefield in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

What did you see for yourself?
Under the impact of thousands of cavalry, this enemy army, which was less than a brigade and was in an open area, was wiped out as a matter of course, but before it was annihilated, it killed [-]% of the thousand cavalry behind it. !

There are only a dozen or so people who can stand now, including myself, the cripple, not even a small team!
The officer was so excited that he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the dizziness caused by the excessive blood loss caused him to fall down like this.

The cavalry who charged one after another from behind screamed passionately at first, ready to praise their brothers, but after seeing the scene in front of them, they were all dumbfounded.

A thousand cavalrymen faced four or five hundred archers without any protection in the plains. After a battle, the archers were naturally wiped out, but the cavalry died and only a dozen or so were disabled.This kind of battle damage ratio, which is completely impossible to appear in the Arabian Nights, just appeared in front of the world.

Although the officers were shocked and heavy, they were also the first to think of their mission, and they didn't stop much, and immediately rushed around with their cavalry.

Only after the surrounding area is cleared and safe can the camp be settled.

As the cavalry rushed out of the valley, more and more cavalry entered the grassland. From the sky, the mountain pass looked like an ant hole. Countless ants started from the hole and spread rapidly to the surroundings. After a while, the ten kilometers around were occupied by these ants.

Kate stood silently in this battlefield surrounded by personal guards. After getting the news, Kate immediately sealed off the battlefield.

Although the former army knew about this, they have spread out to search around and have not yet returned to the camp. As long as they issue a silence order to the forward brigade and place them in another battalion to restrict communication with other brigades, then This news can be suppressed.

Kate had to be so careful. He had already looked through the clothes of the dead enemy soldiers, and learned from the military ranks and serial numbers that this was a brigade of the Fifth Brigade of the First Division of the [-]th Legion.

Seeing these corpses of Zhao Hujun and the corpses of nearly a thousand cavalrymen, he can be sure that these Zhao Hujun are definitely the best of the best!

Otherwise, the battle would never be so tragic!

However, these relics of Zhao Hujun gave a diametrically opposite answer.

Because among these corpses of Zhao Hu's army, the highest rank is just a captain, and the designation is also a regular ordinary brigade. From this point of view, they are just ordinary troops, not elite troops.

Seeing Kate frowning and thinking, the confidant came forward and said in a low voice: "Commander, I didn't expect Zhao Hujun to send such an elite force to stop us. Unfortunately, they didn't expect that such an elite army did not win much for Zhao Hujun's follow-up troops." Time is all over.”

Kate's eyes flashed, she nodded and said, "Bury them all, they are elite soldiers of the empire after all."

"Yes."

The young general knew that the general had accepted his proposal, but it was actually quite simple. No matter whether these enemy troops were the elite troops of Zhao Hu's army or not, he had to regard them as the most elite troops of Zhao Hu's army.

Otherwise, how should I explain to the soldiers that the [-] cavalry on my side fought against hundreds of unprotected [-] to [-] ordinary infantry in the plains, and they all died together?If this news gets out, it's better to go home early, wash up and go to sleep!
The logistics battalion escorting a large amount of food, equipment, and strong men was the last one to enter the grassland. They had no rest and needed to immediately cut wood from the valley and transport it to the grassland to set up camp.

Staying in the center of the artificially raised camp, watching the left behind cavalry under the leadership of the officer helping the logisticians and clearing the hay around the camp, the young general couldn't help sighing: "If Zhao Hujun knew the direction of our attack in advance, there would be no need to pour the fire." Oil, directly igniting this dry grassland, can burn us half to death!

"And now that we have built a fire barrier, we are not afraid of Zhao Hujun setting fire. No wonder one step faster or slower can determine the outcome of the victory. Now that we are one step faster, the balance of victory will be tilted towards us."

Kate looked at this confidant who was deeply moved, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't be complacent so early, don't forget that we are only attacking the foundation of Zhao Hujun this time, not to destroy Zhao Hujun."

"Yes, the commander taught me the lesson."

After the young general made a serious plea, and was about to say something with a playful smile, a cavalryman quickly rushed to the cordon, got off his horse and was inspected by Kate's personal guards, then hurriedly came to Kate and knelt down on one knee to report: "Mr. Handsome, the vanguard battalion has already engaged the enemy!"

"Which direction? The number of enemy troops?"

Kate asked, and the young general immediately spread out a crude map on the ground cleverly.

"At [-] kilometers to the southeast, we encountered about three regiments of enemy troops, and at [-] kilometers to the southwest, we encountered about one brigade of troops." The cavalry said hurriedly.

While the cavalry was speaking, the young general hurriedly marked on the map according to the report.

Kate glanced at the map, stood up immediately and shouted: "The [-]th Brigade immediately goes out of camp and attacks the enemy in the southeast! The [-]rd Brigade bypasses the enemy in the southeast and blocks their retreat!"

The order was conveyed immediately, and the tens of thousands of cavalry resting in the camp immediately got on their horses and rolled away under the leadership of the officer.

"Commander, is the enemy in the southeast important? If we want to enter the hinterland of Zhao Hu's army, we should go in the south-central direction." The young general asked a little puzzled.

Kate shook her head: "The south-central direction seems to be a smooth road, but only a walking army can pass through it. If we pass quickly, it will turn into a mud pond. But if we walk slowly, Zhao Hujun only needs to deploy a group of archers on both sides , is enough to destroy us.”

"Floating land?" The young general was speechless.

Swamps can be seen at a glance, and generally they will not be fooled, but the surface of the floating soil is very dry and hard, and walking is basically the same as ordinary roads, but once the bearing capacity is exceeded, the surface soil will burst, and then it will immediately turn into a swamp of unknown depth landed.

If tens of thousands of cavalry rushed past and all the ground collapsed in the middle, the entire army would definitely be wiped out...

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief is aware of this situation. If it is not an insider, even field inspections will not be able to find the problem.

"Then the only way is to go southeast? It looks like a mountainous area there." The young general asked again.

Kate pointed out on the map: "After passing the mountainous area, there is a small plain. Although it takes a detour to enter the hinterland of Zhao Hu from here, it is more convenient for us to take advantage of the cavalry.

"So, we are now trying to bring this mountain area under our control before Zhao Hu's army is mobilized. If Zhao Hu's army establishes a defense zone in the mountain area, we will have to fight."

The young general said: "This subordinate understands that the enemy troops of the three regiments we encountered are now blocking this direction. It is probably the same as that team of elite soldiers, in order to delay time."

Kate nodded: "That's right, so we have to eliminate them in the shortest possible time, and then rush across the mountains to establish a frontline camp."

Hearing this, the young general couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect to enter the second stage when I first arrived. At first, I thought it would take a lot of fighting to establish a rear area. Who knows that the forward camp can be formed now."

Kate shook her head: "Don't be careless, although it is unlikely that Zhao Hujun will build defense facilities so quickly, they will definitely deploy defenses in these important areas, just look at the few alliances that have appeared now and you will know what's going on.

"Well, if it wasn't for the fact that Zhao Hujun didn't take this grassland under his management, we wouldn't have gained a foothold so easily. I'm afraid we would have fought a big battle as soon as we got out of the grassland."

Just as Kate was thinking, a cavalryman ran in and reported: "Commander, the forward battalion is following behind the enemy's rout and took the opportunity to cross the hill. The forward camp has been established at the foot of the mountain!"

Kate clapped her hands and shouted: "Okay! In this case, order the fifth brigade to guard the camp where the back road is located, and guard the grassland. The rest of the brigade immediately gather at the forward camp!"

"Yes!" The young general also became excited.

Now that the most dangerous place has passed, the next battle is to rush into the hinterland of Zhao Hu's army, burn, kill and loot, so that there is no danger in the battle, and I will definitely get the commander's consent to participate in it.

Tens of thousands of cavalry rumbled towards a rolling mountain that almost covered the entire grassland. In this way, mountains that are tall or short are everywhere in the coastal provinces of the empire, and vast flat lands are extremely rare.

Standing halfway up the mountain, Kate looked back at the grassland with a radius of more than ten kilometers, and sighed in her heart. It is a pity that there is no water source such as rivers and springs on this grassland, otherwise it would be a very good place to raise horses.

Kate, who was thinking about these boring things, passed through this gate that was originally considered dangerous and dangerous without any accidents.

In the first battle where they all died together, none of Zhao Hubing surrendered and all died in battle. Why was he defeated all of a sudden now?Moreover, he handed over the natural level so easily, could there be some conspiracy?

Kate's worries dissipated after seeing nearly [-] captured Zhao Hu soldiers.

This battle not only defeated the enemy, but also easily captured nearly ten thousand Zhao Hu soldiers, so I couldn't help interrogating them with great interest.

Taking a look and asking, Kate and others who knew the previous two battles with heavy losses confirmed the identities of the two troops, one was the elite, and the other was the elite of the elite. No wonder they fought so badly.

(End of this chapter)