Chapter 2072 Small Battle
After taking a rest, Heiyun Iron Barrier arrived at 9:30 in the morning. Now Marshal Helen is one of the top two, because the order given to him in the imperial capital is very vague. First of all, Hei Yun Iron Barrier The fortress must be defended, because the Black Cloud Iron Fortress is the last pass in the buffer zone of the northwest border of the Demon Moon. If it is broken, the army of the Gripen Empire heading east will enter the hinterland of the western interior of the Demon Moon. He, the border marshal, will bear an unshirkable responsibility.
But the Prime Minister conveyed the order of King XVII not to fight hard, but to preserve strength until the countermeasures were figured out. Moreover, the military decision on the front line was required to be jointly discussed and decided by Marshal Helen, King of the North Dutch, Hanard, the special envoy of the central empire, and the general of Anmosidu garrison.
The General of the Western Capital Defense was unable to come to the front line to arrange the defense of the Western Capital, and Hanard, who was temporarily granted the status of a special envoy of the Central Empire, did not know his whereabouts. The matter could only be decided through discussion between Helen and Dutch. But Daqi didn't want to make a decision. He just called him for war and didn't care about anything else. He only listened but didn't talk about the war situation meeting.
Logically speaking, as the marshal of the border, it is a good thing for Helen to be able to arbitrarily command. However, if there are any consequences caused by unfavorable command, he will bear the responsibility alone. And he didn't have the background of Harnad and the King of the North, and he was at a huge disadvantage. Once the Black Cloud Iron Fortress fell and Anmosi was faced with war and destruction, he would definitely carry this big black iron pot. .
The wise general Dean Page knew the marshal's distress and called him into a small house. He told him that the defense would definitely not be able to hold it, but the enemy claimed to have mobilized a million troops and was marching at a fast pace. The follow-up troops would definitely not be able to keep up. , the enemies who come to the front of Iron Cloud Fortress can only be a small number of their elite cavalry, and now is the time to give them a hard blow. Repelling their vanguard can buy you some buffer time.
Helen felt that what he said made sense. Although the attack on the camp last night was unsuccessful, it was absolutely not possible to wait and be beaten passively. This way, she could also redeem herself from the responsibility for her inability to unite the border. He immediately agreed to the idea and immediately returned to the situation room to finalize the battle with the King of the North, the leader of the Frost Knights and the garrison commander Donald.
The garrison of Heiyun Iron Fortress is 3,000 people, and about 55,000 people have been withdrawn from various military villages on the border. In addition, 6,000 militia reserves have been privately recruited in Heiyun Iron Fortress in the past two years, as well as those from Frost. 2,500 members of the Order. However, not all members of the Frost Knights came. 500 people stayed in the territory more than 10,000 kilometers away, and only 2,000 people actually came here.
At this time, there are 66,000 people in Black Cloud Iron Fortress and its surrounding areas. They do not yet know the specific number of enemy troops, but according to the information obtained from reconnaissance, the number of tents and the size of the enemy's camp will not exceed 20,000 troops.
Helen decided to send four forces from the left, center and right to attack. The mixed main force, consisting of light cavalry, shield soldiers, infantry, etc., attacked the enemy position with great fanfare from the front; heavy cavalry was sent from the left March in the open area, wait for the battle in the middle to start, and then charge towards the enemy camp; on the right, pick out elite crossbow troops and a small number of mages, and detour to two highlands in the north of the enemy to stand by, and then use all the remaining air cavalry to provide air cover and guidance. 9,000 men were left in the city to defend it.
In the morning, the soldiers had lunch early, and the battle in the afternoon went according to the script. There was a fierce battle between the two sides. The heavy cavalry led by Dutch, the main force led by Helen, the elite Frost Knights with air cover, and General Zhi. All the personnel of the lunge and light cavalry led by them performed their tasks step by step.
The charge of the cavalry and the interception from the east forced the smaller Gripen army to retreat northward. The high ground to the north had been seized by the archers led by General Zhi, and at this time the north wind happened to blow. The two sides were firing at each other with crossbows more than a thousand meters apart. No matter how tightly the crossbowmen of the Gripen troops tightened the strings on the capstans, they could rarely shoot more than a thousand meters into the wind. At the same time, the air cavalry from both sides also started fighting in the air.
Because the two countries are both large griffon countries, the gryphon air cavalry of both countries is not small. In this battle, thousands of gryphon cavalry from both sides participated in the bloody battle in the air. Most of the griffins on both sides were wearing armor. Many griffins died tragically during the killings. The battle was very cruel. After more than two hours of fighting, the Gripen army successfully retreated westward. This made Helen very unhappy. He originally wanted to eat this reckless enemy force, but he was unable to gain an advantage in the air and missed the opportunity to surround the enemy. But what really surprised him was the quality of the enemy's soldiers, which could be said to be very high.
Originally, these Gripen troops must be the enemy's elite troops, and the quality of the soldiers is undoubtedly high. But what surprised him was that all the enemy's soldiers were extremely well-equipped, far better than our own. Most of the soldiers' weapons are almost on par with those of their personal guards. Especially the enemy's aerial gryphon cavalry and the two thousand heavy infantry on the ground. Everyone is wearing brand-new silver-spurred armor, which is very protective. Ordinary swords are very difficult to break. This makes bloody battles more difficult in close combat. It caused great harm and psychological shadow to our own soldiers.
After all, it's okay for your own sword to cut on the enemy's armor, but someone else's sword can tear apart your own armor and break your own blade in just a few blows. This kind of psychological shock is fatal on the battlefield.
Helen was very alert to this. In his many years of experience fighting against the Gripen Nation, the Gripen Nation’s army had never displayed such excellent ordnance. It had always been the standard ordnance for his own soldiers. More advantageous points.
As for the powerful guards led by senior officers and generals on both sides, they did not achieve any results in this battle. The armies of both sides have received extremely professional training and are real professional soldiers. Whether it is behemoths on the ground or flying in the air, they have a way to avoid and resist them.
This is different from the stragglers of small countries. Most small countries do not have the strength and conditions to receive professional training in this area. This includes unified action command capabilities and the standard armor and shields they wear. Only by being able to sense each other and enhance their strength, and by using the learned resistance magic to mobilize the abilities of these weapons, can they be able to face the dragon's breath without fear.
Similarly, the Frost Cavalry soldiers did not have much performance.
That night, the retreating Gripen troops came back again. The day after the night scouts reported the news, they found that there were more enemies camped 20 kilometers away, and they were thinking about the 'Cloud Sky Giant' that they were extremely worried about. An 'ultimate weapon' appeared in the enemy's army~!
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(I don’t know what to write recently, I’m a little stuck, so I’ll give you a chapter first, and wait for me to find my feelings.)
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