Chapter 703 Temporary Retreat
Callum frowned and looked at the smoky battlefield.
The orc commander may not even notice that his hands are trembling slightly.
The current situation on the battlefield is the scene he least wants to see - the opponent's infantry has not been overwhelmed, but his own cavalry has lost speed.
The orc generals surrounding Colum remained silent.
Many people are expecting a miracle to happen - maybe if they continue to fight for a while, the human phalanx will suddenly collapse?
There are also people who want to say but dare not say that the army is invincible as it marches westward, and the orc cavalry is invincible when attacking the weak human infantry phalanx. If they say anything discouraging at this time, will it offend Kaler? Not happy?
As time passed by, someone finally couldn't help it, broke the silence, and dispelled everyone's illusions.
"There is no point in continuing like this. It is no different from getting stuck in the mud. We have to let them withdraw and regroup into formation for the second charge!"
I saw someone. When they came forward, the orc generals all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at their commander-in-chief with questioning eyes.
Colum looked at the speaker, his eyes seeming to burst into flames.
Just when everyone thought he was going to get angry, the orc commander gritted his teeth and said: "You are right, Grotar."
Colum ordered sternly: "Let them Retreat and regroup, we must tighten the bowstring again and shoot out the sharp arrows!"
In fact, Grothard's so-called "now in the mud" is already a euphemism, because no matter how you look at it, The orcs are the ones who suffer the greater casualties. The circle of corpses around the human phalanx made the orc generals angry and shocked.
A thundering horn sounded.
The experienced Schroeder judged the orcs' intentions from this, "They are going to retreat!"
He immediately ordered: "Let the artillery be ready, and return to the artillery as soon as they are at a safe distance from the opponent. Position, fire at the retreating enemy. "
In the previous attack, the artillerymen immediately hid in the nearest square formation when the opponent approached, leaving the artillery in place.
Many orc soldiers tried to destroy these terrible fire-breathing weapons, but neither the barrels made of copper and iron, nor the gun mounts made of solid wood could be destroyed in a short time. What's more, the tools in their hands were nothing more than swords and spears, so they had no choice but to give up, so the artillery that was left in place was still intact.
Of course, there are still some powder barrels that have not been taken away in time, and they can be destroyed with only a small flame, but the orc soldiers obviously lack this knowledge.
In order to cover the retreat of the Chinese cavalry, the left and right wings of the orcs began to move. They approached the left and right wings of the Austrian army - which were also cavalry - at high speed to prevent the Chinese cavalry from being robbed and killed by the opponent's cavalry during the retreat. .
In the previous battle, the cavalry on the left and right wings of the Austrian army had remained stationary, watching the infantry of the central army being wildly attacked by the orc cavalry. Now the orc generals understand that this must be due to humans' confidence in their own infantry phalanx.
But as the battle continued, Callum became a little puzzled by how cautious the human commander was. If the human commander were replaced by him, and faced with the enemy cavalry losing speed and forming a dogfight with their own infantry, they would definitely order the cavalry on the left and right wings to outflank, and cooperate with the innermost infantry to cooperate inside and outside. Don't even think about running away.
Looking at the dust rising into the sky on the opposite side, Catherine realized that it was her and her men's turn to play.
And Schroeder's semaphore also arrived at this time - blocking the cavalry on the left and right wings of the orcs.
Stupid! Catherine drew her sword.
"Fighters! Remember the Sunset Valley, remember this retreat, today, we will return the humiliation of failure a hundred times to the orcs!"
The voice of Princess Aldo was heard by everyone. The fire that was already burning in my heart poured some oil on it.
“Kill the orcs!” “Pay back a hundredfold!”
All kinds of angry shouts could be heard endlessly. The Austrian cavalry urged their horses to move in the direction where the orc cavalry was approaching.
Compared with the orcs from the prairie, the Austrian cavalry's formation is more strict and compact, and they can generally maintain a row following a row even when running.
The left wing of the Austrian army faced the right wing of the Orcs, and the right wing of the Austrian army faced the left wing of the Orcs. The four terrible forces soon collided together.
Paul held the telescope and looked nervously in the direction of Catherine, but the billowing smoke and dust seriously affected his vision.
“She should stay in a safe place, just like me!”
He was a little angry and worried about Catherine.
"Her Royal Highness is probably too eager for revenge!" Mariana explained for her, "The sense of accomplishment of killing the enemy with your own hands is indescribable!"
The red-haired witch said this At that time, I was in a turbulent state of mind.
Before the battle started, she was already prepared to use her own power if something went wrong and lead Paul quickly away from the battlefield.
At that time, Mariana did not think that the Austrian army could withstand the attack of the orcs, even if the army under her son's command looked novel.
But the progress of the battle was beyond her expectation. The army from Arda not only withstood the impact of the orc cavalry, but also caused a lot of casualties to the opponent.
Mariana found that she still underestimated her eldest son. This boy already had a powerful force in his hands that could make him appear on the chess table.
Having such a military force will be coveted by others. Wouldn't it be terrible if he was regarded as a pawn that could be used? Mariana was very worried.
On the battlefield at this time, the cavalry on the left and right wings of both sides have begun to attack.
The orc cavalry that attacked the Austrian center position began to retreat, because the human cavalry was restrained and their retreat was not disturbed.
"Quick! Reload!"
The Alda artillerymen ran out of the phalanx and returned to their gun positions.
After an intense series of operations, artillery pieces of all sizes finally began to fire again.
The artillerymen first bombarded with shotgun shells, and after the opponent retreated far away, they switched to solid bullets for bombardment.
Undoubtedly, this once again dealt a heavy blow to the retreating orc cavalry.
"Quick! Regroup into charge formation!"
The cavalry of the Chinese army finally returned to their starting point. Callum couldn't wait to give the order, and the cavalry carried out his order.
But...
Phew! call out!
A large number of projectiles whizzed over and fell into the cavalry assembly area. Mud and flesh flew everywhere, and many war horses were overturned to the ground. ”
"Assemble the charge formation!" Callum roared.
But after trying several times, he could only give up and let the soldiers gather together where they were.
Sorry, I have been very busy in the past two weeks and it has taken too long.