Iron Powder and Spellcasters - Chapter 449

   Chapter 449 The great alliance moves forward (twenty-one)

  Lozon lost his second horse.

  The sun was setting in the west, and in the wilderness north of Hegu Village, the cavalrymen who had kissed the flags with the same pattern and pledged their allegiance brandished sabres and daggers, fighting to the death.

  The spire of the church bell tower with the four-quadrant battle flag disappeared behind the ridgeline of the earthen mound. The people there could not see the collision of the main cavalry force, and the cavalry had no way of knowing the battle situation on the main battlefield.

   Maybe the battle has been decided, maybe the gunfire in River Valley has died down, but those are irrelevant now, because everyone in the melee is struggling for their own survival.

   Leiqun County’s cavalry’s desperate counterattack greatly exceeded the expectations of the cavalry of the newly reclaimed land.

   The Leiqun County cavalry, who had been hunted down like prey, suddenly turned their heads and rushed towards them desperately. The semi-circle tactics, which the cavalrymen of the newly reclaimed land dispatched troops spent a lot of time and energy practicing, had no chance at all.

  The new reclamation army cavalry under the command of Sanel was born out of the remnants of the cavalry remnants of the Plato standing army, and then absorbed four new squadrons recruited by Adams, and finally expanded to the scale of thousands of cavalry.

   But its core strength is still that after the coup d’etat of the Kings Castle, the Great Council received the ordnance provided by the United Provinces, pieced together the only remaining standing army cavalry and patrol cavalry from various places, and quickly armed the pistol cavalry unit.

  Sannell regards it as a pearl in his palm and a piece of heart, and has been holding it in his hand since the start of the war, even allowing them to dismount and take a rest. However, under the pressure, Sanel had to throw them into the unplanned battlefield.

  The cavalry of the two armies slapped at each other like two huge waves, only the first sound of gunfire and tongues of fire, and the rest were all swords, lights, swords and shadows.

   It was during the initial phase that Lozon lost his second warhorse.

   A parliamentary cavalry rushing towards him fired two shots at him, the first on his breastplate and the second on the forehead of his horse under his crotch.

  The shot on the breastplate left only a deep dent, but the shot that hit the horse’s forehead killed the horse on the spot.

  The head of the saddle blocked, so that Luo Song was not thrown out. But the captain fell off his horse, and his eyes were black.

   At a certain moment, Luo Song felt that he might as well just die. But there was something else that made him force himself to wake up, force himself to open his eyes, force himself to stand up.

   rushed up to rescue the captain, Luo Song’s subordinates, and smashed together with the new reclaimed army who wanted to kill the enemy officers.

   A Leiqun County cavalryman dismounted and gave up his mount to the captain without hesitation.

  Luosong didn’t say any coy nonsense either. He took the reins, raised his saber, and charged at the nearest enemy again.

   The battle was carried out in the form of traditional cavalry warfare. The cavalry of the Leiqun County, who were at the end of the shot, faced the cavalry of the New Reclamation Army who were waiting for work.

   Backed by the arsenals of the provinces, the Great Council of the Kings and Fortresses generously equipped each cavalry with two revolvers and a saber.

  What the cavalrymen of the New Reclamation Army, who were drawn into hand-to-hand combat, had to do is to empty two pistols, put the pistols back in their holsters, and then pull out their sabers to fight hand-to-hand.

   However, it was such a simple three actions that most of the cavalry of the new reclaimed land army could not complete it.

  Because the hand-to-hand battle happened too fast, the two pistols were not empty, and the enemy had already rushed in front of him.

   The cavalry of the New Reclaimed Field Expeditionary Army had no time to draw out the saber, and many had to use the expensive reed gun as an awkward hammer, barely resisting the Leiqun County cavalry wielding the saber.

   After putting on the third warhorse, Luo Song made the three enemies incapacitated after a few rounds.

   He mechanically slashed vigorously, and the brown-clothed enemy would raise a short spear stand every time, but every time he could not stop the power of the long sword.

   The blade pushed the gun body all the way down, scraping sparks, and finally landed on the unprotected shoulder of the enemy without any suspense.

  Losson also suffered two butts, and the iron-clad **** slammed heavily on his arms and the armor on his back. It hurts, but nothing compared to pain in other parts of the body.

   A round of shots before the brown cavalry charge knocked many of the Thundershire cavalry from their saddles, but in hand-to-hand combat they quickly fell behind.

  Luo Song looked around, the cavalry of the two armies caught and fought each other, and the last ones left on horseback were his subordinates. The cavalry’s first battle is equestrian, and in the captain’s opinion, the enemy’s equestrianism is really poor.

   And the cavalry of the new reclaimed land dispatching army, who had shot out two short guns, all wanted to throw off the enemy, reloaded the ammunition, and then came back.

   Leave the fight, reload and fight back. The pistol is their most effective weapon, but it also makes them unwittingly too dependent on the pistol.

   The behavior of individual New Reclaimed Army pistol cavalrymen trying to shake off the enemy and reloading induced more New Reclaimed Army cavalry to leave the battle.

  When everyone was avoiding hand-to-hand combat, the temporary retreat turned into a retreat, and the retreat turned into a full retreat.

   This is cavalry warfare, bursting and fast, coming fast, and ending faster. When one side chooses to withdraw from the war zone, the other side can hardly stop it and can only choose whether to pursue or not.

  The brown cavalry came up like a tide, and fled like a flock of crows. The battlefield was like a forest washed away by the flood, leaving only the Leiqun County cavalry and the Baishan County cavalry like solitary trees.

   Lieutenant Lejeune of White Mountain County approached Captain Losson as soon as possible.

   The blood and sweat on the lieutenant’s face had turned into something like mud.

   “Do you want to chase?” the lieutenant asked.

   “Withdraw.” The captain’s answer was straightforward.

  The Baishan County cavalry and Leiqun County cavalry, who were still able to move, only spent a little time collecting the unmaintained horses, and immediately retreated with the wounded.

   They had no time or strength to take away the remains of their comrades, so they could only abandon them on the battlefield together with the remains of the enemy.

  …

   [a quarter of an hour later]

   “The Thundershire cavalry needs to strike again,” Colonel Bird said to Lieutenant Loshon.

  Luosong did not speak, standing on the top floor of the clock tower, the situation of the battlefield was clear at a glance.

  The cavalry units of Leiqun County and Bianjiang County were completely withdrawn to the west bank, but the infantry units of Leiqun County and Bianjiang County were trapped on the east bank and could not escape.

   The two infantry battalions of the New Reclamation Army Expeditionary Army supported by the Central Army on the right flank were constantly pushing the left flank of the coalition forces to the north, forcing them to retreat step by step in the direction away from Hegu Village.

  The front line of the left flank of the coalition forces has been squeezed, bent and deformed, and it is about to shrink from a line to a circle.

  Only the silver-sided military flag floating in the gunpowder smoke proves that the troops of Bianjiang County and Leiqun County are still fighting.

The right flank of the    coalition army was also out of touch with the central army, and the reason was exactly the opposite of that of the left flank. The troops of Baishan County entered the east bank and caught up with the three phalanxes of the left flank of the parliamentary army retreating alternately.

  The battle broke out on the edge of the farmland on the east bank, exposing a huge gap between the village of the valley and the right flank of the coalition forces – the same for the parliamentary army.

   “The battle is here.” Colonel Bode said to the captain, “It’s not about who wins, but who loses first. We, they, are all waiting for a signal, a signal of total defeat.”

  Luo Song pursed his lips: “My cavalry alone is not enough.”

   It sounded a lot like cowardice, but Colonel Bird understood that the captain was just stating the facts.

   “So I prepared a new force for you.” Colonel Bode’s eyes were shining brightly: “The last force.”

  …

  Losong stepped on the fourth horse in the stirrup.

   He put on his helmet and waved his whip as if to say something very common: “Come on!”

   The last Leiqun County cavalry and Bianjiang County cavalry galloped down the dirt **** blasted by cannons and roared toward the battlefield to the north.

The 2nd Infantry Brigade of Baishan County, the 6th Infantry Brigade of Baishan County, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade of Leiqun County followed closely behind them.

   Just as the coalition forces dropped their last fresh force, at the southernmost tip of the entire battlefield, a force that had never been seen appeared on the horizon.

   [It’s not yet dawn…Q_Q]

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