Rise In Calradia - Chapter 423: : Trailing

[Small reminder, King Harlaus died in 1261 in Caladian calendar, the author made a clerical error before that]

King Graves’s army began to retreat, and the soldiers in his army were very annoyed by this. They shouted loudly the words related to battle. life and death. But when the king personally came forward to force the order, they could only endure and obey the order.

King Graves and his advisers knew very well that if they fought now, they would not have no chance of winning, but the price would be too high. With thousands of widows and orphans, prosperity will be far away from the city for a long time, and the vitality of the kingdom will never be restored. Their desire to recover the plains will not be realized within their lifetime at least. up. And once the battle is defeated, the result will be infinitely worse.

After considering these, retreating became a wise move. His Majesty the King firmly believed that he could get the support of the lord of the mountains, and at this time he also received a secret letter from his spy in the north, and knew a piece of news that he had been looking forward to for a lifetime—Halaus, that damned Si Wadia old **** is finally dead! He had been looking forward to this day for too long. If it hadn’t been for the same hated **** von Byron who had seized his land, he could have taken this opportunity to unite the lords of the country and take advantage of the change of Swadia’s kingship to regain the lost land. of.

But even so, this is good news, because he has been paying attention to the domestic situation in Swadia, he knows very well that Harlaus’ son can’t hold his throne now, and Byron and others will eventually have to choose sides. He has to take the main force northward, and the people who are loyal to him are bound to help him take back Gelkala as internal support. And all he had to do was wait a few more days.

So the king and the lords discussed where to stay during this period. At first, they wanted to go to the fief of the Earl of Tubiton, Ablesburg, which is the southernmost land of the kingdom. Enough army to consume at least two months of supplies. But in the end they chose to head north, which would be more conducive to gaining the support of the mountain lords. By the way, they could also take back the villages that Kestor claimed to have occupied, and obtain necessary supplies from the local villagers. If necessary, they could return to the Civil War area and continue to hold out with the previous fortifications and camps.

And this decision almost made Von Byron pat his thigh and jump up happily.

The kingdom’s army began to retreat to the north. Their speed was very slow, but it was necessary. Since they began to retreat, the three troops of von Byron have been following them leisurely, and they still maintain Three different directions, obviously looking for their flaws, the king’s army can’t move too fast, lest some troops fall behind and be caught and wiped out by the enemies behind them.

The troops of both sides kept a certain distance and kept moving north. King Graves certainly didn’t want to be followed all the way by the opponent. He tried to copy the flexible tactics that Byron often used, intending to concentrate his superior forces to destroy the opponent while he was unprepared. A unit to relieve the pressure of subsequent battles.

But soon, His Majesty understood why the same tactics Byron could use but they couldn’t. The main force of Rhodok’s army is infantry, and they rely heavily on large square formations composed of spears, bows and crossbows. Their speed is too slow, and it is difficult to be unnoticed when they move. The cavalry soon discovered their movement, and all three armies began to evade.

Swadia’s heavy cavalry is the most threatening target for His Majesty the King. They planned to use their own few cavalry to attract the opponent’s attention, and then surrounded them in a roundabout way. After that, they either eliminated them or killed as many as possible. Slay their steeds to gain an advantage in the great battle that follows. If it goes well, they are likely to capture Byron’s senior officers and even vassals. The important captives and the main force will be wiped out. Byron can only compromise and retreat, and may even be forced to abandon the city under the pressure of Swadia’s internal affairs. After all, in the view of King Graves, the possibility of Gelkala being entrusted to Byron is very slim (the king’s stereotype of Harolds has affected his views on his heirs), and tens of thousands of people who are dissatisfied with the rule of the northerners The cost of holding the city in the hands of angry citizens is too high, and Byron will not continue to insist after suffering such a big loss.

But once the direction and intention of their advance are exposed, it is not difficult for even the relatively inflexible heavy cavalry to avoid Rhodok’s slow army. The problem with this army is that its load is too large. Heavy equipment usually requires extra horses to carry it. It takes time to wear armor in a crisis. Long-distance raids will cause a lot of damage to the horses. But Byron has always been able to leave the Rhodoks army behind by at least fifty miles. Even if Rhodoks’ troops have marched as much as possible in a day, they cannot catch up with this cavalry force.

So His Majesty the King gave up this idea and prepared to attack the other two troops. Rolf’s miscellaneous army is obviously the weakest of the three troops, but it is also the fastest to move. Many of the large number of light cavalry and light infantry are bandits. With the local bandits leading the way, their The march was more than twice as fast as the king’s army. Chasing them is definitely impossible. So on the suggestion of a veteran, they deliberately separated the carriages carrying supplies from the main force to attract greedy robbers, and then arranged an ambush nearby.

They did have some success~www.mtlnovel.com~ Rolf was a bit too greedy, he saw the other side’s plan, after all trick bandits who used seemingly distressed wagons and merchants to attract other caravans and surround them Love it so much. But he confidently thought that he could make a lot of money before the opponent succeeded, so he led his fastest troops to attack the Rhodoks convoy, and was hit by the Rhodoks noble cavalry. Nearly 100 corpses were dropped, and Rolf himself was shot in the leg, but in the end he escaped from the opponent’s infantry. No way, the number of Rhodok’s cavalry is still too small to pursue so many lightly armed troops, but this still boosted the morale of the king’s army.

After this, King Graves stopped trying to divide and eliminate a single army, and the two flanking troops obviously would not be recruited again, and the army coming out of the city from Jelkala was too large , Fighting them will be a long and tough battle, and there is a risk of being pinched.

The two sides returned to the previous state, and the three armies followed the king’s army all the way, and did not stop until they reached the Yanhe village during the civil war.

But at this time, the Rhodoks discovered that there was already a garrison in this village, and they were not under Kestor’s subordinates.

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