Chapter 349

Chapter 349

[====== Hand fight =====] When people studying the history of military war in later generations looked back on the most important history of war in this era, almost all military history experts agreed that the Byzantine Civil War During this period, the most important battle of the Oscilian-Asian battle was definitely the assault battle of the Rodría Cavalry Regiment.

In this violent assault, in countless studies and descriptions of future generations, after restoring the entire process one by one, almost no one will not be killed by the vow of the Rhoderian Cavalry. Shocked by the spirit.

Although in this process, some people occasionally raise some questions about the details, such as the most prominent one is that letting an army as the cornerstone of the emperor team be important, risking the entire army to be overwhelmed by less than 100,000 soldiers. Even tired soldiers, assault several times or even ten times their enemy forces one by one to **** their crown prince into the city to inherit the throne. Is this approach worth the huge sacrifice?

Some people even think that although the courage of the Rodria cavalry is admirable, it should be a useless sacrifice and not worth promoting.

Or, there are a number of military enthusiasts who will make various assumptions, such as if the Rhoderian cavalry was not a frontal assault but instead turned into a circuitous route, was there a chance to avoid the rebel army, or directly, The rebel who drove Armenia?

Or maybe the land is full of dangers, but what if you can choose to go by sea? Aren't there allies to Landis on the sea?

In short, such a sacrifice, although courageous, is commendable ...

Surprisingly, among all these scholars' questions, the first person who stood up to defend Rodria's honor was a person that no one had thought of.

"Rheinhardt, this guy who later became an important member of Her Majesty's military group, was later called" the heart of a lion "for his merit and outstanding military talent.

One of the biggest stains in the life of this famous man was considered to be in the battle where the Rodría cavalry assaulted into the city. He did not follow Rodría's main assault, such a record that For a long time, they were criticized as "temporary retreat".

But when someone questioned the role of the Rodrion Cavalry in that battle, it was this Rheinhardt who first stood up to defend the Rodrion's honor and refute others.

After several years, when Mr. Rinhart retired as professor of war history at Imperial Academy, he personally wrote an article entitled "The Memory of the Patriotic War I Have Experienced-One Two One One Afterglow of Rhoderia". Once wrote:

"Maybe later generations have looked at countless maps, consulted countless data, and then spent countless hours, then made countless assumptions. In this case, many people can design more and better The marching route can even design many different tactics in order to avoid the biggest casualties. The marching route can avoid the main force of the rebels by various clever methods ...

But I think these are nonsense.

Yes, gentlemen, these are all words.

Because at that time, when we learned that Cantos was dying, we must send the crown prince into the city in the shortest and fastest time. So, dear General Ruhr, there is no ‘countless time to look at countless maps and look at countless numbers! $ 科 、 一一 he was left to him at that time, only that less than an hour! And within this hour, a decision must be made that is related to the survival of the empire! You have to understand that at that time we were stationed about thirty miles northwest of Osgilia. The city of Osgilia was full of rebels, and our troops were weak. Even our scout reconnaissance radius was less than five miles! We have no squints, and it is impossible to know all the details of the entire battlefield, like the scholars who later studied the history of war! For example, our eyes were clothed at that time! And scholars who studied, after you read a lot of j $ subjects, after consulting a lot of information, you clearly know the strength distribution of each barracks of all the rebel army, know the strengths and weaknesses of each line of defense But at the time, we didn't know that! Moreover, you can make various assumptions. But at the time, for us ... we had no choice! We must succeed once and we cannot fail! !! Therefore, General Ruhr chose the most appropriate method, but it was the greatest way to sacrifice: forcefully push it past! With the Rhoderian Cavalry's crowning frontal ability and the shortest march line in a straight line, it rushed straight through. As for the assumption of entering the city from the sea route, I prefer to call it a romantic fantasy.

Gentlemen, remember, there is no ship in our logistic equipment for the Rhoderian Cavalry Regiment! At that time, almost all of the coastal ports and civilian ports outside the city of Osgilia were occupied by the rebels ... let's advance to attack a certain pier to take away the puppets, which is even more risky! As for the statement of contacting the Landis Navy, not to mention whether it was possible to be contacted in an emergency at the time, even if it was possible, we could not hand over the Crown Prince to the Landis for political reasons! Although we were allies at the time, in the face of national interests, no covenant could be trusted! "

This article by Rheinhardt was included in the files of the War History Collection of Imperial Academy.

At that time, Rodría Cavalry suffered the most loss in the Second Banner Regiment, more than two thousand riding Banner Regiments, with great courage and strong fighting power, after crushing an Armenian Cavalry Regiment, Forcibly attacked the Armenian main infantry corps and faced ten times his enemy's heavy armour Ar. The military formation, however, can force the enemy back and forth, and is on the verge of collapse! Although the entire army was eventually annihilated, according to post-event statistics, the two thousand gold rodeo cavalry had killed at least six thousand rebel infantry, plus the cavalry regiment of the defeated rebel before. Man! And the research on the Rodría cavalry's assault continued, and some even studied the route and force distribution of the Rodría cavalry's march at that time. The Three Banners guarded the crown prince, and after the Fourth Banner was broken.

However, it was later discovered that the command of General Ruhr at that time was "The Second Banner Regiment opened the way. In case of setbacks, the two wings spread apart and the heavy armored cavalry of the First Banner Regiment broke."

However, when the Second Banner Regiment faced the dense and thick array of the Armenian rebel main infantry corps, when the impact was frustrated, it did not execute this order, or the commander of the Second Banner Regiment died. The order to execute the pestle just ordered the troops to move forward.

There is also much controversy about this detail. The most mainstream point of view is that the commander's blind advance was too reckless. If the wings spread after encountering the enemy, allowing space for the first banner regiment heavy armoured cavalry to come to impact the Armenian infantry line of defense array, the effect may be Better, perhaps, the Second Banner Regiment does not need to be annihilated.

Although with 2,000 light cavalry, more than 20,000 rebel heavy infantry fought back and forth, almost collapsing. Such combat effectiveness is indeed amazing, but such losses can be avoided.

Regarding this issue, who came forward to defend Rodria's honor later, it was a more unexpected candidate-a general under the command of Armenian rebel governor Hughes! The rebel general later defeated the Empire before the Armenian rebel group was defeated. After being tried by a military court, he was saved from exile in Sicily for fifteen years and later in the country when the Imperial Emperor was married. An amnesty order was returned with amnesty.

After the rebel general returned to China, he worked as a non-commissioned war history researcher at the Military Academy and wrote an article entitled "The Heavy Rain I Have Seen in My Eyes".

He wrote in the article: "Looking at the two thousand light cavalry, I drove my heavy infantry square back one by one. As a commander general, I felt deeply ashamed. Second flag The regiment is the most courageous and brave army I have ever seen in my life.

Some people may think that it is unwise to strike two thousand light cavalry squares of their own heavy armored infantry, maybe they can spread their wings for the subsequent heavy cavalry ...

But in my opinion at the time, the second flag group's approach was the most sensible one.

The terrain at the time was a muddy semi-dry riverbank on the left and a hillside on the right. The road in the middle was only fifty meters wide. Armenian heavy infantry of 20,000 gold are equipped with the world's best-known Armenian elite armor weapons. In a terrain that is not wide, once 20,000 heavy infantry forms a dense and thick array, it is enough to withstand the impact of cavalry.

At the time, the impact of the Roderia Second Banner Regiment was able to fight back Armenian infantry, in addition to their courage and combat effectiveness, more importantly, our infantry company did not fully form an array! When the news of the vanguard's cavalry regime was destroyed, the whole army shook, and the army's heart did not stop. In a hurry, although the array was barely formed, it was a loss! It can be said that if the Second Banner Group does not strike immediately, it will leave us enough time to rectify the square matrix! Once we have been given time to rectify the array, then ... even if the heavy cavalry of the Rodría First Regiment arrives, it may not be able to defeat us directly ... maybe, but the loss will be even greater! The practice of the Second Banner Group is not unwise, but its own sacrifice in exchange for the most precious fighter! I respect the banner officer of the Second Banner Regiment, and I think he is an excellent commander! He must have captured the fighter keenly. If he had ordered a postponement of the attack and waited for the heavy cavalry to arrive, it would give me precious time to rectify the army! But he didn't have one by one. He almost gave the charge command immediately with the determination of mortal death. Such an order made me not have enough time to calmly arrange! Under the continuous impact of the Second Banner Regiment, although it has never really defeated us, it has already made our infantry frightened. The subsequent arrival of the First Banner Regiment led to the end of the battle. It can be said that if the commander of the Second Banner Regiment did not order to charge immediately, then, even if Rhoderian cavalry can defeat my troops, so the loss and cost will increase by at least 50%.

To this day, I still deeply regret it.

Just like the sentiment I sent out on the battlefield at the time, "An iron army like this cannot open up territory for the empire, but died in the civil war ... It can be said that this is the sin of us, and it is also ours. Born in this era of misfortune. "

"This is an evaluation from" enemy generals. "

Unfortunately, this article, because of the identity of the author, was not included in the war history document of the Imperial Academy, but was only circulated in private.

The pouring rain continued, and it seemed to have leaked that day. The dense rain curtain poured straight down from the sky, mixed with the thick and dark clouds, and the lightnings flowing from time to time.

This night's killing seemed as if the rain had been released.

What a blood rain! Hughes's body was soaked, and raindrops hit his armor, making a crackling noise.

The Armenian total I $, his face was thin and scared, his expression was like a frightened beast, the rain had washed his armor from the blood of Jing, but his hair was still sticking to his forehead, clusters of clusters, Pull on the eyelids.

Hughes's hand rested on his waist ... Unfortunately, there was only a scabbard hanging on his waist, and the original long sword had no idea where it had been lost. The leather boots underneath are covered with red dirt—yes, dirt, red! The rain seemed to make Hughes unable to straighten his waist. He was leaning on his waist, just like a weak old man, and there was no vitality in the eyes of Azabu.

"Sir, front, front ...

A voice from the side immediately supported Hughes with a barely fixed hand, pointing to the front of the rain curtain, beside the road, a small piece of dilapidated house.

The embarrassing soldiers around had already run over, and someone kicked the door and rushed in. Some of these soldiers had horses, and some could only run on two legs. Only at this moment, as if everyone had forgotten the difference between respect and humility, it seemed that everyone was rushing to escape, and no one came to pay attention to the distinguished Governor Hughes.

Hughes was surrounded by only a few of his i & weis, and a general wearing a hill armor.

When the crowd ran Hughes into the house, the defeated rebels around him just looked at him with numb eyes, but suddenly a general sighed and yelled:

"Is the Governor here, are you all blind! Go to two fires!"

As he walked over and yelled at them a few times, the numb soldiers only regained some vitality in their eyes, and gradually gathered together, under the assignment of this general, they went to work.

The fire soon started, and finally there was a bit of heating in this damp and cold room.

Here may be a small hotel that has been deserted one by one on the roads outside the city of Ogilia. There are many such hotels.

It was only after the outbreak of the war that most of the residents here fled, leaving only empty and dilapidated houses.

A soldier took off his helmet, picked up some rainwater, and then burned it on the fire.

Hughes sat in front of the fire, as if he hadn't returned.

The general around him noticed the body of the Governor, as if shivering one by one. It was not cold, but the fear, despair, and it seemed that it had not disappeared! The general sighed softly, patted Hughes hard, blocked his body in front of him, and whispered in Hughes' ear: "Master, please cheer up all the soldiers" all Look at you! "

After saying this sentence twice, Hughes finally recovered a little vitality in his eyes. He looked up, looked at the general next to him, and suddenly grinned, showing a miserable smile. : "Generals ... ha! Where are my generals? Where are my tens of thousands of soldiers? All ... all gone, no ...

Nope! It's gone! !! Nope! !! Just less than an hour ago, Hughes seemed to have just experienced the worst miserable nightmare in his life! !! The striker's cavalry regiment was defeated, and the two thousand gold Rhoderian Hussars almost chased their **** and killed them.

His own 20,000-plus infantry infantry rushed to the front and stopped in the middle of the road, a fierce assault. Two thousand Rhoderian Hussars hit their own two heavy armored infantry and retreated. They were on the verge of collapse! But finally relying on the great strength of his own strength, the two thousand Rhoderian cavalry, at the end of the crossbow, finally failed to pierce his own thick infantry formation.

However, the courage and vow of death of these Rhoderian cavalry have made their entire army daunted! Immediately, when another wave of cavalry from Rhodea arrived, the situation turned to one side.

Originally, his own array defense line was already crumbling, but then came the Rhoderian cavalry, the most powerful heavy riding flag group! The first wave of shock directly tore out a huge hole in his defense line. As the breach was getting bigger and bigger, even the Supervisor team filled it in, and he could n’t fill that gap. Once he defeated, The whole army collapsed and the impact of heavy riding shattered several lines of defense! His infantry finally broke down completely, countless people lost their weapons like crazy and ran away, while Rodria's heavy horse drove straight in ...

Can't stop it, can't stop it at all! At the most dangerous time, the Rhoderian cavalry almost rushed under Hughes's nose. Fortunately, the one hundred iron guards around him swear to block it, and the rest have set up Hughes who completely collapsed. Dashed.

Hughes and the guards around him had war horses. Once they started, they naturally ran faster than the defeated infantry. And Rhoderia's heavy cavalry had to smash the soldiers, and at the same time the heavy horse was not too fast, only to give Hughes a chance to escape.

What happened next made Hughes almost impossible to cry.

He fled all the way with him and ran halfway through. He encountered two prepared cavalry regiments who had arrived late because of His Majesty. Because the order to march tonight was too hasty, the two cavalry required rectification equipment to advance, but instead Landed at the end of the large army.

After meeting with the cavalry, Hughes only recovered a little courage, but at this time, Hughes had completely lost his mind. When he was crazy, he made another huge mistake one by one as if he had lost red eyes. Gamblers, under the rush to make a comeback, have completely lost their rationality! He madly ordered, and the thousands of cavalry around him immediately counterattacked! Hughes, in his crazy consciousness, felt that Rhoderian cavalry could defeat his infantry regiment. It was already the end of the crossbow. Now that he has two fresh cavalry in his hands, if he fights back, he can still defeat.

As a result, he did not listen to the dissuasion of the people around him, and after he forced a counterattack, he suffered a worse defeat! After the cavalry rushed up, they did not immediately encounter the heavy riding of Rodria, but they encountered a large blockbuster of their own personality defeated infantry! These defeated infantry had completely lost their courage, lost their helmets and lost their armor, and went mad like a fugitive. There was also the Rodrígo Charge from far behind.

All people have no reason at this moment, the only thought in everyone's heart is: escape! As a result, these mad soldiers rushed forward, but scattered the Armenian cavalry array! !! The queue was broken up by their own. At the beginning, the cavalry tried to rectify, but it was later found that these collapses did not listen to the orders at all, and then after the charge of Rodria in the distance came, the cavalry generals of Armenia In desperation, only one decision was made, "He ordered his cavalry to wield a butcher knife and clear the road! When the cavalry raised the saber towards their own smashed soldiers in desperation, the scene became more chaotic.

The Rhoderian cavalry was killed immediately, but the Armenian cavalry was caught in the chaos of its own soldiers. Under the charge of the Rhoderian cavalry, it completely collapsed! Hughes completely broke down! He had bet on the last cavalry, but he didn't expect to collapse so fast.

Fortunately, the generals and subordinates around him saw the machine quickly, and forcibly surrounded Hughes, who had gone mad, and fled. And there were many smart people among the men around him. Seeing Rodría's cavalry running along the road, he quickly hugged Hughes, left the road, and escaped towards the path in the wilderness. The Asian cavalry did not seem to have any intention of pursuing troops, but the brigade went along the road in the direction of Osgilia.

At this moment, sitting in the abandoned house by the side of the road, Hughes had already wrapped a blanket one by one of his guards from the house. The blanket was already mildew, and there was an indescribable smell. But Hughes was wrapped in death, sitting beside the fire shivering. Finally, the water in the helmet on the fire boiled, and a guard held it up to Hughes: "Master, drink some hot water ..."

Hughes raised his head blankly, took it blankly, drank two sips one by one, as if he could not feel hot. After swallowing two large mouthfuls of hot water continuously, the rebel governor suddenly forced a neck !! Huh! !! Open your mouth, a mouthful of bright red liquid, sprayed out directly, sprayed on the helmet in your hand! The blood stains, scattered on the water in the helmet, gradually dispersed.

Hughes' vomiting blood seemed to dissipate the melancholy breath blocked in his heart a little, and finally there was some glory in his eyes, one by one he suddenly loosened his hands, and the helmet fell to the ground.

The "Noble Governor" cried loudly: "My army !!! My army!

In order to seize the opportunity tonight, Hughes, a cavalry flag regiment was defeated first, then an infantry regiment 20,000 troops were completely defeated by the front, and then two subsequent cavalry flag regiments were destroyed ... just so, he The loss was close to 30,000 horses! The follow-up troops came without their own command, plus the defeated army went all the way, I was afraid that they would be threatened and defeated. The Rhoderians did n’t even need to wield weapons, they just rode all the way Driving away is like driving the flock! Under his own painstaking efforts, this family in Armenia, which was run by him, had tens of thousands of soldiers equipped with the best weapons and armors. So all of a sudden, he lost most of it. How can Hughes not spit blood? !! "Master ... Master!"

The general next to him held down Hughes, and said loudly: "The army is gone, we can call again! Weapons are gone, we can build again! Armenia is rich in armor! As long as we have a site, there are mines, and a population, Do n’t worry about pulling an army! But if you fall down, Lord, let us His Majesty go, where do we go from here? ”

After shaking a few times in a row, Hughes gradually stopped crying-he was originally a generation, but he was suddenly so pale, it was inevitable that his mind was chaotic, and after gradually calming down, he finally returned to his mind little by little.

Looking up to look at the blame army around him, Hughes took a breath.

He sank for a while before replying with a calm voice: "Send my guards! Everyone has flagged and gathered soldiers along the wilderness road around them! Also, we still have How many cavalry? "

"Less than a hundred are around." The puppet army smiled bitterly.

"I've given it to you!" Hughes gritted his teeth. "These cavalry are for you, you take, and walk along the road ... I think the Rhoderians are already heading for Osgilia, you now Go, you should not meet them anymore. You go down the road to gather our defeated army, and then bring them all here to gather. "

Seeing that the Governor had finally cheered up, the people around him were finally relieved.

The general hesitated for a moment: "My lord ... my men sent me to take away, you are here, always leave some people to protect ..."

"protection?!"

Suddenly Hughes smiled abruptly: "I have reached such a point now, what is the meaning of protection? If you can't bring our men back, Lao Tzu is a dead end even if he is alive! Go! There is an army, we have Live! Remember, hurry up! "

After all his men were ordered to go, in this broken house, there were less than twenty wounded soldiers under him, but Hughes had got up and stood at the door of the room. The door opened, and the wind was blowing for a while. He came in.

Between day and day, the thick rain curtain has been thinner, as if after more than an hour of dumping, the heavy rain has finally slowed down, but when you look at it, it is all muddy, in many places, even Into a swamp ...

Hughes suddenly opened her eyes and looked into the distance! From that distance, in the direction of Oscilia, I saw the distant horizon, a blaze of fire! Although the distance is far away and you can't see too clearly, the fire light is very eye-catching in this dark night! Hughes smashed the door with a punch and sighed: "Those Rhoderian cavalry are already attacking our coalition camp! Hey ... I'm attentive, attentive! Since I can hear the death of the old emperor, The Rhoderian cavalry seems to know it too, and they rushed to Osgilia so desperately that they wanted to protect the crown prince into the city to inherit the throne ... I made a wrong step, just one step at a time.

Indeed, if Hughes didn't urge the army to attack the Rhoderian cavalry tonight, but instead calmly arrange the army on the road to Osgilia and ambush ...

Hughes smiled horribly, but suddenly looked at the sky. The thick black clouds began to dissipate with the heavy rain, but only in the distance, the sound of rumbling thunder came.

God ... "Hughes sighed. Holding the door sternly:" Did it. Are you still protecting this ancient empire? God still bless Byzantium? !! "

The fire in the distance shone halfway into the night sky. Although far away, no sound of killing could be heard, but thinking of this vicious battle tonight, it is completely imaginable that the rebels outside Osgilia at this moment The joint defense line is suffering so hard at the moment! Those Rhoderian lunatics will jeopardize the rebels' joint defense line, they will not stop ... even if the last person is dead, they will not stop.

It will not be night. With less than 8,000 disabled posts, the Rhoderian cavalry launched a vow of death in the face of more than 200,000 rebel alliances. The rebels rushed out of defense and hurriedly arranged the line of defense. Eleven times, during the fierce fighting of the chaos, fourteen Gao Luo generals below the Governor of the Carthage Military Region of the rebel group and 33 generals below the banner regiment level were killed, and the total number of rebels killed and wounded reached nearly 30,000. The thirteenth corps of the Empire went up and down, and people died without fear. The rebels lost their courage and broke through.

Rhoderia's army entered the city, and General Ruer of the regiment was seriously injured in seven places. His generals were killed in battle. The army was less than 600 riders, and most of them were seriously injured.

On the same night, the Emperor Cantos died, and the Crown Prince Garcia was crowned and succeeded. He was named Ruhr as Deputy Minister of the Empire. Ruhr refused on the grounds of injury. At the coronation ceremony, the Empire General was at the end of the ceremony. Howl cried: "Rodriria and the loyalty of the empire have been exhausted with blood today! The loyal soul is obvious, your Majesty, don't forget today!"

Words www.wuxiaspot.com The general vomited blood and was unconscious on the hall of the coronation ceremony.

Unlike the coronation ceremony on the table in the city, which is thick and scarce, but is known to the world, it is just 30 miles northwest of the city. At the same night, a partial division, the whole army is less than 4,000, and the horses are weak. The horse, in this night, stood still in the rain until nearly dawn.

Four thousand soldiers took off the Rodrilla uniform, which was a symbol of glory, and led by a young officer, and looked north.

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