Chapter 233 Seduction
Earl Randall looked at the densely packed cannon fodder in the storm, and issued a new order:
"Let the sword and shield soldiers break away from the spear formation and attack, but they are not allowed to chase too far. Just clean up the surrounding stormtroopers to prevent them from continuing to charge."
"Yes!" The herald just responded, hesitated for a moment, and asked superfluously, "My lord, do you want to stop the army temporarily?"
Earl Randall didn't answer, but just looked at him coldly.
The herald finally realized his transgression, and left embarrassingly.
The military order was passed down, and the Hewan knife and shield soldiers began to attack. These heavy infantry wearing steel armor, holding shields and holding knives had already crushed the cannon fodder soldiers of the Stormland in terms of equipment. They were originally restrained in order to maintain the formation. Taking the initiative to attack is simply massacre.
Seeing that these cannon fodder soldiers were about to collapse, the horns of the Stormlanders sounded again, and they actually sent more soldiers to rush up again.
This wave of soldiers rushing into the formation is obviously more well-equipped, and they run with more momentum. They should be elite regular army troops.
The cannon fodder soldiers scattered some of the Hewan army formation just now. At this time, the elite regular army swarmed in, and immediately the casualties on the Hewan side began to surge.
Many Riverbend nobles began to worry, but feared by Landau Tarly's authority and past achievements, they did not dare to speak, so they all looked at Samwell.
Seeing this, Samwell persuaded:
"Father, do you want to stop the army first. Destroy this wave of the Stormlanders before leaving?"
Facing his son's question, Earl Landau finally didn't dismiss it casually, but asked instead:
"What do you think is the biggest problem of keeping moving while defending against the enemy?"
Samwell heard his father's meaning of the school exam, so he didn't rush to answer, but observed the battlefield situation first.
At this time, although the people of the storm are coming fiercely, in fact, the army of the river bend firmly holds the upper hand.
After all, most of the elite in the Stormlands are still prisoners in Dorne at this time. Even if they pull out the last family property at this moment, they still look a little thin in front of the elite army of the River Bend. It was a short distance, and it took advantage of the familiar jungle terrain and environment, so that the Hewan people had to pay a lot of casualties.
However, this casualty is not enough to shake the Hewan army, otherwise Earl Landau would not be so big.
It's just that many nobles in the river bend feel sorry for the loss of their soldiers, so they want Earl Landau to adopt a safer strategy.
Samwell actually didn’t understand why his father was obsessed with moving forward, even if he wanted to leave the royal forest as soon as possible, he was not in a hurry.
Until he saw the situation at the end of the river bend army formation.
It seems to have become the weakest point of the entire river bend army. In fact, the reason is easy to understand, because the army is moving forward slowly, so the soldiers at the rear of the camp must retreat while resisting the enemy's attack in order to keep up with the army.
Anyone who has fought should be able to understand what it is like to retreat when fighting with others. Even if you are not forced to retreat steadily, it will evolve into retreat steadily.
After all, soldiers who are retreating will be suppressed in terms of momentum first, and people's eyes grow in front, so it is no problem to walk forward or sideways, but when walking backwards, they must look back from time to time to avoid bumping into those behind them. Allies or trees.
So, at this moment, the tail of the Hewan army was completely suppressed by the Stormlanders, and the infantry formation had begun to crumble, with the heaviest casualties.
Combined with Earl Landau's strict order not to leave the main force, the soldiers at the rear couldn't rush out to fight back even if they wanted to, and they fought very aggrieved.
Seeing this, Samwell couldn't understand why his father stubbornly insisted on the order to keep moving forward.
He just wanted to speak, but suddenly saw the cavalry assembled in the central army, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said:
"Father, you don't want to use the gap at the tail of the army to lure the people of the storm to attack?"
Earl Randall finally smiled, nodded and said:
"Yes. The more we keep moving forward, the more anxious the people in the storm will be, and the more anxious they are, they will make some irrational decisions. If I expose another flaw at this time, they will not be fooled."
Samwell was relieved.
The rest of the river bend nobles stopped talking.
Only Sir Omer Oakheart and Lord Gonse Green looked ugly.
Because, it is their troops who are placed at the tail of the army...
However, Sir Omer Oakheart and Earl Gunce Green did not dare to speak out to refute at this time.
You know, the knights of the Peake family, who were the backbone of the Horse Party, were directly beheaded for disobeying military orders. The two of them are Deer Party. Once Randall Tarly is annoyed, who knows what will be done by the other party? The crime was killed.
Moreover, they suspected that Lando Tarly had deliberately put the two soldiers of the Deer Party family at the end as bait.
But at this time, the Ma Party was in power in Hewan, and even if the two of them had any grievances, they could only swallow it forcefully.
Samwell also noticed the faces of the two leaders at this time, and secretly smiled in his heart.
He is a cheap daddy who really likes to play tricks.
In the original book, Earl Landau had several black-bellied operations. For example, during the War of the Five Kings, he killed a bunch of Florents in chaos, and wanted to use his wife's identity to plot to brighten the city of water. Earl Mooton locked in a dark room, forcing the other party to marry his daughter to Dickon...
It is not surprising that they took the opportunity to weaken the Ludang family.
Samwell just secretly mourned for those soldiers who fought at the end of the army. Who made your master stand in the wrong team...
The Stormlanders also seemed to have discovered the weakness of the Riverbend Army. At this time, there were significantly more Stormland soldiers attacking the rear of the army formation than in other places.
Under the impact of the tide of people in the storm, the rear position of the river bend army has begun to crumble.
Earl Randall spoke again, and said to his son:
"It's almost there. The people of the Stormlands should gather troops and horses for a general attack. Sam, you go to command the cavalry and follow my orders to attack later."
"Yes!" Samwell gladly accepted the order.
Dickon Tarly jumped out at this moment, saying:
"Brother, I will charge with you!"
Samwell hesitated for a moment, then looked at his father.
Earl Randall nodded expressionlessly:
"Can."
Samwell didn't say much, but as soon as he turned around, he heard Earl Randall's words:
"Remember. Wait until the stormtroopers rush into the position and then lead the army to charge up. Don't charge at full speed. Our cavalry is not suitable for the environment here. You don't have to worry about the problem of insufficient impact if the speed is not up. Those stormtroopers Although it is dexterous, it is only suitable for harassment, and the cavalry who encounters us head-on will not be an opponent at all."
"good."
"After dispelling the enemy army, remember not to pursue it. In the jungle, we will not be able to catch up with the Stormlanders, and we may even be ambushed by them instead."
"Okay." Samwell nodded again, always feeling that Earl Landau had explained too much
Samwell knew that his father was not a nagging person. It seemed that he sent Dickon to charge without hesitation on the surface just now, but he was still worried in his heart.
Earl Randall paused, as if he wanted to say something more, but he didn't speak after all.
Samwell understood it with a tacit understanding, and slapped his right hand heavily on the breastplate, saying loudly:
"I am the pioneer!"
Earl Randall's mouth was slightly upturned, and he also responded: "I am the vanguard."
Dickon also leaned over and uttered the Tully family language aloud:
"I am the pioneer!"
After speaking, the two brothers turned and left.
Earl Randall watched the backs of his two sons going away, and said nothing for a long time.
Countless ancestors of the Tully family died on the way to charge, and in the future, more descendants are destined to inherit this tradition.
This is their destiny and their glory.
(end of this chapter)