Conquest

    Chapter 344 [Distributed Blood]

    When the people of the later history of military warfare reviewed the most important war history of this era, almost all military history experts agreed that during the civil war of the Byzantine Empire, the most important battle in the Osgiliath battle was absolutely It was the assault battle of the Rhodelia Cavalry Army into the city.

    This violent assault, in the numerous studies and descriptions of future generations, after the restoration of its entire process, almost no one is not swear by the Rhodaelia Cavalry Army. The gas is shocking.

    While in the process, there are occasional questions of detail, such as the most striking one, the most prominent of which is the ** of an army of general importance, risking the annihilation of the armed forces, assault several or even more than 10 times as much as their own enemy-just to escort their crown Prince went into town to inherit the throne, such a practice, brought great sacrifices, whether it is worth it.

    Some even think that although the courage of Rhodelia cavalry is worthy of admiration, it should be a kind of unnecessary sacrifice, and it is not worth promoting.

    Or, there are a number of military enthusiasts who make various assumptions. For example, if Rhodelia cavalry was not a frontal assault, but turned into a roundabout, was there a chance to avoid the rebel brigade, or directly to avoid Armenia? The rebels?

    Or, on land, it is a serious obstacle, but if you can choose to take the sea? Is there not an Allantis alliance on the sea?

    In short, such sacrifices, although courage is commendable, is it a little foolish…

    Unexpectedly, among the questions raised by all these scholars, the first person who stood up to maintain the honor of Rhodelia was a person that everyone did not expect.

    Rinehart, a fellow who later became an important member of the military group under King Shaar, was later called the "Heart of the Lion" by later generations because of his remarkable exploits and outstanding military talent-the biggest stain of his life, thought to be in that Rhodelia Cavalry In the battle to raid into the city, he did not with Rhodelia's main assault, such a record, for a long time, have been criticized as "a retreat."

    But when someone questioned the role of Rhodelia cavalry in the battle, the first to stand up to maintain the honor of Rhodelia cavalry and refute others, it was this Rheinhardt.

    After a few years, when Mr. Rheinhardt retired as a professor of war history at the Imperial Academy, he personally wrote a title entitled "The Memory of the War of the Patriotic War I Have Experienced – Rhodelia's Afterglow". I once wrote:

    “Maybe later generations have looked at countless maps, looked at countless materials, and spent countless hours making countless assumptions—perhaps, in this case, many people can design more and better Entering the route, you can even design a variety of different tactics in order to avoid the biggest casualties, and use various clever ways to make the marching route try to avoid the main force of the rebels…But I think these are all farts.

    Yes, gentlemen, these are all fart.

    Because at the time, when we learned that Kontos was in danger, we had to send the crown prince into the city in the shortest and fastest time. Therefore, the respected General Ruhr, there is no 'numerical time to look at countless maps to check the countless information' – the one that was left to him at that time was only a short time of less than an hour! And in this hour's time, you must make a decision about the life and death of the Empire!

    Understand that at the time we were stationed about 30 miles northwest of Osgiliath, the town of Osgiliath was full of rebel forces, and our strength was weak, even our Scout reconnaissance radius was less than five miles! We don't have the sky, we can't know all the details of the entire battlefield like the scholars who studied the history of war! Just as our eyes were blinded at the time! And the scholars of your studies, after reading a lot of information and reading a lot of information, you clearly know the distribution of the strength of each military camp of the rebel army, know the advantages and disadvantages of each defense line – but at that time We don't know these!

    Moreover, you can make various assumptions. But at the time, for us…We have no choice! We must succeed once, we can't fail! !

    Therefore, General Ruhr chose the most secure, but the most powerful way to sacrifice: force the past to force! With Rhodelia cavalry's ability to stand out in the world, the shortest march route in a straight line is used to rush straight.

    As for the assumption of making a trip from the sea to the city, I would rather call it a romantic fantasy.

    Gentlemen, remember, Rhodelia cavalry Army, there are no ships in our logistics equipment! At that time, the coastal port outside Osgiliath was almost occupied by the rebels…Let us attack a dock to take the boat, which is even more risky! As for the contact with Atlantis Navy, and not to mention whether it can be contacted in an emergency situation at the time, even if it is liaison, from a political point of view, we can not hand over crown prince to Atlantean! Although we were allies at the time, in the face of national interests, no covenant can be reliable! ”

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

    In that battle at that time, Rhodelia cavalry lost the most heavy is the second flag Battalion, more than 2000 rides flag Battalion, with great courage and strong fighting power, crushed Armenia Cavalry after a army, And forcibly hit the Armenia main infantry army of the army, facing 10 times times their own enemy heavy armor infantry army, but can be hard to the enemy pressure back, on the verge of collapse! Although the army was finally wiped out, according to the statistics afterwards, the Rhodelia cavalry of the two thousand rides killed at least 6,000 rebel infantry, plus the Cavalry Army of the rebel army that had been defeated before. The total number is close to 10,000. !

    The study of the war on the Rhodelia cavalry assault continued, and some even studied the distribution of the route and the strength of Rhodelia cavalry at the time: the second Flag Battalion took the lead, the first Flag Battalion was behind, and then the third Flag Battalion Guarding the crown prince, the fourth Flag Battalion was broken.

    Later, it was found that General Ruhr's military order was "the second Flag Battalion opened the road. If it was setback, it could be spread out with two wings and the first Flag Battalion heavy heavy armored cavalry."

    But at the time, the second Flag Battalion faced the dense and thick array of Armenia's main infantry army. When the impact was frustrated, it did not execute this order, or the second flag of the dead Flag Battalion did not Executing this order is just ordering the troops to move forward.

    The same details have also caused a lot of controversy. The most mainstream view is that the commander's blind advancement is too reckless. If the two wings are scattered after the setback, let the space move to the Armagar's infanttry line array with the first Flag Battalion heavy heavy armored cavalry. It would be better, perhaps, the second Flag Battalion would not have to be wiped out.

    Although with two thousand light cavalry, playing more than 20,000 rebel heavy infantry retreats, almost collapsed, such combat power is indeed amazing, but such losses can be avoided.

    For this problem, I later stood up to maintain the honor of Rhodelia, but it was a candidate that everyone could not think of – a General of Armenia Rebel Governor Hughes at the time! The rebel general later turned to the empire before the destruction of the Armenia rebel group. Later, after being tried by the military court, he was exempted from death because of the decisive work. He was exiled to the island of Sicily for fifteen years, and later in the country when the emperor was married. I am specially returned to China during the pardon order.

    After returning to the country, the rebel army had served as a researcher in the history of extraterritorial warfare at the Military Academy and wrote an article entitled "The Heavy Rain I Have Been with My Eyes".

    He wrote in the article:

    "When I watched two thousand light cavalry, I forced my heavy infantry square to retreat. As a commander General, I felt deeply shame in my heart. The second Flag Battalion is the most courageous and brave army I have ever seen in my life.

    Some people may think that it is unwise to use the two thousand light cavalry to impact ten times the heavy armor infantry square. It may be spread out in two wings, waiting for the subsequent heavy cavalry…

    But in my opinion, the second Flag Battalion was the most sensible one.

    At the time, the terrain on the left was a muddy, semi-dry riverbank, and the right side was a hillside. The middle road was only 50 meters wide. And Armenia has more than 20,000 infantry, all equipped with the world-famous Armenia elite armor weapon. In a not-so-wide terrain, the 20,000-inch infantry once formed a dense, thick array that was strong enough to withstand the impact of cavalry.

    At the time, the impact of Rhodalia's second Flag Battalion, the Armenia infantry was able to retreat, in addition to their courage and combat effectiveness, and more importantly, our infantry has not yet fully completed the array!

    After receiving the news of the vanguard Cavalry Army, the whole army shook and the military was unstable. In a hurry, although the array is barely formed, it is not heavy!

    It can be said that if the second Flag Battalion does not immediately impact, it will leave us enough time to rectify the square! Once we have given us time to reorganize the array, then…Even if the heavy calvalry of Rhodalia's first Flag Battalion arrives, it may not be able to defeat us…Maybe, but the loss will be even bigger!

    The second method of Flag Battalion is not unwise, but to sacrifice the most precious fighters with his own sacrifice! I respect the flag officer of the second Flag Battalion, I think he is a great commander! He must have been keen to capture the fighters. If he ordered a suspended attack and waited for the arrival of the cavalry, then it would give me valuable time to reorganize the army! But he didn't – he almost immediately issued the command of the charge with the determination of mortality. Such an order made me have no time to calmly! Under the continuous impact of the second Flag Battalion cavalry, although it did not really defeat us, it has already made our infanttry sorrowful.

    And with the arrival of the first Flag Battalion heavy ride, the battle ended very quickly!

    It can be said that if the commander of the second Flag Battalion did not order an immediate charge, then even if Rhodelia cavalry could defeat my troops, the loss and cost would increase by at least 50%.

    Until today, I am still deeply regretful.

    Just like the feeling that I sent out on the battlefield at the time: such an iron army could not open up the land for the empire, but died in the civil war…It can be said that this is the sin of these people, and the misfortune we were born in this era. ”

    – This is an evaluation from the "enemy generals."

    It is a pity that this article, because of the identity of the author, has not been included in the documents of the war history of the Imperial Academy, but only in private.

    The pouring rain continued, and it seemed to have leaked that day. The dense rain curtains poured down from the sky, mixed with the thick and dark clouds, and the lightning that flowed from time to time.

    The killing of this night, as if the rain has been reflected in the crimson.

    A bloody rain!

    Hughes's whole body was soaked, and the rain fell on his armor, making a squeaky voice.

    The Armenia Governor, his face full of exhaustion and panic, his expression, like a frightened beast, the rain has washed away the blood on his armor, but the hair is still stuck on the forehead, a cluster of tufts, pulled in the eyelids on.

    Hughes’s hand pressed on the waist…Unfortunately, he only had a scabbard on his waist. The original long sword had no idea where it was lost. The leather boots at the feet are covered with red dirt – yes, dirt, red!

    The rain seemed to hit Hughes and he couldn't stand up. He was squatting, just like a debilitated old man. There was no trace of vitality in the eyes of linen.

    "Lord, front, front…"

    The voice coming from the side, then a barely stable hand held Hughes, pointing to the front of the rain screen, next to the small road, is a small piece of dilapidated house.

    The wolf-stricken soldiers around him had already ran over, and some people kicked the door and rushed in. Some of these soldiers have horses, and some can only run with two legs. It’s just this moment, as if everyone has forgotten the difference between the two, it seems that everyone is rushing to escape, no one to pay attention to the distinguished Hughes Governor.

    Hughes surrounded him, leaving only a few of his guards, and a general wearing a Hillock Armor.

    When everyone put Hughes into the house, the rebels around him just looked at him with numb eyes, and the General suddenly sighed and shouted: "Governor Lord is here." Are you all stunned? Go to two fires! ”

    As he walked over and snorted a few times, these numb soldiers, in their eyes, reappeared a little more vitality, gradually gathered together, and under the General distribution, spread out to work.

    The fire soon became born, and in the damp and cold room, there was a little more heating.

    It may be a small hotel that has been abandoned – the roads that were originally outside the city of Osgiliath. It was only after the outbreak of the war that most of the residents here fled and left, leaving only the houses that were empty and empty.

    A soldier took off his helmet and took some rain outside, and then burned it on the fire.

    Hughes sat in front of the fire, and he seemed to have not returned.

    The general around him, aware of the Governor's body, as if it was shaking in the rustling – not cold, but the fear, despair, seems to have not dissipated!

    The General sighed softly, slammed Hughes hard, and blocked his body in front of him, whispering in Hughes' ear: "Governor Lord, please cheer up – the soldiers, all in Look at you!"

    This sentence, said two times in a row, Hughes's eyes finally recovered a little bit of vitality. He looked up and looked at the general around him. He suddenly licked his mouth and revealed a terrible smile. : "The soldiers…Ha! Where are my soldiers? What about my tens of thousands of soldiers? MiyakoNo, no…"

    No! Nothing! !

    No! !

    Just less than an hour ago – Hughes seemed to have just experienced a worst nightmare in his life! !

    The forward's Cavalry Army was defeated, and more than two thousand Rhodelia light cavalry almost chased the ass and killed it.

    His own 20,000 multi-infantry rushed to arrange, stopped in the middle of the road, a fierce fight. Two thousand Rhodelia light cavalry but playing their own two outer heavy armor infantry retreat, once on the verge of collapse!

    Finally, relying on the great advantage of their own strength, the two thousand Rhodelia cavalry, the end of the strong, finally can not pierce their own infantry thick.

    However, the courage and swearing-out momentum of these Rhodelia cavalry has already ruined their entire army!

    Immediately, when Rhodalia's another wave of cavalry arrived, the situation showed a one-sided situation.

    Originally, his array defense line was already faltering, but then it was the Rhodalia cavalry, the most powerful heavy-duty Flag Battalion!

    The first wave of shocks directly tore off a line of defense from his own line of defense. As the hole that was broken was getting bigger and bigger, and the team of the company’s governor was filled in, they could not fill the gap. Once they were defeated, The whole army collapsed, the impact of heavy riding, and several lines of defense were shattered in an instant!

    My own infantry finally collapsed completely. Countless people went crazy and lost the weapon. Then Rhodelia ridden straight into the…

    Can't stop it, can't stop it!

    At the most dangerous time, Rhodelia cavalry almost rushed under Hughes's nose. Fortunately, he was very close to the one hundred iron guards, and the rest of the people had already set off a completely collapsed Hughes.

    Hughes and the guards around him have horses. Once they run up, they naturally run faster than the defeated infanttry. Rhodelia's heavy cavalry, to kill the squad, and the speed of the heavy ride is not too fast, gave Hughes the opportunity to escape.

    And what happened immediately made Hughes cry almost even crying.

    He fled all the way, ran to the middle of the road, and met the two prepared Cavalry Army that he had been late for, because the order to enter the battle tonight was too hasty. The two cavalry needed to rectify the equipment before they could go in, but instead It fell to the end of the big force.

    After meeting with Cavalry, Hughes recovered a little courage, but at this time, Hughes had completely lost his senses. He was mad and made a huge mistake – just like a red-eyed one. The gambler, after rushing to the plate, has completely lost his reason!

    He madly ordered that the thousands of cavalry around him immediately swung back! Hughes is in the midst of mad consciousness. He believes that Rhodelia cavalry can rush his own infantry army. It is already a strong end. Now he has two new cavalry in his hand. If he goes back, he can turn defeat into victory.

    As a result, he did not listen to the dissuasion of the people around him. After forcibly ordering the counterattack, he suffered a more severe defeat!

    After cavalry rushed up, he did not immediately encounter Rhodelia's heavy ride, but he met a large block of his own defeated infantry!

    These defeated infanttry have been completely ruthless, lost their helmets and abandoned the armor, and went crazy. The Rhodelia's charge came from far behind.

    All people have no reason at this moment, the only thought in everyone's mind is: escape!

    As a result, these mad rushing soldiers rushed to the face, but instead smashed Armenia's cavalry array! !

    The queue was dispersed by his own people. At the beginning, Cavalry tried to scream for rectification, but later found that these squadrons did not listen to the order, and then the distant Rhodelia's charge came, Armenia's cavalry would be helpless. Made a decision: he ordered his cavalry to wield a knife and empty the road!

    When cavalry lifted the saber to his own squadron in a situation of helplessness, the scene fell into more chaos.

    Rhodelia cavalry immediately succumbed, and Armenia's cavalry fell into the chaos of his own squadron, and under the charge of Rhodelia's cavalry, he completely collapsed!

    Hughes has completely collapsed! He had already bet on the last cavalry, but he did not expect it to be so fast.

    Fortunately, the generals and his subordinates around him were quick to see, and Hughes, who had been maddening, was rushing to escape. And there are some clever people among these subordinates. Seeing Rhodelia's cavalry all the way along the road sprint, hurrying around Hughes, leaving the road, and fleeing out on the path in the wilderness – sure enough, Rhodelia cavalry seems to be fundamental There is no meaning of chasing down, but the brigade goes all the way along the road towards Osgiliath.

    At this moment, sitting in the abandoned house beside the path, Hughes had already wrapped a blanket – the guards of his men had turned over from the house. The blanket had been moldy, and there was no smell that could not be said. But Hughes was wrapped in death, sitting on the side of the fire and shivering.

    Finally, the water in the helmet on the fire boiled, and a guard came to Hughes: "Lord, drink some hot water…"

    Hughes looked up in vain, took it with a sigh of relief, and drank two stunnedly – he seemed to have not felt hot. After swallowing two large hot waters in a row, the rebel Governor, suddenly, forced his neck. !

    Puff!

    Open your mouth, a bright red liquid, sprayed directly out and sprayed on the helmet in your hand! The spotted blood was scattered on the water in the helmet and gradually spread out.

    Hughes's vomiting blood seemed to dispel some of the suffocating suffocation in his heart, and finally there was some brilliance in his eyes – he suddenly had a loose hand and the helmet fell to the ground.

    The "aristocrat Governor", burst into tears: "My army! My army! ! ! ! ”

    Tonight, in order to seize the opportunity, Hughes promoted the army. A cavalry Flag Battalion was defeated first. Then an infantry army 20,000 troops were completely defeated in front, and then the two subsequent cavalry Flag Battalion were also destroyed…Just this way, his loss is close to 30,000 horses!

    And the follow-up troops that followed did not have their own command, and the army that had been defeated went all the way, I am afraid that they would be defeated by the threat. The Rhodelia did not even need to wield the weapon, as long as the horse was driven all the way. Just like driving the flock!

    Under my own painstaking efforts, Armenia's family, tens of thousands of soldiers, were equipped with the best weapon armor, and all of a sudden, they lost most of them!

    How does Hughes not vomit blood? !

    "Lord…Lord! ”

    The General around me pressed Hughes hard and said loudly: "The army is gone, we can recruit again!" Weapon is gone, we can build it again! Armenia is rich in the world! As long as we have a site, a mine, and a population, we will not be able to pull an army! But if Lord falls down, let us those who are underarms, where to go! ”

    After shaking for a few times, Hughes gradually stopped crying – he was originally a generation of people, but suddenly it was so pale, it was inevitable that the mind was chaotic, and gradually calmed down, and finally recovered his mind a little bit.

    Looking up and looking at the General around, Hughes took a breath.

    After he was silent for a while, he responded with a calm voice: "Give my guards out!" Everyone has flagged and along the surrounding wilderness path to gather the squadron! Also, how many cavalry do we have? ”

    "There are less than one hundred around."That General smiled bitterly.

    "I have given it to you!"Hughes bit his teeth: "These cavalry are for you, you take it, walk along the road…I think the Rhodelia people are already heading towards Osgiliath. You should go now, you should not meet them, you will follow the road to gather our defeated army, and then bring them all together to gather. ”

    Looking at the Governor Lord finally got a little refreshed, and the people around him finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    The General hesitated: "Lord…All the people have sent me to take away, you are here, always have some people to protect…"

    Protection

    Hughes suddenly smiled: "I have reached such a point now, what protection means?" If you can't bring our people back, Father is a dead end! Let's Go! With the army, we have a way to live! Remember, go! ”

    After the men were all ordered to go, this broken house, suddenly only under the body of less than 20 injured soldiers, Hughes has got up and stood at the door of the room, the door opened, the outside wind bursts for a while I poured it in.

    Between the days, the thick rain curtain was a little thinner, as if after more than an hour of dumping, the heavy rain finally slowed down, just looking at it, it was muddy, many places, even Become a swamp…

    Hughes suddenly turned his eyes and looked into the distance!

    In the distance, Osgiliath's direction, only to see the far side of the horizon, a flash of fire! Although it is far away, I can't see it too clearly, but the fire is very eye-catching in this dark night!

    Hughes slammed on the door and sighed: "Those Rhodelia cavalry, already hitting our coalition camp! Eh…I am careless, great! Since I can learn the death of the old emperor, those Rhodelia cavalry seem to know that they are desperately rushing to Osgiliath, trying to protect the crown prince into the city to inherit the throne…I took a wrong step, just one step…"

    Indeed, if Hughes is not urging the army to attack Rhodelia cavalry tonight, but calmly the General team is placed on the road to Osgiliath, ambush ambush…

    Hughes smiled awkwardly, but suddenly looked at the sky. The thick black clouds gradually began to dissipate with the heavy rain, but in the distance, the faint rumbling came after the thunder.

    TianHughes sighed and held the doorplate awkwardly: "Don't you still protect this ancient empire?" Heaven, still blessing Byzantine? ! ”

    The fire in the distance reflected the half of the night sky. Although it was far away, I couldn’t hear any killing sounds. But remembering this battle tonight, I can fully imagine that at this moment, the rebel joint defense line outside Osgiliath. What a terrible killing is going on at the moment!

    Those Rhodelia madmen will not attack the rebel army's joint defense line, they will not stop…Even if there is only the last person left dead, they will not stop.

    No!

    Is the night, Rhodelia cavalry with less than 8,000 of the residual ride, in the face of more than 200,000 of the rebel pool launched the brunt of the shock, the rebels to promote the defense, hurriedly decorate the defensive line, Rhodelia cavalry to the end of the rushed, a continuous charge 11 times, disorderly Army fierce fighting, The governor of the rebel group, the Carthage Military Region, has 14 senior generals, 33 intermediate generals below the Battalion level, and nearly 30,000 of the total number of anti-personnel rebels. The 13th Army of the Empire is up and down, and people are fearless and die. The rebel army finally lost its daring and broke through.

    Rhodelia entered the city with the army. Army General Ruhr was seriously injured in seven places. All of the Fall Battalion-level generals were killed. The entire army was less than 600 rides, and most of them were seriously injured.

    On the same night, the empire Kontos the Great died, crown prince Garcia coronation succeeded, ordered Ruhr to serve as the Emperor's Vice-chancellor, and Ruhr refused on the grounds of injury. At the coronation ceremony, the Imperial General cried after the ceremony. : "Rhodelia and the loyalty of the Empire, today has been with the blood! The loyal soul is Zhaozhao, don’t forget today! ! ”

    In the end, the General vomited blood stunned above the hall of the coronation ceremony.

    Unlike the coronation ceremony in the city, which is full of blood, but known all over the world, it is just 30 miles northwest of the city. At the same time, a partial division, the whole solider number is less than 4,000, and the horses are weak. Horse, but in this night, standing in the rain, until the dawn.

    Four thousand soldiers, took off the Rhodelia military uniform symbolizing glory, led by a young officer, looking north.

    "After today, there is no Rhodelia."