Chapter 1030 The Decisive Battle on the Grassland
The battle between the White Tiger Army and the barbarian cavalry was just an episode in this war.
The main chapter is still the battle between the Qiaoqi Army and the main force of the Barbarian Alliance. The protagonists are Ma Teng and Batur.
Batur still wanted to wait for reinforcements to arrive before fighting Ma Teng.
But Ma Teng couldn't wait any longer. He found Batur's location and took 26,000 cavalry straight to the barbarian coalition's station.
He had not received any news that the barbarians had reinforcements, and even if he had known about it, he would have rushed over without hesitation.
"Just defeat the barbarian reinforcements before they arrive!"
All the barbarian cavalry know how fast the Knight Cavalry is, and Batur is no exception.
He calculated that the Knights would be able to reach their current location in one day.
what to do?
Fight or withdraw?
His rational brain told him that the best option would be to avoid the edge temporarily and retreat another two hundred miles.
But not everyone in the coalition has a rational mind.
Any further retreat will definitely cause dissatisfaction or even opposition from some generals and warriors.
It will also cause some warriors to lose the fighting spirit to continue fighting.
The coalition army has this shortcoming. It is not as united and cohesive as the warriors of a tribe.
When the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces cannot lead them to a steady stream of victories, their fighting spirit and morale will quickly decrease!
No matter how excellent the tactics are, they cannot achieve corresponding results without a cohesive army to execute them.
So he decided not to retreat.
It won't take long for reinforcements to arrive, he only needs to hold on for four or five days.
"Without a decisive battle with you, can you still catch up to my handsome tent?"
Batur had no intention of retreating, nor did he intend to wait for the Knights to attack.
Sports battle!
What the barbarians are best at is mobile warfare. Although the imperial war horses smooth out their advantages and even turn them into their disadvantages, Batur still chooses to believe in tradition at this time!
bring it on! Damn the countrymen!
You will not continue to show off your evil deeds on the grassland, this place will eventually become your grave!
Batur asked people to pack up the camp and prepare to spend the next few days on horseback.
After packing up the camp, 50,000 barbarian cavalry headed northwest under the command of Batur.
The main force of the barbarian coalition moved northwest to look for opportunities to fight against the Knights.
Batur: We are not retreating, we are fighting on the move, looking for opportunities to encircle and annihilate the enemy while on the move.
"This is our tradition. Now we must use traditional warfare to defeat the Qian people and let them become fertilizer for the grassland!"
Batur threw away all other thoughts in his mind, except how to defeat the Knights.
Before leaving the camp, he gave a lot of words of encouragement to the coalition warriors. He didn't know how effective his words would be and whether they could revive the warriors' fighting spirit.
He didn't have time to observe the expressions of the warriors in the coalition. As long as most of the warriors dared to charge with him, the coalition would not be able to disperse!
The cavalry scouts discovered that Batur had been away from where he was for a whole day when the main force of the barbarian coalition retreated.
It’s not that their efficiency is too low or their response is too slow.
When Batur left, he left more than 10,000 cavalry behind to sweep away the cavalry probing cavalry. As a result, they were unable to get close to the main force of the barbarian coalition and did not notice that they had retreated.
After discovering the great resistance to forward reconnaissance, the commander of the Knight Cavalry's Detective Cavalry Company deduced that the barbarian coalition had other actions.
But his troops were too few, and even if he charged forward with all his strength, he would eventually be surrounded and annihilated by the barbarian coalition forces, unable to send the information back.
The captain of the exploration cavalry could only send his guess back to the rear, and then find a way to get closer to the previous camp location of the barbarian coalition.
When they approached the barbarian camp and discovered that the barbarian coalition forces had left, Batur had already led the coalition forces out for more than three hundred miles!
"Run away? Batur's brain is filled with horse manure. Can his coalition army outrun my Cavalry Army?"
Ma Teng had some impressions of Batur. He once led the cavalry of the Golden Eagle Tribe to fight against the Knight Cavalry Army. The two had close contact, but Ma Teng saw him at that time, and he did not see Ma Teng.
After the Valiant Cavalry Army arrived on the grassland, countless barbarian cavalry were defeated by the Valiant Cavalry Army. I don’t know how many barbarian cavalry tried to escape in front of the Valiant Cavalry Army, but how many barbarian cavalry were able to escape from the Valiant Cavalry Army?
Ma Teng can count them all on one hand.
"Order to immediately determine the direction of the barbarian coalition's escape and pursue the entire army!"
Ma Teng ordered to continue pursuing the barbarian coalition.
The cavalry's detective cavalry began to investigate the retreat direction of the barbarian coalition with all their strength. With so many cavalry moving together, they would not leave too few traces.
The Knights of the Cavalry are professional trace trackers, and no cavalry can escape in front of them!
The more than 10,000 barbarian cavalry scattered around did not dare to push too close, and the main force of the Knight Cavalry behind them also caught up. If they pressed too hard, they would easily be entangled by the main force of the Knight Cavalry chasing after them, and then eat them in one bite!
Batur's 50,000 coalition troops did not dare to confront the Knights, let alone them.
The cavalry leading the cavalry to block the Cavalry Army all come from various tribes in the south. This battle is to help them regain their clan land. Of course, they have to do the dangerous task!
They were originally afraid of the Knight Cavalry Army, and they dared to let them surround and suppress the Knight Cavalry Army's detectives, but if they were allowed to face the main force of the Knight Cavalry Army led by Ma Teng alone...
They really don't dare!
Batur didn't want them to block Ma Teng. It would be good if they could hold him off for a while.
After all, his mid-term and final combat goal was just to delay for four or five days.
If the cavalry of these southern tribes can delay for a day or two, then the pressure on him to complete the combat goal will be much less!
The Knight Cavalry's detectives quickly determined the direction of Batur's retreat. Not to mention the traces left on the ground, traces can be deceiving.
They could guess the direction of Batur's retreat just from the strength of the resistance in all directions.
The greater the resistance, the more likely it is the direction in which Batur will retreat.
The Knight Cavalry Cavalry only needs careful verification to determine which direction is correct.
After receiving the report, Ma Teng did not hesitate at all, and immediately led the main force to rush over. Along the way, the gods killed gods and the Buddhas killed Buddhas. No barbarian cavalry could escape alive in front of him!
"Don't let a barbarian cavalry go!"
Ma Teng coldly issued the killing order.
He knew very well the purpose of the barbarian coalition going south. If they refused to give up on the three thousand miles of grassland, then he would beat them until they were afraid, and beat them until they no longer dared to think about this grassland!
Ma Teng didn't have time to keep pestering them here.
Don't look at the fact that he is now leading the Cavalry Army across thousands of miles of the grassland very coolly. After His Majesty decides to march south and east, he will end up losing a lot by staying in the grassland, losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds!
Your Majesty's battle to unify Zhongzhou must not be without me, Ma Teng!
So he had to let the barbarians settle down first, otherwise when he was about to lead the Cavalry Army southward, the barbarians came out again and made people disgusting. Ma Teng might be so angry that he would have high blood pressure!
For the sake of his own health, Ma Teng decided to let any barbarian cavalry who dared to go south die!