Chapter 176 Promotion: Palace Viscount(1/2)
After Ander swept the military formation with the Ice Dragon Knights and the Flame Knights, he was inexplicably pushed to the throne of temporary supreme commander of the unit as a vanguard knight.
A battle is not counted, and there are many things that end up - of course, this is the happiness of the winner, and it is too late to escape, so there is no need to consider anything else.
Clean up the battlefield, rescue the wounded, chase the enemy, count the number of people, cancel some of the army formation numbers with excessive casualties, merge the troops, allocate food and hot water, manage prisoners, rectify military supplies, and even build graves. Please hold a ceremony with the military priest to allow the soldiers who died in battle to rest in peace.
(Not everyone is qualified to bring the body back to their hometown. It is great for ordinary soldiers to have a cemetery, and more people can only dig a big hole and bury it together.).
There are so many things that can make an experienced chief officer crazy.
Fortunately, the logistics organization of the Gilt Kingdom Army and the middle-level backbone of the army were basically retained. They made various suggestions. As long as Ander nodded, they would be familiar with it and would complete the tasks separately, so they would not need to arrange them personally.
The post-war meeting lasted until late at night. After the meeting ended, Ander returned to his tent alone, washed it with the water brought by the guards, lay on the big bed, with his eyes open, and looked at the top of the tent in deep thought.
At the post-war summary meeting, the officers and the military mages flattered themselves like rain, and they were overwhelmed with praise for their own praise. They praised Ende for his bravery and decisiveness and wisdom, which simply put Ende in the position of the God of War.
Although Ende was a little proud, he also became alert in his heart - don't be proud.
How did this battle be won? Others don’t know, but I don’t know yet?
It would be fine if he rushed to the army alone in front to break through the formation, that was indeed Ande's own contribution; but it was not entirely his contribution to leading the Knights to sweep away the thousands of troops later.
Looking back now, he realized how brilliant the command art of Marquis Clarence was.
Ander once stood on the command chariot of King Abilee and Hunter III, and looked down from a high point to look down at the overall situation. At that time, he clearly remembered that the heavy cavalry of the Kingdom of Abilee was in the middle of the right wing, responsible for breaking through; the platoon phalanx was at the end of the right wing, defending a team of heavy cavalry. As for the central army, there were only sword and shield infantry phalanx, two-handed swordsman phalanx, battle axe phalanx, archer brigade and light cavalry corps.
It was precisely because of the arrangement of troops in the Kingdom of Abilee that I was swept by Ander, the Ice Dragon Knights and the Flame Knights. The heavy cavalry of the Kingdom of Abilee was entangled in his own infantry and had no effect at all. As for the spear square formation, it was destroyed by his own people and had no ability to resist.
Originally, Ander only thought that he had a good tactical vision and had the right time to catch the right time, but when he just used tactical review to record his merits and crimes, Ander realized that it was a situation that Marquis Clarence deliberately created by deploying military formations to lure the other party to make corresponding choices.
In other words, if there were no Orcs' Crazy Bull Man Knights, the elves' rune-in-one arrows blocked the joint charge of the Flame Knights and the Ice Dragon Knights, Marquis Clarence could also defeat the entire Abilene coalition in one fell swoop like knocking down dominoes.
Therefore, Ender achieved such a record because he only inherited the final results of the various arrangements of Marquis Clarence. It can only be said that he has the vision to seize the opportunity. However, when it comes to commanding the army to make tactical arrangements, he is still far from it.
Of course, this does not mean that Ander has made little contribution.
His timely cut off the Abilelian flag was actually the turning point of the entire battle - although it did not have the final result, it also turned the tide.
As for the later he led the Knights all the way, his own face also played a big role - the tall white horse, bright red robe and huge war halberd. For the Abilee Central Army, Ender was a super-large halo of fear, so the Knights could defeat the Central Army so smoothly and then sweep the right wing.
Otherwise, those officers would not have blown Ender into this form.
In addition, there is another factor that cannot be underestimated:
When the king's flags were broken on both sides, the king's fall had a far greater impact on the morale of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Abilee than on the Kingdom of Gilt.
There is nothing else, this is the influence of the king on the morale of the army.
Under King Gilt Osvid's car, the "Destroyment Array" was set up, indicating that he was with the army and would not retreat; while under King Abilelli Hunter III, he set up a "Telection Array" for him to escape at a cost of a hundred times higher than the Destroyment Array.
From this point of view, we can see the gap between the two kings.
The Kingdom of Gilt thought: "The king would rather burn himself than be humiliated. He is really a hero. We should avenge the king - although this king died a little too straightforward, if he moves slowly, he doesn't seem to have to die."
The Abilelian Kingdom Army thought: "Now the boss is dead, who will we still work hard to show it? The most important thing is to save your life first."
The Gilt Kingdom army held the idea of "I came to support you, but was betrayed by you despicable villains". It was filled with anger that was difficult to vent, so more than 50% of the soldiers were willing to fight to the end.
There is another question here. What should we do with Wan De, the accompanying wizard who activated the burning magic array at that time?
It seems that he will not be guilty; but it would be even more wrong to say that he has a merit.
In addition, there are some problems that must be handled by the Supreme Commander and cannot be pushed to others.
For example, it is impossible for everyone to make strategic decisions such as continuing to retreat to the Kingdom of Gilt or rectifying the army to rescue the big prince who was besieged in the lonely city.
Forget it, anyway, the Kingdom of Gilt has been exhausted and urgently needs to be repaired. He has captured a group of supplies from the Abbey coalition forces, and he happened to set up camp here and wait for Princess Heloise's order to come.
What if His Highness the Princess doesn't want to save His Highness Deville, the Great Prince?
This is not Ender's random thoughts.
If King Osvid of Gilt was still alive, with his prestige, Ander would definitely not have too many distractions, but now - the eldest princess and the eldest prince are half-brothers, and they may not be so close.
At least he is nominally loyal to His Highness the Princess, and when Ander takes over the vanguard Knight's robe, he means accepting His Highness the Princess's title.
Emilia is still with Heloise, and Ender cannot ignore this.
Ande closed his eyes, and wisps of white smoke slowly floated between his lips and teeth, and the silver sword and azure halberd wrapped around the bed.
After a long time, the white smoke gradually faded away, turning into a wisp of clear air and being sucked into Ande's nose.
Just keep breathing with his mouth and nose, Ande goes to sleep.
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Reinforcements from the Kingdom of Gilt.
When the army marched, it was impossible to advance wildly on carefully selected war horses like Ander led a small number of light cavalry, and marched 180 kilometers a day, not to mention carrying various supplies.
They can walk forty kilometers a day, even if the march is very smooth.
Moreover, this batch of reinforcements is already the last mobile force that the Kingdom of Gilt can gather, and its quality is far inferior to the elite troops led by the great prince Dewit and King Osvid. Thankfully, it is enough to walk thirty kilometers a day.
So when the good news and bad news came at the same time, the reinforcements led by the eldest princess were more than 400 kilometers away from the location where the war took place.
"Report!" A messenger galloped over on a war horse, turned over and fell off his horse, and half knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Abilee, the elves and orcs at the entrance of the Homes Plain, stopped the King and Marquis Clarence's return. The two sides fought to the decisive battle, and our army defeated the coalition and won the victory."
"Ha ha ha ha--"
"That's great. I've known for a long time how could my king lose to a despicable villain like Hunter III."
"My king is invincible!"
"The Marquis of Clarence, the Great Knight of the Flame, is an invincible general. He has never taken advantage of the situation with Clarence."
There was a silence around, and then a strong cheer suddenly burst out.
No one noticed it, and the messenger's forehead was slowly sweating.
To be honest, the messenger is not a good job.
Sometimes when you report bad news, you will be chopped off by the superiors as if they are just doing their duty.
So after he gets the information, he must first tell the good news to make people happy, and then tell bad news - this is the key to protecting his life by the messenger.
"His Majesty Osvid, Marquis Clarence, all died in battle. The vanguard Knight Ander Tilles rode alone to defeat the army and killed King Hunter III of Abilee."
The messenger quickly said the following words, otherwise, after the eldest princess said "see the reward" and then said bad news, it would be a death for herself.
"What?"
"What did you say?"
"impossible!"
"Sir, Father!" Clarence's second son Dean fainted directly
The army was in chaos.
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“That’s how it is.”
The wizard, who was responsible for sending and receiving information, unfolded the scroll, held it in his hand to show it to everyone, indicating that the content he had just introduced came from this scroll.
This thing is the document that Ender and his team held a meeting overnight to review the entire battle and to determine the basis for rewards and punishments.
Although King Gilt Osvid himself did not use the teleportation array to escape in the face of battle, the small teleportation array that teleported dead objects was still a must-have in the army - it was a channel to ensure the smooth flow of intelligence in the army, and the cost was much lower than that of the magic array that teleported living people.
"Sir Ander is the bravest army, and he is truly worthy of the name of the pioneer knight - His Highness the Princess has the wisdom to know people."
Someone first flattered and continued: "However, given that Sir Ander did not have the experience of leading the army, I think it should be sent to the former army and ask Sir Ander to hand over the supreme command to the more experienced leader of the Ice Dragon Knights. Viscount Ann Weiss."
The speaker, Viscount Luke, is a loyal supporter of the Great Prince Devit, and Viscount Anwis Court is also one of the supporters of the Great Prince.
"No, the war is in full swing now, and the strength of the elves and orcs coalition forces has not been damaged. Sir Ander's prestige is irreplaceable in the army at this time. At this time, the unstable morale of the army will be unstable in the battle, which will be a huge hidden danger."
Another person objected. This opponent could be regarded as the second prince's faction.
"Your Highness, I think the most important thing at the moment is to order Sir Ander to lead his army to retreat and approach us - it is only two hundred kilometers away from Querren City, and four hundred kilometers away from us, and it is not safe there." Ansel said.
"I agree with Mr. Ansel's advice, and we need to bring back the ashes of His Majesty the King and Marquis Clarence back to the Kingdom of Gilt."
"They don't have to worry about their safety. Since Hunter III went on the battle personally, with this fearful character, he must have brought all the elites of the whole country by his side. This group of elites was seriously injured, and it is impossible for the Kingdom of Abilee to organize another army in a short period of time."
The spoken military veteran Viscount Lansit, the court, was highly respected, and no one here had more experience in war than his.
The national strength of each country is limited, and elite soldiers and generals can not be directly conscripted by recruitment. This requires long-term training and blood baptism.
Why, no matter which force in the Kingdom of Gilt, even if the infighting people are almost out of their minds, they will unanimously decide to organize reinforcements immediately, and no one has any objections?
It is because although King Osvid and the Great Prince had only tens of thousands of soldiers, they were the most important part of the entire Gilt military.
Without these soldiers, the country of Gilt Kingdom could not be compensated for in a short period of time, and the entire Gilt Kingdom would be in danger.
"Where is the coalition of elves and orcs?" someone asked dissatisfied.
"Aren't their main force still besieging His Highness Devit and confronting the Patrame army?" Viscount Lansit asked back.
"But, what if—" the man was stubborn and still insisted.
"You must be careful about what you said, but Sir Ander has become a tired soldier. Orcs and elves are known for their ability to harass light cavalry. For the time being, they are not as good as quiet as they move." Viscount Lansit finally explained.
To be continued...