Chapter 28 Breaking Again
"Captain Abel, the soldiers are already very tired. I think it's time to stop and take a rest."
Abel curled his lips, pondered for a while, and then said, "Okay then, send an order to stop marching and let the soldiers take a rest."
"yes!"
After finally receiving the order to rest, the soldiers were overjoyed, and hurriedly sat down on the ground, massaging their sore and aching legs and feet.
They had been rushing desperately before, which made them miserable, but recently, for some reason, Chief Abel began to slow down the marching speed, and the number of rests increased, and the soldiers finally relaxed.
Abel has not been in a good mood recently.
Originally, according to his vision, he wanted to be the first person to capture Cordoba. Currently, there are three leaders in the rebel army: Anton, Abel, and Abbott. The person with the highest prestige is Anton, so Anton Dong also gradually became arrogant.
In this regard, Abel has always been very unconvinced.
Therefore, Abel is eager to become the first person to capture Cordoba, so that his prestige and achievements can overwhelm Anton, and then dominate the rebel army's right to speak.
But now he found that the marching speed of the 10,000 left army led by him was far behind the marching speed of the central army led by Anton.
The distance between the two armies was getting wider and wider, so Abel gradually became desperate, because he began to understand that Anton, who was much faster than him, might be the first to break through Cordoba.
Thinking of this, Abel felt annoyed and depressed, but there was nothing he could do. No matter how much he ordered the soldiers below to speed up, the speed still couldn't keep up with Anton's army.
Therefore, Abel began to "abandon himself". Since he couldn't catch up with Anton, he stopped rushing, slowed down the marching speed of the army, and increased the number and time of the army's rest.
"Why hasn't there been any news from that guy Anton in the past few days? Didn't they always send people to tell us their current location every now and then, let us speed up quickly, and don't let our army and his central army be too far apart? ?” Abel asked his adjutant while drinking water.
The adjutant shook his head blankly.
"I don't know, Chief Anton hasn't had a messenger to send a message these days."
Abel sneered.
"Hmph, he must be complacent and lost his way now. According to his speed, he should have arrived in Cordoba. I really don't want that guy to ride on my head!"
After that, Abel took a few more mouthfuls of water.
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At this time, Abel's 10,000 troops were behind.
"General, the left army of the rebel army has finally started to sit down and rest!" Sentinel said.
"Yeah. It's finally time to rest. We've followed you for so long, and finally found the most suitable time to attack." Su Cheng nodded, and then turned his head to the orderly next to him.
"Let the order go on, let Alan prepare to lead the cavalry to carry out the assault, and also let the captains get ready, let the infantry cooperate with the cavalry's assault, and start to act after hearing the signal."
"yes."
After a while, I learned that the order had been communicated. After Su Cheng loaded the crossbow in his hand with an arrow, he raised the crossbow above his head, facing the sky, and pulled the trigger!
The arrow flew out from the hand crossbow, making a series of sharp noises.
After hearing the sound of the arrow, Alan, who had been sitting on the horse with his eyes closed, opened his eyes suddenly, pulled out the spear stuck in the ground, pulled the rein of the horse's head, and shouted:
"Follow me!"
"Oh oh oh!!!"
The cavalry behind Alan roared in unison. In the last battle, Alan's heroic demeanor like a god descending from heaven left a deep impression on the cavalry. Alan now has a very high prestige in the hearts of the cavalry.
Alan led the cavalry,
Arranged in a wedge formation and assaulted the rear of the Abel army.
The five captains of the thousand-man team who received the attack signal also pulled out the swords hanging from their waists, and shouted: "Follow me!!"
Then he commanded the infantry who had already formed a formation, followed behind the cavalry, and rushed towards the rear of the enemy.
Behind the Abel army, some soldiers who were sitting on the ground and resting heard the sound of Alan and the others. Not knowing why, they turned their heads in a daze and looked behind them.
Not only did they hear it, but even Abel, who was in the middle of the army, heard it. At this time, he was eating dry food and recovering his strength.
Abel, whose mouth was full of dry food, turned his head to look at the rear of his army blankly after hearing the voice...
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A few days later, the Right Route Army.
The soldiers of the Right Route Army were rushing at a normal speed.
Abt, the leader of the right army, wanted to fight for success at the beginning, to see if he could be the first person to capture Cordoba, but after learning that the central army led by Anton was marching much faster After passing him, he immediately gave up this idea, allowing the whole army to return to its original normal marching speed, and no longer wanted to be the first army to capture Cordoba.
Abbott is a person with low ambitions, and he also has self-knowledge, knowing that his ability is not very strong. The right army is the smallest among the three armies, with only 5,000 people. Although Cordoba's defense The strength is not strong, but he is not sure that he can capture Cordoba with only 5,000 people.
"Chief Abbott, there is a man in ragged clothes who claims to be from Chief Anton's Central Route Army. He said he has important information to tell you."
"A man from the Anton Army?" Abt frowned, "Let him come over."
After finishing speaking, Abbott said to a guard next to him: "Send the order, the whole army will stop marching."
"yes!"
After a while, a man in ragged clothes, covered in mud and blood limped in front of Abt.
Looking at the miserable person in front of him, Abt frowned even deeper, and said impatiently: "I heard that you have important information to tell me? What kind of information is it? Tell me quickly!"
"Leader Abt!" The ragged man knelt on the ground on one knee, "I finally found the right path and direction, and successfully found you and your army! Something happened to the army in the middle!"
"What happened? What happened! Tell me! What's wrong with Anton?" Abt asked in a hurry.
"this……"
The soldier looked at the guards around Abbott, then gritted his teeth and said:
"Chief Abbott, this information cannot be disclosed in public. It will cause panic in the right army. I can only tell you alone!"
After hearing the soldier's words, Abt frowned again. After thinking for a while, he got off his horse and came to the side of the soldier. Suppressing the stench from the soldier's body, he bent down Ear close to the soldier.
"Tell me, what kind of information is it?"
The soldier hurriedly brought his lips to Abt's ear, and whispered a few words.
After hearing what the soldier said, Abt's face changed drastically.
Grabbing the soldier's shoulder suddenly, he said in a deep voice, "What you said is true? Anton's Central Army has already..."
The soldier nodded with difficulty.
"Yes, everything my subordinate said is true, the Central Route Army has already..."
Speaking of the latter, the soldier choked up.
Abt was silent for a while, and patted the soldier on the shoulder.
"You've done a good job. It's really hard for you. You can still find our right army by yourself. This information of yours is very important to me. Thank you for your hard work. It's been a while since you looked like you Have you eaten normal food?"
After that, Abt turned his head and said to one of his soldiers: "Take this warrior down to rest! Prepare some food and water for him!"
"clear!"
After watching his guards take down the warrior who had worked so hard to convey the information, Abt stepped back on his horse.
"Leader? What's wrong?" A guard asked Abbott.
"Stop making noise!!" Abt yelled violently.
"Yes, it is!"
Abt grimaced, looking at the surrounding terrain.
Finally, his sight fixed on a small hill.
"Proceed with the order! Let the whole army march towards that hill!" Abt pointed to the hill, "We will set up fortifications on that hill! Build that hill as quickly as possible!" Make it a simple fortress!
"Boss, why are you going to that hill to set up defenses? Are we not going to Cordoba?"
"Not going!" Abt's face was full of solemnity, "We'll just wait here to meet the 5,000-strong Britannia Imperial Army!"