Chapter 1710: Ancient Book

At this time, in Europe.

On the European battlefield, the Holy Cross Army led by Douglas was temporarily routed.

Although Douglas was dead, this did not mean the Holy Cross Army had completely lost its ability to resist.

Although the Holy Cross Army had experienced a crushing defeat, their spirit had not been broken.

To them, the Longyan army, having lost its Weaponry and Equipment and reinforcements, was a tiger without teeth and was not scary at all.

However, something that shocked them happened very soon.

The now destitute Longyan army actually used Infantry to launch a surprise attack.

As a result, the Holy Cross Army's most powerful French Cavalry were actually routed by the Longyan army during the pursuit, and only a very small portion managed to escape back.

The current leader of the Holy Cross Army is also French, and was Douglas's deputy commander.

Among these Holy Cross Army forces, the number of French troops is the largest; the numbers of other units are truly too small.

Although their Bitter Remonstrance caused a certain impact on the Holy Cross Army, allowing the Longyan army to advance rapidly.

But in the end, the French generals stabilized the situation, preventing the Holy Cross Army from falling into chaos.

Of course, the reason he was able to do this was because the Pope of Catholicism issued an order at a critical moment.

For the Pope, the battle against Prussia was extremely important.

This determined the struggle for Roman orthodoxy between their Catholicism and Protestantism.

The new general of the Holy Cross Army, Thomas, had fallen into deep melancholy; he felt a profound sense of powerlessness when facing the Longyan army.

Logically speaking, this unit of the Longyan army should not have such combat capability anymore.

In Thomas's understanding, a unit is able to fight because they possess enough supplies to support them in continuing to fight.

But now, the Longyan army has no supplies whatsoever in Hanover.

It is currently winter; let alone the replenishment of weapons and ammunition, even the most basic food cannot be guaranteed.

Yet the soldiers of the Longyan army still maintain a very strong combat capability.

This can be seen from this surprise attack.

But this is not what makes Thomas feel most powerless; the Longyan army led by Ling Chen has no Cavalry.

Previously, the confrontations were all against Prussia's Cavalry, who fought against them.

But in this surprise attack, the Longyan army did not rely on any Cavalry, yet they slaughtered their Cavalry completely, and even a significant number of War Horse were taken by the Longyan army.

If this continues, the numerical advantage they held over the troops will be leveled by the Longyan army bit by bit.

But Thomas cannot think of any good Method.

He summoned the generals of each unit under his command to discuss countermeasures.

"The situation is just like this; as for the specific situation, we will have to see how things go. You all discuss and decide what to do," Thomas puffed on a cigarette and sighed.

Everyone looked at the report of this Longyan army surprise attack and immediately fell silent.

In this small surprise attack, they lost more than thirty War Horse, and the loss of weapons was even greater.

One must know that the resources required to cultivate a cavalryman are countless.

But now, out of a unit of forty cavalrymen, more than thirty were lost all at once.

Although this loss is not considered much when placed against the total number of troops, this was only a very small surprise attack.

And the Longyan army even used the tactic of Infantry fighting Cavalry.

This was almost an impossible thing to succeed at, but now it seems the Longyan army has done it once again.

A general from Guluoma said: "Judging from the combat traces at the scene, these Longyan soldiers had long since set an ambush; they utilized the temperature difference between day and night to build these earthen walls over the course of one night."

"They used these earthen walls as cover to hinder our Cavalry's attack, and after weakening their mobility, these"

"Longyan soldiers were able to take advantage."

"And our Cavalry clearly underestimated the sturdiness of these earthen walls; they must have thought they could smash through them, but they didn't expect these earthen walls to knock them back and send them flying."

"They are truly worthy of being Longyan people; this is exactly the same as the tactics recorded in their ancient books."

This Guluoma general sighed.

After hearing this, Thomas raised an eyebrow and looked at this Guluoma general: "You mean to say that you have seen this method of warfare in Longyan ancient books?"

The Guluoma general nodded: "Yes, that is correct. I once visited Longyan and discovered this Longyan ancient book, so I brought it back."

"The combat method used by the Longyan army comes from this Longyan ancient book."

"The book recorded that a Prime Minister of Longyan with the surname Cao was crossing the Weishui to fight against someone named Ma Chao, whose Cavalry was very formidable."

"Prime Minister Cao had no way to set up camp; at that time, the weather was cold, and hot water would freeze into ice in less than a moment."

"Without a fortified camp, the soldiers had no way to survive in the wild."

"However, fortunately, Prime Minister Cao thought of a Method: using sand and earth to build a city; it only took one night to create an incomparably sturdy city."

"Building a fortified camp with frozen earth in one night—this is how Prime Minister Cao broke Ma Chao's Cavalry."

After hearing this story, everyone suddenly realized.

No wonder the Longyan people are so formidable in marching and fighting; it turns out they have such a divine book to assist them.

Thomas hurriedly asked: "Where is that book you mentioned? It is now our highest military secret. Bring it here quickly, and all the generals will study the combat methods inside together!"

The Guluoma general nodded and immediately went back to retrieve the ancient book he had acquired in Longyan.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Ling Chen, who had achieved victory in the surprise attack, did not have time to celebrate the success of this battle.

He was in the command room with Mao Chang and Diana, formulating an offensive strategy.

This was only a part of his plan.

According to observations on the current battlefield, all of the Holy Cross Army's operations are built upon their own supply lines.

Whether in terms of tactics or combat methods, they are far too singular and one-sided.

Currently, the charges or offensives of the Holy Cross Army still employ a very primitive linear attack; such a method of attack can be said to be a pure comparison of the combat power of the Cavalry and the quantity of the army's numbers.

Furthermore, there is no one to follow up.

If a wave of attacks fails to crush the enemy forces, they will fall into a very passive situation.

This way of fighting comes at a very high price, and the supplies consumed are also enormous.

Moreover, these combat plans are only suitable for small-scale legion battles.

They are fundamentally unsuitable for current large-scale legion warfare.

Especially when battles break out involving troops of over ten thousand, this way of fighting has almost no effect.

Therefore, based on these drawbacks of the Holy Cross Army's combat, Ling Chen developed new combat methods.

And these War Horses of the Holy Cross Army are an important step in his execution of the latest combat plan.

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