Chapter 1948: No Way to Escape

The Cavalry unit Harris sent to attack the Resistance Army's Artillery Unit was completely wiped out.

Yet, what they traded for was an attack that yielded no results.

The Resistance Army's Artillery Unit still maintained an offensive posture.

Through his Telescope, Harris observed the last of Harris's Cavalry being eliminated by Nashadier's Resistance Army.

The Resistance Army's Artillery Unit remained completely unscathed.

Seeing that the operation he commanded had failed and had also cost him a Cavalry unit, Harris's expression did not flicker in the slightest; he was not even particularly concerned.

Any change on the battlefield is normal; this was merely a failure in command, and if one continues to dwell on such failures, the subsequent battles will become exceptionally difficult.

They are very likely to face even greater crises.

Harris calmly and coolly analyzed the impact the loss of this Cavalry unit would have on the frontal battlefield.

With the Cavalry unit lost, the pressure on the frontal battlefield would certainly increase.

However, because of the previous attack, Nashadier's troops had also shifted their forces, committing more troops to surround Harris's Cavalry.

Just a moment ago, there was a major change in the deployment of forces on the battlefield.

Nashadier's troops were missing their frontal assault units, and their defensive strength had also become weak.

Observing this, Harris immediately ordered: "Break through their defenses, do not give them any chance to counterattack!"

Following Harris's order, their troops immediately launched a total offensive against Nashadier's troops.

Taking advantage of this opening, Harris's Musket units, Artillery Unit, Cavalry units, and Infantry units—all soldiers launched the most violent attack.

They attempted to crush Nashadier's troops in one fell swoop by relying on a powerful offensive.

The people who made up Harris's troops included quite a few so-called villains, but under Harris's leadership, they actually erupted with quite powerful combat strength.

Under this wave of violent attacks, Nashadier's troops suffered heavy casualties, the situation reversed, and the advantage they had built gradually turned into a disadvantage.

Watching the changes in the situation on the battlefield, Nashadier sighed; this was still with him having the advantage of an ambush, yet he was fighting Harris's troops to this extent.

If Harris were to launch a surprise attack, the outcome of this battle would truly be uncertain.

Regardless, Harris's command ability is worthy of the title of Valhalla Commander.

Being able to organize a group of diverse people into such a unit with combat power not inferior to their own is enough to prove his excellence.

Nashadier affirmed Harris's command ability.

Up to this point, he still very much wanted to bring Harris under his command, or at least cooperate.

But with the battle having reached this stage, if a winner is not decided, he will not have captured Harris.

I fear everything will be too late; having thought of this, Nashadier continued to issue orders, adjusting his combat troops: "All troops, listen to the order: retreat while fighting!"

This was a plan made long ago.

All previous attacks were just for Harris to see.

Nashadier was very clear and understood that they did not have the advantage in troop numbers.

A trap as unexpected as a Landmine, having been used once against the French troops, would likely not be of much use if used against Harris again.

Therefore, Nashadier had not intended to use Landmines to crush Harris's troops in one go just now.

Although the explosion of the Landmines just now caused great obstruction to Harris's troops, it did not cause any casualties.

Harris's troops had long been prepared for Landmines.

Therefore, in the previous wave of attacks, Nashadier's troops did not hurt Harris's troops much.

Everything before this belonged to the attrition of Harris's troops.

Now the gap between the two sides has become very small.

Under Harris's offensive,

Nashadier's troops were beaten into retreat; although they retreated, they were not crushed by such combat.

After they retreated a certain distance, they arrived at the three-way junction of this pass.

After retreating here, Nashadier's troops finally stopped retreating and were instead prepared to begin an attack.

When Harris attacked to this point, he also suddenly discovered that the situation was not right!

This place was blocked by another hill.

The hill was not high, but it split the road.

Nashadier's troops dispersed to the roads on both sides of the hill.

As for the situation on top of and behind this hill, Harris was completely unaware.

Just at this moment, giant boulders rolled down from the top of the hill.

Watching the rolling boulders, Harris's troops fled in a panic, while the position where Nashadier's troops were sitting was exactly where the rolling stones could not attack.

Harris's troops were unable to dodge in time and were smashed into disarray by the rolling boulders.

The unit was split into several groups.

And just at this moment, the ambush battle of Nashadier's troops finally began.

On top of the hill, many of Nashadier's troops appeared, and the number of cannons was even more shocking.

Boom, boom, boom!

Nashadier's troops fired violent artillery fire toward Harris's troops; under the attack of these cannons,

their troops encountered an extremely violent assault.

Harris watched the artillery offensive pouring down; even the calmest general would have already sensed that things were going poorly.

With so many cannons attacking, his troops were finished.

Cannonballs bloomed within his troops.

Their retreat route had already been sealed off by Nashadier's troops, who had flanked them from both sides.

They had nowhere left to escape!

Just as the second wave of Cannon fire began, Nashadier ordered a halt and walked out from his troops.

Looking at Harris, who was covered in soot and looking disheveled from the bombardment, he shouted coldly: "Harris, I don't think you want to watch your own troops vanish in the Cannon fire, do you?"

"I can give you a chance; as long as you surrender, I can spare them."

"Believe me, this proposal is profitable for you!"

"They are all Egyptian, I will not make things difficult for them, and you also know that my true goal is to defeat the French and drive them out of here!"

"If you continue to resist, you will gain nothing."

"What do you think?"

Harris leaned on his sword and limped out from his troops; he had been severely wounded under the previous Cannon bombardment.

Following his appearance, the two armies paused the battle.

Harris looked at Nashadier coldly and said in a deep voice: "I acknowledge your ability, and I believe what you say, but your status was conferred by the Longyan."

"The Egyptian people cannot be under your leadership!"

Nashadier looked at the longsword in his hand, which was engraved with the French emblem, and said indifferently: "Is the thing in your hand something that belongs to us Egyptian people?"

"What the Longyan give us is aid!"

"Harris, I have already proven my ability to you; I can lead the Egyptian people to defeat any colonizer. My rank of General was conferred by the Longyan, but if the Longyan army wants to colonize Egypt!"

"Then, I will declare war on the Longyan!"

"This is the promise I have made!"

"If you feel that in the future I betray this promise, you can use the sword in your hand to kill me at any time!"

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