Chapter 493

William would never have thought that it was not Domingo hastin who really commanded the army this time, but Thain hastin.

Even what he thought was a wonderful way to break the game was not invented by Domingo. He didn't have the courage to put all his eggs in one basket, otherwise he wouldn't be just a count. But Domingo didn't, but Thain did. He is not a man who can only talk on paper. He is not bad in territorial governance or military strategy. If it weren't for his illegitimate son, the heirs of the Hastings family would have nothing to do with avi.

Of course, it's not too late.

Thain was officially recognized by Domingo at yesterday's Hastings family meeting and became a member of the Hastings family.

If there is no accident - of course, that means he can win this battle, then he is the next heist of the Hastings family.

Originally, he thought it was a sure thing, but now there was an accident that shocked the whole Hastings family.

Even Domingo hastin fell ill after hearing the news.

Thain's face was uncertain. He just stared at the urgent report in front of him and didn't speak for a long time.

"Tench was killed, the first infantry regiment was completely destroyed, Taylor was killed, the second cavalry regiment of dabion was killed and suffered heavy casualties. At present, the past kings have retreated."

The words in the urgent newspaper are very short, but the significance is extremely amazing.

Thain didn't feel at all about the death of tench. Since he saw Sean's troops in the void City, he already knew that tingqi's private army was no better than the other party. This can be seen from the battlefield over the thunder lion.

Six thousand against five thousand, the result was only two or three days. Only more than three thousand people finally fled back to roves.

If this result is acceptable to Thain, then 6000 against 3000, but 6000 people were defeated, which makes Thain unacceptable. Even if the other party has a magician and a cavalry force charging with death regardless of casualties, even if the number is twice that of the other party, at least it should be an orderly retreat rather than a great rout!

However, the fact is that only nearly 4000 of the 6000 people fled back, while the other party only suffered nearly 1000 casualties.

The war damage ratio of two to one seems nothing, but the problem is that there are only 3000 people on the other side!

Thain forced himself to be calm.

After several deep breaths, he finally suppressed his resentment after reading the urgent report. He originally wanted to rely on the support of the second dabion cavalry regiment, and then assemble the whole army in his own side to attack William's commander's army and use the encirclement tactics of front and back attack. However, now the second dabion cavalry regiment has withdrawn from the battle, and he can only use the 10000 people left in his hand. Thain is still a little helpless.

In fact, as long as the second cavalry regiment of dabion does not retreat, but insists on returning aid, Thain is 100% sure that he can keep William and Sean. As long as these two people are left, the war is won by tingqi. He can recover them all whether roves or other regions fall in the end. But he also knew that his father could bring the second cavalry regiment of dabion to participate in the war with panda this time. Of course, it was because of the influence of Duke nugus that he allowed the royal family to acquiesce in this behavior. Otherwise, how could his father mean to use this army to participate in the war between nobles?

You know, the second cavalry regiment of dabion represents the army of the kingdom of dabion!

An army officially established by the kingdom is involved in the contradictory war between the two nobles. Is this to start the national war?

Therefore, once the casualties of the second cavalry regiment of dabion were too large, the army would choose to withdraw from the dispute between the two nobles. But Thain didn't expect that things would come so quickly, and even Taylor died on the battlefield, which was a heavy blow to the Hastings family.

Because now there is only one golden strongman left in the Hastings family.

Once even the golden strongman dies, the war will not have to be fought.

Because as long as the other party has the courage to adopt the beheading tactics and successfully kill his commander, the army he commands will completely fall into the chaos of losing the commander. With William's command ability, Thain believed that an army without a commander could not pose any threat even if the number was large.

Maybe others don't dare to take the risk of beheading tactics, because any commander with not outstanding personal strength will certainly have an elite guard group around him. This guard group is used to prevent beheading tactics. The stronger the strength of the army, the stronger the guard around the commander will be. However, Thain knew that in the war between the southern part of dabion and the Principality of Ryan, the two sides invested a total of 13 holy domain strongmen. Only the Marquis had four holy domain strongmen around her to protect. Coupled with the thunder front she personally trained, there was no way to implement the so-called beheading tactics.

If it was tens of thousands of years ago, the personal strength of the strong was really invincible, but in this era, if someone still thinks that the strong can come and go freely in the army and kill as much as they want, then this person must be an idiot. If that's the case, how can major countries cultivate any military, how can they engage in an arms race, and how can there be such military class distinctions as elite and ace?

Those who will take the risk of beheading tactics are those who have great courage and decide to put all their eggs in one basket. If the military gap between the two sides is not too large, no commander is willing to take the risk of beheading tactics. But Thain is very clear that once he loses the protection of the golden strongman sent to him by the Hastings family, William will not hesitate to use the beheading tactics to quickly end the battle.

Without him, the other party has three inferior gold giants, and they are still very strong.

If only one, Thain is not afraid. After all, the 1000 guards around him are not vegetarian. But three, the result is completely different.

Of course, if Thain knew that Sean was not only surrounded by three people, but also that once he joined menzo and anno, the number of gold strong people would surge to seven, and one of them was a real strong person who half stepped into the holy land, he would not hesitate to surrender.

Do you still need to fight this kind of war?

The so-called war between nobles will break out only when the high-end combat forces owned by each other can almost check and balance each other.

Once the high-end combat power of one side is strong enough to break the balance, the war will not break out at all.

But even if Thain doesn't know that Sean has an ally like Florence, his pressure is still very great.

He reached out and rubbed his face. Thain's face looked very tired, because he suddenly found himself in a desperate feeling. He knows very well that he has actually entered a dead end. At present, there is almost no way to solve this situation. Although it seems that he has an advantage, in fact, with the passage of time, his advantage will only become smaller and smaller until he has no resistance in the end.

"Report!"

Just then, a rough roar suddenly interrupted Thain's thinking.

"What's up?"

"The enemy has abandoned the camp and withdrawn towards the northwest."

"What?" Thain was suddenly surprised. At this moment, he immediately understood that the other party must have received the news that tench and Taylor died and the second cavalry regiment of dabion withdrew from the war, "order immediately and attack the whole army!"

Soon, Thain's orders spread to all corners of the camp. Teams of soldiers immediately began to gather and then left the camp behind their captain.

This time, the army started very fast. They even chose to attack without cleaning up the camp.

Although others in the army secretly speculated about such an urgent March, under the constraints of their respective captains, the army has always maintained a marching array. Only from this point of view, it can be seen that the basic strength and foundation of this army are still there, which is not as bad as the outside world thinks. However, since it is an urgent March, it will certainly have some impact on physical strength, especially if the time of the urgent March is long, it will even have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the army.

But for now, even if he knows these problems, Thain has no choice.

Because once William and steel wings meet, Thain knows that 10000 people alone can't win each other. What's more, he didn't believe that a cunning man like William would not let the thunder lion give up its original attack target and rush to his side. At that time, once caught up by the thunder lion, he will be surrounded by the front and back attacks.

To this end, no matter what price he pays, he must take William as the commander-in-chief!

Fortunately, this extremely wasteful rush did not last long. It was only three hours. Thain had caught up with William's commander-in-chief.

The two sides had an encounter on a mountain.

As soon as he saw the other party's army, Thain calmed down immediately. Instead of ordering him to move on, he asked the army to put in a continuous formation and then began to rest in place. In fact, the three-hour rapid march has begun to affect the combat effectiveness of the army. Therefore, if this army is not allowed to recover its strength, it will be of no help even if it has 10000 people once the battle breaks out.

However, almost when the whole army began to rest in place, Thain always felt that something seemed wrong.

Because he found that the number of troops in William's commander-in-chief army seemed to be less than he remembered.

But who are missing?

Thain's eyebrows frowned. He knew that he was still in a hurry this time. He didn't send a reconnaissance ranger in front. However, since the current situation is so, it's useless to regret. It's better to calm down and solve the battle.

Since twice the number of people can't eat your army, it's up to you to fight five times this time!

Almost as soon as this idea appeared, Thain's face changed in an instant!

Because he knew who the missing soldiers were.

Rena and her cavalry!