Chapter 641: Cutting the Long-Range Force's Aorta
A few days later, in Minangka.
The scouts sent out were reporting the location of the barbarian army to Mo Cheng. The barbarians were not without talents who understood military affairs, and the location where the barbarian army was stationed at this time eliminated Mo Cheng's intention of launching a night attack or a surprise attack.
Although the total number of the barbarian army exceeded 100,000, a considerable number of them were slaves doing transportation work and auxiliary troops.
At the same time, not all of the barbarian troops were gathered together. A considerable number of them were advancing towards nearby villages and cities.
There was no need for Mo Cheng to follow them, he knew that this group of barbarian troops planned to collect food and fodder on the spot.
After all, when conducting legion warfare in other countries, supply is an absolutely troublesome problem. In order to alleviate the pressure of food and grass, the simplest solution is to defeat the enemy with food.
Mo Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly and asked the adjutant in a low voice, "How much food do we have left?"
In order to set off as quickly as possible, Mo Cheng ordered the dragon cavalry to travel light, discard all their luggage, and only carry a few days' worth of dry food in addition to their weapons.
This approach directly increased the marching to the limit. Combined with the recovery and speed provided by Mo Cheng's several haloes, the Dragon Cavalry encountered the barbarian army five days earlier than originally planned.
If we follow the Quartermaster Department's instructions to wait until all food and fodder are collected before setting out, it will take at least a month, and by that time the barbarian army will be in even greater trouble.
Mo Cheng did not forget who was behind the barbarian army, the god of blood sacrifice, Elrod.
Once the army is satisfied and starts slaughtering people in Minanka to form a blood sacrifice, there is no need for the barbarians to capture the city. As long as they massacre the villages and towns along the way, when they meet again in more than a month, the enemy will definitely give them a [surprise].
The adjutant who was temporarily promoted did not hesitate and did not need to calculate, because he had been calculating how much food was left by the soldiers.
"Two days. If we eat sparingly, we might be able to last three days."
The reason why there was so much food left over was because the dragon riding beasts were strong enough to carry loads, allowing them to bring more food and fodder before setting off.
Mo Cheng nodded. It was not surprising for him to see that there were not many supplies left. His soldiers would have to go without food the day after tomorrow, but he did not seem panicked.
This does not conflict with the previously determined plan. As long as we win, we can just take the supplies directly from the enemy.
"You take 5,000 men and stay here to monitor the barbarian army. I will take 5,000 men to eat the barbarians who have left the army."
It is obviously unrealistic to lead 10,000 people to charge towards the barbarian army. To put it bluntly, after a few charges, he would probably be the only one left.
When he played F2A, he was ensuring that he could win, and he didn't care about the losses caused by a full-scale charge. However, in this situation, a full-scale charge would obviously be a way to [seek abuse] rather than [win].
He struck at them piecemeal, knocking down the barbarian army, which far outnumbered him, a little at a time, and ate them in small bites several times.
He didn't expect to complete the task in one go; that was unrealistic.
At the same time, another point is that the barbarians who left the main force obviously went to the nearby villages and towns to carry out [collection].
On the way here, Mo Cheng had already found out about Minanka's attitude towards the barbarian army.
That is, there is no attitude. Minanka is controlled by the noble alliance at this time. The interests of each noble and the families behind them are different. Some of them plan to kill the barbarians with a borrowed knife, and some are determined not to let them pass through their territory.
There are even some who plan to collude with the barbarians secretly in an attempt to keep the enemy at bay.
However, the military forces in the hands of various nobles were all concentrated in the cities and territories they actually controlled. They knew very well that other nobles would not be so kind to help. Once the military forces in their hands weakened, their own interests would also decline.
Therefore, the only defensive forces in those villages and towns are sheriffs and patrol teams.
They were absolutely unable to resist the invasion and extortion of the barbarian armies.
And this is exactly what Mo Cheng wanted. The high school knowledge that had not yet been fully returned to the teacher was telling him that if he wanted to restore Andair, then in addition to a strong army, there was one thing that could not be avoided - [people's hearts].
In order not to harm their own interests, the noble alliance chose to ignore the actions of the barbarian army and abandoned the villages and towns that should have been protected by them.
Then when those villages and towns are about to be breached, Mo Cheng will come out to save the people from danger and water. After being contrasted with the guys from the Noble Alliance, the people will naturally know who to follow.
Mo Cheng did not expect that a single rescue operation would be enough to get everyone to respond when Andel launched a counterattack, and countless villages and towns responded one after another.
That's unrealistic. From ancient times to the present, people have always followed whoever wins. Mo Cheng just hopes that when Andel counterattacks, those people can be more stable.
Just as he was thinking about it, the scout came back and reported that he had discovered a small part of the barbarian army besieging a village.
Finding a high ground, Mo Cheng looked at the villages and towns in the distance where war had already broken out. The barbarians were trying to break through the fragile line of defense formed by the village and town's defensive forces.
Mo Cheng saw it very clearly. The military discipline of the barbarians who besieged the village could not be said to be a complete mess, but it could be said to be completely non-existent.
The infantry stood in front of the cavalry with weapons in hand. There was no soundproofing for the horses, and there was even reason to suspect that some of the cavalry's horses were poor horses, which were constantly moving back and forth under the huge noise, dispersing their own camp.
At the same time, the cavalry also stood in front of the archers. Even the archers were not on high ground, but standing on the flat road, and their vision was completely blocked by the cavalry.
It gives people the feeling that the commander is completely incompetent and the whole team is in chaos.
But for Mo Cheng, the chaos among the barbarians was a great opportunity for him.
"Encircle from three sides, charge at full speed, and crush those unprotected archers as soon as possible."
The archers who had no infantry blocking them and whose backs were facing this side were the perfect straw for the cavalry.
The barbarian commander, who was cursing at the unfavorable attack and vowing to massacre the entire town, suddenly felt the ground shaking.
At the same time, he suddenly felt a strong murderous intent approaching from behind him. He quickly turned around and saw a horrifying scene.
Behind his troops, thousands of cavalry were launching a devastating charge towards them.
Mo Cheng directly activated [The Speedy Walker], and during the activation period, friendly forces gained a double bonus to their movement speed, and in an instant the charge speed of the dragon riders was increased to a higher level.
However, the result of this improvement was that in the first round of charge, the barbarian long-range troops were hit directly in the artery and were completely destroyed.
