Chapter 914: El's Counterattack (Part 1)

After hearing what the messenger said, El did not show any panic on his face, nor did he nod his head quickly to say "Okay, I will lead my troops to retreat immediately."

Instead, he asked the messenger in a deep voice:

"How many enemy troops attacked the combat troops' camp?"

The messenger did not expect El to ask him this question.

"Wait a minute, Bernard!" The messenger said to El urgently, "At this time, this kind of question is not important at all, right? You should lead your troops to retreat quickly! If you wait for the Britannian cavalry to come, it will be too late!"

"No." El shook his head, "There is no rush to retreat, you should first tell me how many Britannian troops are attacking."

"This..."

Seeing that El could not be persuaded, the messenger could only sigh helplessly, and then told El the information he knew one by one.

"I don't know much about the specific information."

"I only know that the attacking enemy is all cavalry, with a total strength of more than 2,000."

"The combat effectiveness of this attacking cavalry team is extremely amazing. Not only is it extremely strong in close combat, it also has the ability to shoot on horseback."

"Shooting on horseback?" El frowned slightly.

"That's right. They kept harassing our army's gun formation with horseback shooting, causing chaos in our army's gun formation, and then launched a charge at our already chaotic gun formation, completely defeating our army's formation."

After saying this, the messenger began to shiver as if he remembered something terrible.

"Horse archery harassment..." El murmured, "The Huns' Alti tactics... When did the Britannia Empire have a cavalry unit that can use Alti tactics? Does this cavalry unit have any conspicuous signs? For example, the style of the armor is completely different from that of ordinary soldiers."

"Yes!" The messenger nodded quickly, "Although the armor of this cavalry unit is also black, the style of the armor is completely different from that of ordinary soldiers."

"In addition to the different style of armor from ordinary soldiers, each of them is also wearing a dark purple cloak."

"Dark purple cloak?"

-Dark purple cloak... This cavalry unit,

Maybe it is a special unit recently established by the Britannia Empire, with dark purple cloaks as exclusive equipment...

-Dark purple cloaks... What a distinctive unit.

After silently memorizing this unit wearing dark purple cloaks in his heart, El asked the messenger again:

"Do you know any other information?"

As soon as El finished speaking, the messenger shook his head.

"That's all the information I know."

"If you insist on asking me what else I know, then I only know that the Britannia cavalry is coming."

After that, the messenger once again said to El earnestly:

"First Bernard, lead the troops to retreat quickly."

"Now the combat troops have been defeated."

"There is no troop in front that can stop this cavalry."

"Commander Nikita has given a death order: the logistics troops must retreat, and as many people as possible should escape."

At this point, the messenger paused as if he remembered something.

Then he continued:

"By the way, First Bernard, Commander Nikita specifically asked me to pass on a message to you."

"Commander Nikita? Pass it to me?" El asked in confusion.

"Yes."

The messenger cleared his throat and reported Nikita's message to El word by word.

"Captain Nikita said: 'I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. If only I could listen to the advice of the younger generation with an open mind. El, you must live.'"

After hearing what Nikita asked the messenger to convey to him, El was slightly stunned.

Then he smiled bitterly with a helpless look on his face.

After a moment of silence, El waved to the messenger.

"...I know, you go down first."

"Yes! Bernard, please lead your troops to retreat quickly!"

After giving El a final word of advice, the messenger left the tent.

After the messenger left, Kuci, who had been standing aside and listening to the messenger's report quietly, hurried forward a few steps and said to El urgently:

"Bernard, let's retreat without delay!"

Kuci thought El would nod and say "Well, okay, let's retreat."

But--no.

El ignored Kuci's words just now, but raised his head and sighed softly.

"Su Cheng's army is really full of talented people and generals."

El sighed.

"This Deng Jiaer is also a famous general who should not be underestimated."

"The use of cavalry is admirable."

Although he was far behind and did not go to the front battlefield, El roughly guessed how Deng Jiaer launched a surprise attack on their combat troops' camp.

"Today's battle will definitely go down in history."

"This is a battle that maximizes the mobility of cavalry."

"First retreat in large numbers to make the enemy relax and make them think that they can't defeat them for a while."

"Then we used the mobility of the cavalry to the fullest, launched a rapid attack, and covered the distance between the two armies in a very short time, catching the enemy off guard."

"This Deng Jiaer is really amazing."

As soon as El finished speaking, his adjutant, Kuci, said anxiously:

"Sir El! Now is not the time to express admiration for the enemy's ability? There is no one in front who can stop Deng Jiaer! Deng Jiaer and her cavalry are coming soon! Let's run away quickly!"

"Yeah, that's true."

El nodded.

"There is no one in front who can stop Deng Jiaer."

"But if Deng Jiaer continues to charge like this, it will not be a solution. This will cause great damage to the entire army."

"Even if we retreat quickly, our logistics troops lack enough horses, so no matter how we calculate, there is not enough time. The number of people who can successfully escape is definitely less than one-third."

"After all, two feet cannot outrun the four hooves of a warhorse."

"There is no way..."

El looked a little distressed and raised his hand to scratch his hair.

"I will fight Deng Jiaer here."

Silence...

As soon as El finished speaking, the whole tent became extremely quiet.

It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a long silence, Kuci, who thought he had heard something wrong, picked his ears and asked El carefully:

"Bernard, wait, what did you say just now?"

"I just said: I will fight Deng Jiaer here." El repeated what he just said.

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