I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 78 The Red Dragon's Arrow

On the third day after the breakout plan was implemented,
It was 3 a.m.

Southeast of the Berne Territory, on the Cornish coast.

In the distance, the stark silhouette of the San Maias Mountains silently overlooked this frozen battlefield.

The dark seawater, tinged with deep red streaks, was pushed towards the Cornish coast with each wave.

Under the dull and sweltering night,
The menacing forest of guns thundered forward, trampling over the broken corpses of lightly armored infantrymen and the shattered spears of the Macedonian phalanx!

"Formation deployed!"

"Advance diagonally!"

With a command issued from the center of the formation,
Within the phalanx formation, regimental commanders, brigade commanders, and company commanders, each wearing feathered helmets, brandished their weapons, using spears, swords, and arm movements to direct the formation changes.
"—Waaaaah!"

The messenger raised the bronze horn and blew two urgent notes.
next moment,
The soldiers of the phalanx, advancing in a dense formation, turned to the sides, took a step, and then straightened up, creating a gap of about half a meter. They quickly moved forward, passing the corpses of the first regiment soldiers piled up on the beach, and advanced as a whole at a 30-degree angle to the right, pressing forward with their guns raised.

If an attack is launched at this juncture of troop switching, it is possible to break through the Macedonian phalanx head-on.

but--

Dagonet gritted his teeth as he watched the opposing phalanx, which had sliced, crushed, and strangled the 2nd Light Infantry Regiment like a scalpel.
Seeing the Second Battle Group soldiers who had lost their will to fight in front of that monster legion, but were unable to retreat due to the cavalry behind them, and could only helplessly wait for their deaths.

finally,
He could only close his eyes, take two heavy breaths, and then, in a deep voice, give the order:

"Order the 3rd and 4th Infantry Regiments to advance!"

Within just half an hour, the First Regiment had suffered 30% casualties, with countless others seriously wounded. Even the supervising cavalry were barely able to suppress desertions, forcing Dagonit to withdraw the First Regiment and replace it with the Second Regiment.
However, the second light infantry regiment was easily defeated in less than half an hour, even worse than the first regiment. The first regiment at least reached the flank of the square formation and launched two attacks on the flank of the square formation's cavalry and light infantry. Although both attacks were broken up and neutralized by the cavalry, they were eventually crushed by three 1,000-man light infantry regiments that followed.

In order to quickly organize a combat-ready force from the routed troops, Dagonet redistributed the eight infantry regiments, assembling armor, shields, and rifles from 22,000 soldiers and concentrating them on more than 4,000 veterans from the First and Second Regiments.

Only then could they barely organize two legions capable of forming a 'tortoise shell formation' and a 'chopstick formation' similar to the Macedonian phalanx.

In the era of cold weapons, only those who could form military formations could be called an army.

Those that can't form a battle formation, can't understand commands, and can only rush forward in a chaotic swarm, are called "line-filling babies."

Given the national situation, most British soldiers are currently just filler soldiers, similar to mercenaries, whose role is to fill in the gaps during fights.

This group was originally planned to be used as laborers and logistical support, and would be used later—Suya's original plan included using the canyon terrain behind the coast and in front of the Saint Maias Mountains to block the enemy's pursuit.

but now.
Dagonet was filled with nothing but despair.

He didn't know what unexpected situation Suya had encountered that prevented them from completing their guerrilla plan within the planned time.

Although most of the Seleucid cavalry had been lured away by Suya's plan, if Suya could not return here under his constructed triangular guerrilla strategy, and if there was no powerful cavalry regiment to charge the flanks of the Macedonian phalanx and break through the legion,

So, what awaits them here...
Only when imprisoned by the ever-shrinking encirclement after dawn, they become like birds trapped in a cage, falling to the ground.

"call"

Dagonit exhaled deeply, slowly drawing his ceremonial sword from his waist with his right hand and a dagger from his waist with his left. His expression grave, he looked at the enemy's phalanx and addressed the several cavalry officers in the oversight team:

"The scouts and charioteers who were luring the enemy from the northern front are now to cancel all their missions and join me in a final assault. The third and fourth regiments will take over the equipment from the first and second regiments and confront the square formation head-on. The remaining four regiments are ordered to move freely in 20 columns, while the entire army will launch a flanking attack to protect the flanks of the square formation!"

Tell everyone—

"Running away is fine, but if you still want to return to your hometown and live, then obey this royal decree!"

In the final moments,

Dagonit, who had never received the king's decree, issued the order instead of Sua's, an order that should have been given when the victory horn was sounded.

A resolute and ferocious glint flashed in his eyes. Suya's plan was far too merciful; it was a plan designed to bring as many people as possible out of the encirclement.

This is a gift from the king, but it is not a plan approved by the generals who are loyal to the king.

At that moment, Dagonet finally made his decision—

He didn't know why Suya was delayed in returning to provide assistance, but as long as that monster Lukan was still by his side, Suya's safety could be guaranteed, and at the very least, Suya could return.

And he,

Here, we must risk the lives of all our soldiers to pave a bloody path for the king to ascend the throne!
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It was 3:20 a.m.

On the Cornish coast swallowed by night,

"kill!"

With a roar, the entire British legion charged forward!
More than 10,000 lightly armored infantrymen, dressed in rags and with tattered armor, surged towards the well-organized Macedonian army like a tidal wave of rusty iron!

The reorganized Third and Fourth Battle Regiments launched the first attack, charging forward with crudely made wooden shields, colliding with the foremost forest of guns.
Followed by,

A cavalry force of over a thousand men, led by Dagonit, formed a wedge-shaped formation and launched a suicidal charge against the comrades cavalry who were waiting in battle on the left flank!
On the left and right flanks were over ten thousand British soldiers, some wading through the seawater, others charging straight into the coconut groves.
They roared and charged forward in a chaotic, disorganized manner, so much so that they might even trip up their own men!
From the enemy's perspective, the scene at this moment was filled with British soldiers rushing forward in a frenzy, which looked quite intimidating.

But what awaited them was Macedonia's ruthless strangulation machine.

Three detachments of a thousand-man infantrymen guarding the flanks of the legion maintained impeccable formations, closely packed around the phalanx. They advanced in shifts, row upon row, thrusting their longswords or spears and raising their shields like emotionless machines.

Like harvesting wheat, they cut down wave after wave of charging soldiers, stepping over corpses as the army advanced.

But this formation quickly collapsed.
Faced with such a huge disparity in numbers,
As more and more frenzied soldiers rushed forward, the increasing number of corpses and the crowded space allowed the Britons to leap down from the 'mountain' of corpses and carve into the battle formation like monsters.

There was no need for Dagonet to say more; all the soldiers here knew that they had no way out, and even if they surrendered, they would face an even more tragic fate.

On the contrary, a king like Suya, who wanted to keep them alive as much as possible, was an anomaly among anomalies!
at this time,

Left wing of the battlefield

Dagonit's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the thousand or so cavalrymen charging towards him.

"drive!"

He spurred his warhorse, unleashing his combat skills, and was carried high into the air by the horse. As the spearhead of the cavalry formation, he crashed into the wedge formation, constantly wielding his sword and dagger, taking away one life after another.

The two cavalry forces clashed instantly, intersecting and charging towards each other.

Dagonet glanced at the knights who were now less than half their original number, his pupils trembling slightly.
Despite breaking through the cavalry, sending fewer than five hundred men to charge the flank of the square formation was tantamount to sending the remaining knights to their deaths.

But this was the only chance to break through the Macedonian phalanx.

Soon, Dagnet gripped the ceremonial sword tightly, now only the hilt was missing, turned his horse around, raised the hilt high, and took a deep breath.

He roared and issued his final command:
"The Royal Guard Knights—"

"On my command, all men, draw your swords!"

"Continue the charge towards the flank of the phalanx!"

And just as the words fell,

"—Boom!"

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves suddenly rang out!
Knights carrying royal banners with blue backgrounds and red dragon patterns emerged from the coconut grove.
Then,

One by one, the cavalrymen galloping out of the coconut grove gradually amassed into a force of three thousand, forming a swift and powerful knightly order that swept across the battlefield.
Led by the blond knight at the head, they shot forth like an arrow tearing through the night towards dawn.
Precisely passing through the gap opened by Dagonet,
It rammed into the flank of the Macedonian phalanx!
(End of this chapter)