Chapter 89 The fleeing Rabbit general (1/2)
Chapter 89 The fleeing Rabbit general
Translator: Tchu
Editor: Hydro
Heavily breathing, Kevin’s bald head was covered with sweat, and his helmet was bent crookedly. He was already so tired that his arms were numb and aching, and he could barely lift up his claw hammer.
Next to his side were the Praetorian Guards and fourth legion; these two cavalry units were responsible for covering the rear. After successfully blocking the Odin’s pursuit twice, Kevin was so tired that he couldn’t even keep his back straight, especially after the second attack.
Seeing the Odins retreating like the tide, they watched the ground covered with corpse that they left behind.
Did these Odins stop their pursuit? The bald man frowned.
However very soon, he didn’t ponder over it anymore. The general’s order was to cover the rear and since these Odins had stopped their pursuit, it could be considered that he had completed the order.
At his side there were more than one hundred cavalry right now. After experiencing two attacks, they had ended up losing about two hundred brothers. Although the soldiers were tired and the horses worn-out, Kevin still cautiously assembled the remaining troops. Lining up in formation, they slowly separated from the battlefield, and tried to catch up to the main force in the south.
Just as Kevin took his group away, trumpets could suddenly be heard behind the pursuing Odin troops…
Did the Odins go mad? The bald man was at a loss in his mind.
General Adrick who was at the Northern frontline received the news that the rear camp was flanked by Hasting three days ago.
The credit for discovering this news so early must actually go to the rabbit general Ruhr. Before marching north, the chubby person prepared a mixed unit on the ground that stayed one day’s distance behind the main force. When he made that decision, it was purely because that chubby person had an inborn sixth sense to escape danger when it approached.
And this time, his premonition was a big help once more.
The chubby man’s army was infantry and walked very slowly, therefore the unit following at the back was even slower.
Very soon, the mixed unit discovered some Odin caribou raiders coming, and searching for signs from the south!
This discovery immediately gave the rabbit general a severe shock!
From the south?!
The Odins are unexpectedly behind us?!
This news was immediately transferred to Adrick’s force with the fastest horse.
Afterwards, Adrick didn’t delay and made the decision: March toward the south!
The battle harden Adrick understood very clear, if the rear camp was outflanked by Odins, then the only general who would dare to do something this big was their old rival who they could never beat – Hasting!
Moreover, if a terrifying enemy such as Hasting went to rear and besieged the camp,Ardrick didn’t even want to think about it!
It is not too late; the 13th Army immediately turned and headed south!
Once the speed of the cavalry adopted their quick pace, Adrick’s first idea was to catch up to the chubby Ruhr who was further in the south. According to their distances, they should be able to catch to that chubby guy in a day time.
But in fact, the 13th Army only managed to reach Ruhr’s army on the night of the second day.
What really left Adrick in admiration was that General Ruhr, who was worthy of his famous escaping skills, had discarded a large number of commodities on the road while running! Spare weapons, armor, food and large military baggage carts, even special Ballistas as well as catapults were all destroyed before thrown onto the roadside!
When Ruhr started to run, he simply fell in hysteria! This chubby fellow unexpectedly ordered the army to only carry three days worth of dry rations and basic equipment, while completely discarding all of the other things!
Using that chubby fellow’s words: In any case, if we don’t hurry back to the camp within three days, then we are all doing to die! As of the other things, throw it all way. Even clinging on to it would be worthless; therefore, there is no need for it.
When the 13th Army caught up with Ruhr, he made a request: Let the cavalry of 13th Army take the unused horses of the cavalry and give them to his men.
The 13th Army was pure cavalry, and each cavalrymen had at least two warhorses. Under Ruhr’s intense begging, Adrick reluctantly gave out 2000 horses.
Afterwards, Ruhr started his magic, and the series of actions that followed immediately proved that his nickname, “Running Rabit”, was absolutely deserved!
Still remembering the mixed unit that was following behind his main unit, they turned around and marched toward south, becoming the vanguard for the main unit! They marched at the forefront!
After Ruhr and Adrick joined forces, their speeds happened to catch up to that unit, and reassigned it to their ranks.
Moreover, that unit who was originally following behind still carried large quantities of military transports and grain carts!
Under Ruhr’s order, the soldiers of the 6th Army divided the horses from the 13th Army with astonishing speed, and assigned each to a cart. They then changed the grain carts with planks into big horse-drawn carts, and lined up two hundred into a line!
The entire process took less than two hours, and it was as if the soldiers of 6th Army were used to this kind of work.
With more than 200 big horse-drawn carts available now, the 6th Army, which was an infantry unit, improved their marching speed greatly! Several thousand infantries jumped up on the horse-drawn carts, and with the rolling wheels, they unexpectedly managed to reluctantly keep up with the cavalry’s speed!
The two hundred huge horse-drawn vehicles used 800 warhorses to pull the carts, and they could load about 3000 men on them. The remaining 1200 warhorses carried two riders each and covered another 2000 men. With everything considered, it was equal to giving over 5000 infantry units wheels and horses!
They only pity was that the horses would probably dying of exhaustion while they rushed towards their destination.
5000 men were able to ride horses or sat in a horse-drawn cart, but the remaining 5000 men of the 6th Army could only use their legs.