Chapter 179: Surprise Attack on Huming City (2)

March 8, 290 AD of the Britannia Empire.

11:37 am.

On a plain somewhere 110 miles south of Kalanya.

The 6,000 cavalry team responsible for the surprise attack on Huming City were resting on this small plain.

This cavalry army totaling 6,000 people, in order not to let the spies lurking around Kalanya detect them, so they set off quietly late last night under the cover of darkness.

After leaving Kalania, this surprise attack force began to rush south!

From last night to now, I have only rested for less than 7 hours.

Riding a horse is a far more tiring task than you think, let alone running at such a high speed.

Even though these 6,000 people were the elite of the 150,000-strong army, under such a high-intensity and high-speed attack, they were still so tired that they all suffered from backache.

Albert, who has experienced hundreds of battles, naturally knows that the current 6,000 cavalry have reached their limit and are in urgent need of rest!

By the way, it happened to be lunch time at noon, so just now, Albert ordered the entire army to rest and have lunch by the way.

This small plain was already filled with soldiers from the surprise attack team.

Each cavalryman silently ate the dry food they carried.

Except for the sound of chewing and the "gurgling" of drinking water, there was no other sound in the entire plain.

No one spoke.

Everyone was chewing dry food silently and recovering their strength.

They are all the elites of the entire army, and anyone picked out at random is a veteran who has experienced several, or even dozens of battles.

Therefore, they all know how stupid it is to chat and talk during breaks and meals.

Chat and talk while eating and resting. This will not delay your eating time, but may even delay your resting time.

When resting or eating, just close your mouth, rest and eat well, and recover as much strength as possible.

For their high-speed, long-distance running battle, it was even more important to close their mouths and take a good rest to recover their strength during breaks.

Enli also participated in this surprise attack.

At the military meeting last night, Iser also named 15 knights and asked these 15 knights to assist Albert in carrying out the surprise attack on Huming City.

And Enli was one of the 15 knights named.

Last night, Albert also simply assigned 15 knights, including Enli, to the troops they were responsible for.

The 6,000 cavalry who participated in this surprise attack were evenly divided by Albert into 15 small units, each of which consisted of 400 people. Each of these 15 knights, including Enli, was responsible for managing a small unit.

In order to facilitate management and command, Albert numbered these 15 small units and organized them into Team 1, Team 2, Team 3... and so on.

Enli is responsible for managing and commanding Team 7.

At this time, Enli was sitting on a small rock, munching dry food silently, while the 400 soldiers of the 7th team he was responsible for rested around him.

Enli was gnawing on dry food and stroking his belly.

——To be precise, he was stroking the wound he had suffered in the Battle of Iron's Ferry a few months ago.

During the Battle of Iron's Ferry, he was stabbed with a hole in his abdomen by the tip of a spear. Although a few months later, the wound had healed, it was still not healed.

Ever since he got on his horse and started running at high speed last night, Enli gradually felt a stinging pain from the newly healed wound on his abdomen.

Enli, who was touching the wound on his abdomen, smiled bitterly, and then thought to himself:

It seems...it is still very reluctant to drag a body that has not yet recovered to carry out such a high-intensity battle...

However, although Enli said this in his heart, he had no intention of backing down.

After voluntarily signing up to participate in this "Spring Awakening" offensive, he has already made up his mind not to back down no matter what happens!

In order to have even a few more seconds of rest, Enli ate dry food faster.

The dry food carried by the surprise attack force was a special flatbread from the Britannian Empire army.

This kind of cake was affectionately called "brick cake" by the soldiers of the Britannia Empire.

Because this cake is as thick as a brick.

However, although the "brick cake" is very thick, its size is very small, about the same size as a person's fist.

The advantage of "brick cake" is that in addition to its small size, it also has extremely high calories!

Eat about half a piece and you'll be almost full.

However, while it has such obvious advantages, "Brick Cake" also has very fatal shortcomings.

That's just unpalatable.

"Brick cake" is not only tasteless, but also very dry. It is basically difficult to swallow it without water.

It has no taste and is very dry.

The most outrageous thing is that the "brick cake" is very hard!

The reason why this kind of cake is called "brick cake" is not just because it is very thick.

Also because it's hard.

When chewing "brick cake", you have to work hard to chew it.

Everyone who has eaten the "brick cake" will feel that his jaw and teeth are so tired...

Therefore, the fatal shortcomings of "brick cake" have always made it the most hated food for the soldiers of the Britannia Empire.

Generally, people only eat "brick cake" when they are about to starve to death.

In this "Huming City Surprise Attack Operation", the most important thing is speed and concealment.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to carry baggage.

Therefore, everyone, including Albert, no matter how reluctant they were, could only take this "brick cake" that was easy to carry, high in calories, and tasted everything except unpalatable.

Until the capture of Huming City, in the past few days, everyone in the surprise attack force could only eat this kind of "pig food" that would only be touched when they starved to death...

In order to finish lunch as soon as possible and have more time to rest, Enli started chewing "brick cakes".

The 400 soldiers of Team 7 surrounding Enli couldn't help but feel a bit of respect in their hearts when they saw him chewing "brick cakes".

You can actually give this to pigs, and enjoy the food so much that pigs may not eat!

Some soldiers even silently raised the water bottles in their hands, "raised their glasses" to Enli with a serious look on their faces, and then took a big sip.

That look seemed to say: "You are a warrior!"

Enli may have never dreamed that his act of eating "brick cakes" would actually gain the respect of the 400 soldiers in his charge...

After frowning, gritting his teeth, chewing and swallowing the last bit of "brick cake" in his mouth, Enli quickly closed his eyes and began to rest with his eyes closed, trying to regain as much strength as possible.

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Surprise attack force, this formation.

Albert was frowning slightly and looking at the map in his hand.

Looking at the map in his hand, Albert nodded slightly, and then murmured:

"Very good...just keep this speed..."

Just from the introduction, you can tell how difficult this surprise attack on Huming City was.

The distance from Kalania to Huming City is 800 miles.

Albert will lead this surprise attack force to complete the 800 miles within 4 days.

On average, I run 200 miles a day.

Even if there are one person and three horses, and each cavalryman is the best among the best, it is still very difficult to run 200 miles a day.

Fortunately, so far, the speed of the surprise attack force has reached the standard.

From last night's departure to now, minus the time spent sleeping and resting, I have run 110 miles.

When he thought of this, Albert felt relieved.

As long as you continue to maintain this pace, you can complete 800 miles in 4 days! On the night of March 12th, we arrived at Huming City!

It's just that... this will be a disaster for all the soldiers and horses involved in the surprise attack.

I have to run 200 miles every day for four consecutive days. Such a high-intensity and high-speed attack would be too much for even the elite cavalry on horseback, not to mention the horses responsible for running.

Looking at the cavalry around him who were sitting on the ground with tired faces, Albert's eyes flashed with a bit of unbearability.

However, this intolerance was quickly suppressed by him.

Although this surprise attack is so harsh and cruel, it must be done!

After all, this "Spring Awakening" offensive will be an important battle related to the future national destiny of the two countries.

If the "Spring Awakening" offensive is to succeed, then the "Huming City Surprise Attack" must succeed!

The surprise attack on Huming City... must be successful! !

While Albert was yelling like this in his heart, he stared at the small black dot on the map marked "Huming City".

It felt like the next second, the small black dot marked "Huming City" on the map would be burned through by Albert's fiery sight.