Chapter 1541: Edward for help
Sure enough, after the army entered the Auronic family site near the O'Donnell family's territory, the Auronic family leader Sean (meaning Irish in John) also chose to withdraw from the city to fight guerrillas.
The Alonc family has a smaller territory than the O'Donnell family, but this area of northwestern Ireland has more mountains. So, Sean took his elite and hid in the mountains. Moreover, with the support of the O'Connor family to the south, Sean's men dug a lot of caves in the mountains and hid a lot of food supplies to facilitate their long-term guerrillas.
As a result, the English army suddenly fell into trouble. The northwestern part of the island of Ireland not only has plenty of rain, but also has rugged terrain. As a result, the local mountain road became very slippery under the rain. If the infantry who were wearing straw shoes were fine, those horses would be difficult.
On the slippery mountain road, seven or eight English war horses slipped and broke their legs, making it extremely difficult for the British army to pursue the enemy.
In fact, the weak family of the Aolanke family, but the total resistance of only 1,200 people. However, because of the rugged terrain and the slippery mountain roads, it was even more difficult than the O'Donnell family.
In desperation, Edward had to order the closure of the mountain, and dispatched scouts in the towns outside the mountain. As soon as he saw the rebels that were purchasing supplies, they signaled. Then, he dispatched a large army to chase down.
However, Adler's Irish-speaking soldiers inquired the locals and learned that the enemy had purchased a large amount of supplies and transported them into the mountains.
There are not many resistance soldiers in the Aolanke family, but because there are not many, their demand for food supplies is not high. Based on the information provided by those insiders, it is estimated that the food stored by the Aolanke family is enough to resist the army for two years.
In desperation, Edward had no choice but to send soldiers and horses into several paths to search for the rebels in the mountains. At the beginning, the rebels happily resisted. After all, the British army divided the troops. They thought they had a chance.
However, Sean probably overestimated his strength. Moreover, they were very unlucky and chose two phalanxes of a 4,500-person Fourth Army. Then, Sean and his men were shot out in the mountains.
Fortunately, because of the slippery mountain road and the rain, Sean took his hands to familiarize himself with the local area and finally got rid of his opponent. But in this battle, Sean's manpower decreased by 170. This is still the reason for running fast, otherwise the loss will be greater.
The two chiefs of the Fourth Army saw the opportunity to expand the results and lead others to pursue. And in order to surround the enemy, they lit the beacon ... and did not lay eggs--because it rained, whether it was a beacon at night or the smoke of the day, they were all wiped out by the rain ...
Therefore, the two phalanxes of the Fourth Army watched the enemy escape from the forest, but could not inform the friendly army. Then, they ignited the only three-shot cannon for warning ...
Soon, a team came nearby, but they came to join the two phalanxes. By the time they arrived, the Resistance Army of the Aurang family had run away.
Not only that, the army of the O'Connor family to the south of the Orange family began to gather together, preparing to confront the British army.
The O'Connor family is very big. They are descendants of the Connaught Kingdom three hundred years ago, and they are also one of the most powerful forces in Ireland.
At the beginning, it was precisely because of the intention of the Kingdom of Connaught to annex the Kingdom of Leinster, forcing King Dermot of Leinster to seek help from England, which led to the invasion of the Norman nobles of England. Then, the Kingdom of Connaught and the Kingdom of Leinster were forced to cancel the horn.
Nowadays, the Ferdinand II of the O'Connor family, a descendant of the Connaught royal family, only dare to call himself the Duke of Connaught, not the king. If you dare to claim yourself, you can easily be beaten by soldiers in England if you can be recognized by European countries.
However, their forbearance did not eliminate the ambition of the English to annex them. No, Edward came with 27,000 troops ...
After learning of the news that the English soldiers were going to the mountains to enter the resistance of the Aolanke family, Duke of Connaught Feidimide II thought it was a good opportunity and could not wait to die.
So, he contacted the O'Reilly family and the O'Farrell family attached to the O'Connor family. The three families gathered together 1800 light cavalry and launched a surprise attack on the scattered British army ...
Then, the 1250 men in a phalanx of the English Imperial Guards under Edward was accidentally eliminated by the light cavalry.
This was probably the first time that the British army had been wiped out since Edward invaded Ireland. After hearing the news, Edward was furious and mobilized 10,000 horses in the south to pursue this enemy army. However, Edward's army is dominated by infantry, and the enemy is light cavalry, this pursuit will be gone.
Subsequently, this light cavalry sent by Feidimide II, Duke of Connaught, began a guerrilla mode. When they saw the main force of the British army, they turned around and fled, but if they saw the single infantry or the transport team, they rushed directly to a hack and killed the British army.
At this time, Adler, with 40 knights, 500 cavalry, and 1500 infantry, encircling and suppressing the Aolanke Resistance Army in the northern half of the region, was very excited and wanted to lead the army south and single out this enemy.
However, the leader of the Fourth Army Corps, Saqqara, and the Sixth Army Corps, Heinkes, stopped Adler to prevent him from taking risks.
After all, the enemy has close to 1800 cavalry. And Adler's only 40 knights and 500 Cossack cavalry can fight a little. However, there is no chance of winning more than three times the number of enemy cavalry.
Moreover, now that England is at an advantage, there is no need to fight desperately with the enemy, and it would be silly to send a non-dominant army to fight hard with the enemy.
But Adler plausibly said that the enemy's light cavalry, only Cossack can pursue. But the handsome lacks the light cavalry, and other armies can't reach the enemy light cavalry ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ So, he insisted on fighting.
Edward listened to Adler's request and suddenly fell into a contemplation ...
Adler is right, there is no light cavalry in England at all, only a small amount of reconnaissance light cavalry. In addition, there are thousands of English knights. However, these knights are good at heavy armor assault, not light warfare. Even if they can fight well, they can't help but meet the running opponent. Moreover, even the horses of these knights are highly explosive in a short period of time, but the horses with high endurance are not very good.
The three cavalry in the Connaught area are poor because they cannot afford plate armor and horse armor. Instead, they are all light cavalry. In this way, Edward found that-seemingly able to deal with the enemy, only Adler's 500 Cossack cavalry ...
"By the way, Adler, I heard that there are still many Cossack cavalry in the North Sea?" Edward seemed to hear Marin when he visited London last time, so he asked Adler.
Adler thought about it and replied:
"There are indeed many, it seems ... there are 5,000 people ..." Adler was a little uncertain. During the last battle with the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, it seemed that the Cossack cavalry had indeed formed a 5000-person Cossack regiment. But he did not know that Marin now recruited 1500 Cossacks. Today, the total number of Cossack cavalry in the North Sea reaches 6500.
"That's great, I have heard of the reputation of the Cossacks. If there are enough Cossack cavalry, the Connaught light cavalry will be easily defeated! So, I wrote to Marin and asked him to send him again Cossack came in 2000, so that I do n’t have to worry about the enemy light cavalry fighting with us! "
Then, Edward excitedly began to write a letter of assistance, sending people to the North Sea ...
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