Chapter 1215: 30. Great Alliance Moves Forward (15)_3

Skul had a suspicion in his heart, and his suspicion was soon confirmed by the trend of the battle:

After the armored soldiers in the front line were exhausted, the enemy square formation filled with more and more reserve spearmen quickly fell into decline.

The brown-clothed soldiers’ square formation was shaking; initially one soldier moved his foot backward, and soon the soldiers of Thunder Group County realized the enemy was retreating.

When the movement of one person evolves into the retreat of a group, the collapse of morale is as unstoppable as floodwaters breaching a dam.

With a desperate shout of “Save yourselves!”, the enemy square formation in front of Colonel Skul collapsed instantly.

The brown-clothed soldiers discarded their weapons and turned to flee to the other side of the river, even the military officers holding vermillion arrows couldn’t stop them.

The collapse of one square formation meant a breach opened in the entire battle line.

The sound of retreating bugles penetrated the eardrums of everyone on the northern battlefield, and the other four square formations of the Grand Council army still engaged in fierce battle detached to avoid encirclement, retreating to the river bank.

The left-wing of the Alliance erupted in booming cheers, the surviving soldiers of Thunder Group County and Riverside County were celebrating, venting, and shouting aimlessly.

Yet Skul was so anxious he was about to go mad, he uncharacteristically cursed loudly: “Fools! Beat the drums! Catch up! Don’t distance yourselves from the enemy! Beat the drums and advance!!!”

The Colonel knew very well that the eight cannons on the mound across the river had been silent not because they hadn’t been loaded with ammunition, but because the two armies’ battle lines were intertwined, making it impossible to avoid accidental injuries. Once they fired, the shells would plow a bloody path through the soldiers of both armies, and the enemy serving as a meat shield would suffer even heavier casualties.

Skul had previously ordered his troops to retreat and then advance, precisely to grasp the cannon firing intervals and close the distance with the enemy, restricting the enemy’s artillery from exerting its power.

The sound of war drums rang in Skul’s ears, and soon the urgent drumbeat could be heard from the square formations of the left-wing of the Alliance, urging the soldiers forward.

Without time to attend to the wounded, the square formations of Thunder Group County and Riverside County briefly regrouped and began advancing.

However, their advance was not fast, because the cavalry of the Grand Council army had not yet been driven off the battlefield, and the square formation leaders were unwilling to rashly order the square formations to disperse.

Skul stared at the artillery position across the river, tightly pursing his lips, his hand gripping the saddle head already losing color.

The messenger from River Valley Village fiercely broke through the enemy’s light cavalry blockade, taking quite some effort to find the square formation where Colonel Skul was located in the chaotic battlefield.

After verifying his identity, the messenger was allowed into the gun forest, bringing orders from Colonel Bod.

“Commander.” The experienced messenger quickly saluted, went straight to the point: “Colonel Bod orders you to pursue the enemy and cross the river.”

“I know! I will!” Skul’s gaze never left the low hill across the river, he replied calmly: “But the enemy still has reserves. If I cross the river, the enemy in front of River Valley Village might also attack my flank. I need the cavalry’s cover.”

Skul turned to look at the messenger, his gaze as sharp as a falcon: “And also, go back and report to the Colonel, after the siege of Bazenaur, the enemy Army has supplemented with a large number of new soldiers, they seem fully equipped but are in fact strong on the outside and weak on the inside! Sanel is playing tricks! I’m still not clear on what tricks he’s playing, but he’s definitely playing tricks! Definitely! Go and tell the Colonel!”

“Commander.” The messenger swallowed his saliva and wiped the sweat from his forehead: “Colonel Bod also ordered me to tell you, the cavalry cannot provide cover for you. On the contrary, you must contain the six enemy brigades already engaged in battle, while forcing the enemy as much as possible to deploy the two battalions that have yet to engage, creating opportunities for the cavalry.”

Skul’s eyebrows suddenly shot up, he asked sharply: “What opportunity?”

“The opportunity to seize the enemy’s cannon.”