Chapter 296 Cavalry Dispatched
As for the specific deployment of troops, they would undoubtedly have to go back and make arrangements.
There is not much to say about the Centaur tribe headed by Drogo. Including Drogo himself, there are only seven members of the tribe now. There is no room for distribution at all, and everyone has to be mobilized.
As for the Grassland Village, their leader had previously ordered the ten rattan armor soldiers to be transferred from the Black Moon Village, and they have now arrived at the Grassland Village and are in place.
At this time, in Caoyuan Village, not counting the militia, there were a total of twenty rattan armor soldiers and twenty regular army soldiers.
"How's the training of those wild horses we captured earlier going?"
After returning to the village, Li Ce and Zhuo Ge immediately went about their own business. There was no time to waste.
Needless to say, the riding skills of the twenty rattan armor soldiers are excellent. As the elite combat force of their Great Zhou, each rattan armor soldier has received the most rigorous training and they are also the first two batches of soldiers to enlist in the army.
As for the twenty regular army soldiers recruited later, Li Ce naturally also focused on training them, and now each of them has mastered riding skills.
But the problem now is that in the past, due to the limited number of mounts, they had to take turns riding the horses for training.
Now there are 40 war horses. Theoretically, each soldier can be equipped with a war horse, but the problem is that 16 of them were recently captured! Although they have basically tamed the wild horses since the moment they captured them, cavalry combat requires tactical coordination, and it is obviously impossible to tame wild horses right away.
During this period, in order to speed up the training efficiency of war horses and improve the tacit understanding between the soldiers and the horses, Li Ce directly let the soldiers eat and live with the newly captured horses.
All training was focused on horse handling and tactical training of cavalry.
The soldiers responsible for riding these sixteen war horses are undoubtedly good at riding, so there will definitely be no problem in letting them ride and move normally at this moment.
But Li Ce was afraid that during the battle, the sixteen war horses that had not received sufficient training would have problems, which would then affect the entire cavalry team.
But if we change the angle again, these sixteen war horses and the corresponding cavalry must receive actual combat training to get used to each other.
The task that needs to be performed now is to avoid the harassment of head-on confrontation between the two sides. The pressure on the cavalry is relatively small. It is not a bad choice to appropriately put the sixteen horses and cavalry into battle, accumulate practical experience, and speed up their running-in.
Faced with the multiple-choice question in front of him, Li Ce made an arrangement after a slight hesitation.
"Pass my order and gather all soldiers outside the village."
After the order was issued, the forty soldiers currently in the grassland village gathered quickly.
Standing in front of the neatly arranged square formation, Li Ce didn't waste any words and went straight to the point about the situation.
"I think everyone knows that the Lizardmen have invaded this grassland. Now we have reached a consensus with the Centaurs and the grassland elves. We have decided to send out the cavalry first. We will divide them into three groups and use the cavalry archery tactics to harass the enemy and consume their troops..."
After briefly introducing the situation, Li Ce quickly made arrangements for the allocation of troops.
Simply put, there are groups of twenty riders who rotate.
Considering the size of the Lizardmen on the opposite side, once this wave of action is launched, it will inevitably lead to a long-term negotiation.
If the same group of cavalrymen were always carrying out missions there, physical fatigue would inevitably accumulate over time, which would be detrimental to future battles.
Rotating in two batches not only ensures the flexibility of the cavalry team, but also ensures that each batch of cavalry can get regular rest. It is a very reasonable arrangement.
The next morning, carrying dry food, twenty riders led by Li Ce set out officially. He did not go straight to the destination, but slowly detoured around the periphery while keeping a safe distance.
At this moment, the Lizardmen's main force was undoubtedly concentrated in the camp at the end of the world, but without considering the Centaurs and the Grassland Elves, they were the main force, relying on only 20 cavalrymen to charge directly into the enemy camp? Even if they adopted the cavalry and archery tactics, they would run away immediately if they couldn't win, but the risk was too great.
But don’t forget, there are also Swift Dragons on the opposite side!
And neither side has officially fought against each other yet.
At this moment, Li Ce’s idea was very simple. Since the opponent had come, they must have the mentality of occupying territory.
Under this premise, what must be done? Of course, it is to send out a reconnaissance team to explore the surrounding environment! At the same time, according to the news from the grassland elves, the lizardmen seem to be hunting on the grassland to obtain food.
Then he would directly target the opposing reconnaissance team and hunting team!
After getting off the horse, Li Ce's adjutant lay down and put his ear to the grass, as if listening to something.
"There is movement in the southeast direction, about two kilometers away, but it's not large in scale."
Whether it is a cavalry team, cattle and horses, or a herd of wild animals such as antelopes, they will make noises when they run.
They often use this trick when looking for prey on the grassland.
This ability to listen closely to sounds on the ground requires not only good ears, but also extremely rich experience in order to make relatively accurate judgments.
Li Ce undoubtedly trusted his adjutants. After receiving the intelligence, they pulled the reins without saying a word and led their cavalry team to the southeast.
The distance of two or three kilometers can be reached in the blink of an eye for the cavalry.
Before they even got close, both sides had already discovered each other.
That was a group of ten dragoon cavalrymen. Before, the other party was in the energy channel and Li Ce did not see their true appearance, so their leader ordered a retreat.
After listening to the descriptions of Drogo and the prairie elves, Li Ce's impression of them was also vague.
It was not until he saw it with his own eyes that the appearance of these velociraptors became completely clear to him.
The velociraptor had green skin, an exceptionally large head, and a long mouth full of fine fangs, making everyone clearly aware that it was a ferocious carnivore.
Although the forelimbs are short, the three fingers look quite sharp and undoubtedly have a certain degree of lethality.
The lizardman riding on the back of the velociraptor was covered with hard blue scales. He was burly, with white horns on the tip of his nose, forehead, and even on the back of his shoulders. He held a spear in his hand as a weapon.
But these were not the most eye-catching. The most eye-catching thing in this 10-man squad of dragoons was a large blue lizard that was estimated to be five meters long! On the back of the large lizard were the corpses of two bison! (End of this chapter)
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