Chapter 1089: Deception Witteger is also a young man. He thinks that he is no worse than Schweinger except for his background. Whether in the Sui Dynasty or the Aupulu Empire, the emperor promoted young generals mainly based on their birthplace. In the face of dozens of military achievements and a good family background, the emperor's choice is often the latter. They are both young talents, but young people from aristocratic backgrounds have a much higher starting point than those from poor families. This involves many, many interests, and it is not because the emperor is stupid. For example, if a boy from a poor family joins the army and survives a hundred battles on the battlefield and has good luck, his name may be known to the emperor and promoted, but after a while his name will not be mentioned in the emperor's ears. If so, it will be forgotten. "The situation is different for children of noble origins. As long as they are talented and famous at a young age, their families will naturally let the emperor remember this name early. Besides, the emperor also needs to give enough benefits to those nobles. There is no fairness in this. The fame and wealth that cannot be obtained by surviving a hundred battles may be given to people as soon as they are born. Vitag is from a small noble family in the Opulu Empire. Although he may not be able to climb the ladder like a child from a poor family no matter how hard he works, he needs an opportunity if he wants to take the next step forward. Unlike people from a big family like Schweinger, he can look with contempt on those children from poor families fighting to death on the battlefield, but he has to bow his head in front of people like Schweinger. Most of the middle and lower-level officers of the Opuru Empire Army came from small families like his. Each family has some background, but it is definitely difficult to reach the top. Therefore, they need to be attached to those big families, always waiting for the opportunities that slip through the fingers of the big families. Just like the emperor wants to win over the big families, the big families also need to make some small contributions from time to time to win over the small families. This is the composition of the interest group of the Opuru Empire. ¡°Witteg knew that Schweinger would not lie to him, because he knew Schweinger¡¯s character very well. Such an arrogant person will not bother to keep his words. And as a young general who wanted to seize Hullens' command, Schweinger also needed the support and love of his men. But having said that, since it was donated by Schweinger, Schweinger must have received more from it. It only took half an hour for Vitag to lead his team out of the camp and quietly lurk in the dense forest on a high slope about five miles away from the camp. If the Han people really want to attack at night, this is the place they must pass through. Witteger never thought that such a great contribution would all fall on himself. As Schweinger said, as long as his name is mentioned in the memorial to His Majesty the Emperor, the future will be bright. This is a very suitable place for setting up an ambush. The road passes between high slopes. The foreign troops ambushing on the high slopes have an absolute advantage in medium and long-range weapons. As long as the Han people pass by here, Vitag is confident that he can turn this place into a A shura hell. The battles with the Han people during these days made Vitag admire the fighting spirit of the Han people, but he firmly believed that the Han people could not be the final winner. The huge gap in weapons gives them an absolute advantage. Of course, this advantage was reduced as much as possible in front of the Black Flag Army. The Black Flag Army is an army that exceeds the limits of foreign people's imagination. Before encountering the Black Flag Army, the people of the Opuru Empire never thought that the Han people would also have an established army equipped with advanced firearms. However, the firearms battalion of the Black Flag Army cannot directly confront them in terms of strength, which makes them feel more at ease. Another headache for the Black Flag Army was the light cavalry that came and went like the wind. The cavalry of the Black Flag Army had a very special tactical system, just like a pack of wolves, they would rush out to bite for a while and then turn around and leave, causing them unspeakable suffering. Therefore, Vitag firmly believes that if the Han people want to attack at night tonight, then the cavalry must be sent. Only that cavalry can be so fast and can withdraw quickly after a battle. Of course, there will be many practitioners who are incomprehensible to the people of the Opuru Empire and will participate in the war. ¡°So far, the people who have shocked foreigners the most are Han practitioners. Those damn cultivators have abilities that far exceed those of normal people. Once they get close to them through the musket blockade on the battlefield, it will undoubtedly be a nightmare for the soldiers of the Opuru Empire Army. Those practitioners can fight one against ten or even one against a hundred. The only ones who can deal with those practitioners are the musketeers with special equipment. But the number of such musketeers is like the number of ordinary people and practitioners among the Han people. Among this army of at least hundreds of thousands of troops, the number of special musketeers capable of dealing with practitioners does not exceed 800. These eight hundred??, was a bodyguard given to Schweinger by Emperor Leman the Great. Vitag looked back at the fifty arrogant-looking musketeers behind him. Looking at their uniforms that were no different from ordinary musketeers, Vitag felt a little emotional. If this mission hadn't been special and important, Schweinger wouldn't have assigned him fifty demon-breaking musketeers. People in the Opulu Empire called Han practitioners "demons". In their view, these people are people who have been given power by the devil. The Demon-Breaking Musketeers are the only means the Opuru Empire has to deal with practitioners. This mysterious musketeer team was built by Emperor Lyman himself, and the number of people in it is extremely confidential. However, it is said that there were no more than five generals on the entire battlefield protected by the Demon-Breaking Musketeers. Of course, these five people will assign the Demon-Breaking Musketeers around their important subordinates. Therefore, in this war, the mortality rate of middle and lower-level officers in the Opuru Empire has been very high. Those Han practitioners have learned how to identify officers, so on the battlefield, middle- and lower-level officers are the targets of those practitioners. Looking at these fifty demon-breaking musketeers, Vitag felt a little more at ease. it's getting dark. He sniffed and seemed to smell the smell of blood. So he was a little excited. When he thought that after winning this battle, his name would appear in front of Emperor Lyman, the excitement made him unable to control himself. His heart was beating wildly. This feeling was even more exciting than when he forcibly pulled a maid into the garden and tore her clothes to pieces when he was fifteen years old. Vitag realized that he had made a huge mistake. Before the war began, he believed in every word Schweinger said to him. Because he knew Schweinger's ambitions and knew that Schweinger needed people like him to be loyal subordinates. He never thought that he would become a stepping stone on Schweinger's promotion path. An Abandoned Son It seemed it was too late when he noticed it. The Han people did come to attack at night, and it was indeed the invincible light cavalry. But something seemed wrong about the war from the beginning. According to the habit of the Han army advancing, Vitag knew that the small group of cavalry coming at the front were sentinels. Once there was any disturbance in front, these scouts would immediately issue a warning and the large group behind would stop. So when he saw a cavalry of about a few hundred people approaching, Vitegg ordered not to shoot. He kept the soldiers quiet enough that they didn¡¯t even need to take a deep breath. As a qualified general, Witeiger knew that it was often a small detail that determined victory or defeat on the battlefield. If you ignore something, fate may play a cruel joke on you. Fortunately, today is the first quarter moon. The moonlight was very clear, and Vitag could see the cavalry team of several hundred people passing by on the high slope. The next thing he had to do was wait for the large group of people behind him. As long as those cavalry are within range, this terrain is definitely the best cemetery for the cavalry. No matter how fast the cavalry is, it is not easy to rush up the high slope. The cavalry, which has lost its speed advantage, is not as defensive as the infantry. The infantry can also lie down to avoid the baptism of bullets, while the cavalry on horseback are simply targets. Things developed exactly as Vitag expected at first, until he found that the cavalry team suddenly stopped just after entering the ambush circle, and then the hundreds of cavalrymen who had passed before ran back, and it didn't take long. , the Han light cavalry actually began to change direction, and seemed to be retreating. At this time, Witteger received Schweinger's military order. "Regardless of the cost, hold back the Han's light cavalry. Support will come soon, and the encirclement of this light cavalry is about to be completed." When receiving this military order, Vitag did not have any doubts. Because this is a tactic that has been discussed in advance, once the Han cavalry enters the ambush circle and the battle begins, Schweinger will personally lead troops to support and complete the encirclement. Although the Han light cavalry did not enter the ambush circle, Schweinger was obviously still confident of eating this team. So, without any hesitation, Vitag ordered the shooting. The musketeers on the high slope began to shoot at the cavalry, but because the distance was too far, the damage to the Han people was very small. Witteger thought of Schweinger's military order and his own future, gritted his teeth and ordered the charge. Then the soldiers rushed down from the high slopes on both sides and began to attack a cavalry team. ¡°If Witteger hadn¡¯t been blinded by his illusion of a bright future, he might have discovered the strangeness in this war. As a general who has led troops for many years, why would Schweinger order the soldiers to attack a light cavalry force regardless of the cost? ?Unfortunately, by the time Vitag reacted, it was already too late. When he came to his senses, it was because the support he was waiting for never showed up. The so-called encirclement of the Han cavalry that Schweinger told him about was about to be completed did not appear at all. "How could this happen!" He looked at the fragmented team in front of him that was being charged by the Han cavalry, with sadness and despair in his eyes. "General!" The soldiers he sent back for help hurried back, the sweat and dust on their faces mixed together, making him look particularly embarrassed. "We've been fooled!" The despair in the soldier's eyes was even stronger than that of Vitag. "I just ran back to the camp to ask for help and found that the troops were arrayed on the ground three miles behind us. I rushed over and asked them why they didn't come to support, but no one paid any attention to me. Later I found out that this was Shi Weiyin. It's a plan of General Ge, and we are all the victims of this plan. General Schweinger has no intention of sending troops to support us. He has already led his troops to attack Phoenix Tower!" The soldier's voice was hoarse, as if His throat was torn by anger and sadness: "A soldier who knows me well told me that General Schweinger asked us to ambush here just to contain the most powerful cavalry of the Han people. Then, General Schweinger took advantage of The Han cavalry took the opportunity to leave the city and launched an attack on Phoenix Tower. The troops arrayed behind us were to prevent us from escaping. "This is impossible!" Vitag roared and grabbed the soldier's collar. , his eyes became red: "The Marquis promised me to personally lead troops to support!" "General" the soldier said desperately: "Haven't you noticed yet, we have been abandoned. General Schweinger's goal is completely It's not this cavalry, but the Phoenix Tower. When we came out, he had already led a large group of people out of the camp from the other side, rushing to the Phoenix Tower faster than us, and our only purpose here was. , just use our lives to hold back the Han cavalry. "Phoenix Tower is too small. There is no room for the Black Flag Army's 100,000 troops. Therefore, the Black Flag Army camp outside Fenghuangtai City is Schweinger's main target this time. Vitag opened his mouth and felt a sweet taste welling up in his throat. With a pop, he vomited a large mouthful of blood. His face was pale.