Cavalry Harassment

Viscount Isold's Cavalry battalion was not at full strength, with only a little over 400 men, but when combined with Viscount Leo's Cavalry, it had more than 600 men, not much less than Ron's forces.

Soon, the Cavalry unit, led by Cavalry captain, attempted to drive away Ron's troops. Ron, following Victor's plan, intended for the Cavalry to primarily harass and avoid direct confrontation.

However, after several rounds of fighting, Ron discovered that this Cavalry was very familiar with the tactics of the Northlands Cavalry. With the Vanguard Army's main force behind them, Ron found it difficult to break through the blockade and could not interfere with the Vanguard Army's march at all.

Just as Ron was struggling with his troubles, a personal guard stepped forward and said, "Sir, those Cavalry over there look familiar to me. They are most likely Barbarians war slaves brought over from the Northlands."

Ron recognized the guard as being from the Horseshoe Tribe, and since he said so, it was probably true.

Ron also knew that the nobility in the interior lacked Cavalry, not only warhorses, but sometimes even skilled Cavalry. Therefore, many nobles in the interior were keen to buy Barbarians war slaves to serve as Cavalry in their territories. He guessed that the Cavalry in front of him was probably in a similar situation.

However, this also means that Ron doesn't have a good way to bypass the Cavalry's obstruction and directly harass the Vanguard Army.

After all, this Cavalry was quite familiar with the tactics of the Northlands Cavalry, and Ron's forces did not have an advantage. Given this, Ron quickly made up his mind. In any case, Victor only asked him to pretend to block the enemy, and then he just needed to be careful not to get entangled by this Cavalry.

However, Ron made a mental note of it. When the two armies officially clashed later, Ron would lead his Heavy Cavalry to let this Cavalry experience the Wall Charge of the Northlands Heavy Cavalry once again.

Next, Ron led his Cavalry to stop trying to break into the Vanguard Army's main camp and instead focused on circling around the enemy Cavalry.

After changing tactics, Ron quickly discovered the weakness of this Cavalry. The stamina of the Cavalry's horses could not match that of Ron's horses, and the horsemanship of some of Cavalry was also mediocre. After circling around a few times, the enemy Cavalry formation had become disjointed.

Ron seized the opportunity, using the horse's stamina advantage to turn around and catch up with the enemy Cavalry that had fallen behind, shooting down nearly a hundred enemy riders.

After that, the enemy cavalry no longer dared to take the initiative to attack, and kept close to their own main force. Ron led his troops to try to harass them a few more times, but to no avail, so Ron gave up and simply led his troops to keep the Vanguard Army at a distance.

The Vanguard Army was finally able to march normally without interference. Although Viscount Isold was annoyed by the losses of his own Cavalry, he had no good way to deal with Ron's Cavalry. He could only decide to speed up the march and get to the vicinity of the Red Ginseng Territory dock as soon as possible to intercept the main force of the Golden Sunflower Territory.

Around 2 p. m., Victor finally spotted the Vanguard Army's flag from the hilltop.

By this time, the Vanguard Army had already crossed the Red Ginseng Castle. Victor noticed that three flags had been raised on the castle walls, each embroidered with the emblems of olive, White Asparagus, and red ginseng, respectively. He guessed that they intended to set up their command post directly inside the castle.

Victor could understand, since the only high points in the vicinity were Red Ginseng Castle and the small hill at his feet. However, it was a pity that his previous agreement with the Baroness of Red Ginseng prevented him from tampering with Red Ginseng Castle.

However, Victor soon discovered that the banners for olives and White Asparagus had been taken down from the castle, and soon two large banners were erected on the side in front of the castle, about 3 kilometers directly in front of the hill where Victor was.

Are the Viscounts of Viscount Olive and Viscount White Asparagus really that fierce? Why not use the existing fortifications and instead set up a command post here? Victor doesn't quite understand why.

By this time, Ron had brought the Cavalry back and arranged for them to enter the hidden position. Then, Ron took two personal guards and went up the hill.

"Your Excellency, there are quite a few Cavalry on the other side, and their commander is very shrewd. We can't achieve much success."

Victor didn't take it seriously. He had already learned about the battle situation from the messenger. Ron was only on a mission to hinder and disrupt the enemy, and eliminating one-sixth of the enemy's Cavalry was already a good result.

"Ron, get some rest. You'll be going on stage again later. Remember to arrange for the Heavy Cavalry to change into their armor."

"Don't worry, everything is arranged. When the time comes, just give the order and I'll lead the Heavy Cavalry to give them a good beating."

Victor nodded and continued to observe the enemy's troop deployment.

The Vanguard Army began to form ranks 1.5 kilometers in front of the position, while its Cavalry patrolled nearby, presumably to guard against a surprise attack by Ron's Cavalry.

It was a very standard formation: Sword-and-Shield Soldiers on the flanks, Pikemen in the middle, and ranged archers and crossbowmen behind the Pikemen.

Victor judged that the enemy had clearly seen his Heavy Infantry strategy and wanted to use the space on the left and right flanks to expand their troop advantage, attempting to break through by attacking the flanks.

"You underestimate me. I left so much space on both flanks so that you would launch an attack. I didn't expect it to go according to my plan so quickly."

Victor hadn't expected that the enemy's plan was exactly what they wanted. That Viscount Isold really didn't want to suffer any losses, otherwise shouldn't he have tried to charge head-on a few times to see if he could make a breakthrough?

While the opposing team was setting up their formation, Victor did not take any initiative to attack, but continued to adjust the formation in an orderly manner.

The Vanguard Army on the opposite side also noticed this situation, and after they had almost finished arranging their formation, they simply distributed food and water to the soldiers to replenish their strength.

Victor waited patiently for the enemy to launch their attack. The entire battlefield fell silent, with only the howling of the north wind remaining.