Fairfax felt awkward from the beginning.
This weird and uncomfortable feeling cast a shadow over his heart.
Therefore, after receiving supplies, he did not speed up the feed, but slowed down.
He is an experienced commander and knows very well that haste makes waste.
Even though the Allied forces broke through the border and caused a huge shock to England, he decided to march slowly and sent a large number of scouts at the same time in order to obtain more intelligence.
His stability saved the unstable parliamentary army.
The parliamentary army, which has been out of action for some time, has actually seen a serious decline in combat effectiveness.
Especially recently, there have been rumors that the Parliament may disband the army, which has caused panic among the military.
After a long and slow march, and through continuous training, the parliamentary army gradually regained its status.
At the end of August, the Parliamentary army reached Darlington.
Here, Fairfax also obtained detailed intelligence about the Allies.
"Gentlemen, I have discovered an opportunity. As long as we are determined and united, defeating the enemy will be inevitable."
At the military conference, Fairfax showed strong self-confidence.
His performance made all the generals very curious.
In front of a hundred thousand troops, I wonder why he spoke like this?
Fairfax really wasn't talking nonsense.
He asked someone to unfold the map and started his performance.
"The enemy commander made a huge mistake. He evenly distributed all the troops on a wide front. In this way, at a certain point, the advantage of the troops could not be exerted. As long as we come up with a perfect plan, Breaking through the enemy's defenses will be easy."
Fairfax scorned the Allied deployment.
The Allies seemed to have more troops, but they were actually focused on defense.
From Gretna Green on the south coast to Amber on the north coast, Ruprecht deployed troops everywhere to ensure a tight and watertight defense.
But the problem is that from the south coast to the north coast, the width is more than three hundred kilometers.
If there weren't a large number of mountains and hills in the middle to divide it, even double the number of troops wouldn't be able to cover everything.
But once one point of such a wide front is breached, it will be a disaster for the Allies.
"General, you must concentrate your forces to ensure nothing goes wrong. With the current approach, failure is not far away."
The problem that Fairfax saw was naturally also seen by Lin Zexi, the adviser sent by the empire to the Allied Forces.
He made a suggestion to Ruprecht.
But Ruprecht didn't take it to heart.
"General Lin, you have never fought against the parliamentary army, so you don't know how powerful the opponent is. The Fairfax battle is famous for its bravery, but it is also erratic. We don't know the enemy's movements at the moment. Only by setting up defenses everywhere can we avoid loopholes. .”
Lin Zexi almost fainted.
If you don't know the enemy's movements, wouldn't you send soldiers to conduct reconnaissance?
You have an army of 100,000, but you still have no scouts to use?
With such an equal distribution of forces, once the parliamentary army launches an attack and attacks anywhere, other allied forces will not have time to support them, and it is likely to become a fueling tactic.
If we get to that point, no matter how many troops we have, it won't be enough.
Lin Zexi didn't know that Ruprecht had been frightened by the parliamentary army for a long time.
In the Battle of Marston Moor, his attack was originally very successful and he defeated the center and right wing of the Parliamentary Army. But it was Fairfax who refused to retreat and fought desperately, forcing Cromwell to outflank him. As a result, the royalist army was defeated.
Facing his old rival Fairfax this time, Ruprecht instinctively felt timid.
It was a pity that Lin Zexi was only an adviser and had no power to interfere in the battle. He could only watch the Allies put up a wrong formation.
Fairfax is more cautious.
After arriving at the battlefield, they did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, divide the forces at hand into several parts and start testing them from all places.
This also serves the purpose of confusing Ruprecht.
Sure enough, in the first three days of fighting, the Allied forces easily resisted the attack of the parliamentary army and achieved considerable results.
Ruprecht became proud and felt that his deployment was foolproof.
But after these three days of fighting, Fairfax had completely figured out the Allied defense lines.
"Owen, I need you to step up. I will give you the artillery reinforcements to storm Bellingham. I need to mobilize more Allied troops there to create an opportunity."
A colonel stepped forward, confident.
"Please rest assured that we will resolutely complete our mission."
"Rost, you are from Brampton and are very familiar with this place. Can you find a road through the mountains and bypass the Allied defense lines?"
Another officer quickly stepped forward.
"General, I need the help of fifteen hundred men. I know a secret road in the mountains, and I will go around from Langham to the back of Gretna Green."
Fairfax has a very good character, that is, complete trust in his subordinates.
This also made him deeply loved. In the original history, Cromwell was qualified to touch the highest power after his death.
"Manchester Infantry Regiment, I need you to take the lead in attacking, but you are not allowed to win, only lose. Ruprecht is an impulsive person. As long as he has a slight advantage, he will definitely forget about it and launch an attack."
Fairfax shared his thoughts.
Attack to create the illusion of defeat and trick Ruprecht into pursuing him.
When there is a flaw in the Allied forces, they will concentrate all their efforts to divide and encircle them, so as to defeat them one by one.
The battle began on the third day.
The urgent military situation coming from the northern front made Ruprecht a little unsure, so he decided to reinforce two infantry regiments to the northern front.
Lin Zexi's head hurt at what he did, but he wisely did not remind him.
Maybe it would be a good choice to let the Allies suffer a few defeats and weaken their strength.
Fairfax was overjoyed to learn that part of the Allied forces had been mobilized and quickly ordered the Manchester Infantry to attack.
Ruprecht knew the strength of this army and sent out the 1st Regiment of Scots Guards with high hopes.
At the beginning of the war, the First Regiment of the Scottish Guards quickly gained an advantage by relying on the muskets provided by the Empire.
This advantage frightened Fairfax.
He had only allowed the Manchester Infantry to feign defeat, which now turned into a real defeat.
The Manchester Infantry Regiment suffered more than a thousand casualties and retreated completely disorganized.
But in this way, Ruprecht was deceived even more.
As expected, the reckless Allied commander ordered the entire army to attack on the spot, intending to take the opportunity to expand the victory.
When all the Allied forces were dispatched and the communication between the various units was broken, Fairfax quickly ordered the artillery regiment that had been hidden for a long time to open fire at full speed to isolate the battlefield.
The Birmingham Infantry Regiment and the Second London Infantry Regiment inserted into the Allied junction with a rapid offensive, quickly disrupting the Allied formation.
Only then did Ruprecht realize that he had been deceived, but it was too late to regret it.
