214 – Night Attack (2)
“It’s time to play with fire! What are you doing! “Set everyone on fire!!”
“This is the military camp where the traitor Ishtaven stays. “Let’s turn it into ashes!”
“Kill at least one more guy!”
The Northern cavalry under my command now started moving around holding torches and setting fire to every corner of the Stockholm Kingdom’s camp.
At the same time, if there were any who were still struggling, they were killed by cutting or stabbing them with a knife.
In addition, if there are infantrymen gathered together in platoons, they will attack them on horseback and trample them to death. There is no such thing as chaos.
Usually, when something like this happens on the battlefield, nearby units come to support, but when your camp is raided and you don’t even know how many enemy troops there are, the only tactic you can use is independent survival.
“You children without a mother or father! “You damned barbarians!”
“You cowardly came in at night! “I will tear the limbs off of you bastards who don’t let you sleep!”
“You barbarians! “Dirty, disgusting barbarian bastards!”
So, those who are now the targets of our northern cavalry are destined to die without being able to properly resist, let alone receive support from those next to them.
As I was leading the cavalry and cutting down the enemy on horseback, it occurred to me that I must have killed hundreds of enemy soldiers.
The enemy’s infantry began to unite in units of each regiment and slowly began to give the impression that they would come to pressure us.
Damn those guys, if we take our time and respond slowly, we could wipe out more…
“All archer cavalry units must gather around me! “It looks like the enemy is slowly coming to his senses, so there isn’t much time left for fun play.”
It’s unfortunate, but if you die here while surrounded, there will be no such thing as a dog’s death.
Still, if you look closely at the enemies gathered in each regiment, you can see that almost none of them, from officers to soldiers, are wearing armor because they just jumped out in their sleep.
In other words, if there are 10 people hit by arrows, 7 to 8 people will be killed or seriously injured.
Furthermore, seeing as they only gathered together and couldn’t approach us properly, they seemed to be very wary because they didn’t know how many people I was leading…
“Spray oil around and shoot arrows! “There’s no need to aim and shoot them, just shoot them at a place like where the enemy is!”
As soon as the order spread, the cavalry of the archers randomly took what looked like oil cans that they could see nearby, opened the lids of the cans, held them up, and started spraying oil everywhere.
Then they got back on their horses and continued shooting arrows at the enemies they saw around them with their bows.
On the battlefield, you need to shoot close to 10 arrows to kill a soldier, but now the enemies are not wearing armor, so the effect is very good.
The enemy once again fell into confusion.
“It’s fire! “It’s on fire!”
“Arrows are flying! “Shouldn’t we attack them now?”
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“Are you saying that when you don’t even know how many enemies there are? Just hang in there!”
By confusing the enemies like that, naturally, the fire spreads throughout the entire camp, but the enemies are unable to even attempt to put it out.
So, the embers, which were small at first but fell in several places, soon began to burn to the point that the area where we were was filled with intense heat. When digestion becomes difficult for some reason.
“Just throw the torches lying around somewhere. “We have to get out of here before the enemies chase us.”
My men had already turned their horses and completely prepared to escape, and when I was about to leave for the last time, the Stockholm Kingdom Army seemed to have finally noticed that our numbers were not that large.
At the same time as we were actively pushing with our spears, we could hear the sound of horses’ hooves around us even though we were not moving.
If I dawdle here any longer, I might lose my head.
“I will be the last to leave! Everyone break away! “As you break away, shoot arrows at the enemy!”
After saying that, the northern archers quickly began to escape the enemy camp.
The Stockholm officers who saw this pulled out their swords, pointed them at us, and shouted in anger.
“Kill every single one of the bastards who came in now! “No one should be sent away alive!”
“Cut off the heads of those cowardly bastards who don’t know the laws of the battlefield!”
“Capture the sword-wielding commander in front of you! “I will tear your limbs off and kill you!”
As soon as the order was given, the Stockholm soldiers came quickly, like rushing water.
I guess the heavens didn’t want me to die, but by the time they got close enough to stab me with their spears, all the guys in front of me had already escaped.
When I saw that, I quickly turned the horse’s head, then applied the spurs as much as possible, instantly increasing the horse’s speed to its maximum.
“Pay with death for waking us up from a good night’s sleep, you little bastard!”
On the way, an enemy came out and stabbed my horse with a spear, and I kicked the spear away several times while running at full speed.
“Do you do the same thing with your wife? Those stupid Stockholm guys. Ah, your kingdom must be doing well at this level!”
“You f*cking bastard!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay! If you die here anyway, your wife will live happily ever after with another man!”
After saying that, I ran even faster and left the enemy camp, and this time the enemy knights chased us.
“Don’t miss that bastard, even if it means death! No, they are the ones who dared to attack our camp. “We can’t let him go alive!”
“You bastards, even if you tear them limb from limb and kill them, it’s not enough! Just hope you get caught!”
“Stand there! “Holy bastards!”
Instead of stopping as they wanted, the Northern Archer Cavalry soldiers continued to fire arrows at those pursuing them.
Normally, since they are knights wearing armor, if you shoot an arrow, it will all bounce off the armor, but now, the arrows hit them very well.
So the archers under my command seemed to find it fun to shoot, so they fired arrows even more frantically.
It would be normal to be exhausted after ambushing the enemy’s camp for a long time, but I was so excited that I seemed to have completely forgotten about my fatigue.
No, if you look at it from the side, it seems like the more you drive a horse, the more powerful it becomes.
“It’s so nice to see someone being beaten to death by a stinging foot! “You bastards, have a taste of Old Man Aldaf’s arrows!”
“Even though their military camp was robbed, they can’t use their hands or feet properly? “Do you think you’ll die of injustice?”
“Be comfortable in death! “You Stockholm foresters!”
In that way, we trampled the enemies until we shot all the arrows in our quiver, and the knights chased for about 10 minutes before turning their horses’ heads.
When the Northern cavalrymen were laughing their hearts out when they saw the fleeing snail, Anya came up and asked.
“Lieutenant General, shall we attack from behind now? “I’m out of arrows, but if I stab myself in the back with a sword, I’m sure I can kill quite a few enemy knights.”
I was very interested because it was an attractive offer.
But if we chase after those guys now and hit them from behind, we have no choice but to get a little closer to the enemy’s main force.
If you are unlucky, you may get stabbed by the lances of properly armed knights and become a human skewer…
It’s unfortunate, but it would be better to step away from this point.
There is a saying that if you want to live healthy and long, you should eat only about 80% of your stomach.
“No. It would be better to just join the main Reich Imperial Army. “We have done a great job.”
Not only did they understand the size and location of the enemy army, they invaded the main camp, killed hundreds of enemy soldiers, and even set fire to the enemy camp.
With this alone, the morale of the Stockholm Kingdom’s army would have plummeted to the point of hell, so they did the best they could with the surprise operation.
After confirming that I was somewhat far away from the enemy’s pursuit, I raised my sword upward and shouted.
“The empire will never forget your achievements. So, fight as hard as you can and achieve victory in the coming war.”
To those words, not a single northerner was left out and responded with loud cheers.
So, I returned to the base of the imperial army, repeating nomadic marches, spending time on horseback except when I was sleeping.
When I arrived, I heard news that I couldn’t believe and didn’t want to believe.
Regarding this war, a variable that I never expected occurred.
At least it is not as bad as the death of His Highness the Crown Prince or the death of His Majesty…
“Why does the world hate me so much?”
It was a disaster that was enough to make you think like this.