The mercenaries under Evelyn divided into several columns and rushed towards the knights' camp. After these days of training, they no longer fought noisily like before, but advanced in silence. However, the power contained in the silence was far greater than before.
The soldiers on this side of the knights' camp saw this group of solemn and terrifying warriors and screamed loudly.
However, they were greeted by a hail of arrows.
Evelyn gathered the archers together and the three squads of archers arrived at the range of the projectiles. Under the command of the dark elf warriors, they bent their bows and shot arrows while running. Generally, the elves could shoot once every five steps, while the mercenaries could only shoot once every ten steps. And they were basically inaccurate. However, these arrows put a lot of pressure on the opponent. This was the elves' unique archer charge suppression tactic. In the hands of a large number of elf rangers, it had a very powerful suppression and cover effect, and could quickly kill the enemy in the first round.
The effect of the mercenaries may not be one-fifth of that of the elves, but their momentum is not much weaker. The temporary camp built by the knights has no fortifications, so most of the enemies can only hide in tents, carts and other places to avoid arrows. The knights and servants are better, but most of the ordinary soldiers are farmers requisitioned from the territory. The better ones have some combat experience. They are competent for the work of spearmen and archers. The worse ones are basically rookies who have just undergone some military training. They are farmers who just put down their hoes and wore leather armor yesterday, or unemployed vagrants in the town. These people are very afraid of bows and arrows. Even though the arrows shot at them are completely inaccurate, they all hide in places where they can hide from arrows.
The knights knew that after the previous attack on the camp, the ordinary soldiers were already stretched to their limits. In this situation where they could only take the beating, if they could not turn the situation around, the team would easily collapse. They urged the soldiers to shoot arrows to fight back, or to prepare for battle. However, their urging and intimidation were far less intimidating than the rain of arrows that kept falling from the sky.
After running and shooting four rounds, the dark elf commanded the mercenary archers to stand still and fire in unison, and this time the accuracy was much higher. The soldiers in the enemy camp were finally organized by a knight and began to line up. But after six or seven people were shot down in succession, they all scattered.
With the enemy scattered, Evelyn led her team closer and closer. She and a dozen cavalrymen who were good at riding rushed into the camp first. The knight who organized the defense was cut in half before she could take two moves. The riders then swept through the enemy archers' line and killed their last counterattack force.
"The enemy's masters are in the west!" a dark elf ranger shouted, "They are engaging Kasha's team!"
"Go! Hit them hard from behind!" Evelyn shouted, raising her sword. Then her cavalry, and the infantry that had just arrived, rushed towards the enemy who was still struggling in the vine field.
In order to fight the vines on the ground, none of those people were riding horses, which put them at a great disadvantage compared to Evelyn and others who were using horses as a loan.
Moreover, the poor low- and middle-level knights had not yet recovered from the torture of the hell dandelions when they were attacked from the front, back and sides at the same time by Evelynn and Kassadin's teams.
Evelyn spotted a mid-level knight with the strongest fighting spirit. He was the first to recover. Even though his eyes were still filled with tears, he had already recovered most of his fighting power. Evelyn rode past him on her horse, and with a combination of fighting spirit and horsepower, she slashed him away. The latter got up from the ground in a panic and swung his sword to cut off Evelyn's horse's legs. However, Evelyn had foreseen it and lifted the reins, raising the front hooves of the warhorse under her, and easily avoided the slash. Evelyn followed with a vertical slash, knocking the knight who barely resisted to the ground again. She shouted softly and pressed her hand lightly on the shoulder of the warhorse. This light touch was the fighting spirit sharing secret technique that the dark elf ranger used specifically for mounts. A stream of earth fighting spirit was transmitted from her body to the front hooves of the warhorse, and then the warhorse stepped down with both hooves as if in tacit understanding, and landed hard on the knight's arm.
The knight screamed and his arm was broken.
Evelyn leaned forward, raised her sword, and chopped off his head. She lifted the knight's head with her sword and shouted, "Earl Green is dead, and your leader is dead too. Surrender and you won't be killed. Surrender and you won't be killed! Anyone who is willing to surrender, throw down your weapons and raise your hands!"
The other warriors also shouted loudly: "The earl is dead! The leader is dead! Raise your hands and surrender and you will not be killed!"
"Surrender! Surrender! Surrender!" Such voices were heard everywhere in the camp.
"We surrender!" Under tremendous pressure, a knight finally threw away his weapon and raised his hands.
"I surrender, don't kill me." A knight squire whose weapon was knocked away by the dark elf warrior simply raised his hands, lowered his head, and closed his eyes, but the next moment a scimitar still cut into his neck.
The remaining guys who were still resisting were like some small fish and shrimps, and were helplessly destroyed by the combined impact of the two huge waves.
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Before dawn, Xiao Chen saw the captives escorted by Evelyn in the courtyard of the Baron's Mansion, where the fire had been put out. Most of these captives were in a state of dismay, and seemed to have not recovered from today's failure. The dark elves and mercenary warriors escorting them were arrogant, forming a strong contrast with them.
"Thank you! You did a great job, Evelyn."
The Dark Elf Ranger, who had lived for many years, was still a little excited at this moment. "If our warriors hadn't been so eager to kill, we should have been able to capture a few more prisoners."
"That's a battlefield. No one can blame them. What are our casualties?"
"Eight mercenary warriors were sacrificed, one of whom was low-ranking."
"Well, you did a great job." Xiao Chen turned to Roger again, "Including these, how many prisoners do we have?"
"Adding up all the people we captured, there are still two mid-level fighters and four low-level fighters. One of them is a baron. The rest are all titled knights. In addition, there are fifteen knight squires and eighty-four ordinary soldiers." Roger reported to Xiao Chen.
"Lock the knights and their attendants in the dungeon of the Baron's mansion first. You can ask Duke Parsa for a ransom someday. Send someone to watch over the other soldiers first, and take the time to identify them tomorrow. Those who should be dealt with should be dealt with, those who should be absorbed should be absorbed, and those who should be released should be released."
Xiao Chen looked at the list in his hand and said, "There is also a Viscount Anfulal here. Is he an ordinary person?"
"Yes. He is responsible for managing logistics for Earl Green. When we set the fire just now, he was counting food and grass in the backyard and was not injured. He didn't dare to escape and was later caught by me." Roger replied.
"Bring him here and have a look. I might be able to use him."
Viscount Anfulal was a middle-aged man who was almost fifty years old. He was a little overweight and looked more like a businessman than a nobleman. He stood stiffly in front of Xiao Chen, trying hard to smile with a shy face.
Xiao Chen looked at him with burning eyes: "Your Excellency, Viscount, you should be aware of today's situation. In a few days, I need you to bring a message to the Duke of Green Forest City..."