The territorial nobles of the two principalities were very painful and angry. They had lost more than 900 people in the morning attack. In the afternoon, they were lured by two enemy artillery pieces, and about 300 noble private soldiers were lost again. These are not the lowly conscripted citizens, but the elite family armed forces. A territorial nobleman who sent two squads of his own private soldiers to chase the two cannons watched helplessly as his family armed forces were wiped out by the enemy. He was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma.
What made the territorial nobles the most resentful was that the enemy pushed artillery towards the camp and fired, causing less than ten casualties, but the chaos caused to the camp lasted until evening. If they hadn't chopped off the heads of a few frightened and semi-crazy conscripts to warn the rest of the frightened people, maybe the riot would have continued forever.
The territorial nobles who hated and cursed vowed that if they could catch these enemies, they would torture them with the most cruel means to vent their anger and resentment. They originally planned to carry out a night attack at night, but now it seems that the people who applied for the conscription can no longer count on them. Whether they should continue to implement this plan or not, the nobles of the territory had a heated discussion.
In the end, the same hatred of the enemy prevailed, and the territorial nobles made a concerted effort to dispatch all the private soldiers of the nobles to conduct a night attack in retaliation for the enemy's shelling of the camp in the afternoon. They thought that since the enemy took such a big advantage in the afternoon and successfully disrupted the camp here, they must not have expected that the territorial nobles would insist on carrying out a night attack at night. In addition, the private soldiers of the nobles are all well-trained elites, and their roundabout and frontal assault speeds are not comparable to those of the conscripted citizens. I believe that this night attack will be successful and those hateful enemies will be eliminated soon.
After waiting anxiously for half the night, good news finally came from the front line. The noble private soldiers who attacked at night successfully occupied the enemy's defensive position. But the problem is that it was an empty position, and the enemy did not know when they had withdrawn. Instead, the noble private soldiers were accidentally injured by the trap set by the enemy during the night attack, injuring more than a hundred people.
Digging holes and setting traps was no longer a problem, and only one or two were injured. Mainly because the enemy buried a lot of sharp wooden wedges, broken swords, spear points, etc. in the trenches, most of which were the weapons of the people who were recruited. After the enemy cleaned the battlefield, they collected these scraps of scrap metal and other scraps. When they retreated, they buried them at the bottom of the trench with the tips of their knives and spears pointing upward. There were also a few scarecrows placed next to them. From a distance, they looked like sleeping soldiers. The first batch of noble private soldiers who rushed to the position jumped into the trenches without hesitation, preparing to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, but they were all attacked. The private soldiers following behind heard the screams of their comrades, thought they were defeated, and hurriedly jumped into the trenches to reinforce them, and then also injured some of them.
All the territorial nobles were so angry that they were about to vomit blood. The full-strength blow that they had stored up for a long time not only missed the target, but also sprained their waists. The enemy was so insidious and cunning that an empty defensive position actually cost more than a hundred people on their side injured. This time it was better. Most of the injuries were to the feet and calves. Either the feet were punctured or the calves were scratched. It was impossible to walk. People needed to be sent to carry these wounded people back.
"Where have all the enemies gone?" asked a territorial noble.
The private soldier who came back to report the news responded hesitantly: "It should be Squirrel Village. After we occupied the defensive position, we wanted to visit Squirrel Village. We sent a small group of people there, but they were beaten back by a burst of cold gunfire."
"Why don't you just rush over?" A territorial nobleman who was so angry that his nostrils were swollen shouted loudly: "Since we find that the enemy is in Squirrel Village, then all of them rush over. There are only a few enemies and we have so many people. I rushed over and crushed them to death."
The poor private soldiers don't know how to answer. It can't be said that everyone is frightened by the enemy. They are afraid that the enemy has also set a trap in Squirrel Village. If they rush over and fall into the enemy's plan, then they will be the unlucky private soldiers. Anyway, the territorial nobles asked the private soldiers to capture the enemy's defensive position on the hillside, but they did not say they would attack Squirrel Village.
At this time, Baron Frinsland, the former lord of Squirrel Village, stepped forward to help the private soldier who came to report the news. He told the territorial nobles present that although Squirrel Village was a poor mountain village, the village still had a stone defense against wild beasts. Wall and log fence. If the private soldiers of the nobles rush to attack Squirrel Village, they may fall into the enemy's trick and cause unforeseen consequences.