Fighting at night and during the day are completely different things. During the day, there is enough light and the field of vision is very wide. If a large group of cavalry wants to launch a surprise attack, they must start to accelerate outside the field of vision. Only in this way can they attack the enemy in the shortest time after their whereabouts are discovered by the enemy. In the camp, as for the ground shaking caused by the rapid running of the large cavalry, it is no longer relevant, because as long as the cavalry charges fast enough, basically there will not be much time to react when the enemy notices it.
But a night attack is another situation. Due to the dim light at night, it is difficult for the soldiers guarding the camp to see what is happening a few hundred meters away. Dark clouds like tonight cover the weather, and the line of sight is reduced to less than 50 meters, which makes it difficult for them to see. This gives the cavalry brigade that is preparing to launch a surprise enough time to approach the enemy camp. With the limited physical strength of the war horses, the later the charge is launched, the stronger the attack power of the Clay cavalry will be and the longer the lasting battle will be. ,
Therefore, the large group of Clay cavalry dismounted from a distance. This was also a good way for them to maintain and restore their horse power. After all, they had traveled dozens of kilometers before, and their horses must have been a little tired. The Clay cavalry warriors who attacked at night They carefully led the horses and slowly approached the expeditionary camp. The feet of each war horse were wrapped with soft felt, so that no matter how fast the war horses ran, they would not make a sound, and each war horse's mouth was covered with soft felt. Tie them securely with a halter so they don't make any inadvertent noises.
Tonight, Samir, the leader who is responsible for commanding the entire Clay night attack force, is riding on a war horse, silently waiting for the leading troops to enter the predetermined area. Tonight, he has brought a total of 25,000 Clay light cavalry. This is also the entire strength of the entire Clay tribe in the eastern war zone.
It’s not that Saimir didn’t know that night attacks would be very risky, but he had no choice but to do so, because the expeditionary force’s scouts were too powerful. Saimir was once the personal guard of Chief Abdul, regardless of his martial skills. He is still the leader of the Clay tribe in military affairs, so he was entrusted with important tasks by Chief Abdul. With his status, he has naturally seen the most elite troops of the Clay tribe, but this time he met the scouts of the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force. , but it made him very troubled,
If we just compare riding skills, the wind archers from Cassano are not as good as the Clay tribesmen who have been living on horseback since they were a few years old. However, after being trained by the elf wind archers and the guards of the Moon Temple, Equipped with a full set of mithril weapons and armor, Cassano's Windwalking Archer Legion has become a nightmare for the Clay light cavalry.
The Clay light cavalry, which once dominated the entire southern part of the continent, dispatched ten times the force to ambush Cassano's Fengxing Archers, but were hunted down one by one by their opponents. In the end, they had to withdraw before the reinforcements of the Fengxing Archers' brigade arrived. This made Saimir wanted to chop off the head of the idiot captain who set up the ambush, but after carefully learning about the situation of the Fengxing shooter, Saimir remained silent.
The most elite force of the Clay tribe at present is the White Frost Legion led by Chief Abdul's close confidant Kailim. In addition, Numan and several others' respective legions are also very strong. Their strength is as strong as Saimir's personal soldiers. The team was about the same, and Saimir believed that even if he led the soldiers into the ambush in Basel, the whole army would probably be annihilated, and he would not be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
After all this, Saimir can naturally conclude that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial City Expeditionary Force's scout troops this time has exceeded the level of the Clay tribe's regular army. Even among the 50,000 to 80,000 people in the entire Imperial City Expeditionary Force, perhaps the most elite troops can reach At the level of the Kailimu White Frost Legion, this is definitely a terrifying enemy.
For this reason, Saimir immediately issued an order for a full retreat. This was also the reason why the expeditionary force could not see traces of the Clay tribe for many days in a row. Now more than ten days have passed since that order. Saimir believed that this imperial expeditionary force I must be a little impatient, so I planned this night attack.
"Sir, Captain Yaham in front has entered the predetermined position and can launch a surprise attack at any time." A messenger quickly came to Saimir's horse and whispered,
Saimir nodded and refocused his thoughts on the battlefield. He looked at the expeditionary camp about a few kilometers away and could only barely see a few sparks. Yaham and the 3,000 vanguard troops had disappeared into the darkness. bingo,
"The true God will bless Yaham and his 3,000 warriors." Saimir prayed devoutly, then kissed the ring on his hand that was given to him by Chief Abdul on behalf of his true body, and spoke with a majestic The voice said: "Raise the fire to give Yaham and the others a signal to attack."
"Huh." After Saimir's order was given, three blazing bonfires were quickly lit about 500 meters in front of Saimir. Immediately afterwards, a huge shout of killing was accompanied by a slight vibration of the earth. Word spread throughout the quiet late night prairie that the Clay tribe’s night attack had begun.
"Kill." Yaham held a torch in each hand, and his legs alone were enough to urge the ** war horses to rush towards the camp of the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force. Behind him, there were 3,000 people who did the same. Clay warriors, they shouted in unison, and each of their faces showed a look of death. In their view, if they can die defending the honor of the Clay clan, they can return to the embrace of the true God, and their families You can also get additional pension from Chief Abdul, so there is nothing to worry about.
In order to avoid the attack of the large ballistae of the Imperial Capital Expeditionary Force, these 3,000 people adopted a loose formation as much as possible, with a distance of about 3 to 5 meters between people. This formation was even more impressive, although There are only 3,000 people, but it still creates the feeling of thousands of troops.
With such a huge momentum, the expeditionary army would naturally be aware of it, but when Yaham and the others launched their charge, they were already less than 1,000 meters away from the expeditionary army camp, and this distance was only a few meters away when the horses were galloping. minutes, so when Yaham's soldiers rushed to the large blocking horse at the edge of the expeditionary camp, not many people in the entire expeditionary camp entered the blocking position.
Yaham was overjoyed. He did not expect that tonight would go so smoothly. Apparently Lord Saimir's arrogant soldier strategy worked. He roared and threw the torch in his right hand towards the tent closest to him. Then he pulled out his scimitar and slowly circled it above his head. At the same time, he made a series of sharp whistles. This was also a precursor for the Clay cavalry to launch an attack.
Yaham watched as the torch he threw hit the tent with one end, igniting a raging fire. The powerful war horse also avoided the nasty large horse and entered the expeditionary camp. Shouting loudly: "Warriors, kill all these people..."
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