At the moment when the group of noble allied forces, who had become slack in their rest due to the tired march of the day, were still attracted attention, the charge of these 1,000 elite desert bandits seemed extremely abrupt!
A surprise attack and a sneak attack are actually equal to an attack, an attack that takes advantage of people's unpreparedness, so it is called an attack.
Still a night attack.
Therefore, when Rolf led the charge, the mercenaries in the tents were still asleep.
Even if he was vigilant, most of the friendly troops who were patrolling outside had dissipated. When the sudden charge started, he was a little dazed for a few seconds, and he didn't understand what happened until the ground under him shook.
There are massive cavalry charging!
But.
So what if you're sober
A distance of 300 meters is a distance for heavy cavalry to enter a full charge state.
For the light cavalry, they have already entered the charging state and started to run wildly, turning the scimitar and spear in their hands into the most terrifying killing machine with this speed and inertia!
In the eyes of the cavalry, the distance of 300 meters is only a few seconds!
"kill!"
Rolf held up the scimitar, his face full of ferocity.
The war horse under his crotch galloped wildly, taking the lead, and flew directly across the distance of 3 meters to the piles of tents. The scimitar in his hand did not need to be chopped, but was placed parallel to his side. The mercenary, just as the blade touched his body, split a deep bone scar instantly due to the inertia.
But before all the mercenaries could react in the surprise attack, the flood-like cavalry charge followed Rolf and poured into the pile of tents, slashing and stabbing wantonly with scimitars and spears. prick.
The horse neighed and howled together, and the smell of blood and excrement filled the air.
The killing continues!
In the outermost tent, the mercenaries didn't even get up.
Because the desert horses in the charging state have already used their horseshoes to trample to death these unlucky ghosts who are still resting on the ground at the outermost periphery. A horseshoe trampling in the charging state is no less than a heavy hammer!
What's more, with hundreds of horseshoes smashed down, it is still the heaviest state of charging.
Even the iron is crushed.
Let alone people
A pile of meat sauce oozes out of the tent, only to be trampled by more hooves.
The desert bandit elite roared and charged back and forth in the tent, rampaging, and made the unorganized mercenaries taste the bitter fruit they had to bear after the raid, that is, to be slaughtered like lambs!
These mercenaries were all unfamiliar with each other, and some even drew their swords at friendly soldiers in order to escape.
Cannibalism is normal.
Even yes.
Attack the camp in the village!
There is the most central core part of this bunch of mercenaries.
However, they are all protected by the nobles' private army, and these lowly mercenaries are not allowed to approach at all!
Regular infantry wearing chain mail and holding long spears formed a square formation of spears on the streets of the village. The sharp spears didn't care whether they were friendly troops or not. As long as anyone dared to approach, they would stab them mercilessly.
The nobles behind them looked stern. For their own safety, it was impossible for them to let these mercenaries in.
Because those mercenaries are already in chaos.
Lost my mind.
Even his own allies can draw their swords and fight, just to survive temporarily.
If these mercenaries were allowed to rush into the village and see those nobles still looking at all this in full clothes, the mercenaries who were red-eyed would probably be furious and cause even bigger conflicts.
This is absolutely possible, has happened many times in history, and the nobles know it all too well.
The madness of class.
Especially during riots!
Mercenaries are not good people. When there is no lord to hire them, part-time robbers are also common. In other words, they are robbers, and there is no separation between the two!
But the situation became more and more tense.
It is impossible for the nobles to let the panicked mercenaries into the village.
But the mercenaries who were being slaughtered did not have the courage to fight back. Instead, they were more proficient at killing their allies and winning the chance of survival for themselves.
They were killing each other, and even started ganging up in twos and threes to kill the noble infantry in the village.
only.
The sharp and dense spear points make any mercenaries dare not make trouble.
But in just ten minutes, at least 800+ mercenaries were completely turned into corpses, and nearly 3000+ mercenaries were covered with wounds of varying severity.
A small part was made by the elite desert bandits.
most.
It was caused by cannibalism.
As for Rolf and his light cavalry, they did not receive much resistance at all.
Except for a few people who were injured by the mercenaries who fought back from the Jedi, almost 99% of the elite desert bandits suffered no casualties. They chose to retreat after wantonly trampling on the tents of the mercenaries on the outside and turning everything upside down.
This was a surprise attack, and the mercenaries were caught off guard.
The time should not be too long.
Because during this period of time, many mercenaries who found themselves in danger began to form groups.
After all, most of the mercenary tents were not damaged too much. After the initial riot passed, the mercenary captains shouted to organize their subordinates, and began to form intensive defenses.
This leaves the elite desert bandits who are not good at close combat without a good solution.
Retreat is the best option.
Of course Rolf would not hesitate, he was the best light cavalry commander.
When the raid was facing difficulties, he directly gave the order to retreat, leading the elite desert bandits to leave in a flash, disappeared on the vast plain in the night, and soon lost their traces.
And not long after they left, the riots outside the village gradually subsided.
The regular army of the nobles regained order.
After killing some of the mercenaries who took advantage of the chaos, these noble coalition forces returned to calm.
However, everyone understands that this raid tore away their seemingly huge numerical advantage, and even turned this advantage into a bloated mass because of mutual distrust and greed in everyone's heart. disadvantage.
If it was a regular army unit, they would have united long ago and formed formations to resist surprise attacks.
Although there will be casualties, but definitely not so big.
30,000 troops.
Being charged by 1,000 cavalry almost collapsed.
It is a bit ridiculous to say this, but it also proves that most of this group of noble coalition forces are mobs!
Of course, this is related to the lack of defense of the noble coalition forces, but if it is an elite force, how can it be possible for Rolf to succeed in the night attack? Without any excuse or reason, this was a serious failure, and it caused a serious morale blow on the eve of the attack on Stone Pass.
(end of this chapter)