Rolf rode his horse and led the team away, and the roar continued to echo on the plain.
This is a hearty surprise attack. For the light cavalry group, this is the best tactic. It can wipe out part of the enemy's strength without any defense, and it is also a manifestation of tactical value.
Now, those noble coalition forces obviously can't sleep well!
no way.
They never imagined that there was such an army of light cavalry on the plains and wilderness outside the stone pass, like a pack of wolves lurking in the dark, ready to pounce on them at any time and deal them a severe blow!
If it's just a simple offensive and defensive battle, that's all.
A coalition of nobles lacking light cavalry will not really engage in field battles.
Although the total number of knight attendants of the nobles is close to 5,000, these knights and knight attendants are the wealth of the nobles, how could they be consumed in this battle
This is what they can rely on. If they lose their military power, their final benefits will also be reduced!
After all, they are just pioneers.
It's early bird.
The time to really wait for the spoils is still to come.
It is also those top nobles who make the big head and divide the spoils among their scars.
These nobles all understand the truth, especially when there are mercenary regiments with a number of nearly 20,000 around, their own knight attendants and recruited infantry are the only ones to rely on to protect themselves!
How could the lowly mercenaries compare with the conscripts I had cultivated so hard
So they didn't act rashly.
There were no knight attendants to pursue them.
Occasionally, some frantic cavalry chased after them, and they were also light cavalry among the mercenaries.
They are all light cavalry composed of a group of horse bandits and robbers. For the bounty of the nobles, they are willing to fight for a future, or want to avenge their friends who died in the raid just now.
But the result is the same.
Without chasing too deep, he was killed by the elite desert bandits who came back to intercept him.
The heavy short javelin thrown was very powerful. After the spear tip pierced the leather armor, it could cause fatal damage to the body. For these mercenaries, it would be fatal, because there is not much recuperation environment, and there is no They don't have much medicine, the fatality rate and sequelae after injury are even more terrifying than the nobles!
Nearly 200 mercenary cavalry did not chase too far. After more than 80 cavalry were killed, they all stopped their pursuit, reined in their horses, cursed a few words angrily, and then returned.
There was a chaotic sound everywhere in and around the village.
footsteps.
Swearing.
and howls before dying.
The number of mercenaries close to 3000+ all had injuries of varying severity.
There are even quite a few people whose injuries were caused by their own companions, just to run faster when escaping, or someone blocked their own route, thus blatantly brandishing a knife to kill people.
In fact, many of the 800+ corpses were caused by cannibalism.
Rolf and his light cavalry did not make killing a tactical goal.
Instead, it caused riots.
This is the night before the general offensive, and their surprise attack, the tactical goal is to damage morale.
As long as there is a riot, the mercenaries who haven't slept or slept well all night will not have the original high morale, and will continue to attack the rocky pass, which will attract pressure for Fatis on the side battlefield.
This is also the tactic agreed by the two parties, and it is an excellent tactic that complements each other.
Now the advantages of this tactic are also reflected.
In the mercenary tent.
The riots started.
That's right.
It was a riot, not a riot.
In the previous raid, the act of drawing a knife to the friendly army in order to escape finally attracted attention.
As more and more sufferers began to confide in their friends, more and more mercenaries began to quarrel, clash, and even drew their knives to start a duel, which even triggered infighting among several mercenary groups!
Although mercenaries love money like their lives, they also like to stick together, especially in normal times.
This is the strength of the team.
As a result, the commotion quickly turned into a riot.
More and more mercenaries began to draw their swords and confront each other, and some even died in the duel.
There are more and more grievances and enmities. Those who usually dislike each other also take this opportunity to deliberately find trouble, and even directly start facing each other with swords, gnashing their teeth, cursing and fighting.
The turmoil quickly turned into infighting, and the infighting swept across the entire mercenary camp.
Even the village has been implicated.
The noble infantry firmly guarded the street entrance to prevent anyone from entering.
Those well-dressed nobles also put on their heavy armor, commanding the knight attendants to defend carefully, resisting the attacks of some mercenaries who are red-eyed and desperate.
The whole village was in chaos, and everyone seemed to have forgotten why they came here.
Hatred has enveloped everyone's hearts.
Nobody stays out of it.
The sound of fighting continued.
On the contrary, there were close to 1,000 mercenaries before, and the mercenaries who planned to approach the Stone Pass first were not implicated.
After walking a short distance, they saw the direction of the camp behind them, and the sound of fighting appeared. It seemed that cavalry raided the village, so they were frightened and rushed to join the battle, using the dense formation to give themselves a sense of security.
It's just that they were not impacted. Instead, at the rear camp, the fighting sound weakened and appeared more violently.
Someone is even setting fire!
The fire quickly swept through the tent cluster outside the village.
In the hands of some desperate mercenaries, the raging flames completely became the trigger to ignite this area.
The flames were raging, but there was no one to put out the fire. More and more mercenaries threw themselves into the attack and killing of the enemies. Even the mercenary regiments who didn't like each other brazenly chose to go to war and fought frantically.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the mercenaries outside were dumbfounded.
In fact, many mercenaries inside are the same.
Those shrewd ones were collecting property, and quickly fled towards the plain outside with their heads down.
The same is true for those who are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. They quickly followed and left, messy like little lambs. They didn't dare to stay here anymore. Even if they escaped, they still had a chance to survive.
The team has already fallen into internal strife, how can there be a chance to attack the stone pass
So did the nobles.
They panicked and began to withdraw from the village with their troops.
Even the mercenaries who were fighting in front of them were directly let the knight servants under him choose to kill them.
The fire has spread from the tent to the village, not to mention the noble knights, even the civilians who were originally driven to the corner, have started to flee, because the fire has completely ignited the tent area with the help of the linen tent. There are also thatched huts and wooden houses in the village, all of which are in a state of burning.
(end of this chapter)