On a hill in the dense forest, Nangong Xiao and the others looked down at the Tynal Army camp below.
Irene frowned and said," Nangong, the enemy commander is a character. The defense is tight and the layout is compact. As long as there is an enemy, the Tynal army can quickly gather. The camp can be said to be both offensive and defensive. To be honest, I don't think we can launch a night attack on this kind of camp.”
Nangong Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a while before he replied," Indeed, a normal surprise attack is very difficult to achieve. Even if we have five times more troops than the enemy, we may not be able to take down this camp. Even if we do, it will only be a miserable victory. The enemy's general is indeed an excellent general.”
"Since you understand, what do you plan to do?”
"There will always be a way, right?”Nangong Xiao smiled and waved his hand to signal the start of the battle.
As soon as Badolan received the order, he quickly went down to make arrangements.
Soon, Irene and the others saw a troop of about 50 people, each with a trombone horn scattered in the forest.
"Alright, the show is about to begin." As Nangong Xiao spoke, a long bugle call sounded. In an instant, the Tyner camp at the foot of the mountain was lit up with flames. The bugle call, the roars of the troops, and the exchange of weapons and armor seemed to be orderly, but one could hear the panic in it.
At this moment, Nangong Xiao smiled and said to Ai Lian," Tell me, if I let my subordinates make such a ruckus for the entire night, how much combat power will the people below have left the next day?”
Hearing Nangong Xiao's words, Irene, Lim, and Liudmila quickly understood Nangong Xiao's intentions. Irene's eyes widened in shock as she said," The previous long march and the current harassment... Nangong, can I say that you're despicable?”
"Please call me Despicable Little Prince."
"..." It had to be said that Nangong Xiao really deserved a beating when he was showing off.
"Ahem." Lim coughed and asked," Nangong Qing, what if the enemy searches the mountain? You don't have many people here, and this forest isn't suitable for archery. The mobility advantage you've always been proud of will completely disappear.”
"Indeed, but don't forget that this is Arthas. Most of my soldiers are Arthas 'local hunters. They are very familiar with every inch of the land here. It can even be said that it is easier for them to do their best here than on the grasslands. In comparison, the Tynal army is an away team. Even if the other party had investigated beforehand, it would still be impossible for them to compare to us. If the enemy commander dares to send people out to search the mountain, then I'm confident that they won't be able to return. Of course, with his cautious personality, he probably wouldn't take such a risk. The other party must have thought that this was a trap, a death trap to lure them out of the camp.”
Upon hearing Nangong Xiao's words, Irene continued," Indeed, if I were the enemy's commander, I would only strengthen the camp's defense and would not easily leave the formation. Especially in this dark night, it's impossible to determine what the enemy is up to.”
"So, the show has just begun.”
……
Just as Nangong Xiao had said, Steed did not send his soldiers out to search the mountain. Even though the bugle call to charge sounded from all directions from time to time for most of the night, Steed only let his subordinates rest in batches and strengthen their vigilance.
Steed had already understood the enemy general's intention in the first half of the night. This was to disturb the rest of the Tynal army, and thus attack the overall strength of the Tynal army from three aspects: mental, psychological, and physical.
Although Steed understood what was going on, he didn't have a practical way to deal with it. It was because this kind of behavior was like a hooligan. In the eyes of the knights, it was unheard of. There was no way to adapt to it.
Even if they were to rest in batches, it might not really be able to let the soldiers rest in peace. After all, they were in the enemy's territory, and no one knew if the next charging horn would really attack the camp. Even if they forcefully abandoned this doubt, most of the Tynal army could not rest in peace. This was because in addition to the horn, Nangong Xiao had also brought a number of large copper gongs. The sound was ear-piercing and spread far away. Not to mention the Tynal army, they were annoyed and did not feel sleepy at all. Even the main force of Arthas, who was resting nearby, had to use simple cotton earplugs to sleep soundly.
Just like that, the vast majority of Tynal's army, from the soldiers to the commanders, were completely angered. They flew into a rage and swarmed into Steed's tent to request for battle.
Steed hesitated for the first time. He knew very well that if this continued, the enemy would launch another attack before dawn when the army was exhausted. It would be really dangerous. Even if the enemy only had a thousand men, Steed could not ignore it.
But sending troops to chase away those troops who were beating drums and gongs? This was no different from suicide. Arthas 'troops were obviously stronger than crossbows. Although the forest environment was not suitable for horse fighting, it was very suitable for archers to ambush and even kill in batches. It was enough to make people collapse.
Steed knew that if he sent out too few soldiers, they would be defeated by the enemy one by one and slowly eaten up. If he sent out too many, the enemy would definitely retreat. When the army returned to camp, the enemy would definitely come back. Therefore, there was no solution.
After hesitating for a while, Steed finally gave the order. So the soldiers kept their weapons in their hands, put on their armor and clothes, and slept. They blocked their ears as much as possible to reduce the disturbance of the noise.
Of course, Steed had also given several orders to strengthen the alert. He planned to sacrifice one-third of the soldiers 'sleep time in exchange for sufficient rest time for most of the soldiers.
In fact, it was very dangerous to do so because their ears were blocked. In addition, it was late at night. The soldiers had experienced a great battle after a long journey, so they were already very tired. Now that they had really fallen asleep with their ears covered, the soldiers 'overall reaction speed would become abnormally slow if an emergency occurred. In an environment where they could be ambushed at any moment, this was really a bad idea.
But other than that, Steed had no other choice. He knew very well that the Arthian soldiers who were beating drums and gongs in all directions were only a small group. Tomorrow, they would face the elite Arthans who were full of energy and high morale. His soldiers might not be able to rest enough, their morale would be low, and they would be exhausted. It would be good enough if they only had half of their fighting strength left.
In this situation, no matter how unwilling Steed was, he had to admit that he had lost again.
Just as Steed sighed helplessly, a strange sound of air being torn suddenly sounded. However, Steed's expression quickly changed.
"Blow the horn! Catapults are attacking!"
The guards in front of the tent shouted as soon as they received the order. In an instant, the entire camp was filled with the sound of the horn. However, before the soldiers in the camp could prepare themselves, many of them had just gotten up from the ground and the military seats when five fireballs directly smashed into the camp.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
As the five sounds of pottery shattering rang out, countless flames flew in all directions. It was almost impossible for people to react. The tents, weapons, and other things were all ignited.
"Ah! Help!"
"Fire! The flames couldn't be extinguished! Ah!"
"Ah!"
As more and more fire pots were thrown from the sky, the entire camp was soon turned into a sea of fire. At the same time, tragic screams gradually became more concentrated and quickly spread throughout the entire camp.
"Sir! These flames could not be extinguished! Even if he used water, it would only make the fire burn even bigger!”
"My lord! These are the flames of a demon!"
"Sir, I'm done for, sob sob…"
Seeing such a tragic scene in the camp, Steed felt cold sweat on his palms for the first time. This was like a scene from hell, and the scene of his comrades being burned alive made Steed extremely angry. At the same time, he felt deeply powerless.
Steed looked at the clay pots that were constantly being thrown over by the catapults in the distance. He could only order," Abandon the camp! The entire army retreated to the eastern plains! Let the cavalrymen who can move spread out and be on guard, and let the infantrymen remain vigilant!”
"Yes!"
While the Tynal army was desperately retreating from the camp, on the distant hill, Irene and the other two girls were silent. Looking at the tragic scene below, even though they had been through hundreds of battles and had long seen life and death, they still felt a chill down their spines.
Nangong Xiao, who was standing at the front, did not look at the merciless flames below. Instead, he looked up at the dark sky and muttered to himself in a daze," As the saying goes, water and fire are merciless. Today, I've finally seen it for myself."”
Even though they were shocked, Irene and the others quickly regained their senses. Irene asked," Nangong, what kind of oil is in those jars? It's actually so terrifying."
" It's a bit troublesome to explain alchemical fire oil extracted from oil. It's a kind of burning substance buried underground. Like iron ores, it's buried underground. After digging it out and slightly processing it, it becomes what it is now.”Although that was the case, the alchemical fire oil in Nangong Xiao's hands was not dug up at the last minute. It was a crude oil material exchanged from the system. After some processing, it was put into a clay pot and placed on a trebuchet to be used as a primitive incendiary bomb.
The effect was pretty good. What surprised Nangong Xiao was that he could get experience points from killing the enemy like this. He really did not know how the system determined it.
Not long after, Nangong Xiao's backpack was full again. He had no choice but to send all the equipment to Liudmila. Liudmila, on the other hand, happily disassembled them on the spot and threw all the equipment that could not be disassembled in time to the outside world.
Irene and Lim were still a little surprised. After Irene looked at Ludmila, she said," Nangong, did you get these things by killing your enemies?”
"Smart." Nangong Xiao smiled in surprise.
" No wonder you're thinking of expanding the war. So that's why…" Irene nodded thoughtfully and did not dwell on this matter. Instead, she asked again," Now that the situation is set, don't you plan to pursue?”
"Of course, Badolan has already brought people to prepare.”
Nangong Xiao said as he stretched his back and walked down the mountain.
Looking at Nangong Xiao's back, Irene turned around and looked at Liudmila with a smile.
"What's the matter?" On the other hand, Liudmila felt uncomfortable under Irene's gaze.
"No, it's just very interesting.”
"Is that so?" Ludmila was busy and didn't have time to care about what Irene was up to.
However, Irene didn't say anything else. She picked up some armor, weapons, and other things that Liudmila had thrown to the ground and carefully examined them.
Lim was no different. Although she still felt that it was amazing, she quickly accepted the fact that the man had always been amazing.
Killing enemies and getting weapons?
When did this world become so crazy…
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