Under the cover of night, campfires crackled and burned in the wild people''s camp. Between leather and straw tents, iron pots, animal skins, or large pieces of animal meat divided into strips were hung on wooden shelves.
At this moment, the massive gate of the boulder fortress to the west of the camp quietly opens, and hundreds of human figures integrated with the night quickly rush out on horses towards the camp of the wild people.
After a day''s deliberation and preparation, Damon Bilson and others decided to take the initiative to attack and harass before the assembly of the opposition army was completed.
Although this can not stop the wild people''s final attack or even the fall of the fortress, it can at least slow down the wild people''s attack and win valuable war preparation time.
At the moment, averier county is like a house facing the impact of debris flow. If they are not well prepared, they are likely to be swept into a rout in an instant when the war breaks out.
Damon Bilson knew very well that the initial defeat would have disastrous consequences for Averill county.
Therefore, even if he knew that the fortress could not be held, he would never directly take people to evacuate and give it to the wild people!
He must use the blood and lives of soldiers to make the wild people pay a heavier price. At that time, he can stabilize the morale of the army under the pretext of tactical retreat. Only in this way can they have a glimmer of hope of victory.
In the dark, the cavalry of 100 people was silent. After leaving the long snake Canyon, according to the raid plan formulated in advance, under the leadership of Sir Lowell Bilson, they detoured back to the back of the wild people''s camp from the south.
In the grass, the Knights stood quietly with the reins, and the horses shook their tails to drive away annoying mosquitoes.
Looking at the devastated stars in the sky, Lowell took back his eyes and stared at the little fire ahead and the mound like tents.
"Bertin, are you sure they dragged the riprap truck back to the middle of the camp?"
"Yes, sir!" replied the knight next to him. "Our people investigated all around, but we didn''t see the shadow of the riprap machine, and there were only drag marks on the land beyond the Great Wall."
Lowell nodded and ordered, "let''s check the pots again. Later, we''ll see how close we are, and then get on the horse!"
"Yes!"
After a burst of heedless inspection, the people, like ghosts out of the dark, led horses on the grassland shrouded in night and walked silently towards the wild people''s camp.
The tent was getting closer and closer, and there was a smell of burning vegetation in the air.
The leader Lowell and others stopped, and the whole team immediately stopped moving forward. The grassland in front has been leveled by the wild people. If you move forward, even if there is night cover, it is likely to be noticed by the wild people on watch.
Under the command of a low voice, more than 100 Knights turned over and mounted their horses together. Lowell took out the long sword soaked in black fire oil beside the saddle, lit it and raised it high.
At the moment, it is less than 100 meters away from the camp, and the fire sword is the signal of charge!
The long sword came out of its scabbard and the light of fire shone. In the rush forward of the horse, more than 100 fire swords were like the light of fire cutting through the curtain of the night!
"Kill!"
"Kill!!"
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The knight holding the fire sword roared and rushed directly into the tent camp. The wild people on the night watch thought they saw the evil spirit of the grassland.
After the horse bumped into a tent, Lowell waved his fire sword and directly cut off the head of a woman who rushed out of the tent.
"Throw the pot! Find the riprap machine!"
He shouted loudly as he rushed towards the center of the camp and killed the wild people who were awakened and rushed out of the tent.
Seeing the Knights sitting high on horseback, armed with fire sword, covered in armor and killing constantly, the wild people were all frightened. Most of them had no time to respond, so they were cut down by a sword.
In an instant, Lowell and others were like beasts rushing into sheep, making howls and chaos, as well as death.
During the killing, Lowell, the leader, took the lead in seeing three riprap machines parked in the center of the camp and two siege towers being built.
"Throw the pot! Throw the pot!!" waving the fire sword, Lowell shouted at the Knights.
The knight who followed immediately grabbed the fire pot hanging by the saddle, rode around, and crackled at the central riprap machine and siege tower.
Facing the riprap machine drenched with fire oil, Lowell immediately bent his arm and nailed the fire sword as a long gun to the riprap machine.
In an instant, it was like a wizard''s magic. The flame on the long sword jumped up like a fire snake along the traces of black fire oil and wrapped the whole riprap machine.
Several Knights nearby also followed suit and threw their weapons. Before the wild people had time to respond, several flames had been lit in the center of the camp.
"Organize the team, retreat! Retreat to the fortress!!" Lowell pulled out a long sword again and shouted to the surrounding knights.
When they heard the order to retreat, they immediately turned their horses around, like a madman who ran away after arson. Amid the frightened cries and painful wails of the wild people, they rushed all the way to the fortress and left.
Under the cover of night, the knight holding the fire sword is like a little spark sneaking out of the sea of fire, while the wild people chasing madly with a torch behind him are like flames separated from the sea of fire.
The horses galloped. On the vast and silent grassland, the wild people issued bursts of "sobbing" howls. Lowell turned his head and looked from time to time. The people and horses of both sides rushed into the long snake Canyon in the dark.
Just as the knights rushed into the canyon, a fire lit up on the wall of the fortress in front.
"Go! Go! Get into the fortress! Go straight into the fortress!!"
Fire pots were burning on both sides of the city gate. After Lowell arrived, Lema stopped aside, waved weapons and commanded the following knights to enter the city gate.
When all the people were in, he glanced at the large fire coming after him, immediately pulled the reins and ran into the city gate.
When the heavy city gate was closed, the howling behind him immediately decreased a lot.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
As soon as he got off his horse, he heard the order to shoot arrows from the wall. It was the voice of his brother Damon Bilson. He knew that the wild people must be outside the city gate.
He quickly ran up the wall, and saw that on the wall hundreds of meters, it was orange red by dozens of burning braziers, while the knights were holding long bows and facing the crenels, harvesting the lives of the wild people below.
"Aren''t you hurt?" asked Damon Bilson, looking at him.
"No, everything is going well!" he replied. "In addition to the riprap machine, those guys are still building siege towers, but they are all burned by us! Our loss is also very small, it is estimated that there are less than ten people!"
"That''s good," said Marquis Bilson with satisfaction. In this way, tonight''s sneak attack plan will be successfully completed.
Lowell nodded, looked at the wild people who were going to be defeated by bows and arrows outside the Great Wall, held a torch and shouted from a distance, and said, "these guys are a bunch of fools as long as they don''t have the unified command of the king of wild people. We can sneak attacks several times more and lead them to the canyon to ambush, which may have unexpected effects!"
After nodding, Damon Bilson said, "it''s OK once or twice. More times, these guys will be vigilant no matter how stupid they are. Our most important goal is still to slow down their attack. As long as we can keep the fortress, we have the hope of winning!"
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