Not far away, a horn sounded.

"Cavalry ready!" the captain of a formation of Kingdom Knights shouted to the knights around him, and then, looking at the knights on the side, he shouted, "Okay!

Soon, the group of knights quickly circled to the side behind the hillside.

There, a lot of firewood and grass had been placed before the battle.

Flying alone in a troop of cavalry, at the risk of being attacked by a large number of opposing forces, to carry out the mission quickly and without error - a well-trained and high-level unit like the Knights of the Kingdom is very suitable for such an operation.

The knight lit the torch in his hand and threw it into the haystack.

The oiled firewood and grass pile immediately snorted and ignited a raging fire!

The knights of the kingdom, who had lit the firewood and grass, immediately turned around and came to the rear of the infantry.

In general, such firewood and grass are lit on the battlefield in order to interfere with the enemy's line of sight.

At the same time, the purpose of lighting a fire is also to block the route of the opponent's charge, forcing the opponent to make a detour when charging, and reducing the speed and power of the opponent's charge.

This time, however, it seemed strange that the firewood was not placed in front of the infantry phalanx, or the side firing units.

Now, behind the fire-stained piles of firewood and straw, there was no infantry or cavalry unit of their own—not even the Knights of the Kingdom, who had just been engaged in the operation.

Of course, this was not a tactical mistake - lighting the fire at that location on the battlefield was specially arranged by the Atreus commander!

Naturally, there is a reason for this - perhaps, this is a special tactic of the Atrus commander.

......

After the fire on the firewood and grass was ignited, all the soldiers still waited there quietly, and did not advance or change their formation.

Commander Atrus, on the other hand, was in relative safety, observing the situation on the battlefield a little further away.

"Watch the enemy forces to the rear!" reminded the adjutant on the side.

"They're starting!" Commander Atrus looked into the distance, "yes! The first move looks like it was a success! They look like they've hit the trick!"

Most of the enemy's curved artillery, lined up in the rear of the infantry.

The guns began to reorient, pointing their muzzles at the place where the fire was burning.

It turned out that Atrus wanted to use flames to confuse the other party.

Now, the other side should think that this is the case - since the Rotsetitians have lit a fire behind the gentle slope, then it naturally has its effect, and the role of the flame is either to block the opponent's advance, or to ignite the smoke and block the view, of course, it is also very likely that it is both - since this is the case, then behind the flames, there is a high probability that there are a large number of combat units, protected by this flame.

In other words, the other party is still pretending to be clever enough to think that the Rotsetitians want to cover themselves with fire and smoke, and instead give the other party a hint of their position.

Of course, those enemies were completely wrong!

In the distance, there was a rumbling sound.

The enemy, in that direction, opened fire with artillery on what they thought was "where their main forces were."

The other party's shells hit the edge of the fire - naturally they did not cause any damage, at most, they only scattered some firewood and grass.

The enemy's infantry and cavalry had not yet advanced, and the first thing was shelling.

"Don't worry, they've been hit, and soon, their forces should be advancing!" Commander Atrus added, "Let's not rush to charge just yet. ”

The adjutant on the side nodded, and continued to observe the other party's seemingly stupid actions after being tricked.