Volume 3 The Vortex of Strife Chapter 364 Breaking into the Camp

With more than 10,000 mercenaries, Fidel quickly approached the camp of the Count of Camhen, where he encountered many regular troops of the Duchy of Magini who had escaped from the barracks. When Fidel confronted them, they told them about the death of the Earl of Camhen.

The soldiers claimed that the Earl of Camhen, who was already eighty years old, had died in battle, and that he had died heroically while rushing to the front to resist the enemy together. The other nobles who followed Count Kanheng also fought side by side, but the mercenary regiment of the Mercenary Guild and the Iron Cavalry of the East Oguna Empire were so strong that they seemed to be well aware of the weaknesses of the military camp and avoided the most heavily fortified places from the beginning. Coupled with the sound of trumpets coming from all directions, the regular army of the Duchy of Mageni was also distracted, and these soldiers had no idea how many enemies were besieging from the night.

At first, they were holding their posts, but soon a puff of smoke drifting from the south in the direction of the wind covered the entire barracks. The smoke was obviously deliberately set on fire, and the smoke was so dark and thick that the soldiers guarding the barracks could not open their eyes or even breathe, and it was at that time that the enemy took advantage of the chaos to rush to the barracks.

"We couldn't stand the smoke so we had to escape... The battle isn't over yet! Captain Feder is going to the aid of Count Camhen!"

"Didn't you just say that the Earl of Campham was killed in battle?"

"I'm hearsay, too... Because some people saw the Earl of Campham himself carrying his sword into battle and fighting with those mercenaries, and some claimed to have seen the Count of Campham being slashed with their own eyes..."In addition to this deserter, several other people also gave a general account of the situation in the barracks, and even after seeing Field, they changed their words and claimed that they had come out to find reinforcements, after all, more than 10,000 regular troops had been sent to attack the town.

Vittorio's previous two options turned out to be one without question, and all the captains decided that the tens of thousands of troops of the Count of Camhen should not be abandoned. And as they got closer to the barracks on the high ground and received more reinforcements from the principality, they became more and more convinced that this was the right choice.

The first to come into contact with the mercenary Guards was the infantry regiment of the Imperial Army of East Oguna, the Imperial cavalry had already broken into the rectangular Duchy barracks, and these infantry were apparently intercepting deserters and receiving wounded soldiers. Without hesitation, Fidel gave the order for the entire army to attack, and the battlefield would not show mercy to either the wounded Imperial soldiers or the logistics soldiers.

After defeating the Imperial infantry, the mercenaries began to enter the barracks, and they encountered more Duchy soldiers and Imperial soldiers, one of whom was almost killed by the Imperials, but fortunately Ayana saved him in the last moment.

"Captain Fed... The whole barracks was fighting..."The breathless officer no longer had the strength to lift his weapons, "The smoke 'divided' the whole barracks into two sides, and the other side of the barracks, the Count of Camhen, had fallen..."Under the officer's explanation, Fide realized that the long barracks had not been completely occupied, and that most of the regular army of the Duchy of Magini remained in and next to the camp. However, the southwest side of the barracks, that is, the direction where the nobles gathered, was being attacked by the Widow Mercenary Group, the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group and the Imperial Iron Cavalry, and the American Young Mercenary Group that was supposed to appear on this side was restrained by Fidel, so only a small number of mercenaries were assisting the Imperial Army in attacking the military camp in the northeast.

Since it was late at night, Fidel and the others couldn't see the smoke by the light of the moon alone, but it was certain that the smoke blowing from the south was still spreading, and if they forced their way through the smoke belt in the barracks, they might be suffocated by the inability to breathe as they moved. And now the barracks are on fire everywhere, and if you don't leave the barracks, you will be burned to death.

After a brief discussion, Fei De decided to repel the enemy in the northeast camp and escort the wounded soldiers away, while he also planned to personally lead the cavalry mercenaries who could still fight to the west of the barracks.

"Commander, no," Selena objected, "although you are not injured, Commander, you have also exerted a lot of physical strength in the fierce battle just now. Now there are less than a thousand horseback mercenaries who can fight, but there are tens of thousands of enemies over there, and the Earl of Camham may have been killed, if you were the commander..."

Although the other captains did not say anything to persuade them, they all had the same expressions on their faces as Selena - although it was not clear why the regular army of 50,000 Duchy had fallen into the enemy's trap, the Duchy of Mageni was indeed heading for defeat. Vittorio had obtained information that if an unknown enemy force was approaching in the distance to the east, the Potato Mercenaries and the Mercenary Guardians would be unable to protect themselves.

"If we abandon the soldiers here now, an even greater defeat will come. With that, Feder remounted his horse and grabbed the reins with his sore arms, insisting on going to the aid of his allies over there.

Fid was accompanied by Noor, Patrick, and Ayana, and Serena and Vittorio decided to take the principality army away from the area first, while the rest of the mercenaries moved southwest.

When Fei De came to the west of the barracks with about a thousand horseback mercenaries, the banner of the guinea pig mercenary group appeared in the field of vision, and the short mercenaries holding long and wide shields and spears obviously did not expect other mercenaries to appear.

Fidel knew that a tired subordinate would not be able to defeat such a spear formation that was good at dealing with mounted troops, but the proximity of the Duchy's military camp and the enemy's preparedness was no reason to back down. At this time, there was no widespread fire in the south-west barracks, and the cries of battle were coming from the barracks, and perhaps the Earl of Camhen was still alive and waiting for his rescue.

Fei decided to take a gamble, he asked most of his men to pin down the enemy mercenaries closest to the barracks, and then personally led a small number of the fastest cavalry to break through the circle in front of him and attack the barracks. More than 800 cavalry led by Patrick immediately rushed towards the mercenary circle closest to the barracks, and Fidel also took this opportunity to break through and rush into the barracks in a state of confusion with the jumping horses.

"According to the previous Duchy soldiers, the Earl of Campham and other nobles were fighting at the forefront. When Ayana said this, Fidel suddenly felt a sense of sadness, after all, not every nobleman is so greedy for life and afraid of death, and there are also loyal and commendable nobles like Count Camhen.

"If you can save one, I've ordered Patrick to try to open up a way," Fidel glanced back at the circle that Patrick was attacking, two of which had been quickly broken, but more than a dozen cavalrymen were also stabbed to death, "Let's split up and help the soldiers who are in a hard fight to get out of here." ”

In a rare obedience, Ayana agreed to Fid's request, and she and Nur each headed in different directions with dozens of cavalry, while Fid also reached the center of the camp to the southwest after encountering a small amount of resistance. There were more enemies here, and it was clear that the mercenaries had rushed into the depths of the barracks to the southwest.

A young nobleman with an iron crossbow bolt was lying next to a wooden cart, and Fei De dismounted to check and found that the other man had already dried up his blood. The young nobleman was accompanied by a dead mercenary, apparently a mercenary of the widow's mercenary group, who wore swords that were lighter than normal and more suitable for stabbing. The young nobleman's fatal wound was a sword wound from the back, but Feder knew that he must have held out here for a long time before he fell, because his blade had five curls and his blood had dripped a long distance.

"It's the enemy!"

One of Fielder's men suddenly exclaimed, and when Fielder turned around, Viscount Robin, whom he hadn't seen for a while, had already appeared next to a camp, and behind him were some wounded Duchy soldiers.

"Is it Captain Fed?!" Robin walked over quickly, and Feder noticed a wound on the other man's arm, "You're finally here... I thought reinforcements would never come. ”

"How are the Earls of Campham and the other duchy nobles?"

Robin's guards followed him closely, "They may still be trapped deeper in the barracks, and the smoke and the encirclement of the enemy make it impossible for us to leave, we can't..."

Fei De suddenly remembered what the deserters had said, could it be that the Earl of Camhen and the other nobles had retreated to the depths of the barracks?

Just as Feder turned his gaze to the side, thinking about which direction to go deeper, Robin suddenly pulled out a dagger from the arm guard in his right hand and slashed it at Fed's throat! Although Fed's reaction was fast, the dagger still scratched Fett's chin and neck, and a strand of black hair on the left side was also cut off and fell on Fett's shoulder.

Robin immediately retreated as soon as he couldn't do it, and the guards behind him immediately raised their weapons and attacked Fidel's mercenary subordinates, killing several cavalrymen who couldn't dodge on the spot!

"You're a traitor!" Feder had already pulled out a "silence", his jaw was dripping blood, but it was fine.

"Yes, it doesn't matter if I confess everything to you, you won't get out of here alive anyway. Robin tossed the dagger aside, and slowly drew his saber from his waist. The sword's blade was a dark red, just like the plate armor on his body, which looked a little weird.

Vittorio was right. ”

Fed's subordinates immediately turned over on their horses, and at this moment there were still twenty-three horseback mercenaries guarding Fed's side, judging from the number of people, Robin, a traitor, had no chance.

But as Feyd was about to approach Robin, a scream came from behind him - one of his men was struck by a peg rake that resembled a farmer's use, and the long, thick nail rake dragged the armored mounted mercenary off his horse, and the mercenary's screams caused his mount to run away in terror.

A man with clumps of cheeks, a pointed nose, and obscene eyes was standing there. His front teeth protruded from his lips like a rat, and he felt a wave of fear and disgust. The man waved the four-pointed iron rake back and forth inside the mercenary's body, and his intestines and other organs were pulled out, but he still had a nonchalant expression, as if he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing.