Volume 3 The Vortex of Strife Chapter 360 Two Snakes Devouring (I)
Vittorio took the surrendered general's sword, and the three hundred Imperial defenders opened the gates an hour after Vittorio's siege, succumbing to the verbal assault of Vittorio's surrender squad. The seemingly powerless words discouraged the Imperial defenders, and turned the civilians of the Duchy of Mageni into enemies of the Imperial soldiers.
"Fifty-two civilians died, all civilians from the Duchy of Mageni," Ligu glanced at the casualty report, his men were healing other wounded civilians, "Eighteen Imperial soldiers died, the other Imperial soldiers have already discarded their weapons, the general who volunteered to surrender the city..."
"That general can't return to the camp of the East Oguna Empire, we shouldn't slack off, send him and the other Imperial soldiers back to our camp first. Vittorio mobilized his men and estimated the time. According to his calculations, Fidel had already stormed the camp of the Eastern Oguna Empire, and if Selena and Fenrir succeeded in carrying out the agreed plan, then Fid would have wiped out most of the Imperial army. And Toto, who is both nervous and confident, can also take the "middle city" without any support, but the "right city" that the Earl of Camheng is responsible for containing may be variable.
As long as Fide can break through the enemy's rear barracks, it will be difficult for other variables to have the influence to turn the tide, and this will be a great victory for the Duchy of Mageni. Vittorio thought to himself.
However, just as Vittorio was about to lead his men to Midtown, several of Luca's men galloped in, and as soon as they saw Vittorio, they told him what had happened to Captain Fidel.
Knowing that the situation had changed, Vittorio immediately recalculated the possible reason - if there were no other factors, the Imperial Iron Horsemen would never have chosen to attack the regular army camp of the Earl of Camhen at night. No matter how proud the people of the East Oguna Empire were in their iron cavalry, the reason they did so must have been because they were sure enough to defeat the impregnable Earl of Camphen. An ominous premonition appeared in Vittorio's mind, and he, like Fidel, immediately thought of the three disappeared mercenary groups of the Mercenary Guild.
At the same time, Orlando, the leader of the American Young Mercenary Group, was surrounded by his own mercenary subordinates, and in front of him was a nobleman of the Duchy of Magini who was already scarred.
"Do you want to give up, honorable sir?" Orlando, dressed in light red plate armor and holding a thin spike silver sword in his left hand, smiled at the nobleman who had multiple sword wounds on his body. Orlando rested his right hand on his backhand, his footsteps moving like those of a noblewoman on a dance floor, sometimes close, sometimes drifting, sometimes tapping, sometimes stomping. The nobility of the duchy in front of him could only keep dragging his body, vigilant of Orlando's every movement, as if he only glanced at the other party without a glance, the opponent's thrusting silver sword would pierce his throat.
Orlando was still smiling, he tilted his head down slightly, his plain white top hat covering his face, and he took a step forward the moment he stopped making eye contact with the wounded nobleman's eyes. The thrusting silver sword reflected a ray of light into the nobleman's eyes, and in the next second, Orlando had already dodged by, slashing the nobleman's throat from one side with the thrusting silver sword in his left hand.
"I've been playing with you before, but it's about the same time. Orlando didn't even see a trail of blood on his thrusting silver sword, and the Duchy nobleman had already fallen to the ground and died, while the torch-wielding men around Orlando began to cheer loudly, for this was the third Duchy of Mageni nobleman to die in the sand. Orlando, who had won the battle with three outs, didn't even pick up the pink striped iron shield, but single-handedly killed three captured principality nobles.
Orlando put away his spike silver sword and glanced at his men, most of whom were quite handsome, and if you looked closely at them, you would see that they were very well dressed and dressed, like noble knights of noble birth.
An equally handsome male mercenary with a light bow on his back stepped out, "Commander Orlando, the troops of the Duchy of Magini who tried to launch a surprise attack have been stopped, there are about a thousand people. Combined with the thousands of principality troops that had besieged the small city before, we had nearly 6,000 enemies crushed. ”
"That's pretty much it, I guess it's a bit of a slip through the net," Orlando, who sighed lightly, asked the other party to pick up his striped shield, he didn't seem to expect the three principality nobles to be so vulnerable, "Megna, you command a few teams to scout around, I'm not worried about Reese and them, those mercenaries from the Mercenary Guardian Regiment may be aware of the situation here." ”
The mercenary named Megenia is Orlando's deputy and the deputy head of the American Boy Mercenary Regiment. His lips were round and tender, his lips were particularly crimson, and his cheeks were flushed, and anyone could see his "specialness" at a glance, as if there was no one on the continent whose lips were sexier than his, and no woman who could wear makeup better than him.
At this time, the 10,000 infantry units sent by the Earl of Camp to support not far from the "Right City" had been attacked by more than 10,000 Imperial Iron Cavalry who poured out of the Imperial military camp. Unexpectedly, the infantry team that would become the target of the attack was scattered in an instant, and the dark night became the accomplice of the Imperial Iron Cavalry, and these 10,000 infantry had become the target of the steel torrent without playing any role, and there were not many Duchy soldiers who could escape under the iron hooves. And the 8,000 regular army, which was supposed to be a diversionary force, was also attacked by the widow mercenary group, the American boy mercenary group, the city defenders, and the imperial cavalry who rushed to support before Fei De came to the imperial military camp. These 8,000 regular troops fell into the trap of the Imperial Army of East Oguna due to the leak of intelligence, and their fate was not much better than that of the 10,000 infantry. The three nobles who led the army were all captured, and they were treated three to one, and they all died by Orlando's sword. Orlando was bored with exchanging the lives of these three nobles for money in the Duchy of Magini, and he preferred to find an opponent who would arouse his interest.
The situation changed in an instant, so that the Earl of Camhen had little choice, the old Earl had already ordered his subordinates to guard all parts of the barracks, and the tentative commandos sent in all directions had also returned, and nearly 30,000 regular troops of the Duchy of Magini were surrounded back to back in the night, they did not know how many enemies surrounded the huge barracks, but it was definitely not the only 20,000 Imperial troops that intelligence showed.
Not long after Megna left Orlando, a mercenary in charge of reconnaissance hurried up to Orlando.
"Report to the regimental commander! There is a cavalry in the rear! I don't know which force it is!"
"Cavalry?"
"Yes, from the Imperial Army's offensive line, but it doesn't seem to be the cavalry of the East Oguna Empire!"
"Let all your subordinates change direction, there is a good chance that you will be an unplanned enemy. ”
At the same time, the Widow Mercenary Regiment had reached the south of the Principality's regular army barracks, and the Guinea Pig Mercenaries had appeared to the west of the barracks. The victorious Imperial Night Raiders occupied the flat ground to the east of the barracks, and also guarded the passage between the Mercenary Guardians and the Earl of Camphen. And the cavalry team encountered by the American Young Mercenary Group was none other than the three thousand cavalry led by Fei De himself.
By this time, Fei De had realized what was going on tonight, and when he saw the flag of the American Boy Mercenary Regiment, everything made sense. It's just that Fei De didn't choose to immediately attack the enemy formation that was changing formation, and the planned "complete victory" suddenly became variable, so everything had to be overturned and rearranged. Fei De believes that this is the time when a calm, a calmness that can calm down and think.
Stopping the charge, the 3,000 horseback mercenaries who had completed the line confronted the beautiful young mercenary group with more than 6,000 mercenaries, Selena and Lukka were ready to charge, and Patrick was called to the side by Fed.
"It is certain that the Mercenary Guild and those Imperial cavalry planned tonight's attack, and their target was Count Canham. ”
"But it has been concluded that they don't know what we're doing," Patrick was wearing a "dragon blade", with two extremely sharp swords hanging on either side of his waist, "The Imperial Army of Eastern Oguna is about 20,000 people, and the mercenary guild of mercenaries is only 20,000 at most, so we have an advantage in total strength." ”
Ayana said after recalling the stump and severed arm she had just seen, "But I have seen the slaughtered Principality infantry just now, and they died defenseless. ”
"Captain Ayana is right, now we no longer have an advantage over the enemy. ”
"That's why I have to be calm," Fidel looked back in the direction of Midtown and Left City, "Patrick, you personally go and inform Vittorio and Toto that it is urgent to gather all the mercenaries as soon as possible." ”
Patrick hesitated for a moment before asking, "Field, do you still want to wipe out all the enemies this time as you did at the beginning?"
Feder was stunned, "Why do you ask that?" ”
"Now it seems that we and the enemy are like two snakes trying to devour each other, we bite each other's tails, and so does the other. Neither of them will be able to devour the other, but neither will budge," Patrick's analogy made Ayana nod in agreement, the phenomenon of two snakes devouring each other is common in the forest, "If we wait until all the mercenaries have finished assembling, I'm afraid that then our 'tail' will be swallowed by the enemy first." ”
Patrick's words woke up Fiddle, who was very upset as he hurried to the Earl of Camhen's barracks. Desperate for a big victory, he is also extremely afraid of defeat, and the fact that the mounted mercenaries stop in front of the enemy is the best proof that Fidel has become restrained, maybe he has just missed the only chance to defeat the American Boy Mercenary Group head-on.
"Don't hesitate, there are clouds in the military book... The opportunity is fleeting!" Patrick had already turned his horse's head and prepared to carry out the task assigned by Fed, "Fed, make up your mind as soon as possible. ”
Feder glanced at Patrick's distant back, and when he looked back at the American Young Mercenary Group, those enemies seemed to have suddenly turned into thick snake meat, which made Fett want to bite down.