Chapter 350: The Southern Army Collapses
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The distance between the regular army camp of the Earl of Camhen and the camp of the southern army was three thousand meters, and at this time the thousand horseback mercenaries led by Fei De had come to the middle of the two camps, and only a small number of sentry soldiers appeared in the regular army camp in the rear, and most of the regular army withdrew from the barracks. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 There was a fierce battle in the camp of the Southern Army, and many deserters fled from the camp, and there was no sign of the Imperial Army from Feide's angle, but the Imperial Army must have broken through to the camp.
"Selena!'s priority is to rescue Meifu!" Fidel looked at the camp with smoke coming out, and he didn't know where Meifu would be, "We're divided into two ways!"
Selena led the way, while Ayana, Patrick, and Vega followed Fid into the camp from the left side. The Southern Army lost the last of their courage when they saw the appearance of well-equipped cavalry, but it was only when they saw clearly that it was the banner of the Mercenary Patriotic Regiment that they realized that these cavalry were reinforcements.
"Do you know where Miss Maevie and the other nobles of Fontale are?" Patri cradled an escaping infantryman.
"The nobles are all in the middle of the camp! They are all dead! The five hundred merchants are terrible! They are like butchers!" In addition to this frightened soldier, the other southern armies also said that the nobles were in the center of the camp. Leaderless, they simply did not have the courage to raise their weapons to resist, and they had realized that the Iron Cavalry of the Imperial Army would outflank them from both sides, intending to swallow the battalion of 30,000 soldiers stationed in one fell swoop.
Fyld doesn't know the exact location of Maev, but he believes that he and Selena will be able to find Maev while she is still sick in bed. He decided to take the hundreds of cavalry behind him to find the nearest way to get closer to the center of the camp and see if he could rescue one or two nobles of the Southern Army - if all the southern nobles died here, it would definitely be a huge blow to the Duchy of Magini.
Fei De and his subordinates began to see the fastest rushing Imperial cavalry, those elite iron cavalry of the East Oguna Empire were all wearing dark knightly armor, unlike the horse cavalry mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, those Imperial cavalry all acted in cavalry detachments of seven or eight people. The mercenaries, who were slightly inferior to the Imperial cavalry, were not timid, they relied on their numerical superiority to surround and kill the Imperial cavalry who were still killing and looting, and Nur also took the opportunity to pick up a bag of sharp throwing spears necessary for the Imperial cavalry, those throwing guns were as powerful as ten iron crossbow arrows when they had the speed of a war horse!
"Don't pay attention to the fleeing Southern Army! Kill the guys who look like merchants immediately, they probably have a weapon to kill!" Vega took the lead, followed by Noor and Patrick, rushing to all parts of the camp center. Fed and Ayana turned to the back of the camp after questioning a soldier who claimed to know that Miss Maeve was in the medic's tent.
"If only I went look for Miss Mave," Ayana glanced back at the back of the camp, where the Imperial cavalry had not yet appeared, "you go and stay with the other captains, they may need you more." ”
After hesitating for a few seconds, Fidel agreed to Ayana's suggestion, and dozens of cavalry followed Ayana to the rear, while Fidel jumped off his horse, drew his two-handed sword from behind his back, and with a single sword, cut through the tent of the central camp and walked into the tent of the camp covered with corpses.
The corpses of the nobles lay everywhere, Fidel knew the individual deceased, and the fat body of Viscount Lawrence appeared in one of the corners. This nobleman was stabbed in the heart with a sharp weapon, and he, like other dead nobles, was stabbed in the vital point and killed with one blow. There were also a few men dressed in merchant clothes who fell into the tents, most of them holding a short, sharp dagger in their hands, which was supposed to be the weapon used to attack these nobles.
Fidel picked up a handful, and suddenly a merchant hiding in the corner raised his hand! Rushing towards Fidel! Before Fide could hold his sword to resist, Noor appeared at the tent, and a throwing spear flew towards the merchant from behind, piercing his chest!
"Captain Fidel!"
Fei De watched as the other man slowly fell to the ground, and the dead merchant in front of him obviously had no weapons, but he was like he was holding a sharp weapon and wanted to kill himself.
"This is—" Feder noticed that the other man's hands were clasped together, and in the merchant's hand was a completely transparent weapon. Luckily Fide was wearing a chained glove on his hand, otherwise his hand would have been cut. Fid then wrapped the transparent weapon in some clothes and told Noor to take it.
"Captain Fidel, all the nobles here are dead! Patrick and Vega are fighting those Imperial cavalry outside, do we still want to stay here to resist the Imperial army? There seem to be more and more enemies!"
Feder glanced around again, and remembered the invisible weapon he had just put away—the five hundred merchants had really "made sharp daggers out of nothing", and they were simply assassins who could use magic. Fei De suddenly remembered that the leader of the rainy day had also pulled out a magical weapon from his waist that was invisible to the naked eye and seemed transparent, and that weapon only appeared after it fell to the ground, so could it be that they were the same?
Fed asked Noor to take a few more of the same daggers with him, knowing that Maeve was definitely not here, and that the camp could not be held.
When Fylde and Patrick and they withdrew outside the camp, Selena and Ayana's cavalry also appeared, and Fylde saw Maev sitting in front of Selena, but Maeve, who was blue and white, was obviously very weak, and did not even have the strength to open her eyes, as if she was in a semi-coma.
"Commander, thankfully Miss Maevie is not injured, she is living in the doctor's tent, and some of her guards are preparing to take her away. "Selena's armor is stained with a lot of blood, and it seems that she has also encountered Imperial cavalry.
The 1,000 cavalry who broke into the camp escaped from the camp smoothly, and the 30,000 southern troops fled and died, and the remaining stubborn southern troops who remained in the camp were quickly surrounded by the imperial troops from both sides. The nobles and armies gathered in more than a dozen cities in the south were completely crushed by the internal and external alliances, and a very important force in the Mageni Principality was disintegrated.
As Fed was about to return to the line set up by Vittorio and Toto, the corpses of some Imperial cavalry appeared not far from the defense line of his mercenary group. Remnants of ballistae and ballistas appeared around the corpses, and the ballistas filled with sharp rubble turned into avalanche-like power after being fired at high speeds. Unlike the early ballistas, which could only fire iron spears, these "contented" ammunition can inflict a sputter-blasting effect, posing a great threat to small, dense enemies. This type of damage is generally difficult to kill, but people and horses hit by gravel will completely lose their ability to move, becoming a target for crossbowmen.
Seeing the ballista wagons in the middle, the crossbowmen in the front, and the longbowmen in the rear, Fid knew that it would be impossible for a small number of Imperial cavalry to break through his own defenses. Those who were lucky enough to escape the camp were able to safely hide behind the mercenaries, even if it was very undignified.
None of the other noble lords of the Southern Army were rescued, except for Maev, and some of Earl Camhen's men died at the hands of the five hundred "merchants". However, with the support of nearly 20,000 mercenaries and the reorganization of the Count of Camhen, the Imperial Army, which had won a complete victory against the Southern Army, also chose to accept it when it was good. Their commander stopped the pursuit as soon as the pursuit failed, and only looted two camps, and burned down the two camps where the entire Duchy of Magini was stationed.
By the time Mave regained consciousness, the Imperial army had burned both camps to the ground, and the sky was covered in darkness, and the mercenary reinforcements led by Felder joined forces with the Earl of Camhen and re-encamped a little farther away.
"Here it is..."
Feder sat on the edge of Mayf's bed, "This is the camp of the Count of Camhen, the camp of the Southern Army has been raided by the Imperial Army," Mayf's lips were white and blue, but the rest of her face was hot and red from the heat, "Except for you, the other nobles of the Southern Army have lost their news, they might... Died on the battlefield. ”
Maevie coughed softly twice, but she barely raised one arm in her sore limbs, trying to reach out to Fed. Fede immediately held the other's hand with both hands, and Maev's hand was cold, completely different from the heat on her forehead.
"Fed..."
"Rigu and Ayana, they've seen your condition, you might... It may take more time to rest and not have to worry about other things. ”
Maevie used all her strength to hold Fidel's palm, and responded with a silent wry smile, "My body has always been good... I don't know why I fell down because of such a small illness... I'll be back soon... The people of the Duchy of Mageni need me..."
Feder knew that Maeve was stubborn, as Ligu's diagnosis indicated that Maeve had not eaten for several days and was relying only on some liquid food to maintain basic nutrition. Ligu said that Meifu's illness is very rare, but the inability to eat normally and repeated vomiting have made it difficult for Meifu's body to make good progress, and now she has to be sent back to the city for treatment.
"You have to eat something before you have the stamina to continue commanding the army. Ligu, who was standing on the sidelines, took the opportunity to persuade the other party to eat.
"I... I don't know why I don't feel like I have an appetite at all... Although I was weak, I just didn't want to eat, my body was wrapped in a warm force, and I didn't feel hungry at all..."Maeve didn't lie, and Ligu also gestured to Fidel with his eyes, this is Miss Mave's strange condition now.
Fylde quickly asked Maevie to put on the quilt and rest, and as soon as he stepped out of the tent, he took out a bottle of potion containing the blue liquid from his arms, which was a "gift" left to him by George, the strange doctor of the City of Honor. Fed remembered George's warning that the potion should never be drunk, but Fed knew that Maeve might not make it back to Tower City or Duji City, and anyone could tell that she was in a terrible condition.
"Ligu, do you know what this medicine is? It's not medicine?"
Rigu took the potion, and he looked at the bottle of liquid that his head had taken out, "I don't know, I might need a little time to study... Captain, who gave it to you? Are you going to give it to Miss Maevie?"
Feder sighed lightly, "Maevie's situation is very bad right now, but we're all helpless, if there's really nothing we can do... Then try a potion left for me by a strange doctor..."