Chapter 37: Fire Attack and Breakout
"What a bunch of rubbish, so many people were so defeated that they didn't even break the camp gate. "www.biquge.info Looking at the retreating group of ash thieves, Hunter, who was about to take advantage of the situation to lead his men to rush up, cursed and retreated.
Although he was sent by Christopher to fight in tandem with the Ash Thieves, in the eyes of Hunter, the Judge of Light, the Ash Thieves were just cannon fodder to help him consume the enemy's means and open up the situation. So Hunter doesn't care at all how many people have died in the Ash Thieves, only whether the mission has been completed or not. Now it's clear that the Ash Thieves have failed.
Hearing Hunter's curse, the faces of the professionals belonging to the Ash Thieves Group next to him turned very ugly. But given the terrifying reputation of the Judge of Light, no one dared to refute it. After taking a look at Dick, the head of the regiment who was being treated at this time and did not say a word, everyone turned their attention to the old man who was standing in the lead in place of Dick - Martin the Fire Thrower.
The most important reason why the Ash Thieves are named Ash is that the Thieves have a powerful fire oil bomb. Not only is the explosion incredibly powerful, but it also burns so violently that it cannot be extinguished with water until it burns the enemy to ashes.
With the help of this mysterious alchemy weapon, the thieves have conquered several well-defended villages, and they have also defeated the noble private army that came to crusade head-on, which has made the Ash Thieves known as the Ash Thieves. And the maker of this fire oil bomb is Martin, a fourth-level mage who is a part-time alchemist.
Because of the oil bomb and the fact that he is the only spellcaster in the Ash Thieves Regiment, Martin's prestige in the regiment is not much lower than that of the regimental commander. With the regimental commander Dick just defeated and refusing to speak, Martin naturally became the backbone of the Ash Thieves.
"Didn't you tell me beforehand that there would be such things as military repeaters and fireball scrolls in the Cook family's caravan! Not to mention us, even if you led people to charge just now and were hit by three fireball spells, you will also be defeated and retreat. Feeling the anger in everyone's eyes, Martin retorted with a blushing face.
Originally, the Ash Thieves agreed to take on this task, on the one hand, because the Bright Judge was famous, and the Ash Thieves did not dare to offend. On the other hand, it was Christopher who promised a lot of benefits. In particular, he promised Martin that he would be provided with the method of advancing bronze and some of the materials needed for advancement after the deed was completed. For the sake of this coveted benefit, even though he knew that Cook's family was not easy to mess with, Martin still encouraged Dick to take the task.
Originally, in the eyes of Martin and others, although the Cook family was mighty, after all, the main force was in Xuelong Pass, and the strength of the territory was quite weak. And this time the target is just an ordinary caravan, and it is not difficult to take it at all. And after this vote is made and the benefits promised by the Bright Adjudicator are obtained, the Ash Mercenary Group can completely fly away and move in a different place, and the Cook family will not be able to find anyone if they want to retaliate.
The idea of the Ash Thieves was beautiful, but reality shattered that illusion. The caravan that was originally thought to be a soft persimmon broke out with amazing combat effectiveness. In a single venture, the Ash Thieves lost fifty or sixty men. Martin didn't feel sorry for the death of those ordinary bandits, they were consumables even in the thieves. What really distressed Martin and the others were the dozen or so professionals, who were nearly half of the main force of the Ash Thieves.
In this case, even though they were afraid of the notoriety of the Judge of Light, Martin and the others couldn't help but be full of anger in their hearts, and questioned the representative of the Judge of Light, Hunter.
"Hmph! I told you a long time ago that the Cook caravan was unusual. They are a family of military merits, and they can directly get military supplies, and there are military repeaters in the caravan, and there is something strange about the fireball scroll. Hunter snorted coldly and said coldly: "In the end, it's not that you are greedy and unwilling to use fire oil directly." If you smash it with an oil bomb first, then there are so many things?"
Hunter was very clear about the thoughts of Martin and others. offended the strong enemy of the Cook family, whether it was the head of the regiment Dick or the alchemist Martin, they all had plans to go away and set up another stove.
In order to have a better life in the future, Dick and the others need to collect as much money as possible, and the caravan's cargo is undoubtedly a very good target. Therefore, when attacking the caravan, they gave up the fire oil bombs they were best at, and adopted the strategy of charging in a sea of people, wanting to capture the caravan's goods completely. Although this will cause heavy casualties to ordinary bandits, professional bandits like Dick don't care. In their minds, it is a very cost-effective thing to exchange the casualties of ordinary bandits for wealth.
And for Hunter, as long as he doesn't let his people pay more sacrifices, it doesn't matter how he breaks the caravan. Moreover, this kind of attack can also test the strength and hole cards of the caravan, so there is no objection. It's just that the Ash Thieves were defeated too badly, and Hunter was a little disappointed.
"Martin, get ready, let's use fire oil bombs!" When the scene was embarrassed when the plan in Hunter's heart was revealed, Dick, the regimental commander who had recovered his injuries with the Serious Injury Scroll, stood up and said categorically.
As the leader of the Ash Thieves, Dick knew in his heart that things had come to this point, and there was no point in complaining to each other with the Light Judges, and arguing would only do the Ash Thieves bad, not good. What should be done now is to complete the mission as soon as possible, break through the caravan, get the benefits promised by the Bright Judge, and then hurry away and fly away.
In the case of a great loss of strength, it is impossible to completely seize the caravan's finances, and the use of fire oil bombs has become an inevitable choice. This will not only break through the caravan's defenses as soon as possible, but also kill and injure a large number of enemies, avenge the dead bandits, and revive the morale of the bandits. So Dick made a quick decision and gave the order to use fire oil bombs.
Hearing Dick's order, Martin and the others glanced at each other, turned around and began to prepare. Soon after, three small improvised trebuchets were pushed more than two hundred paces from the camp, with hundreds of black ball-shaped fire oil bombs next to them. With Martin's order, three fire oil bombs pierced the sky and smashed into the camp where Cook's caravan was located.
However, before the three fire oil bombs could fly over the camp, six long arrows flew out of the camp and shot the fire oil bombs in the air, detonating this rather terrifying weapon in the air.
With a loud roar, the fire oil bombs exploded into countless burning flames, scattered in the open space in front of the camp within a radius of 100 meters, only a small part of them fell in the camp, but they were quickly extinguished by the crowd under the command of Kaili and covered with the soil dug up when the camp was set up before. Obviously, for the Ash Thieves, a weapon that presses the bottom of the box, Carey has been prepared for a long time.
"You're really well prepared! Keep throwing me! You guys also bring fire oil and pop out!" Seeing that the first wave of the offensive was easily defused, Martin was slightly agitated, and shouted a new order.
The little trebuchet reloaded the fire bombs, and the three balls flew into the air again. At the same time, the eight fighters who had been following Martin each carried three fire oil bombs, ran in different directions, and then moved from different angles towards the camp at the top of the hill.
The second round of fire oil bombs was fired in the air again, but this time one of the archers was a little slower, and by the time the fire oil bombs exploded, they were already somewhat close to the camp. After the explosion, a lot of black gelatinous substance fell into the camp with flames, causing a lot of chaos. Especially in the middle of the camp, the various livestock that were originally used to pull carts began to become agitated by the continuous explosions.
The aftermath of this round was finally calmed down, and the third round of fire oil bombs had already flown over again. After shooting an arrow and stopping one of the fire oil bombs, Carey looked at the already somewhat chaotic camp, and his heart was a little anxious.
Although confident that he could volley a few more rounds of enemy attacks, Khairy knew in his heart that this was not a long-term solution. The so-called long defense must be lost, the enemy can attack continuously, but the archers on their side always make mistakes. And the further back you go, the more likely you are to make a mistake. Once it was really hit head-on by the fire oil bomb, the camp's defenses could collapse in an instant.
Originally, the best way to deal with this situation was to send elite forces to directly attack the enemy's trebuchet, rather than pay some casualties than destroy the fire oil bombs. If the opponent is just the Ash Thieves, Carey will definitely not hesitate to lead the charge.
But the enemy on the other side now is not just the Ash Thieves. The other party has concentrated a large number of professionals near the trebuchet, and now leading the team to rush over is equivalent to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, and there is no hope of success at all.
If you can't fight back, it's becoming more and more difficult to hold on, so there's only one way left to break through. Taking the initiative to break through can directly get rid of the position of being completely passively beaten and grasp some initiative. But breaking through in that direction and how to avoid the enemy's interception as much as possible is a matter of considering the decisive ability of the leader of Kairi.
Just when Carey was frowning and hesitating, his chest suddenly shook slightly. Carey hurriedly took out the only remaining magic communication crystal. After taking one look, the whole person was inspired.
"Karl, you go and organize the manpower. After two rounds, open the north gate and we go out. Governor Barrett has come to meet us!" Carey commanded loudly after firing another arrow, detonating a fire oil bomb.
The caravan, which was already extremely demoralized, reinvigorated itself after hearing the order. Under the organization of their respective leaders, the preparations for the breakout were quickly completed. With Carey's order, he rushed out of the camp with some of the manic horses as the lead. Rounding the area already covered in flames, he struck his way to where Martin was.
And at the moment when the caravan left the camp, the bandits near the trebuchet, led by Dick, rushed forward again. Hunter's pros followed, leaving only Hunter to stay near Martin.
"Have you finally come out of the tortoise's shell, let me die!" Martin had a bloodthirsty look on his face as he saw the caravan rush out of the camp. Without the defense of the camp, the caravan's advantage in long-range equipment is reduced, and the disadvantage in numbers is magnified. As long as he seizes the opportunity and uses spells and alchemy items to cooperate, he can directly damage the caravan and then completely slaughter them.
But before the excitement on Martin's face could fade, a pitch-black dagger appeared from the shadows and pierced Martin's heart in an instant. Neither the robes on his body nor the stone skin technique inspired by the ring had caused the slightest obstacle to this dagger.
"Barrett, the dark dagger, how could you be so fast?"