CHAPTER XV
"Kill!"
Seeing his comrades die in his arms, the fury of "Wild Lion" Camp finally broke out, and the sword in his hand raised the sword light, and rushed towards the Newman army lurking in the shadows while cutting off the flying arrows. And many of the Fabre sergeants also recovered from the initial panic. After seeing the scene of the king rushing forward without hesitation, everyone was enthusiastic and followed closely behind to cover the past.
It was only when Camp and his men rushed to the enemy that the king of Fabre understood what was going on.
After capturing the valley mouth, Newingman not only strengthened the original earthen walls, but also dug a half-man-deep ditch behind the camp and covered it with a layer of cover to hide the archers and the main force. No wonder Camp and Wolfroot stood on the earthen wall just now, and there was no sign of the Newman army. The reason why Wo Fogen found something unusual was also judged by the faint moonlight reflected on the enemy's weapons.
The architect of this counter-raid plan was none other than Yankel, who had the title of "First General". As he marched towards Hyde, he had expected a surprise attack on Kemp. So he left this ploy to be used against Kemp. If you're lucky, you might be able to shoot Fabre's king. Although Yankel's most ideal goal was not achieved, he solved a figure that caused him a lot of headaches, and Wolfroot, one of the "Fabre Tigers", was also a big gain.
Although at the beginning of the battle, Fabre's army was in a disadvantageous situation, but under the leadership of King Kemp, Fabre's soldiers became more and more brave as they fought, and they all looked like desperate samros, and the fighting quality shown some time ago was simply like two armies. In particular, the enemy's long and short archers became the target of revenge for Camp and many Fabre soldiers. No one, whether it was the commander of the Newman Empire or the ordinary soldiers, could have expected that the Fabre army would have such an amazing attack power in the face of such heavy losses, and the morale of the entire army was not hit in the slightest. In particular, the archers scurrying around not only made it impossible for the Newingman army to form an effective blocking position, but also greatly affected the morale of the army. In addition, tonight is another starless night, and it is impossible to distinguish between friend and foe in the dark, and the two sides are completely in a melee situation, and the brave side naturally takes a big advantage. Fabre's army gradually reversed the unfavorable situation, and the situation on the battlefield began to turn in Fabre's side.
In this battle shrouded in night, Camp became a veritable berserk hero, without a single Newingman soldier being his triad, and his short fiery red hair became a sign of death in the eyes of Newingman. Wherever he rushed, Sergeant Newingman was unlucky, and with every swing of the sword of the "Mad Lion", the morale of the Newingman army was reduced by one point, and the morale of Fabre's army increased by one point. Later, the guards who were responsible for the king's security were only those who followed Camp and shouted and cheered. Before they could step forward, Camp had basically dealt with the enemy in front of him, and his body turned to another place to fight, and they couldn't catch up with the speed of his killing. After the battle, one of Campo's personal guards said that they had been with the king that day, and that from the moment the battle broke out until the end of the war, the number of Newingman soldiers who died under the king's sword was estimated to be between two or three hundred. And after experiencing the "Rage of the Lion", the king also suffered thirteen injuries, although they were all external injuries, and there were no fatal injuries. But the battle ended early the next morning, and the heroic momentum of the bloodied king still left an indelible impression on all the soldiers on both sides.
The battle, known as the "Fury of the Lion", ended in a crushing victory for Fabre's side. When the first rays of light appeared in the Solang Valley the next morning, the Newingman army, which had completed its strategic mission, began to withdraw from the battlefield, leaving behind the corpses of nearly 6,000 Imperial soldiers, and Fabre also suffered more than 4,000 casualties in the battle.
After the battle, King Fabre "Mad Lion" Kemp left the battlefield like the Shura Field with the corpse of his comrade-in-arms Vorfogen, and the camp was greeted by the sad expressions of countless soldiers. One of the "Fabre Tigers", Wolfroot, left his soldiers forever, and even the strongest soldiers on the battlefield could not hold back tears when they saw Wolfroot's corpse strewn with arrows.
Dakar knelt on one knee beside Wolfagan's body, his right hand clenching the cold hand of his former brother, but his face was blurred by tears.
"Good brother, you are worthy of being my brother, I Dakar now swear in the name of God, I will inherit your oath and swear to defend my king to the death!"
After carrying Wolfroot's body back to camp, Camp eventually passed out due to blood loss. After bandaging his wounds, Camp, who had just recovered from his coma, was helped by his personal guards to the tent where Wolfroot's body was kept. At this time, Kemp's face was pale, his lips were blue, and it was obvious that he had spent too much physical strength in the battle last night, and the whole person was still in a rather weak state.
"Dakar, Wovogen doesn't need your tears, what he needs is your sword, now only you can defend the prestige of the 'Fabre Tigers', let those Newman mongrels know the horror of the 'Fabre Tigers', and let them remember the name of Wobergen forever!"
"I know!"
That night, Walford's body was cremated along with other soldiers who had died in battle, which was a kind of home for soldiers who had been dealing with death all day long, and all the ashes were buried in the ground. The people of the western part of the continent believe that the earth is the mother of all life, so being buried in the ground after death is nothing more than returning to the arms of Mother Earth. Although the Oriental people also have the custom of burying the corpses of their relatives in the ground, they will leave a little mark, inscription, etc. on the ground, while the Westerners are really a cup of loess and will not leave anything behind. The only thing left is only some ornaments before death, left for relatives to miss them. Compared to a person's spirit, the corpse is nothing more than an insignificant stinky skin for them, like Feng Xi kept Ai Tuwa'er's body in an ice coffin before his death, which is very rare in the western part of the continent. In the west, even the emperor's funeral rites and cemeteries were extremely simple, which was very different from the Easterners' penchant for large-scale construction of the emperor's tomb.
After the Battle of Taniguchi, the main force of the Fabre Kingdom withstood a rather brutal test of war, and thankfully, they finally survived these tragic battles, and there was a huge improvement in their combat quality and battlefield experience. It can be said that it was because of this war that the army of the Kingdom of Fabre grew into a high-quality military force capable of resisting the regular armies of Newman or Prussia.
However, the real battle is yet to come, and the "first general" of the Newman Empire, Yankel, will not be defeated so easily, and an even bloodier battle awaits this army, the battle of the fate of the Fabre Kingdom.