It is a double-storey stable about six or seven meters high, with a width of more than 20 meters, a length of more than 40 meters, and an area of more than 1,000 square meters.

The elves made good use of the tall purple shirt trees in this area, and there were many large trees still growing in the outer walls and corners of the stables—some of the purple shirts in the area were probably cut down when it was first built, leaving large trees that could be used as wall posts, and then built with the trunks as base pillars.

There were also seven or eight other canopies on the top of the stables, rustling in the night breeze, and the canopy was more than fifteen meters high, which were the branches and leaves of the great trees that served as the pillars.

It's a man-made blend of nature that seems plausible – the trees will still grow, but the bigger they grow, the tighter the other stakes on the façade.

This stable is unknown how many years old, and the outside has been crawling with vines, making the exterior walls tough and tight.

There were probably hundreds of Cato people who stormed the stables, and they did not encounter any hindrance before entering the stables, and the doors of the stables were open.

The Cato did not light torches when they first marched, because the moon was bright outside, and they could actually see it.

But there was not the slightest light in the stable, and it was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.

If it is completely out of sight, it is actually difficult for both sides to cause any damage.

But since the stable is open, you can see the doorway inside the stable, and you can see it very clearly.

After hearing the screams, the Cato people in the back row probably thought that they had already handed over their hands inside, and were still rushing into the stables.

But although the gate of the stable was not small, it was only five or six meters wide, and under the crowd of people, the Cato people who had already entered the stable in front could not retreat at all, and could only hear continuous screams.

The Gatu, who could not get in the back row, finally lit a torch and threw one into the stable door, and they finally got a good view of the inside of the stable.

The tall stable, which had two levels above and below, was also lined with haystacks, and inside stood at least eighty men, all armed with bows and arrows, high and low around the wall.

There are humans, and there are Noldor elves.

They were divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, forming an extremely fierce network of firepower, and they were constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows.

Dozens of Cato had fallen in the middle of the stables—the archers had already done a great deal of damage before they could see anything.

But they only saw it, for several large buckets of water were poured over their heads, and all their torches were extinguished.

And a continuous stream of arrows also shot out from the canopy at the top.

There were also a number of Noldor elves hidden on top of the door to the stables, as were Sedren and Risadillan.

They are the strongest fighters at night and the best in archery.

Sedren is responsible for causing damage, while Rissadillan is primarily tasked with preventing the enemy from setting fire to the stables.

Whenever he saw someone firing a scythe, he would shoot an arrow at him.

In fact, there were many buckets and troughs filled with water on the top and sides of the stables, and some buckets were hung from the branches of large trees - this was the way to store water in this era, and it was also a fire prevention facility.

When it rains, buckets and sinks are naturally filled, and those buckets are tied with ropes, which can be used to extinguish fires at any time.

The elves also paid attention to forest fire prevention, and the fire prevention facilities in this stable were quite perfect.

The bowstrings hummed and screamed, and Sedren and a few of the Noldor warriors hiding in the canopy on the top of the stables began to fire arrows with a very fast rate of fire, and the dense density of the Cato made it easy for them to produce many corpses.

Unable to see the inside of the stables or the exact location of the archers hidden in the huge canopy, the Cato had to shoot a few arrows in a chaotic and blind manner to return fire, but the probability of killing a person with this blind shot was similar to that of winning the lottery - the branches and leaves of the canopy could not only hide the person's shape, but also block most of the arrows fired indiscriminately.

"Bisper, Bisper!"

Some of the Cato had already begun to retreat, they knew they were in ambush, and they didn't dare to light any more fires - anyone who made any Mars would fall to the ground and die the next moment.

It's best to stay away from the stables, or retreat immediately.

In fact, the Cato people did the same thing, but before the people on the periphery withdrew, the Cato people at the door of the stables were blocked inside and could not withdraw at all.

From the time the Cato people rushed into the stable, lit the fire, and finally withdrew, it took about ten seconds before and after everything happened, and these Cato people were not slow to react.

But in these ten seconds, the Cato left at least a hundred corpses behind - most of the Cato who rushed into the stables died in the stables, and those who could withdraw were wounded and pierced like hedgehogs.

And Sedren and a few of the Noldor warriors hiding in the canopy on top of the stables also killed at least twenty of them in a matter of seconds.

After all, both sides are close to the dense crowd of Cato, in this case, there is no need to aim, and there is no need to consider the direction of the wind, and it is more difficult to miss, so you only need to draw the bow as fast as possible.

With the ability of the Twilight Knight, Sedren can actually do two arrows in three seconds without aiming—if it weren't for the inconvenience of hiding in a tree to pick up arrows, it is estimated that it would be faster......

In order to defend against arrows, the Cato slowly retreated with their shields in their hands, retreating more slowly.

And when the Cato began to retreat, thirty infantry with huge fan shields came out from behind the stables, and rushed out of the side of the stables with shields, until they reached the west side of the Catu, and began to approach the Cato in a row.

The huge fan shield was able to block the arrows of the Gatu, and attracted a lot of firepower.

The Noldor warriors in the stable also took the opportunity to come out of it, and they quickly stood in an array with swords and shields, and began to approach the Cato, and the armored archers also left the stable and stood behind the Noldos.

At the same time, an army appeared in the forest to the east, charging quickly behind the Cato people.

It wasn't the troops that the lord had taken to the south before, but some of the troops that had gone east in the first place.

What the lord really took south was actually the wounded......

He had not brought all of his troops eastward with him, and half of them had been hiding in the forests to the east.

This ambush did not make any complicated way to kill the enemy, no fire was used, and no pit was dug.

Of course, it's not that they don't want to use it, but they can't—using fire in the forest can have serious consequences, and the slightest carelessness can cause forest fires, and the Noldors don't risk being wiped out.

As for digging pits - the ground near the stables has been trampled by horses all year round, and it is so solid that even the grass does not grow much......

In fact, the Noldor elves already have much stronger combat power than humans at night, and the lord's manpower is not much less than that of the Catu, so the key to the problem is not the process of ambush.

Ambushes don't necessarily have to be played, relatively conventional sudden flanking and encirclement can beat the enemy to a rout, Enodo's familiarity with the forest can naturally destroy the enemy in pursuit.

The key is how to make the Cato see the 'opportunity' and launch an attack at their own time.

In order to lure the enemy to attack, the lord used a lot of careful thought.

As Leon said, this horse farm is a relatively spacious place, and the goal is obvious, and the Gatu people will of course continue to observe.

Leon deliberately led a large army to the east during the day, arranged for the foals in the horse farm to come out to Dinda, and let the Noldor warriors patrol, in fact, to make the Cato think that he was 'setting up an ambush' during the day.

Therefore the Gatu did not move.

In the evening, he brought back the troops that Leon had brought to the east—in the eyes of the Catu, this was an ambush, so they withdrew.

But in fact, Leon brought back only half of his troops in the evening, and the other half was left by him in the forest to the east.

Then he took the Noldor wounded and the little ones with the banner to the forest to the south—to make the Cato think that he had indeed gone far, for this time he had really gone far south, as the birds had proved to be.

After settling the wounded in the forest several miles away, Leon went around to the east alone, to the army that remained in the east.

At this time, the people of Cato were not sure whether Leon had really gone south, so they would not have sent people to the south.

Later, it was getting late, and the foals were brought back to the stable, which was the bait, and was indeed left in the stable, when in fact the ponies were still tethered to the corner of the stable.

But there were already more than a hundred people in ambush in the stables, and a hundred more in the forest to the east.

Then, in the evening, Leon's 'great army went south and never returned'—the Gatu had seen the daytime battle, and according to their judgment, there should have been only those Noldor elves left in the stables, and most of them were wounded, and there should have been only thirty or so of them who were capable of fighting.

- This is the best chance, the Cato naturally want to attack while Leon's troops are not here, who knows if there will be reinforcements from Noldor tomorrow?

In this case, of course, nearly 400 Cato people will attack at night - this is what the lord said, give the enemy a chance.

If they don't attack when they encounter such a good opportunity, then what's the point of them hiding in the forest and not leaving?

Then the Cato entered the horse farm at night, and at first they were very careful, slowly advancing, and left scouts on the periphery of the horse farm.

But Leon's infantry came out to defend at this point, and then retreated quickly as soon as the enemy was in range—a deliberate attempt to build confidence in the Cato, of course.

If there is an ambush here, it will definitely not run away when the enemy has already approached more than 100 meters. Running away in this situation looks more like the Noldor are unwilling to stand on bare ground with a numerical disadvantage.

This strengthened the confidence of the Cato, who believed that Leon's troops were indeed not here, and that the fleeing 'Noldor defenders' were running behind the stables, and that there should not be much fighting power in the stables.

So the Gatu began to charge, ready for a quick victory.

But upon hearing the 'Haza', the lord began to move with the troops who had remained in the forest to the east, and killed the scouts of the Gatu who had remained on the outskirts of the horse farm.

The Gatu then rushed to the door of the stable, only to be killed by ferocious fire in a dozen seconds, and then they began to retreat.

But the dozens of infantry who had 'fled' came back at this time, went to the west side of the Cato to discharge a shield array, and began to squeeze the space of the Catu.

Leon's troops to the east also charged, spears forming an array and approaching quickly.

The Noldor warriors and armoured archers in the stables also swarmed out at this time.

The Cato were flanked from three sides.

The Catus, who had been gathered at the door of the stables and crowded together, were now pressed by the infantry and the Noldor warriors with swords and shields, and as a result, they were even more densely gathered, almost standing in a group.

Except for a gap in the northwest direction, there were troops on three sides, and the Gatu, who had suffered a lot of losses, no longer had the numerical advantage, and the Gatu were not riding horses now, so they could not rely on their mobility to avoid the encirclement.

Once this kind of three-sided attack is formed, most of the troops will not be able to fight, because the soldiers will definitely think about how to run away after encountering the enemy on several sides......

In fact, the average unit can be easily crushed by just a flank attack.

But the Cato were different, and they were truly brave and fearless.

None of the Cato escaped, and they split into two and began hand-to-hand combat, intending to break through the shield and force the battle into a great scuffle.

But the infantrymen with swords and shields and the Noldor warriors had formed a relatively close array, giving them no chance to fight, and Leon had already arrived with his troops, and formed a long and insurmountable formation.

The pockets surrounded on three sides have been closed into a U-shape, leaving only the opening on the north side.

The Cato people rarely face sieges, and most of the time they are surrounded by others as they are nimble in the steppe......

By this time, however, they had been surrounded by the lord with equal forces—and after a small number of deaths, the Cato were almost as numerous as the combined forces of Leon and Saidren.

"Raise your shield and move forward!"

When the lord arrived with his soldiers, the first order he gave was to continue squeezing the space of the Gatu.

When the crowd is too dense and there is no space, no one can fight normally.

The Cato in the middle had no space and could no longer pounce - they were squeezed so that they were surrounded by people, and under each other's obstacles, they could neither run nor make much movement, and even it was difficult to exert force.

In the game, when people are too crowded, they will 'jam' - in order not to hurt allies, the knife cannot be slashed out, and even if it is cut out, the force will be reduced.

In fact, the same is true in reality...... When a person is crowded, stabbing with a short sword or dagger, or using a short axe or military hoe, is much more effective than a knife.

Because of the action of crackling, the space required is the largest.

The weapons of the Gato were scimitars, shields, and bows and arrows.

Except for the round shield, which was still somewhat useful at this time, the other weapons were basically useless, and the Gato scimitar was not suitable for stabbing, and this single-edged weapon with a relatively large arc was more suitable as a saber.

But they were now squeezed in the middle, unable to do anything at all, facing the shield wall and the dense crowd around them, and the scimitar in their hands did not play much practical role other than causing accidental damage.

Leon's troops were not in this trouble, his soldiers used either swords or spears, and it was much more convenient to be on the periphery.

The soldiers in the front row kept ramming forward with their shields, and the spearmen in the back row could even put their spears on the belt buckles on the waists of the men in the front row, and then stabbed them indiscriminately.

While stabbing as you move forward with the shield men in the front row, leaving no room for the enemy.

The infantrymen liked the situation – and in the moment it was a stabbing ......

The shield, as a weapon used from ancient times to modern times, has many more uses than people think.

In addition to its main blocking function, it can also be used for identification, paddle rowing, rappelling on grass or snow, and even frying eggs......

It can also be used to squeeze enemy space.

Even in the 21st century, blast shields are still used to isolate crowds or squeeze mobs, and they are also used to match shields and blast rods – much like Leon is doing now with his spearmen.

The Catu, who were in the inner circle and had never been surrounded by shields, were obviously not adapted to this style of fighting, the shields were actually very weak, but they could not break through for a while, and people were constantly stabbed to death.

Soon, as the soldiers pressed in, the encirclement was narrowed smaller and smaller, and the Cato began to fall to the ground in pieces.

"Hasa! Gato! ”

The Gatu seemed to explode in their desperation, completely ignoring the blades from the flanks and backs, and began to charge towards the only gap to the north, regardless of the damage.

But having lost space, it was difficult for them to even run - the slightest movement would allow the shield around them to continue to tighten.

Some of the people who forced their way out first were also easily shot down by the archers on the periphery.

But their concerted charge did work, and after more than half of them were killed or wounded, seventy or eighty Cato finally broke out of the encirclement and began to flee for their lives in the forests to the north.

But that gap was originally left by Leon for them to flee for their lives - an encirclement without a gap would cause the enemy to fight to the death and not retreat, which would bring great losses. The first is the common sense of the art of war in the Celestial Empire......

The Noldor elves put away their swords and shields, and once again removed their bows from their backs.

Nights, moonlight, forests, pursuits - this is the time when the Noldors are most able to exert their fighting power.

Sederen pursued the thirty Noldor all the way, and Risardran followed.

However, the lord's work has been done, and the battlefield can be cleaned up.

The losses in this battle were quite small, with less than ten casualties, and they were all lost after hand-to-hand combat.

But Leon was not satisfied—the dead and wounded were all recruits, and the combat effectiveness of these recruits who had just graduated from the training ground was far from the same as the one he had trained with his own hands.

This means that after the Metenheim, Sarah, and himself were no longer involved in the training, the recruits probably didn't suffer too much.

Sir Roland was a good warrior, with respectable character and faith, but he was not a good coach, he was so kind that the recruits were probably not afraid of him.

It takes rough men like Frederick and Klose to train their soldiers well...... The lord is beginning to miss the men of Metenheim.