Chapter 102: The Knight Mutiny
Around the same time, Walter also noticed movement in the Overwatch Coalition's western camp.
"The camp to the west has been captured?" Walter pointed to the camp with a look of confusion in his eyes.
How is it possible, a simple tentative attack, actually captured a well-guarded fortified camp, whether the combat effectiveness of his own side is too strong, or the combat effectiveness of the Watch Alliance is too weak.
"Go see what's going on, be careful, don't fall into the other party's trap."
Walter's first instinct was that the other side might have an ambush in the camp to the west, and wanted to deliberately lure his army into the camp and then besiege it.
He knew very well that the army he sent to attack the camp in the west was not an elite, and even if the combat effectiveness of the army stationed on the other side was weak, it would not be broken in such a short time.
Then, the probability that the other party has an ambush is very high.
For the sake of safety, he did not send the main force in his hand to the western camp at the first time, but sent his personal guards to the western camp to find out what was going on.
At the same time, Paul Burnie, one of the three barons of the western camp garrison, looked anxious and hurriedly commanded the army to block the attack that rushed into the camp.
He was very depressed, he never thought that such a thing would happen.
The reason for such a change in the western camp is very funny, and Paul has many knights under his command, all of whom are knights of the original lord recruited after he conquered the territory of the Tilin River Valley.
This time, Paul, who had stayed in the western camp in the face of Walter's attack and did not attend the battle meeting, had the idea of sticking to the camp and never attacking.
But when he saw that the opposing army was not large in number and was somewhat out of touch with the rest of the army, Paul was careful for a while. I want to eat this small army to test the attack and add some merit to myself.
Of course, he did not directly rush to attack, but gathered the knights under his command to discuss countermeasures.
Just as Paul thought, the knights under his command saw that the number of the opposing army was small, and they also moved their minds, and one by one they shouted to take the initiative.
After listening to the advice of his subordinates, Paul originally wanted his most trusted subordinates to attack with their elites and quickly eat the enemy's small army and return to the camp.
In this way, it can not only increase the combat merits, but also avoid the danger.
However, those knights under his command who had turned their heads before took the initiative to ask for help. The reasons they gave were also very convincing to Paul to take out the opposing force and prove their strength and loyalty.
Although Paul's instincts were not right, he could not withstand the hard persuasion of these knights, so he asked them to meet the enemy with the soldiers who had surrendered together.
Unexpectedly, these knights had no intention of really joining Paul from the beginning, and the so-called command of his command was only a stopgap measure, and they clamored for the battle, in order to take the opportunity to return to the side of their respective lords.
So, several knights, each with their army, had just opened the gate of the camp when they turned around and struck a counter-attack, and kept shouting, "Our army is defeated, our army is defeated." ”
Since the army was only a small part of the battle, most of the soldiers in the camp did not know what was going on, and when they saw the soldiers of their army dressed in uniform shouting the news of defeat, they fell into chaos for a while.
Taking advantage of this chaotic pass, the rebels led by several knights first destroyed the gate of the camp, and then rushed towards Paul's Chinese camp, trying to capture the thief and capture the king first.
Of course, they didn't forget to inform the friendly forces outside the camp.
The small troops sent by Walter originally did not believe the words of the knight rebels, and felt that the other party was tricking them into entering the camp, and their task was to find the weak points of each camp, not to attack head-on.
But when he saw the camp in front of him in flames, the internal chaos was incomparable, and even scattered soldiers escaped, he also thought that maybe this was true.
Therefore, this small army was also very decisive, and broke into the camp along the damaged gate of the camp to support several knights.
Paul sent off several knights and was waiting for the good news in the tent of the Chinese army. It didn't take long to hear soldiers running in in a panic to report, saying that "our army has been defeated".
Paul didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this moment, and he didn't expect that the knights would defect on the spot, and he thought that the knights had not fought the army outside the camp.
Paul cursed the knights for a few words, and was about to gather the other knights to lead the troops into battle, when he learned the true situation.
"Big... Your Excellency, those knights, he... They reversed and rushed towards us. ”
The soldier who came to report came from the family domain with Paul, and the familiar accent instantly won Paul's trust.
Paul then realized what a mistake he had made by letting the knights go into battle and allowing them to choose their own troops. Hurriedly rushed out of his tent, and together with the guards around him, he began to organize and command the army.
Originally, the chaos caused by a few knights was not small, and many soldiers thought that the army on the side of the Watch Alliance was defeated, and one by one they lost their will to fight, and they just wanted to escape.
Fortunately, at this time, Paul stood up, decisively waved his banner, and sent his guards to control the camp and gather soldiers, which made the originally chaotic camp gradually restore order with his Chinese army tent as the center.
The speed of the knightly rebels was already quite fast, and when they destroyed the gate of the camp, they rushed to Paul's location as soon as possible, but unfortunately on the way to the road, they encountered another knight under the command of the baron with a small number of elites, and it was delayed for a lot of time.
At the same time, the chaotic situation in the camp also seriously hindered the speed of the rebels' march by those chaotic soldiers who fled in a hurry.
By the time they reached Paul, the army gathered under Paul's banner had surrounded Paul three layers inside and three layers outside.
The rebels did not retreat at the first time, and tried to kill a wave, but unfortunately the soldiers who were originally stationed near Paul were all soldiers he brought out of the family territory, and they themselves were very loyal, and now that Paul was present, he would naturally protect him desperately.
At the same time, a small number of knights and professionals also gathered around Paul, and more knights and professionals also converged on Paul after receiving the news.
After attempting to charge in waves, but failing to break through the defenses of Paul's soldiers, the rebels chose to abandon Paul's goal.
At this time, the enemy troops outside the camp also came, and seeing that Paul was well defended here, after a brief conversation with the rebel knights, he immediately changed his target and chose to go to the camp to pile up grain, grass and baggage.
Seeing the enemy and rebels retreating, Paul also wiped the sweat on his forehead, in fact, the defense force around him at this moment is not very strong, the guards and knights who were originally with him, he has already sent out to guard the logistics in advance.
If the other party is really desperate and rushes to kill, maybe it is really possible to capture him alive.
It's a pity that the other party gave up.
Now, I can only hope that my knights can give some strength and can hold off the enemy, and at the same time, reinforcements will come sooner.
Otherwise, once the local commander finds out about the movement here, this fortified camp will probably not be able to hold it.