Chapter 236: Survival
It's here, almost there!
Looking at the smoke column rising in front of him, Derrick Heller felt excited one after another in his heart.
The enemy's camp was in chaos due to the fire, and the people inside were looking for water to put out the fire like headless flies.
As long as you take advantage of this time to rush in and kill, it's like a lion jumping into a flock of sheep, and you will become famous today.
Not long ago, Derrick, who was patrolling the camp, noticed an abnormality in the direction of the enemy army, and the scouts in charge of approaching and monitoring soon reported that there was a fire in the Kent family's barracks.
Derrick, eager for meritorious service, immediately thought of taking advantage of the chaos to make a surprise attack. Although such an approach was not "knightly", what morals could he say to despicable and shameless people like the Kent family.
The subordinate reminded him to discuss it with the other lords who were in the meeting first, but Derrick vetoed it as soon as he said it.
"Those old-fashioned guys will definitely discuss it for a long time first. When they decide to attack, the enemy army will also put out the fire! Of course, it is more likely that they will continue to wait for Greiman and the unknown place. Gardner."
So Derrick quickly returned to his camp and summoned all the troops brought from Portree, including 100 knights, 300 knight retinues, and more than 1,000 militiamen.
"The cavalry charged into the enemy's camp and spread the chaos! The infantry followed!"
Derrick quickly gave orders to his troops. Having received aristocratic education since childhood and familiarized himself with military history books, he knew many battles in which fewer troops won more battles. Today is really a godsend, and he is confident that he can replicate those miracles in history today.
He didn't forget to send scouts to scout around the opponent's camp, especially the small woods to the south, where it seemed easy to lurk people.
But eager to fight, he led his knights to launch an attack before the scouts returned. Isn't war a gamble?
The camp of the Kent family did not have complicated defensive measures, and it seemed that it was only used as a temporary garrison, with a few rows of horses simply placed on the periphery of the camp.
Several knights took the lead, using their spears to push away the horses on the way forward one by one, creating a gap. The large troop trotting behind immediately urged the horses to start a real charge.
As Derrick expected, their attack made the enemy troops who were busy fighting the fire worse, and the camp became even more chaotic.
"kill!"
The knights and squires of House Heller swung their weapons vigorously, reaping the lives of the enemy soldiers.
After they rushed left and right in the camp for nearly 20 minutes, the Kent family's army gradually reacted. The knights and officers put on their armor and led their subordinates to start a counterattack.
There were less than 200 cavalry, including knights, and retinues following Derrick, and there were casualties under the enemy's counterattack.
"Why haven't the infantry followed?"
As the enemy's counterattack became more and more powerful, Derrick, who was blushing with blood, gradually calmed down. He suddenly thought of the infantry following the cavalry.
"Viscount Heller! Surrender!"
Suddenly there was a shout from the west direction from which he had come!
Derrick looked over there, and it turned out to be the son of the Earl of Kent—Jiaise.
"It's you who should surrender! Kent's idiot!"
Seeing Derrick's refusal, Jayce sneered, "Hmph! I really don't cry when I see the coffin! See what this is?"
He raised his arm and threw an object to this side, and it rolled under Derrick's horse.
As soon as Derrick saw it, he knew something was wrong! It was a helmet, the helmet of a knight under his command, and this knight had been appointed by him to command the infantry before.
Is he already killed? Or has it been captured?
Where did the Kent family army behind them come from, ambush in the woods in advance? Or the reinforcements that just arrived?
It doesn't matter now, the important thing is that they are about to fall into deep siege! The surrounding enemy forces are gathering more and more.
"Breakthrough!"
Derrick gave orders loudly, and the teams that were fighting separately regrouped to form a tight formation.
"There are few people in the north, break through from there! Protect the viscount!"
The head knight of the family took the lead, brandishing a flail and rushing into the enemy crowd, followed by Derrick and other knights.
The Kent family's army located in the north of the camp basically recruited infantry, and they couldn't withstand the combined impact of many knights. Many people were trampled into flesh, and more people broke up and fled directly.
These conscripts were so useless, Jayce flicked his whip in the air angrily.
He ordered a knight next to him: "Derrick is trapped here, his allies will not sit idly by. You organize the infantry and bring a team of cavalry to block them."
Then he led the cavalry behind him and urged the horses under his crotch to chase after him.
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"Look! I said it was a trap!"
As soon as the lord of the alliance gathered his troops, scouts reported that a large group of heavy cavalry came from the southern path and killed the infantry of the Heller family.
"Not necessarily. Since they came from the southern path, it is more likely that the Kent family's follow-up reinforcements came and happened to hit the Haile family's infantry."
"Whether he is a trap or not, if we don't go there, the Heller family boy will be finished!"
"This young man must not put his life on the line. If he should surrender, he will surrender. We can redeem him at least."
"I hope so, otherwise how can we explain to Earl Heller."
"Hmph! He has to blame himself, and he can't blame us."
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The lords were very anxious. They left 1,000 people to stare at Biduobao behind, and commanded the remaining 5,000 troops to march towards the enemy's garrison.
On the way, I encountered a large group of defeated Heller family infantry~www.readwn.com~ Behind them were enemy cavalry chasing them. After seeing the reinforcements from the lords, one by one saw hope and quickly approached here.
Viscount Johnston, who was in charge of commanding the vanguard, shouted: "Soldiers of the Heller family, listen up! Don't charge into the formation! Otherwise, you will be shot!"
But there are still some routs who continue to run this way, shouting for help while running.
The situation was urgent, and Viscount Johnston ordered decisively: "Archers, let the arrows go!"
A shower of arrows was thrown, and many of the rout soldiers who approached fell to the ground with arrows, and the rest scattered to both sides crying for their father and mother.
Seeing that the coalition forces were numerous, the pursuers withdrew to the rear.
The coalition continued to advance, and then encountered the enemy's main infantry that had already formed a formation. They were arranged here by Jaais to prevent the coalition from rescuing Derrick.
There is no nonsense on both sides, just start the fight...
Derrick's situation at this time can be said to be extremely urgent. After rushing out of the siege, he and his knights headed north all the way, wanting to turn back to the coalition camp in the west when the opportunity arises.
But the pursuers seemed to be stuck to their buttocks, and there were pursuers on the left and right rears, no matter which direction they turned, they might be intercepted, so Derrick had no choice but to go all the way north.
"Damn! Can I just surrender in humiliation and wait to be redeemed?"
"No! Never! The Kent family wait for me, I will show you sooner or later!"
He swears in his heart.
However, after the previous battle and long run, the horse under the seat was exhausted, and it was obvious that the speed had slowed down.
"Damn! Damn...huh? That's it?"
Just when Derrick felt a sense of despair, smoke and dust rose on the road ahead.
"Flying Dragon Banner? Is that...the army of the Greiman family?"
An army appeared right in front of them.
