This was hardly surprising! From the very beginning, their plan had been to inflict as many casualties on the enemy as possible and reduce their numbers before the two sides erupted into a full-scale melee. There were quite a few Dark wizards entrenched in Hogsmeade, so naturally there was no reason to spare them.
Of course, everyone was also itching for a fight.
They had been held back by Albert before and had never had any good opportunities. Now that an opportunity had finally landed in their laps, they all wanted to try out what they had learned from Albert.
There was no grand conspiracy involved in the whole process. They were simply using their initiative to exploit the enemy's lack of information.
They deliberately triggered the Howling Charm to lure the Dark wizards occupying Hogsmeade over to investigate. Then the three teams swarmed them and easily dealt with the enemy.
After that, they used the commotion from the battle to draw over the Dark wizards nearby.
Then they launched another utterly shameless ambush. After taking down the second batch of Dark wizards, they used several Flashbangs to ambush the third batch.
After all, no one would have expected a despicable wizard to throw Flashbangs at them. While the enemy had been blinded, they launched another surprise attack and took down a whole group in one go.
Losing over twenty people in just a few minutes completely panicked the Dark wizards, who had originally held the numerical advantage.
Most tragically, the Dementors they had painstakingly summoned for help ran straight into a team where more than half could use Patronuses. They were gang-beaten by a large number of Patronuses and fled in utter disarray.
The remaining panicked Dark wizards put up stubborn resistance under the cover of the houses. It