Blocking the Enemy
A dozen minutes ago, Eagle Eye led James and his guards to the north side of the Blacklin family camp.
Eagle Eye pointed to a section of the wall and said, "It's here. The wooden stakes on this section of the wall aren't long enough, and most of them aren't even driven into the ground."
Eagle Eye looked at James with a fawning expression. Just then, one of James's men interjected, "Sir, you didn't need to come in person at all. This place is too far from the enemy's position. If you were injured or killed, we wouldn't be able to explain it to the Viscount."
James frowned and interrupted him, "I'm just checking the enemy situation, not personally charging into battle. What danger could there be? Back when I followed Viscount Victor into battle, there were countless situations far more dangerous than this, and I still protected Victor and fought my way out."
As James said this, he had a smug look on his face. The subordinate who was rebuked was meek and submissive, while the other officers praised James as the Viscount's confidant and his right-hand man.
James nodded reservedly. He looked at Eagle Eye, who was in a daze, and asked seriously, "Are you telling the truth? If you're lying, you won't have a good ending. You won't even be able to afford death."
James' last words were delivered with such force that Eagle Eye was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground.
"Regimental Commander, I really wouldn't dare to lie to you."
This wall was overseen by our team. At the time, all the trees in the nearby forest that met the requirements had been cut down. To get logs that met the specifications, we would have to go to a distant place to cut them down, but there wasn't enough time.
Our team leader told us to cut the original log in two so that it wouldn't be long enough to stick in the ground. We would cover the bottom with soil so that it wouldn't be noticeable and we could pass inspection.
All the wooden fences in this area are like this; you can push them down with a little force. I would never lie to you.
Hearing this, James had no more doubts. He laughed heartily and said, "Very good. As long as you haven't lied to me, I will give you a generous reward afterward."
Prologis, your team is responsible for clearing the way and dismantling the wall.
Shax, lead my personal guard and Heavy Cavalry unit in the charge. All you need to do is break through the enemy's formation.
"Leave the rest to the other units, brothers. Let's show these bumpkins what we're made of."
"Yes!"
Soon, Prouss led a troop of Cavalry and used lassos to secure the wooden stakes of the wall, with one end of the lasso tied to a horse.
The Blacklin Territory soldiers inside the wall watched all this with relaxed expressions, believing that horses alone could not destroy the wall.
However, some of the soldiers' expressions changed drastically upon seeing this, and they immediately began to retreat.
At Pros's command, dozens of warhorses exerted their strength together. At first, the wall did not react, but when they exerted their strength a second time, the wall collapsed instantly.
By this time, the Heavy Cavalry was already prepared and had begun to slowly accelerate towards the wall. The moment the wall collapsed, the Heavy Cavalry suddenly accelerated and pressed forward like a black city wall.
The Blacklin family soldiers inside the wall were completely dumbfounded. Before they could react and dodge, the small force was overwhelmed by the Heavy Cavalry.
The other Cavalry units following closely behind the Heavy Cavalry entered the camp and began to pursue and kill the Blacklin army that had been routed by the Heavy Cavalry. According to Regimental Commander James's orders, they must destroy the army's will to resist as soon as possible.
James stood outside the wall, looking at the scene inside the camp, and smiled with satisfaction. The camp had been breached so easily and quickly, and now the task Victor had given him was more than half completed.
He turned to look at Eagle Eye and the others standing to the side. They had bewildered expressions on their faces, especially Old Buck and his two children, who were also frightened by the horrific scene and were sobbing softly.
"Don't worry, I only did this to have my troops destroy their will to resist as quickly as possible. As long as your fellow villagers surrender soon, I won't kill them all."
You should be thankful that the shorter duration of the battle will actually result in fewer casualties.
James didn't care whether the others believed him or not, and turned to leave. He had dealt with the enemies on this side, but he might need to check on the other side.
On the other side, Knight Jack, leading a Cavalry unit, kept moving between the Blacklin family camp and the camps of other Coalition of Nobles.
They were responsible for blocking and concealing another enemy camp to prevent the Coalition of Nobles from discovering the specific details of the Black Cloth Lee family's camp.
Seeing the billowing smoke and dust from the Blacklin family camp, Jackson knew that James must have already led his troops to break through the camp.
He happily told his men, "It seems Regimental Commander James is doing very well and has made a breakthrough. Brothers, we have to keep up the good work and not fall too far behind."
Just then, a messenger ran over. "Deputy Regimental Commander, the enemy has begun to leave the camp. It's a large-scale operation, it seems like they've come out in full force."
Jackson chuckled upon hearing this, "It seems that these mainland nobles are not as short-sighted as those we have met before, and they even know the importance of mutual support and protection."
But this is perfect, now that they're out of their turtle shells, why would we be afraid of them?
Everyone get ready, let's show them what we're made of.
After Jackson finished speaking, he immediately urged his horse on and led his men away into the distance. He spoke very casually, but in reality, he was very calm.
This time, due to limited space in the ship's cabin, the number of horses carried was severely insufficient, with most Cavalry only able to have one horse per person.
They didn't even bring a single draft horse or pack horse from the Logistics Department. A few days ago, when the camp was being built, the Cavalry unit directly sent warhorses to help the Logistics Department transport some goods.
Therefore, the horses of the Cavalry units are not in good condition, especially those led by Jackson. They cannot sustain long-distance running or short-distance sprints for long periods of time, so Jackson must command them more cautiously.
Soon Jackson led his men to the front of the position, where they saw that the Coalition of Nobles's infantry square formations were already in place, with six small square formations forming a large square formation that was pushing towards them.
An officer ran up to report, "Sir Jackson, each enemy square is 30x40, and there are more than 6,000 people in 6 squares."
The outer perimeter of the phalanx consisted of Pikemen and Sword-and-Shield Soldiers, while the inner perimeter was filled with crossbowmen. We tried to circle around them and use arrows to disrupt their formation, but their crossbows had a longer range than ours, making it difficult to get close.
Jackson also looked serious. The formation in front of him was very well-organized and capable of fighting at both close and long ranges. It was clearly the work of a master. Their intelligence did not mention any outstanding generals among these nobles.
He currently only has three Cavalry detachments, which are at a significant numerical disadvantage, and they are all Light Cavalry. Trying to charge such a well-organized square formation with such forces would be tantamount to suicide.
But if he didn't stop them, and this enemy force entered the Blacklin family camp, James might run into trouble.
Just as Jackson was caught in a dilemma, James arrived with his men.
Upon hearing that James was coming, Jackson immediately led his men to find him.
"James, what brings you here? Is something wrong on your end?"
Jackson was worried that something might have gone wrong with James.
"Don't worry, the Blacklin family is finished. Before I arrived, their last organized army was also defeated by my troops, and even Viscount Blacklin was captured by me."
I've left some troops behind to mop up the remaining enemy forces and accept surrenders. I've brought the rest of the troops—four detachments in total—to see if they can be of any help.