Arrived, almost there!
Looking at the smoke column rising in front of him, Derrick Heller felt waves of excitement in his heart.
The enemy camp was in chaos because of the fire, and the people inside were like headless flies looking for water to put out the fire.
As long as you take advantage of this moment to rush in and kill, like a lion rushing into a flock of sheep, you will become famous today.
Not long ago, Derrick, who was patrolling the camp, discovered something unusual in the enemy's direction. The scout responsible for approaching and monitoring quickly reported that there was a fire in the Kent Family's military camp.
Derrick, who was eager to perform meritorious deeds, immediately thought of taking advantage of the chaos to make a surprise attack. Although this approach was very un-knightly, it was morally wrong for a despicable and shameless person like Kent Family.
The subordinate reminded him to discuss it with the other lords who were in the meeting first, but as soon as he said it, he was rejected by Derrick.
"Those old-fashioned guys will definitely discuss it for a long time. When they decide to attack, the enemy has put out the fire! Of course, the greater possibility is that they will continue to wait for Greiman and Ganard who don't know where they are."
So Derrick quickly returned to his camp and summoned all the troops brought from Potri, including 100 knights, 300 Knight Attendant and more than 1,000 Militia.
"The cavalry rushed into the enemy camp to expand the chaos! The infantry followed!"
Derrick quickly issued orders to his troops. Having received an aristocratic education since childhood and being familiar with military history books, he knew many examples of battles in which a small number defeated a large number. Today is a God-given opportunity, and he is confident that he can replicate the miracles in history today.
He did not forget to send scouts to investigate the surroundings of the opponent's military camp, especially the small woods to the south, where it seemed easy for people to lurk.
But eager to fight, he led his knights to attack before the scouts returned. Isn't war just gambling? Kent Family's camp does not have complicated defense measures. It seems that it is only used as a temporary station. There are simply a few rows of horses 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 troops following at a trot immediately mobilized their horses and began the real charge.
As expected by Derrick, their attack made things worse for the enemy troops who were busy putting out the fire, and the camp became even more chaotic.
"Kill!"
Heller Family's knights and retinues waved their weapons vigorously, harvesting the lives of the enemy Soldiers.
After they clashed left and right in the camp for nearly 20 minutes, Kent Family's army gradually reacted. The knights and officers put on their armor and led their men to fight back.
The Cavalry Company knight who followed Derrick had less than 200 followers and suffered casualties due to the enemy's counterattack.
"Why haven't the infantry followed?"
As the enemy's counterattack became more and more intense, Derrick, who was so angry with the killing, gradually calmed down. He suddenly thought of the infantry following the cavalry.
"Heller Viscount! Surrender!"
Suddenly there was a shout from the west where he came from! Derrick looked over there and saw that it was Earl Kent's son - Jia Ais.
"It's you who should surrender! You idiot from the Kent family!"
Seeing Derrick's refusal, Jia Ais sneered, "Humph! I really can't cry until I see the coffin! Look what is this?"
He raised his arm and threw an object this way, and it rolled to the foot of Derrick's horse.
Derrick I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw it! This is a helmet, belonging to one of his knights, who he had previously assigned to command an infantry unit.
Has he been killed? Or has he been captured? Where did the Kent Family army behind him come from, and was it ambushed in that forest in advance? Or the reinforcements that just arrived? It doesn't matter now, what matters is that they are almost trapped! More and more enemy troops are gathering around.
"Breakout!"
Derrick gave the order loudly, and the teams that were fighting on their own reorganized into a tight formation.
"There are few people in the north, break through from there! Protect Lord Viscount!"
Family Knight Captain took the lead and rushed into the enemy crowd with a flail, followed closely by Derrick and other knights.
The Kent Family army located in the north of the camp was basically recruited infantry, and could not withstand the combined impact of many knights. Many people were trampled to pulp, and more people simply broke up and fled.
These conscripts were so useless that Jia Ais swung his riding whip in the air with hatred.
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 stop them."
Then he led the cavalry behind him and urged his horses to catch up.
"Look! I said it was a trap!"
As soon as the lords of the alliance gathered their troops, scouts reported that a large group of Heavy Cavalry came from the southern road and killed Heller Family's infantry.
"It's not necessarily true. Since it came from the southern path, it's more likely that the Kent family's follow-up reinforcements came and happened to hit the Heller family's infantry."
"Whether it's a trap or not, if we don't get there, the Heller boy will be doomed!"
"This young man must not risk his own life. Surrender when it's time to surrender. We can at least redeem him."
"I hope so, otherwise how can we explain to Earl Heller."
"Hmph! He brought it upon himself, and he cannot blame us."
The lords were extremely anxious. They left 1,000 men to keep an eye on Biduo Fort behind them, and directed the remaining 5,000 men to march towards the enemy's garrison.
On the way, they encountered a large group of defeated Heller Family infantry, followed by enemy cavalry chasing them. After seeing the reinforcements from the lords, they all saw hope and quickly moved closer.
Viscount Johnston, who was in charge of commanding the forward troops, shouted, "Soldiers of the Heller family, listen! You are not allowed to attack the military formation! Otherwise, shoot to death!"
But there are still some who are rout and continue to run this way, shouting for help while running.
The situation was urgent, Viscount Johnston decisively ordered, "Archers, release arrows!"
A shower of arrows was thrown over, and many of the soldiers who were approaching were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The remaining people dispersed to both sides crying for their fathers and mothers.
Seeing that the coalition troops were outnumbered, the pursuers withdrew to the rear.
The coalition forces continued to advance, and then encountered the enemy's main infantry who had already formed a formation. They were arranged by Jia Ais to prevent the coalition forces from rescuing Derrick.
There was no nonsense from both sides and the fight started...
Derrick The situation at this time can be said to be extremely urgent. He and his knights broke out of the siege and headed north, hoping to take the opportunity to turn back to the coalition station in the west.
But the pursuers seemed to be stuck to their butts, and there were pursuers on the left and right rear. No matter which direction they turned, they might be intercepted. In desperation, Derrick could only go all the way north.
"Damn! Can I just surrender in humiliation and wait to be redeemed?"
"No! Never! Kent Family just wait for me, I will give you a good look sooner or later!"
He swore in his mind.
However, after the previous battle and long-term galloping, the horses under the seats were exhausted, and they could obviously feel that their speed had slowed down.
"Damn it! Damn it... huh? That's it?"
Just when Derrick felt a sense of despair, smoke and dust rose up on the road ahead.
"Flying Dragon Flag? That's... the army of the Greiman family?"
An army appeared directly in front of them.