Just as Charlotte was about to react, Frederica warned him, "It's too late to run. The moment we change formation, it'll turn into a one-sided slaughter. Only by facing them head-on can we keep our ranks from falling apart."
Although Charlotte only knew warfare on paper, he knew Frederica was absolutely right. Given the composition of the West Wind Knight Regiment, the prisoners would likely flee as soon as the fighting began, triggering an avalanche-like chain reaction. He immediately ordered the West Wind Knight Regiment to form a tight defensive formation and prepare for the possible impact.
He did not know which armies the two sides belonged to, and could only hope that the victors would be allies.
Although the City Patrol was a local force that had rarely seen a battlefield beyond maintaining public order, they could still form a fairly solid tight defensive formation. Large-scale gang brawls occasionally broke out in the streets, and this formation offered the greatest protection against casualties.
As for counterattacking?
What was that?
The City Patrol had never been expected to do such a thing.
Half an hour later, deserters covered the hills and plains, while a cavalry force behind them methodically harvested lives. One look was enough to tell that they were well-trained elites.
Charlotte had been born in the Duchy of Behemoth, so he recognized at a glance that the scattered troops fleeing ahead were soldiers from his "hometown." Having seen them often since childhood, he could even identify them as Baron Filer's Yahoo Knight Regiment!
For generations, the Barons Filer had been vassals of the duke, their territory lying east of the Duchy of Behemoth. The current Baron Filer was especially close to Grand Duke Ferdinand, and their grandfathers' generation had even cemented their friendship through intermarriage.
As for the