Gerd pushed aside the thrusting spear and took a step forward. The sword in his hand drew a silver arc and split the throat of the spear holder.
Blood splattered.
Then, he dodged to the right, avoiding the swing of the sword, and at the same time slashed the sword fiercely from top to bottom, almost cutting a Nilfgaard soldier in half.
But at this moment, two more Nilfgaard soldiers stabbed Gerd from behind with their spears before Gerd could sheath his sword.
In their opinion, Gerd is dead.
But before the tips of their spears touched Gerd, two arrows struck from a distance and entered through the gap in their armor.
Gerd pulled out his sword, swung it in a circular motion, and killed two people effortlessly.
He didn't have time to thank Lynn for providing backup shooting in the distance, so he quickly took out two more Lynn and gave him Superior Grapeshot Bomb.
Throwing it forward, he also grabbed a corpse on the ground to use as a human shield.
Only two bangs were heard, and the tidal flow of people was blasted out into two small "blank spaces". In this blank area, Nilfgaard, who was not yet dead, fell to the ground, holding his broken arm and wailing.
Gerd didn't dare to delay, and took advantage of this opportunity to cross the only wooden board in three steps and two steps at a time.
Several Nilfgaard soldiers who were not afraid of death stepped on the bodies of their companions and pursued them.
But they died one after another under the bow of Lynn.
Gerd crossed the trench and pulled the last wooden board over. Some of the Nilfgaard soldiers on the opposite side had no time to stop their forward momentum and rolled down the trench, hitting the sharpened wooden stakes installed at the bottom.
The Tursek troops who were guarding the fence waited for Gerd to pass, then moved past the horse and completely sealed the fence.
On the flagship deck.
The messenger reported to Earl Tulius.
"Master Earl, Württemberg Infantry, Nassau Infantry suffered more than half of their casualties, and Commander Württemberg Infantry died in battle."
Earl Tulius's eyelids twitched, but he hid his expression well.
"Instruct Württemberg Infantry and Nassau Infantry to retreat and replace them with Palatinate Infantry and Lübeck Infantry to continue the attack."
After the messengers retreated, Earl Tulius's face showed a solemn expression.
The tenacity of the Islanders was beyond his expectation.
The people of the Islands are more difficult to deal with than expected, but the problem is that now he is already riding a tiger.
If the order to retreat is given now, the soldiers who have died in the battle will die in vain. If they go around the side of the island and encounter resistance again, will they have to flee again?
In a war, are there any immortals?
In fact, Earl Tulius has also seen that these few hundred people are the entire enemy army. The size of our own army is three times that of the enemy's. Even if we pay for human lives, we will still make a profit.
As long as we can kill the enemy force in front of us, it is impossible to raise a second resistance force on Little Skellige Island...
At that time, he only needs to use the power of victory to directly attack Tuirseach Castle, which is empty of troops, and loot it. When he returns to Nilfgaard, he will naturally be treated like a hero.
On the other hand, if you return without success because you cherish your troops, you will inevitably bear the emperor's wrath.
Just imagine, up to now, the coast of the empire is still being plundered by the archipelago fleet.
Villages were looted, farmland burned, and maritime trade was cut off. Merchants' Guild's losses are immeasurable.
Nilfgaard's centralization is very high, but after all, it has not reached the point where I am the country. Even the emperor needs the support of others to secure his throne.
Therefore, it would be fine if his actions in Skellige Isles were successfully completed, but if he escaped in despair, then as the defeated general, he would be pushed out by the emperor as a scapegoat to divert the attention of the people and Merchants' Guild.
No matter how prominent your family is, it's useless.
Therefore, rather than moving your head because of cherishing the casualties of the soldiers, it is better to let the soldiers' corpses pick the fruits of victory for themselves.
This is the saying "In normal times, you should treat soldiers like your own children; but on the battlefield, you should use soldiers like clay dolls. In order to win, you should not care about casualties one-sidedly." This is the truth.
Under the order of Earl Tulius, Nilfgaard Army, who had previously been chasing the Islanders, retreated and another group of fresh troops came up.
This group of soldiers has been resting since they landed ashore. Now their physical strength has been restored, and the symptoms of seasickness caused by being on the ship for a long time have also been relieved to a certain extent.
After receiving the commander's order, he immediately rushed forward like a tide.
After learning about the imminent invasion of the Nilfgaard people, Tuirseach Branch Family built a row of fences facing the beach.
There is no fence in the middle, but is used to place movable horses.
The left and right sides of the fence extend all the way to the steep bank. The advantage of arranging the fortifications in this way is that the enemy can only attack from the front.
But after Lynn arrived, he made a proposal and suggested that everyone dig another trench in front of the fence.
At the same time, sharpened wooden stakes were inserted diagonally at the bottom of the trench near the fence.
Previously, when Drummond's troops went out to support Quite's troops, several planks of wood were put up on the trench, and the horses in the middle of the fence were also moved away.
When everyone retreated behind the fence, all the planks were removed and the horse was moved back to the middle of the fence.
Therefore, when Palatinate Infantry and Lübeck Infantry take over from Württemberg Infantry and Nassau Infantry to continue the attack, they need to climb down the trench first, then carefully step on the wooden stakes, and use their strength to climb up the fence.
This process is very dangerous even in ordinary times.
Not to mention that when they started to climb up from the bottom of the trench, there were still spears and swords waiting for them behind the fence.
Therefore, the twenty or so unlucky guys at the front either managed to climb up and were scratched by the spears and swords thrust out from behind the fence, or they tried to avoid it, then fell down due to instability and were stabbed by the wooden stakes inserted diagonally at the bottom.
Realizing that this was not an option, Nilfgaard Army temporarily stopped the attack and immediately dispatched a group of archers to stand on the other side of the trench to suppress Tursek's troops at close range.
The archers of Quite's troops immediately counterattacked, but the number of the Nilfgaard Army archers was five times that of Quite's troops. Even if there was a disadvantage in shooting from above, the absolute numerical advantage was more than enough to make up for it.
After several rounds of shooting, the Quite archers fell into a suppressed state. Not only the Quite archers, but also the Nilfgaard archers also shot at the Tursek troops behind the fence, forcing the Tursek troops to retreat backwards.