Chapter 457. A mercenary caught up in infighting
Rolf rode away with his horse, and the roar echoed across the plains.
This is a hearty surprise attack, which is the best tactic for a group of light cavalry, which can wipe out part of the enemy's strength in the process of being unprepared, and it is also a tactical value.
Now, those noble coalition forces obviously can't sleep well!
No way.
They could not have imagined that even in the plains and wilderness beyond the solid stone pass, there was such a force of light cavalry, like a pack of wolves lurking in the dark, ready to pounce on them at any time and inflict heavy blows on them!
If it's just a simple offensive and defensive battle, it's just that.
A coalition of nobles without light cavalry would not really fight in the field.
Although the number of knight attendants of the nobles is close to 5,000 combined, these knights and knight attendants are the family of the nobles, how can they be consumed in this battle?
This is what they can rely on to speak, and if they lose their military power, then the final benefit will also be reduced!
After all, they are only pioneers.
It's a budding bird.
The real time to wait for the spoils to be divided is still to come.
It is also those top nobles who make the big heads and divide the spoils among their scars.
These nobles all understand the truth, especially when they are surrounded by mercenary groups with a number of nearly 20,000, their own knight squires and conscripted infantry are the ones who rely on to protect themselves!
How can a lowly mercenary be compared to the conscripts he has worked so hard to cultivate?
Therefore they did not act rashly.
There were no knightly squires in pursuit.
Occasionally, some angry cavalry chased after them, and they were also light cavalry among the mercenaries.
They were all light cavalry composed of bandits and robbers, willing to fight for a future for the bounty of the nobles, or to avenge their friends who had just been killed in the raid.
But the result is all the same.
He didn't chase too deep, and was killed by the elite desert bandits who returned to intercept him.
The heavy short javelin thrown is very powerful, and after the tip of the spear pierces the leather armor, it can also cause fatal damage to the body, if these mercenaries are used, it is equivalent to a fatal injury, because they do not have too much recuperation environment, and they do not have too many drugs, and the lethality and sequelae after injury are even more terrifying than those of the nobles!
Nearly 200 mercenary cavalry chased not too far, and as more than 80 cavalry were killed, they all stopped the pursuit, reined in their horses, and came back with a few angry curses.
There was a jumble of voices everywhere inside and outside the village.
Footsteps.
Cursing.
and the wails before death.
The number of nearly 3000+ mercenaries has been injured in varying degrees of severity.
There are even many people's injuries that are caused by their own companions, just to run faster when they escape, or someone blocking their route, so as to brazenly wield a knife to kill.
In fact, many of the 800+ corpses were caused by cannibalism.
Rolf and his hussars did not have a tactical goal of killing.
Rather, it causes riots.
It was the night before the general attack, their raid, and the tactical goal was to demoralize.
As long as the riots appeared, the mercenaries, who had not slept all night or did not sleep well, did not have the original strong morale at all, and continued to attack the strong stone pass, so that on the flank battlefield, it attracted pressure for Fatis.
This is also the tactic agreed upon by both sides, and it is an excellent tactic that complements each other.
Now the advantages of this tactic are also manifested.
In the tents of mercenaries.
The riots began.
That's right.
It's riots, not riots.
In the previous raid, the act of drawing swords on friendly troops in order to escape was finally noticed.
As more and more sufferers began to confide in their friends, more and more mercenaries began to quarrel, clash, and even draw their swords to start duelings, and even triggered infighting among several mercenary groups!
Although mercenaries love money, they also like to huddle, especially in normal times.
It's the power of the team.
As a result, the commotion quickly turned into turmoil.
More and more mercenaries began to draw their swords, confront each other, and even some died in duels.
Grievances and hatreds are also becoming more and more, and those who usually don't like each other also take this opportunity to start deliberately looking for trouble, and even directly start swords against each other, gritting their teeth and cursing and fighting.
The unrest quickly turned into infighting, engulfing the entire mercenary camp.
Even the villages have been implicated.
The foot soldiers of the nobility held the entrance to the street so that no one could enter.
The well-dressed nobles, too, put on their heavy armor and commanded the knightly attendants, carefully defending against the attacks of some red-eyed and angry mercenaries.
The whole village was in chaos, and everyone seemed to have forgotten why they were here.
Resentment has grudged everyone's hearts.
No one is out of the way.
The fighting continued.
On the contrary, the mercenaries who had been numbering nearly 1,000 people before and were going to approach the Solid Stone Pass first were not implicated.
After walking a short distance, they saw the sound of fighting in the direction of the camp behind them, and it seemed that a cavalry had raided the village, so they were so frightened that they hurried to take the formation, using the dense formation to bring themselves a sense of security.
It's just that they were not impacted, but at the camp in the rear, the sound of fighting weakened and appeared more violently.
Someone is even setting it on fire!
The fire raged in the tent colony outside the village.
The raging flames were in the hands of some angry mercenaries, and they became the trigger for the area to ignite.
The flames were raging, but no one put out the fire, more and more mercenaries threw themselves into the attack and killing of the enemy, and even the mercenary groups that did not like each other brazenly chose to go to war and fought frantically.
The fire grew louder and louder, and the mercenaries outside were dumbfounded.
In fact, many of the mercenaries in it are the same.
The shrewd ones were gathering for their belongings, and they quickly fled towards the plains outside, with their heads bowed.
The same is true for those who are timid and afraid, and they quickly follow behind and leave, and the mess is like a little lamb, they dare not continue to stay here, even if they escape, they can have a chance to live.
The team has already fallen into infighting, how can there be a chance to attack the stone pass?
The same is true of the aristocracy.
In a panic, they began to withdraw from the village with their troops.
Even the mercenaries who were fighting in front of them directly let the knight squires under them choose to kill them.
The fire had spread from the tent to the village, not to mention the noble knights, even the civilians who had been driven to the corner, began to flee, because the fire had completely ignited the tent area with the help of linen tents, and the thatched huts and wooden houses in the village were all in a state of flames.