288. The same tactics
At night, it seems very peaceful.
Not only is there no insect chirping, not even the sound of the wind.
This tranquility has gone far beyond the usual sense of quiet.
However, as long as you have a certain amount of experience, you will know very well that this tranquility is actually caused by the murderous aura that escapes.
With such a strong and obvious murderous aura, the two armies present were not recruits, and of course they could feel this strong killing intent. There was little need for the commanders on both sides to say anything, and everyone knew very well to each other that no matter what the outcome, tonight would be the end of the days-long journey, and many veterans even had a sense of relief at this moment, and the whole person seemed to be much more relaxed and energetic.
Even though it was late at night, not many people were asleep.
Because the time for evacuation was very urgent, no one even set up the wooden fence in the camp on Sean's side or Seon's side, let alone tents and quilts. Everyone slept on the floor, and if it was too cold to stand it, they could only huddle a few people together - in fact, the most serious case of real non-combat attrition was freezing to death in their sleep because they did not have equipment to protect against the cold.
But no one complained.
War is inherently cruel and realistic.
The night was getting darker and darker, but no matter which side seemed to have a very tacit understanding, they didn't make a move. And as time passed, the night began to fade from dark, and everyone knew that dawn would come in a few hours, and that the large forces would definitely set off one after another at dawn, and then there would be a new round of escape and pursuit, but this time, there was no one to remind them that it was almost time to wake up.
Time is passing quietly.
But soon, there was finally a faint sound in this quiet space.
Even though the sound is very slight. It was just the sound of a few stones tumbling down, but in this case, it was obviously not normal at all.
If you look down from the sky at this moment, and the sky is only a little brighter, you can clearly see that a large group of people have surrounded the small area where Sean and the others are resting, and they are slowly shrinking the encirclement, getting closer and closer. The sound of a stone rolling just now was caused by a soldier who accidentally used a little force when he landed on a high ground.
Almost as soon as the sound sounded, it was like a chain reaction of dominoes. From the rapid spread of the soldier to both sides, until the entire encirclement, all the soldiers held their breath at this moment, and at the same time, no one dared to continue to advance, as if everyone had become a sculpture at this moment.
If William could see this. will definitely show appreciation in his eyes without hesitation, and sincerely praise the elite.
In fact. This force can indeed be considered elite. Also Sain. Hasting's last hole card that has been hidden.
The number of troops preparing for the night attack and siege was not very large, probably less than 2,000 people, but nearly 500 of them were the guards around Sein, and the other 1,000 or so were the best in Tinchiin's private army. In other words, these people were already the true essence of the remaining 8,000 or so soldiers of Thane, and Thain dared to put all of them into this night attack so desperately. I have to say that this is indeed a great courage.
Or, rather, Sain threw all of these men into the night attack when he thought he was going to win.
But anyway, William and others. It seems that they did not notice the encirclement of this force, and they did not even find out when and how the nearly 2,000 men left the camp in Sein. You must know that there are more than 2,000 people, not only one or two hundred—especially in this semi-wilderness and semi-grassland terrain, the traces of a team of dozens of people can be easily discovered, let alone one or two thousand people.
But in fact, there was no one in William's camp who sent a warning.
The crowd, who had fallen silent because of the accident of the rolling stones, waited for about ten minutes before finally taking action again. This time, however, they were much slower than the first time, and they became much more cautious, even choosing where to stay.
As these people advanced, the entire encirclement began to shrink gradually.
In this way, the originally sparse encirclement naturally began to form and become tighter, and when it was within a few hundred meters of the rest of Sean and the others, it was naturally impossible for the human figures of the entire encirclement to be hidden. Several officers who seemed to be leading the team finally stopped caring about their own hiding, and suddenly pulled out their swords, and in an instant, the crisp sound of the sword coming out of the sheath suddenly broke the silence in the area, and as an officer swung his sword down, the shout of killing suddenly shook the sky.
The short distance of a few hundred meters is actually not close, and if it is a normal night attack, it is certainly impossible to launch an attack at this distance. However, on this terrain, there is no longer any place for them to hide their bodies at this distance, unlike the night attack barracks, there will be tents to cover their bodies, and this time there are indeed a lot of them, so sooner or later it is better to expose their bodies than to use their momentum to deter their opponents.
However, there were only about a thousand people who charged, and the other nearly 1,000 people were not responsible for the charge, but began to draw their bows and arrows, and then shot the first round of arrows.
The night was not thick, but it was not bright, and it seemed that this situation had already been foreseen, and even the full moon hid behind the dark clouds early. And in this kind of sky, this wave of arrows shot by archers can be described as real dark arrows, although the sound of strings and arrows is endless, but it is one thing to hear the sound, and it is another thing to want to block these arrows.
Hardly any of the Tingkiin soldiers would doubt the success of this wave of arrows, not to mention that by the time they rushed through the hundreds of meters, the rain of arrows would surely shoot down two more waves. Three waves of arrows can't wipe out all the enemies, but it's enough to completely cripple them, and the only thing they need is to clean up the battlefield at the last - in fact, the real targets of the five hundred soldiers of the Thon Guard Regiment are those two golden powerhouses.
And their task is not to kill these two golden powerhouses, because their strength is not enough to kill these two golden powerhouses, so their biggest task is to entangle these two people, so that others can smoothly sweep the entire battlefield.
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Almost as soon as the siege network around this area of Sean's resting place was raided. Another night raid was also launched.
The person who led the team was Sean.
And Sean was accompanied by Cecilia, Klov, and the almost completely crippled Cecilia Guard.
However, unlike the encirclement and contraction circle tactics launched by Sean, the only more than 500 people on Sean's side formed an arrow force and directly launched a strong attack on the rest area where Sean and the others were.
They didn't hesitate or pause at all, and they didn't even care if they would make a strange noise - in fact, they also chose to attack when they were lurking hundreds of meters away from the area. In terms of tactical choices, Sean did not perform very well, and could only be said to be exactly the same as the army that was attacking his camp, but the only difference was that even if he launched an attack. Sean and the others still acted very quickly and did not make any big noise.
It's not like when the army attacks, there are still shouts of killing.
Of course, in comparison, because of the small number of people, Sean's side naturally lacks the attack of the archers.
It's just that with the elite level of the Cecilia Guards, this kind of straight-line breakthrough hardliner attack. Naturally, it will not be much inferior to the other party.
So when Sean and the others had already rushed to the edge of Camp Sean, the whole process didn't even take a minute - if Sean wanted to, in fact. The distance of hundreds of meters didn't even take thirty seconds for him. However, he can't be heroic at this time, he must cooperate with the whole team to attack together, otherwise once he is out of touch, even if he can kill the next gold now, it will only lead to the destruction of the entire army.
Sean is not the type of person who can't hold his breath.
Such a fast charge speed is certainly not a light exertion on physical strength, especially for the already exhausted troops. But. This kind of exhaustion is not unique to Sean, the soldiers of Sean's army are also exhausted, even more than the soldiers of Cecilia's Guard. Therefore, when Sean and the others completely broke in, and brandished knives to start the slaughter. It was only with ease that the sluggish brains of Theon's army finally responded, knowing that they were under attack.
But why would they be attacked by the enemy?
Shouldn't they be attacking each other?
Chaos began to spread throughout the army in an instant.
Almost when Sean's attack succeeded, less than a mile away, a loud shout of killing finally erupted.
At this time, no matter how stupid the people in this camp were, they finally understood that the enemy had adopted the same night attack tactics as them. However, just as the enemy did not seem to notice their sneak attack, the people on their side also did not understand how this enemy army that came to attack at night escaped their sight, and did not even have a hint of warning, knowing that the number of people in their camp was very large, and in order to prevent the enemy from escaping, the previous commander even ordered others to disperse around as an eyeliner, of course, it was necessary to be able to control the situation of the entire battlefield at the first time.
But for what, the changes on the battlefield were different from what they expected?
However, at this moment, the situation no longer allowed these soldiers to be cranky, and the enemy army was like a dinner knife pierced into butter, rushing towards the core of the camp without hindrance. In this position, under the escort of the guard regiment, Sain tried his best to issue various orders, trying to calm down the entire army as soon as possible to resist the enemy's sneak attack.
Sean, on the other hand, looked at the clerk who had followed Domingo to Void City before, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth: "I finally found you." (To be continued......)
PS: Today's first chapter!