Unknown Knight

Chapter 417 Breaking into the camp

In the evening, there was a bustle in the Rhodok camp. This was the richest and most fertile land on the continent. After the looting, they had a rich harvest. The food shortage in the army was also greatly alleviated, and all the Rhodok people were very happy.

Many live animals could not be kept for long after being killed, so the stingy King Gryphus simply used them all to reward the soldiers and take the opportunity to restore the morale that had been low for days.

At the same time, the night raids every night made the Rhodok people not let down their guard. King Gryphus repeatedly reminded them to be on guard against the enemy's night raids.

In fact, the Rhodok people did not passively endure the attacks of the Vaegir cavalry in recent days, but took many countermeasures.

For example, the camp required every soldier to fill his bowl or basin with water before going to bed so that they could put out the fire at any time if it occurred.

They also concentrated the food and grass in the center of the camp and piled them up, surrounding them with a large amount of wet soil and water containers. This made it difficult for the enemy's sneak attack rockets to hit the place where the food and grass were piled in the middle. Even if some rockets hit the place, they could be easily and quickly extinguished.

The camp also stipulated that soldiers' tents should be kept at a certain distance from each other to prevent continuous fires from occurring.

In addition, the Rhodoks discovered that the Vaegir cavalry who attacked the camp usually fired rockets from one side of the camp. Once one side of the camp was attacked by the enemy, the soldiers went to put out the fire together, which ensured that the fire was out quickly.

And so on. There are many similar measures. After more and more times of the Vaegir cavalry's nighttime rocket attacks on their camp, the Rhodok people became more and more adept at dealing with them, and their losses became less and less.

Apart from the fact that the main camp lacked cavalry and could not go out to counterattack, the Rhodok people were no longer so afraid of enemy attacks.

Tonight, thanks to King Graves's rare generosity, the soldiers ate very well. Many of them even took out their hidden beer and drank together.

The food shortage has been temporarily alleviated. Tomorrow the army will enter the territory of the Kingdom of Vijia. His Royal Highness the King said that the army can plunder there at will and there will be no worries about lack of food. So the whole camp relaxed and the soldiers had a lot of fun.

A few soldiers who were drunk even chased the captured Swadian women all over the camp. The lords did not discipline the soldiers too much and just watched from the side for fun.

That night, the Vaegirs' attack on the camp arrived as planned, but this time the Vaegirs' attack on the camp was slightly different from previous ones.

First of all, the time of the attack was different. This time the attack was not carried out late at night as in the past, but when it was almost dawn.

The night was darkest at this time, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. It was also the time when the guards were the most tired. The guards arranged by the Rhodok people were basically so sleepy that they kept dozing off.

Secondly, the methods of attack were different. In the past, when the Vigers came to attack the camp, they would usually turn around and leave after firing a few rounds of rockets.

This time, after firing several rounds of rockets, the Vigers did not withdraw immediately. Instead, they waited where they were. When everyone in the Rhodok camp gathered towards the attacked side of the camp and came to put out the fire, they fired two more rounds of rockets to make the fire on this side bigger.

Seeing that all the soldiers in the Rhodok camp rushed over to put out the fire, the whole camp became noisy, and the cavalry troops harassing the Vigrians quickly disappeared into the dark night.

By the time King Griffiths arrived at the area with the most fire, most of the fire had been put out. King Griffiths felt a little relieved. It seemed that his subordinates had become accustomed to the constant harassment of the Vigers. While gradually adapting, they were able to minimize the losses caused by the harassment.

I don’t know why, King Griffiths always felt that the attack tonight was a little different, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

But he didn't know what exactly made him feel ominous. Maybe it was because he slept too deeply and woke up too suddenly. Graves, who was in a daze, couldn't figure it out for a while.

At this moment, the area around the camp suddenly began to tremble slightly, and an experienced Rhodok sergeant was the first to shout:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! A large number of enemy cavalry are attacking!"

This loud shout made the already noisy camp even more lively, like a huge hornet's nest that had exploded.

All kinds of shouting, yelling, and cursing could be heard everywhere, and there were people running around in panic. The entire camp was in chaos, and there were very few organized soldiers gathered together.

This made Griffith feel very bad. The soldiers of the Rhodok Kingdom were good at forming a battle formation to resist the enemy. If a single soldier encountered an enemy, his combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. This would definitely not work. He shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Form a formation! Form a formation! Pick up your weapons and form a formation! Don't run around! Those who disobey will die! Go to hell--!"

King Gryphus was so anxious that his mentality was out of control. Seeing that his shouting did not reduce the chaotic situation at all, he became furious and drew his sword to kill a soldier who was running past him shouting.

Following the example given by His Majesty the King himself, several lords and a dozen guards gathered around Graves immediately drew their weapons and rushed into the chaotic crowd, ready to suppress the chaotic crowd with bloody means.

Needless to say, this bloody admonition soon took effect. With the efforts of several lords and Griffith's personal guards, hundreds of Rhodok soldiers were soon forced to gather.

At this moment, a loud "bang" was heard from the opposite side of the camp where King Griffith was.

Then a soldier shouted in the darkness:

"Oh no! The Vaegir cavalry is charging in!"

Hearing this shout, King Griffith's heart sank and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that a day earlier, Aix, who had defeated the Swadian army, had brought his army to the vicinity of Tilburg.

As the Battle of Ruiborg ended too quickly, the news had not yet spread, so Aix left some soldiers to guard the captured Swadians and led all 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 elite infantry to rush over.

Since the troops he led were mainly cavalry and they came at a forced march, they arrived nearby before the news reached them.

After meeting up with Fatis, he listened to the battle situation of the cavalry raids he led in recent days and after discussing with several core generals, Aix formulated the plan for the night attack.

According to the plan, Fatis led the light cavalry to ambush one side of the Rhodok camp in advance, and then launched an attack on the camp when it was darkest before dawn.

They first fired a few rounds of rockets, trying to lure the Rhodoks to the burning side, and then retreated with the light cavalry.

On the other hand, Aix led the main force to ambush on the other side of the camp.

After Fatis successfully lured the enemy, he used dozens of Vaegir horses pulling lassoes to pull down a section of the fence of the Rhodok camp, forming a gap of more than 20 meters. He then used pre-prepared wooden boards to lay the trench in the gap.

At this time, the leading heavy cavalry just rushed to the gap. The laid wooden boards allowed them to break into the Rhodok camp directly through the gap without slowing down their horses much.