Lord of the Oasis Chapter 456: .The collapsed mercenary group
At the juncture when the group of noble coalition troops, who had already marched due to the fatigue of the day, became slack in the rest, they were still attracting attention. The charge of these 1,000 elite desert robbers was extremely abrupt!
Raids and sneak attacks are actually equal to attacks, that is, attacks that take advantage of people's unpreparedness, so they are called raids.
It's still a night attack.
So the mercenaries in the tent were still asleep when Rolfe led the charge.
Even if you were vigilant, most of the friendly troops who were patrolling outside had dissipated. When the sudden charge started, he was still a little sluggish for a few seconds, and he didn't understand what happened until the ground under him shook. .
A massive cavalry charge!
But.
What if I'm awake?
A distance of 300 meters is a distance for heavy cavalry to enter a full charge state.
For the light cavalry, it has already entered a state of charge, and began to run wildly, turning the machetes and spears in their hands into the most terrifying killing machines with this speed and inertia!
And the distance of 300 meters, in the eyes of the cavalry, is only a few seconds!
"Kill!"
Rolfe holds his machete high, his face full of hideous expressions.
The warhorse under the crotch galloped furiously, took the lead, and flew directly over the distance of 3 meters to the piles of tents. The scimitar in his hand did not need to be chopped. The mercenary who came to his senses, as the blade touched the body, instantly split a scar that could be seen deep in the bone due to the inertia.
But before all the mercenaries reacted in this raid, the cavalry charge like a flood followed Rolf and poured into the tents, holding machetes and spears recklessly. Slash and stab.
The neighing and wailing of horses rang out, and the smell of blood and excrement filled the air.
The killing continues!
In the outermost tent, the mercenaries didn't even get up.
Because the desert horses in the charging state have used their hooves to trample these unlucky ghosts who are still lying on the ground at the outermost periphery, trampling with a horseshoe in the charging state is no less than smashing with a heavy hammer!
What's more, it's still the heaviest charge state when hundreds of horseshoes are smashed down.
Even the iron is crushed.
What about people?
A pile of meat sauce oozes out of the tent, only to be trampled by more hoofs.
The elite desert robbers roared and charged back and forth in the tent, rampaging, so that the unorganized mercenaries tasted the bitter fruit they had to bear after the raid, that is, they were slaughtered like lambs!
These mercenaries are all unfamiliar with each other, and some even draw knives at allies in order to escape.
Cannibalism is normal.
Even so.
Shock the camp in the village!
That's the most central part of this bunch of mercenaries.
However, all of them are protected by the private armies of the nobles, and these lowly mercenaries are not allowed to approach at all!
Regular infantry in chain mail and armed with spears formed a pike formation on the streets of the village. The sharp spears didn't care if they were allied troops. As long as anyone dared to approach, they would stab them mercilessly.
The nobles behind them looked grim. For their own safety, they couldn't let these mercenaries in.
Because the mercenaries are already in chaos.
He lost his mind.
Even his own allies can draw their swords and fight, just to temporarily live.
If you let these mercenaries rush into the village, and see the nobles still looking at all this in neat clothes, and kill the red-eyed mercenaries, it is estimated that they will be furious and cause a bigger conflict.
This is absolutely possible, it has happened many times in history, and the nobles are well aware of it.
The madness of class.
Especially during riots!
Mercenaries are not good guys. When there is no lord to hire, part-time robbers are also common, or they are robbers, and there is no separation between the two!
But the situation is getting more and more tense.
Nobles can't let fearful mercenaries into their villages.
The mercenaries who are being slaughtered and slaughtered do not have the courage to fight back. Instead, they are more proficient in killing friendly troops and taking the chance of survival for themselves.
They were fighting each other, and they even started ganging up in twos and threes, rushing to kill the noble infantry in the village.
Just.
The sharp and dense point of the spear makes it difficult for any mercenary to make trouble.
But in this short ten minutes, at least 800+ mercenaries were completely turned into corpses, and nearly 3000+ mercenaries had scars of varying severity.
A small portion is made by elite desert robbers.
Most.
It was caused by cannibalism.
As for Rolfe and his hussars, there was little resistance at all.
Except for a few people who were injured by the mercenaries who counterattacked by the Jedi, almost 99% of the desert robbers had no casualties. .
This is a raid, and this group of mercenaries was caught off guard~IndoMTL.com~ It can't take too long.
Because during this period of time, many mercenaries who found themselves in danger began to form a group.
After all, most of the mercenary's tents were not damaged much. After the initial riots passed, the mercenary captains shouted and organized their subordinates and began to take precautions.
This leaves the elite desert robbers who are not good at melee combat without a good solution.
Retreat is the best option.
Rolfe certainly doesn't hesitate, he is the best light cavalry commander.
When the raid faced difficulties, he directly issued an order to retreat, leading the desert robbers to leave in a hurry, disappearing into the vast plain in the dark, and soon lost their traces.
And shortly after they left, the unrest outside the village subsided.
The regular armies of the nobles have regained order.
After killing some of the mercenaries who took advantage of the chaos, the allied nobles returned to peace.
It's just that everyone understands that this raid has ripped apart their seemingly huge numerical advantage, even because of mutual distrust and the greed in everyone's hearts, this advantage has been turned away For the bloated disadvantage.
If it was a regular army unit, it would have been united long ago and each formed a formation to resist the surprise attack.
Although there will be casualties, but definitely not so much.
30,000 troops.
I almost collapsed after being charged by 1,000 cavalry.
It's a bit ridiculous to say this, but it also proves that most of this group of nobles is a mob!
Of course, this is related to the lack of defense of the noble coalition, but if it is an elite force, how could Rolfe's night attack succeed? Without any excuse or reason, this was a serious defeat, and on the eve of the attack on Stone Pass, it caused a serious morale blow.