Chapter 349: Break the Camp and Set Fire!
November 18, 1199 in the Guangming calendar.
The fourth day after Viscount John entered Eagle City.
Night.
Eagle City was crowded.
A rough count showed that there were about 700 lightly armored cavalry gathered at the city gate - this was all the cavalry that the nobles in Eagle City could gather at present.
In addition to the necessary equipment, everyone's warhorse also carried a large bundle of fire starters and cans of kerosene.
The leader was Viscount John.
He wore the armor that he had almost never taken off since entering Eagle City, with an enchanted long sword hanging around his waist, and an enchanted long spear nearly 5 meters long and surrounded by an ice-blue aura half-hung on the saddle hook.
Under his crotch was a second-level magic beast that was taller than an ordinary warhorse, a silver-eyed horse with electric horns.
The plan had been set.
Viscount John was the spearhead, leading the cavalry in the city to charge out and head straight for the enemy's grain camp.
Break the camp and set it on fire!
If facing a real army, Viscount John would not adopt such a risky tactic, but the other side is just a mob of horse thieves and pirates after all.
Burning, killing and looting are their strengths, but how to fight and how to build a qualified camp is another matter.
It is precisely because of the sloppy site selection and camp construction that Viscount John decided on this tactic.
"Viscount John." Nancy walked to John's horse and said solemnly: "I know you are of noble character and disdain the dirty deals between nobles."
"But the Griffith family will never be ungrateful."
"Whether this battle is successful or not, I, Nancy Griffith, guarantee it here."
"The Luke family and my Griffith family, the friendship will last forever!"
Looking at the married girl in front of him, Viscount John smiled:
"Raven married a good wife."
There was another sentence after this sentence, but he swallowed it back immediately, and just moved his eyes to the team that came to see him off.
All the nobles were basically there, but no one dared to come over and talk to John.
Seleva and others even lowered their heads with a guilty conscience.
Bloka had already handed over his elite troops and son to Raven. Judela's son was still young and could not be without his father's care.
But what excuses could others have?
Cowardice.
The men who usually put on airs were no match for a woman like Nancy.
At least Nancy dared to propose to charge with John, but was rejected by John.
Shaking his head and keeping his feelings in his heart, Viscount John said calmly:
"Let's go."
The gate of Eagle City slowly fell.
Viscount John was the first to jump out.
700 light cavalry followed closely behind, disappearing into the night.
The cotton cloth wrapped on the horse's hooves made the hoof sound full of oppression, and it would disappear completely if it could not be heard far away.
In the darkness, from time to time, the sound of ice breaking and giants entering the water could be heard.
The people had walnut wood in their mouths to paralyze their tongues, and the war horses had their mouths sealed by bridles.
Therefore, there was no neighing, no screaming, and everything was almost quiet and oppressive.
The enemy's grain camp was not far away, and it only took about 12 minutes for the war horses to run at full speed.
When they were about 1/3 of the distance from the camp, the cavalry troops lit torches and formed a long dragon.
At this time, the original team of 700 people was reduced to just over 600.
It was hard to say how many of them escaped and how many died.
The overall layout of the enemy's camp was a π shape, and the deepest part was the enemy's grain camp, which was also the intersection of the two camps.
And John and his men were in the empty passage in the center of this π-shaped camp.
As the torches were lit, the camps on both sides finally responded, and panicked shouts, drums, and horns sounded.
Until Viscount John clearly saw the wall of the enemy's grain camp.
The wall of the stockade was in chaos, with bandits and pirates crowded together, some holding bows, some holding crossbows, but completely unorganized.
The arrows shot out sparsely were completely powerless.
Even the most well-trained troops could not organize a counterattack in just 4 minutes in the face of an attack on the camp, let alone these bandits.
Of course, if they were really well-trained, they would not wait until people got to this distance before reacting.
"Huh..."
Viscount John's body lit up with a blue, almost pure white fighting spirit light, and he blew out a breath of turbid air full of ice flowers.
The fighting spirit surged and wrapped around the spear.
He reached out and took it off the saddle hook, raised it high, and then slashed it down fiercely!
"Arc Moonlight Wheel!"
Swish——
The blue ice fighting spirit turned into a flat crescent and rushed towards the stockade. Wherever it passed, fine ice crystals were condensed in the air, like a silver yarn like moonlight.
Crackling.
The crescent moon sank into the camp, and the ice crystals began to grow wildly, stretching the gaps between the wood, freezing the swaying firelight, and freezing all the horse thieves and pirates in the camp into hideous ice sculptures.
The spear was swung again.
Another ice blade sank into the wall of the camp.
Boom——
The camp, which had been frozen to a very brittle state, exploded and turned into dust all over the sky.
The dead end became a smooth road!
Viscount John was the first to jump in, and more than 600 light cavalrymen followed him in a line!
"Don't fight, set fire, set fire!!!"
Viscount John gave a loud order, and the cavalry behind him dispersed like water and flowed into the grain camp.
Even in the camp, the bandits and pirates were clearly divided.
But the common point was that most people had not yet woken up from the warm quilts of the winter night.
So the cavalry could be said to be in an unmanned area at the first time.
They urged their horses to tear off the asbestos covering the grain stacks with sickle spears, and in the rising smoke and dust, they threw the kerosene cans on them and threw in a burning torch!
Then the grain stacks that looked like a hill would turn into a blazing fire!
The north wind blew strongly.
The falling sparks and half-burned wheat straw fluttered in the wind and fell on the tents of the bandits and pirates, bringing more waves of fire!
In less than half an hour, most of the camps were engulfed in flames!
After all, the pirates were more organized than the bandits, and they were the first to react and lead their troops to the grain camp.
Viscount John, holding a spear, picked up a lizard man who dared to pounce on him.
The tactical goal had been achieved, and it was time for him to evacuate.
But.
The battle situation has completely fallen into chaos.
Just as John himself had estimated beforehand, his move was ultimately a blow to the hinterland. Even if he succeeded and even if the opponent reacted slowly, he could not avoid being attacked from three sides.
The defenders of the grain storage camp itself, as well as the attacks from the horse thieves and pirates' respective camps.
As far as the eye can see, it has been occupied by horse thieves and pirates. Even if he wants to retreat, he can't retreat.
When he was young, John had read many novels and heard many stories, and he yearned for the heroes in them.
His outlook on life has been shaped since then and has been practiced to this day.
John is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of aging.
Every time he looks at himself in the mirror, especially after receiving Raven's Angel's Glory, he can't avoid this fact.
And this time, when he made this plan, he didn't think that he could return to Eagle City alive.
He was selfish, with the selfishness of burning himself at the last moment of his life, dying on the battlefield, and passing it on to future generations!
The value of a person is not the length of his life, but whether he can live without regrets!
Therefore, when Nancy expressed her gratitude to him, he felt guilty.
"To bury one's bones here is the glory of the nobility."
Viscount John took a deep breath and began to look around -
Even if he died, he had to show his greatest value before he died!
In a corner of the battlefield, a pile of food and grass that was burning suddenly went out without any warning.
That's it!
Viscount John urged the electric-horned silver-eyed horse under his crotch. The beast neighed, and lightning flashed all over its body, instantly knocking the horse thieves and pirates who wanted to approach to the ground.
Then he raised his four hooves and rushed to that corner like lightning.
It's getting closer!
Viscount John could see that there was a lizard man holding a trident, and his body was wrapped in clear water rushing around!
Every time he waved the trident, he could bring up a stream of water like a river, drowning the light cavalry and extinguishing all the flames!
The moment he saw the tricorn hat on the lizard man's head, John confirmed his identity.
Pirate General, Joshua!
I will take your head as the last trophy in my life!
Ka La La --
Ice-blue fighting spirit gushed out from the gap in the armor, almost solidifying the surrounding air, interweaving and growing behind Viscount John, turning into a spear that would never bend!
This is John's martial spirit!
After 40 years, the martial spirit appeared on the battlefield again!
Buzz --
The spear martial spirit vibrated, overlapping with Viscount John's spear, and bursting out with brilliant light.
The spreading cold air splashed, freezing the approaching horse thieves and pirates into ice cubes.
The next moment, the cold light was restrained, and under Viscount John's armor, it outlined a shining light mark like an ice flower.
Fourth-level exclusive, ice battle pattern!
The momentum instantly rose to the peak, and the splashing cold air made the surrounding burning fire begin to dim!
At this moment, the pirate general also felt the biting cold. He turned his head and looked. When the two eyes met, he also felt the overwhelming fighting spirit of Viscount John!
That was a fearless charge that bloomed all the essence of his life and burned his life!
"It turns out that there are such warriors among the human race!"
The pirate general exclaimed, but his movements did not stop.
As the strongest of the lizard people, he also has his own pride!
The blue waves of fighting spirit surged up, and a little blood flowed out from his facial features.
The water vapor in the air condensed so quickly that even the ice could not freeze it one by one!
Behind the pirate general, the scales were outlined, the sharp corners gradually grew, and a head emerged.
The eyes of the head gradually became clear. When the eyelids were opened, it was a pair of cross-star pupils flashing with cold light!
The martial soul of the pirate general was actually a real giant dragon head!
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"Angao————"
The giant dragon head raised its head to the sky and roared, a ball of water element essence gushed out and poured on the pirate general's head!
And the heavy armor on his body suddenly floated up piece by piece with a jingling sound, and attracted each other as if it was magnetic, and turned into scale-like fragments under the infusion of water elements, and suddenly stuck to the pirate general's body.
It was as if they were originally his scales!
Light marks were engraved on his body, as ethereal as water waves.
The same battle pattern, the same fourth level!
Under the rolling water curtain, the pirate general waved the trident and pointed it directly at John:
"Then let me give you a proper funeral for a warrior!"
The fighting spirit in his body rushed into the ground crazily.
Boom
Boom boom——
The earth broke open, and one after another, water springs as thick as carriages and with waves rushed up to the sky!
When the water rushed to a very high place, it would condense into a group of water balls like catapults, flying high and suddenly smashing down!
As early as the moment the martial spirit appeared, the pirates had already evacuated the battlefield far away. Except for John, the only ones left here were the horse thieves who had not yet reacted.
They were miserable!
Some did not react at all, and were sprayed high into the air by the water springs rushing out from under their feet. Some fainted directly, while those who did not fainted fell to the ground with screams and broke their bones.
Some were not enough to be sprayed high into the air, but were also wrapped in water balls and smashed to the ground while suffocating!
Others were hit by the water balls that fell from the sky, and were knocked to the ground by the huge power contained in them, crushing their bones and internal organs, and their blood dyed the water red!
Viscount John is old.
He could not accurately judge the location of the spring by the flow of elements, so he could not avoid it in a prepared manner.
Therefore, he had only one choice, that is -
"Charge!!"
The shouts of killing burst out in his throat, and wherever he passed, the ground was covered with a layer of ice!
A spring of water rushed up in front of him.
Viscount John stretched out his spear, and the water spring turned into a gorgeous icicle like a thousand-year-old giant tree, and was shattered by a shot!
Boom -
Ice chips splashed everywhere, like smoke.
Breaking through the ice crystal smoke, another water ball hit the air!
Viscount John swung his spear, and the icy fighting spirit splashed, and the water ball condensed in the air, turning into a huge ice block, which was picked up by his spear and smashed into the group of horse thieves on the side.
Bones shattered and screams rang out one after another.
The white ice and blood blended together, which was particularly eye-catching!
In the camp, Viscount John opened up an ice passage and rushed straight to the pirate general.
Behind him were towering icicles and broken ice balls on the ground.
From the sky, it looked like a chessboard set by the gods!
Getting closer!
Viscount John's eyes reflected the figure of the pirate general.
The lizard man was so strong that he was not riding a mount, but his height was not inferior to Viscount John on horseback!
The pirate general stood in place, his legs bent in disarticulate joints, holding up the trident, and the phantom of a giant dragon appeared behind him again!
The giant dragon raised its head, opened its mouth, and proudly spit out a dragon's breath--
The pirate general spoke with it:
"The wrath of the ancestors!"
The surging water rushed out!
Wherever it passed, the soil rolled up, the grain piles spun away, and the tents, fences, and even the horse thieves who did not have time to escape were all caught up in it!
It was like a flood erupted on the spot!
Viscount John raised his spear.
The cold snow wrapped around the spear tip, and the temperature around it dropped more sharply in an instant. Even the solidified ice shattered under the cold!
Viscount John whispered:
"Dance with me for the last time...
The soul is frozen——"
The flood was surging, and Viscount John was just an inconspicuous boat, which could be destroyed and killed at any time.
But
an unmatched cold air erupted from the spear tip.
The mantis arm stopped the wheel, but stopped the rolling wheel!
The flood seemed endless, but it could not resist the ice rolling back and spreading.
It was like a bamboo forest that grew wildly after the rain.
The cold air spread, and the flood split in half!
The pirate general watched as a spear tip with a cold light appeared in front of him!
After that, it was Viscount John who was covered with ice and rushed out from the underworld!
The trident drew an arc and slashed at the spear, but before it got close, even the fighting spirit on it was frozen!
"——No"
The spear pierced through the pirate general's head before he could say a word.
The white phosphorus penetrated from the center of his eyebrows and then came out from the back of his head, freezing his entire body into ice!
Kick, kick...
The electric-horned silver-eyed horse slowly slowed down its pace, panting heavily, and was almost unable to move.
Even though the pirate general's body stood stiffly more than 20 meters behind him, Viscount John's arm still maintained the posture of the last blow.
Clang.
The spear fell to the ground.
The ice was gone, the water disappeared, and only the wounds and corpses on the ground proved that a shocking battle had taken place here before.
The suppressed firelight rose again, illuminating Viscount John's face and melting the ice on his armor.
"Huh..."
Viscount John's breathing was extremely calm, and he felt the warmth brought by the flames.
It's interesting to say that he has always hated the cold, but he has spent his whole life fighting with ice.
Now, he can finally...
Snap! Snap! Snap!
A loud slap sounded, and Blood Eye Meng Engal rode over:
"Oh my, Viscount John, you really put on a wonderful show for me!"
As he said that, with a thud, he turned over and kicked the pirate general's body over, and then stepped hard on his throat twice.
Passing his fingers over his fat lips, Meng Engal sneered and said:
"I really have to thank you. I was worried that this reptile would not obey and wanted to annihilate his team."
"I didn't expect that you would help me complete it!"
"By the way, don't think that this is all the food I have stored. That's just to fool this reptile, but I didn't expect to be able to put you in here."
"Don't worry, I won't waste your body either--
I heard that there is a tradition of blood sacrifice in these reptile tribes, where the enemy's body is cut into 13 pieces, then ground into ashes and burned.
As for me, I will give your body to them to appease them!"
As he spoke, Mongar approached John's back.
The horse thief who was able to integrate the bloody highlands, in addition to brutality and insidiousness, was also cautious. The reason why he said so much was to test whether John still had the strength to fight back.
Viscount John was indeed ignited by his words.
But apart from unwillingness, he couldn't even move a little finger.
Zhen--
Blood Eye drew out the long sword from his waist:
"Well, goodbye, Lord Viscount!"
The scarlet fighting spirit covered the blade.
However, at this moment, a cluster of blazing white flames suddenly exploded in front of Blood Eye's chest, and with a crackling sound, molten lava erupted from the inside out!
"Ah——"
With a painful roar, Blood Eye retreated several steps, and the flames on his chest were extinguished under the surging fighting spirit.
In the chaos, Nancy appeared in front of everyone on horseback.
Her two ponytails fluttered in the wind, blending with the surrounding flames.
For the first time, her delicate body was covered with a bright red wizard robe that looked like flowing lava. On the stirrups, half of the white stockings were visible as the clothes swayed.
It was obviously an outfit that was incompatible with the battlefield, but it inexplicably made people feel the danger that could not be ignored!
"Baron Judela, please take Viscount John back."
The firelight illuminated Nancy's pink lips. She raised her chin, and the silver-white metal staff turned between her slender fingertips, aiming at the doubtful blood-red eyes, and said arrogantly:
"I'll kill this man!"
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