Chapter 239: Survival From a Desperate Situation

We are here, almost there!

Looking at the column of smoke rising in front of him, Derrick Heller was filled with excitement.

The enemy camp was in chaos because of the fire, and the people inside were like headless flies looking for water to put out the fire.

As long as he rushed in and killed a lot of people at this time, it would be like a lion jumping into a flock of sheep. He would become famous today.

Not long ago, Derrick, who was patrolling in the camp, discovered something strange in the direction of the enemy. The scouts responsible for close surveillance quickly reported that there was a fire in the Kent family's camp.

Derrick, who was eager to make a contribution, thought of taking advantage of the chaos to attack at the first time. Although this approach was not "knightly", what morality was there for the despicable and shameless people like the Kent family.

His subordinates reminded him to discuss it with the other lords who were in a meeting first, but Derrick rejected it as soon as he said it.

"Those old-fashioned guys will definitely discuss for half a day, and by the time they decide to attack, the enemy has put out the fire! Of course, it is more likely that they will continue to wait for Graman and Garnad, who are dawdling somewhere."

So Derrick quickly returned to his camp and summoned all the troops brought from Portree, including 100 knights, 300 knights' squires and more than 1,000 militiamen.

"The cavalry rushed into the enemy's camp to increase the chaos! The infantry will follow!"

Derrick quickly gave orders to his troops. He received aristocratic education and was familiar with military history books since he was a child. He knew many examples of winning with fewer troops. Today is a godsend. He is confident that he can replicate those miracles in history today.

He did not forget to send scouts to investigate the surroundings of the enemy's camp, especially the small woods in the south, which seemed to be easy to hide.

But he was eager to fight and led his knights to attack without waiting for the scouts to return. War is just gambling!

The Kent family's camp did not have complicated defense measures. It seemed that it was only used as a temporary station. There were simply several rows of horses placed outside the camp.

Several knights took the lead and used their long spears to push away the horses on the road ahead one by one, creating a gap. The large army trotting behind immediately urged the horses and started a real charge.

As Derrick expected, their attack was simply worse for the enemy who was busy putting out the fire, and the camp became more chaotic.

"Kill!"

The knights and followers of the Heller family waved their weapons vigorously, harvesting the lives of enemy soldiers.

After they rushed left and right in the camp for nearly 20 minutes, the Kent family's army gradually reacted. The knights and officers put on their armor and led their men to fight back.

The cavalry following Derrick, including knights and followers, were less than 200 people, and suffered casualties under the enemy's counterattack.

"Why haven't the infantry caught up yet?"

As the enemy's counterattack became more and more powerful, Derrick, who was so angry that his blood was boiling, gradually calmed down. He suddenly remembered the infantry following the cavalry.

"Viscount Heller! Surrender!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the west where he came from!

Derrick looked over there and saw that it was Earl Kent's son, Jais.

"You should surrender! Kent's idiot!"

Seeing Derrick's refusal, Jais sneered, "Humph! You really won't cry until you see the coffin! Look what this is?"

He raised his arm and threw an object over here, which rolled under Derrick's horse.

Derrick knew something was wrong as soon as he saw it! This was a helmet, the helmet of a knight under his command, and this knight had been appointed by him to command the infantry.

Has he been killed? Or has he been captured?

Where did the Kent family army behind him come from? Were they ambushed in the woods in advance? Or were they the reinforcements that had just arrived?

It doesn't matter now. What matters is that they are about to be surrounded! The enemy troops gathered more and more around.

"Break out!"

Derrick gave orders loudly, and the teams that were fighting on their own reorganized and formed a tight formation.

"There are fewer people in the north, break through from there! Protect the Viscount!"

The family knight leader took the lead, waving a flail and rushing into the enemy crowd, followed by Derrick and other knights.

The Kent family army located in the north of the camp was basically conscripted infantry, and could not withstand the combined impact of many knights. Many people were trampled into meat paste, and more people directly fled.

This group of conscripts was really useless, and Jais threw his whip in the air with hatred.

He ordered a knight next to him: "Derrick is trapped here, and his allies will not sit idly by. You organize the infantry and bring a team of cavalry to stop them."

Then he led the cavalry behind him to urge the horses under his crotch to chase after them.

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“See! I told you it was a trap!”

The lord of the alliance had just assembled his troops when a scout reported that a large group of heavy cavalrymen coming from the southern path had killed the infantry of the Heller family.

“Not necessarily. Since they came from the southern path, it is more likely that the follow-up reinforcements of the Kent family came and ran into the infantry of the Heller family.”

“Whether it is a trap or not, if we don’t go there, the boy of the Heller family will be finished!”

“Don’t be so stubborn as to put your life in it. Surrender when you should. We can at least redeem him.”

“I hope so. Otherwise, how can we explain to Earl Heller?”

“Humph! He brought this upon himself. We can’t blame him.”

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The lords were extremely anxious. They left 1,000 people to keep an eye on the Bido Castle behind them, and commanded the remaining 5,000 troops to march towards the enemy's garrison.

On the way, they encountered a large group of defeated Heller family infantrymen, followed by the enemy cavalry chasing them. After seeing the reinforcements of the lords, they saw hope and quickly moved closer.

Viscount Johnston, who was in charge of commanding the vanguard troops, shouted: "Heller family soldiers, listen! Do not charge the army! Otherwise, kill without mercy!"

But some of the defeated continued to run towards this side, shouting for help while running.

The situation was urgent, and Viscount Johnston decisively ordered: "Archers, shoot!"

A rain of arrows was thrown over, and many of the fleeing soldiers who ran close were shot and fell to the ground, and the rest of them scattered to both sides crying for their parents.

The pursuers also retreated to the rear when they saw the large number of coalition forces.

The coalition continued to advance, and then encountered the enemy's main infantry who had already formed a formation. They were arranged here by Jaais to prevent the coalition from rescuing Derrick.

Both sides did not waste time and started fighting directly...

Derrick's situation at this time can be said to be extremely urgent. He and his knights rushed out of the encirclement and headed north, trying to find an opportunity to turn back to the coalition's base in the west.

But the pursuers seemed to be stuck on their butts, and there were pursuers on the left and right rear. No matter which direction they turned, they might be intercepted. Derrick had no choice but to go north.

"Damn it! Can I only surrender humiliatingly and wait to be redeemed?"

"No! Never! Kent family, wait for me, I will show you sooner or later!"

He swore in his heart.

But after the previous battle and long-term galloping, the horse under him was exhausted, and he could clearly feel that the speed had slowed down.

"Damn it! Damn it... huh? What is that?"

Just as Derrick felt desperate, smoke and dust surged on the road ahead.

"Flying Dragon Flag? Is that... the Graman family's army?"

An army appeared right in front of them.