As soon as he walked out of the tent, he heard a loud eagle cry from the sky. When he looked up, he saw a huge golden eagle flying over the military camp and into the distance.
"I didn't expect there to be such a handsome golden eagle in the swamp of Egret Lake. It's a pity I don't have the time, or I would like to see where the eagle's nest is."
Redi did not know whether to laugh or cry. How could the second prince be so free? Didn't he see that the soldiers and the three swordsmen who were chasing after him had already appeared in front of the camp?
The second prince was a veteran and had a wealth of battle experience. Even though they had only brought a little more than a thousand people with them, they had set up their tents in an orderly manner. They did not have any intention of making up for it. He placed the camp on a small mound. Other than a small path that led to the camp's main gate, the other three sides were steep slopes that were more than ten meters high. Even though this reduced the difficulty of defending and only needed to defend one side, it also trapped him in a dangerous situation.
More and more soldiers from the Sabaji Principality and the Handra Principality were gathering in the distance. They had gathered into a black mass. A few people who looked like Silver-tier Knights were standing in front of the crowd and lecturing them. Not far from the crowd, three swordsmen wearing different colored cloaks stood there and looked at the camp on top of the mound. They did not expect to meet the king of the Andinac Kingdom in the middle of winter at Egret Lake. However, they soon understood why they had bumped into the Second Prince …
"Pfft! The king of the Andinac Kingdom is really unwilling to give up on us, the four central duchies. He even brought his men here to scout in such a cold winter. Fortunately, we met him, and there aren't many people looking at him. Should we teach him a lesson? " The great swordsman of the Sabaji Principality spat into the snow and said viciously while looking at the tricolor Griffin flag that represented the second prince above the Tugang Military Camp.
The great swordsman from the Handra Principality looked at the military camp on the mound. "We're in luck. His Majesty didn't bring many people with him, only a thousand or so. Our two principalities each have a brigade here, so we should have twice as many people as they do. However, the 1,000 soldiers that His Majesty brought with him might be stronger than the ordinary soldiers of our two duchies. Moreover, they are defending while we attack. This will put us at a disadvantage. Another point is that our soldiers are only here to assist us in the capture. They did not bring any supplies or equipment to attack. If we attack from below, it will cause a lot of casualties …
Normally, His Majesty would bring a Great Swordsman with him when he went out. With the help of that fugitive from the Norton family, they should be able to hold off the two of us. Our only advantage over them is the Great Swordmaster Shandi and the Silver-tier guards of the Fisablon Family. If Great Swordmaster Shandi is willing to help, I believe that His Majesty will regret leaving his army and risking his life here with such a small army. "
The Great Swordsman from the Handra Principality was clear-headed. He knew that among the three Great Swordsmen, Fairy Swordsman had the final say. It was very simple. If one's skills were not as good as others, they would not have the final say. He and the Great Swordsman from the Sabaji Principality could not even withstand a hundred strikes from Fairy Swordsman Shandi. Both of them secretly believed that Fairy Swordsman had already become a Level 3 Great Swordsman.
Fairy Swordsman was also sizing up the camp on top of the mound. When she heard the conversation between the two Great Swordsmen, she turned and asked, "I have two questions. First, are you sure that the Norton family kid has already entered the camp? Secondly, did they send any messengers out of the camp to deliver the message after those knights and soldiers escaped? "
Fairy Swordsman Shandi was worried that the second prince had already sent out messengers to look for reinforcements. If they were unable to succeed in attacking the camp in a short period of time, they would be overwhelmed by the reinforcements. Even if she was a Level 3 Great Swordsman, she could only retreat when faced with the incoming battle formation. If they did not care about the sacrifices and heavy casualties, it was not impossible to eliminate the Great Swordsman using numbers.
"I can assure you of this." The Great Swordsman from the Sabaji Principality waved her hand and beckoned a few soldiers in front of her. "When they discovered that the Andinac Kingdom's knights and soldiers had escaped, they chased after them. Until we arrived, they had been monitoring the camp. Let them tell us about the situation. "
The leader of the soldiers bowed and said, "Great Swordsman, when we arrived here, we saw the person we were chasing enter the camp with the knights that escaped. Following that, the soldiers also ran in, and the gate of the camp was closed. It has not been opened until now. I left two of my comrades to monitor the camp from the front, while the rest of us walked around the mound. We discovered that the other directions were all steep slopes that were about ten meters tall. We were unable to climb up the steep slopes, and the people in the camp could not climb down either … "
Fairy Swordsman Shandi nodded her head in a friendly manner. "You did well. I will remember your contributions."
The leader of the soldiers was so excited that his face turned red. He bowed deeply to Fairy Swordsman Shandi again before retreating. It was a pity that he did not realize that Fairy Swordsman Shandi was only joking. If she really wanted to remember his contributions, she would at least ask for his name.
Fairy Swordsman Shandi looked at the camp on top of the mound again. "Since we have chased for so long, we can't just go back empty-handed. If we go back like that, we won't be able to afford to lose face. Furthermore, we have met the king. I would like to invite him to your duchy for a stroll. Your duke will definitely welcome him with open arms. "
Since Fairy Swordsman Shandi was willing to lend a hand, things were much easier to handle. The two Great Swordsman from the Sabaji Principality and the Handa Principality immediately called their captains over and gave them their respective tasks. First, they sent three hundred longbowmen to seal off the three directions of the mound to prevent the people from the camp from coming down with ropes to seek reinforcements. The rest of the duchy's soldiers gathered at the front of the small path up the mountain. They first lit a fire and rested for half a day. Then, they sent a group of soldiers to cut wood to make wooden rafts to cover the attack.
"Your Majesty, it seems like they are preparing to attack us." The Golden Knight Lippred came in front of the second prince and said with a serious expression.
The second prince and Munster Swordsman Redi were standing behind the thick wooden fence next to the main gate of the camp. They were sizing up the enemies that were gathered like ants at the foot of the mountain.
"Your Majesty, the one in the middle wearing a black cloak is Fairy Swordsman Shandi from the Fisablun Family. She is the shortest. The tall one next to her also wearing a black cloak is Sabaji Principality's Great Swordsman. I don't know what his name is, but he isn't that powerful. I exchanged about a hundred blows with him, and he couldn't do anything to me. The one on the far right wearing a grey leather coat is Handa Duchy's Great Swordsman Shandi. His skills are not bad. I think his name is Bilchek or something … "Redi introduced him to the second prince.
"Bilchek. We have met before in the battlefield of the Redelis Kingdom." The second prince said, "But he is not a match for Munster Swordsman. If it is true that you can deal with Sabaji Principality's Great Swordsman Shandi, then we will leave Bilchek to Munster Swordsman Shandi. After that, we only need to defend against Fairy Swordsman Shandi to defend our camp. That will make things easier, Lippred … "
"Your Majesty, please give the order." Lippred who was at the side puffed out his chest.
The second prince thought for a moment, "This time, we brought a company of a thousand people. Including nearly a hundred servants, you, Molva, and myself, there are three Gold Knights. There are also eighteen Silver Knights. Now there are only fifteen left. Fortunately, we brought an infantry company with five hundred longbowmen, two hundred shieldbearers, and three hundred pikemen. With so many people defending, it should be enough to defend against and even force a level three swordsman to retreat.
Lippred, split the longbowmen into five teams of a hundred and set up a pentagram formation at the entrance of the camp. Then, split the shieldbearers and pikemen into groups of ten. Their task is to hold back Fairy Swordsman Shandi for a while, compressing the battlefield at the entrance of the camp so that she has no choice but to face our arrow formation. As for you, me, and Molva, each of us will bring five Silver Knights. Once that Fairy Swordsman Shandi escapes the arrow formation, we will activate the Knight's Charge and force her to retreat to her original position so that she will be attacked again. Do you understand? "
"Your Majesty, I understand. I will go and prepare immediately." Lippred hurried away.
Redi stared at his back curiously, "Your Majesty, will this be useful against a level two swordsman?"
The second prince laughed, "Of course it will be useful. The power of a battle formation is to gather the strength of ordinary soldiers to fight against a high-level Combat Aura master. This is the lesson that the Empire has learned from countless battles over the past hundred years. As long as they persist and do not run, they can even teach the swordsman a lesson. Don't tell me that your Norton Family has not gone through such training? "
"Ugh … … This … …" Redi scratched his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, our Norton Family has never encountered such a situation. Normally, if there is a Great Swordsman, His Highness will take care of it himself. We do not need to do anything, so our Norton Family's Army can only deal with normal soldiers. They are not a match for us at all … …"
This time it was the second prince's turn to be shocked, "What did you say? Locke will take care of it himself? H-isn't he not even a Silver-ranked Swordsman? "
"It's like this, Your Majesty. My teacher practices the martial arts of the Eastern Monks. That is why his Combat Aura has been stuck at Iron-ranked. In fact, a normal level three swordsman is no match for him. When the second prince's army of a hundred thousand swept through the North, His Highness defeated Fairy Swordsman Shandi. "Redi said.
"So you are not lying to me that you can deal with that Sabaji Duchy's Master Swordsman?" The second prince asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty. My teacher also taught me the martial arts of the Eastern Monks. My Combat Aura has been stuck at Silver-ranked and cannot advance any further. However, I have defeated seven Gold-ranked warriors in the Knight's Tournament organized by Duke Fisablon and won the championship. "Redi answered honestly.
"Very well. If that is the case, then we have more confidence in defending this camp. Redi, you will go deal with Master Swordsman Birchek of Handra Duchy and stall him. I will let Master Munster deal with the weakest Master Swordsman from Sabaji Duchy. Try to take him down or injure him in the shortest time possible. Then we will deal with Birchek together. As long as we can injure and defeat these two Master Swordsman Shandi, we will have more confidence in dealing with Master Swordsman Shandi. Look at the sky, there will be a blizzard in the next two days. The enemies down there did not prepare any winter supplies. Let's see how they survive the blizzard … "
The second prince was in high spirits and did not care about the enemies who were busy at the bottom of the mound.
The enemies at the bottom of the mound rested for almost four hours after lunch. Finally, they formed up and launched their first attack on the military camp on top of the mound. Originally, the soldiers of the duchy had raised their wooden rafts and attacked upwards, hoping to find a foothold not far from the camp. Unfortunately, the path up the mound had two bends, and it was at those bends that the soldiers raised their wooden rafts were attacked by a hail of arrows. Forty to fifty corpses were left behind before they retreated.
From the military camp, one could see that the soldiers who escaped were punished. The first five to six soldiers who escaped were dragged out and beheaded as a warning to the others. After reinforcing the troops, the enemies launched their second attack. What was worth noting was that the two Master Swordsman from Sabaji Duchy and Handra Duchy had joined the attack.
"Let them come up. Have the archers get ready and keep an eye on that Master Swordsman Shandi. If she moves, aim and shoot at her. Do not let her rush up. I'll leave the two Grandmaster Swordsmen to you, Munster and Redi. I hope you won't disappoint me. As for the rest of the soldiers, I'll leave them to you. Lippy, instruct the shield-bearers to guard against the enemy's archers … "The second prince looked at the attacking enemy and gave an order.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The two Great Swordsmen of the two duchies hadn't expected that their attack would go so smoothly. They had actually reached the gate of the barracks so easily. They were somewhat stunned on the spot. They had originally thought that they would be attacked by a rain of arrows from above, just like the previous attack. The two of them had volunteered to lure the Longbow Archers into firing at them. This was to create the conditions for the Great Swordmaster Fairy to catch up and launch a surprise attack. However, they didn't expect the two of them to easily reach the entrance of the camp. When they saw Redi and the Munster Swordsmen striding forward with a sinister smile, they realized that they had miscalculated.
There were only about a hundred duchy soldiers following the two Grandmaster Swordsmen to the front of the barracks. Because they were holding up the wooden rafts, there were only about a dozen archers and shield-bearers. There were also about twenty spearmen. The rest of the soldiers were empty-handed. Since they had to hold up the wooden rafts with both hands, they had no choice but to pull out their daggers or short swords. Faced with the charge of Lippy and the other five knights, they cried and screamed as they were cut down one by one. It was a massacre …
The two Grandmaster Swordsmen could barely defend themselves under the threat of Redi and the Munster Swordsmen. They could only persevere and hope that the Grandmaster Swordsmen below the hill would come up to support them as soon as possible. Unfortunately, they didn't see that the Grandmaster Swordsmen had already charged up twice but was forced back by the continuous rain of arrows.
The second prince commanded five groups of archers to shoot at the Grandmaster Swordsmen with great skill. He didn't order the archers to chase after the Grandmaster Swordsmen to stop them. Instead, he ordered the archers to shoot at the places where the Grandmaster Swordsmen would land and their figures in midair. This forced the Grandmaster Swordsmen to jump around like a monkey at the foot of the hill in order to avoid the rain of arrows. Even after a long time, they still couldn't reach the top of the hill.
For the third time, the Grandmaster Swordsmen were furious. She picked up a wooden raft from the ground and used it as a shield to charge up the hill. In the end, four consecutive volleys of arrows landed on the raft. Not only did the raft break, the Grandmaster Swordsmen were forced to retreat once again. No matter what, the Grandmaster Swordsmen was a woman. Her sword path was light and ethereal. It was impossible for a barbarian to rely on a wooden raft to defend herself and charge up the hill. The second prince even welcomed her to do so. This made the concentrated fire of the archers very effective. The impact of the volley of arrows hitting the raft was unbearable.
"Ah … …" The Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Sabaji Duchy screamed in pain. While blocking the Grandmaster Swordsmen's attack, he covered his right rib with his left hand. Fresh blood gushed out.
"What happened to you?" Birchek forced Redi to retreat with two slashes and retreated to his comrade's side to block the Grandmaster Swordsmen's attack.
"You won't die even if you get hit here. Has the Grandmaster Swordsmen come up yet … … "The Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Sabaji Duchy asked through gritted teeth.
Birchek peeked down and felt unwell. He was even flustered when he tried to block the arrows. "What's going on? The Grandmaster Swordsmen can't get up here … …"
The Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Munster Swordsmen and Redi were already at the edge of the hill, protecting the Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Sabaji Duchy. Birchek protected the Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Sabaji Duchy as they retreated step by step. They were almost at the edge of the hill.
Suddenly, Birchek threw the sword in his hand at the Munster swordsman. While the Munster swordsman was stunned by Birchek's move and dodged, Birchek rolled down the hill with the Sabagi swordsman in his arms. Redi lunged forward and thrust his sword at Birchek's left thigh.
"Ouch … …" The two Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Sabaji Duchy screamed in pain as they rolled down the hill. The Duchy's soldiers rushed over and dragged the two Grandmaster Swordsmen back.
"What a pity. I didn't expect Birchek and the other Grandmaster Swordsmen to use such a method to escape. If there was a group of archers to shoot at them, they would have become target practice." The second prince was a little regretful. "But the situation now is very good. The two Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Duchy have been crippled by you, and the Grandmaster Swordsmen from the Sabaji Duchy are the only ones left. Let's see what else they can do."
In the evening, it was snowing heavily.
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