Cam was a warrior of the fourth rank.
Similar to the human knights, the troll race's warrior profession was usually reserved for the nobles.
However, Warrior Kam was still a mercenary.
This was rather unusual.
This was because most nobles were more willing to fight for glory than for money.
But Cam was an anomaly. He liked money more.
When he was still Baron Cam, in order to get more taxes, he raised the tax rate in his territory to a shocking nine out of ten …
It could be imagined that Baron Carm's citizens would soon run away because they couldn't bear such exploitation.
Then, Cam was determined by the troll emperor to have no management ability and was stripped of his title and territory.
From then on, Baron Carm became Captain Carm.
The Tush Mercenary Band he established was rather famous in the troll empire. They had close to two thousand members and most of them were lunatics like Cam who valued money over their lives.
This time, Cam received another mission — to guard the Howling Wind Castle.
Letting a mercenary band guard a military stronghold at the empire's border sounded a bit unreliable.
Many mercenary bands had many members and many experts, but if they really met an elite army, they would only be wantonly slaughtered.
Because of this, many more powerful troll mercenary bands rejected this mission. Only Cam, who valued money over his life, accepted it.
Moreover, this troll warrior who talked about money even asked the military representative who issued the mission if the Tush Mercenary Band killed an invading enemy in the process of guarding the Howling Wind Castle, would there be additional rewards?
Hearing this, the military representative had a strange expression, but he still promised Cam that for every enemy they killed, they would exchange their heads for ten gold coins.
Ten gold coins for one head!
Cam heard this reward and his eyes turned red with excitement. He nodded and agreed to the deal.
However, when Cam rubbed his hands and led the Tush Mercenary Band into the Howling Wind Castle, he was shocked to find that there were no traces of the enemy.
In the first few days, the Tush Mercenary Band was very serious about patrolling. However, after a few days of peace, the mercenary band's lax nature was exposed.
Drinking, slacking off, fighting, fighting over female slaves … In short, the whole Howling Wind Castle was in a mess because of the Tush Mercenary Group.
Facing such a situation, Cam didn't care because in his opinion, it was fine as long as his mercenaries could kill. As for discipline, what the hell was that?
The only thing that made the mercenary leader anxious was that the enemy had yet to appear.
But soon, Commander Cam's dream came true.
Early in the morning, there was a loud bang, and the entire Howling Wind Castle seemed to be shaken by a giant hand.
Cam woke up with a start from his sleep. Just as he was wondering what had happened, he heard his subordinates shouting, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "
This time, instead of being shocked, Cam was overjoyed. His eyes shone with a golden light.
He quickly put on his chainmail, picked up his machete, and rushed out while shouting, "Brothers, kill! The chance to make a lot of money is here! "
…
Outside the Howling Wind Castle, Colin was overjoyed when he saw that Knight Brad had really knocked down a section of the wall with a few logs. He immediately ordered Knight Roger to lead the army into the city.
Although he knew that the narrow terrain of the castle wasn't suitable for cavalry, he couldn't care less at this time.
If they couldn't even take down the Howling Wind Castle, then what was the point of talking about the troll king's city?
They might as well just go back home.
Knight Roger estimated the size of the gap in the wall and arranged ten groups of cavalry, each group of two hundred people, to charge into the city in batches.
But before the first group of cavalry could charge, they saw the defenders of the Howling Wind Castle rushing out from the gap in the wall!
What's going on?
Knight Roger was confused.
Knight Brad, who was at the foot of the wall, saw the troll soldiers rushing towards them and quickly led his men back.
After running for some distance, Knight Brad looked back and was shocked to find that the troll soldiers were chasing after them!
What's going on?
Knight Brad was also dumbfounded.
Didn't you see that we have cavalry?
Why didn't you use the castle's terrain and come out to fight with cavalry?
"This isn't a trap, right?" Colin saw the situation and was also confused.
"Why don't we test the waters?" Knight Roger suggested.
"Alright! When the trolls rush out a little more, send the cavalry to kill them, but don't charge into the city. Deal with the trolls outside the city first. "
"Yes!"
…
"Kill!"
The trolls chased after Knight Brad and the others, roaring and cursing, as if they were angry that these humans ran too fast and caused them to lose so many gold coins.
At this time, Cam also rushed out of the Howling Wind Castle. This captain of the Tusk Mercenary Group was indeed not cut out for war. Of course, a mercenary group's battle was very different from a regular army's battle.
But to be honest, Cam's brain wasn't very good. Which lord with a normal brain would set a tax rate of nine out of ten …
But at least there were some normal people around him.
"Captain, captain! We can't charge anymore! We don't know the enemy's situation, if we rush out like this, what if the enemy is too strong … "
"Bullsh * t!" Cam glared and scolded, "War depends on courage. If we don't even dare to charge, then what's the point of fighting!"
It seemed to make sense …
But, in the next second, Cam regretted it.
Dong dong dong …
The ground suddenly began to tremble, and two cavalry units appeared on both sides of the Tusk Mercenary Group.
They stuck close to the trolls' formation, and like a pair of large hands, they hugged the trolls that rushed out.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh …
Arrows rained down on the trolls' formation.
"Counterattack! Counterattack! "Cam was furious. He roared and ordered his mercenaries to counterattack with arrows.
But in the wilderness outside the city, there was too much space for the cavalry to move around.
They maintained their high speed, and after shooting a wave of arrows, they immediately pulled away to avoid the trolls' counterattack.
Then, when the trolls' arrow rain thinned out, they would approach again and shoot another wave of arrows.
Because they were worried that this was a trap, the Black Cavalry's attack method was still very conservative. They didn't use a frontal assault, but instead used a harassment tactic, patiently cutting off the trolls' flesh bit by bit.
In fact, Colin was still too careful.
These troll mercenaries who didn't have heavy shields and didn't have a tight formation couldn't possibly withstand a frontal assault from the Black Cavalry.
As time passed, Knight Roger gradually came to his senses.
These trolls were a group of scattered soldiers, and couldn't even set up a basic military formation. They probably weren't a proper army.
After receiving the report, Colin helplessly shook his head, "Sigh, it seems that the troll empire's internal defenses are really weak. Let's quickly end this battle. "
"Yes!"
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