Chapter 9: Night Raid (Seeking Collection)

A moment earlier.

Luo'an Davis looked at the camp at Widow Bay, his face full of ferocity: "Damn it, how could it be such a coincidence?"

As a member of the Davis Family, he understood the family's strategy profoundly.

Use a large force to drag down the main strength of the Sotos Family, while a small force travels down the river to launch a surprise attack, capturing Sotos Castle in a single day, then coordinate from within and without to completely annihilate the Sotos Family!

Who would have known that a troop would happen to be blocking the only path.

The terrain of Widow Bay is too disadvantageous; once a water blockade is set up and a camp is established, it would be impossible for several hundred men to break through in a short time!

Fortunately, according to the scout's intelligence, there was only one small squad stationed at Widow Bay, with few men and weak combat power.

"With these dozens of men camping and guarding, it is difficult to take it by a frontal assault; we must launch a sneak attack."

Luo An looked at his own troop and regained some confidence; after all, he had a real Knight following him!

"Uncle Saliba, I'm counting on you."

He looked at the muscular Knight beside him, who had put on full armor before the battle, and said softly.

"Rest assured!"

Saliba revealed a bloodthirsty smile: "It is easy to get lost during a night operation, but as long as I kill my way in alone, the overall situation will be settled!"

Collective emotions are the hardest to pacify, and the night is accompanied by fear; once an attack is launched, perhaps the enemy will fall into a camp panic and then collapse.

Aaron not shouting "enemy attack" immediately was also out of this consideration.

He also knew that these Militia under his command were essentially farmers; once frightened, they would easily fall into chaos, and then everything would be over.

However, at this moment, as the Squad Leaders called them up one by one, the many Militia picked up their weapons; although their expressions were tense, they did not fall into chaos.

"There is a night raid, let them get close before firing!"

Aaron picked up a bow and arrow, lowering his voice to give the order.

Ancient people ate little meat and basically had night blindness, so a night raid was not an easy thing.

As for why night raid battle examples are famous? That is purely because they are rare!

However, as a noble who eats meat, he did not have this problem; borrowing the moonlight, he quickly determined the scale of the enemy.

"Less than a hundred men; we have a stronghold, occupy the favorable terrain, and it is night, so most of the enemies are blind, and some even need to grab the person in front to walk..."

He slowly drew his bow and arrow, identifying the two leaders.

One of them was wearing armor, so he immediately skipped him and aimed at the other young man beside him.

"Almost there, almost there..."

Luo An's mood was incomparably excited; as long as he took this camp, he would be the greatest contributor to the family's capture of Green Forest!

By then, even being enfeoffed as a Knight would be very possible!

Luo An rushed into the camp without obstruction and used the long sword in his hand to slash open a tent, but there was not a single person inside.

His expression changed instantly, and his hair stood on end!

Just at this moment, torches lit up from all directions.

A row of peasant soldiers who had already picked up their weapons occupied the favorable terrain and were watching him with the gaze one would use for a dead man.

"Bad!"

Luo An shouted, only to see a young man on the opposite side looking down from a high position, releasing the bow and arrow in his hand.

Whoosh!

A Shadow of an arrow flashed by, piercing straight through his thigh, causing Luo An to fall to the ground and let out a miserable scream.

"Close the camp gate, attack for me!"

Aaron watched this scene and coldly gave the order.

They occupied the favorable terrain, looked down from above, and had fences; even with only fifty men, it was enough to resist hundreds!

And the enemy's sneak attack being discovered was equivalent to walking into a trap; closing the gate to beat the dog, splitting the enemy's forces, and then defeating them one by one—the timing, terrain, and morale were all on his side!

"Kill!"

Several hunters among the peasant soldiers also drew their bows and arrows; their accuracy was not as good as Aaron's, but they also hit the enemies, causing the enemy to become increasingly chaotic.

"Terrible, did we fall into an ambush?"

Saliba widened his eyes, looking at his at-a-loss subordinates.

Their expressions were flustered and full of panic, and they all rushed backward toward the narrow camp gate, not hesitating to trample their comrades or even turn their blades against their own side, with only the thought of escaping in their hearts!

By this time, even though their quality was higher than the Militia, it was of no use at all.

"Cannot retreat; retreating now is exactly falling into the ambush!"

Saliba was worthy of being a Knight; he quickly thought everything through. He brandished the great sword in his hand, hacked a Militia member who dared to rush forward to the ground, and roared: "Follow me and charge!"

Crackle!

Various attacks landed on his armor, leaving only shallow marks, but this big man swung his great sword like a whirlwind; it looked like he was about to break out of the encirclement and even charge directly at Aaron!

Gelin blocked the path of this Knight, and with one slash from the opponent, he stumbled to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Aaron could only drop his bow and arrow and pick up his Cross Sword: "A bit of a miscalculation..."

The quality of these subordinates was truly terrible to a certain degree; not only did they have a tendency to collapse when charged by an enemy Warrior during a favorable battle, but even the action of lowering the camp gate had not been implemented in time.

"But it's also fine; this way, there is a glimmer of hope for escape, so the enemy won't fight to the death, letting the 'closing the gate to beat the dog' turn into a 'cornered beast's struggle'..."

Aaron muttered, holding his Cross Sword and rushing forward, the sharp blade in his hand tracing an arc.

Saliba immediately moved to the left, and the giant sword in his hand fell fiercely.

Aaron raised his Cross Sword, and the two great swords collided in mid-air, emitting a violent metallic screech.

It was fortunate that he was holding a Cross Sword; if it had been the thin rapier from before, it probably would have broken long ago.

Aaron's eyes were without ripples, just like when he practiced Swordsmanship, and he began to tangle with Saliba.

His footwork was very agile, he dodged quickly, and he tried his best to avoid head-on collisions with his opponent; these were all traces left behind from his usual use of the rapier.

After swinging the greatsword several times and failing to land a hit, Saliba's breathing had already become heavy.

"Opportunity!"

Aaron dodged to the side, circling behind Knight Saliba.

Although wearing armor provided high defense, it also made movement inconvenient and consumed stamina.

At this moment, Saliba's speed was far inferior to before, and Aaron, having spotted the opportunity, thrust his sword into the knee area, the blade piercing through the gap between the plate armor and bringing out a large spray of blood.

Saliba let out a miserable scream and knelt on one knee on the ground.

"A knight..."

Aaron panted lowly a few times, not letting his guard down, but instead directly flicked away the enemy's longsword and thrust his blade through the visor of the helmet.

A large amount of blood gushed out from the gaps in the helmet, and the opponent's massive body collapsed directly.

"Knight Saliba is dead!"

"Wild Bear Saliba is dead!"

Seeing this scene, those soldiers of the Davis Family, as if their faith had collapsed, surrendered one after another or fled at top speed.

Boom!

And at this moment, Bazhi finally arrived with his men, sealed the camp gate, and completely seized the initiative...