Chapter 1557: Surprise Attack and Counter-Surprise Attack

Although Little Peter deduced that they would launch a surprise attack, he did not tell the Swedish General.

In fact, it was mainly because no one believed him.

What adult would care about the thoughts of a thirteen-year-old child?

This time, when Little Peter was finally able to come to the battlefield, his grandfather had urged him to just be a bystander.

There was no need to handle other matters.

Thinking of his grandfather's instructions, Little Peter was even less likely to say anything more.

At this moment, Ling Chen led a team of light cavalry and had already quietly lurked outside the Swedish Army's camp.

In the cold wind, Ling Chen carefully observed the situation on the battlefield through a Telescope.

Although it was winter, Ling Chen was draped in heavy iron armor, and underneath, he wore a padded jacket made of extremely light goose down.

Usually, for the sake of convenience in battle, soldiers would not wear clothes that were too thick, because it made movement too inconvenient.

However, when fighting in winter, if one wore such clothes before the fighting even began,

the person would be frozen stiff.

In order to give the army better combat capability, Liu Zheng utilized materials with light and warm properties like goose down in Longyan to make padded jackets.

But this was not enough; Liu Zheng even proposed the concept of keeping warm.

He had the Liangzhou Laboratory vigorously research the production of warm clothing, and in the end, they indeed achieved good success.

Moreover, the production cost was not too high.

Therefore, even in the cold winter, Ling Chen could observe the enemy army for a long time under these conditions.

Although it was winter and all things were withered, the Swedish Army did not discover Ling Chen and his men hiding on the nearby hills.

"There are five patrol teams."

"Sweden has dispatched about ten thousand troops."

Ling Chen pondered for a moment; to facilitate a surprise attack, Ling Chen had only brought three thousand men.

Now that they were short on provisions, this battle had to be quick and decisive; they had no time or energy to waste on the Swedish Army.

Even for the sake of saving food.

Ling Chen made a bold move: he let these Swedish soldiers come into his own belly to confuse them.

After observing the terrain, Ling Chen quietly retreated.

Although this was a forest, it was not suitable for launching a sneak attack in winter, as it was easy to be discovered by the enemy.

The best time point to launch a surprise attack was at night.

Ling Chen quietly retreated, and it was as if all of this had never happened.

Meanwhile, the Swedish General, who knew nothing about this, was watching the situation on the map.

This unit had only ten thousand men; Sweden was using it to lead the charge and test the strength of the Longyan army in Hanover.

As it turned out, they traveled from Hamburg to Hanover without any obstruction, as if the Longyan did not know of their existence at all.

The Swedish General made a judgment at the time that this was not an enemy trap.

Rather, the other side was truly weak, and the Swedish General made the move to strike while the iron was hot.

The Swedish General looked at the Longyan base camp marked on the map.

"This time, we will sneak attack the Longyan army's base camp; they will certainly not expect it."

The Swedish General revealed a smile; although they only had ten thousand men,

a sneak attack relies on winning against the many with the few.

The Swedish General looked at the sky, which was about to dim; the time for the sneak attack was set for the night.

They were still a distance away from the Longyan base camp—not too far—and a night of rapid marching would absolutely allow them to annihilate the Longyan army's base camp.

Time soon arrived at night.

Winter nights always come particularly fast; at this moment, a moon hung high in the sky.

It was cloudless for ten thousand miles, but no starlight could be seen.

Only the moon could be seen.

Ling Chen led a team of Shield Infantry and Musket Team to set out for the surprise attack.

On the other side, the Swedish Army's commander also made the same choice, leading a team of men to prepare to sneak attack the Longyan base camp.

But he did not know that all his actions were known to Ling Chen.

Therefore, Ling Chen's surprise attack location was set on their only path.

The Swedish Army, as expected, walked right into the trap Ling Chen had set long ago like a foolish roe deer, without even knowing it.

Ling Chen watched the Swedish Army marching over.

Ling Chen watched the Swedish Army marching over.

Countless Longyan troops charged down, and the Swedish Army, who were preparing to launch a sneak attack, were completely bewildered.

They had not expected at all that the Longyan army would ambush and attack them here.

Facing the sudden attack, the Swedish Army panicked like foolish roe deer, completely at a loss.

The Swedish Army captain leading the charge looked up and coldly ordered: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Looking up at the charging Swedish Army captain, he coldly ordered: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Hearing the military order, the Swedish Army instantly assumed a defensive posture, but the surprise attack unit had not brought any Shield Infantry to ensure marching speed.

The Infantry they brought acted as defensive soldiers.

But facing the Longyan army's charge, these Swedish soldiers had no time to defend.

However, when facing the charge of the Dragon Flame Army, these Swedish Army troops had no time to defend themselves at all.

The situation on the battlefield became one-sided.

The Swedish Army suffered countless casualties, and after Ling Chen wiped out half of this Swedish Army, he did not stop there.

Now is the best time to launch a surprise attack on the Swedish Army's base camp.

"Charge!"

Ling Chen mounted his War Horse and launched a surprise attack in the dead of night; their casualties during this raid were almost negligible.

This unit of Swedish Army soldiers was completely wiped out under Ling Chen's surprise attack.

There were a full five thousand of them.

Meanwhile, the Swedish General in the camp was expectantly waiting for news of victory from the front.

Although the Longyan base camp's forces were certainly strong, a surprise attack emphasizes destruction.

It would be enough to destroy as many of the Longyan Army's camp facilities as possible.

At the same time, the Swedish Army side had already prepared to retreat; after all, this was the Longyan Army's territory, and once the raid succeeded, they could not stay.

Just at this moment, sky-piercing screams erupted from within the Swedish Army camp.

The Swedish General was stunned, then immediately rushed out of his tent, his mind going blank as he saw the Longyan Army already slaughtering their way in.

How could the Longyan Army suddenly appear here?

However, the next second, he thought of Little Peter still being in the camp.

That was the Swedish King's most beloved grandson, a person of noble status; he had to ensure Little Peter's safety!

The Swedish General rushed frantically toward a tent.

Just then, an arrow pierced through the Swedish General's chest; he looked at the tent within arm's reach, and his vision suddenly went black.

Little Peter poked his head out from the tent, only to see the Swedish General outside staring at him with wide, dead eyes, which terrified him instantly.

Yellow and white fluids flowed out.

With a wail, he began to cry loudly.

A thirteen-year-old child who had grown up in the Swedish Imperial Palace had never witnessed such a scene before; the immense shock left him completely at a loss in an instant.

The battle ended very quickly; Ling Chen did not hold back in the slightest, as his goal was to annihilate this entire unit.

To buy time for himself.

But a sudden cry made Ling Chen tense up abruptly.

Then he saw a little boy dressed in gorgeous attire appear before his eyes.

Seeing this little boy, Ling Chen was dazed for a moment; how could there be a child among the Swedish Army?

He even looked like a Noble child.