Chapter 2009: Marching in the Dark Night

The night was dark, clouds obscured the sky, and no starlight could be seen.

Nashadier hurriedly issued the order to engage, and the entire Cavalry immediately began their march.

They had long been prepared for battle, but they had not expected the order to engage to be issued so suddenly.

Sudden, but not abrupt; the troops, having been prepared for a long time, did not lose their combat readiness due to Nashadier's sudden order.

They had long been prepared to deal with all kinds of possible combat situations.

Marching in the dark of night was not a difficult task for them.

Nashadier's great army marched rapidly through the night; they were not very far from the territory of the Wahala Tribe, and before dawn, Nashadier's troops had already arrived.

At this time, Smith had long since had the French Soldier troops standing by in full battle array.

They were prepared for the possibility of combat at any moment.

However, no matter how thorough the preparations are, when orders are issued one after another, keeping one's troops in a state of high combat readiness at all times, the soldiers will eventually consider it a mundane affair.

Therefore, after a few days of strict requirements, these soldiers had returned to their previous state.

Although Smith was the commander here, he lacked actual combat experience and had not maintained long-term supervision of the troops.

This resulted in their troops being exceptionally lazy during this period.

And this gave Nashadier an opportunity to strike.

Although it was a surprise attack with sudden military movement, Nashadier still did not forget to conduct reconnaissance before the attack.

He personally led the troops to scout, only to discover that the French Soldier sentries were actually falling asleep while standing.

Seeing such a scene, the corners of Nashadier's mouth curled up, and he launched the attack without the slightest concealment.

The sound of hooves striking the ground startled the French Soldier on night watch, but before he could react, he saw Nashadier's troops charging in!

Seeing Nashadier's Cavalry unit charging in, the French Soldier troops had no ability to resist whatsoever; it could even be said they were completely at the mercy of Nashadier's troops.

Nashadier's troops, the Cavalry unit, used Muskets to mimic the kite-flying tactics of the Longyan Army on the plains.

After experiencing the assault of the Insurgent Army, the surviving French Soldier troops finally realized this was an attack!

At this moment, the commander of the French Soldier position roared at the top of his lungs: "Attack! Attack!"

"Assemble immediately!"

The Insurgent Army, having been caught off guard, only then remembered their officer's previous instructions; the surviving troops immediately gathered and formed a Square Formation to face the Insurgent Army's assault.

But doing so did not manage to hold back the Insurgent Army.

It even gave the Insurgent Army an opportunity to reap lives, although Nashadier's order had been very hurried.

But they still carried weapons such as Cannon.

Under the power of the Cannon, the Insurgent Army troops rapidly harvested the lives of the French Soldier troops.

Less than half an hour after the battle began, the main pass leading into the Wahala Tribe had been completely blasted open by Nashadier's Cavalry team.

Nashadier did not choose to continue the march.

According to his plan, the Cavalry unit was merely to open a gap; to truly obtain the entire Wahala Tribe, the offensive of the Infantry Unit was still needed.

Their Cavalry unit's strength was still a bit too sparse.

After destroying the pass here, every single French Soldier was executed by Nashadier, including the French Soldier generals; no prisoners of war were left behind.

The battle between them was inherently a fight to the death; once a move was made, there was no possibility of leaving any room for maneuver.

Nashadier ordered the troops to rest and wait for the Infantry Unit led by Shawn to arrive by march.

After regrouping, they continued to march deeper into the Wahala Tribe.

And at this time...

Smith was still in his sleep when he suddenly learned that Nashadier had led his troops to launch a surprise attack!

Their frontline interception troops had encountered a fierce assault from the Insurgent Army, and not a single person had survived.

Moreover, the Insurgent Army was currently advancing toward their side.

Hearing this news, Smith shivered.

"Having made so many preparations and built so many defensive devices, why did our troops not manage to intercept Nashadier's troops!"

The person who reported the news said in a deep voice: "Nashadier launched the attack in the night; our troops had no ability to block the Insurgent Army's troops, and our soldiers had previously assumed that Nashadier would not launch an attack on our troops."

Smith's brows were almost knitted into a 'chuan' character; he could not understand, it was a known fact that Nashadier's troops would launch an attack, so why didn't these soldiers know?

Why did these soldiers feel that Nashadier's troops would not attack!

In truth, Smith was a general pushed into the position, and he did not understand the base-level quality of their troops.

For this powerful French Soldier army once established by Louis XIV, the soldiers' level of knowledge only needed to be enough to understand orders; they were completely ignorant of everything else.

But inertia is natural; when soldiers believe that standing emergency military readiness is a matter that happens all the time.

Then no one feels that there is any problem with this matter.

Not all soldiers were like the Longyan Army, which had begun to popularize knowledge and gather based on faith.

The powerful French Soldier army only needed mechanical parts that could understand orders; they did not need to think, and that was enough.

Smith did not delve into the question of why his troops had failed to intercept Nashadier's troops.

The top priority now was to intercept Nashadier's troops and not let their troops continue the offensive.

If the offensive continued, the fall of the Wahala Tribe would soon arrive.

After thinking of this, Smith immediately issued an order: "Inform all officers of the Insurgent Army's attack information, have them organize the troops for battle, and scout where Nashadier's troops have reached now."

"We need detailed information; by the way, do the surrounding tribes have any clues about the Insurgent Army?"

"No, they also do not know why the Insurgent Army, which was originally supposed to cooperate with them, has suddenly launched an attack, and they were not told their specific march route."

Smith nodded; all of this was still within his expectations. It was normal for Nashadier to know that those tribes around Wahala were untrustworthy.

"Immediately establish a combat command post; our current troop strength is likely insufficient. Have General Dawn send troops to reinforce!"

"Yes..."

Smith narrowed his eyes as he looked toward the dark night in the distance, where the stars were dim and lusterless; he did not know what this symbolized, but his heart was constantly filled with a trace of unease.

The war had now begun, and for Smith, he had to annihilate the Insurgent Army as quickly as possible.

But this was a tough battle, and it was not yet known who would emerge victorious.

……

At this time, the Insurgent Army units that had rendezvoused with Nashadier had finished assembling, and they rapidly advanced toward the depths of the Wahala Tribe in Western Europe.

Nashadier divided the troops into two paths, with Henry and Harris leading the Cavalry to walk in the front to uproot small French troop fortresses, taking advantage of the fact that the French troops had not yet reacted to expand the scope of the war as much as possible.

Their final target was the Wahala Tribe located upon the Grassland!

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