Chapter 154

"Go!"

The camp gate swung open suddenly; with a shout from Fario, the nobles led their subordinates and charged out of the camp.

At this moment, the tribal army was still organizing its ranks for the next wave of assault and had not expected anyone to charge out of the noble camp on their own initiative; for a moment, they all stood stunned, unable to react.

And what Fario and the others wanted was precisely this opportunity; they immediately turned and fled toward the flank.

They intended to bypass the tribal army and escape from the side.

"Count Fario, the camp gate has not been closed; if the tribal army takes advantage of this, will they not rush in?" One noble looked back while fleeing, happened to see that the gate was indeed not closed, and immediately cried out in terror.

As the last one to escape the camp, Fario cursed the noble as a fool under his breath. "Survival is paramount now; where is there time to worry about such things? Moreover, it is better that the camp gate remains open; if the camp gate were to be closed again, those tribal soldiers would chase after us!"

Clearly, Fario had calculated everything.

And events unfolded exactly as he had predicted; once the tribal soldiers reacted, one immediately said to Commander Tila Ka, "My lord, look, those noble forces are trying to escape; should we send men to intercept them immediately?"

"Fools! Compared to those few nobles, breaking into the noble camp is now the most important thing; they have given us an excellent opportunity; how can we miss it!"

"Give the order: all forces advance; follow me into the noble camp!"

Wooo-ooo-ooo!

At Commander Tila Ka's command, urgent horn blasts sounded; the tribal army mobilized in full, swarming toward that open camp gate.

Seeing this, Fario actually felt relieved; as for the fate of the others inside the camp, what did that have to do with him?

The expressions of the other few nobles were somewhat unnatural, their faces a mix of sorrow and joy.

They were joyful that they could escape alive, but sorrowful that they had not yet achieved the peace of mind Fario possessed.

"What is happening?"

At the same time, on the southern wall of the camp, Narsi also heard the faint, urgent horn blasts coming from the north.

His knowledge of the tribal army made him clear that this was the horn signal for a full-scale assault.

Crash! Crash!

A Magic Swift Eagle descended from the sky.

The main army had brought ten griffins and thirty Magic Swift Eagles this time.

However, aerial beasts were precious; they were kept only to guard against enemy aerial raids, so both sides had tacitly agreed not to use them in combat.

The Magic Swift Eagle rider had just seen the situation in the north clearly; naturally, he landed now to report.

"My lord, nobles have escaped from the northern camp; they opened the northern gate and left it wide open; the tribal army has launched a full-scale assault and entered the camp."

"What?" Narsi's face changed drastically, and his body began to tremble. "Damn it, these cowardly maggots; they actually dared to do this? Do they not know this will kill everyone?"

Unfortunately, the situation at this moment was no different from the left-wing army; even with the report, Narsi could do nothing.

Moments later, screams and shouts came from the north, and flames began to appear inside the camp.

Wooo-ooo-ooo!

Worse still, at this time, the tribal main army also reacted, and the horn for a full-scale assault sounded on this southern side as well.

"The camp has been breached! Everyone, run quickly!"

"Go quickly! If we don't go now, it will be too late!!"

The nobles, faces filled with terror, began to shout and flee; instantly, the entire camp descended into chaos!

"My lord, we... what should we do?!" The subordinates and soldiers beside Narsi turned deathly pale.

Although Narsi was furious, he knew what was most important now.

"Notify everyone: do not panic, do not lose order; if we lose order, we are doomed. Now, everyone assemble; we must find a way to break through and escape!"

Narsi felt that his main army, a full forty thousand troops, might still have hope to break through if they assembled together.

"My lord, look over there!"

At the same time, in a dense forest several li away, Lei Meng suddenly pointed at the distant horizon and cried out in alarm.

Because the noble camp was farther away, Gervas and the others had not seen clearly before, but now, with the Xiong Xiongliehuo inside the noble camp, the entire sky was illuminated crimson!

"That is our central army!" Gervas immediately gave his judgment.

"What? That... that is the central army? My lord, does that not mean the central army is doomed?!"

Knight Mi Gen and the others were struck as if by lightning.

Gervas naturally had not revealed everything that would happen tonight.

So they still believed that as long as they reunited with the central army, they would be safe.

But now, their fantasy was clearly shattered.

Even the camp was ablaze with fire; reuniting with the central army would probably mean dying even faster.

Boom! Boom!

Amidst the prolonged tribal horn blasts, the tribal army began to mobilize in its entirety.

Whether infantry or cavalry, even the hundred-plus third-tier Eagle-Bill Pterodactyls in the air pressed forward.

"My lord, what should we do now? If the central army is doomed, will this place then completely become the territory of tribal savages? We have not even escaped yet!" Looking at the tribal army mobilizing in full, Knight Mi Gen and the others trembled with fear.

"Exactly. If the central army is doomed, then for at least several months, this place will become the enemy's territory, and we will be trapped deep in enemy territory for a long time!" Gervas gave an affirmative answer.

Of course, he did not intend to terrify his subordinates; pausing for a moment, he continued, "Of course, I have a plan here that might be able to turn the situation around!"

"My lord, what is the plan?"

Knight Mi Gen and the others asked eagerly.

Being trapped deep in enemy territory was no fun.

By then, every stretch of the enemy's territory would have armies stationed; for them to return would be far more difficult than it is now.

"After these tribal armies mobilize in their entirety, their camp will be empty of troops; and in that camp, I have learned there are heirs from more than ten of their tribes; if we..."

This... this... this is too thrilling, isn't it?

Before Gervas even finished speaking, Knight Mi Gen and the others had already widened their eyes.

"My lord, speak; tell us what you want us to do."

No fear, no dread!

For Knight Mi Gen and the others, they feared not difficulties ahead, but rather the absence of hope ahead.

Just now, on that battlefield of tens of thousands, they knew they were utterly powerless, so they felt despair.

But if it were capturing those dozen or so tribal heirs, then everything would be different!

Gervas also smiled, and immediately began the final arrangements.

Time passed, and twenty-plus minutes later, no more troops rushed out from within the tribal camp, while the fires at the noble camp in the distance burned even brighter; Gervas knew the moment had arrived!

"Set out!"

A force of over three hundred men marched along the road; the dense savage cavalry scouts from before had vanished, for they had all gone to the noble camp.

Thus, Gervas and his party reached the outside of the tribal camp without any obstruction.

"Halt! Who goes there?"

From atop the wooden camp wall, seven or eight meters high, came the shout of the sentry on duty.