Chapter 210: One Hundred Cavalrymen!

Hou Jue Wikes was stunned. "What, Marshal Mi Xiusi, is it not so?"

"Even if your subordinates grew wings, they could not escape. Do you still expect them to help you win the match!"

"Haha, Hou Jue Wikes, it seems Hou Jue Mi Xiusi is not as open-minded as rumored, refusing even to admit defeat in the contest." Anthony's sarcasm followed immediately.

As competitors, their daily relationship was not good to begin with.

Now seizing the opportunity, naturally they added more mockery.

Hearing this, other nobles looked at Mi Xiusi strangely.

In the past, Hou Jue Mi Xiusi's reputation was very good; he was easygoing in dealing with people and principled in his actions, not someone who would cheat or shirk.

But now...

"Who said Hou Jue Mi Xiusi cannot afford to lose? Mi Xiusi's meaning is simply that the match is not over; the outcome is not yet certain!" At this moment, Adeli finally could not hold back and stepped forward.

Then, seeing him wave his hand, the adjutant beside him received the order and immediately blew the horn!

Woo-woo-woo!

"An attack horn? Adeli, are you dreaming? Who do you still plan to send to attack? Your manpower is all on the left slope..."

Clip-clop! Clip-clop!

Before Wikes' mockery finished, from the small grove where the attacking force had hidden, one hundred cavalrymen suddenly charged out!

After charging out of the woods, the cavalrymen headed straight for the mountain path on the right.

Benefiting from the superior warhorses beneath them, the cavalrymen were swift as the wind, reaching the right-side intersection in the blink of an eye.

Although the right-side slope was steep, with no enemy interception, these one hundred cavalrymen drove straight in and charged directly up the earthen slope!

"This... this is impossible, your cavalry was clearly all used up!"

Wikes and Anthony's expressions changed drastically, their faces full of disbelief and anxiety.

The crowd also erupted in a commotion.

"What is going on, how does Hou Jue Mi Xiusi still have one hundred cavalrymen?"

"Yes! Were not all his fifteen hundred cavalrymen on the left road? Does Hou Jue Mi Xiusi actually have sixteen hundred cavalrymen?"

"This is impossible! The report just made to Prince Bruce was for fifteen hundred cavalrymen; how could there be an extra one hundred? Would that not become deceiving my lord the Prince?"

"Moreover, this is different from Wikes and them opening a simple path through the forest!"

"Wikes entered the battlefield early to set up within the rules, and there was no clear regulation forbidding opening a dense forest path, so it does not count as a violation!"

"But the number of participants in the match is fixed; even one extra person would break the rules!"

Facing the confusion around him, Hou Jue Mi Xiusi said nothing, staring fixedly at the cavalrymen charging up the right-side earthen road.

It was Commander Adeli who could not keep his composure, unable to help shouting loudly: "Who said these one hundred cavalrymen are extra? They were originally among those fifteen hundred cavalrymen."

"This is impossible, you clearly just sent all fifteen hundred cavalrymen up! Adeli, you are cheating!" Anthony seemed to have grasped a lifeline and did not believe the explanation.

Adeli laughed in anger and immediately retorted: "If you don't believe it, count them yourselves!"

"Furthermore, these one hundred cavalrymen were deliberately left behind in the woods when we sent out several waves of cavalry earlier; you simply did not notice!"

"So it is like this!" The surrounding nobles suddenly understood and believed that Adeli and others would not be so bold as to cheat in front of the Prince.

And on the chaotic battlefield, they indeed could not count the number of cavalrymen very precisely.

Even Wikes and Anthony, although they had arranged people to count the number of enemy sorties, with the enemy moving around...

Counting three hundred people as two hundred eighty-something or two hundred ninety-something is very normal.

After all, at this time, you would most likely not think the enemy deliberately left people out, but that you counted wrong!

Because you would think it was due to the chaotic scene that you miscounted.

Then, you would automatically round it to a whole number.

After all, ten people simply cannot affect the battle situation.

At the same time, habitually one would also think that when legions fight, they sortie in whole-number units.

No one expected Hou Jue Mi Xiusi to secretly keep a hand up his sleeve here.

Thus, splitting into four units to sortie, if each unit simply omitted ten or twenty cavalrymen, then the number of people in the woods could be 'created from nothing'!

Woo-woo-woo!

Just then, the urgent horn sound rang out again.

It was Wikes and Anthony's anxious command.

They wanted their own manpower to intercept the one hundred cavalrymen on the right.

Unfortunately, it was all too late.

His five hundred cavalrymen were already entangled in combat with the main attacking force on the left road.

As for the infantry, let alone that.

Thus, they could only watch helplessly as the one hundred cavalrymen drove straight in, reaching the flagpole in just three minutes, and then, together with the flagpole of the Griffin banner, raised it high.

"We have won!"

"Haha, we have won!"

Faint shouting came from the opposite mountaintop; even separated by several li, it could be heard clearly.

And the original battle on the left road had also come to an abrupt halt.

Hou Jue Mi Xiusi finally showed a smile. "Wikes, Anthony, remember to send those two barrels of fruit wine brewed by the Elf race to my home and to Vice-Commander Adeli's home later."

"By the way, do not be too sad; next time the Tulip caravan goes to the Elf Kingdom again, just ask them to bring you two more barrels!"

"Hahaha!" Vice-Commander Adeli also laughed proudly and loudly.

Although the Tulip caravan would indeed go to the Elf Kingdom again.

But how many nobles have reserved Elf fruit wine; waiting for their turn again would probably take another year or two.

Wikes and Anthony's faces turned green then white, with none of their previous arrogance remaining.

Clap, clap, clap!

"Brilliant! Truly brilliant!"

Just then, applause and cheers came from behind the crowd.

Upon hearing this, Mi Xiusi and Adrei immediately suppressed their smug expressions and turned around respectfully.

For this cheering came from Prince Bruce.

"Thank you, my lord Prince, for your praise!"

"Now that the outcome is decided, I declare that the Royal Iron Guard Legion led by Mi Xiusi and Adrei has won! Does anyone have any objections?" Prince Bruce asked.

Of course, no one present dared to object.

"Thank you, my lord Prince!" Mi Xiusi and Adrei thanked him again.

However, at this moment, Prince Bruce asked a question with ambiguous meaning.

"Mi Xiusi, Adrei, this plan by Hou Jue Wikes and Vice-Commander Anthony can be called perfect, especially secretly opening a passage and boldly stationing troops in the center!"

"I am curious: how did you discover it? After all, judging by your deployment, you likely noticed all of this before the battle even began?"

In fact, it was not only Prince Bruce who felt curious.

It was something that Wikes, Anthony, and all the nobles watching the battle were very curious about.

After all, the crowd and the two men entered the arena at the same time, and the distance they stood was also the same.

So why could Mi Xiusi and Adrei see it, while they could not detect it?

Moreover, as my lord Prince said, the attacking side began secretly reducing their numbers from the first wave of cavalry charges.

This shows that Mi Xiusi and Adrei discovered the problem as soon as the battle started.

And this is quite subtle.

Did the two men discover the problem by their own skill?

Or did they have other unspeakable means?

And this will directly affect the two men's reputation in the future.

You may have won, but if you used irregular cheating methods outside the arena, then your reputation will be ruined.

Moreover, it is very likely that Prince Bruce will disapprove of you.