vstars Chapter 144 Summer Offensive
Chapter 144 Summer Offensive
"These Yoda people are such beasts! They don't even spare the elderly and children."
In the southern battlefield military camp, Laban couldn't help but curse after listening to the scouts telling him about what the Yoda people had done.
"Don't get excited. Some nobles in our country will do the same thing to villages that don't pay taxes in their territories." General Henry on the side advised, but after saying that, he began to worry:
"If we really allow those Yodas to continue to burn, kill and loot in the territory, then the last bit of dignity of the Midlan army will be gone."
"I think it's time for us to launch an attack." General Conseil said while stroking his beard and looking at the map.
"Did you say that?" General Henry asked, looking at Conseil.
"You see, the main forces of the Yoda people are currently concentrated in Rona Territory. It seems that Rona Territory will definitely not be able to be saved. However, the Yoda troops deployed in other occupied areas are far less than Rona Territory."
"We can use cavalry to raid these areas and use the strongest army to fight the weakest army on the other side. We don't seek to occupy the land. As long as we can cause enough damage to the Yoda army, the Yoda army besieging Rona City will inevitably disperse its troops to other territories."
Looking at the Yoda deployment on the map, Henry thought for a while and said:
"Then let's start from a place far away from Rona's territory and see how the Yoda people react."
When General Laban heard this, he immediately volunteered:
"Let my White Horse Knights go out this time. Since we came here, we have only fought small battles. It's time for the White Horse Knights to gallop on the grasslands of Midland."
Looking at his volunteered son-in-law, General Henry nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Then I'll leave it to you. Remember, retreat if you feel you can't win. The knights on Yoda's front line this time are Yoda's elite. Otherwise, not only will your White Horse Knights be wiped out, but my daughter will also become a widow at such a young age."
A week later, in a village in Ardai, a group of Yoda cavalry arrived here. According to Marshal Dougal's order, they began to search for the villagers as soon as they entered the village. Fortunately, the villagers here had already fled to the mountains with dry food before the Yoda people arrived.
"Damn, these cunning Midlan people have escaped again. This is the third village like this." A Yoda cavalryman complained while throwing a torch at the roof covered with hay. For a moment, the whole village was filled with black smoke.
"Cough cough cough, come out quickly after you finish your work, or you will be choked to death." A Yoda officer shouted to the soldiers coming out of the thick smoke.
On a hill outside the village, the centurion leading the cavalry took out a feather pen, dipped it in the red ink handed to him by his subordinates, and drew a cross at a place on the map.
"Tell the soldiers to rest." The centurion said to his adjutant.
"Sir, isn't it too dangerous to do this? After all, this place is too far away from the headquarters." The adjutant said worriedly.
"Don't worry, these Midlan people don't have the courage to do so, and even if they come, the scouts responsible for reconnaissance will tell us in advance." The centurion said nonchalantly. In his opinion, if these Midlan people really had the courage to fight them with real swords and guns, then Yoda's army would have been driven back to Doldore long ago.
Thick smoke was still billowing from the village in the distance, but in the Yoda camp not far away there was laughter and joy. While eating, Yoda's soldiers showed their trophies looted from the Midlan village to their comrades around them and boasted about their achievements, but doing so was often responded with doubts and laughter.
The adjutant looked into the distance, which was the direction where the Midland Legion was stationed, and prayed in his heart that the Midland people would not suddenly attack their camp.
"Hey, did you hear anything? There are the sounds of horse hooves." In the camp, a Yoda soldier pricked up his ears as if he heard something and asked the soldiers around him.
"What else could it be? It must be that the groom has taken his horses to the river to drink water. Could it be that a group of knights from Midland are charging towards us in full gear?" However, his caution caused the soldiers next to him to laugh and scold.
"No, the sound seems to come from the village. Isn't the river at the other end?" As the sound became clearer, the soldier gradually felt something was wrong and shouted to the soldiers around him.
As a knight on a white horse rushed out of the thick smoke, more and more knights in white armor rushed out of the smoke, raised their lances and charged towards the Yoda camp opposite.
"Damn it, it's the Knights of Midlan, everyone quickly take up their weapons." Yoda's centurion was almost scared to death when he saw this situation, and quickly notified the soldiers to pick up their weapons and prepare for defense.
However, it was useless even if they formed a formation. The knights of Midlan formed a charging formation and rushed directly into the Yoda camp like a tidal wave. Amid the Yoda people's shouting and screaming, one lance after another pierced the Yoda soldiers at high speed. Their bodies were pierced and they were carried by the Midlan knights for more than ten meters before being abandoned by the knights.
Seeing that his team was about to collapse, Centurion Yoda hurried to the stable, rode the few horses and rushed towards the direction of Lord Rona. The other Yoda cavalrymen fled into the forest while being chased by the knights. Waiting for them were either being trapped to death in the forest or dying under the swords of the Midlan Knights. The Midlan Knights would not treat these unscrupulous people with chivalrous virtues.
When Centurion Yoda was fleeing on a forest path, he found several knights with lances waiting for him at the end of the road. The leading knight had a small horse on his helmet. The lance in his hand not only had a gleaming tip in the sun, but also had a flag tied to the front. Centurion Yoda looked carefully and saw a flag with a white horse on a blue background. It was obvious that the leader of this knight group was the Shield of Midlan, the White Horse General Laban.
This made Centurion Yoda anxious. Although he didn't know how good Laban's martial arts were, he knew from his reputation that this would definitely be a dangerous battle.
"Damn, it's just a Midlan Shield. Let me see, is your Midlan Shield harder, or is the sword in my hand sharper." Centurion Yoda thought so, gritted his teeth and accelerated towards Laban.
Facing the murderous Yoda officer, Laban was not in a hurry. Instead, he took out a crossbow from behind him, placed the crossbow arrow, and aimed at the panicked Yoda centurion opposite.
As Laban pulled the trigger, the crossbow arrow flew out of the crossbow and hit the Yoda man's forehead accurately. The Yoda Centurion twitched and fell off the horse. The warhorse also ran forward a few steps and realized that the person on the horse had disappeared, and then stopped.
"Phew, luckily I didn't neglect the use of crossbows on weekdays. Now I finally get to use them." At this time, Laban on the opposite side was very happy. Just as General Conseil expected, the Yoda army in this area was not worth mentioning at all. Both the quantity and quality were far inferior to the monsters stationed in Rona City.
When Laban and his men returned to the village, the knights captured the Yoda soldiers who had escaped nearby and tied them up.
"My lord, what should we do with these people?" a knight on a white horse asked Laban.
Looking at these executioners whose hands were stained with the bodies of countless Mitlan civilians, Laban simply said:
"Kill them all."
Upon hearing these words, the Yoda soldiers immediately began to howl like ghosts. Some begged Laban to give them a chance to live and tried their best to put the blame on the officers, while others cursed Laban.
"Please spare my life, for we are both believers of the God of Light."
"I won't let you go even if I die."
"I am just following orders. I don't do these things out of hatred for the Midlanders. It is the officers and nobles who force us to do it."
However, these words were in vain. As the White Horse Knights swung their swords, human heads rolled to the ground. The White Horse Knights piled the bodies together and covered them with hay. As a bunch of torches were thrown on the hay, these Yoda soldiers were devoured by the flames just like they did to the Midlan people, and finally turned into nutrients to nourish the land as a penance for their previous evil deeds.