Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 182 Chapter [-]

Sean Mountbatten sat on the saddle with his head held high, the solid feel of the hard leather almost forgotten by his body, and the earthy breeze on the wasteland, all reminded him of those carefree years in the Imperial Military Academy.

He stretched out his hand to make sure that the saber was still hanging on his belt, then pulled the rein of the horse and turned around, looking at the pioneer recruits who were also riding on the horse behind them.

Once upon a time, when he was still in the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Empire, Mountbatten followed his father to review the Imperial Cavalry Army that was about to go to the East.

At that time, what caught his attention was not the magnificent armor of the imperial cavalry decorated with tassels and silver ornaments, nor the shiny lances polished with flannelette, nor the pure-blooded warhorses with every muscle exuding a violent aura. It was the eyes of those elite cavalry——

Eyes yearning for battle and killing, eyes yearning for victory and honor, eyes yearning for chaos and death...

But now, under the clear sky at the turn of spring and summer in the land of cracked soul, what did he see?
Undoubtedly, what Sean Mountbatten found on the immature faces of the pioneer recruits was not the eyes of the imperial cavalry, the eyes of skilled warriors, or even the eyes of ordinary mercenaries——

——It was pair after pair of eyes that forced themselves to suppress fear and tension.

Mountbatten sighed silently:

The Igor Pioneering Army, which has expanded its enrollment in a short period of time, is still much worse than the regular army in terms of quality.

Although the lord assured him that the members of this cavalry squad were all carefully selected "equestrians" from the pioneer army;
But Mountbatten could clearly see that some of them didn't even step on their stirrups. The number of times they got on a horse in their life was probably no more than the number of times they slept with a girl, let alone fighting the enemy on horseback.

However, this is enough-professors of the Imperial Military Academy once told Mountbatten that the best commanders on the mainland do not use elite soldiers to make achievements, but use remnant soldiers to turn the tide.

Since childhood, Mountbatten has almost only one dream:
Be the best commander.

So, I can do it, right?Sean Mountbatten said to himself in his heart, there must be more things in the eyes of these recruits, and I just need to dig them out...

"Soldiers!" Mountbatten, who temporarily assumed the leadership of the team, yelled at the half-cavalry on horseback with a crack of the whip, "Today, none of us will die, none of us will fight, today , I don't need any of you to draw your saber out of its sheath!"

Wordless shock spread like ripples in the cavalry.

These Frost Maple Ridge recruits, when they learned that they needed to mount their horses to join the battle, had already planned to be injured and die—even a few members of the cavalry who were originally scheduled to cry and vomit because of excessive fear, With a wave of his hand by the lord, he was kicked out of the team while recording his demerits;
But now, Sean Mountbatten has publicly declared that they don't need to risk death today, don't need them to fight?

But... isn't cavalry just for fighting?

But... the lure of high military pay, every pioneer army recruit who came to Shuangfengling, didn't they all use their worthless life to gamble on a bright future?
The recruits have not yet understood the development of the matter, and Mountbatten has continued to shout:
"But soldiers, today, the lord needs your loyalty and courage! Frost Maple Ridge needs your absolute obedience, 100% compliance with orders, and a rock-like heart that will not be shaken by any changes! Yes, my lord and I believe that you can all be like this, and that your courage will be rewarded! As I said, none of you will die or be hurt today—you will come back, and You have to come back with the honor of [-]% completion of the mission - at that time, the lord will reward each of you with ten gold coins!"

In fact, Xia Houyan never promised any "ten gold coins" reward at all, and Sean Mountbatten just gave him an IOU.

However, the temptation of money is always so strong: before Mountbatten could finish his sentence, the eyes of every rookie cavalryman became as firm as the leeks of stockholders who had just entered the market.

Seeing that the pre-war mobilization had some effect, Mountbatten hurriedly struck while the iron was hot:
"However, you have to remember that only those who completely obey my orders and complete the task according to the plan can get ten gold coins—do you understand?!"

"Understood!" The new cavalrymen replied excitedly.

Witnessing this situation, Mountbatten also had to sigh with emotion that the Lord Lord's policy of spending money to build an army is really fucking correct-for poor and crazy wilderness people, most of the time the money is enough, what is the mobilization meeting? Ideological work is in charge.

"Very good." Mountbatten's royal horse slid around in front of the cavalry, and said with a whip, "Now we have sixty cavalry, I need you to divide into three teams, 20 people in each team! Hurry up, separate!"

The new recruits who had just been beaten were really quick. After a short period of noise, they looked for acquaintances and were divided into three cavalry squads of 20 each.

"You are the first team; you are the second team; you are the third team!" Mountbatten raised his whip and nodded casually, and said loudly, "Now, I will assign different orders to each of your teams—record Wait, this is a military order, and I don't allow any mistakes in the process of execution! First of all, the first team listens!"

……

In the bandit camp three kilometers away, "Blood Lion" Black climbed up the half-built siege tower on hands and feet—this is the most reliable commanding height in the bandit camp.

At the foot of the siege tower, a bandit threw a binoculars into the air with all his strength, and was firmly caught by Black at the top of the tower.

Because the empire's own crystal polishing technology is limited, most of the crystal telescopes are imported products carefully polished by demon craftsmen. After all, they are rare objects in the wasteland:
The "Red Crystal Telescope" in Blake's hands is much worse in price and quality than the original "Dark Moon Glazed Telescope" that Xia Houyan obtained from Yueshen Village;
However, this defective product was enough for Black to see that there was a cavalry team rushing out from the edge of the Frost Maple Ridge, and billowing smoke and dust rolled up on the horizon.

However, due to the quality of the telescope and the limited distance, Blake couldn't see the specific size of the cavalry for a while—he leaned down from the siege tower and asked loudly to the robber sentinel with better eyesight :

"how many people?"

"I can't be sure, but judging by the size of the dust, there should be around 100 people!" The sentinel shouted back.

"100 people..." Black muttered, continuing to track the cavalry formation on the horizon with the binoculars.

Soon, something that confused him even more happened.

If Frost Maple Ridge dominating the plateau and the bandit camp to the east are regarded as the two ends of the radius of the circle, then the cavalry that suddenly emerged from the Phoenix Terrace did not charge directly towards the bandit camp, but With the bandit camp as the center, an elegant and smooth arc is drawn from the north——

——Because of this, the cavalry team always kept the initial distance from the bandit camp, leaving a fuzzy silhouette filled with smoke and dust in the lens barrel of the red crystal telescope.

"Detour..." Blood Lion Black casually twisted the brass lens barrel in his hand, and asked loudly under the tower, "How is the security behind the camp?"

The sentry understood the village master's intentions:

"Don't worry boss, the guards are all arranged, Igor's gang of bastard cavalry, don't try to make a sneak attack on us by taking a detour!"

"To be honest, how dare they come to raid our camp. It's probably a feint. After all, there are only 100 people..." Black grinned, but then the smile froze on his face.

Because through the lens tube of the red crystal telescope, he could clearly see the cavalry group in the distance, making a sharp turn without any hesitation at the north of the camp, and then, like a flying fish snapping fiercely, went straight and unstoppable. The local rushed over here!
"Fuck! They're coming this way!" Black knocked on the railing of the siege tower, shouting heartbreakingly, "Get ready for me!"

——No need for Black's order. After learning about the enemy's situation, he had already stood on the other sentry towers, and the red flag marking the enemy's attack had already been picked up by the long white bone flagpole.

In an instant, the camp was in chaos.

You know, in the imagination of the bandits, Shuangfengling, which is at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, must have made up their minds this time to retreat and not fight a defensive battle. The possibility of the enemy going out to attack actively, the bandits have not thought about it But no one cared;

As a result, when Shuangfengling started the battle with the bravery seen by the bandits, it caught these wilderness bandits who underestimated the enemy by surprise——

For a while, the engineering team busy building the siege tower hurriedly unloaded the carts carrying the wood and rushed to pick up the weapons to fight, and as a result, the round wood dripped all over the ground;
The thieves who were still standing or sitting saw the raised red flag, jumped up like rabbits with their feet scalded, and looked around frantically, many of them bumped their heads while running;

And the bandit cavalry who hastily stepped on the horse, before the horse ran out of the camp, the four hooves of the mount slipped on the wood all over the ground, and as a result, both the man and the horse fell hard...

What's more terrible is that the manpower that makes up this bandit camp is basically composed of bandits from several major mountain villages such as Blood Demon Village, Blade's Edge Mountain, and Huangshabao, etc., mixed with members of several small bandit gangs of……

These wilderness robbers from mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, but not limited to day and night, kitchen and love, were not integrated and twisted into one rope. into a faction;
For example, the north of the bandit camp is exactly where the troops belonging to Huangshabao are stationed;
However, if the bandit army of other bandits wants to deal with the cavalry offensive from the north, they must pass through the garrison area of ​​Huangshabao before they can rush to the northern defense line...

However, the wood from the engineering team was sprinkled on this piece of private land in Huangshabao...

As a result, many cavalrymen from Blade's Edge Mountain and Blood Demon Village fell on their backs amidst the noise, and many of them had fractures and concussions. The cavalrymen got up and looked, yo, this is not the boundary of Huangshabao Well?

The relationship between these cottages was not very harmonious. This time, they were basically united under the coercion and lure of the Duke of Houston. The bloody new and old grudges have not been forgotten:

Soon, some cavalrymen clamored, claiming that Huangshabao deliberately tripped them with wood!

The majestic Yellow Sand Castle, after all, is also a giant python occupying the southeast corner of the Land of Broken Soul. When did it suffer from such grievances?
At the beginning, the two sides still had a verbal rivalry, but soon became angry, and you pushed and quarreled into a pot of whole grain porridge. Seeing that the defense line against the Shuangfengling cavalry offensive had not been done well, the bandit coalition army's own people , the trend of armed fighting has already begun...

It has to be said that this is also the innate disadvantage of the bandit coalition army: don't look at the menacing crowds of a few combined troops, but in terms of organization and internal cohesion, it is not as good as the lowest mercenary group;

Of course, the bandit coalition who underestimated the enemy never thought that Shuangfengling would take the initiative to attack, so that they hadn't prepared how to organize defense at all, which was also one of the objective reasons for the chaos.

Seeing the situation getting out of hand, Black on the siege tower couldn't bear it any longer, and raised his head towards the camp and let out an earth-shattering roar - the words were too indecent to write here, in order to avoid some The presence of a six-legged epic beast.

"Blood Lion" Black's fierce reputation is indeed too famous in the land of cracked souls.

After a slap in the face, the bandits who got into a fight finally remembered what they were here for—although they couldn’t avoid pointing the middle finger and swearing harshly, most of the bandit soldiers quickly got out of the chaos and made a fuss Started to organize the defense line.

The leather armored warrior who had come all the way from Rock Creek City to oversee the army was also startled by the chaos in the barracks at this time, and got out of the tent, only to bump into "Blood Lion" Black who was climbing down the siege tower step by step.

"What happened?" the leather armored warrior frowned.

"The Igor bastards sent a team of cavalry to go around the north and rush towards us..." Black spat on the ground, "Don't worry, we're ready for defense!"

Hearing the opponent's initiative to attack, the leather armored warrior raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice:

"how many people?"

"It's estimated that there are only more than 100 people..." Black chuckled, "This little kitten and puppy are not enough to put our coalition forces' teeth..."

Hearing that there were not many people on the other side, the expression on the leather armor warrior's face softened.He waved his hand and said:
"Then they are just sending them to their deaths. You can deal with it yourself, remember to catch me some survivors, I want to ask for some information about Shuangfengling..."

Black patted his chest with his big hand covered with cold hair, and before he had time to reassure Mr. Overseer, he suddenly heard the distant sentinel shouting mournfully:

"Boss - they withdrew!!!"

withdrawn? !Black stared blankly at the leather armored warrior, then hurriedly climbed up the siege tower.

Sure enough, in the field of view of the red crystal telescope, the cavalry team that attacked from the north had already turned their horses around more than 1000 meters away from the camp and left quickly, leaving a mass of vacant space for the bandits who were waiting in full force. smoke from the air.

"Bastards! Let me just say that they just shot a feint..." Blake stood on the siege tower and cursed loudly, "How dare a cavalry team of 100 men come to attack our camp?"

As if to answer, someone raised the red flag on the sentry tower to the south of the camp and shouted loudly:

"Boss—another cavalry was found in the south! There are also more than 100 people!"

Black almost slipped his fingers and dropped the precious red crystal telescope off the tower.

(End of this chapter)