Realm of Power

The cold moon of late autumn hangs high in the sky, and dark clouds flow like water in the dark sky.

Du Yu lay down in the bushes and carefully observed the simple camp built with wood by the small crescent-shaped lake at the foot of the mountain. The location of this camp was very good, and it fully utilized the higher soil slope of the lakeside dam to build the wooden camp. Outside the fence, a small river up to 2 meters wide flows through the camp, like a simple small castle.

From a higher position on the mountain, you can clearly see that hundreds of soldiers wearing light leather armor are sitting around the campfire, watching with interest two sturdy men fighting each other in the middle of the campfire, although they are using wooden long swords. , but the "clink" sound of the wooden swords can be clearly heard in the distance. It can be seen that the strength used by these two big men is as strong as a life and death fight.

One strong man finally hit the other strong man on the waist with the wooden sword in his hand, and then used the hilt of the wooden sword in his hand to hit the opponent who was bent over in pain with a backhand blow. , causing the surrounding soldiers to howl.

"Sir, this should be the Kaitoka family's army that attacked Lord Keslato. Look at the Eagle Beak family flag on the tent. It should be the vulture battle flag of the Kaitoka family." Statu was lying next to Du Yu Enke pointed to the fluttering military flag on the most luxurious large tent next to the campfire, and looked at the Kaitoka family's troops who were still howling excitedly in the distance with a cold face.

This time, Du Yu decided to personally lead 200 peasant recruits who had just finished training to ambush the Kaitoka family's army. This was strongly opposed by Statunko. Although these 200 peasants had undergone a month of hard training, they had to fight with the army. The Kaitoka family, known as the vultures on the battlefield, fights as a family, and the chance of winning is too small.

"Novices can't defeat the veterans of the Kaitoka family, let alone 13 orthodox knights who have experienced hundreds of battles." Statunko felt that his master must have gone to his head with passion, and he was actually planning to use 200 knights. Peasants went up against veterans of the battlefield who were led by knights.

"Veterans are also newcomers. They have never seen blood. No matter how well-trained they are, they are still newcomers. What about knights? Have you forgotten how you were cornered by the shield wall? You hope that the army you train will always be If they can't go to the battlefield, you hope they will always be the novices in other people's mouths! If you hope so, then what else are you training them for? Just be hacked to death by the enemy!"

The harsh words that came out of Du Yu's mouth left the tenacious Statunko speechless. His master will never let anyone guess what he is thinking. The army that formed this special attack method will never be extinguished. With his magic rocket like this, he would never be able to keep up with his master.

"Order everyone to get ready." Du Yu waved to Statunko next to him with a cold face. Everyone was trying to suppress their breathing. This was not a deliberate act by everyone. All the soldiers were new Ding, training to kill and actual killing are completely different things. Everyone was so nervous that they didn't dare to breathe.

This was also Du Yu's first battle. He was also a newcomer on the battlefield. Du Yu felt that his fingers holding the dagger were a little stiff due to excessive force.

The lush shrubs outside the camp provided good cover for Du Yu and the peasant soldiers. The entire army had already advanced in ambush to a distance of about 100 meters from the Kaitoka camp. Further forward was the range where the sentries could find it. Although most of the soldiers Everyone gathered around the campfire, but the sentinels could still be seen walking back and forth on the crudely built camp watchtower.

"Can you shoot down the sentry on the watchtower on the west side?" Du Yu turned to look at the hunter leader Krolisat who was following him. His shining eyes frightened Krolisat, who had always hunted in the mountains. After a jump, "These are simply the eyes of a beast"

Du Yu could already clearly see a simple stable set up in the upper left corner of the camp. Inside, there were more than a dozen war horses that were eating dry grass in the wooden trough. Those should be the horses of the 13 knights.

Du Yu shudders every time he thinks of Statunko's fluent and gorgeous knight-dagger skills performed in the castle square. If these orthodox knights, whose profession is killing, are allowed to ride on war horses, no matter how flawlessly their own warriors cooperate, More than half of these newcomers on the battlefield will definitely fall, which is why Du Yu chose to raid at night.

As long as these knights are unable to ride on their horses, no matter how powerful the knight is, he will be nothing more than an infantryman who is good at fighting. As long as he encounters well-trained shield wall tactics, he will definitely be forced to a dead end.

"Sir, the wind is too strong tonight. It is difficult to kill the sentry from such a long distance. Only if I can at least rush within 40 meters can I be sure to kill the sentry."

Crolisate looked at Du Yu and shook his head regretfully. He shot the moving sentry with an arrow from 50 meters away. This was still possible in a windless area, but this camp was arranged by the lake, and the wind blew from the open lake. The strong wind allows arrowheads to hit moving targets accurately.

"It will be easy if you can shoot down the sentry, Statunko. I will sneak in and kill the horses first. When the camp is in chaos, you will organize a shield formation of soldiers to attack." Du Yu ignored Statunko's hesitation and said He turned around and disappeared into the ink of the night, only to see a black figure quickly moving towards the camp.

Du Yu quickly slid forward against the turf, and then with a flick of his feet, he easily crossed the 2-meter-wide river outside the camp like a flying fish leaping out of the water. With a few small jumps, he had already reached the fence outside the camp. In addition, in the end, he actually used his hands to support his fat body, like a gecko lying in the corner, and easily climbed over the 3-meter-high wooden fence.

The idiot lord's agility stunned everyone. Even the hunter leader Krolisat, who always thought he was as light as a swallow and regarded the mountains and valleys as flat land, was completely convinced. "Is this guy still a human?"

Du Yu jumped over the 3-meter-high wooden fence and felt the soft ground under his feet. Because Du Yu's movements were too fast, he did not attract the attention of the sentinel. With the memory of his observations on the mountain just now, Du Yu easily found the stable where the war horses were locked up, but he found that he had missed an important problem.

"How to deal with these horses?" The vitality of horses is very strong. Unless the horse's head is chopped off with a knife, it is probably difficult to kill it directly with a knife. The fallen warhorse will definitely cause other warhorses to scream. Du Yu looked at the warhorses in the stable and fell into distress for a while. Several warhorses in the stable also looked at Du Yu, the uninvited guest, with bulging eyes. The sensitivity of animals is always much stronger than that of humans.

"Yes, set fire to the horses. These war horses will be frightened and will run around." Du Yu's eyes suddenly fixed on the torch on the stable pillar, then took the torch burning pine oil from the stable pillar, opened the wooden fence door of the stable, and set fire to the thatch on the roof of the stable.

The night wind by the lake was very strong, and the fire quickly spread to the entire stable. The hot flames immediately frightened the war horses and they tried to rush out of the fence. For a while, the sound of wind, fire, and the screams of frightened war horses mixed together.

Seeing such a big situation in the stable, the soldiers of the Kaitoka family who were surrounding the bonfire, led by several knights in chain mail, ran to the stable in a panic, but did not notice that the soldiers on the watchtower had been shot down by several cold arrows shot from the bushes outside the camp.

"What are you all daydreaming about? Waiting for the enemy to shoot you. Quick, get a few people over the fence and open the camp gate." Statunko was busy directing the rookies who had just entered the battlefield.

The sentinels had been dealt with by the hunters, but the rookies were still daydreaming under the fence, not knowing what to do after rushing under the fence. Statunko, who thought he was the commander, cursed angrily.

After hearing Statunko's words, the peasant soldiers, who were also flustered and excited, finally reacted. Several of the more agile ones began to climb up along the wooden fence. At this time, the camp gate opened from the inside with a "squeak", and Du Yu's fat figure appeared from the door.

"What are you still standing there for? Six people in a group, follow the training and form an assault formation! Remember, don't look back until the enemy is killed. Those who look back will be killed!" Du Yu saw the soldiers in a mess outside and cursed angrily. At this time, the soldiers of the Kaitoka family had already discovered the abnormality here. A knight led a dozen soldiers to the camp gate first. The peasant soldiers who were arranging their formations could even feel the bellows-like breathing of the soldiers of the Kaitoka family on the opposite side.

"Assault!" With Statuenko's shout, the front shield wall composed of 30 teams moved forward quickly, pressing towards the stunned enemy on the opposite side like a moving mountain in the dark night.

"Enemy attack! Enemies are rushing in!" The knights on the opposite side saw the black shadows of people in the dark night and immediately panicked. Although they had just discovered that someone was deliberately making trouble from the fire in the stable, they did not expect to encounter an enemy night attack. Someone actually dared to attack the Kaitoka family!

The knight's shrill shout attracted dozens of soldiers who were putting out the fire in the distance. Looking at the approaching shield wall, these veterans drew their weapons and calmly formed two straight lines. This is a very traditional formation of infantry in the field now, which is conducive to putting the attack power of each soldier in the front.

"Bang, bang!" The moving shield wall finally hit the Ketoka soldiers who were waiting for battle. The sound of weapons hitting shields was as continuous as the sound of drums. With the occasional "puff, puff" sound, more than a dozen Ketoka soldiers who were blocked by the shield wall quickly fell down. This inexplicable death shocked the Ketoka soldiers who rushed up from behind.

"Be careful, their daggers! These despicable bastards!" A knight retreated in grief and anger, shouting in pain. A dagger that had not been pulled out was stuck in his bloody waist. It seemed that the exquisite mail armor he was wearing had stuck the peasant soldier's dagger, so the knight who was "plotted" survived.

This shout made many soldiers who had been blocked by the shield wall retreat one after another, but more than half of them had already fallen down. According to the previous training, the shield wall had broken through the defense line of the Ketoka family and was closing in from both sides to the middle. Like dumplings with stuffing, the soldiers of the Ketoka family were surrounded in the middle.

"This is a massacre, a one-sided massacre." Statunko felt like he was going crazy. Judging from the soldiers who had just fought with him, they were all veterans who had been on the battlefield. Although they were attacked by superior enemies, they still calmly formed a defensive formation to resist, but all of this was vulnerable in front of this strange shield wall.

Statunko even saw the most cowardly peasant soldier among them close his eyes and put a soldier against his shield and stabbed him to death with a dagger.

"Surrender! Or die!" Du Yu waved his hand to stop the soldiers from attacking. There were only a dozen soldiers still resisting in the circular formation surrounded by the shield wall. There were only three knights wearing scale armor. This made Du Yu, who had been on guard against the knights' attacks, breathe a sigh of relief. "It seems that most of the knights are not in the camp."

"We surrender, we demand fair treatment, and our family will pay the ransom for us!" The three knights first threw down their weapons. There was no point in resisting any further, and the loyalty of the knights was also limited.

"Where is your Marquis Ketoka? Where is he?" Du Yu was very upset about not finding the enemy's lord in the camp. The lord is the big fish, and these small fish and shrimp are not worth much.

"He went to negotiate with Lord Keslato's castle with Captain Stori's guards." The prisoners' answer made Du Yu, who was confused, even more confused. What was going on? He was fighting with the enemy here, but his cheap father-in-law started negotiating with the enemy. The feeling of being deceived made Du Yu furious. "This old fox, let me see how I deal with you."

"Let's go, take these people away, pack up everything, and go to Lord Keslato's castle." Du Yu shouted to the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield around him.