Chapter 308: Attacking the Camp
Since the return of Novigrad, only Kolgrim of the Serpent sect has been with Lann. As the leader of the sect, Letho, Oaks, and Seret have stayed in Sint. pull.
The Order of Witchers will be re-established in Cintra, and the Serpent School is the first witcher school to join Lan's camp. If he does not use this advantage to revitalize the Serpent School to the greatest extent, Leitho would be stupid.
You know, in the original history, Leisuo could be said to be the most proactive demon hunter among various schools to seek the revival of the school. For this reason, he even once accepted the employment of Emperor Emhyr and assassinated King Demavi III of Aedirn and King Foltest of Temeria.
At this moment, Leitho looked at Cintra, which was waiting for something to happen, and at a group of Cintra citizens who had an innate affection for the witcher because of Lan's existence. He realized that this might be the best opportunity for the witcher group to turn around since the birth of the witcher.
He wants to participate in the rejuvenation process of this country as the leader of the Snake School.
Anyway, this is not the first time that a snake school demon hunter has changed his profession. After counting his own strength and specialties, Reso decisively reported the idea of forming a guerrilla force to Mossak and Visekid, and received strong support.
The scale of the guerrillas at the beginning was still very small. Leiso himself served as the commander, and Oaks and Seret served as the squad leaders. Each demon hunter only led a team of about a hundred people. Later, after the Wolf School joined in, the guerrillas The number of people gradually expanded to a thousand people.
Usually the guerrillas are dispersed into various units to fight, mainly attacking and killing the logistics teams of Nilfgaard, or intercepting and killing patrols and reconnaissance teams; when they find a lone hundred-man squad or a small company, each unit Guerrilla detachments can also gather together to organize battles.
It was strange that the army group stationed in Cintra did not have the vigor of Nilfgaard in the past to conquer the south and command the army in the north. Leisuo and the others fought very smoothly.
Especially after Skellig's fleet arrived and opened up waterways, Leitho and others' mobility became even stronger.
After a period of time, Nilfgaard no longer had small troops stationed outside. Instead, units of battalions and divisions were gathered in several large towns and fortresses.
Leisuo therefore got into a stalemate with them.
Until now, Lann has returned, bringing back another force and issuing an order for all-out war.
Kolgrim and Geralt also joined the guerrillas. At the same time, Kevir's mercenaries also greatly replenished the supply of troops, which allowed Letho to free up his hands.
The current location of Reso and the others is Hauchebuz, which is located to the north of central Sintra and is the granary of the Nilfgaardian army. However, with the counterattack of Sintra, this granary has become too close to the front line. Coupled with harassment from time to time, it is currently planning a strategic shift.
In order to prevent the grain transport team from being attacked by surprise, Duke Werther sent a force to the front line to temporarily restrain the forces of Cintra and Skellige. At the same time, he sent out reconnaissance troops regardless of losses to prevent enemy penetration.
In the end, the Western Group Army sent another 5,000 people to join Hauchebuz to supplement the guard strength of the food team, which was considered foolproof.
In this case, the only ones who can penetrate into the vicinity are the guerrillas.
And even though the guerrillas were led by demon hunters, and even Yennefer left the town manor to help out for Geralt's sake, it was still difficult for the guerrillas to deal with enemies several times their size.
Therefore, they need to use more clever methods to achieve their combat goals.
Fortunately, the Western Army seems to have no help from the Warlock troops, otherwise Leisuo and the others would have no choice but to continue hiding in the jungle.
...
Geralt went through the battle plan again in his mind, and suddenly became curious: "What kind of poison did Kogrim poison the Nilfgaardians? He poisoned the upper reaches of the water source, and Lan asked not to destroy it. The ecology of Cintra. In order to poison as many Nilfgaardians as possible, it took so many days to use chronic poison." "
And how did you just judge the depth of poisoning from their faces? Before Is the accumulated medicinal effect really going to explode tonight?"
Lei Suo lowered his head and organized his words: "The Snake Sect has been studying alchemical poisons for hundreds of years, and they can always find something that can be used in the corresponding situation. But there are Lan En's financial support, this amount of medicine for nearly 10,000 people...can't even empty out the Snake Sect in its heyday." "
And strictly speaking, this is not a poison, but it can make people lose their temper temporarily. Special herbs with combat power. Potent poisons are generally very volatile, and it is difficult to include so many enemies at once." "Herbalism is
very complicated... If you want to learn it, we can do it later. Let’s talk, we will all be in the same cult from now on.”
After answering Geralt’s question, Letso turned to Yennefer.
"Can you use magic to change the weather tonight? I hope it can be darker to facilitate raids." The
sorceress was not as easy to talk to as the white wolf, so she gave the snake sect witcher a blank look: "I am a sorcerer , not a druid."
Lei Suo was annoyed and looked up at the setting sun and the dense clouds in the sky.
"Forget it...that's enough."
"White Wolf, go back and bring your own team, and contact Lambert. After tonight, the situation in Cintra will be rewritten because of us."
— —Hauchebuz
, Nilfgaardian camp.
Major Mopka tallies the battalion's statistics in the quartermaster's report.
After a long time, he took a long breath.
"You're doing a good job. We will continue to strengthen our vigilance tonight, and we will not relax for a moment before arriving at Ortaga Fortress."
Major Mopka was the reinforcement commander sent by Duke Werther. He immediately took over the logistics force after his arrival. power of command.
Even though he knew that Duke Werther had made great inclinations in frontline tactics in order to protect the logistics team and attracted most of the enemy's attention, he still did not dare to relax.
A battle that was widely known in Cintra once broke out in Hauchebuz, one of Queen Calanthe's famous battles. More than three thousand soldiers are buried here, which was a large number for Sintra at that time.
For the people of Sintra, this is a place that represents "victory" and even a bit of faith.
If it were a year ago, Major Mopka would have just sneered at this, but after being stationed in Sintra for more than a year, after continuing to feel the changes in Sintra and the Western Army, Major Mopka in Hao Chebuz just felt the need to be careful at all times.
"The sun is up."
Major Mopka said silently in his mind.
However, the sun had already set, and it was difficult for the baggage troops to travel at night, so they could only light the torches again.
As if he thought the light of the flame was the sun, Duke Werther stared at the fire in a daze for a long time.
Suddenly, he felt that the flame seemed to form a vortex, constantly attracting and swallowing his nerves. The high temperature burned his brain through the air, making every nerve weak. It was like drinking wine all night at a banquet, and the whole person began to become trance-like.
"wrong!"
Major Mopka suddenly woke up due to his superb tactical skills. He looked at the guards around him. It was obvious that these people had rested during the day to change shifts, but at this moment, each of them was walking hastily, as if they had not slept for three days while guarding the city.
This was a situation that had never happened in the past few days, but tonight, just like me, they all had this situation!
"All alert!"
Major Mopka opened his voice and shouted without thinking too much as a conditioned reflex.
However, at the same moment, a shrill sound came from the edge of the camp accompanied by the sound of a horn.
"—Enemy—attack!"
...
On the edge of the camp, at the border with the forest, a pair of amber eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness, as if a predator that had been lying in wait for a long time had finally waited for its opportunity.
Another string of shadows flickered from behind the amber eyes, and they were out of the forest in an instant.
At this moment, the sentries on the edge of Nilfgaard were shaky, and they could not even see clearly who were coming in the dark night, and whether there were any.
"Whoosh whoosh-" It
wasn't until the first wave of arrow rain came that the severe pain barely brought back the consciousness of the black-clothed army. They used their almost sore arms to draw back the bow strings and fight back, while shouting to remind the middle camp.
"It's the Cintra guerrillas!"
Then their voices were forced back into their throats by the arrows.
Immediately afterwards, the vertical pupil that had almost become a nightmare for the Western Army pulled out an amber trajectory in mid-air and quickly approached theirs.
[Quen's Seal]
first applied a layer of magic defense to himself, and Lambert took the lead and rushed into the enemy's sight.
The bows and arrows flew toward him crookedly from the depths of the Nilfgaardian camp. They were weak and weak. Even after he rushed into the enemy camp, he did not receive any decent attack.
"The sun disk is up!"
Seeing Lambert rushing forward, a black-clothed soldier immediately came towards him with a spear. They were obviously an inch longer and an inch stronger, but these soldiers were running crookedly at the moment. Lambert easily used the wolf-head steel sword to block the enemy's attack, and rushed to the enemy in a few steps.
"It's night now, and your sun can't shine on you."
Lambert smiled ferociously: "But I can."
He raised his hand, the white light was bright, and the ether element penetrated into the other person's brain without reservation.
[Axxi Sign·Puppet Master]
The sign strengthened by Kaer Morhen's elemental ring suddenly restored part of the strength of the originally crooked Nilfgaardian, and then decisively turned around and brandished the spear under the influence of hypnosis. He rushed into his own camp, causing the Nilfgaardians to panic. In the panic, several of them were killed by their comrades.
Although the Nilfgaardians quickly reacted and killed the poor hypnotized soldiers, all the attention around the sentry was attracted by Lambert and his hypnotized soldiers.
Hundreds of guerrillas led by Lambert took this opportunity to successfully break through the defense line. They did not swing their swords to kill or continue to rush in, but took out alchemy bombs and threw them around.
Suddenly there was an endless sound of "boom" explosions. Fires continued to explode in the darkness, and then a large number of tents were set alight.
Of course, screams are inevitable. In terms of mass killing, this is much better than any sword.
"It's great!" Seeing so many alchemy bombs exploding together, the demon hunter, who had been living a tight life, felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.
If he wanted to use these hundred or so men to achieve results, he would have to spend money if he didn't want to waste human lives. Fortunately, Lan En's family background from the Mirror Master was really solid.
"I suddenly understand a little bit about the Snake Faction and the Cat Faction." Lambert couldn't help but murmur to himself, "This is indeed much more interesting than hunting monsters..." However, although this
attack was massive, the total attack casualties were also high. It's only at the level of a hundred people, maybe less than that, and it's just a drop in the bucket compared to a large camp of ten thousand people.
Fortunately, Lambert did not come with the purpose of killing, and his mission has been completed.
Feeling that a steady stream of Nilfgaardians were attracted by his movements nearby, and that the Chinese army's camp was also aware of their presence, Lambert decisively gathered the guerrillas.
"Retreat!"
After the fight, run away! There was no chance for the Nilfgaardians to react!
...
"How many enemies are there and from which direction are they coming?"
At the critical moment, Major Mopka was also a ruthless person. He knew that if he failed to save the logistics troops, he would definitely die, even if he escaped back to Nilfgaard.
He put the dagger back into its scabbard, and gurgling blood flowed down his arm, forcing him to squeeze out some strength.
At the same time, Mopuka was still shouting to one side: "Where is the quartermaster? Let him take out all the detoxification and refreshing herbs! No matter what kind they are, send them first!" The loud roar even made
Mopu Ka was short of oxygen for a short time and almost fell to the ground when he felt dizzy.
Fortunately, at this time, a messenger came over and reported to him:
"Major, the enemy is Sintra's guerrillas. They are everywhere..."
"What do you mean everywhere! In which directions? Are we surrounded? ? How many people are there in the guerrillas? Why do they surround us?!"
The messenger was scolded all over his face, and he quickly collected himself and reorganized his words:
"There are guerrillas attacking our camp from the east, south, and northwest at the same time, but their number There are very few of them, only a few hundred... no, maybe only a hundred. There is no way to break through."
Mopka punched his head twice and sneered: "The guerrillas are seeking death when they attack our camp. Blow the trumpet and give the order. There is still room in the Qi camp to organize a counterattack, and try to capture as many guerrillas as possible and come back for interrogation..." "
Wait!" Before he could finish speaking, Major Mopka suddenly overruled himself, and several pieces of information flashed in his brain. Patchwork: Inexplicable poison, a hundred-man guerrillas dared to attack a camp of ten thousand people, and all of them fled as soon as they touched it.
How many people can be killed in this way? Even if the people of Cintra have a strong personality, they are definitely not crazy.
"Blow the trumpet and tell everyone to prepare for war. Don't act rashly! The people of Cintra definitely received support from someone who doesn't know where they came from. These guerrillas of a hundred people just want to cause us chaos. Strengthen the defense around the food and grass. After a while Some of their people will definitely launch a general attack..."
With a "boom", there was a far more violent explosion than the previous guerrilla attack.
This was definitely enough to tear a gap in the position, but Major Mopka was not surprised but delighted: "We are actually launching a general attack now, are you so impatient?" "
Blow the trumpet to make the most extended people retreat, and move those The Cintra people are attracted. Push all the people on the other side who are able to move forward, and eat up all the support from the Cintra people!" "
Yes!"
...
Just now a movement involving a thousand people broke out. At that place, Geralt gathered his guerrilla force, which was no more than a hundred people.
Sensing the movements of the Nilfgaardians around him, Geralt was a little unclear as to what the enemy general was thinking. But the task of attracting the enemy's main force to create opportunities for teammates should be completed.
"Throw all the bombs in your hand and retreat!"
Geralt was already very accustomed to this bomb strategy.
After giving the order to the deputy of the guerrillas, Geralt then turned and walked towards Yennefer.
Behind him, the sorceress raised her hands high, and the violent chaotic energy made the wolf head badge on Geralt's chest beat.
(End of chapter)