THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 306: AMBUSH
The Mongol cavalry fired arrows and killed thousands of enemy infantry before retreating as hundreds of thousands of troops behind them tried to help. When the Mongol cavalry retreated too late, they would have died under the siege of hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers.
Ferta looked towards the retreating Mongol Cavalry before smiling "Is this someone nicknamed the Victory Duke? There was nothing great about the strategy or capability of his troops, he just split his army into 2 to distract us. But he underestimated us, of course we will realize his troops are reduced by half. Wait, maybe not the too weak Duke of Victory. Since he decided to challenge us, he would have been outnumbered by either the number of troops or the strength. Therefore, no matter how intelligent one was, in front of the greater powers, they could not think of any plan".
As Ferta smiled confidently, she continued to observe Myro's troops and muttered "Based on their clothes, did the Victory Duke bring his Victory Army? I heard that the Victory Squad is an elite army, but their aura is not very great, it seems I expected too much on the Victory Duke".
Ferta shook her head. According to his observations, the Victory Squad that Myro brought did not have the aura of an elite army.
The reason Ferta believed the troops Myro was carrying were the Victory Army was through their clothing.
As a special force formed by King Azeroth V for Myro, the Victory Army certainly had special armor that could not be used by the army of nobles or other generals. So, the Victory Team was very easy to spot.
Seeing Myro's troops not planning to move, Ferta shook her head and returned to the main tent.
He was disappointed, even though Ferta heard about the greatness of Duke Victory from many people so he thought he could do a great fight against Myro.
But it turned out that Myro was not as great as he had imagined, even weaker than the War Duke.
It seemed that Myro was indeed great for young people his age, but compared to those who had been on the battlefield for decades, Myro was nothing at all.
On the other hand, Falka brought 10,000 Mongol Cavalry troops to Myro "Master, the enemy forces have been divided, it seems that General Sordas is leading the enemy forces towards Largan City".
Myro nodded "Everything went as expected. Falka, let these 100,000 people rest, if they stand for too long, the enemy may realize something is wrong".
Falka agreed to Myro's words so that he allowed the Victory Army and the rest of Myro's army to rest.
Myro gazed in the direction where Sordas and his army left before smiling "I finished doing my job of attracting the enemy, now you are the one who decides the victor and loses this battle".
The next day, Ferta and her 150,000 troops were shocked by a news they received early in the morning that Myro's troops had retreated secretly last night.
Their movements were quite cautious and the dark night left Ferta's forces unaware of Myro's departure.
Looking at the Myro troops that were no longer in place, Ferta's face changed.
Now he understood the reason why Myro came here, why his army was reduced by half, why did Myro retreat last night and why the Victory Force known as the elite army of Myro did not have the aura of frightening like other elite forces. The purpose of Myro, Falka and the 10,000 Mongol Cavalry came here, only to distract them from the 100,000 troops Myro was carrying.
Ferta realized she had fallen into Myro's trap so she shouted "Set up the whole army! We're leaving for Largan City to help Sordas!".
Although confused why their general suddenly panicked, but all the troops just nodded and followed the task given by Ferta.
As everyone began to prepare, Ferta said worriedly "I know it's too late now, but I hope I'm not too late and can still help Sordas! Sordas, I hope you don't make a mistake and can retreat in time!".
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Yesterday night, Sordas continued to move quickly with his troops towards Largan City.
A soldier behind Sordas approaches "General, we should probably reduce our speed and let the troops rest! Although our cavalry troops are not exhausted, the infantry have no energy! If it continues like this, the infantry cannot keep up with the cavalry!".
But Sordas immediately thought of the City of Largan. Most likely the enemy has attacked Largan City since 2 days ago, if they are late, Largan City may fall.
So Sordas shouted "We must not slow down, all the troops are advancing! You can rest after arriving in Largan City! If anyone is too tired to run, you can rest first and go to Largan City when you finish eliminating your fatigue. But for those who still have energy, then continue to advance towards Largan City! Don't give the enemy a chance to take the city first".
"Okay, general!", shouted the troops as they gnashed their teeth.
2 Hours later, Sordas stayed another 5 kilometers from Largan City.
But 10,000 infantrymen were left behind while another 90,000 infantrymen were seen sweating a lot even though they kept running.
Even the horses the cavalry wore showed signs of exhaustion, but considering they had almost reached Largan City, Sordas did not think much about it.
Although his army was exhausted, as long as he attacked from behind and the Largan City troops attacked from the front, the enemy forces would definitely be defeated.
Not to mention the enemy troops must be tired after attacking Largan City for 2 days, in the end Sordas was sure to win.
As the walls of Largan City began to be seen from a distance on a dark enough night, a shout surprised Largan "All the attacking forces!".
Under the darkness of the night, thousands of torches began to appear that made Sordas frightened because he found hundreds of thousands of troops behind the torch.
A man of considerable age led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Sordas and his army.
No matter how stupid Sordas was, he understood this army was coming to ambush them. More precisely, this army must have been waiting here from earlier in order to successfully ambush the Sordas army.
"All the troops, defensive formations!", cried Sordas.
His army was exhausted so it was impossible to escape, so Sordas could only make the troops defend.
As the Sordas army was planning to set up a defensive formation, a shouting sound rang out from behind Sordas "Report to the general, there are many enemies attacking from behind us! We're surrounded on 2 sides!".
"What's? Wh who? The troops where are they from? In front of us there are at least 100,000 troops, where do the troops behind us come from?", cried Sordas confused.
At first he thought the 100,000 troops attacking from the front might be a trap from Myro's forces. As long as his 140,000 troops fought cautiously, they could still win.
But there were many other troops who surrounded them from behind, with the exhausted Sordas army as well as the surprise attack of the enemy which left his troops unprepared, the Sordas army was definitely difficult to win.
The problem is that Sordas does not understand, 100,000 Myro troops are facing Ferta while 100,000 other troops attack from their front. If not Myro, then who really attacked them?
The soldier who reported hesitated for a moment and replied "General, I don't know because they only wear black armor without any emblem indicating their origin. But I know the leader of their squad-".
"Who? Who is leading the enemy army?", asked Sordas curiously.
The soldier immediately replied "Although it is covered in the darkness of the night, but I can see his face slightly through the enemy torch! The leader of the enemy should be Retya, the general under the Duke of Victory. Then the aura of the troops behind him is not inferior to our elite troops, therefore they should be Victory Forces led by Retya".
"No way!", cried Sordas in disbelief "The Victory Army should be with Myro against Ferta! Even if they tried to chase after me, the Victory Army was an infantry force, they could not possibly chase the cavalry. How can the Victory Army be here from where Myro is?".