Chapter 50 Night Attack
After five days of trekking.

The outline of a city emerged in the distance, and this time the target finally appeared in everyone's sight.

Rhodes walked up the hill and looked at the characteristic northern city a thousand meters away.

Sarko Ice City is a city of the Rorosa people. It was built on the Dragon Ridge Icefield and is one of the most powerful forces in the nearby Wolf Chief Tribe.

He is also the most threatening enemy to Rhodes and other pioneering knights in this area.

Just like its name.

Its outermost wall, which is more than five meters high, is actually made up of large pieces of rubble with clay and straw stuffed in the middle.

Finally, it is poured into the cold environment of the North and frozen into a solid shape.

Under the sunlight, there is a clearly visible layer of ice on the surface of the wall, freezing the stones inside.

The city is divided into two cities, inner and outer cities.

From June to September every year, the temperature of the Dragon's Back Ice Field rises and the outer city walls melt and collapse.

During this period, the barbarians were busy hunting and grazing, and large-scale conflicts rarely occurred.

After September, when the temperature drops sharply, the ice wall of the outer city will be rebuilt.

When winter comes, small tribes around here gather their old and young who are not good at fighting here to take care of them in order to survive.

Then, with the Ice City as the core of the tribe, they launched a plundering war into the distance.

"Set up camp here!" Charlie stopped three kilometers away from Sarco Ice City and let the army set up camp there.

"Rest for a day, and we will attack the city tomorrow!"

He took out a silver spike from his arms, and his face returned to its previous confident look.

The cone is densely covered with complex runes, and a ruby ​​that burns like a flame is inlaid in the front.

Rhodes and the other Knights of the Round Table took a look at this thing.

This is the extraordinary item Charlie brought from the Mayfield family, and it is also the key to breaking into the city.

Because they were given enough power, the leading knights of each regiment were in a good mood.

They all stared at the ice city expectantly, considering it as their own.

"The boiling fire magic has reached the second level in intensity." Returning to his tent, Rhodes thought of the spike.

That thing is a blood artifact recorded in the records of the kingdom's nobility.

An extraordinary item that can only be used by people with the corresponding bloodline.

Rhodes was not surprised by this. The appearance of the afterimage of the North had already made him realize that this world was not simple.

There were actually quite a few inherited bloodline artifacts in his own sword mausoleum, but Rhodes was not qualified to touch them.

Inside Sarco Ice City
Compared to the relaxation of the alliance troops outside the city.

The leaders of the different wolf chief tribes here had terrible expressions on their faces after they gathered together.

The man in the wolf hat sitting in the first seat had a sullen look on his face. He could clearly feel the doubts and provocations from the people around him.

The previous ambush failed, and the outbreak of direct fighting dealt a heavy blow to the alliance army.

But in comparison, the Wolf Chief's soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

More than 500 of the more than 2,000 people in the ambush were killed, and many of the rest were seriously injured.

Many people fell to the ground and lost consciousness before they could return to the city.

These soldiers came from different tribes, and the man in the wolf cap, as the initiator, must take responsibility for their deaths.

"I know you have something against me, but now is not the time for infighting!"

The man in the wolf hat gritted his teeth and said, "Counting the 1,000 intact soldiers in the city, we still have a chance. Let's launch a surprise attack tonight!"

"Why do we have to take the initiative to attack?" Someone looked at him in confusion.

"The enemy is coming from within the kingdom. The weak ice wall can't stop them! We can't let those cavalry launch a charge."

The man in the wolf hat growled, clenching his hands suddenly, "I swear by the great wolf that I will bury them in the night!"

It was a moonless night. Rhodes was lying in the tent, about to close his eyes, when he suddenly received a message from his soul.

It was the ravens he had scattered around the tent that sounded the alarm.

Enemies are approaching in the dark night!
Rhodes quickly got up from the ground and confirmed the situation through the raven's perspective.

"Night attack? Is the leader of the wolf chiefs on the opposite side crazy?"

Rhodes was puzzled when he found that there were at least a thousand enemies attacking.

The visibility of the moonlight is extremely poor tonight, and the starry sky above is covered by dark clouds.

Walking in the night, it is no exaggeration to say that you can't see your hand in front of you.

This is the worst environment for a night battle, especially for the side that takes the initiative to launch a night attack.

Rhodes could see that the Wolf Chief's army below was obviously a temporary mix, lacking military qualities and having extremely poor command methods.

There was no moonlight, and I didn't dare to light a fire.

Just within his reconnaissance range, within a kilometer of the alliance camp, the Wolf Chief's army had lost more than two hundred people.

There were frequent accidents of trampling and falling down slopes inside, and it was extremely chaotic.

"With your military training, how can you have the guts to use such a high-end tactic as a night attack? Aren't you afraid that your own people will get into a fight in the dark first?"

Rhodes complained in his heart. He put on his armor and left the tent to inform his soldiers.

"gather!"

The horn sounded to meet the enemy, awakening the Sixth Divine Archery Battalion where he was.

Looking at the soldiers holding torches, running out in a hurry, and gathering towards the fence at the entrance of the camp.

At this moment, Rhodes suddenly realized a problem.

"Wait, where is the Third Scouting Regiment on patrol tonight? Why haven't we heard their bugle calls yet?"

Rhodes was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned his raven's gaze towards the tent of the Third Regiment.

It was pitch black there, and quiet at the moment.

Rhodes had no idea how the Knight Commander of the Third Regiment arranged the tasks.

But it was obvious that the team of serfs who were supposed to be on patrol were probably sleeping soundly now.

"I wonder how the other side dared to launch a night attack, considering the courage we gave them."

Rhodes was so angry that he laughed. He immediately asked his men to take the horn and run to notify other tents.

The sound of the horn to meet the enemy spread through the five tents, and the soldiers came out of their tents one by one with sleepy eyes.

Listening to the sound of the horn beside them, they looked at each other, standing there at a loss.

It seems that he doesn't understand the situation.

Let’s not talk about these serf soldiers for now.

What really gave Rhode a headache was that even the knights in the alliance looked a little confused after they came out.

"Come to think of it, in the war between the kingdom's nobles, the concept of night raids doesn't seem to exist." Rhodes suddenly realized this.

It seems that we can't blame them entirely, because all the wars fought within the kingdom were just wars, and they adhered to the gentleman's way.

To put it simply, the knights of each group formed their battle formations and then charged face to face.

The winning side will treat the prisoners well, and as long as the other party's family pays the ransom, the prisoners will be sent back as they are.

As for night attacks, cutting off food supplies, and poisoning, those things never happened!
At least among the prominent nobles, they would never use such a tactic that insults one's reputation.

This has directly led to the current situation, where the knights of the alliance lack the concept of night attacks.

It's not that we don't know the enemy will do this.

But they don’t know what to do after the enemy does it.

So after coming out, they were all stunned!
(End of this chapter)