Unknown Knight

More than 250 small incendiary oil tanks mean 250 fire points that cannot be extinguished by water. Even if the enemy knows that wet sand can extinguish the burning of incendiary oil, there are too many fire points and where can so much wet sand come from at once?

Even though the men under the command of the Lord of Humamu City had prepared enough wet sand, some places, such as tents, standing wooden walls, tall unfinished siege towers, and even people's bodies, were difficult to cover and extinguish with sand, and the fire soon reached an intensity that could not be extinguished.

At the same time, in order to increase the safety factor, the city lord Humamu, who considered himself to have high military literacy, enclosed all military supplies, personnel and horses in the camp protected by the walls and trenches, making the entire camp densely populated and crowded, which made it easier for the fire to spread.

The key point was that the attack of Aix's stone-throwing soldiers by throwing flaming oil cans was beyond the people of Berbera's understanding of the existing attack methods. It was an unexpected surprise attack. In addition, Aix was caught off guard and directly attacked the lord of Humamu, who was unable to respond.

Not only that, more than 400 long-range attack soldiers were already ready. After two rounds of flaming oil tanks were thrown out, when Aix discovered that some people in the enemy camp had already started to put out the fire, he gave an order and the long-range attack soldiers who had already arrived at the enemy camp in the dark at a distance of fifty or sixty meters launched an attack at the same time.

All of a sudden, arrows, stones, javelins, and flying axes rained down like rain and flew densely into the camp, which made the hastily organized enemy unable to concentrate on putting out the fire. Even if someone dared to risk his life to put out the fire, he was quickly nailed to death on the spot by the indiscriminate long-range attacks.

Seeing the fire burning the entire enemy camp like a furnace, some people were frightened and rushed out of the camp and fled in all directions without caring about anything. Aix knew that the time was ripe, so he did not wait outside the camp, but ordered the excited soldiers to charge into the enemy camp.

The army quickly broke into the enemy camp. Although there were only more than a thousand of them, they were basically veterans who had been on the battlefield and had received strict formation training in the territory. After rushing into the enemy camp, they were not in chaos at all, but formed an organized formation pattern, with bows and crossbows shooting from the back, shields defending in the front, spears responsible for attacking, and short blades guarding close by. The overall coordination was very good.

When they encountered enemies fleeing in all directions or surging in groups, they basically only needed one confrontation to beat the uncoordinated enemies into fleeing in panic.

Even if the enemy generals temporarily organized their troops to launch a counterattack, they were in a panic and eager to fight, with their armor loose and their helmets tilted. Some of them did not even have complete weapons. They were no match for the tightly-packed and skillfully coordinated soldiers of Standstill. They were quickly defeated and forced to fight back, where the crowding, pushing and even trampling occurred, causing even greater chaos.

Soon there was no more decent resistance in the camp where the fire was so intense that it made people's faces hurt. However, the army of Lord Humamu had nearly 5,000 people. Although they had lost their will to resist, their will to survive was still there. They worked together to push and demolish, and soon destroyed a side of the wall that was not burning, and then swarmed out like fish that had escaped a net.

There were about two thousand people, with the personal guards of the city lord Humamu as the core, who escorted him as he fled to the city of Berbera in a panic.

There were about fifty of these guards, fully equipped with armor and weapons. They were the only organized team in the entire camp. They were like magnets, attracting every defeated soldier they met along the way, and even aroused the bloodiness of some of the defeated soldiers, making them dare to counterattack the smaller team in the Standing Castle.

Seeing this, Aix hurriedly recalled the soldiers who wanted to pursue. Even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered, let alone this stray dog. Don't force it too hastily. Just send the elite Redemption Group to pursue. Most of them are surrendered soldiers from Berbera City. Not only are they familiar with the nearby road conditions, which is convenient for pursuit, but they also shout words of surrender in the local dialect while chasing, which is quite effective. For example:

"Those who surrender will not be killed, and there will be rewards anyway."

"It doesn't matter who you join the army with, you can just come here and share the land and food."

"Soldiers are not bachelors. They surrender here to find a wife."

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These words were simple, kind and deeply rooted in people's hearts. Soon some of the shaken soldiers knelt down on the side of the road, laid down their weapons and surrendered.

Moreover, there were more than 200 Bedouin cavalrymen maneuvering outside the camp. The order given to them by Aix was to intercept and capture the fleeing enemy troops, and they would certainly not let go of these Berbera soldiers.

The most important thing at the moment is to capture the fleeing soldiers in the camp and the surrounding areas. Although these fleeing soldiers were defeated, they still belong to the city of Berbera and the forces of the Lord of Humamu. If they cannot be killed or captured, once they escape back to Berbera, they will once again become the Lord of Humamu's hostile force against Aix.

In addition, if there is enough manpower, we must see if we can salvage some of the burning military supplies. With the account in mind, Aix knew that these supplies were much more precious than usual. If the same supplies were transported from Fort Standing, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources. No matter how much can be salvaged now, its value is double or even several times its original value.

By daybreak, after a night of strenuous firefighting, the fire in the camp had been basically extinguished. Only the embers were still emitting white smoke. The entire camp was filled with smoke and a pungent burnt smell was everywhere, which made people feel nauseous.

But the people who were still in the military camp were all smiling. Most of them were residents of Nico Town, as well as a small number of soldiers who were responsible for coordinating and leading the rescue efforts. Although they were all covered in smoke and fire, and some even had minor burns, including some with their eyebrows and hair burned off by the fireworks, they still couldn't contain their joy.

For everyone, especially the townspeople of Nico, this night was even happier than getting a good harvest in their own fields, because after a night of rescue, they not only harvested a lot of food, but also a lot of things like felt, tents, salt, money and treasures.

In addition to the need to hand over a portion of these materials and treasures, the prophet promised to distribute them to every household. This was like a reassurance for the townspeople who had just been allocated fields and houses but were still penniless. They were all thankful that they had reached the shore and followed the right person.

After some counting, more than 2,000 bags of edible food were rescued. As for miscellaneous supplies such as felt, tents, salt, etc., Aix simply did not count them. He distributed them all to the townspeople of Nico Town with a wave of his hand, and gained another wave of popularity amid everyone's cheers.