Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

During the summer day of 1444, in the great forest at the border of Midlan and Yuda.

John was leading his troops through the woods. More than a month had passed since the review. Due to their outstanding performance, they were assigned to the reconnaissance unit. Every day, apart from gathering intelligence on the enemy, they had to travel long distances. Fortunately, the military pay was high enough and the morale of the troops was maintained very well.

"Come here, Boss, my family has a doctor, please give me some anthelmintic. Let me apply it on you."

"You should take out the good stuff first, right?"

"Isn't this just done, Baoling?"

After applying the medicine, John felt like a cooling oil and he didn't feel as hot anymore.

"How far is it to Yoda's next castle?"

“It’s only about 5 to 8 miles away.”

"I'm really impressed by the Yoda Empire. They set up bases in these places, and most of them are small bases to confuse the enemy. The reconnaissance troops have been completely eliminated."

"This is the last one. If we eliminate this one, this forest will probably be safe."

After walking for a while, everyone finally arrived at their destination, but the scene before them was beyond their imagination.

I saw a large flat area in the forest with a large camp on it. The camp was surrounded by a simple wooden wall and had defensive facilities such as chevaux de frise, trenches, and watchtowers. A bunch of tents were neatly arranged and soldiers patrolled from time to time.

"Boss, what should we do? This looks difficult to fight. Why don't we retreat first?"

"You think that the person who can build a camp like this must be very careful about his life. If he is careful about his life, he will probably run away when he encounters a stronger army than him."

"Boss, what do you mean?"

"Cheat him first"

"Go and prepare 1200 long wooden sticks and use the cloth and oil you brought to make torches. Then place 400 of them on the east, west, and south sides of the camp. Then set up traps near the camp and be ready to use flaming arrows at night."

At night, when the camp was quiet, suddenly, thousands of torches were lit on the east, west and south sides of the camp. Then, hundreds of incendiary arrows fell from the sky and set the tents on fire. The sleeping soldiers struggled to crawl out amid the shouts of the wounded soldiers and the smoke.

The camp officer who led 2000 people fled from the tent without even wearing armor. Looking at the burning camp around him, he immediately asked, "Where did the enemy launch the rockets from?"

Immediately, an adjutant said: "There are rocket attacks from the north. We suggest that you quickly gather the soldiers and retreat to the north."

The officer frowned, "This must be a conspiracy of the enemy. I know that there is a large force ambushing in the north. If we really retreat to the north, we will be wiped out. Everyone, listen to my command and break out to the south."

After hearing this, the soldiers had to advance southward under the rain of arrows. However, as soon as they reached the forest, they encountered many casualties due to various traps. So the troops turned to attack the east and west sides, but both failed.

When the troops regrouped, there were less than 1000 men left, which made the officers very distressed. Did the main force of Midland move north? Otherwise, why would so many people be mobilized to surround 2000 men? In the end, in order to survive, the officers and the troops had to flee north. After running a few miles, they realized that they had been tricked. When they returned, they found that the forest was full of torches and no one was there.

After this battle, John did not lose a single person, only slightly injured 18 people, killed 800 enemies, and captured 200. He returned to the base camp in a mighty manner. After receiving the bounty from the quartermaster, John returned to the tent.

According to the current battle situation, the main force of the Yoda Empire is in the southeastern Doldore Castle war zone. The north is mainly guarded by regular troops and mercenaries, and the north is mostly forested and mountainous, so the cavalry regiment can't play a big role there, so it can only be sent to the southern plain map to fight.

"The king's order is to harass the enemy forces entrenched in the northeast of the kingdom by the Consel Corps in the north, and to prevent the Yoda Corps from moving south and encircling the main force of Midland with the enemy forces in the south. So the entire corps has been eradicating the Yoda strongholds in the forest and further entering the border of the Yoda Empire to distract the attention of the Yoda army in the south."

While John was fishing, the tent was opened by a soldier.

"Sir John, General Conseil has called together all the reconnaissance troops."

"Haven't we already cleared most of the forest? How come there's more work?"

John then came to the meeting tent, where he found several of his colleagues from the reconnaissance unit there. Later, several officers came in, all from the reconnaissance unit.

When everyone was present, General Conseil said, "Everyone, the plan has changed. As the Yoda Empire is attacking rapidly in the south, my troops must immediately go south to support them until the Western King's troops arrive in person. However, the forest still needs to be guarded. Now, find a knowledgeable person among you to manage the forest on my behalf. I will provide all the help except for the troops."

Although John was quite surprised, he was more delighted. As a fishmonger in Jinghai said, "The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish." Although guarding the forest is a tough job, firstly, the main force of the enemy is in the south, and there are relatively fewer troops in the north, so the mortality rate is not that high. Secondly, this forest was basically the territory of Midland before, but Midland basically never managed it, and the same was true when it came to Yoda. He just built a few strongholds, which was the best place to build up a force.

"General, please let my troops complete this mission," John immediately volunteered to General Conseil.

General Conseil originally thought that no one was willing to do the job, so he was ready to assign someone. But when he saw John, who was very active in the army, took the initiative, he was very happy and immediately waved his hand, "Tell me how much gold coins, supplies, or weapons you want, I can satisfy you."

John thought to himself that since you are so generous, I will not be polite, so he immediately replied: "I need a map of this forest and the distribution of various mineral resources in the forest, and then give me 500 gold coins to recruit people from the rear, as well as equipment for 1000 people and rations for 1000 people for three months."

"Damn, this guy is really good at making things!" Conseil didn't expect that he would want so much, but it was not a difficult task. He immediately took the quartermaster to get the supplies and maps.

"Ding Dong, territory obtained, Forest Territory (no official name, named after the local vegetation)"

"Recruitment template is open"

"Territory template is enabled"

John was happy because he finally had his own territory, although it was only temporary. But as long as he made achievements, he would be given a territory according to the king's character of appointing people according to their abilities. He even did not despise Griffith, who was born in a commoner family, so someone like him who was capable and a descendant of aristocracy would definitely do the same.

So, our forest guerrilla commander John officially took office.