Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

"After crossing the hill over there, it will be about an hour's journey to Charlie and the others." John calculated the time with his pocket watch.

Just now, he saw from the strategic map that Yoda's troops had suffered a defeat under the pincer attack from Charlie and Hank. Now Yoda's troops were rushing towards the heart of West Balden. If his calculations were correct, he would soon meet Yoda's troops.

"Tell the soldiers to prepare for battle, check their weapons, and advance in battle formation after crossing the hill." John gave the order because he saw a Yoda's force moving towards him.

"Report! There is a Yoda cavalry team ahead, with about a thousand people, and they are staying on the plain not far outside the hill!" reported the reconnaissance cavalry.

"Everyone listen up! The cavalry will follow me across the hill first, and the other infantry will form a defensive formation at the entrance of the hill. Stephen, get your cannons ready." After John said this, he led the cavalry out of the hill.

"What?" General Adam didn't expect that there was an enemy ambush here, so he raised the danger level of the enemy general to a higher level and quickly ordered the cavalry to retreat.

"Hey? Why did they run away?" John had just led his cavalry to harass the enemy cavalry to buy time for the troops behind to set up their formation, but Yoda's troops ran away. John didn't know if the enemy was playing a trick. To be safe, John first sent someone to find Charlie Hank and his men to inquire about the specific situation. Then he led his troops to continue the pursuit.

General Adam led his men to run for a while. As they had not eaten for a long time, and had been running around for a long time and were constantly tense, they were exhausted and basically had no strength left.

"General, look, there is a village over there. We can go there to get some food and water." The sharp-eyed subordinates suddenly saw several houses appearing on the distant horizon.

"Yoshi, brothers, cheer up. When we get to the village, we will have a big meal first, and then continue on our way. We can rob some money by the way." Adam waved his hand. Anyway, this place is not mine. I don't care how those villagers live after we robbed them. Let's get started!

This village was originally an ordinary native Balden village. After being occupied by John, a steady stream of system villagers moved in to live here and soon became one with the locals. Then, with the efforts of all the villagers, the entire village expanded several times. A wooden wall that could block wild beasts and accommodate people was built, as well as several watchtowers. The amount of land that could be cultivated also increased a lot. A militia was also trained in the village to protect the safety of the village.

"Huh..." A militiaman was sleeping on the lookout tower. Another militiaman saw him and went up to wake him up.

"Hey, the war here hasn't ended yet. What if Yoda's troops come here?" said another militiaman.

"It's not as troublesome as you think. I've heard that the Midland army has already crossed the river to fight. If they want to fight, they will start first. It's none of our business," said the militiaman who had just fallen asleep indifferently.

"Hey, what if...what's that noise?" Suddenly, there was a loud vibration in the distance. The militiamen heard it and followed the source to see what the noise was, but they couldn't see clearly, so they found the militia captain.

The militia captain used the only telescope in the village to observe there and saw a group of cavalrymen in black armor rushing here. So after a few seconds of memory, his brain quickly shouted: "Sweet, it's Yoda's cavalry, quickly ring the bell to let the villagers enter the village!"

The sound of the bell echoed in the village and spread to the fields. When the busy farmers in the fields heard it, they quickly put down their work and rushed to the village. At the same time, the militia in the village climbed up the wooden wall, and other farmers helped the villagers carry the city defense equipment under the wooden wall.

By the time Adam and his men reached the village, the gate had already been closed. Adam had no way to attack the city and could only yell outside the city wall: "You bunch of lowly people, open the gate quickly, or I will massacre your village!" However, in response, an arrow shot right in front of his horse, scaring Adam and his men and forcing them to retreat quickly.

"You, ride your horse out from the back and go to the nearby villages to call for help." The village chief asked a villager who was good at horse riding to go to other villages to call for help, and the rest of the villagers stayed in the village to observe the enemy's next move.

Adam was still very angry, so he said to his subordinates: "Look and see if there is anything to eat. Destroy the crops outside their village and don't let them support Midland. This is the tactic of scorching the walls and clearing the fields that has been passed down in my family for hundreds of years!" Even at this time, Adam did not forget to brag about his family's tactics.

"Hey, General, there are melons!" A subordinate discovered a melon field full of melons. This kind of melon is probably similar to watermelon. It is grown in Balden and Midland and is one of the most basic melon varieties of farmers.

When the other soldiers heard this, they also rushed to the melon field, and some of them even dismounted to steal melons from the field.

"Hey! Don't touch that melon!" a villager on the city wall shouted after seeing it.

"Hmph! I'm going to eat your melon, and then I'll step on all of it when I'm full!" After Adam took the melon handed over by his subordinates, he didn't listen to the villagers' dissuasion, but directly broke the melon open and started to eat it.

"That melon...it's not ripe!" the villagers shouted.

"Ugh!" Adam took a bite, and the sour taste irritated his nerves, making him spit out the melon quickly. Then he threw the rest of the melon away, drew his sword and said to the villagers on the wall: "You are just looking for trouble, aren't you? Are you looking for trouble?"

"That's what I wanted to say, but you didn't listen and you blame me?" The villagers continued to shout at him.

Adam saw that the watermelon was inedible so he went looking for something else to eat. Then he took his soldiers to dig up all the crops planted by the villagers.

Just as they were trying to destroy, reinforcements from other villages arrived. Thousands of villagers came from all directions, holding spears, shields, swords and other weapons, as well as some bows and crossbows, and surrounded Yoda's troops who were wreaking havoc in the fields.

When Adam saw this, he was shocked and quickly took the cavalry and rode away on horseback. They ran away, but the cavalry who were working hard in the fields suffered a miserable fate. They had no weapons in their hands, and some of them were killed or injured by the villagers' bows and crossbows. The rest were then beaten by the villagers. Although the fighting power of these cavalry was much higher than that of the villagers, most of them fought in a state of hunger and fatigue. In addition, the villagers were numerous and powerful, so often a Yoda soldier would injure a villager, and several other villagers would directly stab him to death with spears, and then quickly drag the wounded down and hand them over to the doctor for treatment.

The villagers learned their lesson in the end. They pointed spears at Yoda's soldiers and surrounded them in a wheat field. If anyone came out, they would stab him together. This created a brief balance between the villagers and Yoda's soldiers. During this time, the villagers surrounded the area with various things and built fortifications to prevent a large number of enemy troops from breaking through.

Seeing that the enemy had not made any movement for a long time, a villager suggested: "Let's use fire to burn them out!" This method was unanimously agreed by everyone, so next, the villagers used the damaged crop stalks to start a fire, preparing to force them out with fire.

The Yoda soldiers inside heard this and became more and more afraid. They were so tired, sleepy, thirsty and hungry that they could not hold on any longer. So they quickly said, "We surrender. Don't set fire!"

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Adam led the remnants of his soldiers, not knowing where to go. He thought about finding a village to get some food first. He knew it would be better to fight the Midland army in the east. At least they would have meat for every meal. Now he didn't even know if he would have food to eat.

As he walked, Adam saw a troop. Their armor was black, and the cavalry led by them were also wearing black armor. General Adam, who was almost fainting from hunger, thought they were his own troops. He didn't care whether they were friendly or enemy troops, so he shouted to them: "Which noble of Yoda are you from? I am Adam. Hurry and give me something to eat."

The troops in the distance heard this and quickly surrounded Adam's troops in a circle. Adam ignored them and continued to say weakly: "Hurry up and give me food. I'm starving."

At this time, the leading knight said: "We are the troops directly under the Forest Governor of Midland, raise your hands!"