Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

The sound of horns continued to echo throughout the village, and all the bandits came out in full force, picked up their weapons and ran out of the houses cursing, ready to see which blind guy was looking for trouble.

Then, in the afterglow of the setting sun, there were gusts of dust on the distant horizon, with bright lights flashing from time to time. That was the reflection of the armor of John's troops under the setting sun.

"Everyone, form a gun formation. These cavalrymen are afraid of long spears. As long as we block the entrances to the village with long spears, their cavalry won't be able to get in." Based on the experience he had accumulated from his previous military service, the bandit leader quickly ordered the bandits to form a gun formation at all entrances and exits of the village, while at the same time leading some long-range weapons to be ready to shoot the cavalry at any time.

"Stop!" The leading cavalryman stopped immediately after seeing this, and then formed a battle formation as if waiting for something.

"Why did it stop?" asked John, who was in the middle of the army.

"Sir, these people have formed a gun formation. I'm afraid there may be greater casualties. Let's let the long-range troops shoot first." said the leading knight captain.

"It's a good time to test out the new weapons. Ask the artillery to bring out the rocket carts and organ guns," John ordered.

The artillerymen behind quickly drove the horses to pull out the wheeled organ cannon and rocket cart. After the modification, all of John's cannons were replaced with wheels, which reduced manpower and could be transported by horses or cows.

"Dismantle!" Stephen ordered, and the artillerymen quickly followed the order to dismantle the connection between the carriage and the cannon, and then pushed the cannon forward by manpower.

"Load!" The artillerymen quickly loaded ammunition, but because the two weapons had different operations, the time required was also different.

"Let the organ cannon fire first," John ordered.

"Fire!" Stephen ordered, then covered his ears.

"What are they doing?"

The bandits who were waiting in the village for the soldiers to attack had no idea what these people were doing.

"Boom!" As the first shell was fired, the bandit leader shouted:

"This is a cannon. Get down, get down quickly."

But it was too late. The first shell had hit a bandit, creating a bloody splash in the crowd. The subsequent shells followed one after another and successfully hit the group of bandits. In an instant, a group of bandits that were ready to go were beaten to pieces, and various human bodies mixed with blood were scattered everywhere.

"Retreat! Retreat!" The bandit leader shouted that something was wrong and quickly ordered his men to retreat and find cover to block the attack of the artillery shells.

"Well, it works well." John said, and then ordered:

"Rocket car, launch!"

"Ignite!" Stephen gave the order to the artillery operating the rocket vehicle to ignite.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

With the sound of fireworks, bunches of rockets flew into the sky and landed accurately in the village. Some of them directly hit the thatch and caused a big fire. The fire quickly spread to the whole village, and thick smoke billowed for a while.

"There's a fire, we have to put it out quickly." As the smoke gradually spread, more and more bandits couldn't stand it anymore and ran out of the village, and their formation collapsed.

"Sir, shall we rush in?" said the Knight Commander.

"Why are you charging? You're not afraid of the smoke, right? Did you see those who escaped? Catch them. Those who can escape must have escaped. Those who can't escape are most likely choked to death or burned to death. Find a few living ones so I can ask them for some information about the deployment of troops here."

"Understood, knights charge!" Following the order from the Knight Commander, the knights rushed out like wolves, and then divided into several small teams to surround the bandits who escaped from inside.

"Don't come over here!"

Some bandits, seeing that they could not escape, stood still and prepared to chop down the horses to stop the cavalry. However, when they got closer, they saw that the horses were equipped with such thick armor, and then the cavalry chopped off their heads with a single sword.

"Hey, why did you kill him? The master told us to take him alive." said the knight next to him.

"Didn't my lord say that only a few of them would be enough? And look at how poorly he is equipped. He looks like a small fry. What does he know? If we want to catch him, we should catch the one who is well dressed." After the knight finished speaking, he pointed to the bandit leader who was running in the distance.

"Hahaha!"

The bandit leader was running and panting heavily. The last time he ran like this was when he was deserting from the battlefield. At that time, he was determined to become a bandit, so he deliberately gained the power of his superiors and trained such a group of troops for several years. He did not expect that he would be defeated so easily when he met the regular army.

As long as he was still around, he would have time to train another troop like this and go to the south as mercenaries. He also wanted to buy one of the cannons they used, as this thing was a huge blow to morale.

As the bandit leader was thinking, he saw two cavalrymen from behind rushing towards him like wolves, and they would soon catch up with him.

If he continued to run, he would definitely be caught up, so he quickly stopped, skillfully loaded the crossbow, and then shot an arrow directly at the cavalry.

When the knight saw that he was about to shoot an arrow, he quickly used his shield to protect himself. At that moment, the crossbow arrow hit the shield and fell off.

"What? The entire shield is made of pure metal." As the bandit leader looked at him in disbelief, the cavalryman next to him rushed out and hit him on the head with a hammer, causing a concussion and causing him to pass out.

"Why are you stealing my spoils?" complained the knight who was shot by an arrow.

"Whoever grabs it first gets it." The knight dismounted, tied up the bandit leader with a rope, put him on the horse, and walked back.

"Then go back and talk to the Knight Commander. I blocked an arrow for you..."

At night, the whole village was like a huge torch under the light of the fire. John organized people to put out the fire by drawing water from the nearby river.

Looking at the soldiers putting out the fire, the villagers living in the nearby quarry talked about it, wondering where these troops came from, because Midland's army looked different from theirs.

"Oh! I see. I had a cavalryman coming from the north before. He was dressed similarly to some of them. He was from Midland's troops." One of them said.

"Are you sure? This place has been managed by Yoda for almost several years, and I have never seen any soldiers from Midland come here." another questioned.

At this time, the old priest still had sufficient sources of information. He said slowly: "My former colleague in Barden once told me in a letter that if I am not mistaken, this should be the Forest Governor's troops that defeated the Yoda people a few days ago."

"What the hell? Why does a governor appear? What kind of position is this?" asked one of the villagers.

"Only the king's confidants can be governors, usually royal family members and nobles. You understand this, right?" the priest replied.

"That means this noble is very important and can have a say with the King of Midlan." A villager nearby echoed.

"Then we are saved. This means that King Mitlan is ready to let this place return to Mitlan's embrace."