Chapter 30 (1/2)
The encounter of his companions made the morale of the knights who saw all this drop to the bottom almost in an instant. If it had not been for the discipline and the glory of knighthood, these poor men would have fled.
”Shrink the formation!”
Heather also knew that this situation must improve the Knights' sense of security. She decided to give up part of the peripheral area and let the team contract more closely. In this way, not only can we deal with the enemy's attack more quickly, but also can make the soldiers feel at ease and help stabilize the morale of the troops.
”He is good at collective action, knows how to intimidate the enemy, and can make use of environmental advantages...” Cheese murmured in a low voice. In the eyes of others, that moment might be just a horrible and frightening picture, but the mage tried to collect the enemy's intelligence from this blood lesson.
The shrunk formation is more compact than before, and since the fighters are not on the edge of the fire, those native rat people who want to launch an attack will definitely expose themselves to the fire. Once they lose their suddenness, the Knights whose mood has been stabilized have a high probability of counterattack. However, it seems that they are aware that the situation is not conducive to themselves, and that the native rat people did not attack the people in the fire. The two sides seem to be in such a confrontation.
Just as everyone was waiting for the rat man's second attack, Heather suddenly thought of something, and the matron exclaimed.
”No! War horse
Originally, in order to control the scale of the camp, the knights had to tie their mounts to the nearby open space. Although they also planted torches near the horses when night fell, the horses were undoubtedly the best targets for these rodents when they were unable to attack humans. As if to confirm Heather's exclamation, the light from the torches near the horses was extinguished by a gust of air like a candle in the strong wind. The neighing of the horses, the strange roar, the trampling of the hooves, and all kinds of chaotic sounds began to come from the darkness. It is not necessary to know that the horses must have been attacked by the native rat people.
”Team one two three with torches and come with me!”
With a torch in his hand, heatherty speared in the direction of the horse. If we say that the loss of a knight before was due to an unexpected loss caused by a stranger to the opponent, but the matron knew that once she lost her mount here, let alone find out the source of the plague, it would be very difficult even to get out of the Earl's command. These horses must not fall into the hands of the rat.
Fortunately, the Knights of the hammers are an experienced army after all. Although the Knights still fear the unknown enemies, the order of the Knight Commander still makes them act. The three teams of fifteen Knights lit their spare torches and followed Heather into the dark. The rest of the Knights quickly replaced their gap and protected the campfire in the middle of the camp, which was the only support for the people in the dark.
As Heather and his knights rushed to the horses, the sound of the horses soon quieted down. In addition to the sound of the horses and the trampling of their hooves, the rat men once again hid in the dark. The Knights soon got to the mount. Fortunately, perhaps the rat man was not good at dealing with large animals such as horses, which were not hurt except by fright. They really didn't get any harm, like It's like no one wants to hurt these horses at all.
”No! It's a trap Almost at the moment of confirming the extent of the horse's injury, Heather realized what the native rat people were up to. But it's too late.