And what did they do without knowing it
Dying
By dying they did sothing without knowing it
Belarion did not yet have such ntality of sacrificing his n.
To the eyes of n like Belarion, these soldiers are more than just soldiers.
Most of Belarion commander, captains and subdivision leaders are all people of the Brolgadhr tribe
To him, they were family. They were comrades. And Belarion as their leader should make sure that he could protect them
He would never have let his n suffer such death. Aeryon also possess such ntality but he also could in tis of choices, made the choices that are cold.
He would bla himself but at the sa ti certain things must be done. Though Aeryon yet never reached that point, maybe soday he would face such a choice.
At that ti, even he would not know what he would choose.
However, there is so kind of destiny at play here
Tonight, if it goes truly according to plan, then when these people rush inside and see everyone is prepared, then maybe so of them would sll that sothing is wrong
Their death and their unpreparedness actually sells the trick.
And right now, Khunbish is riding forward amidst the fire and chaos not thinking at all, that the camp is prepared for him
The more he is like this, the more it is possible to caught him by surprise. Along the hills, there is already horsen encircling the camp from behind
If the raiding party wanted to retreat later, they would find their way back is all blocked
They attacked and burned but as they go deeper, the screams did not sound....right. Khunbish was in the front leading his n and even in the night as he looks left and right he frowned
"Sothing is not right here" the tents are being burned and there are screams and there is shout but even as he saw people running around, there is not that sense of panic
"Why are they so calm?" but the mont he said this, suddenly Khunbish sees sothing in the dark
And then before he could shout, he heard a whistle and his heart sank
"A trap!’ he shouted
...
A few monts before Khunbish enters the trap, Murong Long has been waiting
A few hours before they even ca, Murong Long has chosen a place near the periphery area.
There is always an elent of chance.
The encampnt is large and there is always a chance that the raid would happen in other area
Tonight, however is his lucky night.
The raiding part co toward his area.
He had been waiting eagerly to impress Belarion and secure so fa in the Brolgadhr tribe.
So of them is waiting on horses inside a tent.
Ready to ride out the mont that the raiding party arrives in the right spot. So is hiding under large blanket.
The Nergui could see clearly in the dark even more than Marynku people
Murong Long has even reminded his n to pretend to be panicked if the attack is coming here.
They must act even in the dark.
Because when other might not see, the Nergui could see.
And then as he waits in the dark, he heard the chaos.
He heard the screams and he look out from his hiding place, and he could see in the distance, flas rising toward the sky, the hue of fire illuminating the dark night.
And he smiles
He did not shout
Instead, he whistles.
The Murong clan just like many other tribes of the Steppe master the art of whistling.
Whistling itself is a language into itself.
Different tribes have different ways of whistling and different whistles ans different thing. In so tribes, it is an art. In so others, it is a protected secret
Every one of the Murong, heard it and their eyes narrows and their heart beats quickened.
Neigh!
"Attack!’
"Burn the tent and ride forward!" Murong Long heard all of this and it’s clear that the raiding forces have arrives
And then a loud whistle echoes and Murong Long jump out from his hiding place onto his horse and without any shouting, his horse rides toward the enemy
And Murong Long soldiers, they were already near Khunbish.
They move unlike a panicked soldier and their movent is purposeful, unlike a soldier being fearful of a night attack
Khunbish did not take a long ti to see the movent in the dark. And it is an unusual movent
And then the whistles sounded. Alarm bells rings in his heart and his heart sank the mont he heard the whistles
It is the kind of whistles to signify an order. Even in the Nergui tribe they have their own way of communicating with the sound of the whistles.
And now hearing it, how could he not understand it at this mont
And he shouted
"A trap!"
..
Swoosh!
"Raise the shield!" Khunbish shouted. All around the camp, amidst the fire and chaos, there is also a rain of arrows
And this rain of arrows is raining down on Khunbish raiding party.
Swoosh!
Clang!
Crack!
Khunbish himself is in the midst of this rain of arrow.
He deflects so of it with his swords and the other he uses his shield. The shield itself is not heavy shield.
It is the kind of light shield.
Made from rattan and leather. So of the arrows stuck onto the shield and did not hurt him.
At night his eyes is even more accurate than the eyes of the Brolgadhr tribe. So, he could easily see where the arrow is going to land
But if it is a rain of arrows, how could he block everywhere. What about the horse? He could block the important part but sooner or later, the arrows would get lucky
So of it is light shield that they got from the Zhou army they defeated.
None of them brought heavy armours.
After all, they are a light raiding party. Not a heavy cavalry or a shock troop
"Keep shooting the arrows!"
"Whoever could shoot that person would be rewarded heavily by !" Murong Long pointed toward Khunbish and so people could see Khunbish amidst the glow of the flas around him
These soldiers that is shooting arrows is Murong Long people. Many of them are Murong clan people. So of them are their loyal servants
"Hold on!" Khunbish in the midst of this battle could feel it.
As long as they could withstand this wave of attack they could retreat successfully.
And he is right.
Right now, Murong Long feel unsatisfied.
Yes, he is pinning them down with arrows.
But there is one thing he could not do.
No, it is more accurate to say it is sothing that his army could not do that the enemy army could do.
Unlike the Nergui tribe, the Murong people sight is not as good as the Marynku people that are born and raised in the Steppe.
They are even worse than the Marynku.
So, how could they dare compete in fighting with Nergui tribe people in the night who have even sharper vision at night compared to the common Marynku people.
The Nergui tribe has long assimilated with the Marynku people.
But they must have co from different tribe in the ancient tis because their ability to see in the night surpasses any common Marynku people ability to see in the dark
It is not just sothing in their diet. It is sothing more special than that
And so, even though right now his army is loosening their arrows, it is like shooting sothing in the dark
And the Nergui tribe knows it
The second order that the commander of this raiding party shouted after raising their shield is one simple order
"Ride toward the darkness!"
There is fire and these fires are the source of light. And now as long as they run toward the darkness, it would be like chasing a ghost
Murong Long need to keep them pinned down and he is sending his horsen to block the way, and he orders his archer to round them up, close them and attack them
The trap was perfect...the execution is flawless.... but there is one wrong equation in all of this.
The wrong equation is the lack of n. They lack the n to block the path, lack the n to pinned them down indefinitely
Resources.
That is what Murong Long lacked. He did not have enough people to execute so of the trap.
If he has just another more hundred n, he could pinned them all down here and make sure that this raiding party could not escape
So, the only thing he could do right now...attack!
Looking from afar, Murong Long is sitting on his horse. He is trying to see and trying to predict from which place that this raiding party would go
Would they go west? Would they breakout directly?
Would they confuse them?
He is unlike Belarion who charges ahead. It is because he did not have the kind of deterring power like Belarion. Murong Long believes that he is adept at fighting.
He has a different kind of ability.
The ability to adapt, as he called it.
He rembers everything he sees.
And he has the ability to adapt it.
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