David Felesev watched helplessly as the Soviet Union and Vietnam disappeared into the narrow, dense forest, the fog of war enveloping their troops.

What exactly is this White Horse Lord planning to do?

He soon understood.

"attack!"

The troops in the center were fighting fiercely, but they couldn't deal with the eight fifth-tier griffins on the flank of the catapults... So a gap and a weakness appeared on the right flank of the formation!

At this moment, the White Horse Lord clearly wouldn't let go of the weakness on the right flank.

Choose to forcibly tear open a gap on the right side of the narrow forest passage.

The leader of the Gruggien rebels, the gloomy, cloaked old man David Felesev, immediately discerned the intentions of the enemy White Horse Lords. A deeper issue with this intention was that the catapults were about to be turned against them!

Their intention and strategic plan as rebels of the human empire was to wait for the arrival of the 750 reinforcements from the "Gwof" territory, and then encircle the White Horse Lord's forces, which were insufficient in number but of exceptionally high quality.

Use siege to defeat the opponent.

Then cross into the other party's territory.

However, after the burning of Gwof and Grujen.

David, the leader of the imperial rebels, had another option. He sent scouts, saying, "Send scouts to inform the White Horse Lord that we have no need to start this pointless war! Hopefully, he can negotiate with us and have a peace talk. We only need to pass through their territory; we absolutely do not need to attack each other."

This was his true inner desire—to borrow passage through Su Yue's territory in order to escape the pursuit of Count Bartogol Rivers, a nephew of Henry VII of the Empire.

This is also a delaying tactic.

Appeasement strategy.

If the former could reach an agreement with this White Horse Lord, their battle could be avoided, albeit at a cost... However, it's highly likely they won't be able to get the catapults back...

Even if Su Yue refuses, the latter's negotiating actions can buy time for the hesitant enemy lord.

But all of this hinges on one crucial point: Lord Su Yue, the White Horse Lord, is unaware that the 750 reinforcements of "Gwov" are about to arrive on the battlefield. If Lord Su Yue had known the intelligence, he would have understood just how treacherous and despicable that sinister old traitor David was.

Similarly, this act of seeking peace is also a form of stratagem.

...

"Oh? Peace talks?"

Su Yue laughed. He thought to himself that he should not underestimate the NPC lords of the Turin world. These rebels were obviously very intelligent.

At this point, making peace would, on the one hand, delay the opening they could make on the right flank.

This delayed their opportunity to fight.

Help the troops readjust their formation and regain control of the right flank. "Most players, seeing the 'sue for peace' option, would probably fall for it. Even if they didn't, they'd hesitate for a while... But I'm different. Everyone, keep attacking!"

"The situation at the front has been confirmed!"

"Charge!!!"

Lord White Horse's words made the offensive of his 550-strong army even more ferocious and brutal!

"puff……"

The White Horse Lord's forces began their advance towards the right flank of the human empire's rebel army. His elite second-tier soldiers, including the Big-Eared Monsters, Dwarf Warriors, and Blind Warriors, along with the Great Griffins, unleashed terrifying destructive power!

In an instant, it tore a huge hole in David Felesev's right wing!

On the right flank ahead were 300 peasant archers from the Imperial rebels!

David Felesev stared incredulously at the White Horse Lord's rapid and frenzied attack. He never expected that the opponent's reaction would be even more like that of a rebel army than that of an imperial rebel army!

"My lord, they have rejected the peace proposal and almost killed the envoy."

"Damn it! Hold them off!!"

Seeing that his plan had failed, David Felesev immediately mobilized 202 Tier 2 spearmen and 414 Tier 1 peasant thugs to launch a defensive attack on the right flank.

This resulted in the infantry regiment of 442 men (some of whom were wounded) directly in front engaging in battle with a large number of Tier 1 cave dwellers and big-eared monsters from the main battlefield of Su Yue.

The routs keep happening!

"Their casualty ratio is too high... The quality of their Tier 1 units is close to that of Tier 3 units... Tier 2 units are close to Tier 3 units, and Tier 3 units are close to Tier 4 units!"

The terrifying nature of the White Horse Lord was revealed to David Felesev.

More importantly, Europa provides a +45% attack tempo, and the "Backstab: +15% bonus to flank damage for friendly units" effect is applied to Su Yue's tactics, making it seem like a foul.

This caused the eight fifth-tier griffins to sweep across David Felesev's weak right rib area!

"Damn it, fire! Shoot down their griffon squad!"

"Ahhh!"

"Griffin, run!!"

"escape!!"

David Felesev's right-wing forces have completely collapsed!

David Felesev stared in disbelief at the scene before him: the terrifying White Horse Lord, leading his massive army, surged forward from the right side of the narrow, dense forest corridor, tearing a huge gap in their entire battle line.

"Snap!"

A griffin swooped down from the sky, creating a shockwave from the ground like the explosion of a catapult. This high-level Tier 5 unit, which even David Felesev, the leader of the human empire's rebel army, didn't possess, was now moving with the White Horse Lord's godlike command, as if entering an empty field!

"Tell the spearmen to hold them off at all costs... Otherwise, forget about the looted treasures and the women they've taken; if you can't stop them, you'll all be reporting to Satan!"

Little did he know that this was a correct prophecy. Because Europa's resurrection spell had a two-day cooldown, and Su Yue had killed so many enemy soldiers, their souls were indeed to be sold to the great devil Abraham in exchange for gold coins.

The 202-man second-tier spearmen blocked the wedge-shaped formation that charged down the high slope like a torrent from Su Yue.

Large amounts of blood flowed, as the human empire's spearmen possessed the attribute of "counter-charge".

It is also a great counter to cavalry.

However, Su Yue had no cavalry or knights riding white horses. Their core force consisted of over a hundred elite Tier 2 dwarves and advanced cavemen, all wielding steel forks and covered in black, as well as Tier 2 blind warriors.

The only Tier 3 unit is a Dwarf Longbeard Hammer Hand.

There isn't a single Tier 4 unit. There's a significant gap in their numbers.

But this seemingly ragtag and utterly ragtag army, in the hands of this White Horse Lord, seemed to transform into a terrifying, fearless torrent of steel. In the very first engagement on the flank, they wiped out a quarter of the 202-man second-tier spearmen.

Lord's Log: "You launched a deadly attack on the enemy's flank using Napoleonic tactics, causing the enemy's morale to collapse and their morale to drop by 15."

Let alone morale -15.

A morale drop of -3 is enough to make enemy soldiers think twice, and they'll start to question the meaning of life, the battlefield, and the value of existence.

What's even more terrifying is...

The operators of the eight catapults that had surrendered because of the griffins had all surrendered.

So, under the professional operation and control of the surrendered rebels, the corpses and rocks were rearranged and began to be loaded with ammunition towards the remaining 155 second-tier spearmen and 414 first-tier peasant mob phalanxes.

Walter Lawrence stared at the sight of the flank being torn to shreds... his face turning ashen.

The image of the White Horse Lord leading his army in a charge.

This was a stark contrast to his own charge towards the enemy's flank, which resulted in him crashing into the dwarven army's impenetrable defenses; he felt like he had run into a giant turtle, his head covered in bumps; but the White Horse Lord before him was like a sharp knife, easily tearing apart the right flank of their Imperial human rebel army, causing heavy casualties.

From the moment the catapults appeared and the griffins attacked the position, it seemed as if the scales of victory had completely tipped in favor of the other side.

"No, we will not fail!"

Walter Lawrence raised his cavalry sword and looked at the White Horse Lord who was charging at the forefront!

He wanted to kill the other person.

He absolutely must kill him!!!

Walter Lawrence, the only fifth-rank noble cavalry commander under David Felesev, led ten cavalry squires and charged toward the White Horse Lord's elite troops with murderous intent.

At this very moment, the greater advantage shifted in favor of the White Horse Lord!

"Trecket loaded, ready, launch!"