Chapter 507 Line Infantry
Gwen held the hilt of the sword and looked at the opposing army with a grim expression.
She knew she would encounter trouble along the way, but she didn't expect the trouble to come so soon.
The resistance had left Sleddingburg in the afternoon, and they encountered the enemy before it got dark.
Logically speaking, we shouldn't encounter the enemy at this time - there is almost no possibility of fighting at night in this era.
Not to mention the lighting problem, the proportion of night blindness among Northern soldiers is very high, and they are almost blind at night.
Moreover, with the level of the military in this era, it would be a problem to find where the enemy is, let alone fight? Impossible.
But at this moment, the resistance army did encounter the enemy at dusk.
"Something's wrong." Isaac came over. "Look at those people. They haven't even put on all their equipment. Their mental state isn't right either."
Gwen narrowed his eyes and looked carefully. Indeed, the equipment of these people was extremely poor. They did not look like regular troops at all. They looked more like guards of a small town.
And they were indeed a little distracted, but that was not the point.
The real reason why Gwen thought these people had mental problems was——
There were clearly less than two hundred of them, yet they were blocking the way of the resistance army.
The resistance army numbered several thousand men.
"What do you think happened?"
"The work of [Investigator]," Isaac said without hesitation.
"Investigators are extremely versatile professionals. These mortals are likely to have been bewitched by them and come to block our way."
"Then we"
"Leave it to me." Isaac sneered, "I'm also an [Investigator]."
Isaac went forward alone and chatted with them for a while, and then the soldiers shouted and rushed forward - they rushed in another direction, as if there were enemies over there.
Ignoring the soldiers who were running farther and farther away, Isaac walked back to the team alone.
"The situation is very bad. They are militiamen from nearby towns. There are people from not just one town, but five nearby towns. That's why they have gathered so many people."
"That means there are quite a few [investigators] in the nearby towns. They are really targeting us."
Gwen interrupted and asked, "Why don't they just come and trouble us?"
"I don't know. Although we are in the army, with this number, it is not a problem for them to deal with the two of us. They are still constantly testing us. I don't know what they are afraid of."
"Indeed, this is very strange." Gwen rubbed her chin. "What are they afraid of?"
This test was just an appetizer. The resistance army did not force a march at night. It was too risky to advance in the unlit wilderness at night, and a large number of people would definitely get lost.
What's more, there are wild beasts. The coyotes in the north are very dangerous. If they are extremely hungry, they may not dare to fight with people.
There were no attacks at night, but Gwen could vaguely hear a lot of noises coming from the distance.
As they were getting ready to leave the next morning, Gwen was surprised to see that her mother-in-law looked very pale.
"We had a fight with the extraordinary people on the other side yesterday. My mother-in-law was injured, but two people on the other side died."
Isaac explained.
"You, where are you hurt? Let me bandage it for you!" Gwen hurriedly wanted to find a bandage, but her mother-in-law waved her hand.
"It's not a big deal. Just two legs were chopped off."
Gwen looked down in surprise, only to find her mother-in-law walking fine on the ground.
"This is the ability of the [Nymph]. Granny doesn't have any organs in the normal sense. To put it simply, she has no weaknesses. She can recover from any injury - of course, it's not without any loss."
The mother-in-law coughed weakly a few times, but she was in high spirits. She smiled and said, "Don't think that my legs were chopped off. At that time, I only used my upper body to fire the Dragon Breath Cannon, causing them to be careless and kill two people. Haha, both kills were mine!"
Isaac nodded helplessly: "There are too many people on the other side. My previous estimate may be a bit conservative. I'm afraid the trouble this time will be quite big."
"Wouldn't you have been safer if you had stayed in the Resistance?"
Gwen interjected.
"For both of us, yes, but"
"But then there's no way to get a weapon."
Grandma sighed, "We came from the train, and we had to hide our bodies and disguise ourselves along the way. The weapons we brought were enough for self-protection, but we didn't bring any extra weapons. Isaac brought a machine gun, and other than this, all of them were dragon breath cannons, which can only be used by extraordinary people."
"But we have plenty of muskets?"
"The muskets you use are completely different from Castel's Gatling guns. Isaac should have experienced this in the past six months."
Isaac nodded. "The firepower density of a Gatling gun is equivalent to that of dozens of musketeers. If there were twenty machine guns, we wouldn't even have to evacuate like this. We could just hold on to Sledding Castle. They wouldn't be able to attack us."
"So powerful?" Gwen said with eyes wide open, somewhat surprised.
"It's stronger than you think. The coalition forces that besieged you before were annihilated by this weapon. If every member of the resistance army can use this weapon, the entire North will be helpless against you."
"What a pity. Actually, our original mission was to transport weapons. However, the blockade of the Holy See is too tight. It is impossible to cross the blockade with a large number of weapons. We can only do it ourselves. To be honest, the role of a transcendent is not even as good as a machine gun."
Gwen was a little fascinated for a moment. Judging from the tone of the two people, this machine gun was not a particularly valuable thing, at least not as valuable as the extraordinary ones.
Gwen was really curious about what kind of person Castel was who possessed such a magical weapon.
"Boss Gwen, there are enemies ahead! Lots and lots of enemies!"
There was a loud shout in the distance, and Gwen looked up quickly.
A scout on horseback was coming from the front of the team, and Isaac's figure had become sluggish.
After a moment, he said directly: "Prepare for battle. They look like regular troops, but they don't have flags. They may not belong to any Grand Duke. It doesn't matter. We must kill them!"
"How many people are there?"
"More than 500 of them, and they are fairly well-equipped. This is expected to be a tough battle."
The resistance forces do have the advantage in numbers, but this is not a head-on battle. As long as the other side delays the resistance forces for a while, the pursuers behind will be able to catch up.
The enemy obviously knew about this, and although they were outnumbered, their morale was still pretty good.
Soon the two sides approached each other, and Gwen was finally able to see the group of enemies.
These soldiers were not wearing armor, but each of them held a musket in his hand.
This is the most common line infantry in the Empire.
(End of this chapter)
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