I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 258 Chaos
Colonel Carlos didn't really need to be too afraid, because as the commander of the opposing and enemy Overlord Tigers squadron, Little Knife Stabbing Buttocks didn't actually have a specific battle plan.
The battles between players and the Bohemians are standard free-for-alls, with absolutely no organized or planned encirclement or annihilation efforts.

The reason the Bohemians were forced to fire red distress flares was simply because the player's individual combat ability was too strong.

As a result, after nightfall, the various Bohemian units lost contact due to poor visibility, and their morale dropped due to the continuous fighting. This gave some players an opportunity to charge into the enemy ranks and wreak havoc.

……

As the moonlight turned the snow silvery-gray, more than thirty Bohemian soldiers ran through the forest in terror, as if a man-eating demon was chasing them. Just then, several white figures suddenly sprang up from the birch grove ahead.

"kill!!!"

Xiao Dao roared as he charged forward, brandishing two longswords he had seized from the enemy. In the instant of the battle, his two swords entangled a Bohemian soldier's halberd thrusting forward, and slid down with the momentum.

The sparks from the metal rubbing together illuminated the terrified pupils of the soldier opposite him. As the counterweight ball on the right hilt of the sword smashed his nose, the left sword swiftly sliced ​​across the latter's throat, which was unprotected by a neck guard.

"Ah Ku! It's ten o'clock!"

As Xiao Dao shouted, he spun around to dodge the spear thrusting at him. He plunged his sword into the snow with his left hand to propel himself into the air, like a martial arts master. Using his right leg as leverage, he lashed out at the enemy's shield like a whip, creating space for himself to dodge and maneuver.

The Bohemian soldier with the shield staggered backward, only to run right into the spearhead thrust by his comrade.

Twenty paces behind Xiaodao, Aku's flintlock pistol was perched in a tree branch. Hearing Xiaodao's suggestion, he looked in the direction and saw a target, seemingly an officer, equipped with a crossbow. He immediately pulled the trigger, and blue smoke billowed from the muzzle.

The officer who had just raised his crossbow suddenly had blood bloom between his eyebrows and fell backward onto his comrade, the axeman, causing a commotion. The two players following behind Xiaodao shouted and charged forward, throwing their axes with all their might.

The axe missed all enemies, instead whistling as it cleaved into the pine trunk, the flying wood chips causing a spearman standing nearby to instinctively close his eyes.

It was getting dark, and neither side was using torches, relying solely on moonlight to fight. As a result, even the players' throwing weapons were somewhat inaccurate.

"Damn it, aim right!"

Xiao Dao cursed his allies for being unreliable. He rushed forward a few steps, then leaped up, stepping on the shields of the retreating swordsmen and shieldmen, soaring into the air. He transformed into a human spinning top, his twin swords turning into silver wheels.

As his deerskin boots sank back into the snow, five corpses around Xiaodao simultaneously sprayed out a mist of blood, forming a brief red fog in the moonlight.

However, such imposing and carefree demeanor comes at a price.

Just as Aku and the other two behind him were shouting and cheering for Xiaodao's wonderful performance, Xiaodao's face turned red as he managed to keep himself from shouting out loud.

"Damn, I twisted my back!"

How to do?
The battle continued, and Xiao Dao could only grit his teeth and keep charging forward. However, he was also forced to change his fighting style, becoming more ferocious and no longer dodging enemy attacks, but instead resorting to attacks that risked injury for life.

In such a fierce battle, Xiao Dao's armor was quickly stained red with blood, making it impossible to tell whether it was his own or the enemy's, but he didn't care. He continued to stride forward, his twin swords slashing like a storm, each strike as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Single-handedly, he forced more than ten Bohemian swordsmen and spearmen to retreat. Spears were like rotten wood under his sword, easily cut in half, and shields could hardly withstand his mountain-like kicks.

The dagger's ferocity turned this battle, in which the outnumbered forces were outnumbered, into a one-sided affair... favoring the player.

Victory is decided.

So much so that when Aku and the other two players followed Xiaodao to "steal chickens," the Bohemians didn't even notice them.

"This guy... he's a monster!"

A Bohemian officer stared in horror as a knife easily felled a spearman and his spear, shattering the shield of a swordsman with a single blow before piercing his chest with another.

Upon seeing this, he could no longer suppress his fear and turned to run away.

With the officer leading the way, the other Bohemians scattered in all directions, running fast and decisively. Aku, holding a loaded gun, didn't know who to shoot.

"what……"

Seeing the enemy flee, Xiao Dao let out a long sigh of relief and then plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

"Boss, are we not going to chase them?"

A player came over.

"Chase? Chase my ass! Quickly get some bandages and hemostatic powder. Does anyone have any water? Give me a sip, I'm so thirsty."

Ignoring the cold, Xiao Dao roughly ripped off his cotton armor. Even though the lighting was poor, the two players who came over could see the bloody gash on his shoulder, a wound from an axe, where the flesh was torn and the bone was visible.

"Holy crap, boss, you're so badly injured but still so fierce?!"

Ah-Ku frantically rummaged through the medical kit, only to find that the hemostatic powder he pulled out had frozen into a hard lump.

"Seriously? It's just a flesh wound, no bones are broken."

Xiao Dao grinned and gulped down a mouthful of strong liquor, then casually tossed the flask to his companion.

"Stop talking nonsense, melt it with fire. Wait!"

He suddenly grabbed Ah Ku's shoulder, his ears twitching slightly.

A faint crunching sound came from the snow.

Thirty meters away in the bushes, three blue figures were quietly flanking them... Were they the Bohemians who had just fled, turning back for a counterattack, or a second wave of enemies?

uncertain.

"Prepare."

Xiao Dao lowered his voice, his right hand stealthily reaching for the longsword on the ground. Just as the enemy was only ten paces away, he suddenly roared.

“Get started!”

Aku suddenly turned around, his flintlock pistol spitting out scorching lead bullets. The first attacker's chest exploded with blood, and before the two behind him could react, they were chopped to the ground by the other two players with lumberjack axes.

"call"

Xiao Dao let out a long sigh of relief, and this time he truly collapsed to the ground.

Finally

Before he finished speaking, a cluster of torches suddenly lit up in the distant woods, and more Bohemian soldiers were gathering, at least fifty of them. The leading officer was pointing in their direction and shouting orders.

"Damn it, is this never going to end?"

Xiao Dao cursed and tried to stand up, but stumbled due to excessive blood loss.

Aku and the other two players exchanged glances and tacitly raised their knives.

"Boss, it's time to retreat!"

"Bullshit! I can't even..."

"Don't be stubborn!" Aku interrupted him.

Your health bar is almost empty!

The four stumbled and retreated, pursued relentlessly by the Bohemians. Arrows and bullets rained down on them, and before long, one of the unlucky players was hit and collapsed in the snow.

The remaining three didn't dare look back and kept running.

Then, the chase didn't last long. A burst of gunfire came from the slightly higher ground on the left. Amidst the gunfire and smoke, the three running ahead instinctively threw themselves to the ground.

Then, when Xiaodao was wincing in pain from his shoulder injury and looked around, he realized that the lead bullet had not landed near him; clearly, the person who fired the shot was the player.

After a round of firing, the group of players, who had been lying in ambush for who knows how long, rushed out amidst shouts, brandishing bayonets and a bunch of random weapons, and charged toward the enemy in blue military uniforms.

The Bohemians, who had been ambushed and attacked countless times, were not to be outdone. At the shout of their officer, they turned and ran without hesitation.

And so, Xiao Dao, A Ku, and the other two breathed a sigh of relief, feeling safe for the time being.

The battlefield is in such chaos right now. The Bohemians want to retreat in a group, but the players won't let them leave. So, in this forest, the two sides start fighting each other in a confused and chaotic way.

Even with heavy casualties, the players remained jubilant, while the Bohemians grew increasingly fearful, their morale plummeted, and their ranks were more prone to collapse, with deserters appearing.

"Aku, go find a higher place to stand guard... Brother, keep helping me stop the bleeding, my health bar is almost at the red zone."

After a few minutes, using two packets of non-clumping hemostatic powder and a roll of bandage, Xiao Dao finally stopped the bleeding. He stood up, looked around, and decided that this was not a safe place, so he led the people to continue walking.

In fact, by this point in the fight, Xiao Dao and the other two had lost their bearings. They simply heard noises in the distance and headed towards them, cautiously approaching any flashes of light with their guns raised.

Shoot anyone in blue, and shout a few times if they're in green to exchange a code signal.

The Bohemians who are still alive are mostly cunning and treacherous. Xiao Dao once suffered losses at the hands of some Bohemians wearing green cotton armor. His team of fifteen was reduced to only four members... and now there are three left.

As Xiao Dao walked along, he bumped into several players who had run away and survived the battle. Relying on the title of the leader of the Overlord Tigers, these players automatically joined his ranks and followed him haphazardly.

As they ran, Ah Ku, who was leading the way, ran back.

"Boss, something's not right up ahead."

"Something's wrong."

“There are fires, lots of fires. Could this be Bohemian reinforcements arriving?”

"Reinforcements?"

Xiao Dao was suspicious. He asked A Ku to lead the way, and the group quickly followed. Not far along, after crossing a not-so-high ridge, Xiao Dao actually saw a large area of ​​torchlight. In this light, he could see indistinct blue figures and barricades scattered everywhere.

Xiao Dao glanced at it a few times, then turned around and slapped A-Ku on the back of the head.

"Are you stupid? This is the open area we fought this afternoon. It must be the Bohemian musketeers and supply troops who are camped here. It's not reinforcements at all."

"You didn't even look carefully, you couldn't even tell the terrain apart, you gave me a fright!"

Ah-Ku, who had just been slapped, laughed awkwardly. It was indeed his fault; the lead soldier hadn't properly observed the enemy situation and had just run back in a panic.

Just then, gunshots rang out in the distance, followed by a series of urgent bugle calls. Xiao Dao immediately lay down and, by the firelight, saw the Bohemian soldiers in the camp frantically assembling.

Something's not right...

Xiao Dao squinted and observed carefully.

"What are they defending against? Do they have telescopes?"

"I used to have it, but I don't know when I lost it."

"If you don't have it, you don't have it. Don't say anything unnecessary and waste my expectations."

Suddenly, a deafening battle cry erupted from the woods on the other side of the camp, and more than thirty players rushed up the mountain from the other side like an avalanche.

Some waved captured military flags, some held burning torches, and others dragged wooden cannons they'd somehow acquired, running and firing, spewing large plumes of flame at the approaching enemy.

"Holy crap! It's the Third Company!"

Aku excitedly pointed to the burly man charging at the front.

"I know that jerk, his name is Iron Hammer!"

Xiao Dao suddenly realized... it turned out the other players had also gotten lost and ended up in the Bohemian camp by mistake. Looking at the chaotic blue figures in the camp, he suddenly grinned.

"Brothers, it's time to snag a bargain!"

Xiao Dao drew his twin swords.

"Charge with me!"

So the dozen or so people cheered and charged forward, ready to take advantage of the chaos.

However, as the hastily assembled squad ran downhill and left the woods, Xiao Dao, who was running in the lead, saw the guy called Iron Hammer turning around and running in another direction, with the players who had been so brave not long ago following behind him.

In a flash, the group of over thirty people vanished into the darkness, leaving behind only some chevaux-de-frise they had lit with pine resin, crackling and burning.

No wonder there are so many lights here; it turns out these guys are the ones who caused all this trouble.

"grass!"

Seeing this, Xiao Dao also stopped on the spot, turned around and ran into the woods... These guys are harassing us, not attacking us.

Good grief, that almost got me into trouble.

The Bohemians, surrounded by burning barricades, did not pursue, but instead fired their guns outwards. The gunfire was neither dense nor continuous, but sparse, like a feeble soldier making a final stand.

Xiao Dao and his men were also shot at; more than a dozen lead bullets were fired from inside, which scared them so much that they ran even faster. Fortunately, the gunfire stopped after they hid in the darkness.

"Is anyone hurt?"

"Have!"

"Where were you shot?"

"I stepped on something, and something pierced my sole. It hurts."

"Come here quickly, I'll help you take care of it. I also have bandages and hemostatic powder."

"I'm so thirsty, does anyone have any water? Please give me a sip..."

(End of this chapter)