Way of Overlord-Chapter 641: Night Raid

These Nergui tribe raiders come prepared

Some wears sabre, some brought swords, and each of them have some kind of flying weapons also brought with them

There is hurling axes, flying knives, hidden weapons. One thing that these weapons all have in common with each other is that they are all mixed with poison.

There is many tribes in the Steppe that knows how to use poison.

There is also a few dozen tribes in the Southern Steppe that knows how to use such poison.

But the one who uses it most frequently is none other than the Nergui tribe.

The land they are in has some ingredients that other places did not have.

This is probably what made them able to have such potent poison.

A single cut meant a fever.

And this fever would lead to death.

Sometimes, if the body is weak, it would be a cold. Other times it would be a collapse of the internal organs and attack the nerves

Leading them tonight is Khunbish.

A great warrior of the Nergui tribe.

This settlement is their home. It is also his home

Even if they know this is Belarion schemes, they could not help but still come here and fight

These are his brothers and sisters, cousins, elders, younglings. Almost all of the great warrior of Nergui come from this settlement

They could not let this go

The main force would attack tomorrow. But before that, they must attack first. And let them know the terror of Nergui forces

Their horses ride through the night and even though the horses could not see as clearly as them, they could steer the horse.

The horse did not need to see. They could see

Their target is not far away from them. There in the distance they could see it. Brolgadhr camp.

Countless of wagons and yurts, the fires burned low, guards walked slow. And Khunbish smiles

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Belarion is not the only one that is preparing for tonight. Both Tuoba He and Murong long is also prepared

These two are very ambitious.

They have been waiting for the opportunity to show their worth, to make themselves appear in front of the eyes of the Khan and the inner circle of the Khan

Yes, the Khan treated them respectfully and it seems that he treated the Murong and Tuoba clan with the appropriate measure.

There are rewards and there is privilege. Everything seems fine. But Murong Long and Tuoba He could tell that they are not in the inner circle of the Khan.

Burchu, a warriors that gain the Khan favours could be promoted to ten thousand men leader, there is Mukhulai a former slave turned noble, there is Mayeux, a mixed breed of Marynku and Roma who became the Khan advisor, there is Belarion who is the Khan sworn brothers, even a foreign tribe leader is more close to the Khan than they are to the Khan

The Khan did not discriminate against them.

But the Khan also did not trust them.

Murong Long and Tuoba He is not angry at this

They also did not resent the Khan because of this. Because they understand something about the Khan

The Khan rewards merit. And to who did something for him, something good, a great deed then he would reward the person heavily.

And if they repeatedly and consistently do the same thing, then the Khan would know them. Knowing them, they then would be trusted.

That is how the Khan trusted people.

For Murong Long and Tuoba He to be trusted, they first must show their faces to the Khan repeatedly

Only after the Khan knows them, then the Khan could develop trust. And how could they see the Khan?

They must do some great deeds so that the Khan could pay attention to them. Military report could not be falsified and those who try it are all dead by now.

Hence, as long as they could render some great aid in this front, they surely would have a chance to meet the Khan

Some people are wishing that the Nergui did not attack tonight. But Murong Long and Tuoba He, there is nothing better if they attacked tonight.

Both of them wanted a deed to be presented

Murong Long is around his camp. The fire around the tent seems dims and there is no one feeding the fire to make it look like it is big.

He wanted to become bait.

"The Nergui attack when they think you are asleep"

most of his men are not in hiding.

They are not in the periphery so they would not get attacked first.

The Nergui would not just ride toward the centre. They would do some chaos first and then if they saw the chance they would expand their attack

They would attack with fire arrows, and then when the fire spreads and everyone in chaos, they switched to their poison.

From poison arrows to darts and throwing weapon laced with poisons, and then only when they clashed would they use poisoned blades.

Murong Long wrapped wet felt and fur around his arms and necks, soaked in some herbs to neutralize some of the known poisons.

There is layered feather, treated with lime and animal fat, thick enough to prevent shallow poison cuts.

Then there is decoy fires placed away from the true guard lines

This is his own personal method.

Belarion might have his own method.

And knowing Belarion, he is an innate so poison did not work as well as they did on a common person and a person who is innate.

There are also silent kill zones, marked by shallow pits and caltrops hidden in the tall, long grass.

By now, the whole army is probably briefed about this matter.

Before they might not know.

but tonight, operation must be known to them. if not when the tents are being burned and the chaos is incited, if these soldiers didn’t know, certain ruse might become true.

The reason why feigned retreat is so successful, even if one knows that the Steppe people practice such tactics, is because it is hard to determine whether a rout is really a rout and whether a retreat is feigned or not.

And there is always a possibility of which a feigned retreated actually became a true retreat and it is for this reason many military commanders could not endure the desire to kill the enemy in one fell swoop.

The most casualties one would take in such a battlefield, is when the enemies are routed. That is the time where one could inflict the most damage

Tuoba He also has his own countermeasures. Almost everyone has their own thought and desire tonight.

The moon tonight is dark, covered by the clouds, only some of its figure could be seen high inn the sky

The wind breezes by and only the sound of the wind and the crackling of the firewood could be heard

And then when midnight came.....a shout could be heard.

HONG!

A horn is being blown and the commanders all over this large camp, all smiles

"It is time!" All of them think at the same time

On the outermost distance away from the main camp, a dozen of camp is being burned, the fires elicited screams and it seems chaos had reigned

Shouts and screams mingled together

And a scream breaks the silence of the night

"The Nergui has come!"

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The Steppe is cold at night.

Even though it is now spring, and winter has ended, this year winter seems to be colder than it is before.

And the Nergui tribe strikes just before the night coldest hour.

The main army had just gotten the news and while they were ready a fight has broken out in the outermost camp

Not all soldiers knew about the impending arrivals of the Nergui.

And even though they knew, not all of them think that it would be tonight

Even among the commanders, some think they would not come tonight but maybe after the main fight

Everyone has their own thoughts

And in war, there is always unlucky soul.

The entire camp was ready but they must pretend they are not ready.

And some pretend to sleep, and as they pretended to sleep, put their heads on the bed, some of them actually fell asleep.

One of the Nergui rush toward the camp, fires their fire arrows

and as the fire blazes around some of these people who sleep on the job is trapped in a blazing inferno.

The kind of fire that Nergui tribe produced is not normal fires.

They fire a fire arrow and then throw a pouch filled with some kind of herbs and the fire blazes all around like it is some kind of accelerant

Not only it accelerated the fire, but the air is also now filled by some scent. This scent is not pleasant but that is not the only effect of this scent. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

It is air-based poison.

Out of the many tribes in the Southern Great Steppe, Nergui tribe probably ranks at the top of a tribe that is most adept at using poison.

And the one that are being strike tonight, these are the unlucky ones.

They died. Of course, if they were ready and did not accidentally fell asleep, their death might not have been so tragic.

But in their death, they actually did something that is beneficial even without knowing it.

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