Your majesty, the rest station up ahead has been occupied
Well take it from them then.
I looked at the scout in front of irritably. I pushed him aside and pulled my handgun out from my back. I looked at Philes behind and commanded. Philes, you take half the n to attack them from the left-wing. Shusia, you take a third of the n, circle around the right-wing and flank them from the rear. Everyone else, attack them head-on with . Take over the rest-station as fast as possible, understood?
Roger!
Philes and Shusia nodded. Lorana looked at the rest station, laughed and said. They look like Socina Citys exploration group. Your majesty, are you seriously going to attack them? If you reveal your identity to them, you might be able to get their assistance.
I took a massive detour just to avoid letting Socinas people know of my plans so it wouldnt make sense for to reveal my plans. Luna isnt in a good condition. I dont have ti to talk about shaking hands or working together with them. Just kill all of them and take over the rest station. I wont risk my Lunas life.
I clenched my teeth and looked at Luna inside the Earth Dragon carriage behind taking weak breaths. Lunas condition got worse and worse during the journey. I originally thought she got a heat stroke so I didnt think too much of it, but she wasnt suffering from a heat stroke. Elves require mana to live. Im aware of that. I almost died before because of a mana dissolving agent. Lunas body had been damaged already. If the royal capital wasnt so close to the elven lands, she wouldnt have survived in the royal capital.
Moreover, I was providing her with a large volu of mana monthly every full-night moon, but she hadnt had her mana stores replenished for months. Now shes co to the desert where mana is scarce so shell die if her mana isnt replenished. I calculated so many things but forgot to factor that in. I brought Luna along so that I wouldnt be tornted on the full-moon night. Luna mustve been aware of her condition. She knew her condition yet still risked her life to co here while I was completely oblivious.
I cant let Luna beco a second ra! ra didnt say anything to at the ti so I personally killed her in the end. If I lose Luna this ti because she didnt say anything to , I wont be able to forgive my obtuse self.
I was completely bloody oblivious!
I rode up to the dune, left a few n behind to guard the Earth Dragon carriage behind then turned around to look at my soldiers. I pointed to the next rest-station and loudly said. Everyone, can you see the next rest station yet? Can you see the people inside? Yes, we have no grudges between us. We have never even t each other before. If we were in another place and not the desert, we might have been able to drink together at night. However, we are in the desert right now and my personal servants life is in peril. I must take over that rest station. So please lock away your sympathy. In this forbidden area where life and death hangs in the balance, our enemies will be the only ones who die!
The soldiers exchanged glances with each other, then nodded and responded loudly. Roger! Your majesty!
March!
Our position was a little higher than the rest station, empowering us with a fiercer charge since we were coming down from higher ground. Its just that the horses couldnt gallop as well as usual due to the sand in the desert. As such, we were slower than when running across plains, and I therefore had to control the vanguards distance more carefully or else the enemy would be prepared for us.
Normally, a cavalry vanguard would start with small steps and gradually speed up before reaching top-speed right before reaching their target and charge into the enemy. If the charge is initiated from too far away, not only will the personnel but the horses would also be tired, thereby reducing the impact of the charge.
It looked like the enemy was prepared. I organised an excellent cavalry vanguard formation. I noticed the people inside shouting and calling out to their companions as they picked up their guns and blocked out path in front.
I noticed the right-wing and left-wing attacking groups. While they spotted our cavalry flanking them in the wide-open terrain the desert is, theres nothing they can do. Its too late for them to mount their steeds. My right-wing platoon had already reached their rear. My battle-steeds are among the best of a hundred selected from the royal familys stable. Run-of-the-mill horses cant compare to my steeds.
It appears they never expected us to appear behind them. They were still living their lives when they arrived just now. Their guards had only gotten into place. Their foot-soldiers were our targets to kill in the desert.
They werent a small group by any ans. I saw a cavalry team co out from inside the rest station charge toward Philes platoon attacking them from the left. Another team of cavalries waited for us in their area. If we charge straight over, well run into their foot-soldiers bayonet formation and be faced with their cavalry charging back at us. I must admit that theyre a trained team.
We looked like a light cavalry unit to them. A light cavalry unit not even wearing armour cant charge right into a foot-soldier attack formation.
However, my cavalry isnt a group of light cavalry. Their primary weapon isnt the elven sword at their belt but the repeated-firing Spencer rifle in their hands!
Move fast! Charge!
The horses gallops kicked up a dense fog of sand. Lorana charged in front of and deliberately slowed down until I moved into the centre of the formation. The guards from all sides swiftly gathered around to put in the centre of the formation.
Lorana began to speed up and said. Well be done for if our commander dies.
I smiled helplessly and said. I hope that none of you die.
Were already prepared for that.
I noticed that the soldiers behind all had red faces like they were bleeding. No it wasnt because of the sun but their tension and excitent. This was the first ti my guard-unit was charging an enemy formation since their formation. The violent elves from last ti didnt even count as appetisers. This was the first ti my guard-unit was charging an organised formation of foot-soldiers and a cavalry unit. This is our first official battle!
This wasnt a rehearsal or training session. This ti, bullets were going to wound them if they got hit and they might even die. But hitting an enemy ant they could receive a reward. Those who killed several enemies were going to be acknowledged. This was the mont they had been waiting for and at the sa ti, scared of! This was the mont they got to realise their purpose as soldiers!
This was a demonstration of courage and life. This was the explanation of the most perfect opportunity in their lives!
The troops moved into a straight-horizontal line and ford a shooting formation.
Gunfire rang out loudly like typhoons on the left wing. It wasnt just a one-off sound as guns went off like waves to the shore imdiately after the first. I saw the enemies charging toward our left-wing get utterly defeated by our cavalry on the left-wing. The distance between the two cavalry units were no more than ten-tres. When the first row fired at the enemy, their formation crumbled. Those who survived the first wave were scared-stiff in place by the sound of repeated shots. And before they could react, the cavalry with their swords drawn had slashed them off their horses.
Fire!!!
Thats right. I didnt command them to charge but to open fire. Despite our Spencer rifles having a slightly short range, they had a longer range than the enemy foot-soldiers rifles. The enemy fired back after we fired out first wave. However, as we split our formation up, we didnt suffer any casualties, but I heard sothing zip right past my ear. The enemy cavalry thought we were still reloading so they tapped their horses and charged forth. I watched their cavalry charge back at us. If we had single-shot guns, theres no way we wouldnt even had the chance to put our guns away and draw our swords at this point. Unfortunately for them, our guns were still loaded!
*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!*
I felt like the world was spinning. Gun sounds rang out from every direction around . The sll of smoke made it virtually impossible for to breathe. The cavalry team that charged back at our left-wing also faced the sa consequences. They were virtually annihilated by our repeated-firing rifles at close range. The large area in the desert was filled with the stench of blood spurting in into air like flowers blooming eloquently. The sound of blood falling pit-pat onto the sand made the stench of blood more and more prominent.
My ears were filled with the despair, fear, shock, pity and sad cries of humans, and the sound of horses neighing right before dying. The sll of blood sat on the tip of my nose. The sll of blood and smoke was so prominent in the air you couldnt possibly wave it away. The desert was covered in the sll of blood. The sound of the horse hooves hitting the ground made you think they were marching in a swamp. What the horses kicked up was no longer yellow sand but blood and bits of flesh.
The cavalry tossed their guns aside, drew their swords and charged toward the foot-soldiers that hadnt finished equipping themselves. However, our right-wing ca around and completely surrounded them in the centre.
I had no plans of taking prisoners. I dont have the resources to entertain them, so I ignored the pleas of the foot-soldiers, pretending I didnt hear them and allowing my cavalry to trample them.
My personal Dragoon units first battle had co to an end. We lost one man and fifty guns. We annihilated all eighty equipped explorers. We seized a large volu of resources and supplies
After that, on the first page of the first Dragoon units battle history was the record of their battle under the bright-hot sun and sea of sand
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