Chapter 908: Volume 29: Sword Qi Points Afar, - 2: Lighting the Fire
As late autumn descended upon Nicosia, the situation once again became unstable. Beastmen, who had been quiet for a long while, seemed to suddenly awaken from their summer slumber and burst forth with unprecedented vitality, as if to vent all their long-suppressed frustrations, fiercely launching attacks on the surrounding regions.
Wolf Cavalry swept in like a tide, and the isolated Galleian fortresses in the north were powerless to stop them. The Wolf Cavalry didn’t even intend to breach the fortifications; they simply rampaged from one town to the next, pillaging without any other intention. From food to livestock, fabrics to ironware, gold to books, they took everything they could carry. However, these Wolf Cavalry were much more civilized and restrained than before—unless they encountered strong resistance, they generally refrained from slaughter and arson, focusing purely on looting everything they deemed valuable.
Accompanying the Wolf Cavalry was the Deer Cavalry, who were faster, had a wider range of attack, and better discipline, allowing them to extend beyond the main force of the Wolf Cavalry to surrounding targets, thereby maximizing their loot.
The situation in Silesia was not much better than in Galle, affected by the large-scale attacks from both the Wolf and Deer tribes. Cow Light Infantry and Sheep Infantry also frequently raided parts of western Silesia, leveraging their numerical superiority to pressurize continuously. Upon spotting Silesia Cavalry forces, they would call in the Bear Heavy Infantry to employ delaying tactics, pinning down the numerically inferior Silesian cavalry at a battlefield, while other sections of Cow and Sheep forces took the opportunity to raid towns and villages.
Compared to the selective raiding by the Wolf and Deer tribes, the pillaging by the Cow and Sheep tribes was overwhelming and indiscriminate—be it towns or villages, wealthy merchants or poor farmers, they spared no one. This relentless looting also faced stern resistance from the local mortal populace in Silesia, but given the martial dominance of the Cow and Sheep tribes, this resistance seemed feeble and was largely ineffective.
The sudden onslaught of the Beastman Army had Galle and Silesia in a considerable panic, with rampant rumors of Beastmen moving southward and eastward to utterly obliterate the Kingdom of Nicosia. Even in Cartin and Godeburg, there was widespread panic, although the Beastmen seemed slightly more lenient toward the mortals of the south. However, this did not mean they would keep up such selective aggression. Having tasted success, the Beastmen could do anything—a sentiment unanimously agreed upon by all mortal nobles and traders.