Herald of Steel

Chapter 1209: Challenges of Amphibious Landing

The three garrisoned officers quickly understood that if Lord Macht was truly as skilled as they were giving him credit for, then they were truly in for a hard fight.

The subtleness of the entire plan and how it was so cleverly hidden right in plain sight for all to see was a fantastic marvel to behold for any man.

Lord Macht had shown his worth in salt with just that single move.

Realizing this thus made both the officers feel a trail of sweat flowing down their spine, as they then almost simultaneously turned to give their commander Scorpyo a very flattering look.

If it had been them in charge of the camp, doubtless they would have been completely blind to the ploy, and been most certainly caught in the trap.

"..... If we had chosen to be in our camp and just defend, we would have been attacked for hours relentlessly... dammit... we are only a small force here... if even the walls of Thesalie can be overwhelmed, ... then what about ours?"

One of the officers hence could not help but clench through teeth what might have well been, the fear in his voice palpable.

"*Tsk*, even if we could have repelled them, our supplies are very limited. We would not have been able to outlast them."

His colleague was quick to also add this statement, his hands curling up into a fist.

The men had to thank their lucky stars that they had someone as experienced as Commander Scorpyo to lead them.

Becoming convinced of Scorpyo's tactic, they then finally turned on their heels, shouting,

"We should go ask for reinforcements immediately. There is very little time left. Or we will really have to consider running."

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One of the officers then hurriedly rushed out to inform RR of their state, while his colleague got to work arranging the garrison and preparing the men to march out at a moment's notice.

As Alexander's garrison mobilized themselves like so, Lord Macht continued to steadily approach the island, with a stoic facade on the outside but an expectant heart inside.

Calm and collected, the man was feeling quite confident of his chances, not complacent but also not too worried.

Of course, this assessment would have certainly changed if he had been able to sense that his bait had been so easily fished out, and would have likely been in quite a hurry to change plans.

But he did not.

And even if he had, some would have argued that this was still the best course of action for them.

This was because there was indeed a reason why the man had chosen to attack the island in this manner.

Because most of the alternative routes such as those listed by the legionary officers were actually not suitable to be used in the current circumstances.

The man knew that because he had already thought about most of them.

For instance, the first idea asked for using a double pronged attack to distract the garrison to land a secondary force elsewhere.

Hence by the time the Heeat family noticed this, they were forced to send a majority of their troop to meet this threat or risk the enemy getting ever larger and simply overwhelming them.

That however unfortunately left their camp mostly undefended.

Only then was Alexander able to exploit the happenings and snatch the island.

Such a thing was hardly going to work with Alexander's garrison here, who very well knew an attack was coming, and imminently at that.

They also were far better organized and supplied than their counterpart, with properly built watchtowers and lookouts equipped with warm clothes, keeping a vigilant eye

Thus trying to use the winter fog to try and fool such sharp eyes would certainly not have worked.

The only real thing it would have realistically done was cause the attacking ships to lose their sights and bearings and smash into each other, and the disembarking soldiers to get confused and lost on the beach after being unable to see their unit's standards.

Hence Lord Macht wisely decided to avoid such complex strategies and tried to just use his huge numbers to try and bulldoze his way through.

He hoped the mere sight of his numbers would be enough to scare the garrison into holing themselves in and let him proceed unimpeded.

That hopeful optimism was unfortunately shattered almost the moment the ships came into range of the island, as Scorpyo leading the formation shouted at the top of his lungs,

"Men! Shoot! Shoot with everything you got. Do not let a single bastard step ashore! Kill them before they can kill you!"

The hail of arrow fire immediately following this command was withering and it greeted the attacking soldier with relentless malice.

And because the men had to jump from the ship to disembark, they were not only able to maintain any sort of coherent formation, but they even had to keep their shields to their backs, allowing many of the bolts to easily find their marks.

And accompanying these shots were the far scarier catapults, whose stone throws were able to make accurate hits on the moored ships, smashing into them and cracking the body.

Some even landed on the deck and bounced around a few times, making multiple contacts and dealing severe casualties.

But perhaps its most damaging effect was in its novelty as most having never seen such a weapon, panicked.

Even Lord Macht's aide ran up to the general who was standing at the stern and urged him to go below deck.

The man's face however only produced a gloomy look.

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