Ten thousand disgruntled Kislevian raiders departed from the fishing village. They were leaving from the northern side of the village, heading inland. It was clear to everyone what the objective of the raiders was. There were a few villages a couple of days away; they were most likely going to pillage them all and then return with all their plundered goods.
Victor needed to formulate a plan quickly; he did not want to condemn all those innocent people to a horrible fate at the hands of those raiders. If he attacked them too soon, it would alert the rest of the raiders garrisoned in Fushu.
If they chose to solely focus on the fishing village and then pursue the detached raiders, it was likely that at least one, maybe two, villages would be raided by the time they caught up. The only viable option they had was to split the army. The bulk of it would assault the fishing village while the remainder pursued and eliminated the raiding party.
General Lasalle was enthusiastic to volunteer himself to lead all the cavalry and chase after the raiding party. His reasoning was solid; the speed and precision of all the cavalry would cut the raiding party to pieces. In the General's words, "It would be like a hot knife cutting through butter."
Victor was in favour of the plan, so much so that he even offered the entirety of the Royal Guard cavalry to join General Lasalle's forces. With 500 Royal Scots Grey cavalrymen at Lasalle's disposal, dealing with the raiding party would be easy.
Marshal Bessières would take command of the infantry and artillery of 14th Corps in Lasalle's absence. General Bun Gen would lead all the Simbarnese infantrymen, and Victor would take his first proper command of the elite Royal Guard infantry regiment.
The plan for the Battle of Fushu was to make use of a staggered three-pronged assault. Marsahl Bessières would lead the infantry of 14th Corps and attack the northern entrance of the village. General Bun Gen would wait a few minutes and charge the eastern side of the village with his men. After another few minutes, Victor would lead his regiment and attack the western side of the fishing village.
Victor planned to exploit the poor discipline and tactics of the Kislevian raiders. With multiple fronts coming under fire, the raiders will be scurrying all around the village to secure all important areas. The only cause for concern was the rumour about some of the raiders being regulars in the Tsardom of Mikhailovich's military.
If two regiments of the Tsardom's infantry were disguised as raiders, it would make the plan less effective. Victor tried to downplay the possibility of this being true and merely chalked it up to being a rumour, nothing more.
It took over three hours for everyone to get ready and be in position. The sun was already beginning to set, the golden glow slowly diminishing. With no room for error, Marshal Bessières began his assault on the northern entrance.
He was not allowed to use artillery due to Victor's orders. They did not wish to destroy the village since it was going to be turned into a defensive position. There was no need for them to make a bigger mess of the place.
Since the raiders did not have any pieces of artillery present at the village, Marshal Bessières led his men in multiple line formations. They marched to the tune of pipes and drums, their footsteps symmetrical to the others around them.
It took a moment for the Kislevian raiders to notice them approaching, but as soon as they did, they sprawled to gather their weapons and supplies. As they rushed to their positions, some of the unfortunate bastards had already been killed thanks to the deadly accuracy of the Luxenberg infantry,
The infantry tactics were the same as Marshal Lefebvre's, making use of multiple volleys to keep the enemy suppressed. It was a standard tactic that was adopted by the Luxenberg military during the early days of Victor's reign as king.
Hundreds of muskets being fired could be heard in the distance. This was the indicator that let the other two forces know that the battle was underway.
General Bun Gen and 12,000 Simbarnese infantrymen remained hidden behind a hill, waiting for the right moment to begin their assault. They did not want to rush in too early; the key to the plan was drawing most of the Kislevian raiders' attention to the northern entrance while the western and eastern sides were quickly overrun by the supporting forces.
After three minutes of relentless volleys, General Bun Gen drew his sabre and led his infantry to charge. Bun Gen was a general who loved the thrill of the battle and chased after glory. His Simbarnese soldiers had not been trained in Luxenberg tactics, so they blitzed the enemy position.
To Bun Gen's credit, blitzing the eastern side was the right strategy. The defences were lacklustre and the number of men guarding that side was too few to put up an adequate resistance against the. 12,000 Simbarnese soldiers began to pour into the fishing village and strike the raiders from the rear while they were dealing with Marshal Bessières and his soldiers.
Sensing that the battle was thrusting towards an all-out frenzy, Victor drew his fancy-looking sabre and led his soldiers in an organised advance towards the village. As he drew closer, Victor could see that the western side had been completely abandoned. It had seemed that all the defenders on that side had to rush to the centre of the village to help the rest of the raiders.
Victor was slightly disappointed that he did not get the chance to break an enemy line; nevertheless, this was not the time for pouting. He increased the pace of his men and surged into the village to support his soldiers.
When Victor and his regiment of French Imperial Guard soldiers arrived at the village centre, the fighting was almost concluded. In under half an hour, the 45,000 Kislevian raiders had been pushed to the brink of utter annihilation.
Victor was momentarily stunned; his plan had worked so much better than he had anticipated. He had factored in the potential for real infantrymen of the Tsardom, yet it seemed the rumours were false. There was no way that soldiers from the Tsardom's military were present for this battle. If they were, then they were an utter joke of a military.
With Fushu secured, Victor could only wait to hear from General Lasalle.