The private armed forces of the nobles of the Principality of Karnas were blocked on the mountain road for four days, unable to move forward. The night attack planned on the first night was thought to be 100% successful, but no one expected that the enemy was already prepared. . They cut off the mountain road, dug a big pit, trapped more than two hundred elites in it, and fell into the valley. When daybreak came, the territorial nobles sent people down to the valley to search, but only forty or fifty survivors who were seriously injured after falling were rescued.
This blow finally made the nobles of the Principality of Karnas, who were full of thoughts of robbery and making money, wake up. They understood that if they wanted to rob the three southern counties, they must first pass through the bend in front and defeat the enemies guarding Squirrel Village. But it is a pity that they have tried their best in the past four days and still cannot get close to the Squirrel Village defensive position. In addition to the increase of five to six hundred casualties, the only gain is to find out that there is more than one big pit and trap on the mountain road ahead.
There is no way to fill the big hole in the road. Not to mention that the bottom of the big hole is empty and leads to the valley next to it. The soil and rocks thrown in will fall into the valley along the passage at the bottom of the hole. Even if you want to fill the hole, you can't send people to work. As long as you rush through the bend, the people carrying earth and rocks will become the target of the enemy, and they will be knocked to the ground one by one with the sound of gunfire from the defensive position.
The time that can be used is night. Under the cover of darkness, the aiming accuracy of the enemy's musket shooting can be reduced. But what makes the territorial nobles miserable is that they must light torches for lighting when working at night, otherwise they will not be able to see clearly. But lighting the torch is equivalent to guiding the enemy in the direction of shooting. Under the light of the torch, the enemy can clearly see what is going to be done here.
The mountain road is a bit narrow, especially at the bend. If you want to bundle it into wooden rafts and lay it on the big pit in front, it will take a lot of people to carry it. However, when they were moving around the bend, they were immediately hit by enemy artillery fire. The rows of logs that they had worked so hard to cut and transport from far behind were scattered by the artillery and fell into the valley. Dozens of civilians were injured or killed while transporting them. people.
The second time the raft was being moved, the torch was not lit for lighting and was carried out in the dark. As a result, the porters in front lost their footing when they turned around the bend, and they rolled down into the valley with the log raft. This made several territorial nobles responsible for supervision so angry that they worked most of the night in vain. But there was nothing they could do. The food that the people in charge of transporting the goods ate was not as nutritious as the nobles in the territory. It was good to fill their stomachs. Most of the people in the territory had some night blindness at night and could not see the road in the dark. It's a very normal phenomenon.
In the end, Baron Quinluana, who had a background in marching, came up with an idea. Instead of using rows of logs, he recruited carpenters to make some lightweight ladders. He crawled over on the ground at night, laid the ladders on the big pit, and then covered it with wooden boards. Go up so you can get over it. Although it is not as solid as having logs laid on it, it is not easy for people to pass by.
Count Leucade organized a night attack again, selecting a hundred elites from his own people and guards, and other territorial nobles also gathered a hundred people. Two hundred scimitar warriors who could see the road clearly at night once again charged towards the enemy's defensive positions in Squirrel Village. But they had just run less than forty steps when the road ahead collapsed again, and another big hole appeared on the mountain road.
But this time, we were lucky. Only about thirty people fell into the pit. The next few who fell in were simply knocked in by people behind them who couldn't stop. What's even more fortunate is that this big pit is not connected to the valley beside the mountain road, it is just a real big pit. It's just that the bottom of this pit was densely covered with sharpened branches and wooden spears. Those who fell in were either dead or injured. Screams and calls for help were intertwined, and the smell of blood was tangy.
Silver Moon's face emerged from the clouds at the right time, and the pale moonlight showed the scene in the trap to the warriors at the edge of the pit. About thirty unlucky ghosts who fell in were piled up at the bottom of the trap. Their bodies were interspersed with long sharp branches and wooden spears. Even one wooden spear penetrated the bodies of three or four people. It looked like Like those dead fish waiting to be grilled. A few dying hapless ghosts were twisting and struggling on the branches and wooden spears, trying to pull out the wooden spears, but they couldn't.
The smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and the screams and calls for help became lighter and lighter. I don’t know which scimitar warrior was so stimulated by the sight he saw that he collapsed. In short, some people screamed and turned around to escape first, and the remaining people They all turned and followed. The soldiers on the defensive position fired desperately at their large group of people, but only about twenty of them were left.
No territorial nobles proposed night attacks anymore. From the bend to the enemy's defensive position in Squirrel Village, the total length of the mountain road was estimated to be two to three hundred meters. Now it has been discovered that there are two large pit traps on the mountain road nearly 100 meters ahead. Then there are at least three or four big pits waiting for everyone in the remaining 1,780 meters. If you try to fill holes or lay wooden rafts and ladders on them within the range of artillery and musket fire, you don't know how many casualties you will pay. Perhaps at least half of the more than 4,000 people had to be filled in. The most painful thing was that they could only be beaten and could not fight back.
In four days, the territorial nobles of the Principality of Karnas had suffered seven to eight hundred casualties, which was almost 20% of their total strength. If the casualties were increased by another 10%, the remaining rabble would definitely collapse. After all, the citizens who applied for the conscription were also planning to go to the three southern counties to make a fortune. They did not expect to die here in Squirrel Village.
Now, the territorial nobles of the Principality of Karnas are suppressing their own troops and trying to appease their men to prevent them from escaping in the middle of the night. On the other hand, they pinned their hopes on the territorial nobles of the Eskiline Principality, hoping that they could reach the enemy's defensive position in Squirrel Village as soon as possible so that they could rescue their side. However, the spies sent to contact them came back overnight and reported that the nobles of the Eskiline Principality were ambushed by the enemy along the way, suffering heavy casualties, and were also dragged on the mountain road.
There were only more than a thousand nobles from the territory of the Principality of Eskilin, and they set off one day later than those from the Principality of Kannas. But it is worth noting that these more than a thousand people are basically composed of armed private soldiers of the noble families of various territories. Most of their weapons are muskets, and they also carry four light live-fire artillery pieces. The artillery that Lord brought is the same, and its combat effectiveness should be pretty good.
Different from the nobles from the Principality of Karnas, the nobles from the Principality of Eskilen strictly followed the marching regulations and sent a scout team as the forward, about three miles away from the main force. So according to Claude's order, Diaverde, who moved the cordon forward, focused on the scout team, set up an ambush and annihilated the scout team.
By the time the large army of nobles from the Eskiline Principality arrived, the dozen or so soldiers serving as scouts were already lying dead in the field, and all the muskets and valuables around them had been swept away. Although the territorial nobles were very angry, they also knew that the enemy did not retreat as they expected, but instead took the initiative to attack, which made them more cautious.
After collecting the corpses, they sent a squadron as scouts, keeping a distance of about one mile from the main force to facilitate response. Seeing that the enemy had changed their marching method, Diaverde also took the initiative to change the method of ambush. He asked his soldiers to form a group of three and lurk beside the road. After one round of fighting, he immediately retreated, never giving the enemy a chance to retaliate.
This method of secretly firing cold shots made the territorial nobles of the Eskiline Principality miserable, because the enemy no longer only targeted the scouts in front, but sometimes let the scouts go to sneak attack on the large troops behind. A relatively unlucky territorial noble was dressed in fancy clothes while riding a horse. As a result, he became the target of the enemy's sneak attack. Three muskets were aimed at him, causing the unlucky noble to fall off his horse and die after being hit by two bullets.
However, the three sneak attackers jumped up and fled from a distance of about a hundred meters. The territorial nobles fired two rows of guns, but none of them hit them due to lack of preparation. Angrily, he sent a squadron to pursue him. As a result, the squadron was led into the ambush circle set by Diaverde by three fleeing soldiers. Surrounded by three squads, the squadron was almost annihilated. If the territorial nobles hadn't felt something was wrong when they heard the continuous gunfire and sent two more squadrons to respond, forcing Diavid to lead the retreat, I'm afraid not even ten soldiers from this poor squadron would have survived. Not here
As a result, when they set up camp at night, the territorial nobles of the Eskiline Principality found that they had suffered seventy or eighty casualties that day, while the enemy's casualties were estimated to be less than four or five. This made them feel like they had kicked an iron plate. In addition, the noble who died in the sneak attack also taught them a lesson. They must not stand out so much that they become the target of an ambush attacker. So the next day all the territorial nobles put on their old military uniforms and tried their best to mingle with their soldiers.
In three days, the territorial nobles only traveled less than eighty miles on the mountain road. Those elusive ambush attackers were really abominable. In these three days, they had already caused damage to the private armed forces of the territorial nobles. Nearly two hundred casualties. The territorial nobles had thought of ways to retaliate, but the performance and practicality of the muskets in their hands was far inferior to that of the enemy's equipment. If you want to pose a threat to the enemy, you must organize your soldiers to line up and fire a salvo, but this often makes your soldiers a target for the enemy.
The maximum range of the Obash Type III standard musket can reach a distance of 380 meters, and 240 meters is the effective damage range, which means that the damage is greatest within this distance. The effective distance for precise aiming and shooting is about 100 to 120 meters. Any further away and the gun will easily drift.
Therefore, if the territorial nobles of the Eskiline Principality ordered their soldiers to line up and use volleys of fire to deal with the sneak attackers, they would be playing into Diavid's plan. Because he asked his soldiers to ambush and attack the enemy in groups of three, and each group was surrounded by another group or two groups of responders. The first group retreated immediately after firing a sneak attack. When the enemies lined up and prepared to fire in unison, they happened to become the targets of the other two groups. As long as you can suppress the muzzle of the gun, you can have a hit rate of more than 50% when firing from a distance of 200 meters.
For these territorial nobles of the Eskiline Principality, they are now in a very embarrassing and dangerous situation. It's not that they can't deal with these small groups of enemies who harass and attack in secret. In fact, as long as they are willing to bear casualties, they can let their soldiers pursue them in squadron formations, attack in several groups at the same time, look after and support each other, and do not give up until they achieve their goals, even if the casualties are greater. It can also destroy these flea-like enemies.
But no one is willing to come up with this idea, because these thousands of others are the private armed forces of the nobles in various territories, and the family relies on them for military force. No territorial noble is willing to waste his private soldiers like this. Everyone expects others to come forward voluntarily, and everyone wants to preserve their family's armed forces. So these three days became very difficult. All the territorial nobles hoped that the territorial nobles of the Principality of Karnas could capture Squirrel Village first, so that the enemies who harassed and attacked them here would retreat on their own.
Diavid and his squadron were also very tired. In the past three days, they had been running around all over the mountains, exerting more effort than the enemy. Fortunately, their actions effectively delayed the enemy's march and achieved good results. However, their casualties were not large. They only sacrificed one unlucky soldier and injured seven or eight. They are now at full strength. There are three more teams. So he decided to rest for a day, monitor the enemy from a distance, and let his soldiers recover some physical strength and energy before continuing to carry out ambush and sneak attacks.
What Diavid didn't expect was that the enemy didn't leave, but stayed in the camp where they set up yesterday. After waiting for a day, the same thing happened the next day. This made him feel strange, so he sent someone to notify Claude to see what the enemy was up to.
Claude was woken up by McJack as soon as he fell asleep. In the past few days, he stayed up late at night to deal with the enemy's attacks and took time to sleep during the day. The nobles of the Principality of Karrnath all attacked at night, and only made a few occasional attempts during the day. They knew very well that attacking during the day would only make the soldiers a target. But now they found that there were big pits and traps on the mountain road ahead, so they stopped tossing around at night.
Maijack woke up Claude because the nobles of the Principality of Karnas had withdrawn their troops. When you open the window, you can see a large group of people walking back on the mountain road in the distance. From the monocular, we can see that farmers and herdsmen wearing rags and holding various weapons are moving their footsteps on the mountain road in dejection.
The cheers of the soldiers came from the camp. When they saw a large group of enemies approaching on the mountain road in the distance, all the soldiers were sweating in their hearts. The difference in the numbers of the enemy and ourselves was too big. No one expected that they could really block these enemies at that bend, and they No one died.
Claude didn't take it seriously when he received the news sent by Diavid. It was probably because the territorial nobles of the Eskiline Principality had received the news of the withdrawal of troops from the territorial nobles of the Principality of Kannas, so they didn't take it seriously either. If they continue to march, they should be discussing countermeasures. If they are lucky, maybe they will withdraw their troops, and then they will be able to defend the important level of Squirrel Village.
But the next day Diavid once again sent someone urgently to deliver new news, and everyone jumped in shock. Because Diavid reported that the territorial nobles of the Principality of Karnas did not withdraw their troops, but arrived on the mountain road on the side of the Eskiline Principality. The territorial nobles of the two principalities have joined forces.
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