Although Roland had the First Army train twice a week, he never tried to march at night.
It is a dangerous thing to dispatch troops at night. It is difficult to see the road, it is easy to be attacked by wild beasts and poisonous snakes, and it is easy to get lost. Raising a torch is a natural target. Therefore, he had to wait until dawn the next day to let the team set off and follow the Duke's coalition.
In order to ensure the smooth operation of this operation, the prince decided to follow the First Army personally. Of course, he chose to accompany him on the township instead of a bumpy and rubbing horse.
After half a month of training, Hummingbird has been able to control the lightening time of the 12-pounder within a fixed range. Considering the long enchanting process, Roland arranged for her to transform the artillery at dawn, so that the first one could last for a long time. The longest, and the remaining doors decrease in turn to ensure that the four doors have the same lightweight failure time as possible.
Thanks to the ability of the Hummingbird, the Township can now carry four guns and crew members at once. The huge cement boat was full of people. In addition to the artillery team and Roland, Anna, Nightingale, Nana, Ye Ye, Echo, Hummingbird, and Tigu Pine were also aboard the township. Wendy was responsible for providing the power, and the steering was Brian.
It can be said that with the exception of Scroll, Soraya, Lily, and Mystery Moon, who are not good at fighting, the witches in Border Town almost came out of their nests. Originally, there was no need for Anna to go to the battlefield, but her firm eyes made Roland unable to be ruthless in the end.
The land force is the Musketeer Army of the First Army, led by Chief Knight Carter and Iron Axe, and Lightning undertakes the whole-course positioning and tracking task. A group of people quietly followed behind the enemy, and the distance was just outside the range of the reconnaissance and cavalry patrols. Once Lightning detects reconnaissance, the army will stop advancing. Along the way, they also captured a lot of scattered mercenaries and free people, but at the moment they couldn't deal with these surrendering enemies.
This was also the first time that Roland had led an "army" to conquer the enemy. Standing on the bow of the township, he felt the morning wind blowing in front of him, and he felt a little smug in his heart.
"What are you laughing at?" Anna suddenly appeared beside him and asked.
"Uh..." Roland put away his smile instantly, "It's nothing."
"Really?" She handed a handkerchief. "Wipe your saliva."
"..." Roland suddenly felt the urge to jump into the water, "Thank you."
When Lightning reported that the other party was camping, the sun was setting. Compared with the uninterrupted reconnaissance at the time, it was obvious that after a major defeat, the morale of the coalition forces had dropped to freezing point. As soon as dusk arrived, the scout knights could not wait to rush back to the camp, for fear of missing the horse meat at night.
Roland's troops were stationed on the shore two kilometers away from the Duke's Army.
Without being discovered along the way, the annihilation plan has been half successful.
Next, just wait until the sky is light, and complete the siege before the enemy starts.
This was also the first time Roland had spent the night in the wild, and he preferred to sleep on a boat rather than a camp full of reptiles. The wooden shed where the gun truck was parked was emptied, and the members of the gun crew unloaded the 12-pounder gun and moved into the camp. The town became the prince's temporary residence. Except for Roland, the other witches also stayed on the boat for the night. Everyone will cover the shed with mats and lie down side by side with their clothes.
Roland wanted to be reserved, but found that the witches didn't care more than him. Except for Anna, they were all people who had suffered a lot. In the days of wandering, it was common for them to sleep in the wild. After a while, everyone fell asleep, only Roland and Anna could not fall asleep. The former was accustomed to the soft bed and had difficulty adapting to the hard deck bed for a while, while the latter did not know what he was thinking and kept looking at Roland with his head sideways. When the prince turned her head, Anna would always close her eyes quickly, pretending to be asleep, but in the moonlight she could still see her eyelashes fluttering slightly. If it wasn't for the fear of disturbing others, Roland really wanted to pinch the tip of the other's small nose and force her to open her eyes before hugging her.
In this way, the two of them hardly slept all night.
Before dawn, Roland launched his plan to encircle the army: 270 infantrymen with muskets were to be divided into two groups, one of which was sent to the rear of the Duke's Army by the township with two cannons. , complete the arming at a distance of one kilometer. Lightning is responsible for monitoring the Duke's movements. When the artillery is set up around the back, the little girl will give an instruction signal. At this moment, the left-behind troops led by Carter will start a frontal attack.
The cement ships were transported in a unified manner to avoid the possibility of marching apart. Nightingale’s black and white vision after entering the fog could be used as a night vision goggle, and her role as the navigator could enable the township to have the ability to sail during the day.
This set of procedures has been practiced over and over again, and everyone knows what to do with their eyes closed. Wendy expanded the wind output, and the township was almost riding the wind and waves, transporting the men and horses to the rear in batches. About an hour later, the interception team led by Iron Axe was in place, and lightning flew over Carter's camp, showing an orange flag. .
It was just dawn at this time.
The siege plan has officially started.
Since the Echo was assigned to fight in the rear, the musketeers responsible for the frontal assault did not have to move to fight, they only needed to form a line of battle to protect the two artillery pieces. The twelve-pounder guns were quickly pushed into position and opened fire on the enemy camp. At this time, most of the Duke's army was still asleep.
Solid shells whizzed towards the camp with the rumble of artillery fire. The knights and mercenaries who were waking up from a big dream rushed out of the tent, only to find that the First Army had already lined up and waited quietly in place. With the experience of the fiasco the day before yesterday, no one dared to challenge this seemingly thin line of defense, and could only flock to the east.
Iron Axe has been waiting behind him for a long time.
When the enemy appeared in the field of vision, the siege plan finally came to the moment to close the noose.
As the echoes played the marching music, one hundred and fifty people from the First Army marched to the beat of drums, lined up in two neat rows, and marched towards the enemy. In order to put pressure on the Duke's army, the iron axe responsible for intercepting must take the initiative to attack. If you stick to the same place, the enemy who has recovered is likely to give up the mount and escape from the woods in a detour.
Duke Ryan had fallen into despair, and he couldn't understand how the other party appeared behind them.
Admit defeat and surrender? He didn't know how Roland Wimbledon would treat a duke who dared to show his blade to the royal family. Maybe he would be imprisoned, maybe exiled, or even more likely to be sent to the guillotine. Whatever it is, Longsong Fortress will definitely have nothing to do with him in the future.
Seeing the troops approaching step by step, and the terrifying weapons that roared and blazed from time to time behind the opponent, he knew that if he didn't rush at this moment, he would never be able to rush past. With only thirty people left, this was his last chance.
"They can't stop us at all," shouted the duke. "As long as we cross this line, they can't catch up on two legs. We are only half a day away from Longsong Fortress! Knights, charge with me. !"
Then the duke began to urge the mount to speed up, but unfortunately not everyone was in the spirit of fighting to the death. There were only ten people who followed him, including the guards, but he couldn't care about so much now.
The music stopped abruptly.
The other party stopped in unison, standing in front of him like a wall.
Then he saw the men raise the short wooden sticks in their hands.
When Duke Ryan was only a hundred paces away from the human wall, the sound of ping-pong-pong sounded one after another, and he felt a shock in his chest and abdomen, like being hit by a sledgehammer. Then came numbness and powerlessness, and he fell back from his horse and fell to the ground.
The Duke opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't make any sound. He coughed twice, only to smell a strong sweet and fishy smell, and the thick liquid blocked his throat. Soon, darkness enveloped him. (. If you like this work, you are welcome to come and vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Please come.)