Two days later, the Duke's army occupying Beiye Town finally moved. The gates of the city opened wide. First, nearly a hundred scout light cavalry swarmed out, divided into groups of ten and roared away in all directions. Immediately afterwards, more than 500 leather cavalry came out slowly in a formation of four cavalry. Following the cavalry were three squadrons of foot soldiers, the first squadron of sword and shield soldiers, the second squadron of spearmen, and the third squadron of longbowmen.
After the three infantry squadrons, there were nearly fifty four-wheeled freight wagons, with various items piled up on them. It was estimated that they should be logistics supplies such as tents. This convoy was probably accompanied by soldiers from a squadron, except In addition to the two soldiers driving the car, there were seven or eight soldiers lying or sitting in the car.
After the convoy passed, another squadron of spear cavalry followed. But what surprised Lorist was that the spear cavalry squadron of this squadron was not as orderly as the leather armor cavalry squadron that set off first, the formation was not neat, and the soldiers on horseback were also laughing and out of shape.
After the spear cavalry of this squadron passed, the gate of Beiye Town was closed. A row of soldiers with horns appeared on the city wall and began to blow their horns to see off the marching team. The few spear cavalry who fell behind rode their horses and turned around, as if yelling and cursing, then turned their horses and followed the team in front.
It has been an hour since the expedition troops left, but the gates of Beiye Town are still closed and the city walls are heavily guarded. Lorist jumped down from the tree lightly, and said to Reddy who was waiting for him with the horse, "Let's go back to the camp."
They led their horses to the back of the woods before they got on their horses. After walking forward for a while, they saw six cavalry galloping out from behind the mound in front of them. With a spear in his hand, he roared, "Get out!"
At this moment, more than a dozen cavalry came out from the back of the mound. Lorist smiled when he saw it. The six fleeing cavalry in front were the first batch of scout light cavalry from the Duke's army, while the dozen cavalry in the back were hired by himself. Member of the Mercenary Corps. It's just that Lorist didn't expect these mercenaries to be so brave, they were less than 500 meters away from Beiye Town, and they were chasing these scout light cavalry.
Six throwing spears turned six aggressive scout light cavalry into six corpses in just a few blinks of an eye. The mercenaries who were chasing after them stopped their horses and saluted Lorist. , while staring at the six corpses on the ground with greedy eyes.
"Reddy, go and see what's on those corpses..." Lorist wondered why these mercenaries were so keen on these corpses on the ground.
Reddy came back quickly, and he brought back six horses, six longswords and a few flail axes, and finally six bulging money bags.
Unlocking a purse, he saw dozens of silver coins, more than a dozen gold coins of the old man's head of the empire, and even two or three Gold Fords. Lorist suddenly realized that the four big families in Beiye Town were extremely rich, but they were located in a remote place and had no place to spend their money. There was no doubt that every resident had money. Now the Duke's army slaughtered the residents and took Beiye Town as their own. These soldiers ransacked their homes and robbed their fortunes, and all of them made a fortune, and their wealth increased greatly. No wonder the spirits of those soldiers who went out to battle in the morning were not uplifted. They didn't care what their superiors thought, they just hoped to go back early and use the money to enjoy themselves.
It's no wonder that these mercenaries are chasing after the escaped scout light cavalry. Perhaps in the eyes of these down-and-out mercenaries, the soldiers of the Duke's army are all small mobile coffers. Lorist laughed, at this moment he was full of confidence in defeating the Duke's army.
"Which mercenary group do you belong to?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, we belong to the Night Bat Mercenary Corps." A little mercenary leader at the head replied very respectfully. He knew Lorist, firstly, the big money owner who hired them, and secondly, when he saw Lorist throwing his spear and killing six scout light cavalry, he couldn't help but whisper to himself, that speed and strength, he thought Unable to catch a throwing gun.
"Good job, these corpses on the ground are yours to deal with." Lorist steered his horse and Reddy left.
Although Reddy took away the mount, weapon, and money bag, the mercenaries were still very happy. After all, the leather armor and shoes on the corpse were still worth a lot of money, and they might find something unexpected Surprises, such as necklaces and rings. And for those six heads, Lorist offered a bounty of gold coins for each head and the head of an old man from the empire.
The camp that Lorist was going to was in the woods on a small mound, which was near the place where he was robbed and killed when he returned from Beiye Town for the first time. Choosing this place is because Lorist intends to rely on the terrain to isolate the connection between the Duke's army and Beiye Town.
This is the middle section of the distance between Fenglin Villa and Beiye Town, and it is another big turn. You can't see it from both sides. It's either blocked by hills or covered by woods, and you can't find what happened here. If Lorist robbed and killed the messenger here, even if he was discovered, it would take ten to twenty minutes for the reinforcements on both sides to arrive here on fast horses, enough for Lorist and the others to retreat safely.
Vasimma came up to meet him, and Lorist got off his horse. Seeing that the mercenary group in the camp was empty, he asked, "Are they all out?"
"Yes, my lord." Vasinma replied: "The five swords mercenary group went out on patrol in the morning and bumped into ten scouts from the Duke's army. They injured seventeen people before they took down the ten scouts, and finally picked up the corpses. When I was there, I found that these scouts had a lot of money on them. When I came back, all the mercenary regiments went out to find the scouts from the Duke’s army.”
"Money still touches people's hearts. I have repeatedly ordered these mercenary group members to take the initiative to attack. They always push back and block, and they all want to follow behind to take advantage of it. This time, they swarmed away when they saw money." Lorist sighed.
"My lord, the members of the mercenary group cannot be trusted. They are greedy for life and afraid of death. We shouldn't hire them." As a knight, Vasinma has a natural affinity for mercenaries. bias.
Lorist shook his head: "The difference in strength between us and the Duke's army is too large. With these mercenaries, at least we can strengthen our momentum. Although they are a rabble in frontal formations, the scout light cavalry used to deal with the enemy is still Not bad, their experience and individual skills are much better than our family soldiers. We can only use their strength to deal with this duke's army."
"Has Paul Binns followed?" Lorist asked.
"Yes, my lord. He will watch over the Duke's army until they have set up camp," said Vasimma.
"It finally came out. It's been five days. As long as they come out, we can find fighters. I don't know how long this war will be over." Lorist returned to the big tent and sat down.
"My lord, we will definitely defeat the Duke's army," Vasimma said.
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Duke Lukins' army's attack on Maplewood Villa was very, very unsuccessful...
On the first day, they set off from Beiye Town at nine o'clock in the morning, and walked for more than two hours before reaching the castle of Fenglin Mountain Villa. After having lunch, they set up camp and sent a silver knight to show off their power in front of the castle, shouting loudly Tell the Norton family to come out and surrender quickly. As a result, Josk on the castle shot the unlucky man and his horse to death in front of the drawbridge, casting a bloody shadow on the attack that the Duke's army had not yet launched. Now every soldier in the Duke's army knew that the golden archer of the Norton family was in the castle they were going to attack, and they prayed in panic to the gods to protect themselves from being the ghost of the arrows when they attacked the city.
Only fourteen scout light cavalry came back at night, and they reported to Chevani, the golden knight who led the army, that they were hunted down by the light cavalry of the Norton family. The Chivani knight frowned tightly. He couldn't figure out where the Norton family got so many light cavalry that could eat up more than 80 of his scout light cavalry. It wasn't until a light cavalry reported that the light cavalry chasing them were wearing the leather armor of the Norton family, but they behaved like mercenaries. The young new head of the Norton family must have hired mercenaries to fight him. After robbing Viscount Kenmas's private house of 100,000 goldfords, he naturally has the money to hire mercenaries.
On the second day, the Chivani cavalry split into two groups. On the other side, a squadron of leather cavalry was sent to sweep the surroundings under the leadership of a dozen silver knights, preparing to eliminate the mercenaries hired by the Norton family. The other way is that he personally commanded to launch an attack on Fenglin Villa.
The leather cavalry of that squadron searched all morning, but found nothing. This is mainly due to their large number of people, no mercenary group would foolishly bump into them, they all avoided them and only watched from a distance. As a result, the leather cavalry of this squadron found a ravine at noon and rested by the stream for two hours. When they assembled again, they found that there were more than a dozen soldiers missing. It seems that the traces left behind should be kidnapped. The silver knight who led the team was furious, and summoned the cavalry to follow the traces, and was almost led to the black mud swamp. If it wasn't for the vigilance of the other silver knights, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
It was futile to attack Maplewood Castle here. Chevani Knight ordered people to launch three crossbows, which were captured in Beiye Town. Even the Chivani knights didn't expect to capture three big killers in such a remote town in the Northland. So it was brought out as a guarantee for siege. As a result, Josk shot an arrow from above the castle and destroyed one before attacking. The other two siege crossbows retreated quickly, avoiding the situation of being destroyed before the battle was completed.
The Chivany knights were furious and ordered the longbow squadron to lob the castle. However, preparations had been made above the castle, wooden rafts were erected, and wooden sheds were erected. Josk also used the cover of the raft to shoot at the longbowmen below the city. After shooting for a day, nothing happened to him, but fifty-three longbowmen under the city died.
After staying in Beiye Town for five days, Chevani Knight did not make any siege preparations. He had already prepared some siege equipment in advance. For example, two movable suspension bridges and a small crash car were dismantled into small pieces and transported over in a freight wagon yesterday. It was assembled before the morning siege. The so-called movable suspension bridge is two large flatbed trucks with a long wooden row placed on it. Push the flat cart to the front of the moat, and then stand up and lower the wooden rafts on it to form two bridges across the river, and then let the soldiers push the cart across the bridge to smash open the gate.
However, the terrain of Fenglin Villa is dangerous. Except for the steep slopes below the walls on both sides of the castle, it is impossible to deploy troops to attack at multiple points. The guards only need to defend the castle in front. Chevany Knight commanded the soldiers to launch three attacks on the gate of the castle. As a result, more than 200 soldiers were killed or injured, but nothing was achieved. The two movable drawbridges and the crashed car were burnt down by the guards of the Norton family. .
On the third day, the Chivani knights did not continue to attack the city. He sent a large number of soldiers to cut down trees and prepared to remake the siege equipment. In the afternoon, the Knights of Chevany received reports that soldiers felling wood had been attacked, with dozens of casualties. Chevani had no choice but to personally lead a squadron of leather cavalry to guard the soldiers to cut down the trees and transport them back to the camp.
After a tiring day, everyone went back to the camp and slept soundly. As a result, the camp was attacked at night, and more than 100 people were killed or injured. This is because there are not many enemies who attack at night, just to harass them. The most irritating thing is that the wood that was finally brought back in the afternoon was thrown in the corner and was doused with kerosene and turned into several piles of oversized bonfires.
Chevany Knight is a strong-willed knight who obeys orders. He promised his lord, the Duke of Lukins, to make the Norton family submit, so he will not be overwhelmed by the difficulties he faces. He thought that whether it was a sneak attack on the soldiers who cut down trees or a night attack, it was the Norton family who jumped the wall in a hurry. This clearly showed that the Norton family did not have the strength to confront their army head-on, and could only use these tricks to keep them alive. day.
So in the early morning of the fourth day, Chevany Knight took the soldiers to cut wood for another day, and after returning to the camp, he re-arranged the security, so he could rest assured.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I lay down for a while, I heard soldiers outside yelling "night attack" or something. After putting on my clothes again and going out of the tent, I almost turned my nose in anger. Is this also called night attack? On the castle in the distance, there was a flash of fire in the distance. A rocket crossed a distance of nearly a thousand meters and hit the ground with a "plop". All the soldiers in the barracks looked up at the sky, guessing the next rocket. Where will it fall
Josk was mainly bored. The duke's army hadn't attacked the city in the past two days, so he had nowhere to use his strength. Last night, Lorist attacked the barracks at night and set fire to the wood to remind him. He tried it before, using his fighting spirit and his special longbow, he was able to shoot the arrow thousands of meters away, but of course it was completely inaccurate. I don't know if I have strength or not. However, the duke’s army camped only a thousand meters away from the castle. Such a large camp area only needs to be pointed in the direction. Shooting rockets there might burn down a few tents, and it would be good for the duke’s army to sleep well, so Joe Sk decided to shoot ten rockets at night to see what effect it would have.
After Josk finished shooting the arrow, Chivani Knight, who was lying on the bed again, couldn't fall asleep. He was suffocated and felt that everything was not going well.
On the fifth day, the Duke's army still did not attack the city, and Chevany Knight supervised the soldiers making siege equipment with two black eye sockets. In the evening Josk still fired ten rockets at the same time.
On the sixth day, continue to make siege equipment, because the Northland Army is a regular army, and the crude climbing ladders are disliked and unwilling to use. The siege equipment they want to manufacture is a bridge car, which is a tall The wooden building has a drawbridge on it, which can be placed directly on the top floor of the castle. Soldiers first go up to the wooden building and attack the guards guarding the castle through the drawbridge. Below the wooden building are four large wooden wheels that can be pushed close to the enemy's castle.
The Chivany Knights are going to make four bridge cars, because only four cars can be lined up on the front of the castle. He believed that there would always be a bridge car approaching the castle, and then he would take the lead and be the first to attack the castle to settle accounts with that golden archer.
At the same time in the evening Josk fired ten more rockets at the barracks.
On the seventh day, the four building and bridge vehicles were finished. At night, all the soldiers looked up at the ten rockets and went to rest in peace.
On the eighth day, the Chivani Knights prepared to let the soldiers have a good rest for a day, so that they could recharge their spirits and start attacking the city tomorrow.
At the same time in the night, all soldiers looked up at the sky.
One rocket, two rockets... four rockets.... The sixth rocket…. Here comes the seventh rocket...
Josk suddenly felt that he was very boring. There were four tall bridge vehicles erected in the enemy camp, and they would attack the city tomorrow morning. He had nothing to do to shoot rockets at the enemy camp. Rest early is the business. So he patted his butt and went to sleep.
The soldiers in the barracks looked at the sky stupidly, and said anxiously: There are still three rockets, why haven't they fired yet? When will the ejaculation come... I just waited for more than two hours...
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