Lorist was very tired. He first rushed to the post in one go, then killed the longbowmen of the Iron Guards and the soldiers operating the crossbows, and finally killed five Silver Knights. He was already exhausted. That's why he asked Pat to command the armored spearmen who arrived later to force the enemy to occupy the position.
Although he was terribly tired, Lorist was still holding on to wait in the big tent at this moment. There were still some things to deal with, especially El fell into the hills and had not been found so far, which made Lorist even more worried. endlessly.
The clothes on his body were stained with blood, and then they were half-dried by the wind on the mountain, making them sticky and uncomfortable. As soon as he returned to the big tent that had been rebuilt in the military camp at the foot of the mountain, Lorist tore off all his clothes, put on a battle robe with his bare upper body, and waited anxiously for news.
Yuri, Terman, and Bodfinger walked into the big tent.
"My lord, the enemy's 5,000 reinforcements were completely annihilated, and two or three thousand prisoners were captured alive. The Golden Knight who led the team was killed by Lord Bodfinger." Yuri reported the latest battle situation.
"Borg, well done." Lorist praised.
Bodfinger smiled and shook his head: "Victory is not a battle, if the Golden Knight hadn't been hit by three arrows first, he might still be entangled with me."
Lorist nodded: "Are there many casualties?"
Terman stepped forward: "Seven Silver Knights were lost, and the remaining casualties were in the hundreds..."
There was a moment of silence in the big tent.
After a long time, Lorist sighed leisurely: "Contain their remains, cremate them and take them back. Their destination is the tomb of the heroes in the family territory. That is the resting place of the warriors who sacrificed for the family..."
"Yes, my lord." Terman responded solemnly.
Yuri asked hesitantly: "My lord, I heard that Brother El..."
"I fell under the hill, and I'm already looking for it. It's almost dawn now, and there should be news soon. Bread Hill is not a mountain, it's just that high. Don't worry, El will be fine..." Loris Te comforted Yuri, and he was also comforting himself.
"By the way, Yuri, your task is very heavy. The road to Vanades City must be completely closed and blocked. Be sure not to let the news here pass. Remember what I said last time, turn the enemy into blind and Deaf man, it depends on the performance of your scouts and light cavalry." Lorist patted Yuri on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will tell you about El's news, trust me, he will be fine..."
"My lord, I understand, please rest assured, our scout light cavalry will definitely complete our mission." Yuri stood at attention and replied very seriously.
"Borg, you are in charge of the next plan. First, try to see if you can pretend to be the Iron Guards to sneak attack on Vanades City. If the operation goes well, after blocking Vanades City, go directly to Sith Castle. Only the Sith Castle can trap the Seamount Legion of the Grand Duke of Madras in West Degrad Province, so that our northbound convoy will not have to worry about being intercepted by the Seamount Legion.”
"If the plan doesn't go well..." Lorist frowned and said for a moment, "Vanades City must be taken, so as to prevent our convoy and refugees from being blocked in Yungeshandra Province. Yuri's The scouts and light cavalry will blockade the entire Vanades. Borg, you command the armored lancers and cavalry archers to drag and feint the guards. After the arrival of the heavy armored corps and the chariot team, you can storm the city of Vanades.
If the sneak attack on the Sith Castle does not go well, let Ross bring two armored cavalry brigades to confront the castle, even if the Seamount Legion arrives, they will not dare to fight us in the field. Otherwise, I would like to see how a legion that is good at foot combat and water combat can stand up to our family's iron cavalry... "
The plan Lorist arranged was to command the family's armed forces to capture Vannades City and Sith Castle immediately after taking down the bread post, so as to ensure that the northward journey of the convoy and refugees would be unimpeded.
The troops that were about to set off were Yuri's scout light cavalry, Pete's cavalry archer squadron, and Rod Wells' three brigades of armored cavalry, with Bodfinger as the commander in chief. As for the heavily armored corps converted from the spearmen led by Bodfinger and Dolles' chariot team, they followed up.
Lorist was left with Terman's Knights and the guards of the main battalion, and he would stay here for a few days to assist the Second Highness in completing the siege and water cutoff of the fortress of Lichtana, while Fatty Shi was in charge of leading the convoy. Escorted by the garrison regiments of Farea and Malek, he and the refugees began to go northward along the clearing below the Bread Hill.
"That's it, pay attention to safety and have a smooth journey." Lorist said.
"Yes, thank you sir." Bodfinger and Yuri bowed and stepped back, they were about to set off.
"Let's go ahead and have a look, why haven't we found it yet?" Lorist said anxiously to Terman who stayed behind.
Just before leaving the big tent, I saw a guard rushing in front of me: "My lord, I found it. Lord El is still alive..."
Ruhr was dead, with a huge crossbow bolt stuck in his chest.
El was lucky, he was not injured by the crossbow, but was knocked down the mountain by Ruhr. At that time, he didn't realize the danger. He was two steps away from the top of the post. Ruhr, who was about to go up, bumped into him suddenly. Falling from a height of forty or fifty meters, he hurriedly picked up his bodyguard, first fell on the big tree below, and then fell to the ground. I saved it, but I have to lie in bed for another three or four months.
When Lorist saw El, he was still awake, with a pale face and a wry smile: "Why am I so unlucky, last time I spent more than three months in the Qingyeyuan War, my injuries were fine, and this time I need three or four more Moon recuperating... oh..."
Lorist heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "You are bound to be injured every time there is a big battle, hehe, that's fine, let's recuperate well, don't worry about other things, I will take care of it."
El's injury was caused by the shock of the internal organs, so he needed to rest, no matter whether it was a carriage or a mount, it was forbidden. Lorist had no choice but to have someone carry him back to the city of Nadgas, find a house for El to recuperate, and then ordered several guards to stay and take care of El, and returned to the north with them when El recovered from his injuries. land.
After setting up El's whereabouts, Lorist returned to the camp and ordered Reddy to get a bucket of bath water so that he could take a bath and wash off the dried blood on his body and hair.
Then Lorist fell asleep while leaning against the bathtub...
I slept soundly this time, and when I woke up, it was already the morning of the next day.
Lorist found himself lying on the bed, knowing that Reddy and the others should have moved him here. Stretching and saying hello, Reddy came in from the outside: "My lord, you're awake. His Highness the Second Highness waited for you till night yesterday afternoon. Seeing that you were still sleeping, he had to leave. I think he will come over later of… "
Just as Lorist was trying to fill his stomach, the Second Highness really came. He was very happy to see that Lorist had woken up, so he declined Lorist's invitation to have a meal together, and just had a glass of wine and patiently waited for Lorist to finish his breakfast.
In fact, the Second Highness didn't have any important business looking for Lorist. He just heard that Lorist single-handedly killed a group of soldiers from the Iron Guard Corps stationed above the Bread Mound and made an emergency landing. As a fighting qi master, Second Highness can naturally sense the strength of Lorist's black iron fighting qi. All he valued was Lorist's outstanding strategic planning ability and strategic arrangements, and he always dismissed Lorist's fighting spirit.
Although he was very envious of the number and abilities of the gold-rank and silver-rank knights under Lorist, the Second Highness only thought that it was because Lorist would win people's hearts, so that these subordinates followed him wholeheartedly. This time, he sensed the strength of Lorist's black iron grudge. His Highness thought in his heart that it might be possible for Lorist to lead the charge, but it was absolutely impossible for him to go up the mountain alone. He suspected that it was to shape the new Lorist. The rumors were fabricated based on the image of the head of the Norton family who was wise and mighty.
After breakfast, Lorist came down to the bread post with the Second Highness again. Looking down from below, there was a scene of busy labor everywhere. Countless civilians were firing at the 300-meter range of the siege crossbow of the fortress castle in Liechtana. Dig ditches and build walls. An encirclement centered on the Lichtana fortress castle is gradually taking shape.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow we can go up the mountain to cut off the water source of the fortress." His Highness said excitedly.
"Didn't the Iron Guards in the busy fortress come out to harass?" Lorist asked.
"I came out once yesterday afternoon, but was shot back by our crossbow arrows and longbowmen, and lost two or three hundred people. They saw that we were prepared and prepared to stick to the fortress. We will see what they do when the water is cut off. .” His Highness laughed.
At night, Lorist received an urgent report from Bodfinger that the city of Vanades had been captured. Bodfinger has sealed off the city of Vanades, allowing entry and no exit, and is now leading a surprise attack on Sith Castle, planning to repeat the same plan, pretending to be a caravan passing through and seizing the city gate, trusting a squadron of guards in Sith Castle It was unable to withstand the fierce attack of the two brigades of armored spearmen.
Lorist asked, and found that the follow-up heavy armored corps and chariot had already set off for Vanades City this morning, and it was estimated that they would arrive tomorrow evening, so he was relieved to besiege the defense of the Lichtana Fortress tomorrow. After the front line is completed, the convoy and 100,000 refugees can go north and return to the family territory.
In the afternoon of the second day, His Royal Highness personally brought two golden knights and more than a dozen silver knights, and a squadron of longbowmen climbed up to the foothills of Mount Lieden. The waterfall pool that provided the water source for the fortress castle, opened another hole in the pool to drain the stagnant water with the fighting spirit sword, and found the buried water inlet pipe to block the water inlet, and then brought a golden knight down up the mountain. The remaining soldiers blocked the Iron Guards in the fortress to break through the encirclement and the openings and intentions of Mount Liedeng.
On the third day, Fatty Shi began to lead the convoy and refugees across the border and head north. When the Iron Guards in the Lichtana fortress saw the convoy and the refugees make a big circle along the open space under the Bread Hill and onto the road leading to Vanades City, they realized that they wanted to block the convoy and the refugees. The intentions beyond the border were bankrupt, but at the moment they didn't realize they were dead.
On the fourth day, the Iron Guards of the Liechtana fortress realized that the water was cut off. When they sent people up the mountain to check, they were attacked head-on by the longbowmen guarding the mountain. Only then did they realize that all the back roads were cut off and the fortress could not last long. hold fast.
On the fifth day, the Iron Guards in the Liechtana Fortress Castle dispatched two brigades with more than 5,000 people to launch three tentative attacks on the defensive positions surrounding them. The head in front of him was bloody, and he retreated to the fortress helplessly.
This afternoon, Lorist once again received the news from Bodfinger that the Sith Castle had been successfully raided, and now three brigades of armored lancers and cavalry squadrons had entered the Sith Castle, and the gates of West Degrad Province were locked. on.
Lorist is overjoyed, the north trip is now worry-free...
On the evening of the sixth day, the entire Iron Guard of the Liechtana Fortress was dispatched and launched a night attack on the defensive front. They concentrated all their strength on a point in the northern position, striving to break through.
Defending the northern position were the two brigades of the Royal Guard Corps newly formed by His Highness the Second Highness. They did not expect the Iron Guard Corps to fight so frantically. In the case of these iron guards investing their troops regardless of their capital, all the squad leaders and squadron leaders of the Royal Guard soldiers of the two brigades were killed in battle, and the two captains were also killed and injured. The remaining recruits finally collapsed , the defensive position was torn open by the Iron Guards...
Just when the soldiers of the Iron Guards thought they could break through the siege, Terman, who had just arrived under the order of Lorist, led the knights to give them a head-on blow. Infantry without ranged weapons is a bloodbath. Of the nearly 10,000 Iron Guard soldiers who attacked, less than 3,000 finally retreated to the fortress, and most of them were wounded.
On the seventh day of the siege of the Lichtana fortress castle, there was a dead silence in the fortress. The Second Highness and Lorist were busy cleaning the battlefield, saving lives and healing the wounded. The night raids in the cold weapon era were the most cruel and tragic. The Iron Guard Corps that attacked left nearly 5,000 corpses on the battlefield, and there were hundreds of wounded soldiers.
However, less than 1,000 of the more than 5,000 soldiers of the two brigades of the Royal Guards who defended the position survived. Terman cried very sadly. Two veteran students who died in the battle were elite members of the Swordsmanship Club of Dawn Academy, and they were Terman's old friends and old subordinates.
Eight days later, the remaining 3,000 Iron Guard soldiers in the fortress castle of Rechtana finally opened the gate of the castle and sent an envoy holding a white flag over. The emissary staggered to the front of the Second Highness, his thirsty mouth could only say: "Water, water, water..."
The troops of the Second Highness successfully occupied the fortress of Liechidana, but what is funny is that each of the 2,000 people who went to the fortress carried a wooden barrel into the fortress. Called clear water.
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On October 24th, 1767, in the Gelinthian calendar, the remnants of the Iron Guards of the Principality of Madras, which claims to be the most defensive in the world, raised a white flag to the Second Highness of the Kingdom of Antinac, Ogg. Cerro surrendered. So far, the offensive and defensive battle of Liechtana Fortress Castle in less than ten days came to an end.
The short duration of this offensive and defensive battle (even the total confrontation was only twelve days), the huge results (the entire defender was wiped out), and the lightness of casualties (less than 5,000 casualties on the attacking side) shocked the countries of the mainland. The Second Highness Ogesero also became a rising star in Galintia's military strategy due to this battle.
The cause of this battle was that a convoy of nobles from the territory directly under the royal family of Antinac brought a large number of refugees and wanted to return to the family territory of the Northland, but the Grand Duke of Madras sent the Iron Guards to block the border and refuse the convoy and The refugees entered the territory of the Principality, and the Second Highness resolutely raised troops to destroy the Iron Guards, clearing away the obstacles for the return of the convoy and the refugees.
Process: His Royal Highness first sent 30,000 Royal Guards to the border to confront the Iron Guards, secretly built a pontoon bridge and ordered the reorganized White Lions to smuggle across to Bailu Lake, surprise the Bread Hill Iron Guards camp, and make the fortress of Rechtana The castle could not stand alone, and took the opportunity to order the Royal Guards to besiege the fortress and build a defense line. Finally, the water source of the fortress was cut off, making the offensive and defensive situation different, forcing the iron guards in the fortress, which is known as the best defense ability in the world, to take the initiative to attack the defense line. All gone.
At the same time, His Royal Highness ordered the White Lion Army to go all the way, surprise the city of Vanades and Sith Castle, and trapped the Seamount Army, the main force of the Principality of Madras, in the province of West Degrad, annexed by the Kingdom of Antinac The Yungeshandra Province of the Principality of Madras has laid a good foundation.
In the writings of various military experts from various continental countries, this battle is called the Miracle of Bailu Lake.
Note: Because Lorist ordered the family's armed forces to be replaced with the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, in the eyes of military experts from various countries, the Norton family's armed forces became the reorganized White Lion Legion of the Antinac Kingdom.