Josk and Yuri came back the next morning, and they were in a mess. No matter who was chased by the three great sword masters for a whole night and finally escaped, he would have such a disheveled look.
The order Lorist gave them was to block the traffic route between Nubit Port and King Hamidas City, so as not to let the news of the attack on Nubit Port reach the King City of Hamidas. The day before yesterday afternoon, they led the scout battalion to the target, that is, the hilly area on the map. After choosing the camping site, they began to set up the cordon and captured a few messengers who were going to Hamidas King City. Everything was normal.
But one day later, Josk and Yuri found that there were a lot of carriages and cavalry on the avenue, and they could intercept them at first, but as a result, there were more and more enemies. The temporary defense line of the scout battalion launched an attack.
Josk and Yuri thought that these enemies must have escaped from Nubit Port, and they were very angry, and they were going to stop all of these enemies and prevent anyone from escaping. Then let the scout battalion occupy the high ground on both sides and block the avenue in the middle.
The intercepted enemy charged twice but failed to rush over. The casualties were heavy, and the ground was littered with corpses. In the end, the enemy gathered all their combat power and divided them into two groups to attack the high ground on both sides, and let the fleeing carriages gather and rush across the middle avenue. As a result, the scout battalion couldn't help but lose sight of the other, and soon fell into a melee.
Josk and Yuri were being targeted by three great sword masters. Josk's divine arrow might be very threatening to a first-level sword master, but it had no room to play against a second-level great sword master. One of the three great sword masters was a second-level great sword master, and he was chasing Josk desperately. If it weren't for Yuri's desperate rescue, Josk might be in danger. The two were forced to break away from the brigade, and spent the night in that hilly area with the three great sword masters, until dawn that the three great sword masters retreated.
When Josk and Yuri gathered up the scout battalion, they found that there were nearly a thousand casualties. This is because the enemy only cared about taking the road and drove away the soldiers of the scout battalion on the high ground on both sides. Josk and Yuri saw that they looked as exhausted as the soldiers of the scout battalion, so they stopped chasing and brought the troops back.
Lorist had a hard time saying it. Josk and the others made the same mistake of underestimating the enemy as he did. They regarded the enemy as a wild dog fleeing, thinking that one more stick would kill them, so they made the decision to intercept them. If they let go of the middle avenue and only followed and chased on the sides and rear, and used the long-range shooting of the scout battalion's light cavalry and the agility and quickness of the cavalry to effectively kill the enemy, the result of the battle must be much greater than the current 8,000 corpses...
After waving Josk and Yuri to retreat to rest, Lorist's face turned serious. This time the expedition to the Kingdom of Haneyabada was not as smooth as he had imagined, and the battle to destroy the country was not so easy to fight. The enemies of Nubit Port are indeed vulnerable, but accidents happen again and again.
Those fleeing enemies left behind nearly 8,000 corpses when they broke through the interception of the scout battalion, but at least 15,000 still fled back to Hamidas King City, and there were not many high-end fighters like the Golden Swordsman and the Great Swordsman among them. force. Hamidas King City also has a 28,000-strong royal guard army. If the slave catchers who fled back and the young and strong men of the king city are recruited, another 30,000-40,000-strong army can be formed. I overwhelmed my own side.
Lorist calculated the strength of the troops at hand. The two heavy armored regiments and one single steel crossbow regiment had five battalions of 15,000 soldiers. But I left two heavy armor battalions and a single steel crossbow battalion on Hilovas Island. Thirty-six thousand people followed him. Adding a scout battalion and a Thunderbolt slingshot battalion, there are a total of 14 battalions with 42,000 people. In addition to his own two guard brigades of 1,000 people and Sambawood's Sea Corps of 3,000 people, the total strength is about 46,000.
However, Sembawood's sea corps doesn't need to land and fight unless they don't want to go back to the family territory. After the landing, there were nearly 5,000 casualties, and the available troops now are only about 38,000. Sembarwood was given a heavy armored battalion and a single steel crossbow battalion to sweep the surrounding islands, 6,000 people were gone, and it was planned to leave a 100-man heavy armored squadron for defense on each of the 27 islands, so that Another battalion was missing. In addition, two heavy-armored battalions and a single-wheeled steel crossbow battalion had to be left in the inner city of Nubit. In this way, only 20,000 people could go to King Hamidas City...
Lorist wanted to cry but had no tears, and when the soldiers were in use, he hated less. Twenty thousand people set out to attack Hamidas King City, not to mention besieging the city, it would be good not to be besieged. If you are the king of the Kingdom of Haneyabad, you should be more ruthless and gather the young and strong slaves all over the king's city. If you have 50,000 to 60,000 slaves, you can force them to attack your camp of 20,000 people. Attack weapons can be used to swarm up and fight, so that even if you lose, you can lose both sides in the fight. Not only can you solve the crisis in the royal city, but you can even counterattack Nubit Port.
No, you have to readjust your troops. To go to Haneyabad Kingdom, you must have at least one complete heavy armor regiment and three single-wheeled steel crossbow battalions as the main force, plus one thousand guards and two thousand scout light cavalry. A thunderbolt catapult battalion, so there will be 29,000 people and nearly 30,000 troops. When we go out, we will bring five newly formed slave guard battalions. By then, more than 40,000 troops should be enough.
Alas, Lorist heaved a long sigh, war is not a child's play, and military strength is not a simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. But in any case, be lenient in anticipating the enemy, the more elite family armaments in your hands, the better, so that you can not only win the enemy but also reduce the casualties of the troops. As for the newly formed slave guard camps, Lorist didn't want to bring them along. Letting untrained slaves go to the battlefield is a double-edged sword. Although it can strengthen the momentum of his side, the outbreak of the war might be the first to collapse. These slaves, they will bring chaos and even attack the array of family armed forces in turn.
For the Kingdom of Haneyabada, coercing the slaves was a very simple matter. If they were disobedient, they would be punished with swords and guns, and if they killed too many, the remaining slaves would naturally obey orders obediently. But Lorist couldn't do that. The Norton family claimed that they came to rescue the slaves, so they couldn't force the slaves or even fight with swords and guns.
One strategic mistake can bring such serious consequences. If the enemies in the inner city of Nubit are wiped out and no fish slip through the net, then your family's armed forces can appear unexpectedly under King Hamidas City, and even if you can't sneak attack, you can catch the enemy by surprise and block the enemy in the city At that time, the plains around the royal city will become the territory of his family's armed forces, and those slaves can be mobilized to reinforce the family's armed forces, and the Hamidas royal city will be besieged and slowly cleaned up.
Now it’s time to prepare for a field battle. The king of the Kingdom of Haneyabad will definitely send troops. If so many people can run out of the inner city of Nubit, it means that the attacking Norton family does not have many troops to land. No one is a fool and will wait for death. When they come down to the kingdom of Haneyabada, they will recruit soldiers to form a legion and send out troops to test it out, and they will also try to drive the Norton family's armed forces into the sea.
After recruiting the guards, Lorist ordered the family's Golden Knights and Injerek Great Swordsman to come to the City Lord's Mansion in the inner city at night to hold a meeting to discuss new strategic and tactical plans.
At night, the hall of the City Lord's Mansion in the inner city was brightly lit with candles.
Lorist pointed to the map of the Haneyabad Islands and introduced the current situation.
Bodfinger asked: "My lord, do you mean that we can no longer directly send troops to attack King Hamidas City?"
"Borg, if you were the king of the Kingdom of Haneyabada, what would you do after you got the report from those people who fled from Nubit Harbor?" Lorist asked back.
Bodfinger thought for a while: "I will send troops immediately, first occupy the hilly area in the middle, set up camps and defensive positions, and prevent the enemy from entering the plain where the king's city is located, and then send scouts to find out the enemy's strength and deployment. On the other hand, recruit soldiers to form an army, and if the enemy's strength is insufficient, send troops directly to recover Nubit Port and drive the enemy into the sea."
"That's right, Borg, your reaction is perfect. We don't know if the enemy will do the same thing as you, but we must think smart about the enemy and stop being careless. Tomorrow morning, the three reorganized The Jia Bing Battalion and the two One-wheeled Crossbow Battalions had to drive to this hilly area, and first set up a defensive line there to seize the main traffic route into the Wangcheng Plain.
This force is led by Tiger Ross, and Malek is the deputy commander. Borg is injured, so he sits in Nubit Harbor. Josk, Yuri, there are more than 2,000 light cavalry in the scout battalion. In addition to guarding and detecting the enemy's movements, they also need to protect Rose Malek and their rear, preventing the enemy from sending a small scout team to spy on our rear. destroy. In addition, you have to send troops to sweep up the slave farms on the Wangcheng Plain, liberate the slaves, and try your best to mess up the enemy's rear. Don't let the enemy easily gather food and supplies to the Wangcheng to prepare for a protracted war with us, understand? "
Lorist slammed his fist on the map.
"Understood, my lord." Josk and Yuri replied in unison.
"You have to pay attention, save your own strength, and don't fight the enemy. Our advantage is that we are light cavalry, and we can easily get rid of the enemy's pursuit. The Kingdom of Haneyabada does not produce horses, and it is said that there is only one under the king's command. There is a cavalry team of 1,800 people. Compared with our family cavalry, they are still infants. If there is a chance, they will try to eat them.
Another point, if you mess up the Wangcheng Plain, the enemy will definitely hate you to the bone. Maybe there are many enemies sent to chase you and there are great sword masters. You can let Tiger Ross, Malek and the others set traps in advance to kill the enemy. Just bring them in and use steel crossbows to deal with them. Don't be too hotheaded to fight the enemy with scout light cavalry like yesterday. "Lorist warned.
"Yes, my lord, we will pay attention." Both Josk and Yuri blushed.
"Borg, you have a very heavy mission to sit in Nubit Harbor. The family's armies went out with a total of eight heavy armored battalions, but now almost one battalion has been killed or injured. There are also a thousand scout light cavalry and two single-wheeled crossbow battalions. There are 5,000 people in total. Now I have ordered Semba Wood to temporarily stop sweeping the surrounding islands, and concentrate the troops first. When he transports the troops back, you will reorganize two heavy armored battalions and a single wheel The Iron Crossbow Battalion was sent to the frontline Tiger Ross, and the Thunderbolt Sling Battalion ordered by Ovekis also went there. It will be our main force for the expedition to Hamidas King City.
All the wounded are concentrated in the inner city. The inner city is temporarily defended by a heavy armor battalion and a single-wheeled crossbow brigade. I will leave one brigade with 500 guards for you, and the other brigade of guards will also be sent to the front line. In this way, there is still a heavy armor battalion left, which I plan to disband, and all soldiers will go to the newly formed ten slave guard battalions to serve as grassroots non-commissioned officers, so that the ten slave guard battalions will have initial combat capabilities.
I will give you five days. After the formation of these ten slave guard battalions, you will send five slave guard battalions to the front line to assist the defense of the main force and conduct field training, so that they will have combat effectiveness as soon as possible. You can assign two of the remaining five garrison battalions to Sembawood, plus the remaining one-wheeled crossbow brigade to allow him to continue to sweep those islands, and three garrison battalions are responsible for delivering logistics supplies to the front line and the rear vigilant guards.
We have occupied Nubit Port. There are sufficient supplies, food, and equipment reserves here. At present, there is no need to worry about the lack of logistics supplies. All the equipment needed for the formation of these ten slave guards can be allocated from the seized equipment. They will be the reserve force of our family armed forces and will no longer have anything to do with the slave camp.
Therefore, we must be cautious when selecting soldiers. Their treatment will be the same as our regular family armed forces. Their families can live in the inner city, take care of our wounded and do chores for us. All of these will be paid accordingly. do you understand? "
Bodfinger nodded: "My lord, I understand, I will let them return home as soon as possible, and let them be proud of being a soldier of the Norton family. However, my lord, I have recruited these ten slave guards from the slave camp. Who will maintain the order there after the camp? Today there are nearly 230,000 slaves.”
"I have ordered Hiked and Kaimen, who are in charge of the slave camp affairs, to fully cooperate with your actions. After recruiting the ten slave guard battalions, they will continue to select suitable people to form a garrison team. Every island that has been swept away Arrange a garrison team of 100 to 300 people for defense, and two garrison camps will be formed in the slave camp, and the remaining slaves will form fishing fleets, harvesting teams, transportation teams, etc., so that all slaves have something to do , instead of staying in the camp with nothing to do...
By the way, Josk, Yuri, you will go to the slave camp before you leave tomorrow. Kaimen has arranged a team of slaves for you. They are very familiar with the Wangcheng Plain, where there are slave farms, and the different people there. Fewer slaves, having them as your guides will make it easier for the slaves there to believe that we are there to free them. "
"Yes, my lord," Josk replied.
"Injerek, you also set off with Tiger Ross and the others, and sit on the front line. That's basically the arrangement. Do you have any other opinions?" Lorist asked.
Injerek stood up: "My lord, we have postponed the date of the expedition to Hamidas King City. According to your arrangement, this war may last for a while. The Kingdom of Haneyabada should know why we are here. , Then will they take revenge on those family knights and soldiers that our family fell into their hands?"
Well, the old man is still worried about the safety of his precious grandson-in-law Fatty Shi, but this is inevitable and human.
Lorist replied with a smile: "I got good news this afternoon. The guards who went to clean up the battlefield and check the results of the scout battalion reported to me that the old envoy who had seen me died on the road. So tonight I will Yao and Tagle set off overnight to King Hamidas City, trying to rescue the family knights and soldiers in the arena.
If the Kingdom of Haneyabada sends troops, the harder you hit them in the hilly area, the longer the confrontation lasts, the safer my operation will be. In addition, you have to take it easy, you can't beat the opponent too hard and let them shrink back and defend themselves in a cage city. It would be a disaster if we were trapped in the king's city. It would be best if you occasionally express your intention of being unable to hold on, and give up some irrelevant defensive positions in front of you, so that the enemy can think that if you work harder, you can win. "
Everyone laughed, and Josk said, "My lord, how about I go to the royal city with you?"
Lorist smiled and said: "You can't, maybe the three great sword masters still remember you, and they were discovered as soon as you showed up. Don't talk about it, and no one wants to go with me. Suddenly, a strange golden step appeared The swordsman will make people suspicious. The enemy is not really a fool, and Tagle and I will go together. That's it, you are still busy tomorrow, perform your duties, just don't let me down."
"Yes, my lord."
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