Alas, Lorist also sighed in the big tent. The war in the southern province is now getting more and more momentum towards a decisive battle, which no one expected. What Lorist regrets the most is that after the Rock Legion arrived at the front line, he did not decisively launch an attack on the defensive line arranged by the Grand Duke Fessabrun, so that even if the casualties were greater, the Border Ranger Legion of the Fessabrun family could still be sent to the front line. Drive out of the southern province, instead of confronting the two armies like now, the enemy's reinforcements are increasing, forcing yourself to take a defensive position.
The sentry tower tactics were originally arranged on a whim by Lorist, remembering the popular tower defense game in his previous life. Originally, it was just to cover the territory controlled by the enemy from being easily detected by the enemy's scout light cavalry, but he did not expect the effect to be extremely effective Good, it has such a restraining effect on the light cavalry, so Lorist vigorously promoted it, using the establishment of sentry towers to connect his territory into a net, and the Raging Bear Knights and the three he transferred The Flying Tiger Corps is a spider entrenched in this web. Once the enemy is caught in the web, it will rush up and bite the enemy hard.
The construction of sentry towers is also extremely convenient. The foundation is dug, buried with rocks, poured with ivy glue to solidify, and then built with square stones or long stones to form towers. The stone is convenient, the silver knights and silver-ranked swordsmen of the Rock Legion are used to these kinds of labor in the family territory, and it is already a very skilled job to quarry stones with the sword glow of fighting spirit. Ten silver knights can cut stones in a day. The stones needed to build a sentry tower can not only exercise the fighting spirit but also collect stones, which can be described as the best of both worlds.
Then rattan glue was used as adhesive and repaired. After the construction of the sentry tower was completed, several trenches were dug within 100 meters around for protection. It only took about ten days to complete. Now several sentry towers are built every day, and the territory controlled is getting bigger and bigger. From the map, one-third of the territory in the southern province has fallen into the control of the four northern alliances.
It was only after more and more sentry towers were built that Lorist realized that something was wrong. This is not a tower defense game. Building a sentry tower requires guards. A total of more than 170 sentry towers have been built so far, but the Rock Legion has already assigned more than one regiment to guard the sentry towers, which is more than 17,000 people.
When Lorist led the Rock Legion to the front line a month ago, he was facing more than 70,000 people from the two legions of the Feisabrun family, plus more than 30,000 grass barbarian cavalry who came to join the battle, and a heavily guarded and well-arranged army. defensive position. If it was a field battle, Lorist would not be afraid of the 100,000 horsemen of Grand Duke Feisabrun, but let him lead the 60,000 horsemen of the Rock Legion and the 10,000 men of the Angry Bear Knights to attack the 100,000 enemy guards. Thank you for your position. So he ordered to transfer the three corps of the Flying Tiger Legion to increase their attack power. As a result, the three Flying Tiger corps arrived at the Fesabrun family's reserve legion, and they still surpassed Lorist by 30,000 to 40,000 troops.
Meanwhile, the Pegasus Legion of the Felim Family is destroying bandits and horse bandits in the northwest region of the Southern Province. Unrest in the rear is a big taboo on the front line. Originally, Lorist wanted to wait a month or so until the Pegasus Legion cleared the area. They also came to the front line, but they didn't expect that the Feisabrun family would recruit so many people from the grass barbarian tribes to join the battle, almost approaching 60,000 to 70,000. So Lorist started playing sentry towers, but after playing too many sentry towers, he realized that he had dispersed the forces of the Rock Legion. On the other hand, Grand Duke Fesabrun added reinforcements, that is, Grand Duke Sabaji personally led 20,000 elite infantry to come for reinforcements.
Seeing that there are more and more enemies in front of them, they almost double the number of Norton family armed forces. Lorist was also helpless, and now he had no choice but to focus on playing the sentry tower tactics to the end. Since he didn't have enough troops, he had to send messengers to the Duke of Kenmes and the Earl of Shaheen, asking them to send one regiment and two regiments to guard the guards. The soldiers of the Rock Legion in the sentry tower were replaced to maintain the integrity of the combat power to deal with the enemy's attack.
It's a headache. I was supposed to be on the offensive side, but this time it became defensive. I originally wanted to separate the troops sent by the four principalities in the middle of the country and the Feisabrun family's armed forces to attack them individually, but now let them join together to form a momentum It grew stronger and stronger, and the evolution of the war made it possible to throw all the plans that were made into the bonfire. I really don't know how this war will develop, and this time Lorist can only see the tricks.
The curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Bodfinger walked in: "Your Highness, Earl Felim sent an urgent message, and it is believed that the knight Bonaparte was seriously injured."
"What did you say?" Lorist raised his head in amazement: "Knight Bonaparte was seriously injured? How is it possible? He is the commander of the Pegasus Legion. How could a legion guard be injured? Was he attacked by troops or assassinated?" ?”
Bodfinger shook his head: "I don't know, and the messenger doesn't know how Knight Bonova was injured. He also heard about it. You should read the letter first."
After tearing open the letter that Bodfinger handed over, Lorist quickly scanned it and understood: "So it's about the iron mine, it seems that I have to go and solve this problem myself."
"Iron ore, what iron ore?" asked Baldofinger.
"Oh, let's read the letter." Lorist pointed to the letter on the table and said, "There are two iron mines in the Anderek Hills at the junction of Southern Province and Winston Province, one big and one small. They are all located in the old territory of the Felim family. At that time, the second prince signed an agreement with the Vicia Chamber of Commerce of the Ford Business Alliance to sell the two iron mines to the Vicia Chamber of Commerce for 30 years. Now the Kingdom of Iberia Nope, the second prince is also dead. Naturally, the agreement they signed cannot be counted on the heads of our four northern alliances. Earl Felim sent someone to recover the two iron mines, but unexpectedly he let the team go The Bonaparte knight was seriously injured by a great swordsman stationed at the iron mine. The great swordsman also uttered wild words, saying that if you want to take back the iron ore, you must first ask him whether he agrees with the sword in his hand. The Vicia Chamber of Commerce is I will never hand over the iron ore or anything..."
"Then Earl Felim didn't let the Pegasus Legion attack the iron mine?" Bodfinger asked without reading the letter.
"Attacked, but the iron mine is on the hillside, the terrain is dangerous, and there is no way to siege it. Dozens of people go up to deliver food. So I have to go, to help Earl Felim, his future income from the family territory will be basically It depends on the output of these two iron mines."
Lorist had to go. The four alliances were now fighting against each other. Earl Felim's family had no great swordsman and was bullied, causing the family's Golden Knight to be seriously injured. As the boss, Lorist had to vent his anger on his younger brother. It took only five or six days to go back and forth, and the matter was resolved very quickly. The first-level great swordsman of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce was killed by a sword without even making three moves under Lorist's hands. The remaining managers and technicians of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce were all captured, and those who survived after being hanged on the gallows by clamoring that the Vicia Merchant will never let you go became very honest. Answering every question quickly allowed Lorist and Earl Felim to figure out the situation of the two iron mines.
Unexpectedly, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce really invested a lot of money in these two iron mines. Not only did they update the mining equipment, they also set up an iron ore refinery and a forge in the valley between the two iron mines. There are nearly 10,000 sets of standard plate armor that have been forged. According to the confession of the person in charge, these standard plate armors were all custom-made by the Grand Duke Fesabrun, a total of 50,000 sets, and they were going to be shipped to Windbury King City to equip the newly formed garrison army. But because Wangcheng fell too quickly, the newly formed garrison army was gone, so these standard plate armors were all piled up in the warehouse.
In addition to these ten thousand pieces of standard plate armor, Earl Felim's biggest gain is the hundreds of technicians and blacksmiths in the refining field and forging field. With these personnel, the refining field and forging field can continue to produce weapons and iron. Making farm tools will make the development of the old territory of the Felim family smoother and faster. In addition, more than 13,000 looted miners were rescued from two iron mines.
Earl Felim wanted these miners to continue mining, but was stopped by Lorist: "You are stupid, these miners are loyal to the Felim family with a little kindness. Local conscription? These miners are good conscription targets. Once you recruit some, you can form a small garrison army, and now you don’t lack weapons and equipment. With the iron ore refining field and forging field, you can equip yourself Produced."
"But who will mine?" Earl Felim was very moved by Lorist's suggestion, but he frowned again when he thought that no one would mine.
"Mining? This doesn't require technology. Aren't there many captives of the bandits and horse bandits that the Pegasus Legion wiped out, as well as the wild captives we caught on the front line? These strong people were thrown into the mines for mining That’s fine. In addition, there is a regulation on how much ore to dig every day, and only when this condition is met can food be eaten, and those who fail to meet it will deserve to starve to death.” Lorist said viciously.
"Yes, but there are not enough prisoners now, and the total number is less than two thousand at most."
"Don't worry, not many now doesn't mean there won't be many in the future. Haven't you seen the enemy's camp? There are more than 100,000 troops plus 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry. When this battle is over, you will think of the mining captives." Too many." Lorist confidently answered Earl Felim's question.
It's just that Lorist, who returned to the frontline camp, was in a mess when the scout Qingqi returned. The reinforcements from the four principalities in the middle of the country arrived. It is estimated that there are more than 60,000 troops, and there are countless four vehicles full of supplies. wheel wagon.
Ten thousand people are boundless, not to mention more than 60,000 horses. Mixed with countless four-wheeled wagons, like a huge long dragon, it gathered along the avenue to the armed camp of the Feisabrun family. For three consecutive days, the troops and convoys of the four principalities in the central region have just finished marching. The Angry Bear Knights and the three Flying Tiger Corps stayed on the side for three days, unable to find a chance to attack. The treacherous and treacherous Grand Duke Feisabrun sent almost all the border rangers and tens of thousands of rough cavalry at hand to build a tight line of defense to prevent the reinforcements and material convoys of the four central principalities from being attacked unexpectedly.
Lorist looked at the grass barbarian cavalry roaring by the side of the avenue in the distance, and stopped Terman's request to lead the Angry Bear Knights to attack the convoy: "It's useless, you go and hit the old fellow Feisabrun In my heart, he can grind you to death with tens of thousands of rough cavalry. Even if your armor is strong and defensive, your horses are not resistant to long-term raids. As long as your horses are exhausted, then you heavy Knights in disguise are fish that landed on the shore, and there are plenty of ways to deal with you. Go back, the old guy’s strength will increase in the future, and he will probably turn defense into offense, so we need to be more prepared.”
The Fesabrun Family's Third Frontier Ranger Regiment had more than 32,000 troops, the Fifth Frontier Ranger Regiment had 45,000 troops, the Reserve Regiment had 18,000 troops, and about 70,000 barbarian cavalry participated in the battle. 80,000 elite infantry from the four principalities in the upper middle. The number of enemies that Lorist faced had already reached 245,000. And now they are confronted with 60,000 people from the Rock Legion, 45,000 from the three regiments of the Flying Tiger Legion, and 15,000 from the Raging Bear Knights. People are the main force in the battle, and the remaining 6,000 people are grooms and servants, responsible for the logistics of the knight order, and have little combat effectiveness.
However, Earl Felim also arrived at the front line with two regiments of the Pegasus Legion, a total of 20,000 light cavalry. The two regiments sent by Earl Shaheen with 24,000 troops will take ten days to arrive, and Kenmes Whether the Duke's 15,000 people will be able to arrive next month is still unknown, after all, the distance is a bit long. Now, the four Northland alliances, with the Norton family armed forces as the main force, confronted the Fisabrun family armed forces with 140,000 troops and the reinforcements from the four central duchies of 245,000, almost a difference of 100,000 horses.
Lorist frantically carried out the sentry tower tactics to the end, and even built a group of sentry towers in the shape of a font in some wide areas at the front. It becomes an insurmountable gully.
Just ten days later, the horn of the camp on the opposite side sounded, countless infantry and barbarian cavalry poured out of the camp, and the first offensive and defensive battle in the southern province began.
In fact, the first offensive and defensive battle in the southern province lasted only one day. The four central principalities dispatched 20,000 elite infantry. A wide area ten miles away from the left side of the camp arranged by List laid siege to more than a dozen sentry towers. Lorist dispatched a Flying Tiger Corps and three steel crossbow battalions to deal with it.
It's just that this attack on the sentry tower was just a tentative battle between the four central principalities and the Grand Duke of Feisabrun, trying to find the weakness of the sentry tower tactics arranged by Lorist in this battle. The 20,000 elite who launched the attack The infantry suffered little damage, only about two or three thousand casualties, but the grass barbarian cavalry who cooperated in the battle lost about ten thousand, mainly because they did not obey the command and did not know how to advance or retreat, and were finally defeated by the Flying Tiger Corps .
Lorist stationed his horse on the hill and watched seriously as the enemy retreated back to the camp in an orderly manner. Although his side suffered minor losses in the day's battle, three separate sentry towers were still set on fire by the attacking enemy. Nearly two hundred soldiers guarding the tower. As long as the attacking enemy is willing to pay one or two hundred casualties, they can still attack under the sentry tower, and then use the firewood and kerosene they carry to set fire or use smoke to enter the sentry tower. The outside of the sentry tower is made of stone, but the inner compartment is made of wood and wooden floors, so it is still afraid of being burned by fire.
Although the enemy retreated this time, they will come back soon next time. With the experience of this attack, the enemy will have more ways to target the sentry tower next time. More severe battles are still waiting for me. Lorist thought so.
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