Lorist thought that the Grand Duke Feisabrun had no other way but to withdraw his troops back to the Eastern Wasteland Province. Anyway, he could advance to the border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wasteland Province along the road behind the burnt camp, so He was not in a hurry at all, and first sent scout Qingqi to find out where the Feisabrun family's armed forces had retreated, and he was going to let the soldiers pack up and prepare for two days before setting off for the camp.
Maybe this time I can lead the army directly to the Eastern Wilderness Province, under the Juhu Castle, the home of the Feisabrun family. If the Juhu Castle is smashed, I don’t know if the old guy Feisabrun will fight with him or bow down to himself His haughty head in submission? Just as Lorist was thinking about it, he received a report from the scout Qingqi: "His Royal Highness, the Feisabrun family's armed forces have not withdrawn to the Eastern Wilderness Province. They have set up camp in the Bob Ridge Mountain in the southeast of the Southern Province... "
"Huh?" Lorist was very surprised, the name of Bobby Ridge Mountain seems to be a bit impressive: "Map."
Schwader quickly spread out the map of the Southern Province on the table. Lorist looked at it. No wonder he had an impression of the place name Bob Ridge Hill. In the original strategy plan for the Southern Province, Feisab After the Lun family drove out of the Southern Province, they planned to build an iron-walled blockade line along the border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province. The southeastern border of the Southern Province was to use the terrain of the Bob Ridge Mountain to build a fortress for the The center of defense seals off the entire southeastern border.
Look at the map. The border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province is not only long but also very flat, so for hundreds of years the grassland tribes on the Northeast Prairie basically entered the interior from the Southern Province. The old territory of Earl Felim's family was in the southern province. His ancestors also learned and absorbed the advantages of the grass barbarian cavalry in the war against the grass barbarian tribe, and formed the Pegasus Legion, the famous light cavalry army.
In fact, the border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Desert Province is the dividing line between the hilly area and the grassland area. Although the terrain is flat, it does not lack lakes, ravines, hills and small mounds. Lorist originally thought of using these natural advantages to build five castles and fortresses as the center of defense, supplemented by sentry towers, watchtowers, and beacon towers. Then dig trenches to connect them, like a spider spinning a web, to create a tight blockade line at the junction of the two provinces, completely sealing off the external communication lines of the Fisabrun family's territory, and defending the border rangers from harassment and guerrilla attacks in the southern province.
But now that old guy in Feisabrun is commanding the family's armed forces to retreat to Mount Bobby Ridge. What does that mean? Why not just retreat to Donghuang Province? That was his family's territory, and it was also his home field. The open terrain was just right for the guerrilla tactics of the border rangers. For the rangers of the Feisabrun family, it was like a fish in water. But Grand Duke Fesabrun seemed to turn a blind eye to this point, let go of the avenue leading to the family's domain, Juhu Castle, and led the army to garrison at Bobby Ridge Mountain. What is he trying to do? Aren't you afraid to send catapults to smash his new camp
Staring at the map, Lorist thought hard for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what the Duke of Feisabrun meant by this? However, judging from the map, instead of retreating back to the family territory, the Grand Duke Fesabrun seemed to be a little angry to defend the Bobby Ridge Mountain. If you can't beat you, you will feel disgusted to death. Nearly 80,000 troops are shrunk by your side, ignore him, and worry that he will toss in the back and flanks to make you restless. Let's take care of him and have to send a large number of troops to take strict precautions against him. After looking at the range of Bob Ridge Mountain, Lorist found that in order to suppress the armed forces of the Fesabrun family, he had to control at least three key points around Bob Ridge Hill. For these three points, castles and fortresses had to be built and guards had to be at least 60,000 people...
On the 1st, the old man made it clear that he wanted to restrain his troops, Lorist cursed bitterly in his heart. Now he somewhat understands the meaning of what Grand Duke Feisabrun did. Let go of the avenue and garrison at Bob Ridge Mountain, then Lorist cannot ignore these enemies occupying Bob Ridge Mountain. If he wanted to go to the Eastern Wasteland Province to attack Juhu Castle, he had to see if the 80,000 Feisabrun family armed forces would make trouble for him. The light ones would cut off the way back, and the serious ones would disrupt the entire southern province.
There are only two ways to make them stay in their own places. One is to send troops to defeat them and drive them out of Bobby Ridge Mountain. The second is to divide troops to guard several traffic arteries and build castle fortresses, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Moreover, if 20,000 people are arranged in one place, they can only stick to it instead of attacking. After all, the Sabron family is armed with 80,000 people, just like a fist, which can be struck at any time. But the defense is three places, one place has 20,000 horses, and 60,000 horses are pinned down at the foot of Bobby Ridge Mountain, and they can't take the initiative to attack, because the number of enemies is four times their number...
Although it is only a small area in the southeastern part of the Southern Province, Mount Bobilich is not a mountain, but a general term for a mountainous area. From the map, it can be seen that there are several fork roads leading to Donghuang Province and Nanfang Province in the Bobiliqi Mountains. It can be said that it is a place extending in all directions. Occupying Mount Bobby Ridge, the Fesabrun family's Border Ranger Army can attack the Southern Province at any time, or retreat back to the Eastern Wilderness Province at any time. This is a place where you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.
It is necessary to take down the Bobby Ridge Mountain and completely drive the Feisabrun family out of the southern province. Lorist made up his mind, and then decided to go see Mount Poppy Ridge himself. Grand Duke Feisabrun knew that his family's catapults and chariot steel crossbows were sharp and invincible, but still chose to occupy the Bobby Ridge Mountain. Where did he have such confidence? Lorist felt really worried if he didn't witness and inspect it with his own eyes.
Regardless of the objections of many of the knights under him, Lorist only took El, Reddy, Schward, and one thousand guards to Bobby Ridge Mountain under the guidance of the scout Qingqi. Lorist understood why the Grand Duke of Fesabrun wanted to occupy this place when he first saw Bobby Ridge Mountain.
Popiliqi Mountain is different from other mountains. The outer edge is full of cliffs with a height of 40 to 50 meters. The forks leading to the depths of Bobby Ridge either skirt under cliffs or lie in valleys. The scout Qingqi caught an old bandit. The old bandit said that the places where the cliffs go uphill are all inside the mountain, and the hills in other places have gentle slopes from the outside, but Mount Bobiliqi climbs up from the inside of the mountain. Poe, this is simply a natural rock castle fortress.
The old bandit said that in the past, there were five or six groups of bandits in Bobiliqi Mountain, each of them built a stronghold in a dangerous place in the mountain, and there were thousands of people. But last year, the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment under the Grand Duke Fesabrun said that it was ordered by the Grand Duke to invite the leaders of the cottages to surrender to the Fessabrun family. Detain all the young and strong to Donghuang Province, it is said that they are going to Jinchuan to dig gold...
The old bandit was too old and had a lame foot, so he was let go by those rangers. Now he built a small shed at the foot of the mountain and opened two acres of fields to live, but he was at ease. I just went to look at the cover and failed to catch the rabbit, but was caught by the scout Qingqi.
The old bandit has lived most of his life in the mountainous area of Bobiliqi Mountain, and he is very familiar with the terrain in this area. He told Lorist that although the outer edge of Bobby Ridge Mountain is full of cliffs, but after passing through the outer passes, there are gentle slopes, valleys, woodlands and creeks inside. The place is open and scenic. Except for the three forked roads leading into the mountains, there is no other path to go around.
"My lord, don't look at the many trails under these cliffs. Some of them are impassable. After walking for a long time to the end, I found that there is no road ahead. Basically, the trails with overgrown weeds are dead ends, and the rest of the trails are connected. At the end, there is a fork in the road here, leading to the mountain. There are two more fork roads, one is more than five miles away from here, and it is further south. The other is still westward, and it is also three or four miles away from here." The old bandit didn't know Whoever Lorist is, he should always be called an adult.
"Is the mountain around the two forked roads also like this?" Lorist pointed to the cliff in front of him.
"It's all the same, my lord. The Bobby Ridge Mountain is just this weird. The outer part is like this. Whether it's the southern province or the Eastern Wilderness Province, it's all like this. According to the legend, it means giant cottage, and it really looks like a huge cottage." The old bandit gave an affirmative answer, and also explained the origin of the name Lower Bobby Ridge Mountain.
The problem now is that Grand Duke Fesabrun led 80,000 troops to occupy this giant cottage. If he wanted to capture this mountain, he had to follow the three forked roads into the mountain to attack the top of the mountain. Lorist didn't think that the Grand Duke of Feisabrun would give him this chance. According to the introduction of the old mountain thief, the three forked roads have to go around and around under these cliffs for half a day before reaching the mountain. As long as the Feisabrun family armed forces throw a few stones on these cliffs, it will be a huge tragedy for the troops who are marching and preparing to attack below...
Lorist raised his binoculars and looked at the peaks of Mount Popilich. The flag of the Feisabrun family had already been planted on the cliff above the fork road leading to the mountain in front. This way is already dead. Looking at the soldiers of the Feisabrun family on the hilltop who were building the wall and hoarding stones and wood, Lorist felt a lot of pressure.
The old guy really chose a good place. Occupying the Bobby Ridge Mountain is equivalent to abandoning the two sharpest attacking tools of the Norton family. Lorist believed that it was impossible for his thunderbolt catapult to throw stones onto a cliff 40 to 50 meters high, and the steel crossbow of the chariot could not achieve effective results and goals when fired from an upward angle. Hiding on the cliff can ignore the threat posed by the catapult and steel crossbow...
If he couldn't attack, then he had to consider how to defend. Lorist thought about it for a long time, and the only way to build a castle fortress at the three forks was more reliable. But he was not reconciled. The Feisabrunn family armed forces who built three castles and fortresses to guard the Bobby Ridge Mountain launched an attack on the southern province through three fork roads, which was equivalent to ceding the initiative on the battlefield. Moreover, the construction of three castle fortresses and surrounding supporting defense facilities will not only cost a large amount of additional expenditure, but also a castle fortress with 20,000 troops stationed is equivalent to being dragged down by the enemies of Bob Ridge Mountain. troops. And if Bobby Ridge Mountain is in his hands, then only 20,000 troops are needed to block this section of the border.
Lorist took the binoculars and scanned the hills one by one. Hey, what are those soldiers doing? After watching it for a long time, I realized that it was the soldiers of the Feisabrun family who built a connected cable bridge on the top of two separate cliffs to facilitate the rapid transfer of defensive troops. And then... Then Lorist saw Grand Duke Feisabrun.
It was indeed Grand Duke Fessabrun. The clear face of Grand Duke Fessabrunn appeared in the round frame of the binoculars. The old man seemed to be a little older, and he no longer had the high-spirited and awe-inspiring arrogance he had before. It should be supervising the soldiers building the cable bridge from above. The reason why Lorist could see it so clearly was because the Archduke Feisabrun was facing himself, and he must have also noticed Lorist and his party peeping from the bottom of the mountain, frowning and looking at it carefully. .
Lorist and Grand Duke Feisabrun looked at each other five to six hundred meters apart. It's just that Lorist held the binoculars in his hand, so he could see more clearly. It took a while for Grand Duke Feisabrun to realize that it was Lorist who was at the bottom of the mountain, and he said something excitedly, Lorist thought that this might not be a good word, it should be cursing himself.
But soon, a low-pitched horn sounded. Lorist was taken aback: "The old man sent troops?"
Then I saw countless grass barbarian cavalry rushing out of the fork at the foot of Bobby Ridge Mountain.
"Damn it! This old guy is so shameless, he even sent grass barbarian cavalry to arrest me." Lorist yelled, feeling like he had been greatly insulted, but he chased the old guy, a third-level great swordsman, to death Flee, now the old guy doesn't come forward to send these grass-barbarian cavalry to arrest him, isn't he looking down on himself
"Your Highness, let's go first." El who was beside him didn't think so. Now of the 80,000 troops of the Feisabrun family, except for the 50,000 soldiers of the third and fifth border ranger regiments, the remaining 30,000 are grass barbarian cavalry. This time Lorist only brought a thousand guards with him when he came to inspect Bobby Ridge Mountain, and he didn't dare to be careless because there were too many elephants killed by ants.
"Okay, let's retreat first, and bring that old bandit with us. This old man is a living map, and it will be useful in the future." Lorist turned his horse's head and did as he said, but he still reminded El.
I don't know if these savage cavalry are tired of staying in Bobby Ridge Mountain, or Grand Duke Feisabrun pointed out some sky-high rewards granted by Loris' charter. Nearly 10,000 savage cavalry chased Lorist to death. Rist was furious, and ordered Schward to bring a few guards back to report the news, and then he took the guards up to a small hill to guard. Nearly ten thousand cavalrymen attacked the hill for more than two hours, leaving only two thousand Nothing but a dead body.
Lorist was the only man in charge, and he occupied the small path on the post by himself, killing the grass barbarian cavalry so frightened that they wanted blood all over their bodies. The Flying Horse Corps who responded soon arrived, killed the grass barbarian cavalry surrounding the hill, and took Lorist back to the camp.
After a little grooming, Lorist changed his clothes and returned to the big tent, and said to the soldiers who were full of tents with a gloomy face: "Tomorrow, the soldiers will send out the Bobby Ridge Mountain, everyone should think of a way, how to take down the enemy's camp." camp."
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