"My lord, good morning." A few patrolling soldiers stood at attention and greeted Edwork, who nodded at them and turned to the stairs to the rooftop.
This is the city of Pedro. Hundreds of years ago, a count named Pedro built a fortress here to resist the plunder of the barbarian tribe, hoping to block the gap from the Pisper Mountains into Winston. The provincial grass barbarians ride. Hundreds of years of wind and rain, this fortress was destroyed and rebuilt, rebuilt and destroyed again, there are still many sword marks and axes left on the huge moss-covered stone steps, and some rock foundations have been stained with blood from the past. Rust-colored, as if describing those cruel offensive and defensive battles back then...
It wasn't until the establishment of the Cressen Empire, which seized a large piece of land from the grassland tribes on the northeast prairie and established the Muyeyuan Province, that the Pedro Fortress finally settled down and became Winston Province and Muye Province. Fortress checkpoint between original provinces. As Windbury became the largest livestock trading center in Northeast China, the Pedro Fortress checkpoint has gradually become an important traffic route for herdsmen in Munohara Province to go to Windbury City. Herdsmen who drive livestock stop here , so many businessmen took a fancy to the location here and set up trading points in Pedro City, so Pedro City slowly developed into a fortress city.
The struggle for the throne by the three kings and the seven-year imperial civil war did not affect the tranquility of Piedro City, but the abandonment of the livestock trading market in Windbury City due to the war dealt a fatal blow to Piedro City. Without the herdsmen who drove their cattle and sheep to Windbury City for trading, those trading points in Pedro City and the convenient herdsmen's industries that were born and raised had no business and closed down one by one due to depression. After the second prince established the Kingdom of Iberia, the oppressive taxation on Pedro City accelerated the loss of merchants and residents. Especially for the expedition to the Principality of Melain, the Second Highness also transferred the last garrison team from the city of Pedro, almost giving up the city of Pedro.
Soon the city of Pedro became a haven for deserters, horse bandits and robbers, a safe haven for lawlessness. Then the Grand Duke Fesabrun dispatched his family to destroy the horse bandits because of the horse bandits who robbed the herdsmen of Muyeyuan Province, and brought the city of Pedro under his jurisdiction. Compared with the incompetent and ignorant second prince, the Grand Duke of Feisabrun regarded the city of Pedro very seriously. He regarded the city of Pedro as a strategic place to suppress the second prince and take over the city of Windbury, and specially ordered himself His eldest disciple, Viscount Christopher, led two border ranger regiments to station here.
Later, the Kenmes family built a chain bridge connecting the Northland and Muyeyuan Province in the eastern part of the Northland, so the Kenmes family territory in the eastern part of the Northland went to Muyeyuan Province, and then to Donghuang Province or Winston Province. Through these two trade routes, all kinds of commodities produced by the Norton family in the Northland continuously reached the Fisabrun family territory and Winderby via the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce hosted by the Earl of Kenmes (the Earl at the time). Liwangcheng is very popular. Pedro City also benefited a lot from being a resting place for caravans on the way to Windbury King City, and finally restored some of the lively atmosphere of the past.
But then the Norton family in the north sent troops to the city of Windbury in order to avenge the second prince's assassination of Patriarch Lorist with the Great Swordsman of Calinan, and captured the second prince. Viscount Christopher, who was stationed in Pedro City, led two frontier ranger regiments to go out to confront the Norton family in an armed confrontation, but they were defeated and captured. Although the Archduke Fesabrun eliminated the hostility between the two families by customizing armaments and other means of making good friends, and redeemed Viscount Christopher and other captured soldiers of the Border Rangers from the Norton family, but since then he has also treated the allied The four northern families began to fear.
It's just that the Grand Duke Fesabrunn didn't expect the attack from the four northern alliances to be so sudden and violent. As a corps station of the Fourth Frontier Ranger Regiment, Pedro City was attacked by the Flying Tigers led by Tiger Ross. Under a surprise attack, they only held on for one night before falling. As the Fourth Frontier Ranger Army was beaten into a panic by the Norton Family's Chaser Army, they could only retreat to the east bank of the Sochus River. Piedro City has begun to be rebuilt into a A castle fortress with a strict defense system.
As the commander of the 23rd Battalion of the Guards, Edward Walker was in a very anxious mood at this time. Three days ago, the city of Pedro accommodated dozens of broken soldiers from the Chasseur Legion. They brought Ed Walker A very shocking news came out, the Chaser Legion was defeated, and those routs said incoherently that the ground was full of wild cavalry. They fought with these enemies all night, and finally separated from the large army, so they had to go to Piedro City. I remember that the last order I received was to break through, and to stand out is to win...
The most painful thing is that the 23rd Battalion of the Guards did not have Xinying, so there was no way to pass on the news. After all, the cultivation of these letter eagles is also very difficult. Basically, they take care of the main field army and the sea army. One guard army, five army regiments, and twenty-five guard battalions have two guards assigned to each army to facilitate communication. Between the guard battalion and the corps, messengers and messengers are still relied on.
Although it has been nearly six months since Piedro City was captured, only 3,000 family soldiers from the 23rd Battalion of Guards are stationed in Piedro City, and more than 10,000 strong laborers are working on the construction of the castle fortress. In six months, only more than half of the scheduled project was completed. The only thing that made Edward Walker happy was that the completed half of the project was aimed at Makinohara Province. In other words, when the barbarian cavalry attacked in large numbers, the soldiers of the 23rd Battalion of the Guards still had complete defense facilities to rely on.
After receiving the news of the defeat of the Chaser Legion reported by the rout, Edward Walker immediately sent someone to Windbury King City to deliver a letter and ask for help. He had a strong premonition that the armed forces of the Feisabrun family and the rough cavalry would soon When he came to attack the city of Piedro, he thought of the savage cavalry that the rout said that they could not see the edge at a glance. He didn't think that the 3,000 guards under his command alone could defend the city of Piedro. Reinforcements!
But the messenger who came back the next day brought him bad news. Baron Farea, the commander of the legion, was not in Windbury. There were only Baron Camorra and the acting city lord appointed by Lorist, who had joined the family before the war. Viscount Eddis. After receiving the news from Edward Walker, Baron Camorra instructed that the city of Pedro should be defended no matter what, but there was only one 21st Battalion of Guards stationed in the royal city of Windbury, and the head of the army, Baron Farea No, they can't mobilize troops...
However, Baron Camorra and Viscount Edis still gave Edwalk two hopes. Baron Camorra promised to order them to reinforce Pedro City as soon as the five guard battalions under his command who were transporting supplies returned. And the 21st Battalion of Guards stationed in the royal city can be assigned to maintain the city's law and order, but the acting city lord Viscount Eddis decided to immediately call the private soldiers and family armed forces of the nobles in the traditional territory of Winston Province to help Pedro City. , It’s just that it takes time. It is estimated that Edward Walker will have to hold on to the city of Pedro for five or six days before the arrival of reinforcements.
Baron Camorra finally gave Ed Walker an idea to organize and arm the more than 10,000 strong laborers, and act in a hurry. Now he has ignored the fact that Ed Walker, the commander of the Guards Battalion, did not recruit soldiers. As long as the city of Pedro can be defended, Baron Camorra is willing to bear the consequences. It is the most important key to know whether the city of Pedro can be held or not is related to whether the family strategy can be completed.
Edward Walker adopted Baron Camorra's suggestion without hesitation, and forcibly recruited more than 10,000 strong laborers as reserve soldiers. Facing some laborers who did not want to become soldiers, Edward Walker told them that the Duke of Fisabrun This time he brought not only his family's armed forces, but also countless grass barbarian cavalry. Moreover, it is said that the Grand Duke Fesabrun promised that these rough cavalry could loot wantonly after breaking through the city, and all the looted things would belong to them.
That's it, do you want to become slaves of the grass barbarians or stand up and protect your family in Winston from falling into the hands of the grass barbarians? You must know that being robbed by the grass barbarians and becoming their slaves is simply worse than death. The experiences of countless rescued slaves in the past hundred years have well illustrated this point. If you die bravely as soldiers of our Norton family, you don't have to worry about your family's life being insecure. All the soldiers who died will receive generous pensions every month, which is enough for your family to live a happy and healthy life.
If you don't die in battle, you will also receive generous rewards after victory. Whether you choose to retire or continue to serve in the army, you are free to choose. The Norton family never treats those who work for the family badly. Even if you leave the army, the workshops and workshops in the family territory will give priority to recruiting you, whether it is the allocation of fields or houses, you will have priority. So think about it carefully, although you are going to go to the battlefield and face life and death, but this is also an opportunity for you, it depends on whether you can gamble. Ed Walker said so.
All the strong laborers have obeyed Edward's call. This is a troubled time. Edwalker is right. This is also an opportunity to grasp one's own destiny. Become a soldier of the Norton family. At least your family will get a good reward. Life is better than being captured by barbarian cavalry and being forced to become cannon fodder for siege by swords and guns. If he wins and he survives the catastrophe, then the bright future is not a delusion, and almost all the strong laborers think so.
With an extra team of 10,000 people at hand, Ed Walker finally breathed a sigh of relief. What surprised him was that it had been three days, but the expected Fesabrun family armed forces and grass barbarian cavalry hadn't been seen for a long time. This allowed Edward Walker to win three crucial days, day and night, so that the more than 10,000 laborers who had just become family reserve soldiers dug countless horse traps and more than ten deep and shallow holes in front of Pedro City. Different trenches are used as obstacles to defend against the rapid attack of the barbarian cavalry.
"It would be great if the logistics battalion, scout battalion and female battalion of the Flying Tiger Legion were still stationed here, then I would have confidence in my heart, at least there are people who are more blamed than me..." Edward Walker leaned on Thinking wildly on the wall of the roof. It's a pity that the Flying Tiger Corps was transferred to the front line of the southern province three months ago. Because the Flying Tiger Corps made great contributions in the field battle during the Second Southern Province Offensive and Defensive War, but their own casualties were also heavy, and this logistics corps was needed to supplement and take care of them.
At that time, the Hunting Cavalry Legion was still galloping across Muyeyuan Province, showing off its prestige. Although the city of Pedro is a strategic location, a fortress city at the junction of the two provinces, it has always been peaceful and peaceful. No one expected that in the past three months, the Chasseur Legion had stumbled in Muyeyuan Province, and even the city of Pedro was about to face a brutal offensive and defensive battle...
"Time flies so fast, it's been ten years..." Ed Walker Nannan said to himself, looking at the large piece of excavated and messy land under the slope of Pedro City, but he wondered how to defend Dro City felt a little uneasy.
This is the first time Edward Walker has faced a real battle, and it is also the first time he has been in charge of commanding the 23rd Guards Battalion to conduct a real defensive battle. This is not a daily training, nor an exercise, but a real battle. defensive operations.
Edward Walker still clearly remembered the first time he saw Lorist more than ten years ago. At that time, he was just a small carpenter in the family castle manor. He was responsible for sawing wood, collecting sawdust and giving it to his mother, the kitchen supervisor, who mixed these sawdust with flour and baked it into unpalatable black bread and distributed it to the castle. Handy servants in the manor. He remembered that he once asked his mother why these sawdust was mixed into the baked bread, and his mother only replied to him: "This is a family tradition."
At that time, the family was in the most difficult period. The eldest young master died early in battle, the third young master also died, and the old master died when he was sick. Although the master is Ed Walker's biological father, Ed Walker didn't feel sad when he died. On the contrary, his mother cried very sadly. Immediately afterwards, there was news that the Kenmes family next to the territory was in trouble. At that time, Kenmes, who was still a viscount, led his family's private soldiers to besiege the family's castle manor for nearly three months, and finally retreated after running out of food.
At that time, people in the family's castle and manor were panic-stricken. There was no one who was in charge of the family, and it was all up to Mr. Kress, who dragged his sick body, to support the family. I remember that at that time Miss Baisha wanted to push the posthumous son left by the young master as the head of the family, but she was unanimously opposed. And the mothers of Morosinger and Willigesang, who are also the master's illegitimate children, jumped out and said that they are closer in blood relationship.
At that time, my mother was unwilling to be lonely, saying that she was also qualified to inherit. Cute Dwork knew very well in his heart that he was just the result of the master getting drunk and venting on his mother. At that time, the mother was still young and was the master's personal maid, but none of the seven or eight personal maids around the master had ever slept with the master The bed, the mother was appointed as the kitchen supervisor after she became pregnant and gave birth to herself to make up for it. But the mother seemed to love the master very much, so she never remarried, unlike the mothers and other maids of Morosinger and Willigesang who later married servants in the castle manor.
It was at that time that Lorist came. Although he was once exiled by the family, no one has any objection to his return to inherit the family territory and title. I remember that on the first day when he took over the family power, Lorist taught him a lesson. The bad-tempered Miss Baisha, and then asked herself why sawing wood every day? When I told him the whole story and explained that this was a family tradition, I heard Lorist say arrogantly that such a family tradition is not worth it. Then Ed Walker found out that he was unemployed. He asked Lorist what he should do. Lorist looked at him and said to arm the family, serve the family, and live up to his Norton blood...
In the past ten years, the Norton family has skyrocketed. Thinking about the initial predicament and the current development, Edward Walker is very fortunate that Lorist came back to be the master of the house, and he grew up from a kid who didn't understand anything. As a family knight with two silver stars, he put the great surname Norton in front of his own name. Now Morosinger and Willigesang are serving as the commanders of the garrison regiment in the remote Haneyabad Islands, and they themselves have become the commander of the 23rd Battalion of the Guards.
Maybe I can't pass this level, Ed Walker looked at the Angry Bear flag flying over the city of Pedro, his eyes became firm again, I am a descendant of the Norton family, and I swear to live up to the honor of the great Norton family name, As long as I stand here, Pedro City will not fall!
A plume of black smoke shot straight into the sky from a hill in the distant Pispel Mountains. It was the alarm smoke that was lit by the scouts sent by the Guards Battalion. It meant: an enemy is coming!
"Blow the horn, ring the bell to warn! Everyone pay attention, the enemy is coming!" Ed Walker shouted loudly.
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