The second offensive and defensive battle at the temporary garrison camp next to the outpost has just ended.
"Sergeant major, put out the fire, rescue people, and fill the vacancies."
Smith, concentrate the archers and crossbowmen to attack the enemy troops attacking the outpost, covering Simon's retreat."
Lv Signian, observe that there is an ambush trap by the invincible army outside the camp, and the sentry cavalry is ready to leave the camp at any time to harass the enemy's rear formation, so that they can't concentrate on attacking the outpost." In the garrison camp, Art stood on the arrow tower while observing the enemy troops turning to attack the outpost, while deploying soldiers to defend and prepare for the battle.
In the hour since the sun rose in the sky, the "Dean Legion", inspired by the huge reward, relied on their numerical superiority to launch two fierce sieges on the camp walls from all sides.
In the first offensive and defensive battle, Art stood on the arrow tower and held a bow to command. More than thirty elite soldiers were distributed in all directions. With the desperate guards of the camp soldiers and the diffuse support of the outpost's crossbows and arrows, the attacking enemy left seven or eight corpses and dragged the injured soldiers back down the wall.
The enemy changed their tactics in the second offensive and defensive battle. Instead of rushing to climb the wall, they first launched a fire attack on the temporary camp. When hundreds of flaming arrows flew into the camp and set fire to the tents and wooden towers on the wall, the enemy troops rushed up in a swarm. The defenders who had been putting out the fire a moment ago had to give up putting out the fire and climb up the wall to defend against the enemy attack. Suddenly, the temporary camp was filled with flames and the sound of killings. Yate, who was in charge during the first round of attacks, also had to personally climb the wall to participate in the defensive battle.
However, just when the attackers and defenders were in a stalemate across a wooden wall, the outpost defenders who had been actively defending suddenly opened the wooden door. Simon and Benjamin led more than a dozen outpost defenders (including some elite caravan guards who stayed behind) to cut down seven or eight enemy troops who were on guard and on guard and then charged towards the enemy soldiers who were attacking the temporary camp. The attack by the outpost defenders broke the stalemate between the offensive and defensive sides. The disturbed "Dean Corps" in the rear had to withdraw some soldiers to rescue the rear. This created a gap in the attack. The camp defenders successfully repelled the enemy's second attack. The enemy retreated, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses and wounded soldiers who were howling and struggling.
Seeing that the enemy army failed to attack, Simon dragged a few wounded soldiers back to the outpost under the cover of the arrows of Smith's crossbow team. The "Dean Legion" led by several mercenary captains also quickly turned their attention to the outpost. Compared to the temporary camp garrisoned by dozens of elite soldiers, the defense of the border outpost was weaker. Only after laying down this "flank tower" could they concentrate on attacking the temporary camp.
"Sir Dean, please lead someone to prepare for the enemy in the camp to come out to rescue this afternoon. We must lead people to level the outpost first, otherwise we will not be able to attack the camp with peace of mind." The mercenary captain wiped the blood on his face and said to "Legion Commander" Dean who was "supervising the battle" in the back.
Dean has never experienced war in person. Even during the "national war" with Swabia, he was just a baggage officer who hid in the rear to transport military supplies and embezzled military pay. Yesterday's tentative attack had not shocked him yet. But today's two rounds of desperate attacks made him realize that war is never as heroic and ambitious as he thought. The roars before battle, the wails of wounded soldiers, and the ferocious sight of dead bodies all made him feel frightened and uneasy.
"Master Dean? Master Dean!!" The mercenary captain raised his voice to wake up the absent-minded Dean.
Dean was shocked and came to his senses, and asked: "You, what did you just say?"
The mercenary captain suppressed the contempt in his heart and replied dissatisfied: "I said that in the next battle, please lead troops to guard against the camp defenders coming out to attack. I will lead people to level the outpost first, otherwise we will not be able to attack the fort with peace of mind."
“Okay, okay, okay~” Dean said several times in succession.
The mercenary captain glanced at Dean, and then organized several other mercenary teams to return to camp to repair and prepare to attack the outpost.
"Who is that, come here." Dean casually called one of his caravan guards.
"You guys will bring some people to guard me against the defenders in the camp."
After saying that, Dean summoned a few personal guards to get on their horses and run towards the rear. He wanted to be further away from this murderous hell...
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Five miles northwest of the border outpost, Felix and his two followers were leading twenty new soldiers along the edge of the mountainous area, under the cover of the shadows of the woods, galloping toward the border outpost.
"Speed up, if we arrive earlier, they will have more power to win!" Felix led the horse and walked quickly at the front of the team, gasping for air and his chest heaving violently.
From the early morning when the smoke warning was received to the day when the sky was clear, more than 20 people ran for more than 20 miles in one morning. The recruits behind them were worthy of being slaves of laborers and mines. They ran all morning and no one fell behind.
According to Art's prior arrangement, the team lurking in the canyon to the west was tasked with a surprise attack, so they did not take the flat trade road but rushed along the edge of the mountainous area to support the border battle.
After galloping for a while, the team came to a gentle slope at the edge of the mountain woods where the border outpost could be seen.
A follower pointed to a group of smoking buildings on the east side of the gentle slope and exclaimed: "Master, look, there is still black smoke in the camp over there! Master Art, are they already~"
"Nonsense! They can't be defeated so easily." Although Felix scolded the follower, his eyes looking towards the east were full of anxiety.
Three veterans in charge of the new recruits also gathered around Felix, "Master Felix, what are we going to do next? Should we rush up directly?"
Felix rolled his eyes and thought. He was worried that if he rushed out rashly and was discovered by the enemy in advance and took precautions, the purpose of the raid would not be achieved. And once our own side is unable to coordinate attacks from both sides, the twenty or so of them are likely to be entangled and killed by enemy soldiers.
「不急着冲出去，你们三个带着大家躲在这里随时待命，我先潜伏过去查看一下情况～」
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北方巨石镇驻军营寨。
"Whatever these bastards want to do, they won't fight or leave." Colin stood on the tower and looked at the group of bandits who were facing each other half a mile north of Boulder Town.
Since two days ago, this group of bandits of unknown origin has been wandering near Jushi Town. They neither attacked the garrison camp of Jushi Town nor left. Once the defenders showed signs of attacking, the group of guys immediately retreated. When the defenders returned to the camp, they stuck together again.
“These guys were sent to hold us back. They must be worried about us sending troops to support the southern border.” Odo looked coldly at the forty bandit-like guys not far away.
"I wonder how they are doing, sir. There has been no news at all in the past few days." Andrew is also worried about the "main battlefield" in the south, where the success or failure is what determines life and death.
"Okay, let's not think too much about it. The task given to us by the Lord is to hold on to the town of Boulder. Only by holding this place can we share your worries. Obote, your patrol team will be on duty in the afternoon. Keep your eyes away for me, and be careful of those bastards who take detours to attack the valley."
"Yes!" Obote took the order and took deputy captain Benson to check the surroundings.
Odo stared at the group of bandits who were planning to set up camp not far away, and came up with a plan. He said to the two people beside him: "Colin, Andrew, each of you choose three smart and reliable soldiers. I will take you out to sneak attack on the enemy camp tonight. Even if you just kill a few bandits on guard, it will also cheer up the soldiers in the camp!"
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"Big Chief, since we are all here, we really don't want to try it?"
A large farm one day's walk southwest of Tyniec County. Redoan and his forty bandit soldiers have been circling around the farm for five days. Except for trying to storm the farm when they just rushed out of the forest, they never got close to the wall in the center of the farm.
However, the two dozen guards in the farm would never dare to step out of the farm's stone wall, allowing Redoan to lead the bandits to rob farmers around the farm and burn their houses and farm tools.
"I would like to go in and rob them all, but there are more than twenty elite guards inside, and there are only less than fifty of us. We have also robbed a lot of things from the surrounding areas in the past few days. We will surround them for another five or six days, and we will retreat when news comes from the south."
The second leader beside him whispered in Redoan's ear: "But the people from the south said that if they can grab anything from the Dean family this time, it will all belong to us, and they will not ask for a single copper coin~ Now the county garrison has also moved south, this is a perfect opportunity~"
The words of the second leader of the bandits once again reminded Redoan of his courage. In the past, the Dean family farm, which he never dared to think about, is now like a woman who has taken off her coat. Those scissors are threatening to get close to her and she is desperate. How can this group of gangsters endure it~
Redoan’s eyes kept wandering between the farm and the east. It took him a long time to make up his mind. , "In this way, in the afternoon you personally take a few old brothers to check out the surrounding areas to make sure that there are no other troops or enemies around, especially the Wincheston Manor. Then we will discuss whether we can try to capture this farm at the lowest cost."
Viscount Pierre, the former chief of the palace guard and current governor of Tyniec County, personally led eighty county garrison troops south along the trade road to mediate the "conflict" between the two knights Art and Dean. Behind this seemingly small-scale conflict between young knights is the shadow of a struggle between two palace forces.
Five days ago, an order came from the palace for Viscount Pierre to personally lead the county guards south to prevent the border conflict. However, Viscount Pierre obviously did not want to participate in the struggle between the two forces. He only hoped that when he arrived at the border, the two waves of people had already decided the winner. By then, no matter who wins, it will have nothing to do with him, and neither force will be offended. It was also because of this selfish motive that the county soldiers led by Viscount Pierre spent two full days gathering preparations, and then took three days to march to the commercial road west of Boulder Town.
Viscount Pierre stood astride his horse and looked at the two cavalrymen running back from the east. When the cavalry rushed forward, he asked loudly: "Why didn't you bring the garrison from Boulder Town to see me?" I saw at least fifty or sixty people."
Viscount Pierre was surprised when he heard this. "Didn't you say that Dean took everyone to the south? Where did the people come from to besiege this garrison?"
"I don't know, these people don't look like an army, they are more like bandits." The cavalryman replied.
"Bandits?" Viscount Pierre was delighted. He had not wanted to go south in a hurry, but now that he had encountered bandits, he had a reason to stay.
"Command everyone to turn to the east, let's go and kill the bandits who attacked us first!"
"Ah? Sir, the bandits did not attack us~"
"I said they attacked, they attacked! If you encounter them, you have to take a bite, everyone, follow me to suppress the bandits!" Pierre said, turning his horse's head and leading the army towards the east side of Boulder Town...