Five miles south of Solburg, in a temporary garrison on a slightly higher gentle slope, Angus walked heavily into Art's center camp and said slowly: "Sir, bad news."
Art stopped wiping his sword and did not look up, "More than half were killed in the first attack, right?"
"Almost all~" Angus's tone was particularly low.
At raised his head in shock, "What? How is that possible?"
"To be precise, sixty-five people were killed on the spot. More than a dozen of the 120 siege soldiers fell while rushing to the wall. , a large section of them was burned alive before they even started to climb the wall... None of the others who were burned could be saved. I am afraid that even Sir David, the commander of the first attack, would not escape death. "
"Is David the commander of the first attack?" Art looked incredulous.
"With his knowledge, he would never accept such a task easily." Art still knew a little about this knight brother. After all, David had fought in big battles.
"I inquired, and Viscount Geoffrey repeated to him in a lower degree what he said to you." Angus replied.
At understood, "Yes, David needs a decent military exploit to obtain a fief for himself."
"How will Sir David and the injured soldiers be accommodated?"
“Most of the legion’s baggage team is staying in the city of Aosta to prepare food for the legion. Now there are not enough baggage soldiers in the legion to treat the wounded. Those burned soldiers can only lie on the ground waiting to die, but it is useless even if the legion’s baggage team comes. If the sword is injured, what will happen? They can still try their luck to save one or two lives from the gate of hell, but to treat this burned soldier, I think they should rely on God's mercy!" Angus couldn't help but shake his head and sigh when he thought of the miserable situation he saw when he returned to the legion to report on the perimeter security situation at noon today.
Poor Sir David, it is said that he could have escaped alone. He was outside the fire wall when the Lombards surrounded the siege soldiers with kerosene, but at that time he rushed into the sea of fire madly to try to save his soldiers. As a result, his barrel helmet was hit by a clay pot of kerosene. It is said that he was burned beyond recognition. "
Matt originally thought that the damage to the first attacking team would mainly come from the arrows, stones, spears and swords of the Lombard defenders on the wall when the ants invaded the city. He did not expect that so many people were burned to death in the first round of probing attacks before they could even touch the wall of Solburg.
In fact, when Art received this sad news, the number of soldiers killed in the first attack team had climbed to sixty, and this number was still increasing as time went by. Those soldiers whose skin and flesh were burned by kerosene were destined not to survive.
"The Lombards are nothing, they're too insidious." Angus couldn't help but cursed.
"Sir, I didn't say anything about you." Angus immediately noticed that he had scolded Art as well, and quickly explained.
"You are right. Looking at the entire continent, Lombardy, which relies on businessmen, is the only one that is particularly good at conspiracy." Art said in a pertinent and joking manner.
"Sergeant Major, tell Odo to send two medical soldiers with better medical skills back to the legion to treat Sir David and his soldiers. After all, Sir David and I are both palace guard knights, and we have a good relationship with the Fourth Banner all the way south. Please help if you can."
"My lord, be kind."
"In addition, I remember that Sir David has some very powerful men. See if they are still alive. If they are still alive, find a way to bring them to the outpost and return them when Sir David wakes up. Anyway, now that David is lying down, even if we don't draw them over, there will be other people who are thinking about them. If they are left here, they may be able to return in the future."
“Where is the legion commander~” Angus was worried that Viscount Jeffrey would not tolerate Art openly poaching elites from the legion.
Don't worry, our regiment commander probably does not have the energy to take care of these small things now. Angus had the confidence in his mind and agreed.
"Sir, do you think based on the current situation, can we take Solburg?" Angus asked.
Matt put the knight's sword in his scabbard, stood up and replied: "Yes, if Viscount Geoffrey cannot even capture Sauerburg, there is no need to be the commander of this legion. But the strength of the entire legion will only be enough to fill the magic cave of Solburg. If you want to continue to advance south, I am afraid you will have to mobilize the Provence army from the central front."
"Sir, do you have any way to capture Solburg at the minimum cost? Based on the current battle losses, if you can help the legion capture Solburg at a critical moment, it will be an indelible military merit."
Matt adjusted his armor and adjusted the position of the knight's sword on his waist. He sighed and replied: "My original plan was to join the siege team, otherwise I would not let you practice the siege of Solburg in Aosta. But. It was when I visited the city in person and saw the defense of Sauerburg that I changed my mind. The garrison commander of Sauerburg is Viscount von Bilen, who is known throughout the Principality of Lombardy for being good at conspiracy."
The expression on Art's face became solemn as he spoke. After a while, he whispered softly: "It was he and Walder Burley who set up a trick to harm my father. The title and territory of the Wells family were also taken away by them..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this. If I have the chance, I will definitely share the worries of the legion. But now we should do the things in front of us."
"News came back from the eastern secret post at noon. An army from Wilno tried to circle to the north of the legion. I guess they are I want to harass the legion's baggage line. The secret sentry has already found their traces. I will destroy this legion in the dark at night. You will come with me."
"I won't tell you more about the treatment of wounded soldiers. Why haven't the people from the baggage team arrived yet! A bunch of waste!!! It's been three days and they haven't brought the food baggage here. Nearly a thousand people are waiting for them to deliver supplies."
"Also, why are the siege engines you were asked to make not yet completed? If you can't capture Sauerburg before the heavy snowfall, are you still waiting to spend the winter outside the city?" Viscount Geoffrey pointed at the adjutant of the legion in the camp who was responsible for the management of the legion's baggage and scolded him.
The adjutant of the legion stood aside dejectedly, his face turning red and white.
Seeing the adjutant's face turn red and white, Jeffrey took a breath and asked slowly: "Have the people who went to the city to persuade them to surrender come back?"
The adjutant's face immediately turned blue upon hearing this question, and he weakly replied: "Legion Commander, I was just going to tell you this~"
The adjutant hesitated.
"Tell me what you think! Are the Lombards willing to sell Solburg to us?"
The adjutant struggled for a while, then closed his eyes and replied: "The Lombards killed all the people we sent to persuade them to surrender."
Jeffrey jumped up from his chair with a buzz in his head, "What? What about the money sent in?"
"Gold worth sixty thousand pfennigs." All the silver treasures were taken away by the Lombards. The head of the clerk was thrown out of the city wall by them, and a letter was stuffed in his mouth. The letter cursed us and said that we would spread the news about us giving money to the enemy~"
"Shameless bastard!!!" Jeffrey overturned the official desk to the ground...