“Nick, have the arrangements been made?” Doyle, who was sitting in the main seat of Lord Tinets Hall, wiped his stainless steel knight's sword and said to his adjutant Nick, who had just come in from the door.
"I tell you, Lord Baron, everything has been arranged. Including the private soldiers of other squire lords and the peasant soldiers of the territory, we have a total of one hundred and twenty people. Four of our people are left, and another twenty peasant soldiers are left to guard the city. There are more than ninety people attacking the valley, and they are already on standby outside the city. , I’m just waiting for your order.”
“Okay, it’s time. If we delay for a long time, those bastards from the Wells Legion will definitely send troops to come back, and things will be a big change by then.”
“You mean, the people from the Valley Leader will definitely send troops to notify the people from the Wells Legion?”
"Yes, we must seize this opportunity to annihilate those bastards in one fell swoop. Let the reinforcements from the valley come back to catch them in vain."
"The Baron is smart." Nick said flatteringly.
"Let's go!" Doyle stood up and walked towards the outside of the Lord's Hall.
"Yes!" Nick followed immediately.
A few days ago, the Wells Army, which had taken a short rest at Fort Marcy, was preparing to march to the city of Codor. However, an urgent letter from the valley almost disrupted Art's plan. Tyniec was attacked, the valley was in danger and the situation was urgent. Art immediately summoned a group of high-ranking officers for discussion.
Att judged that the small group of men should be Bernard's people, and the purpose was to harass Att's rear, making him unable to continue heading north with peace of mind. If you retreat at this time, you will fall into Bernard's trap. At the moment, Thorne's court is losing ground on the northern battlefield. Bernard also wanted to use a small force to cut off Art's rear and draw out the firepower, thus dispelling the Welsh Army's attempt to move north. But he underestimated Art, and even more underestimated the strength of the Welsh Legion.
After rational analysis, since Flanders was advancing westward step by step in the northern battlefield, it was impossible for Bernard to continue sending troops to Tyniec. So Art decided to secretly send fifty elite cavalrymen, one man and two horses, to rush back to the valley at starry night to come back for reinforcements. If the enemy holds on to the city of Tyniec, they will be trapped in the city. If they have left the city and threaten the safety of the valley, they will be annihilated immediately.
After discussion by Art and others, it was decided to send Terry Doc, the deputy commander of the third company of the first division of the Welsh Army, to lead fifty cavalry back for reinforcements. There is no need to return after the mission is over. Assist the civil affairs officials to restore public security and production in Tyniec County, repair the destroyed buildings, and resettle the residents. In addition, we must completely eliminate those moths who colluded with foreign enemies to betray the valley this time, so as to serve as a warning to others. At the same time, the county's defenses were rearranged to prevent the enemy from attacking again.
The news of the attack on Tyniec was only known to high-ranking officers such as Art and Angus. In order to prevent the soldiers of the Wells Legion from worrying about the safety of their families in the valley, Art strictly ordered several officers who knew the situation and the returning cavalry to leak the news. After arranging the return reinforcements, the Wells Army marched out of Marsiburg in the direction of Cordore City...
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At this time, after the deployment of defenses in recent days, the garrisons of Beiguan Army Fort and Boulder Town were all in place. After counting, there were more than 360 troops stationed in the valley. In addition to the 270 valley garrison troops, there were also 60 county soldiers and peasant soldiers transferred back to the valley from Wincheston and other manors, 10 Sapp troops, and more than 20 people recruited from other territories.
Considering that this defense is related to the safety of the valley, after everyone's discussion, it was decided to keep more than 260 of them at Beiguan Army Fort for defense, and the remaining 100 people were sent to Jushi Town for garrison. In addition, sentinels were sent to keep an eye on the movements of the enemies heading south from Tyniec. Once the bandits attacked any place, they would immediately report to the rest of the garrison and defend each other.
At this time, the garrison of the Beiguan Army Fort was already on alert, ready to attack the group of bandits who came to invade the border.
There is a re-heightened arrow tower on each side of the military fort gate. Each arrow tower can accommodate six people at the same time. The place where the crossbowman stands is semi-enclosed, and six square arrow holes for shooting are opened in the wooden board used for cover. Above the gate is a platform built with stone barriers, which can easily accommodate three soldiers side by side. At this time, the corner of the wall was piled with broken stones and rolling logs. Several soldiers on duty kept their eyes on the movement to the north.
The middle of the usual training ground for new recruits was now crowded with dozens of tents, large and small, which contained the peasants and soldiers stationed at the Beiguan Army Fort this time. Spears and daggers were piled haphazardly at the door.
“Hey, you think, can so many of us defeat those murderous bastards?” A group of peasants and soldiers sat in the middle of the tent chatting. Because the coming war made them feel a little frightened, talking to each other could distract them.
"There are so many of us, what are we afraid of? Each of us can drown those bastards with just spitting." A bold peasant soldier responded. It made a group of people in the tent laugh.
Most of these peasant soldiers are farmers in the territory, and they have basically not experienced any decent training. Since the young and strong citizens had already gone out with the army, most of those who stayed behind were the old, weak, sick and disabled. If it weren't for the severe shortage of soldiers, these people would never be sent to the battlefield. At this moment and here, their existence is to intimidate the group of ruthless bandits, to bluff and buy time for the arrival of reinforcements.
What should come will come sooner or later. As the rapid sound of horse hooves carried by the sentry came from the distance, the giant oak door covered with a thick layer of iron sheet in the Beiguan Army Fort slowly opened...
"Are those gangsters coming?" Scott opened the door curtain and asked the sentry.
"Yes, Sir Scott. There are about a hundred enemies. There are more than forty gangsters among them, and the others seem to be private soldiers and peasant soldiers led by some lords in the county. They fought with the garrison troops when passing through Boulder Town, and seven or eight peasant soldiers in the valley were killed or injured. Chief Obote led his troops to retreat to Boulder Town, and at the same time sent a dozen peasant soldiers to follow the enemy all the way, trying to delay them, but we lost another four or five peasant soldiers."
"What? Those rip-offs actually colluded with tough bandits to attack the valley." Scott said angrily, his body trembling slightly.
"Sir Obote sent me to tell you that if the bandits attack Beiguan Army Fortress, he will lead most of the peasant soldiers to support. We will never let those bandits invade the valley so easily."
OK! Send me the order and prepare to meet the enemy! "
"Yes!"
After a while, the bell on the top of the castle lord's mansion rang, and the peasants and soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons and gathered towards the gate.
In less than half a day, the group of tough bandits and the lords who secretly opposed Yate had already brought their private soldiers and headed towards the Beiguan Army Fort. Standing outside the door with the siege equipment that had been prepared, he shouted.
"Listen to the people inside, you can either open the fort gate obediently and come out to surrender. We, the lord, can consider sparing your lives. If we wait for us to attack, you may not even get the chance to kneel down and beg for mercy." One of the lords persuaded Scott and others who were standing above the fort gate to surrender.
Looking at the group of murderous bandits opposite, the peasants and soldiers standing on the fort gate could not help but tremble, holding the spears in their hands tightly with both hands.
As the commander of the temporary garrison, Scott had never experienced this kind of confrontation with others, and his palms were constantly sweating. He looked at the disabled veterans sitting next to him and summoned up the courage to shout to the other side: "You bastards, not only did you collude with the bandits to attack the city of Tyniec, but now you dare to invade the valley. Once the reinforcements arrive, your lives will be in danger."
As soon as the lord heard that there were reinforcements, he immediately retreated in fear. Doyle, who was standing behind, saw this and immediately stepped forward.
"Reinforcements? You want to scare me just because of the bunch of bastards following us? Brothers," Doyle shouted to the people behind him, "Listen to me. The one who attacks first will be rewarded with one thousand pfennigs, and the one who kills will be rewarded with five hundred pfennigs. Charge me!"
"Kill!"
At the instigation of Doyle, the group of guys behind them skillfully raised their shields to cover the soldiers who were carrying the ladder and pushing the battering ram and rushed towards the wooden door of the military fort.
“Fire the arrows!” When the enemy rushed within one arrow, the disabled veteran who was in charge of commanding the archers ordered the soldiers in the arrow tower. A sparse burst of arrows flew out and did not cause any casualties to the charging enemy soldiers, but only slowed down their pace. After all, it was the first time for some of these people to use bows and arrows. In a blink of an eye, the enemy had rushed to the city.
"Get ready to break the stone!" the veteran in charge of the city gate defense ordered to the soldiers around him.
"Smash!" When the enemy arrived at the fort gate, with an order, the peasant soldiers who had already raised the stones smashed them towards the enemy soldiers who were climbing up. I saw a few guys whose heads were smashed open by flying rocks before they could even raise their shields.
"Okay! Just hit me like this and kill these dogs!" Scott, who was standing on the fort gate supervising the battle, shouted excitedly.
“Fire arrows!” Under the cover of shields, the enemy's crossbow team following the siege troops launched a burst of rapid fire at the valley peasant soldiers who were pounding stones and rolling logs at the city gate. I saw several peasants and soldiers who were lifting stones to be hit in the head by flying arrows in an instant, and they stumbled and fell outside the fort gate.
The rest of the peasants and soldiers squatted in the corner after seeing this, their bodies were shaking constantly, and some of the guys' buttocks had even turned into a wet patch...
"Get up the f*ck," looking at the enemy soldiers approaching step by step, Scott reluctantly pulled the huddled peasants and soldiers up.