Less than a day's journey from Diguan, an important town in the south of Kodor City, an army of nearly two thousand people was in uniform formation and walking briskly. From a distance, it looks like a long moving dragon passing through the trade route in the western part of the country. The dragon's head looks towards the direction of the city of Codor...
This is the majority of the Welsh Army and the Longxia Army that defeated the northern army of the Codor Province.
The frontmost unit is the First Division of the Welsh Army led by Odo. This is the main force of the Army and is mostly composed of veterans who have experienced battles for a long time. This time, it was this unit that cooperated internally and externally to attack Fort Marcy. Following the first detachment were the cavalry, crossbow and chariot teams directly under the command of the Welsh Army Corps.
Walking in the middle of the team is the second branch of the Welsh Army led by Angus, known to the outside world as the Southern Border Guards Corps. It has three companies: the Sapp Private Soldiers, the Andermatt Castle Private Soldiers, and the County Soldiers stationed in the city of Tyniec. During the rest period at Fort Marcy, the Second Division was reorganized separately, under the unified command of Angus.
Following the second division was the third division of the Legion of Wales, led by division commander Bass. It is mainly composed of young peasants and soldiers from the valley. They are usually responsible for guarding the valley. This time, almost all of them were dispatched to support Fort Marsi. More than two hundred peasant soldiers, mainly led by Sapp and those led by Bass, returned to the army. Following Bath's regiment were the baggage train of the Welsh Army.
At the end of the team is the Longxia Army led by Viscount Leonde, the leader of the Longxia army. This force was composed of mountain people led by Longxia and infantry left behind.
The injured soldiers and part of the Welsh Army's troops totaled about 150 people and stayed at Fort Marcy. Andrew, the deputy commander of the second company of the first division of the Welsh Army, was responsible for guarding the city. This was used to consolidate the rear of the Wells Army and relieve the worries of the army heading north. The Longxia Legion also sent more than a hundred of its soldiers back to the Longxia Territory to prevent the enemy from jumping over the wall to invade the Longxia Territory.
“Sergeant Major, you feel the same as I did when I first heard that Tyniec was captured. But after rational analysis, you will dispel those doubts.” At this time, Art, who was sitting on his horse, was in a good mood and calmly explained his views to Angus. "If I hadn't heard that the Welsh Army had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Cordore, that bastard Bernard would have had no time to take care of us. He is just a grasshopper after the autumn, and he won't be able to survive for a few days."
"What, a grasshopper after the autumn? That's an interesting word." Angus was curious about this new word.
"Sergeant Major, what I mean is that Thorne's palace is in a desperate situation and is making its last desperate attempt to force me to retreat by attacking the valley." Art explained.
"Your Majesty is right." Angus nodded in response.
“At times like this, we have to be more careful. Rabbits bite people when they are anxious.” Art said earnestly.
"What, the rabbit bites people when it's anxious?" Angus often couldn't understand these warning words from Art. But often after Art's guidance, you can quickly understand. Occasionally, he would quote Art's words to lecture the soldiers, and he would often win rounds of applause. With more contact, Angus gradually understood a thing or two. "You are saying that the Thorne Palace is that rabbit. Now that we are cornering them, they still pose a certain threat."
"Sergeant Major, you really understand me better and better." Art turned to Angus and smiled.
Hahaha, my lord, you have given me the prize. ” Angus was all smiles.
"By the way, to confirm my judgment, I'll tell you good news." Art said calmly.
“What good news?” Angus looked expectant.
"My lady wrote a letter last night, Tredoch arrived in time, and the crisis in the valley has been resolved~"
"That's great, my lord." Angus's expression was no longer so serious.
"It's just~" Art paused, "The valley suffered huge losses this time, a large number of farmers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and many houses and farmland were destroyed in various parts of the county."
"Bernard, this bastard, I will chop off his head sooner or later!" Angus, who had always been calm, became furious when he heard that the valley had suffered huge damage. This is also human nature. As a part of the valley, he will naturally be unhappy if his home is destroyed.
"Sergeant Major, you don't have to worry too much. Now that the valley is still in our hands, the top priority is to go north as soon as possible and completely defeat Thorne's army. This can also be regarded as an explanation to the people who were killed and injured in the valley this time."
"That's what my lord said." Angus looked at Art and agreed. After saying that, the two of them raised their whips and continued to move forward.
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At noon on the second day, the army arrived at the foot of a gentle slope of a hill five miles southeast of Diguan Town. Yat ordered everyone to camp on the spot.
Him At this time, Kazak, who was responsible for chasing the remnants of the northern army of Kodor all the way to Diguan Town in the past few days, learned that the army had arrived and told the others to continue observing. He quickly ran to the Chinese army command camp to report to Yat the intelligence related to Diguan Town that had been collected in recent days.
"...Sir, everyone, this is basically the situation. We pursued the remaining troops of Kodor all the way to Diguan Town and did not dare to continue the pursuit rashly. We were worried that the garrison in Diguan Town would cut off our retreat and surround us with the garrison in Kodor City, so we have been secretly observing and collecting information and waiting for the arrival of the army." Kazak felt dry after talking for a long time and picked up the Wells on the table. The beer gurgled and poured into his stomach
"Kazak, you did a good job. Now, tell everyone about the situation outside Diguan Town and the garrison inside." Art and a group of officers sat around the long wooden table in the middle of the camp, looking at the topographic map of Diguan Town and the surrounding area of Kodor City that was simply drawn with a carbon rod on the wooden table.
“This is our current location,” Kazak said to everyone, pointing to the hill-like black spot on the map with a thin wooden stick. “This trade road goes all the way north five miles to Diguan Town. As an important gateway town to the south of Kodor City, Diguan Town has tall walls and is blocked by a wide river to the southwest. There are more than twenty garrison handles on the other side of the river.” After speaking, Kazak moved the thin wooden stick to the right. "There is an open space to the east of Diguan Town. You can pass through it quickly by taking a detour, but there is an enemy fortress here. About five troops are stationed inside. The purpose should be to prevent traders from trying to take a detour from the right side of Diguan Town to Kodor City. We If you want to get through here, you must first get rid of the soldiers inside, otherwise when the army appears in the surrounding area, the people inside will definitely report to the garrison in the city. This is the terrain outside Diguan Town." Kazak put the thin wooden stick on the table.
"How many troops are there?" After listening to Kazak's report, Art thought for a while and continued to ask.
"Sir, the original garrison there was about eighty people. When we first arrived here, while the enemy was not very prepared, I sent people to sneak into the city sentry from the east open space at night to investigate. Count Codor only stayed in Diguan Town for half a day. He fled to Kodor City with his personal bodyguards, leaving the remaining troops to garrison Diguan. In addition, dozens of retreating soldiers hid in Diguan Town, so the garrison inside was about 150 people." After that, Kazak sat down.
"Well, God is on our side this time. We will conquer the city of Kodor and reach Thorne Province soon!" Art said excitedly.
「Swear allegiance to my lord to the death!」
loggene through the matter to the officer ˆ ˆ Art nodded with satisfaction.
「传我命令，全军休整半日，明日一早，全军开拔。目标，迪关镇！」
「是！」
吃过晚饭，天将黑未黑。 Art sent people to call a group of officers to the army camp. After assigning their respective tasks, he took his guard Ron and walked towards the hillside behind~
At this time, the setting sun was setting in the west, and there was still some dazzling sunlight that made it difficult for the two of them to open their eyes. Art raised his right hand to block the dazzling light and looked towards Diguan Town, which was rising from the ground. He saw soldiers on the city wall walking back and forth. The heraldic flags high up swayed slightly in the warm wind, seeming to be waving to the two Art people who were watching Diguan Town...
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"Report!" Outside the door of the castle bedroom in the Lord's Hall of Diguan Town, Yuri, who had been working hard on the woman early in the morning, was startled by the sudden appearance of the messenger.
This woman is the wife of one of his tax collectors who just passed away. Last night, the tax collector drank with the officers of Diguan Town. After drinking too much, he fell to the ground and fell asleep. Yuri took the daughter back to his bedroom under the influence of alcohol and worked hard all night. When I woke up in the morning, I looked at the beauty next to me and couldn't help but want to stretch my muscles. Just after warming up, the voice of the orderly came from outside the door...
"You bastard, you will disturb my good things!" Yuri opened the door and was scolded. He smelled of alcohol, but his face was full of youth~
“Say something quickly and fart quickly!” Yuri said loudly. Yuri was furious when he saw the orderly soldier standing on tiptoes to look into the room.
"Pah~" A slap fell on the face of the messenger. "You bastard, where are you looking?" The slap frightened the woman inside to scream.
"Report to your Lord Baron, an army suddenly appeared outside the city early this morning." The messenger straightened his helmet and reported quickly.
"What? Where did the army come from? How many people are there?" Yuri asked repeatedly.
"There are about two thousand people, they seem to be coming from the direction of Marseille."
"Quick, change my clothes and take me to see!" Saying this, Yuri staggered into the inner room...
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On the southern city wall of Diguan Town, the garrison soldiers who had heard the news and rushed over almost crowded the corridor. They were all trembling with fear, fearing that the group of guys downstairs would attack the city.
"They were the ones who almost killed us." One of the soldiers who had just fled from the direction of Marsiburg a few days ago and entered Diguan Town pointed at the army downstairs and said to the people around him.
"Are they really that powerful?" asked a soldier garrisoning in Diguan Town.
"If you don't believe it, just try it yourself and you'll know, Lord Earl~"
"Get out of my way!" Just as the soldier spoke, Yuri, who had been trotting over, walked toward the city wall surrounded by soldiers.
"God, where did these guys come from?" Looking at the menacing Wells Legion and Longxia Legion waiting in formation downstairs, Yuri couldn't help but widen his eyes. Looking at this army of nearly 2,000 people, he finally understood why Count Codor was in such a mess when he fled to Diguan Town~
"What are you still doing, why don't you send troops to Codor quickly!"