Chapter 796 The smoke is rising
Eight miles southwest of Arachisburg, in a village close to the hill, a small-scale battle had just ended.
Outside a house whose roof had collapsed due to fire, eight bodies that looked like the armor of the private soldiers of Lord Arachisburg had just been pulled out from inside and dumped casually in the open space outside the house.
Not far away, two soldiers from the Cavalry Company of the Welsh Legion were walking towards this direction, dragging a Lombard man with his hands tied behind his back.
"Lord Angus, they are back." The cavalry squadron captain standing next to Angus said to Angus.
At this time, Angus, who was sitting on the steps of the house, immediately stood up and walked towards a few people.
"Where's the other one?" Angus asked the two cavalrymen.
"Back to Lord Angus, these two guys fell off the cliff while we were chasing. The other one died on the spot, and the bastard's leg was broken." After that, the two of them threw the dying Lombard man next to several burnt corpses.
"Ask this guy, why are they here?"
"Yes, Lord Angus."
The soldier squatted down, grabbed the Lombard man's head, and asked: "What is your purpose here?"
Hearing the other party speaking to him in Lombardy, the captured Lombard soldier slowly opened his eyes and made a weak voice, "I, we are the private soldiers of the Lord of Arachisburg, ordered to harass the Burgundians."
The soldier raised his head and looked at Angus, "He said they were private soldiers from the military fortress in the north, ordered to harass our army."
"Private soldiers? Just a few of them are still harassing us! Ask him again if he has any other accomplices."
The soldier looked at the Lombards again and asked, "How many more of you are there and where are they?"
"There are about forty people in total. I don't know exactly where they are." After that, the Lombards fell to the ground.
Upon seeing this, the soldiers quickly helped him up. However, the Lombard man was too seriously injured and had no breath.
"Lord Angus, this guy is dead~"
"What did he mean by the last words he said?" Angus asked anxiously.
"They also have some accomplices, about thirty of them, but he doesn't know where they are specifically."
Angus frowned immediately after hearing this.
The sudden appearance of the cavalry last night had caused considerable losses to the legion, and today Angus and the cavalry company discovered these guys not far from the trade road. It was really unpredictable how many "surprises" the lord who lived in Arachisburg had prepared for them.
Before he had time to think too much, Angus immediately ordered the two cavalrymen, saying: "You two, return immediately, find our people, inform your Excellency of the situation here, and ask them to always be careful of sneak attacks by the Lombards along the way."
"Yes!"
"The rest of you, get on your horses and set off with me. I want to see what tricks they are playing!"
In a short while, the shadows of more than a hundred cavalrymen quickly disappeared at the end of the village. Behind them, black smoke billowed from the pile of corpses burned by the fire. To the north, in the arrow tower on the south fort gate of Arachisburg, a sharp-eyed crossbowman turned his head and noticed two black figures half a mile away heading towards the military fort.
"Someone is coming!" the crossbowman said hurriedly to his companions behind him.
"Where is it?" The companion suddenly woke up from his sleep, quickly straightened the bucket helmet on his head, stood up from his knees in the corner of the arrow tower, and walked towards the guardrail of the arrow tower.
"Look, it looks like two cavalry." The crossbow pointed at the two black figures getting closer and closer, vaguely feeling that the two galloping cavalry looked familiar.
"It's our people!"
At this time, other soldiers on the wall also spotted the two cavalry rushing towards the city gate. Everyone was talking about it for a while, and some soldiers were even ready to defend themselves against the enemy.
When the two cavalrymen rushed to the horse-holding area outside the military fort, they reined in their reins and shouted loudly to the defenders on the city wall: "Don't fire arrows, it's our own!"
It was only then that an inner knight standing on the city wall ordered the city gate to be opened and allowed two cavalrymen to enter.
As soon as they entered the city, the two cavalrymen came directly to the outside of the inner fort, dismounted from their horses, and quickly ran towards the inside -
".. Report to your lord, we can clearly see that the Burgundians bypassed the trap we set and entered the wheat fields on both sides of the trade road. It is estimated that they will arrive here in a short time."
The two guys who reported the military situation were the private soldiers of the Lord of Arachisburg who were observing the enemy's situation on the hillside far away from the Wells Army. After the two discovered that most of the Wells Army was encircling, they quickly left the top of the mountain, went down to the foot of the mountain, mounted the horses hidden in the woods, and quickly returned to Fort Aletchi to report the news.
Hearing the news, Lord Kane Hawke was a little surprised, but he still maintained his usual calmness.
He walked around the long wooden table several times in the hall, thinking about how to deal with it.
According to his original plan, once the Burgundians were blocked twenty miles away by the trap they set, it would already be dark by the time they reached Arechis. In this way, he could take advantage of the cover of night to lead his troops out of the city to launch a surprise attack on the Burgundy camp and disrupt the enemy's siege plan.
Now it seems that everything is in vain.
Suddenly, Kane Hawke stopped and asked, "Did their heavy grain also bypass our trap?"
"That's not true, Liangcao Yanzhong didn't follow the army. But they arranged a lot of soldiers to clear the traps, so they should be able to catch up soon."
Kain frowned at the rough beard on his chin, and was confused for a moment.
"Report!"
The voice of the messenger suddenly came from outside the hall.
"My lord, a cavalry force of more than a hundred people has come from the south, and they are picking up the bank outside."
Looking at the anxious look of the messenger, Kane felt that something was wrong. He immediately took off his sword and ran towards the south wall with a few guards. "... - The people above are listening to me. As long as you put down your weapons and surrender from the city, I can promise you that I will never embarrass you."
A hundred paces outside the city, Reyek, the deputy commander of the cavalry company, stood behind the horse and shouted loudly to the Lombard soldiers watching on the city wall. He held the reins in his right hand, and the leather buckler he held in his left hand held two arrows that had flown from the city wall a moment ago.
machines simplyrov in in in the city wall to the city wall, and can be seen in the open space in front of Reyek . The war horse under him took a few steps back because it was frightened.
Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Reyek turned his head and glanced at Angus behind him.
"It seems that they have no intention of surrendering. Let's wait until my lord and the others arrive." After Angus said this, he turned the reins and left here with a group of cavalry.
At this time, Kane Hawke, who had just arrived on the city wall, looked at the cavalry who had left, full of doubts in his heart. However, the enemy had strong troops and horses, so he did not dare to lead his soldiers out of the city to meet the enemy, for fear that the opponent would play some conspiracy.
"Raven, pass my order, everyone be prepared and pay close attention to the movements outside the city." After Kane said to the leading baron beside him, he left here.
"Don't worry, my lord."
After leaving the south city gate, Angus deliberately led the cavalry into a wheat field to the east, and disappeared from the sight of the Lombards under the cover of weeds. Then, he divided the cavalry into four parts. He, Reyek and the two flag captains each took a part to the four directions of southeast, northwest and check the defense around the castle to prevent the other party from cheating. At the same time, find the right opportunity to test the defenses on the city wall to provide reference for the army's subsequent siege.
.——·Everyone, did you hear it clearly? "
"It's clear!"
"Let's go!"
After a while, four cavalry squads of more than 20 people disappeared into the wheat fields and approached Aletchisburg step by step...
When the remaining men of the cavalry company led by Angus split up and attacked Fort Aletchi, Lusignan and others who were chasing the cavalry that attacked the main part of the legion at night had already taken Baron Leka Tierno under Kane to find most of the legion's men who had returned to the trade road again.
"..Lusignan, you are so fast!" Looking at the captain of the cavalry company following him, Art was full of praise. "How's it going? Have you asked clearly?"
"Replying to your lord, it's all clear. They are indeed people from Aletchisburg. Except for this guy who was left alive, the others were thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves." Lusignan said this with no expression on his face, as if he had just returned home from hunting in the mountains.
"Since this guy is a baron, he should be aware of the defense of Fort Ariches." Art then said to Ron beside him: "Ron, pry what I want out of his mouth before arriving at Fort Ariches." Ron grinned and replied excitedly: "Master, I'll go right away." He randomly turned the horse's head and walked towards the back.
Matt shook his head and sighed, "Hey, this guy!"
At this time, the legion's troops had left the endless fields on both sides of the business road and began to enter the muddy road that extended into the dense forest.
Not long after, there was a commotion from the palace guards who were walking at the forefront. "...Immediately send someone to tell Earl Art to be careful of ambushes on both sides. You guys, lead me to catch up immediately and kill those bastards. Don't let them escape!"
“Yes!” The deputy commander of the legion said and mobilized a squadron of soldiers to go to the dense forest. At the same time, he asked the messenger Gao to warn the rear troops to be careful of ambushes on both sides.
Commer, the commander of the Palace Guards, glanced at the three soldiers who fell on the ground and gritted his teeth in anger -