Chapter 440: Valley Guard Battle (1)
"Nick, have you arranged it?" Doyle, who was sitting on the lord's seat in the hall of Lord Tinets, said to Nick, who had just come in from outside the door while rubbing his steel knight sword.
"Report to Lord Baron, everything is arranged. With the private soldiers and peasants of other squire lords, we have a total of one hundred and twenty people. We are left with four of our men, and twenty peasants are left with them to defend the city. More than ninety people attacking the valley are already on standby outside the city, and we are waiting for your order."
"Okay, it's time. If it's delayed for a long time, the bastards of the Wells Legion will definitely send troops back to the rescue, and the variables will be huge at that time."
"You mean, the people of the Valley Leader will definitely send troops to inform the people of the Wells Legion?"
"Yes, we must seize this opportunity and wipe out the bastards in one fell swoop. Let the reinforcements from the valley come back and pounce."
"Master Baron is brilliant." Nick said flatteringly.
"Go!" Doyle stood up and walked out of the lord's hall.
"Yes!" Nick followed immediately.
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"Everyone sets off and keep moving forward!"
By a forest stream that had been riding a day and a half away from the valley, the 50 cavalry teams of the Wells Legion, who had been rushing for several days, took a short rest and galloped away on their horses, trying to arrive at Tignets as soon as possible to break the siege of the valley.
A few days ago, the Wells Legion, which had been briefly resting in Fort Marci, was preparing to set off for the entire army and heading to the city of Kodor. However, the emergency letter from a paper valley almost disrupted Yat's plan. Tinets was attacked, and the valley was in danger, and the situation was urgent. Yat immediately summoned a group of senior officers to discuss.
Yat judged that the team should be Bernard's men, with the purpose of raiding Yat's rear, so that he could not continue to move north with peace of mind. If he retreated at this time, he would fall into Bernard's trap. At present, Thorne's court was defeated in the northern battlefield. Bernard also wanted to cut off Yat's rear through a small army to remove the firewood from the Wells Legion's attempt to go north. But he underestimated Yat too much, and even underestimated the strength of the Wells Legion.
After rational analysis, since Flander advanced westward step by step in the northern battlefield, Bernard could not continue to send troops to Tignets. So Yat decided to secretly send fifty elite cavalry one man and two horses to rush back to the valley to help. If the enemy defended Tignets, they would be trapped in the city. If they had already left the city and threatened the safety of the valley, they would be wiped out immediately.
After Yat and others agreed, they decided to send Tridork, the company deputy commander of the 3rd Company of the First Division of the Wells Army, to lead fifty cavalry back to the aid. After the mission is over, they do not have to return first, and assist the civil affairs officials in restoring public order and production in Tignets County, repairing destroyed houses, and resetting the people. In addition, the worms that colluded with foreign enemies to betray the valley this time were completely eliminated to serve as a warning. At the same time, the defenses of the county were rearranged to prevent the enemy from attacking again.
Only Yat and Angus and other senior officers knew about the attack. In order to prevent the soldiers of the Wells Legion from caring for the safety of the valley's family, Yat strictly ordered several officers who knew the situation and the cavalry returning to the aid to leak news. After arranging the return to the aid, the Wells Legion went out to Fort Marsey and marched towards the direction of the city of Cordore...
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At this time, after recent days of defense, the garrisons of Beiguan Fort and Jushi Town had been in place. After inventory, the valley garrisons had a total of more than 360 people, including 270 people from the Valley Guard Corps, and 60 county and peasant soldiers transferred back to the valley by several estates such as Wincheston, 10 people from the Sap army, and more than 20 people were recruited in other territories.
Considering that this defense was related to the safety of the valley, after discussion, it was decided to leave more than 260 of them in the Beiguan Army Fort defense, and the remaining 100 people were sent to Jushi Town to garrison. In addition, sent posts to pay attention to the enemy's movements of Tignets' southward at any time. Once the bandits attack any place, they immediately report to the other garrisons and guard each other.
At this time, the Beiguan Army Fort garrison was already ready to fight against the group of bandits coming to the invasion.
There is a re-heightened arrow tower on both sides of the military fort gate. One arrow tower can accommodate six people at the same time. The place where the crossbowmen stands is semi-closed, and six square arrow holes are opened on the wooden board used for cover. Above the gate is a platform built of stones, which can accommodate three soldiers side by side to easily pass through. At this time, the corners of the wall were filled with rocks and rolling wood. Several soldiers on duty stared at the movements in the north.
The middle of the venue for training for recruits on weekdays was already filled with dozens of tents of all sizes. The soldiers stationed inside were the soldiers stationed in the Beiguan Military Fort this time. The spears and swords were piled up at the door.
"Hey, you say, can so many of us beat those bastards who can kill without blinking?" A group of peasants in the tent sat around in the middle and chatted. Because the upcoming war made them feel a little frightened, and talking to each other was also a distraction.
"What are we afraid of? Spit alone can drown the bastards." A bold peasant soldier responded, causing a group of people in the tent to laugh.
Most of these peasant soldiers were farmers in the territory and had basically not experienced any decent training. Since the young and strong people had already gone to war with the army, most of the people who were left were old, weak, sick and disabled. If it weren't for the shortage of soldiers, these people would never have been sent to the battlefield. At this time, their existence was to shock the bandits, bluffing and gaining time for the arrival of reinforcements.
Sooner or later, what should be coming will come. As the sound of horse hooves under the whistle detective came from a distance, the giant oak door wrapped in thick iron in Beiguan Military Fort slowly opened...
"Report!" The sound of the whistle detective coming to report quickly attracted all the peasant soldiers in the tent and on the ground.
"Are those bandits coming?" Scott opened the curtain and asked at the whistle.
"Yes, Chief Scott. The enemy is about one hundred. Among them are more than forty bandits, and the others seem to be private soldiers and peasants led by some lords in the county. When they passed by Jushi Town, they fought with the troops stationed in the valley, and seven or eight peasants were killed and injured. Chief Obote led his troops to retreat to Jushi Town, and at the same time sent more than a dozen peasants to follow the enemy all the way, trying to delay them, but we lost four or five peasants."
"What? Those traitors actually colluded with bandits to attack the valley." Scott said angrily, his body trembling slightly.
"Lord Obote sent me to report to you that if the bandits attacked the Beiguan Army Fort, he would lead most of the peasant soldiers to support him. He would never allow those bandits to attack the valley so easily."
"Okay! Pass my order and prepare to face the enemy!"
"yes!"
After a while, the bell sounded from the roof of the lord's mansion of the military fortress came, and the peasants hurriedly picked up their weapons and assembled towards the gate.
In less than half a day, the group of bandits, together with the lord who secretly opposed Att, had already brought private troops to the Beiguan Army Fortress in a fierce manner. They stood outside the gate with the siege equipment they had already prepared and shouted with an arrow.
"Listen, the people inside, either open the fort gate obediently and come out to surrender. Our master can consider squandering your lives. If we attack in, you may not have 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 peasant soldiers standing on the fort gate kept trembling and holding the spear in their hands tightly.
As the commander of the temporary garrison army, Scott had never experienced such a scene of confrontation with people, and his palms were constantly sweating. He looked at the disabled veterans who were standing by and mustered up the courage to shout to the opposite side: "You bastards, not only are they colluding with bandits to attack Tignets, but they dare to invade the valley now. When the reinforcements of the adults arrive, you will be unable to save your life."
When the lord heard that there were reinforcements, he immediately retreated. Doyle, who was standing behind, saw this and immediately walked forward.
"Reinforcements? Just because of the group of bastards behind our butts, do you want to scare me too? Brothers," Doyle shouted to everyone behind him, "Let me listen to them. The first person to attack in will give you a reward of one thousand Finneys, and kill one for five hundred Finneys. Bounce you for me!"
"Kill!"
For a moment, under Doyle's instigation, the guys behind him skillfully raised their shields to cover the soldiers carrying the city ladder and pushing the siege hammers rushed towards the wooden door of the military fort.
"Shoot the arrow!" When the enemy rushed to within one arrow, the disabled veteran who was in charge of commanding the archers ordered the soldiers in the arrow tower. A sparse arrow flew out without causing any casualties to the enemy soldiers who rushed up, but only slowed down their pace. After all, it was the first time some of these people used bows and arrows. In a blink of an eye, the enemy had already rushed to the city.
"Prepare to beat the stone!" The veteran in charge of city gate defense ordered the soldiers around him.
"Smash!" When the enemy arrived at the fort gate, with a command, the peasant soldier who had already raised the rock to smash the guy in his hand towards the enemy soldiers who were climbing up. He saw a few guys raising their shields before they could raise their shields and smashed the heads open by the rock flying in.
"Okay! Just smash it for me like this and kill these dogs!" Scott, who was standing on the fort gate to supervise the battle, shouted excitedly.
"Shoot the arrow!" The enemy crossbow team, who was following the siege troops, shot the valley peasants who were shooting stones and rolling woods at the city gate under the cover of shields. Several peasants who were raising the stones were instantly shot into the forehead by flying arrows, and staggered and fell outside the fort gate.
Seeing this, the other peasant soldiers squatted in the corner of the wall, their bodies trembling constantly, and some of them even turned into wet under their butts...
Chapter completed!