Chapter 85 Attack on Zorten (1)
As night fell, Art and Angus were on the driveway under the bright moonlight with four squads of soldiers, one squadron of sentries, and two squads of trained peasants and soldiers, a total of forty people, riding four horses and eight carriages.
Under the leadership of the sentinels, they advanced in darkness toward the Swabian border in the east.
Ron, who was exploring the way in front of the group, rode back to the group, "Master, I met two sentry riders who were left behind. They said there was no enemy situation and no enemy sentry ahead."
Art looked back at the team behind him in the moonlight, and the silhouette of Angus, who was following the team at the back, was vaguely visible.
"Ron, take the sentry team and keep a distance of three miles from the main group."
"Bas, Kazak, Pats (the leader of the first team of the third team is temporarily in charge of the third team), Tuba, are the teams following?" Art called the commanders of the four soldier teams in turn.
"Yes." The four soldier team captains replied.
"Are the peasants and soldiers following?" Art continued to yell.
"Following."
"no problem."
The two temporarily appointed peasant and soldier captains answered in turn.
"Okay, speed up, everyone follow."
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The eastbound team ran quickly on the carriage road shrouded in moonlight, and when the moon fell, the team had stopped at the edge of the mountainous area.
Art and Angus put on the robes captured from the Swabian baggage train. The six elite soldiers behind them also put on the clothes of the enemy soldiers. All the soldiers involved in the battle hid in the carriage.
, the carriages were covered with a layer of hay and then covered with felt cloth for camouflage, and a Swabian flag was planted on each carriage.
After everything was prepared, Art and Angus rode on horseback and led six "baggage escorts" around the villages and settlements along the way toward Biltenburg. Ron led three redressed sentry cavalry.
Follow quietly around the convoy.
It was daylight, and a baggage convoy on the southern avenue of Bültenberg was slowly moving towards the castle gate.
On the fort wall, the knight in charge of guarding Biltenburg was yawning incessantly. After Baron Jeffrey led most of the troops south to suppress the bandits yesterday, he had the highest military rank in Biltenburg. The tiger left the mountain,
The monkey naturally wants to be king. Last night, he invited several professional women in the city to eat, drink and have fun in the lord's hall all night long. Until his subordinates came to report that a baggage convoy came from outside the city, he plowed the inner palace all night on the women's bellies.
The knight was still sleeping soundly with two naked women in his arms.
The inner knight who was disturbed from his sweet dream got up and kicked the messenger hard, then wrapped himself in clothes and carried the wine glass on the table to the fortress wall.
"You disturbed my sweet dreams, you are such a bunch of bastards." The inner knight stood on the fortress wall, picking at the eye guano from the corners of his eyes, and then drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.
A little guy stepped forward and glanced at the approaching convoy in the south, and after a long time he replied: "Sir, it seems to be our army's baggage convoy~"
The inner knight leaned on the wall of the fort and glanced at the vague military flag in the south, and muttered: "It's true~ Let's go down and see if they have any private goods with them this time. If so, we can get some money for drinks."
It's time~" The inner knight hummed a little tune and prepared to go down to the outside of the castle gate.
The minion thought for a while, then pulled the knight in the palace, "Sir, before the baron left, he asked us not to let anyone enter Biltenburg. We'd better be careful."
The inner knight stopped, and then he remembered that the army had gone south to suppress the bandits, and Biltenburg was now an empty city.
"Well, you reminded me well. We can't be careless. Tell the gatekeeper to watch the gate for me. No one can be allowed into the city without my permission."
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Art led the soldiers disguised as the enemy's baggage convoy as they slowly approached Biltenburg. He could already see the closed gate of Bilten. Biltenburg is an important border castle on the southwest border of Swabia.
The city of Tyniec is much smaller, but it is much larger than Andermatt Castle. Because it is located in a fertile plain area, the wealth of Biltenburg cannot be compared to Andermatt Castle. It is also because there has been no war for many years.
Therefore, Biltenburg's city defense was not tight. There was neither a drawbridge nor a gate outside the only castle gate. There were only two huge iron-oak wooden gates that separated the inside and outside of the castle.
Art led the convoy closer to the fort gate and saw a guy holding a wine glass standing on the fort wall.
"Hey, man, no one is allowed in Biltenburg right now, get out of here." The guy on the wall yelled at Art.
Art turned his head and signaled the convoy to stop, and then said towards the fort gate: "We are a convoy transporting weapons and baggage from the south to the north. We don't have to enter the city, we can just camp outside the city. But we want to
We've been repairing here for half a day, can we buy some drinks from the city to reward everyone? It's been really hard for the guys after traveling for seven or eight days."
After Art finished speaking, he looked up and stared at the guy on the wall. The guy was a little shaken.
"Sir, I can pay you more silver coins, and you can help me buy drinks and deliver them. The remaining money will be regarded as your hard work." Art said and took out a coin filled with silver coins from his arms.
The bag was lifted.
The inner knight heard the strong southern accent of the leader of the convoy below the city, and saw that the baggage convoy had begun to move to the open space beside the road, as if setting up camp on the spot. He thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, then
I'll just go out and help you get some drinks." After saying that, he got off the fort wall and came to the fort gate.
"Open the fort door, I'll go out for a moment." The inner knight asked the guard to open the fort door.
The six guards who were pretending to be unloading the livestock had been watching the castle gate for a long time. Just when the castle gate opened a crack, they suddenly pulled out the long swords at their waists and turned around and rushed towards the castle gate.
The felt cloth of the eight carriages "full of goods" was suddenly lifted, and twenty or thirty soldiers armed with bucklers and sharp blades jumped out of the carriages and rushed up behind the six soldiers who were trying to seize the door.
As soon as the castle door opened a fist-wide crack, the inner knights saw six figures running towards them. Before they could react, the strong bodies of the six guys had slammed into the castle door.
The fort gate received a strong blow and suddenly opened half a person's width wide.
The inner knight took a step back and pulled the castle door with both hands, trying desperately to close it, but a battle ax whizzed towards the front door...
Angus did not let the castle door close this time. After several soldiers who were seizing the door stabilized the width of the crack in the castle door, he rushed to the door and jumped over the unlucky guy who was hit by a flying ax and died.
He passed by, then raised the long sword in his hand and slashed, and fierce screams rang out from the fort gate.
After a while, the gate of Biltenburg opened, and dozens of soldiers armed with sharp swords poured into the city.
Art held the unsheathed sword and entered the fort gate on horseback. Seeing that the gate was firmly controlled by Angus, he ordered the thirty or so soldiers around him: "Tuba's fourth team stays behind."
Occupy the fort wall and stabilize the fort gate. The others will form small teams or combat groups and spread out to kill. Don’t let go of any corner that may be dangerous.” After saying that, Art led Tuba’s team to the fort wall.
, along the fort wall to clean up the enemy soldiers who may still be resisting...
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"Quick, quick, there's a guy hiding in the tavern."
Colin, the leader of the second combat team of the first team, discovered an enemy soldier hiding in a tavern in the city. Carrying a bloody sword, he kicked open the wooden door of the tavern with his two soldiers and rushed into the tavern to search.
Remaining enemy.
Before it was time to eat, the only few drinkers in the tavern ran away immediately. Colin and others smashed the table and kicked the benches until they reached the wine cabinet of the tavern. The owner of the tavern had been suddenly intruded by a sword-wielding man.
The reporter was frightened. He stood blankly behind the wine cabinet and stared at Colin.
"Where are the guys who escaped?" Colin shouted.
The tavern owner didn't understand Colin's words at all and just kept shaking his head.
"I'm asking you where the guy who escaped is hiding?" Colin became a little anxious when he saw that the guy in front of him didn't answer his question at all.
The shopkeeper kept shaking his head, his face full of fear.
"Bastard!" Colin said and was about to chop him over.
A soldier next to him quickly said to Colin: "Team leader, team leader, he can't understand us!"
Only then did Colin react.
"Disarm without killing!" Colin remembered a Swabian saying that the commander had taught them before, and the two people behind him also shouted "Disarm without killing."
This time the tavern owner finally understood and quickly nodded and knelt down obediently.
After searching the tavern for a long time, they finally caught the enemy soldier among the groceries in the back kitchen of the tavern. In this situation, they did not have the extra personnel and energy to guard the enemy prisoners. The so-called "disarm without killing"
It was only targeting civilians, so Colin ignored the enemy soldiers' constant pleading and raised his sword to chop the guy to the ground who was crying and urinating. Then he led the soldiers out of the tavern and continued to the next place where he might be hiding.
Run to where there are enemy soldiers...
Half an hour later, the sound of fighting in Biltenburg gradually stopped. After clearing away the scattered enemy remnants in the fort, in addition to a few soldiers guarding the streets and avenues, more than twenty soldiers gathered in front of the Lord's Inner Castle of Biltenburg.
.Because in the chaos, three enemy soldiers and several fort residents retreated into the inner fort. At this moment, the gate of the inner fort has been tightly sealed by them. Angus and Baskarzak are organizing soldiers to try to use a
A thick piece of wood broke open the gate of the inner fort, but the arrows that kept flying from the arrow stack of the inner fort disturbed them. Angus had to organize other soldiers to cover the soldiers who hit the door with round shields.
After stabilizing the castle gate, Art also came to the inner fort. Almost every castle has an inner fort. The inner fort is generally the living place of the lords, and it is also the last line of defense of the entire castle. It also houses the treasury and valuables of the lords.
The warehouses will all be located in the inner fort. If the inner fort cannot be captured, the capture of this battle will be reduced. And the army that penetrates deep into the enemy's territory cannot slowly search for money from house to house in Biltenburg, so they must capture it.
The inner fort collected the property as quickly as possible and left Biltenburg before the "bandit-suppressing army" could react and turn back for rescue.
"Stop knocking and find a bigger log." Art yelled at Bass who was leading someone to knock on the door.
Bass asked the soldiers to withdraw to a safe distance, and then took people to the castle to find thicker and heavier wood to use as a breaking hammer.
Art glanced at the arrow stack in the inner fort, and then ordered Kazak: "Kazak, you go find some hay, and then use some water-soaked thatch to make thick smoke, and cover the entire gate with thick smoke.
, making their bows and arrows miss their target."
Kazak also brought a soldier to pull down the thatch from the huts of the houses around the inner fort and sprinkle some water on it...
After a while, several people from Bas ran back carrying a twenty-foot-long thick log. It was obvious that Bas had led people to remove the beams of the house. Kazak set fire to several piles of hay outside the gate of the inner fort.
Then the water-soaked thatch was thrown up, and several large plumes of thick smoke rose up. Soon the sky above the gate of the inner fort was shrouded in thick smoke.
"Two shields cover one person, come on!" Art yelled at the soldiers around him.
The soldiers of the four combat groups worked together in groups of three to lift the thick wooden beams, passed through the thick fog, rushed for more than ten steps, and hit the wooden door of the inner fort.
Biltenburg has not seen war for many years, and Baron Jeffrey never imagined that someone would attack his inner fort, so the gate of the inner fort was just a thicker wooden door. Under the heavy blows from the heavy wooden beams, the inner fort was damaged again and again.
The door bars of the fort gate began to crack.
"Bang!!!" There was a loud noise, and the door of the inner castle finally could not withstand the heavy blow. The door bars broke and the door opened...
Chapter completed!