In the inner fort of Tarburg, while ladling out the pea paste in the bowl with a wooden spoon, Art told the directors of the caravan sitting at the table the next arrangements for the caravan: "Cooper, Salt,

Lawrence, you will set off early tomorrow morning. Baron Jeffery has already mobilized troops in the area under the jurisdiction of Builtenburg. It is estimated that the enemy will attack Tarburg in the next two days, so you should leave as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to leave.

"

"This time I will leave all the soldiers to defend Tal Fort, so you can only rely on yourselves to protect the caravan. In a while, Odo will select five loyal and reliable men from our own labor force to distribute weapons as weapons.

Caravan guards, I will also give you the three small traders I brought back. They have decided to follow me. This time, four more carriages have been added to the caravan. If you are worried that the caravan has not enough guards.

You can recruit yourself during business, but you must recruit reliable people."

"We have poked a sore spot in Swabia this time. They will definitely do everything they can to pull out the nail in Talburg. Talburg will face crisis for some time in the future, so your caravan has three main tasks this time.

.The first is to transport the materials seized during this period to the North for sale, and then purchase a batch of city defense weapons and send them back to Tarburg, especially kerosene.

Arrows and crossbows, it would be better if we could recruit a group of warriors willing to come to Tarburg to defend the city. Earl Baldwin's period of enlisted peasant soldiers and laborers is about to end, and I can't guarantee that I can keep them all.

Come down, if these dozens of people leave, Talburg will lose a group of defenders. The second is to bring two private messages for me to Count Baldwin and Bishop Orlov. I will inform you in the letter.

After learning about the situation in Tarburg and our achievements in the past month, I hope that the Vice Prime Minister can tell us our merits. In addition, you can bring the three sets of porcelain and five large gold cakes to the Vice Prime Minister and tell him that they are sent by him.

The trophies captured by the peasants and soldiers who came here, the Deputy Prime Minister is a sensible person, he can understand what I mean. If the Deputy Prime Minister asks what Tal Fort needs, you just say that you hope

Allocate a batch of city-defending ordnance. It would be best to strictly order Glalu County to send troops to help defend Tarburg. Bishop Olof does not need to send anything for the time being. You can just send him the letter. The third is to send people back to the wooden castle in the valley.

Look, we have been out for nearly two months, and the whole valley is supported by Scott alone. I am worried, so please send someone back to take a look, and bring back some supplies by the way."

The three managers of the caravan accompanying the army listened carefully and wrote down Art's task arrangements for the caravan accompanying the army one by one.

After the old butler Cooper wrote down the tasks assigned by Art, he mentioned the carriage that he had been thinking about. "Master, there are many four-wheeled carriages hidden near the cave in the southeast. I have never been able to find a chance to transport them away before. I think

Let’s find a way to get those carriages back while Swabia’s attention is now focused on Talburg.”

Art took a sip of wheat paste, raised his head and said: "I would like to get them back. Those carriages are all iron-clad four-wheeled carriages that transport military supplies. It feels sad to leave them in the wilderness. But now the road to the east is blocked, we can transport military supplies."

Not coming back?"

Cooper approached Art and said confidently: "Master, I have a way. There is a small business road more than a hundred miles southwest from Biltenberg. There are few business travelers passing there on weekdays, but if you go southwest from that road,

It's a hundred and twenty miles straight to Andermatt Castle, and we can get the empty wagon back to the Valley Castle that way."

Art asked curiously: "How did you know?"

"The three traders you brought back once occasionally detoured from that road to avoid the transit tax. They are familiar with the road."

"But it's not a smooth road here~"

"Sir, we can ask Baron Antayas for help. At the worst, we can give him some hard-earned money."

Art thought about it for a while and felt that this method was better than letting those carriages rot in the wild forest, so he agreed with Cooper's method, "This matter will be done last. I will write a letter to Antayas."

Baron, please bring another generous gift to the Baron. As long as there is no war at Andermatt Castle, I think he will help with this."

Cooper smiled and nodded in agreement, and then brought up another matter, "Master, since we are going to send people back to Valley Castle, should we also bring a message to Master Galvin and Miss Lottie? Although they are not engaged yet.

, but they must also be concerned about you when you go out to fight."

Art had been concentrating on the war and had indeed not thought things through. After listening to the old butler's kind reminder, he realized that he had actually forgotten his future father-in-law and fiancée.

"Hmm, yes, yes, then you should also bring some gifts to Mr. Galvin and Miss Lottie for me, and let Scott arrange for them to be delivered." Art's face was slightly red.

After the stewards of the army caravan left, Art sent people to find Angus and Ron, who had just finished the raid and returned to Tarburg to repair.

Angus was slightly injured in the leg and was not in a good mood, but Ron was very excited because in the previous two days of harassment, he had captured two enemy sentries by himself. Although the soldiers who participated in the harassment had paid

At the cost of one death and one injury, the six of them attacked and killed five enemy soldiers and successfully forced back more than twenty Swabian enemy soldiers who came to eliminate traps and spy on the military along the way, allowing the Swabian army to attack the tower.

Fort's plans were delayed for several days.

Art put down the wooden spoon and walked over to Angus and squatted down to check the injury on his leg. "Sergeant Major, it seems that you are a lucky person favored by the Holy Lord. If this heavy diamond-headed arrow misses the mark again,

Just one finger and one of your legs is useless."

Angus replied angrily: "I was careless. I didn't expect that the hunter would fall into the trap set by the prey. In order to expel the five of us, the enemy actually sent twenty elite soldiers, all of whom were mine."

It was a mistake that led to the death of our brother. Lord Art, from now on I will act alone, I really don’t want to lead troops."

Art patted Angus on the shoulder and comforted him: "Sergeant, you don't have to ask for a forfeiture of military pay. It's not your fault that the soldier died in battle this time. You don't need to be punished. Besides, it's impossible to march without battle losses. If it weren't for

If you take Ron and the others with you, maybe more than one of our brothers will die."

Ron also repeatedly comforted Angus.

"The enemy will soon attack Talburg in a large scale. There is currently a slight surplus of soldiers stationed at Talburg. And I also said that we will not defend Talburg. Tomorrow the caravan will leave Talburg and return to Besançon.

The caravan is also an invisible force that defends Tal Fort. If they are lucky, they will bring back a batch of defense weapons and recruit a group of hired guards to come to Tal Fort. However, this force cannot be used for a while, so

I decided to send another army outside Tal Fort as the outer defense force of Tal Fort."

Hearing this, Angus and Ron both cheered up.

"The number of this peripheral team does not need to be too large, just eight people. It has three main tasks. The first task is to continue to harass the Swabian army. If the Swabian army intends to besiege Talburg for a long time, then they will definitely have to

Transport supplies through the carriageway to the east. There is only one road around Tarburg that can transport a large amount of supplies, but the hills and dense forests are full of trails. This team can appear on the enemy's baggage line from any place to harass; the second

The mission is to serve as the external defense force of Tal Fort. When Tal Fort is under siege, it is too risky to take the initiative, so when Tal Fort is under attack, you must harass the enemy from behind; the third

The mission is to serve as a messenger between Tal Fort and the outside world. When there is important military information in Tal Fort that needs to be conveyed to the outside world, we will raise smoke from the tower of the inner fort, and then you will go around to the top of the hill behind Tal Fort.

We will use crossbows to deliver the letter to you, and we will discuss the specific location to collect the letter. In addition, if Tal Fort is attacked by an indefensible attack, you must rush to the city of Galalu for support."

"I want to hand over this team to you two commanders. The sergeant major is the commander and Ron is the adjutant. You can choose the soldiers of the team yourself, whether they are combat soldiers, peasant soldiers or even prisoners of war. In addition to the soldiers of the team,

In addition to carrying necessary weapons and armor, you must also carry enough food and supplies. You will be dealing with the enemy in the mountains and dense forests for a long time. The enemy will definitely send troops to clear it up. You must lead everyone to respond flexibly, no matter it is

Whether you set a trap or lay an ambush with cold arrows, I will use all the tricks that can kill the enemy. Temporarily put aside your honor as warriors and bite the prey like wild wolves!"

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While Talburg was busy preparing for defense, Bültenberg in Swabia was also organizing a large-scale army gathering.

Since the fall of Biltenburg, Baron Jeffery has fallen into a complete rage. While he requested the county town of Teblon to send troops to attack Talburg, he also issued urgent conquest orders from the fiefdom.

All men over the age of seventeen and under thirty-five who are not disabled in the barony must bring food, weapons and equipment to Biltenberg to assemble; Jeffrey's wife's family not only provided military support of 20,000 pfennigs, but also dispatched

Eighteen elite infantry were placed under the command of Baron Jeffrey.

Together with the "bandit-suppressing army" that had not been disbanded last time, Jeffrey assembled an "army" of more than 200 people in just five days, including five knights, 20 cavalry, 60 infantry, and bows and arrows.

Fifteen men, thirty armed peasants, and more than eighty people working with the army. This gathering drained almost all the power in Baron Jeffrey's territory. In the south of the territory, even the villages, castles and manors defended the bandits and bandits.

Was emptied out.

Baron Jeffrey was a military nobleman and had participated in some major and small battles with his father. However, the humiliation of the castle being captured and plundered, and his wife and children being captured made him impatient to make detailed plans and preparations. On the sixth day after the fall of Biltenburg,

On that day, Baron Jeffrey ignored the order to "suspend the attack" sent from the county town of Tebrunn, and directly took a makeshift army of more than 200 people and a small amount of rushed siege equipment to the tower along the carriage road.

Fort...

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Ten miles east of Tarburg and half a mile in front of the "Western Expedition Army", ten sentries led by Sir Bayard, the newly promoted knight of the house and captain of the guard, were scouting the hills and mountains within a stone's throw on both sides of the road.

The dense forest was cleared a few days ago and the garrison of Tal Fort was set up

When setting up traps and roadblocks, a few harassing enemy soldiers would rush out of the hills and forests on both sides of the road or shoot a few cold arrows. Now that the army was advancing, they learned their lesson and sent out sentries in advance to occupy the hills and forests to ensure

The army is not disturbed by sporadic attacks.

Just on the top of the hill on the north side of the dense forest where Bayard stood, there were eight soldiers from Tarburg lurking in a clump of weeds.

"Sergeant Major, do we want to make a raid?" Ron, who had been lying in the grass all morning, gently stretched his hands and feet and asked Angus, who was staring straight ahead.

Angus pulled off the grass roots he had been chewing for a long time and replied softly to Ron: "They have suffered a loss and are now very careful with their sentries. If we forcefully harass them, they may be caught. Anyway, Lord Art is in Tar."

The castle has prepared enough arrows to hit the rocks for them, and let them have a meal while it's hot."

"Guys, retreat!" After saying that, Angus took the lead and crawled backwards. After a while, eight figures disappeared into the dense forest on the other side of the hill...

Two hours later, Tarburg received its first batch of enemies since the garrison was re-established.

Art, who stood on the tower of the inner castle, did not expect that Baron Jeffrey would bring hundreds of troops in the first round of attack.

Seeing the enemy troops paving the carriage road in front of Tal Fort, Art felt an uncontrollable excitement in his heart.

Since the establishment of the patrol team, most of the enemies he has faced have been sporadic armies or bandits. Most of the battles he has participated in and commanded have been sneak attacks and harassment. This time he will have a head-on confrontation with an army led by barons and knights. Although he

There are city walls and fortifications to protect him, but commanding such a majestic formation still makes him a little nervous. A correct decision will cause the enemy's corpses to be dumped under the city, and a wrong decision will cost him his life. In any case, many people are destined to be left here.

Bones.

According to Art's prior arrangement, Odo will be responsible for the first round of defense of Tal Fort. Otto stationed two temporary squads of soldiers and two squads of peasants and soldiers in the direction of the outer wall of Tal Fort opposite the carriage road.

A total of twenty-four people, led by Kazak and Tuba

Specific command; the terrain on the left, right and back sides of the outer wall is rugged and difficult to attack, so only three people were sent to defend each. There were two peasant soldiers and four laborers on the inner fort tower to operate the trebuchets;

He was responsible for garrisoning with seven archers.

Except for the two temporary combat teams set aside as reserves in the Tal Fort, everyone else provided help to the soldiers defending the outer wall, from carrying arrows and crushing stones, delivering weapons to treating the wounded, and making food.

When in charge, even at critical moments when defending the city, these people must pick up the weapons of the soldiers and join the battle.
Chapter completed!