Lord Harland

Chapter 67 Defense of Fort Vic III

After repelling the first onslaught of the orcs, the defenders of Fort Vick finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The rescue messenger sent by Sophia successfully reached the three baronies.

The Platos fortress group has been withdrawn, and Harden Castle has been reduced to the front line.

There is still a grievance between the Stopa Territory and Baron Harden. Even if Harden Castle still has the strength, it is unwilling to take the risk of rescue.

Baron Dirham's territory is relatively average in strength, and two squadrons of private soldiers have been trained, which is slightly stronger than Stopa's territory.

After the orcs crossed the Eagle Mountains, Baron Dirham became frightened and was unwilling to send troops to rescue.

After the courier returned from Harden and Dirham, Sophia's expression became very ugly.

Although the attack of the orcs was repelled, the situation of the enemy being strong and we being weak has not changed.

If the orcs change their tactics and use werewolves to climb the cliffs on both sides to sneak attack, the tauren attack from the front to contain them, and then cooperate with the harpies to attack in the air, Vic Castle may not really be able to defend.

Only one squadron of the castle defenders has been trained, and the remaining two newly formed squadrons are mobs.

The newly formed team does not have a complete backbone, so it can only fight with the wind.

Once a large casualty is encountered, panic will spread.

The newly formed squadron caused confusion at the head of the city, and it would also cause panic in the main squadron.

Under the chain reaction, the orcs can take advantage of the chaos to take down the city.

Without the protection of the fortifications, a main squadron of orcs can defeat the defenders of Vickburg.

After receiving the request for help from Fort Vic, Richard did not hesitate for too long, and decided to send reinforcements to help the Stopa family defend the city.

First, the Stopa family has a good relationship with the Harland family.

The second two territories are very close to each other, so they can be called dead.

Once Vickburg fell, Stopa's territory fell.The brick kilns and reclamation camps in the rear will become the front line.

At that time, it will be necessary to fortify the walls and clear the fields, which will seriously affect the life and production of Harland's territory.

The most critical point is that Fort William now has sufficient troops.

There are four main squadrons stationed at Fort William, three city defense squadrons, and the newly formed squadron has the backbone of mercenaries brought by Soros. The combat effectiveness is not much worse than the city defense army.

The two auxiliary squadrons mainly operate trebuchets, which play a key role in defensive operations.

More than 600 soldiers were stationed in the castle.

Restricted by geographical conditions, it is difficult for the orcs to launch an attack formation.

There are four main squadrons, two auxiliary squadrons, and two city defense army reserves, which is enough to stick to Fort William.

Li Cha held a pre-war meeting and analyzed the nearby situation.

In the end, it was decided to transfer the Seventh Squadron of the Eighth Battalion of the Wild Lion Army, and the Second Squadron of the Harland Territory to form a rescue detachment.

He personally commanded the rescue detachment, left Fort William overnight, and launched a raid at dawn tomorrow to rescue the Stopa territory.

The defenders of Fort William were handed over to Soros and Diarra to command.

After the reinforcements entered Fort William, Richard was clearly appointed as the commander of the Fort William defenders.

There are frequent wars in northern Xinjiang, and the main army often needs to cooperate with noble private soldiers to fight.

It is also common for noble officers to command the soldiers of the main army. For example, in the last orc invasion war, Baron Harden was the supreme commander of the Platos defense line.

The troops commanded by Baron Harden include not only the Baron Knights, but also the Eighth Battalion of the Wild Lions, Baron Stopa's private soldiers, and six squadrons of the City Defense Army. It looks quite messy.

The two squadrons of the Wild Lion Legion are very familiar with Li Cha's ability and are willing to cooperate with Li Cha's command.

The main army had no objections, and of course the city defense army didn't dare to make trouble.

Now is the state of war, if Li Cha wants to enforce battlefield discipline, he can execute the squadron's first-level officer.

As long as he can win the battle, no one will pursue this kind of thing after the war.

Because everyone understands that the command authority on the battlefield must be centralized, and only one voice can speak.

When necessary, each commander punished the early bird and warned the other officers.

Li Cha marched through the night with two squadron soldiers. When they reached midnight, they vaguely found a camp ahead.

The moonlight is relatively bright today, especially in the second half of the night, when the moon hangs high in the night sky, the line of sight is relatively good.

Li Cha immediately issued an order to be on guard. The sentry in the front camp noticed something unusual and immediately lit the torches. There was some confusion in the camp.

The commander of the Seventh Squadron is Richard's old comrade-in-arms Dida.

Back then, they joined forces and killed Wald in the orc brigade.

After this battle, Dida made great achievements, exchanged the breathing method, and successfully advanced to become a professional.

Today, three years later, Dida has grown into a second-tier soldier, the captain of the seventh squadron, and an officer with the rank of captain.

His talent is very good, although because of his low background, he has been delayed for many years at the bottom, once he encounters an opportunity, he can seize it.

His position in the Wild Lion Legion is a bit higher than Ron's.

Although Ron has also advanced to the second-level professional, he is only the captain of the tenth squadron, commanding a new squadron, and only has the rank of lieutenant.

Dida's eyesight is very outstanding, which is also the key factor for him to become a good archer.

With the dim light, Dida said with certainty: "It's a goatman camp. It's not very big. There are at most two squadrons of goatmen."

"It's ten kilometers away from Fort Vic. If there is a battle here, the sneak attack at dawn will lose its suddenness."

Heyman drew a suggested map on the ground with a wooden stick, and said decisively: "Our whereabouts are exposed, and the raid on the main force of the orcs has failed. It is better to attack the camp of the goatmen and cut off a finger of the orcs."

After analyzing the situation, Li Cha said very boldly: "Soldiers are expensive, so do it like this."

The two squadrons each sent three teams to harass the goatman camp from both sides of the camp.

Dida and Heyman commanded the partial divisions respectively, while Li Cha led the main force and approached the sheep-headed camp from the front.

Goatmen are underdogs of the orcs, and their combat power is not as good as that of the kobolds. The strength of goatman professionals who can use spells is also very average.

With a dozen sharpshooters, Li Cha quickly shot sharp arrows and accurately shot and killed the sentinel.

The sheep-headed man has no long-range projection ability, so he can only hide behind the fence or in the tent, trembling and waiting for the judgment of fate.

He took the lead, led dozens of soldiers in heavy armor, and fiercely split the wooden fence of the camp with an epee.

After killing more than 20 snakes and pulling out a large number of snake scales, Fort William manufactured dozens of low-level enchanted armors, and changed the armors of the low-level officers of the two main squadrons.

A piece of snake-body enchanted scale armor is worth more than one hundred gold coins, and dozens of armors are worth several thousand gold coins.

The lower-level officers are equipped with enchanted armor, and the backbone soldiers are equipped with the iron armor replaced by the lower-level officers.

The equipment of the two main squadrons in Harland's territory was better than that of the main squadron of the Wild Lions.

Li Cha led the soldiers into the sheep-headed camp, like chopping melons and vegetables, opened the situation smoothly.

(End of this chapter)