Lord Harland

Chapter 73 Defense of Heihe Fort
Li Cha spends his days leisurely in Fort Vic, learning magic with Sophia, wishing he could live like this every day, until the winter, when the orcs return to the northern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range.

His father, William, was in a bitter fight at Black River Fort.

The Sixth Battalion was dispatched to build a camp outside Heihe Fort, which was the main target of the orc army's attack.

After more than two months of fighting, the Sixth Battalion suffered more than one third of its casualties.

Even Li Cha's third uncle, Bernie, had his stomach cut open by the orcs, and his intestines flowed out all over the floor.If the priest hadn't used the healing spell, Bernie would have died in battle.

Now the camp can no longer hold on, and the Legion Department has not yet issued an order to retreat.

Just when William was worried, the orcs launched another overwhelming attack.

William has rich experience in warfare and knows that in such a dangerous moment, he should be calm and not expose his panic and fear to the soldiers.

He looked at the remaining soldiers of the Sixth Battalion, and found that there was timidity in the soldiers' eyes.William knew very well that he could not let his anger down at this time.

Once the morale weakens, the camp will fall immediately.

At a critical moment, William decided to mobilize before the battle. He stood among the soldiers and shouted loudly.

"Brothers of the Sixth Battalion, if the war continues to this point, we may all die?
Human beings are born greedy for life and afraid of death.

As the captain of the Sixth Battalion, I was awarded the title of hereditary baron in the last war, and I haven't enjoyed the life of a hereditary nobleman for a few days. In fact, I am even more afraid of death.

Up to now, I am actually terribly afraid in my heart, but I still want to cheer you up and mobilize you. How ironic is this? "

A burst of laughter was heard from the soldiers.

William waved his hand to stop everyone.

"But what's the use of being afraid of death?

Will you not die if you are afraid of death?
I've been through ten orc invasions and am a 27 year veteran.

According to my experience, people who are more afraid of death in war die more miserable.

On the contrary, the Goddess of Dawn favors brave men.

I am here today, calling on everyone to do the final battle.

In the last period of our lives, we must also shine with courage and fight against fate to the death.

For the rest of the battle, I, William Harland, will stand in the middle of the first row and take on the toughest tasks.

If I take a step back, please supervise and cut off my back foot.

Please also fulfill your duty of fighting. No matter who takes a step back, I will cut off his backing leg.

Soldiers, let us cheer, victory will surely belong to us, to the Sixth Battalion, to the Grant people! "

William's agitation was very inspiring. The injured Bernie stood up struggling, walked to William, and shouted loudly: "Let us follow William, victory belongs to us, and victory belongs to the Grant people."

The soldiers shouted in unison, the voice was deafening.

Standing at the head of the city, Tengwei Saman, the deputy commander of the army, saw this scene, and his heart was greatly shaken, and tears suddenly filled his eyes.

But for the sake of victory in the war, he could not give William an order to retreat.

He needed to use William's brigade as a bait to attract the main force of the orcs to the camp.

In more than two months, Heihe Fort built 130 eight heavy-duty trebuchets, which were already ready to deal a heavy blow to the orcs.

The camp where William was stationed was the burial ground prepared by the Northern Legion for the orcs.

William fought resolutely with the six orc brigades in the camp, and the orcs concentrated their main force near the camp.

Seeing that the fighter plane had matured, Tengwei Shaman waved his hand fiercely.

The flag was waved, and more than 100 catapults were launched together.

The stone bullet was like a meteor falling from the sky, hitting the orc team fiercely and accurately.

The sudden scene frightened the attacking orcs.

Although Richard did not hand over the method of calculating ballistics to the royal family, there is no shortage of smart people in the royal family.

There are many magicians inside the royal mage tower, all of whom are proficient in mathematics.He quickly figured out a lot of stupid methods, and summed up some experience in using heavy trebuchets.

For example, if the counterweight is one ton, the catapult pole is 15 meters long, and the stone bullet is two hundred catties, the stone bullet can be launched 300 meters away on flat ground.

If the trebuchet is installed on a 30-meter-high city wall, the shooting range can be increased by more than 40 meters.

Summed up a lot of experience, the Magic Tower bound these experiences into a book and handed them over to the main leaders of each province and legion.

The trebuchets kept firing, and after only three rounds of stone bombs, the orcs had suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing the orcs began to retreat, the gate of Heihe Castle opened wide, and a cavalry rushed out from the gate to kill the retreating orcs.

The Orc Empire was behind. Two months ago, Li Cha and the defenders of Fort William used heavy trebuchets to severely injure the Orcs.

Such important information did not attract the attention of the orc executives.

Today, the heavy trebuchet was used for the first time in Heihe Castle, and it immediately achieved a decisive effect, severely damaging the main force of the orcs.

According to post-war statistics, the orcs left more than [-] corpses. Counting the missing and captured, the main force of the orcs died in battle more than [-]%.

The Northern Legion severely damaged the orcs at Fort Heihe, and the situation in Gerda Province immediately changed.

Without the orc blockade, the government order issued from Heihe Fort can pass.

Finally, Li Cha couldn't go on leisurely anymore. Spencer, the mayor of Black River Fort, sent a military order, asking Li Cha to mobilize three squadrons to form a coalition of nobles and expel Bastruan's brigade.

Now the Northern Legion is chasing the remnants of the main orc army, and the Bastruan Brigade, which is active in the province of Gerda, is left to the noble private army.

As the most powerful part of the noble private army in the northern part of Black River Fort, the Harland family took on the heavy responsibility as a matter of course.

After sending the messenger away, Li Cha immediately acted.

He first removed a city defense squadron from Fort William, then persuaded Sophia to send troops, and removed a main squadron from Fort Vic.

Concentrating the strength of four squadrons, they left Vic Castle and began to chase the orcs.

Baron Dirham is a softie, and his territory was easily captured by orcs.

But Baron Rice, who borders Baron Dirham, is a qualified hereditary nobleman.

Baron Rice only had two squadrons of soldiers. With the support of the neighboring Baron Bazel and Baron Duck, the territory did not fall.

In the past month or so, Baron Rice led the noble coalition army to fight against Bastruan's brigade three times, winning and losing each other, killing and wounding more than [-] orcs.

In the offensive and defensive battle of Vic Castle, the orc brigade had lost more than 500 soldiers, and now it has consumed another 200 people.

More than half of Bastruan's brigade had suffered casualties.

After receiving the news of the defeat of Heihe Fort, the orc brigade was already in retreat.

Being entangled by Baron Wright, Bastruan's brigade retreated very slowly, and was soon stopped by troops led by Richard and Sophia.

(End of this chapter)