Ron, how many of the Guards have you picked? In the makeshift camp leading to the fortress of Valon on the border of Jonah Province, Art asked Ron standing in front of him.

"Sir, six of the most elite soldiers have been selected, but none of their commanders are very willing to let them go." When Ron selected and formed the guards, almost all of them were the most powerful elite soldiers, most of whom had followed Art all the way from the time of the patrol team, and almost all of them had experienced large and small battles.

"Lusignnan came to me, and he said you were about to pluck the sentry horsemen's hair."

"Master, the guards all need to fight on horseback, and almost all those who are good at fighting on horseback are in the sentry cavalry, of course I have to go to the sentry cavalry to choose."

"Ron, I think you misunderstood me. The main duty of the guards in the future was not to participate in battles. There are five duties of the guards, one of which is to always accompany me as a personal guard, take charge of the military flag and military number, and pass military orders; The second is to serve as a support team when the Legion is unfavorable or needs to be supported in battle; The third is to supervise the whole army as a military justice team, enforce military law, and punish lawless soldiers; Fourth, since you are in charge of my intelligence network, the guards are also responsible for collecting and sorting out intelligence information. However, for the time being, the collection of enemy and military intelligence is still the responsibility of the Sentinel Cavalry, because it is impossible for me to scatter the entire guard team to collect enemy information in wartime. The fifth is to carry out other tasks as I have been assigned.

"Understand the above five main responsibilities, you should know that the guard team is not the main combat force, and when selecting the guard soldiers, you don't need to gather those elite soldiers to my side and idle, the most elite soldiers have been picked by you, and the teams that are directly in battle will reduce their combat effectiveness."

"You should pick soldiers who are smarter, preferably in rough writing. As for fighting on horseback, it is secondary, you can control horses, and the most captains of the guards, you also need to train these guards, you can always become strong soldiers, and when I return to the valley this time, I will also select a group of trained apprentices from the parish school to join the guard, they are more suitable to become the main force of the guard. ”

"Now we don't have many soldiers, so you can choose four soldiers to join the guard first, and it is enough for the sentry to choose one soldier." Ya specified the tone.

"Master, I understand." Ron simply complied, ready to turn and leave.

"Ron!" Art stopped Ron, who was about to lift the curtain.

"I asked Ollie after you left that day, and she didn't dislike and reject you, but all of a sudden, the little girl couldn't stand the huge trauma suffered by the person she loved, you don't have to worry about it, she said she was willing to wait for you to go back." Art finally couldn't help but guide the crux of Ron's heart, he was worried that this closest personal retinue was stagnant.

Ron lifted the tent with his right hand, looked back at Art from the side, and replied in a low voice, "Sir, I'm fine." I will double the scars left on my face by the enemy. Then he went out of the tent.

Art sighed softly, his mind full of the hideous scar from Ron's side just now......

After nine days of marching along the Avenue des Kings, the 1st Company of the Provisional Janissaries arrived at a small village west of the fortress of Valonia, on the border of Jonne Province, less than half a day's journey from Wallonia.

Hearing that the army sent by the palace had arrived, the local army sent people to greet them, but the officers who greeted them did not have any enthusiasm for the arrival of reinforcements. It is not difficult to understand that the local army has been fighting with the Swabian defenders and peripheral reinforcements in front of Walloon Castle for more than a month, and the hardest, hardest and most difficult battles have been fought by them.

Fortunately, Art also took into account the feelings of the local army, and as soon as he arrived near the battlefield, he invited the local officers who were fighting in the siege to come to the camp to hold a condolence banquet for them on behalf of Earl Balwin, and also presented three carts of wine, fruits and vegetables brought by the army to the local army.

At the banquet, Art hinted at his attitude, he and Charis, who did not lead the army, only had to take the first credit for attacking the city and recovering the lost territory, and all the spoils captured in the battle and the rest of the scattered military merits were handed over to the local army.

With Arte's statement, the attitude of the local army changed slightly, and they expressed their willingness to continue to assist the palace guards in the final battle to recover Walloonburg.

The day after the feast, Art marched his army into the vicinity of Walloon Fort and sent out sentry cavalry and patrol sentries to survey the battlefield.

Wallonia, a plain fortress on the eastern border of the Count of Burgundy, was a fertile land for more than a dozen miles of fertile wheat fields and densely populated village estates.

However, since the declaration of war between Swabia and Burgundy, the border town of Wallonburg and its surroundings have become a wasteland, and the war has brought not only civilian casualties and escapes, but also the once vibrant farmland, which has lost its vitality and turned into a gray overgrown weed.

Needless to say, the ruined walls of the village manor along the way, the walls of Walloon Fort, which had been torn apart after several wars, also collapsed and the city was full of smoke.

"Lord Yate, the city of Walloon Fort is twenty-five feet high, and the ring walls are about three hundred feet long, all of which are made of stone, with two gates on the east and west, and an inner fort in the fort. The original Swabian garrison consisted of about 60 men, who hoarded a large amount of food, weapons and armaments to defend the city, and also coerced about 30 young farmers from the vicinity to drive around the city. More than 300 of us surrounded Walloon Fort for more than 20 days, broke down three fort walls, killed nearly 20 defenders, and cleared the traps and trenches set up by the enemy outside the castle. A local army cavalry squad leader who was leading the way on the battlefield gave Art a brief briefing on the situation.

"Are there any enemy reinforcements on the periphery?" Art asked.

"If there were no enemy reinforcements, we would have taken Walloon Fort long ago, and we would not have had to bother the palace to send troops."

The cavalry pointed to the east and said, "Two or three days away there are Swabian garrisons in Ao Nang, Bouvan, Berta and, farther afield, Brady Gay, where the enemy number more than two thousand. There was also a 50-strong Swabian cavalry that regularly roamed around Wallonia. Our troops stationed in the border towns of Genet, Médière, and Capredière were constantly on guard against the enemy's forces there, and did not dare to come to the aid of Fort Wallonia. ”

Art quickly asked Ron to get a map, and looked at the location of the castle fortress on the rough map, "It seems that the Swabians have been prepared for a long time, and they have dragged down several defenders who may be reinforced, so that you don't have strong reinforcements." ”

"That's right, less than 100 of the 300 troops we attacked Wallonburg were the elite of the nearby lords, and the remaining 200 or so were all farmers who had just left their farming tools and picked up their swords, and we had already lost more than 80 people in the battle for more than a month. And every time we saw that we were about to take Wallonia, the wandering Swabian cavalry would harass us from behind, and when we gave up the siege and turned back to deal with them, the bastards were gone. Our patchwork cavalry was less than thirty, and we were simply powerless to pursue. ”

After listening to the introduction of the cavalry, Art looked around, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and asked the knight, "Do you have a good plan for attacking?" ”

"Lord Art, although we lack elite soldiers, we have a lot of siege equipment, and although several castles and fortresses around us have not been able to send soldiers to support the battle, they have brought a lot of trebuchets. During this time, we mainly relied on trebuchets to smash down the fortress walls to fight in the city. But Walloon Fort is our own castle after all, and we have to garrison it after recovery, once we let the castle wall damage too serious, it will be difficult for us to repair it in the future, maybe our wall has not been repaired Schwaper will have to call again~"

Art scratched his head, "My own castle, I can't fight it, I can't break it, it's hard to do~"

"Ron, return to the camp to order the commander above the squadron leader to discuss the military council."

After giving the order to Ron, Art turned to the cavalry leading the way and said, "Man, please go back and tell your commanders, please come to my camp immediately to discuss the plan to break the city."

The cavalry was ordered to jump on their horses and leave.

Art asked Angus, who was following him to survey the battlefield, "Sergeant Major, you have also seen the battlefield, what do you think?"

Angus stared at the already ruined Walloon Fort and said: "Count Balwyn means to recover Walloon Fort as soon as possible, we can't besiege it for a long time, so it seems that we can only storm it at present, fortunately, the local army has already broken the enemy's city defense, and it should not be difficult to capture Walloonburg." It's just that the cavalry roaming the periphery is really annoying, and we must guard against stabbing them in the back when we storm Wallonia. ”

"I think the same thing as you. Let's go back to the barracks and discuss with everyone before deciding. ”

After speaking, he also stepped on his war horse and ran towards the garrison camp......

At the end of March, the harsh winter began to fade, and a light rain began to fall in the eastern part of the Count of Burgundy.

After a short period of recuperation, at noon on the day after arriving at Wallonia, Arte led his army to a formation half a mile outside the west gate of Wallonia.

Dressed in a black hooded cape, Art rode at the head of the group.

Behind him were the guards led by Ron, followed by five squadrons of soldiers and a squad of bows and crossbows, all of whom were wearing improved capes made of waterproof coating, and they were all black.

On each side of the array, there were several trebuchets of various sizes, operated by grenadiers sent by the local army. The speculators were flanked by more than sixty elite soldiers of the local army, who would also play a helping role in the final blow of the siege.

More than 200 paces behind the siege army was the baggage team led by Spencer, who had already set up a military tent for first aid to the wounded, and a few copper pots were also set up next to the military tent to boil hot water.

On the periphery of the Wallonburg battlefield, a peripheral army of forty cavalry and more than one hundred and thirty infantry was ready to deal with the Swabian cavalry that might appear at any time......

The Swabians in Walloon Fort were also nervous in the face of a strange army that suddenly appeared, and the alarm horns in the castle kept blowing, and all the remaining defenders in the castle climbed the fortress wall.

Today's battle is not only divided into superiority, but also life and death.

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Chapter 214: Soldiers Descend on the City