A fierce defensive battle ended, and Art took command of Otto and began to treat the wounded, arrange repairs, and arrange the city's defenses in Tarburg.

The twenty or thirty main soldiers and peasants who had participated in the defensive battle of the outer wall during the day withdrew from the wall and entered the wooden houses at the base of the inner fort and the wall to repair, where comfortable thatched floors and warm broth and wheat paste were waiting for them.

The guards on the outer wall were replaced by two reserve squads and the servant farmers in the fort, and the enemy army would not have a large-scale attack at night, and the main task of the guards on the outer wall was to prevent the enemy from harassing at night.

The bodies of the dead defenders were buried in a clearing under the back wall of the fort, and the corpses of the beheaded enemy soldiers were all thrown off the wall after being stripped of their weapons and armor.

It was getting dark, and Art patrolled the outer walls of Talfort, where he was in armor and with his sword, and he repeatedly instructed the guards on duty to be cautious and not careless at every possible enemy attack, and he also had several guards on duty throw a piece of burning wood under the wall every once in a while.

After inspecting the defense of the outer wall, Art glanced at the waiting platform on the right flank from a distance, and saw that Bass was also watching around with a torch on the waiting platform, and then he went down the wall and entered the wooden house under the wall to personally check the treatment of the wounded soldiers......

It wasn't until late at night that Art returned to the inner fort with a tired face, summoned a few squad commanders, summed up the lessons learned from today's battle, and arranged the next defense of Tarburg......

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After the siege of the city, Baron Jeffrey finally came to his senses after suffering a setback at Talburg.

In two hasty attacks, Jeffrey's men were killed and wounded more than 30 people, most of whom were his elite infantry, including five borrowed guests, and even his guard, Piquel, known as the First Fierce Man, was missing, and he was said to have been seen pushed off the inside of the outer wall of Talfort, and he was never seen again.

Jeffrey's camp outside Talburg was full of ghosts and wolves, most of the wounded soldiers were hit by arrows and short spears, and the battalion doctors and miscellaneous servants were treating the wounded soldiers, and the weather was getting hotter, and the wounds were very perishable and maggots, and most of these seriously wounded soldiers could not be saved......

Bypassing the miscellaneous servants who were burying the pots, passing the soldiers who were reclining everywhere, and dodging the patrolling sentries in the camp, an "eagle-eyed" who had gone out to spy on the military entered the military tent where Baron Jeffrey was discussing with several knights.

This "Hawkeye" was a Swabian spy who had sneaked into Glaru a few days ago to find out about the defenders of Fort Tar, and he had to explore Glaru County for several days before he could basically figure out the defensive strength of the defenders of Fort Tarru.

"There are more than 100 defenders in Tarburg???" Baron Jeffrey was taken aback when he heard Hawkeye's return.

Half a month ago, Swabian spies tried to get close to the Tartburg outpost to detect the enemy, but were expelled by the sentries sent by Tartburg, and since then, Swabian sentries have almost never been able to get close to Thalburg, but before the "southern bandits", Jeffrey's sentry has successfully approached Thalburg, and came to the conclusion that the number of defenders in the fort is about thirty people, after the attack on Birtenburg, plus the released prisoners, Jeffrey guessed that the number of people who can act as defenders in Tartenburg is about fifty, and now "Hawkeye" However, it was reported that there were more than 100 people stationed in Talburg, which made Baron Jeffrey unbelievable.

"Yes, my lord, according to the recollections of the citizens of Glaru who saw the defenders, there were about eighty enemy troops and entourages who came from northern Burgundy to garrison Talburg more than a month ago, and they later released twenty prisoners from Birten, and during this time there was also a caravan that came to Talburg, but left a few days ago, so it is roughly estimated that there must be more than a hundred people in Talburg." The spy "Hawkeye" once again confirmed the strength of the defenders in the Talfort.

Gathering hundreds of people to fight for a day, they didn't even figure out the number of opponents, which made Baron Jeffrey ashamed, and his purple face turned white, "Bastard! Who was responsible for the number of defenders at Talfort? Drag that bastard out for me and chop it down!! ”

After a while, no one answered.

"Who is it?" Baron Jeffrey roared.

Seeing that Baron Jeffrey was about to get angry, the chief guard hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to the baron: "My lord, that time was personally sentry by Sir Greif, the knight of your inner palace~"

"That bastard again!!" Jeffrey smashed the clay cup in his hand, he hated the derelict guy so much that if Greeve hadn't been killed, Jeffrey would have cut off his head himself.

There was silence in the tent for a while, and after a long while, Jeffrey regained his composure and said, "No wonder those bastards in Talburg dare to take the initiative to provoke Biltenburg, it turns out that they still have so many people hiding, and they made a mistake!" What a mistake!! "If Baron Jeffrey knew that there were so many defenders in Talfort, he would not have rashly sent troops to storm Talfort in a fit of rage, but at least he would have to plan carefully and prepare before leading his troops to Talfort.

"It's useless to say anything now, let's discuss the next plan, the assault won't work for the time being, we'll find another way......

A discussion erupted in Baron Jeffrey's tent......

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Early the next morning, Art was awakened by the soldiers defending the city, who had fired an arrow with a parchment letter from outside the fort.

Art took the parchment letter and unfolded it, laughed a few times after reading it, and called the soldiers to summon a few commanders to discuss the matter.

After a while, the Otto men came to the inner fort where Art was resting, and Art read the contents of the letter to the others.

"In short, that fellow Jeffrey gave us three options, the first was to let his wife and children withdraw from Talburg with our seized belongings, and he promised not to pursue them; The second option was to release his wife and children and hand over 70,000 Fennig's money, and he promised to withdraw his troops; The third option is for us to continue to defend Talburg, and he says that the Swabian army will take Talburg and slaughter all the defenders. ”

"What do you think?" Art put down the letter in his hand and looked up to the crowd and asked.

Kazak looked resentful, "How does this guy look like he was defeated?" He asked him to bring money to ransom us, but he looked like he was going to eat us, and wanted me to say that we didn't need to pay attention to it, and see how many of his soldiers we had to kill. "Kazak was clearly inspired and confident in yesterday's two defensive rounds.

"I also don't think there's any need to show weakness to the enemy, we are currently in an advantage, and the enemy can't take Talfort for the time being. But what worries me most is the enemy siege. The fort can supply food for about seven months, but if the enemy army is besieged for a long time, the fort will run out of food sooner or later. And if Swabian continues to increase troops towards Tar Fort, once Jeffrey's men are fully equipped with weapons, they will definitely storm Talfort, whether the fort wall of Tar Fort is strong or not, the enemy army does not know whether we know ourselves~" Otto did not oppose Kazak's point of view, but he thought more about it from the perspective of the consumption of materials to defend the city and the enemy's rear strength.

Art turned to Tuba and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Tuba touched the hilt of the sword on his waist and replied resolutely: "My lord, the main purpose of our expedition this time is to kill the enemy and establish meritorious deeds. ”

After a few people finished speaking, Adam adjusted: "Since your intentions are basically the same, then we will continue to defend, our baggage can hold on for several months, and it is impossible for the enemy army to really levy a large army to besiege Tarburg for half a year, not to mention that the war in the north is on the verge of breaking out Swabia is unable to dispatch troops for a while, just the hundreds of county soldiers in Glaru County will make Jeffrey a little jealous." If we can withstand a few more enemy attacks, then it is up to us to make the offer. ”

Art cleared his throat and ordered, "Listen, you guys, from now on, Talfort must be strictly defended, the enemy army may attack or sneak attack, no matter which way, we must be fully prepared to deal with it." Otto, you have to control the ordnance and food materials in the military fort, not only to ensure that everyone in the military fort can eat and drink, but also to ensure that the food and materials can support more than half a year. ”

"The craftsmen who have brought back from Biltenburg should be treated with kindness, provide them with plenty of food, let them strengthen the fort for us, repair our weapons and ordnance, and tell them that if they serve in Tarden for half a year, I can restore their freedom. As for Baron Jeffrey's wives and children, they are to be kept in good order, and to be provided with some tasty food and adequate bedding, and it will be of great use for me to keep them. ”

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For the next two days, Jeffrey's army did not storm Talfort.

During this time, the enemy tried several times to capture the right flank of the Waiting Terrace, but the traps along the way, as well as arrows and rolling wood from both the Waiting Platform and Tarburg, caused Jeffrey's army to lose a few lives each time in vain.

Recognizing the reality, Baron Jeffrey began to plan the siege carefully.

First of all, he made a posture of besieging Talburg for a long time, and on the one hand, he sent people to the west to establish a checkpoint to block the road between Talburg and Glaru, so that Glaru's army could not support Talburg, and on the other hand, he sent people back to Bilten to collect food and baggage, levy army labor, and report the battle of Talburg to the city of Tebron and again ask for reinforcements. Jeffrey then began to fortify the camp outside Tarfort, and sent laborers around cutting timber to make siege equipment, and constantly sent men to persuade Tarfort to surrender......

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Cruising in the hills and forests around Talburg, the Angus squad is still lurking, two days ago when the enemy attacked Talburg in a big way, this squad was ambushed on the top of a hill less than half a mile away from the enemy's rear to observe the battlefield, once the defenders of the outer wall of Talburg fell into an absolutely passive situation, this squad would raid from behind the enemy, so that the enemy had to turn around and extinguish the flames on the buttocks, but the defenders of Talburg were in an advantageous position all the time, so Angus never raided the enemy's rear.

In the past two days, several detachments from the enemy camp have been fortified around the fort, and the enemy forces have attempted to block the fort's contact with the outside world.

Now Angus's squad began to act, they continued to harass the enemy, or from time to time rushed out to kill one or two enemy guards and then suddenly disappeared into the hills and dense forests, or set a few traps on the route of the enemy patrol, or in the dead of night to fire a few cold arrows towards the enemy camp, in short, Angus's team has not stopped since the enemy army intended to set up camp for a long siege.

Baron Jeffrey was not very bothered, and in a fit of rage, he sent two of his knights with a dozen elite soldiers to clear Angus's team, but Angus led Ron and his men to wander around in the hills and dense forests to encircle and suppress the enemy army, and even ran to the manor village south of Bilten to plunder.

Less than half a day after the enemy gave up the pursuit, Angus, who had disappeared in the dense forest for many days, returned to the vicinity of Talburg with Ron's seven men and began a new round of raids......

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Outside the battlefield.

Eight days ago, Glaru received a private message from the commander of the Tartenburg garrison, saying that the Tartenburg garrison had raided Biltenberg a few days earlier, captured the wife and children of Baron Jeffrey Biltenberg, and told Viscount Herreth that the Swabian army was about to attack Tarburg, so that Glaru County was ready for battle.

This sudden letter almost choked Viscount Hereth, the magistrate of Glarus, and when he was still worried about the imminent large-scale attack of the Swabian army on the Count of Burgundy, the guy in Tarburg dared to take the initiative to provoke the lion; If the Swabian army invaded in a fit of rage, the guy in Talburg could have rolled up his backpack and run, but the county of Glaru behind Talburg would have been miserable.

In a hurry, Viscount Hereth ordered the whole county to enter a state of imminent war, the gate of the county was closed, and the manors and villages in the county were like facing a great enemy. After a week of intense defense, Swabian's army did not see half a step into the county of Glarus......

It wasn't until yesterday that Viscount Herreth remembered that he should send someone to Talburg to take a look, but the sentinel's men were still a dozen miles away from Talfort before they were driven back by the enemy sentry.

Viscount Hereth, who was initially frightened, calmed down and began to actively prepare for the battle, and tried to get in touch with Talburg......

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A day earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the Counts of Balwyn in Besançon had received an urgent letter from the Eagle-Eyed horse sent by the Count of Burgundy to the Duchy of Swabia, stating that a week earlier an army of several hundred men had been marching towards the territory of the Counts of Burgundy, and that the target of this army was the long-abandoned military fortress of Fort Tar.

And on the day that this urgent military information reached the Earl of Baltenburg, two caravan stewards who claimed to be from Tarburg brought a private letter from Art, the commander of the defenders of Tarten, to the vice-chancellor, in which he reported that he had captured Biltenberg after attacking various outpost settlements in the south of Bilten and designing to deceive the defenders, and along with this private letter, there were several pieces of precious porcelain and a few large gold cakes captured in the Earl's Palace~

"This guy is bold enough and has dark tricks, but I like it!" Earl Balwin read the private message, picked up a set of fine porcelain, looked at it carefully for a while, and then commented on Art.

"I'll go to the palace to meet the Marquis at once, and now we have a good reason to go to war......"

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Two days later, the troops of the Count of Burgundy, which had been massing on the border for several months, took the initiative to launch an all-out attack on the Swabian army, and the "camels" that had been backlogged for more than half a year were crushed by the last "thatch" called Tarburg......