Chapter 195: Inglourious Basterd
Five miles south of Thollburg, in a temporary garrison camp on a slightly higher slope, Angus walked into Yate's Chinese camp tent with heavy steps, and said slowly: "My lord, bad news. âïŒ.â.oâ„â
Art's hand that was wiping his sword stopped, and he didn't look up, "More than half of the casualties in the first attack were killed, right?" â
"Almost nothing~" Angus said in a particularly low tone.
Art looked up in shock, "What? How can it be? â
"Sixty-five people were killed on the spot, to be exact. More than a dozen of the 120 siege soldiers fell as they rushed under the wall, and before they could even climb the wall, a large number were burned alive...... The rest of the burned wounds could not be saved, and I am afraid that even the commander of the first attack, Sir David, would not escape death. â
"The commander of the first attack is David?" Art's face was incredible.
"With his knowledge, he would never take such a task lightly." Art still knows a little about this knight brother, how to say that David has also fought a big battle.
"I inquired, and Viscount Geoffrey repeated what he had said to you to him." Angus replied.
"Yes, David needs a decent battle to get a fief for himself. â
"How did Sir David and the wounded soldiers settle down?"
"Most of the legion's baggage team is staying in Aosta City to prepare food for the legion, and now there are not enough soldiers in the legion to treat the wounded, and those burned soldiers can only lie on the ground and wait for death, but it is useless for the legion's baggage team to come, if the knife is wounded or something, they can still try their luck to pick up one or two lives from the gate of hell, but to treat the burned soldiers~ I think I still count on God's mercy!" Angus couldn't help but shake his head and sigh when he remembered the tragic situation he saw when he returned to the regiment at noon today to report on the situation of the waiwei guard. â”ïŒ.â.âČo
"Poor Sir David, who is said to have fled alone, was outside the wall of fire when the Lombards surrounded the besieging soldiers with oil, but when he went mad and rushed into the fire to try to save his soldiers, he was struck by a clay pot and struck by a barrel helmet, which is said to have burned beyond recognition."
Art originally thought that the battle damage of the first attack team would mainly come from the arrows, stones, spears and swords of the Lombard defenders at the head of the wall when the ants ascended the city, but he did not expect that the first round of temptation attacks would not even touch the wall of Solburg and so many people would be burned to death.
In fact, when Art got this sad news, the number of soldiers killed in the first attack had climbed to sixty, and this number was still increasing over time, and those soldiers whose flesh and skin were burned by the fire oil were doomed to not survive.
"The Lombards are not things, too insidious." Angus couldn't help but curse.
"My lord, I didn't say anything about you." Angus immediately noticed that he had scolded Art as well, and quickly explained.
"You're right, looking at the entire continent, it's really only Lombardy, who relies on merchants to make a living, is especially good at intrigues." Art said it in a pertinent and quippy way.
"Sergeant Major, tell Otto to send two medics with better medical skills back to the legion to treat Sir David and his soldiers, after all, Sir David and I are both knights of the palace guard, and we have a good relationship with the Fourth Banner Team all the way south, so we can help if we can."
"Your Excellency is merciful."
"In addition, I remember that Sir David has a few very powerful guys, you see if they are still alive, if they are still alive, find a way to pull them to the outpost, and return them when Sir David wakes up, anyway, now that David is lying down, even if we don't win it over, there will be other people who are worried about it, let me go here and maybe I can go back in the future."
"Legion Commander~" Angus feared that Viscount Jeffrey would not tolerate Art blatantly poaching the elite from the Legion.
"Sergeant Major, don't worry, our Legion Commander probably doesn't have the energy to pay attention to these little things now."
Angus had the bottom in his heart and answered.
"My lord, you said that according to the current situation, can we take Thorburg?" Angus asked.
Art put the knight's sword in his hand into the scabbard, stood up and replied, "Yes, if you can't even take Castle Sol, Viscount Geoffrey won't need to be the commander of this legion." However, the strength of the entire army will only be enough to fill the cave of Solburg, and if you want to continue to advance south, I am afraid that you will have to draw the Provencal army from the central front. â
"My lord, is there any way you can capture Fort Sol at the lowest cost, according to the current battle damage, if you can help the legion take Fort Thor at a critical moment, it will be an indelible military achievement."
Yat Gui adjusted the position of the knight's sword at his waist, and replied with a sigh: "At the beginning, my plan was to join the siege team, otherwise I would not have let you practice the siege battle of Castle Sol in Aosta. But when I went to the city and saw the defense of Solburg, I changed my mind. The commander of the defenders of Thorburg was called Viscount von Billen, and the whole Duchy of Lombardy was known for his good intrigues. â
The expression on Art's face became solemn as he spoke, and after a while, he whispered: "It was he and Wadbury who set up a trick to trap my father, and the title and territory of the Wells family were also taken away by them......"
"Alright, let's not talk about that, if I have the chance, I will definitely share the worries of the legion. But for now, let's do what is in front of us. â
"At noon the eastern outpost came news that an army from Vilno was attempting to go around the north side of the Legion, and I guess they were trying to disturb the Legion's baggage line. The sentinels have already found their tracks, and I will wipe out this legion in the dark, and you will come with me. â
The tent of the army camp in the eastern garrison camp outside the northern city of Thorburg.
"I won't say much about you about the treatment of wounded soldiers, why haven't the people of the baggage team arrived yet! A bunch of waste !! It has been three days since the grain and baggage were transported, and nearly 1,000 people were waiting for them to deliver supplies. â
"Also, why haven't the siege engines you made yet yet? If you can't take Thollburg before the heavy snowfall, will you still wait to spend the winter outside the city? â
Viscount Jeffrey pointed to the lieutenant of the Legion in charge of the Legion's baggage management in the camp and scolded.
The adjutant of the legion stood by and hung his head in dejection, his face red and white.
Seeing that the adjutant's face turned red and white, Jeffrey took a breath and asked slowly, "Did the people who went to the city to persuade surrender come back?" â
Hearing this question, the adjutant's face immediately turned blue, and he replied weakly: "Commander, I was just going to tell you about this~"
The adjutant hesitated.
"You mean! Are the Lombards willing to sell Thorburg to us? â
The adjutant struggled for a while, then closed his eyes and replied, "The Lombards have killed all the people we sent to persuade them to surrender." â
Jeffrey's brain buzzed, and he jumped up from the chair at once, "What? What about the money that was sent in? â
"All the gold and silver treasures worth 60,000 pfenni were taken away by the Lombards, and the head of the scribe was thrown out of the city wall, and a letter was stuffed into his mouth, in which he insulted us and said that he would spread the word about us offering money to the enemy~"
"Inglourious Basterds !!" Jeffrey flipped the desk to the ground...... 11166 net
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Chapter 195: Inglourious Basterd