"Nick, is it arranged?" Doyle, who was sitting in the main seat of the hall of the Lord of Tignaz, said to Nick, the lieutenant, who had just come in from the door, as he wiped his steel knight's sword.

"Tell the Baron, everything is in order. Together with the private soldiers of the other squire lords and the peasant soldiers of the realm, we have a total of one hundred and twenty men. Four of our men remained, and twenty more peasants were left to defend the city. More than ninety people have attacked the valley, and they are already on standby outside the city, just waiting for your order. ”

"Okay, it's time, after a long delay, the group of mongrels of the Wells Legion will definitely send troops back to help, and then the variables will be big."

"You mean, the people of the Valley Lords will definitely send troops to inform the people of the Wells Legion?"

"That's right, we're going to seize this opportunity to annihilate that hord of mongrels in one fell swoop. Let the reinforcements from the valley come back and pounce on them. ”

"Your Excellency the Baron is clever." Nick was consistently flattering.

"Let's go!" Doyle got up and walked towards the outside of the lord's hall.

"Yes!" Nick followed.

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"Let's go, keep going!"

A day and a half away from the valley by a forest stream, the men of the fifty cavalry of the Welsh Legion, who had been running for several days, after a short rest, mounted their horses and galloped all the way, striving to reach Tignets as soon as possible to relieve the siege of the valley.

A few days earlier, the Wells Legion, which had taken a short break at Fort Marsey, was preparing to march for the city of Kodor. However, an urgent message from the valley nearly disrupts Art's plans. Tignets was attacked, the valley was in danger, and the situation was urgent. Art immediately summoned a group of high-ranking officers to discuss.

Art judged that the team should be Bernard's men, and the purpose was to attack Art's rear and make it impossible for him to continue north. If you retreat at this time, you will fall into Bernard's trap. At the moment, the Thorne court was losing ground in the northern theater. Bernard also tried to cut off Arter's rear with a small force to discourage the Welsh Army's attempt to move north. But he underestimated Yat too much, and even more so the strength of the Wells legion.

After rational analysis, since Flender was advancing westward in the northern theater, it was impossible for Bernard to continue to send troops to Tiniez. So Art decided to secretly send fifty elite cavalry, one man and two horses, to rush back to the valley to help. If the enemy holds on to the city of Tignats, trap them in the city. If you have already left the city and threaten the safety of the valley, you will be annihilated immediately.

After the agreement of Art and others, it was decided to send Triduok, the deputy commander of the third company of the first branch of the Wells regiment, to lead fifty cavalry to come back. After the mission was completed, there was no need to return, and the civil affairs officials were assisted in restoring law and order and production in Tinets County, repairing the destroyed houses, and relocating the people. In addition, we will completely eliminate the moths that colluded with foreign enemies to betray the valley this time, so as to set an example. At the same time, the defenses of the county town were rearranged in case the enemy attacked again.

The news of Tinietz's attack was known only to a group of high-ranking officers, including Yat and Angus. In order to prevent the soldiers of the Wells Regiment from worrying about the safety of their families in the valley, Art strictly ordered several officers who knew about the situation and the cavalry who had returned to help leak the news. After arranging for reinforcements, the Welsh Legion marched out of Marsy Fort in the direction of the city of Kodor......

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At this time, after the deployment of defense in recent days, the garrisons of Beiguan Military Fort and Jushi Town have all been in place. After counting, the garrison of the valley totaled more than 360 people, including 270 people from the valley garrison corps, 60 county soldiers and peasant soldiers transferred back to the valley from Wincheston and other estates, 10 people from the Sapp army, and more than 20 people from other territories.

Considering that this defense was related to the safety of the valley, after everyone's deliberation, it was decided to leave more than 260 of them in Beiguan Military Fort for defense, and the remaining 100 people to be stationed in Jushi Town. In addition, send sentinels to keep an eye on the enemy's movements in the south of Tignats, and once the bandits attack any place, they will immediately report to the rest of the garrison and defend each other.

At this time, the garrison of Beiguan Military Fort was already waiting for it, ready to meet the gang of bandits who came to invade the border at any time.

On each side of the fort gate was a re-raised turret with a six-man space for six men at once, and the crossbowmen stood in a semi-enclosed area, with six square arrow holes in the planks for cover. Above the gate was a platform made of stone barricades, which could accommodate three soldiers side by side. At this time, the corners of the wall were cluttered with rocks and rolling logs. Several soldiers on duty kept their eyes fixed on the movement in the north.

The middle of the training site for recruits on weekdays has been crowded with dozens of tents of all sizes at this time, and the soldiers stationed in the Beiguan Military Fort are stationed in it. Spears and swords were piled up in the doorway.

"Hey, you say, so many of us can beat that group of murderous bastards?" In the tent, a group of peasant soldiers sat in the middle and chatted. Because they were a little frightened by the coming war, they could distract themselves by talking to each other.

"There are so many of us, what are we afraid of, one person can drown that group of mongrels by spitting." A daring peasant soldier responded. A group of people in the tent burst into laughter.

Most of these peasant soldiers were peasant households in the territory, and basically had not experienced any decent training, because the young and strong leaders had already gone out with the army, and most of those who remained were old, weak, sick and disabled. If it weren't for the shortage of soldiers, these people would never have been sent to battle. Here and now, they exist to deter the bandits, bluff, and buy time for the arrival of reinforcements.

Sooner or later, the time will come. As the sound of horses' hooves under the sentry scout's shoulder came from a distance, the huge oak door of the Beiguan Military Fort wrapped in a thick layer of iron slowly opened......

"Report!" The sound of the sentry speeding forward attracted all the other peasants in the tent and on the field.

"Is that the bandit coming?" Scott opened the curtain and asked the sentinel.

"Yes, Chief Scott. The enemy numbered about a hundred people. Among them were more than forty bandits, and the others seemed to be private soldiers and peasant soldiers led by some lords in the county. They fought with the garrison as they passed through Boulder, and the Valley peasants were killed or wounded seven or eight. Commander Obot led his troops back to Boulder Town, and at the same time sent a dozen peasants to follow the enemy all the way, trying to delay them, but we lost another four or five peasants. ”

"What? The group of people who ate inside and outside actually colluded with bandits to attack the valley. Scott said angrily, his body trembling slightly.

"Lord Obote has sent me to inform you that if the bandits attack the Beiguan military fort, he will lead most of the peasant troops to come to your aid. Don't let that band of bandits storm the valley so easily. ”

"Good! Pass my orders and prepare to meet the enemy! ”

"Yes!"

After a while, the bell rang from the roof of the castle lord's mansion, and the peasants hurriedly picked up their weapons and gathered in the direction of the gate.

In less than half a day, the group of bandits, together with the lords who secretly opposed Art, had already come towards the Beiguan Military Fort with their private soldiers. Standing outside the door with the siege equipment that had been prepared for a long time, shouting.

"Listen to the people inside, either obediently open the castle door and come out to surrender, and our lord can also consider sparing your life. If you wait for us to attack, you will not have this chance to kneel and beg for mercy. One of the lords persuaded Scott and the others to surrender as they stood above the fort gate.

Looking at the group of murderous bandits on the opposite side, the peasant soldiers standing at the gate of the fort trembled uncontrollably, and their hands tightly clenched the spears in their hands.

As the commander of the Temporary Garrison, Scott had never experienced such a confrontation with a person, and his palms were constantly sweating. looked at a few disabled veterans sitting beside him, and plucked up the courage to shout to the other side: "You bastards, not to mention colluding with bandits to attack Tignats City, now you dare to invade the valley, and when the reinforcements from the adults arrive, your lives will not be guaranteed." ”

As soon as the lord heard that reinforcements were available, he immediately retreated in fright. Seeing this, Doyle, who was standing behind, immediately stepped forward.

"Reinforcements? You're trying to scare me with the bastards behind our butts? Brothers," shouted Doyle to the crowd behind him, "listen to me, the first to attack will be rewarded with a thousand pfennigs, and the one killed will be rewarded with five hundred pfennigs." Rush me! ”

"Kill!"

For a moment, at Doyle's instigation, the group of guys behind him skillfully raised their shields to cover the soldiers carrying the ladder and pushing the battering ram and rushed towards the wooden gate of the military fort.

"Shoot the arrows!" When the enemy rushed within a stone's throw of them, the crippled veteran in charge of the archers commanded the soldiers in the tower. A sparse burst of arrows flew out without causing any casualties to the onrushing enemy soldiers, only slowing them down. After all, some of these people were using bows and arrows for the first time. In the blink of an eye, the enemy had rushed to the city.

"Prepare for the stone!" The veteran who was in charge of the defense of the city gate gave orders to the soldiers around him.

"Smash!" When the enemy arrived at the fort gate, with an order, the peasant soldier who had already raised the stone smashed the guy in his hand at the enemy soldier who was climbing up. I saw that a few guys had not had time to raise their shields before their heads were smashed open by flying stones.

"Good! Just smash it at me, smash it to death with these dogs! Scott, who was standing on the gate of the fort and supervising the battle, shouted excitedly.

"Shoot the arrows!" Behind the besieging troops, the enemy's crossbow corps, under the cover of their shields, hurled a rapid fire at the rocky valley peasants over the gates. I saw that several peasant soldiers who were lifting the stones were instantly shot in the head by the flying arrows, and one fell to the outside of the fort gate.

Seeing this, the rest of the peasant soldiers squatted in the corner of the wall, their bodies trembling incessantly, and even a few of the guys had become wet under their buttocks......

"Get up for me," Scott dragged the huddled peasant soldier to his feet, looking at the approaching enemy soldiers.