The garrison camp of Boulder Town, less than two months after the last battle, has completely changed its appearance. ▲-八▲-八▲-Read▲-Book,.◇.o≧

More than a month ago, the walled wall, which was only sparse and sparsely sharpened fence, has been turned into a dense circular wooden fort, deep ditches have been dug in the corners of the wall, sharp spurs have been buried, the top of the walled wall has barbs to prevent climbing the wall, there are walkways for soldiers to stand and defend and simple wooden ladders up and down, and the arrow tower in the camp has also been expanded and raised on the basis of the original arrow tower to provide a higher projectile angle for gōngnǔ hands.

Due to the use of all the timber to build and strengthen the camp, there was still only one log cabin in the Boulder garrison camp for food and armament, and next to the log cabin was a house made of weeds and dead branches, all the other garrisons lived in tents.

It is worth mentioning that Obote, the commander of the Boulder Town garrison and the captain of the patrol team, was a more sophisticated man, and he ordered a large pit to be dug in the corner of the camp, and the soldiers had to pour their excrement into the big pit every day, and the big pit had a small hole connected to the trap pit outside the wall, and the soldiers' excrement flowed down the small hole into the deep ditch that blocked the enemy. Because of this large pit for collecting feces, there is no place where there is feces and urine in Boulder Town.

Art was originally a man of great cleanliness, and in order to prevent the disease from raging, he once ordered the Valley Knights to prohibit their people from defecating anywhere, and this rule was firmly enforced in the Valley Wooden Fort, but with little effect in the Valley and other places. Now that he can see the execution of his will in Boulder Town, Art is still relatively relieved.

"My lord, yesterday I personally led people to the northern outpost to investigate, the outpost of the army led by Dean has been stationed at the edge of the northern birch forest, according to the last batch of news from Tiniez, Dean seems to be still gathering mercenaries, I estimate that they will continue to cross the wasteland and go south in the next few days, but I can't tell if they will go around to the side of Boulder Town to attack. However, I have ordered the patrol to stop, leaving only a few men who can ride horses to stand guard in the north, and the rest of the soldiers have all shrunk to Boulder to prepare for the enemy. "In the military tent of the Boulder Town camp, Otto is reporting the military situation to Art.

Art tapped the hilt of his sword on his waist and thought for a moment, then replied, "They will definitely attack Boulder Town first, and only by eliminating the Boulder Town garrison can they ensure that there is no threat behind them, but their main target is the border outpost, so they won't lose too much strength in Boulder Town." Even the assault on Boulder Town should have been a warning attack, so that the defenders would not dare to come out of the camp and disturb their rear. ”

"My lord, our forces are mainly concentrated on the border, where there are two elite squadrons, one gōngnǔ squadron, seven or eight garrison guards, and more than two dozen caravan guards {most of them are leaving the war zone}, while there are only two reorganized and newly organized squadrons {squadrons} and ten patrol soldiers on the side of Boulder Town, if the enemy really storms Boulder Town, I am afraid"

"I know what you're worried about, and I don't dare to say that the enemy will definitely not use Boulder Town as a target for attack, and even the valley may become the enemy's target, so I let Boulder Town and Beiguan Military Fort support each other, Scott and Lawrence will send people to set up observation posts five miles south of Boulder Town, once Boulder Town encounters an irresistible attack and needs support, you will burn wolf smoke in the camp, and the observation post will quickly report back after seeing the wolf smoke, and Beiguan Military Fort will bring reinforcements. On the other hand, if the Sentinel detects that the enemy is bypassing Boulder Town and attacking the valley, you will lead my troops to stab the enemy in the back of the waist. In addition, I will hide somewhere between the border outpost and Boulder with my recruits and sentry cavalry, and I will rush to reinforcements in time if either of them is in danger. ¥♀八 ¥♀八 ¥ ♀ Reading ¥ ♀ book, .2 ≠◆"

"I've also thought about it carefully, Dean didn't want to plunder my territory, his main purpose in going south this time was to thwart my blockade at the border, so their first target should be the southern border. The border outposts are the main battlefield. ”

After listening to Yat's arrangement of "three points of defense, mutual dependence, and mobile support", Otto calmed down a little, "My lord, I will desperately defend Boulder Town." ”

"I believe you, remember, your first task is to hold on to Boulder Town, the secondary task is to protect the Beiguan Military Fort at the gateway to the valley, and finally to try to harass the enemy's rear road, cut off the enemy's baggage line, and only as a last resort to support the border outpost."

"Yes, I remember."

At the junction of the birch forest and the wasteland in the north of Boulder Town, more than two dozen tents of various colors are scattered in a mess to form a temporary camp. The camp was full of soldiers who lit fires, cooked, gambled and frolicked, some of them wore iron armor and carried broadswords and heavy axes, some hung short armor and held spears and hammers, but many more were in tattered armor and carried scimitars and short spears in their hands, and at least ten people had weapons in their hands.

Not only were there petty traders selling wine, bread, and dried apples, but even scantily clad women and slave traders.

This is the "Dean Army" that the Dean family spent a lot of money to put together.

A tattered man with a tomahawk is facing off against another leather-clad mercenary with a broadsword, and they are about to complete a gladiatorial battle in which the victorious side will have the right to invite the woman who is standing by and fiddling with the fēngsāo to tear him through the woods.

Seeing that the two bloody guys were about to fight, a man who looked like a commander finally came out of the camp and cursed at the two of them, and the two cockfighting guys glared at each other and retreated......

"You all listen to me, if anyone dares to fight privately before beating that group of black-robed dogs, I will definitely make him unable to hold a weapon for the rest of his life!" The commander-like guy picked up his weapon and pointed at the crowd gathered around to watch the excitement.

The crowd sighed and dispersed......

In the birch forest, less than three hundred paces from the makeshift camp, Lusignan lurked among the weeds with two sentry horses and observed the camp not far away.

"Remember, there are ten cavalrymen, thirty heavy infantry, more than forty light infantry, more than a dozen miscellaneous soldiers, and seven or eight hawkers; There were more than a dozen gōngnǔ hands in the light infantry; Twenty-one tents, seven wagons, and no siege equipment. ”

"Vice-Captain, do you want to take out their sentinels?" The sentry cavalry, who was lying beside Lusignan, asked quietly.

Lusignnan glanced at the lazy enemy sentry in the birch forest, spit out the chewed dry grass in his mouth, and said: "Forget it, it's still early, if we get entangled, it will be difficult to get out, my lord just let us find out the number of enemy troops, and not take this risk." ”

"Withdraw," said Lusignan, who retreated backwards into a ravine to the west of the birch grove, where their horses were hidden.

"I've already sent people to sentry, there are about fifty or sixty people in the boulder camp on the south side, those black-robed dogs are very well guarded, and my cavalry wanted to get closer and were driven back, so the number may not be accurate, but there are fifty people, and that kind of camp is very strong, and there are trenches in wàiwéi."

In the middle of the camp of the "Dean's Legion", a mercenary captain is reporting to Commander Sir Dean on the military situation of the sentry.

Dean is dressed in iron armor, although the weather is hot, his armor is very heavy, which is understandable, after all, as a nobleman with a prominent value, his life is the most important, anyway, no matter how heavy he wears, he will have the war horse under him to bear.

"Do you think you're sure you'll take that wooden box in one fell swoop?" Dean asked the mercenary captains beside him.

A man with a thick beard and bald head took Dean's question and replied: "Lord Dean, I don't think we need to pay attention to this wooden fort, anyway, our target is the border outpost, if the boulder pile is well defended, we will have to fill the pit with our brothers' lives, but even if we take this place, who will we take to the south to fight." ”

"I don't agree with Rashid, if we don't take this place, these bastards will be in trouble when they jump out and stab us in the back, and if we can't attack the south for a long time, we will have to count on this trade route to transport and supply food baggage" Another mercenary captain considered the problem of logistics supply lines from a "strategic" point of view.

Dean glanced at the mercenary captain who proposed to attack Boulder Town, he didn't think it would take long to lay down a small border outpost, "I agree with Captain Rashid, a small outpost, it will take two days at most, what supplies are needed?" The food we carried was enough for half a month. ”

The mercenary captain who spoke just now wanted to refute it, but Dean interrupted directly: "That's it, our soldiers have been assembled, and tomorrow morning we will cross the wasteland and march towards the border outpost, and strive to level the dog cage in the south within a week." "Dean is not willing to support such a large team of mercenaries every day, and he can save a lot of money by ending the battle early.

However, Dean also had to consider the threat of Boulder Town to the "Legion", so he instructed one of the mercenary captains beside him: "Rashid, in order to be more proper, tomorrow we will pull the army around the wooden box in the boulder pile, let those black-robed dogs know how sharp our swords are, I believe they will never dare to come out and harass us easily, and when we reach the border area, there will be people to drag them down." ”

At noon on the second day, the "Dean Legion" flaunted its might half a mile west of the garrison camp in Boulder Town, yelled at the camp guards for a while, and then left Boulder Town and continued south.

Looking at the group of enemy soldiers who were leaving, Odo standing on the arrow tower was confused, "What do these bastards want to do?" Just gone? ”

Colin stood behind Otto with a heavy hammer, looked at the enemy soldiers who had disappeared at the end of the wasteland, and said with a regretful face: "I thought they could send a few small pieces to attack, and such a big movement turned out to bubble~"

Dean's elaborate parade of showing off force turned into a monkey parade in the eyes of the garrison guards......

"Colin, you send two soldiers who can ride horses to spy after the bastards, beware of these bastards' schemes."

"Yes!" Colin swooped down the tower in a few steps to arrange for the soldiers to be sentent......

"When it comes to conspiracy, I've never seen anything better than our adults. When we were fighting the Swabian army in the East, every battle was a matter of intrigue and intrigue, and I remember the attack on a castle called Birtenberg......"

In a gorge five miles west of the trade route between Boulder and the border outpost, Red was foaming at the roof of recruits about the battle he had fought against the Swabians in the eastern border of Burgundy last fall.

As a participant in that battle, Red experienced almost every battle himself, and the guy himself added some exaggerated heroic battle plots, only describing Art as an invincible god of war.

Felix listened to the wonderful story of Red not far away, and asked Art, "Brother-in-law, did you really beat the Swabians to the point of not taking a step out of the castle?"

Yate cut off a piece of roast pork with bǐshǒu, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few bites, and replied with a smile: "At that time, we did beat Schwabian to the point that he didn't dare to get out of the castle, but it wasn't as good as that guy Red said. You must know that there is a great risk in the implementation of any brilliant plan, and if it were not for the great disparity in forces, I would prefer to have a close battle with the enemy. ”

"Will you use a ruse, then?"

Art stopped chewing, "This conflict between us and our opponent will definitely not be supported by the palace, even if I destroy all the "Dean Legions", I will not receive a trace of praise, and it may cause unforeseen disasters, so I will not spend too much effort to kill many enemy soldiers, but if Dean does not know how to retreat, I will also make him pay a heavy price." ”

While the two were talking, Lusignan, who was in charge of the sentry, returned with two sentry cavalry, "My lord, the enemy did not attack Boulder, they only shouted for a while in front of the Boulder town camp and left, and now they are on the trade route to the border, and there are still five miles to pass through the trade road to the east of this place. Without stopping, Lusignan's horse jumped off his horse and rushed to Atte to report it.

Art tossed the roast pork in his hand to Lusignan, "Hurry up and eat something and drink water, and we'll go to the border post in a moment." ”

Lusignnan took two cavalrymen to rest a little, and gave their horses water and grass.

Art waved his hand to the three wounded veterans who were temporarily in charge of the recruit team, and ordered: "I will rush to the border with the Sentinel Cavalry to prepare for the final battle in a moment, and you will be lurking in this canyon with the soldiers of the recruit team." I'll have Felix with his retinue with you, and the three of them will be in charge of the sentinels, whether it's Boulder Town or the border outpost, you will all rush to the aid and fight according to the tactics I have arranged for you. If there's no special police, you're going to stay here. Remember, you are only the reserve force and the last support for the whole battle, and you should not go out to fight until you have to! ”

"Yes! My lord! ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Yes, sir."

In the eastern part of the southern border of Burgundy, on the trade route running through the north and south, an army of nearly 100 people was slowly moving south, and the commander of the army led by him rode on a tall black war horse and stepped on the hoof flower, he turned his head to look at the long line behind him, and a burst of irrepressible excitement and excitement suddenly rose in his chest.

"Guys, speed me up." As he spoke, he kicked the horse under him with his spurs, and the horse neighed and rushed forward, and several personal guards behind Dean also kicked their horses and followed, leaving only a large group of soldiers on foot to roll their eyes and look at Dean and the others who were scurrying around like fools......

"Again, TM is an aristocratic fool with no brains." A mouthful of thick phlegm spat out of the mercenary captain's mouthful. 11

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Chapter 158: Three Defenses and One Reinforcement