"Now I would like to emphasize once again the combat mission of our second squad today, in this battle, our second squad served as the auxiliary team of the patrol team. In the case of tackling fortifications, we are responsible for making and erecting wooden ladders to climb the wall with the 1st and 3rd teams. Remember that the wooden walls of Alsburg were about ten feet high, and there was no moat outside the walls. Our team had to make two wooden ladders about 15 feet long, and each combat group was responsible for one when building the wooden ladders, and the team leader took the ladder and the two team members raised their shields to cover us, until the first and third teams had all climbed over the wooden wall. ”

"If it is a field battle, our squad is the left flank of the patrol team, the third squad is in the center, and the first squad is the right flank, and we are also the far left flank of the bandit army this time, we must ensure that the left flank of the army will not be outflanked by the enemy after the battle begins......" In the camp of the patrol team outside Fort Andermatt, Kazak was making pre-battle arrangements according to Yat's deployment, and in the open space in front of him, five black-robed soldiers with short spears and round shields sat on the ground and listened quietly to the words of the commander.

On the other side of the camp, Bass, who was wearing a chain shackle and leather armor, had finished his pre-battle deployment, he paced among the soldiers, checked the weapons and equipment of several soldiers one by one, and said: "After breakfast, rest in place and wait for the order to go, check your weapons again, polish your short spears, and polish your swords and hammers......

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In the tent, Art is helping Ron put on the iron-clad armor he had captured from Wincheston Manor.

After getting fully dressed, Art reconciled the two guards in the tent and ordered.

"Ron, it's a two-day march from Andermatt to Alsburg, and although the Baron has arranged for a sentry mount, we can't take it lightly, so you and Jason are also responsible for sentry near the marching procession, especially when passing through woods, hills, and tall grass, and you should be careful to guard against ambushes. It was not the simple mountain bandits who captured Alsburg, and I fear that they will ambush the advancing army. ”

"Jason, order to pack up the military tent, and then go see if Otto's breakfast is ready."

Jason stepped out of his tent and walked towards the makeshift room next to the camp......

Compared to the tense and orderly camp of Yate, Fort Andermatt was a mess. The guards of the Baron of Antayas and the servants of the knights still have some basic military discipline, but those peasant soldiers who are temporarily conscripted to serve do not care about any orders and prohibitions, they are usually busy plowing the fields and cultivating the land and have no leisure to participate in training, and they are forced to participate in this reconquest battle as cannon fodder for arrows and shields, so their enthusiasm is very poor. At this time, when the army was really about to march and march, everyone was a little flustered, and even two peasant soldiers refused to leave the military fort to fight with the army at the behest of the knights and the captains, and the other peasant soldiers were also dizzy for a while and had a stomachache, scurrying around in the military fort, procrastinating. It wasn't until Baron Antayas got angry and dragged out the two peasant soldiers who took the lead and beat the other peasant soldiers with a stick that he slowly became honest.

The "expeditionary army", which was originally scheduled to set off at sunrise in the early morning, did not drag its long tail out of the military fort until the sun burned its scalp hot......

Art had been waiting outside the fort for half an hour with his patrol party in full gear, and he wanted to rush in and cut off the heads of a few troublesome peasants.

Otto accompanied Yat and looked at the disheveled peasant soldiers behind the team, carrying long sickles, wooden forks and clubs and hammers, dragging lazy steps, he spat hatefully: "My lord, it's really uncomfortable to fight with this group of people, these bastards are not as good as Lucesen's labor brothers." After saying that, he returned to his squad, ordered the soldiers to stand, and then joined the march after Art, who was riding a black warhorse.

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The peasants did not "disappoint" Art, and as soon as the team marched three miles, the team of more than 100 people pulled out of a formation of nearly half a mile, and many of the peasants and soldiers who were dragging at the end of the line looked around and wanted to slip away.

Baron Antayas had to send a squad of armed castle guards to the rear of the team to drive the life-hungry peasant soldiers after the marching brigade.

The marching procession had just taken on a slightly tighter formation and had passed in the morning, and the peasants and soldiers began to clamor again for rest and food......

By the time the team reached the edge of a wooded area, the sun was setting over the horizon, and it was only fifteen miles from Fort Andermatt. Seeing that the sky was about to be dark, Baron Antayas had to order to set up camp in the woods in front of him, make a fire and cook, and the peasants and soldiers who had been ordered dispersed in a hurry, and gathered firewood in groups to make a fire and take out the old wheat rations they had received from the baron to cook.

The knights ignored the peasants under their command, but fortunately, Baron Antayas was still a man who knew about military affairs, and sent several sentry posts and a team of sentry horses to patrol around.

Sir Druid rode to Art's camp and said to Art, who was directing the troops to set up the tent and assign the shift, "Lord Arte, the Baron has asked you to send a cavalry with us to the sentry around the camp, and then please go to his tent to discuss matters." ”

Art arranged for Jason to ride with the druids to the sentry posts, and then led Ron to a large army tent in the middle of the woodland.

Quarrels had already begun in the tent, and it was nothing more than the peasants under a few knights fighting for a few sticks of firewood or a flat and dry campsite, and the knights, who had always been competitive, felt that those good things belonged to them......

Baron Antayas sat at the top of the tent, his face becoming more and more gloomy, and the day's suffocating march had made him angry, and now his knights could still quarrel over a few dead branches and a camp.

"That's enough, give me all the quiet." Antayas shouted angrily.

The two knights, who had blushed faces, stared at each other indignantly and retreated to their positions.

The two knights' estates are close to each other, and there is always friction due to border issues on weekdays, but at this time, it seems that they don't know the general situation.

Art heard the quarrel in the tent cease, and then lifted the curtain and entered the tent to stand at the end.

Seeing that all the officers had arrived, Antayas coughed and cleared his throat, and said: "Today's march has exposed too many problems, I doubt that I can count on those bastards under your command to take back Alsburg for me, but I warn you first, if I can't recover Ars this time, don't think about it, I will take back your fiefs before the palace takes back my fief." ”

Baron Antayas was furious, and everyone in the tent was a little nervous and afraid.

Chloe, a middle-aged knight standing on the right side of the head, saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My lord, it's not that everyone is unwilling to perform their duties, it's just that the peasants and soldiers are all temporarily recruited, and there is indeed no military discipline, but the knights are really trying their best to maintain the military discipline of the soldiers. ”

Baron Antaas still has some respect for Sir Chloe, after all, Chloe is an old subordinate who survived from the battlefield with him, and this time Chloe did bring the young and strong peasant soldiers and two knights on the quarry, so Baron Antaas also went down the steps, calmed down, and said: "You are all knights with a glorious history, and you yourself or your ancestors have fought on the battlefield for the monarch. God has given you valor, and you have enjoyed the honor of lordship, so you should faithfully fulfill your knightly promises. ”

Baron Antayas caught a glimpse of Yat standing at the end, and said, "In other words, you should learn from Inspector Yat, he was only invited to help in the suppression, but his army has shown good military discipline in the past two days, and I believe that their combat effectiveness is also amazing." ”

As soon as the baron's words fell, a contemptuous chuckle rang out in the tent, and it was evident that the knights were unimpressed by the recent military discipline shown by the civilian officer and his patrol party, and they did not think that the discipline of an army had much to do with combat effectiveness.

Art was a little embarrassed, but he didn't want to fight them on such an occasion.

The military discussion that night did not have any substantive content except for emphasizing the restraint of the army and maintaining the fighting spirit, and there was nothing to say all night.

The next day, the knights were much stricter with their peasants, and under the threat of the clubs of the knights and their servants, the peasants packed up their camp early and began to rush to Alsburg, and there was basically no delay or delay along the way, because the baron had ordered the druid knights to kill the peasants who dared to slack off on the spot.

Before sunset, the marching group arrived at a dense forest a mile from Alsburg, through which was a fertile land at the foot of the Borge Mountains, which had been built on the northern side of a small hill overlooking the fertile plains. Alsburg is an important gateway to and from the Boge Mountains, so although it is only a village, it has a wooden fence and two arrow towers for soldiers to stand on.

Before the night was dark, Art and Otto led the people to the edge of the jungle to survey Alsburg. As Lawrence explains, Alsburg is indeed an easy wooden fort to defend and difficult to attack, it is built on a gentle slope at the foot of the mountain, large siege engines cannot be pushed up smoothly, and the defending side can condescendingly throw arrows and stones. What's even more fatal is that the news of this army has already reached the mountain bandits, and now Alsburg has dug many deep pits and set up antlers to prevent horses, and the gate and wooden walls of the wooden fort have also been significantly reinforced.

Otto looked at Alsburg in front of him, shook his head and sighed: "My lord, I'm afraid this Alsburg is not so easy to take back, how many soldiers do we have to lose to take here?" ”

Instead of answering Odo's question, Art turned around and returned to the camp......

In Baron Antaas's military tent, Art reported on what they had seen of the defense of Alsburg and his estimate of the number of troops he might have lost in battle.

"Yat, I know what you said, I have been in front of Alsburg twice last year, and I know that it will not be easy to defeat it, otherwise I would not have called up almost all the troops in my territory to come here." Baron Antayas got up from his seat, walked up to Yat, and asked with a slight contempt, "Do you want to leave?" Don't forget that you've already taken my wages. ”

Of course, Art did not think about leaving, and he explained: "Lord Baron, although I am not a knight, I have my own honor and dignity, and if I were afraid of death, I would not come to you with soldiers. I just thought, if we could lose a lot of soldiers in attacking Alsburg, why don't we think of other options? ”

Baron Antayas asked curiously, "Other ways?" ”

"Yes, my lord, since Alsburg is very difficult to bite now, then we will not attack Alsburg."

"If you don't attack, do you expect those mountain bandits to come out and surrender obediently? Even if we don't besiege the city, we won't be able to afford to consume food. ”

"My lord, I mean you don't have to storm the wooden fort, we ...... like this"

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