Sure enough, after the army entered the territory of the O'Ranke family, which was close to the territory of the O'Tonel family, the leader of the O'Ranke family, Sean (meaning John in Irish), also chose to withdraw from the city to fight guerrillas.

The territory of the O'Ranks is smaller than that of the O'Donnells, but this northwestern part of the island of Ireland is more mountainous. Therefore, Sean took his elite and hid in the mountains. Moreover, with the support of the O'Connor family in the south, Sean's men dug many caves in the mountains and hid a lot of food supplies, so that they could fight guerrilla warfare for a long time.

As a result, the army of England was suddenly in a difficult situation. The northwest part of the island of Ireland is characterized by abundant rain and rugged terrain. As a result, the local mountain roads became slippery due to the rain. If the infantry in pure straw sandals were fine, those horses would be difficult.

On the slippery mountain road, seven or eight English horses slipped and broke their legs, making it extremely difficult for the British to pursue the enemy.

In fact, the weak Aurenc family added up to only 1,200 rebels. However, because of the rugged terrain and slippery mountain roads, it was even more difficult than the O'Donnell family.

In desperation, Edward ordered the mountain to be closed and sent scouts to various towns outside the mountain, signaling the rebels who came out to buy supplies. Then, a large army was dispatched to pursue it.

Adler's Irish-speaking soldiers, however, inquired with the locals and learned that the enemy had procured a large amount of supplies to transport into the mountains, and knew that things were in trouble.

The Orlanque family did not have many rebels, but because there were not many, their need for food supplies was not high. According to the information provided by those in the know, it is estimated that the food stockpiled by the Aurangck family this time is enough to feed the rebels for two years.

In desperation, Edward had no choice but to send his troops and horses into several ways to search for the rebels in the mountains. At first, the rebels happily resisted. After all, the British army was divided, and they thought they had an opportunity.

However, Sean probably overestimated his own strength. Moreover, they were unlucky and chose two phalanxes of the Fourth Legion, which was two thousand five hundred men. Then, Sean and his men were beaten out of the mountains.

Fortunately, because of the slippery mountain roads and the rain, Sean and his men finally got rid of their opponents with the help of their familiarity with the local area. But in this battle, Sean's men were reduced by 170 people. This is still the reason for running fast, otherwise the loss will be greater.

The two phalanx commanders of the Fourth Army saw the opportunity to expand the results of the battle and led the people to chase after them. And in order to be able to surround the enemy, they lit beacons...... And then because of the rain - whether it is the beacon fire at night or the wolf smoke during the day, it has been extinguished by the rain......

Therefore, the two phalanxes of the Fourth Army Corps, watching the enemy escape from the mountains and forests, could not inform the friendly forces. Then, they lit the only three-shot cannon in their hands for warning......

Soon, a nearby team arrived, but it was in time to join the two phalanxes. By the time they arrived, the resistance of the House of Orenc had run away.

Not only that, but the army of the O'Connor family, south of the O'Ranks, also began to assemble and prepare to fight the British army.

The O'Connor family has a great background, they are the descendants of the Kingdom of Connaught three hundred years ago, and they are also one of the most powerful forces in Ireland itself.

At the beginning, it was precisely because the Kingdom of Connaught intended to annex the Kingdom of Leinster that King DeMot of Leinster was forced to ask England for help, which led to the invasion of the Norman nobility of England. Then, the kingdoms of Connaught and Leinster were forced to cancel their titles.

Today, Ferdimedes II of the O'Connor family, a descendant of the Connaught royal family, dares to call himself the Duke of Connaught, not the king. If you dare to claim yourself, not to mention whether you can be recognized by European countries, it is easy to be beaten by England.

However, their forbearance did not eliminate the ambition of the English to annex them. No, Edward came with an army of 270,000......

When he learned that England had sent their troops to the mountains to suppress the resistance of the House of Orank, Ferdimede II, Duke of Connaught, felt that this was a good opportunity and could not sit idly by.

So, he contacted the O'Reilly family and the O'Farrell family, who were attached to the O'Connor family, and the three families put together 1 light cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the scattered British army......

Then, 1,250 men in a phalanx of Edward's Praetorian Guard of England were unfortunately wiped out by this light cavalry.

This was probably the first time since Edward's invasion of Ireland that the British army had been wiped out in an organized manner, and Edward was furious when he heard the news, and mobilized 10,000 men from the south to pursue the enemy army. However, Edward's army was dominated by infantry, and the enemy was all light cavalry, so the pursuit was over.

Subsequently, this light cavalry, sent by Duke Ferdimedes II of Connaught, began to play guerrilla mode. When they saw the main force of the British army, they turned around and fled, but if they saw a lone infantry or convoy, they rushed directly to it, and it was a slashing and killing of the British army, which made it difficult for the British army to be peaceful.

At this time, Adler, who was leading 40 knights, 500 cavalry and 1,500 infantry to encircle and suppress the resistance of the Aullanque family in the northern half of the region, was excited and wanted to lead his troops south to single out this enemy army.

The commander of the Fourth Legion, Saqqara, and the commander of the Sixth Legion, Heynckes, who came with the army, stopped Adler and prevented him from taking the risk.

After all, the enemy had close to 1 cavalry. And Adler had only 40 knights and 500 Cossack cavalry under him to fight a little. However, against more than three times the number of enemy cavalry, there was no chance of victory.

Moreover, now that England is in the upper hand, and there is no need to fight with the enemy, it is stupid to send an army that does not have an advantage to fight the enemy.

But Adler had a resonant voice, indicating the enemy's hussars, which only the Cossacks could pursue. And there was a lack of light cavalry in Handsome, and the other armies could not catch up with the enemy light cavalry at all. Therefore, he insisted on asking for war.

Edward listened to Adler's request and fell into deep thought......

Adler was right, England had no light cavalry at all, only a small number of scout light cavalry. In addition, there were thousands of English knights. However, these knights excelled at heavy armoured assaults, not light cavalry combat. Even if they are very capable of fighting, they are helpless when they encounter an opponent who escapes. Moreover, even the war horses of these knights are high-headed horses with strong explosive power in a short period of time, but not very good staying power.

And the cavalry of the three families in the Connaught area, because the three families were poor, could not be equipped with plate armor and horse armor, but were light cavalry. As a result, Edward found that the only thing that seemed to be able to fight the enemy was Adler's 500 Cossack cavalry......

"By the way, Adler, I heard that there are still many Cossack cavalry in the North Sea Country?" Edward seems to have heard Marlin speak during his last visit to London, so he asked Adler.

Adler thought for a moment and replied

"There are a lot of them, it seems...... And 5,000 people...... "Adler is a little unsure. In the last battle with the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, it seems that the Cossack cavalry did form a Cossack regiment of 5,000 people. But he did not know that now Marin had recruited another 1500 Cossacks. Today, the total number of Cossack cavalry in the North Sea State reaches 6,500 people.

"That's great, I've heard of the prestige of the Cossacks. If there were enough Cossack cavalry, the light cavalry of the Connaughts would have been easily defeated! Well, I wrote to Marin and begged him to send another 2,000 Cossacks, so that there would be no fear of the enemy's hussars fighting us! ”

Then, Edward excitedly began to write letters asking for help to be sent to the North Sea Country......

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