Chapter 189: Enemy Reinforcements
"Why did the enemy attack at this time?" The Count also appeared on the walls after the battle. org
The soldiers, on the other hand, were busy cleaning up the corpses of the enemy and their own soldiers, waiting for a large pit outside the city to bury the entity tomorrow morning.
"I don't know, but the enemy must be short of food, I don't know why they would take the risk to attack us in this situation!" Several nobles gathered together, heard the count's question, and replied.
"So now the enemy has left?" The Count asked again.
"That's right!" William nodded and said, "According to the reports of the soldiers on the arrow tower, the enemy has abandoned their camp and retreated into the forest!" ”
The earl frowned after hearing this, and William also said in confusion: "The enemy's actions are very abnormal, although they failed this time, but their strength is still absolutely superior, why retreat?" ”
"That's exactly what I want to ask, there must be some conspiracy brewing in the enemy, and I found out during the day today, in addition to the flag of the royal family of Riborn, there is also a flag above the enemy's tent!"
The nobles gathered over, and William tilted his head to listen to the earl.
"That flag is famous in the Ruiborn Kingdom, even in our Cikma Kingdom, the elderly national football team will definitely be impressed by that flag!" The Count spoke slowly in an old voice, a look of remembrance on his face.
"It was thirty years ago, during the War of the Four Kingdoms, I first appeared on the battlefield as the Earl of Denlenburg, I was young and vigorous, regardless of the orders of the royal commander, rashly led three hundred knights to attack the enemy!"
"The battle went very well at first, and soon I broke the light infantry in the front line of the enemy, and just when I was so proud that I thought I could make a name for myself on the battlefield, I found that I was surrounded by the enemy!"
"Eight hundred heavy infantry of the kingdom of Ribone surrounded us with heavy two-handed battle axes in their hands, and little by little they strangled us who had lost our horses, because I was surrounded by the enemy with four hundred and fifty knights."
"So our knight troops fell into some disadvantages, I remember that war vividly, we lost more than seven hundred knights on the battlefield!"
Saying that, the earl sighed and said, "At that time, there were only more than 1,500 knights in the entire Tskema Kingdom, and they directly lost nearly half of their combat strength!" ”
Due to my reasons, the kingdom of Tskema fell into a disadvantage in the War of the Four Kingdoms, and at the same time, my father's accumulated power was too much of a waste by me, and it has not fully recovered until now.
"A large area north of Denlenburg that did not belong to us was once our territory, and the Kingdom of Tskema also lost a lot of money in that war."
"Fortunately, General Yousen and General Sevich turned the tide and severely damaged the main force of the Riborn Kingdom, so that the Kingdom of Cikma did not suffer any major losses."
As he spoke, the Earl's face was silent: "Later, I learned that the flaws I saw at that time, and even the surrounding, were all planned by General Dampier!" ”
"General Dampier is a veteran of the Kingdom of Riborn, his father was a court baron of the Kingdom of Riborn, and he has been in the army of the royal family of the Kingdom of Riborn since forty years ago."
"Forty years ago, the Battle of the Four Kingdoms officially made the surrounding countries know General Dampier as a person, and in the following battles, General Dampier's name was officially spread to the surrounding countries, known as the sword in the hands of the Lion King, given the title of earl, and began to take charge of the military power of the Kingdom of Riborn."
After the earl finished speaking, he glanced at everyone: "And the black patterned sword and shield banner just now is the banner of General Dampier!" ”
"In other words, we are facing an enemy with a famous general who has been famous for a long time?" William asked with a solemn face, frowning.
"That's right, we're about to face a terrible enemy!" The count's face was not very good-looking.
At this time, General Dampier had already led the remaining more than 3,000 elite armed infantry, 400 heavy infantry, and more than 500 knights to the nearby woods.
They were already more than thirty kilometres from Laughlinburg, and had re-erected a tent here.
Their tents were brightly lit, and pairs of soldiers poured into their tents from the outside, which lasted for hours.
General Dampier rode on his horse, followed by his attendants, watching the influx of troops, gently grinding his graying beard, and a smile on his face.
Not only did King Banser send him 10,000 men in this battle, but after they set out, King Bansel again began to mobilize the nobles of other regions.
Even the nobles who were loyal to the Church obeyed the orders of the Church and the invitation of the King to participate in the recapture of Laughlinburg.
A number of knights loyal to the Church were also dispatched, and some wandering knights also wanted a piece of the war, and the armies of the White Rose Kingdom in the northwest were also gathered on the narrow border with the Kingdom of Ribourne, and should the conflict between the two sides escalate, and they could immediately enter the battlefield.
Duke Bunkersen was also gathering his army, gathering on the border between the Duchy of Bunkersen and the Kingdom of Tskema.
According to statistics, there are more than 7,000 secondary reinforcements from the Kingdom of Ribone, of which more than 3,000 are armed infantry led by nobles, 200 knights, and the rest are some light infantry cannon fodder.
King Brolin placed 2,000 elite armed infantry directly under the royal family, as well as more than 200 knights and more than 5,000 light infantry on the border with the Duchy of Bunkerson, who gathered in the kingdom's newly built fortress of Saipan to be ready for possible enemy attacks.
At this time, there were only 500 town guards and 200 palace guards left in the royal capital, and once they were attacked, it would be very dangerous.
However, this is an extraordinary time, and King Brolin's throne is threatened, so to speak, it can be said that he is in danger, and he has to take risks.
"The next morning, the soldiers we sent out to send out mobile food will return, and when our food crisis is resolved, we will attack Laughlinburg.
General Dampier was surrounded by a large group of nobles, and their barracks were noisy at this time, with hordes of small merchants gathered here, hoping to buy the soldiers' spoils at a low price.
And those dissolute chicken girls also followed the troops, and they lived on the prostitution of the soldiers, so there were always some men and women in the barracks who did things on the spot.
However, the nobles and General Dampier have long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and women are also a kind of military supplies, even William has to admit it.
So he recruited a lot of chicken girls around the territory, they only serve the army, and the main reason for doing so is that they are afraid that this group of chicken girls will not be clean and will infect the soldiers with the disease.