"Yes, my lord, I'll ask right away!" Baron Nair hurriedly said.

Viscount Lausas nodded irritably.

Moments later, Baron Nair returned to Viscount Lausas with the other three barons.

"What the hell is going on? Why did the rout happen? Viscount Lausas suppressed the anger in his heart and asked the three of them.

"That's the kind of lord, we have already occupied a quarter of the city wall, although the enemy's soldiers are very tenacious and strong, but after being consumed too much physical strength, they have been killed by us a lot, but just when we want to expand the results of the battle, the enemy suddenly appeared a more equipped army of Brother Soldier, they are about thirty or forty people, our weapons cannot penetrate their armor at all, and their strength and combat skills are very high, the soldiers began to break up because of fear, We simply can't stop it. ”

When Viscount Lausas heard this, his anger subsided a lot, and the enemy actually had that kind of elite troops other than knights, which was indeed beyond his expectations, and it was understandable that he would break up in such a situation.

"Count the losses, we will attack again tomorrow, this is also our next attack, if we fail again, we will not be able to conquer the castle!" Viscount Lausas said.

"One hundred and fifty men of armed infantry, five hundred of light infantry, four hundred of the speculators killed and wounded, and fifty of the mercenaries......" Viscount Lausas was silent when he saw the report before him, the stubbornness of the enemy was completely beyond his expectations, such losses were more than twice as much as he had expected before the battle, and the number of soldiers he could use to fight was almost less than two thousand.

William also frowned in the castle, looking at the casualty report in front of him.

Sixty-five Manders infantry were killed, twenty-seven were seriously wounded, and sixty-two were lightly wounded, that is, there were always only three hundred Menders infantry, and nearly a hundred were unable to take part in the battle in one day.

And the heavy infantry, although their casualties were not large, but they were not impossible, six dead, nine seriously wounded, thirteen lightly wounded, and the Golden Lion Guards did not die, but two were seriously wounded.

William looked at the report in front of him, his heart was dripping blood, even if this war was won, what would he get?

Earl's appreciation? He doesn't need, monetary interests? At this time, it is in his financial interests to develop steadily, and it is impossible to promote the title in the short term, so it is completely a loss-making transaction.

If he could not win a great victory and plunder Eamsardenburg, the territory of the Earl of Cearnsville, and get some people, it would be a greater loss, and William would not be satisfied with a little wealth, not to mention that he was not sure of winning this war.

He is now blocked in his heart, there is a feeling of suffocation, this is not a small citizen mentality, if there is a big benefit, he is not distressed, he can make up for it when the time comes, but first in the ...... Not even sure of winning.

Baron Bayer looked at William whose face changed, he knew what William was thinking, and said: "Let the squire's army block some attacks tomorrow, the most intense waves of attacks have ended, and now there is no need to worry about them breaking up."

As soon as William heard it, he was right, let this group of people be cannon fodder, and when the time comes, his own people will supervise the battle in the back, and let them consume the local troops.

Thinking of this, William gave an order to let all the Mandean infantry on the city wall go to sleep, and drive the squire's troops to the city wall to take charge of the realm, while the Mandean infantry left only a dozen people to supervise them.

The next morning, the morning sun rose high, and the enemy below the castle began to eat breakfast, because the casualties were too great, so the originally tight food became a little abundant, and it would not be a problem to support it for another three or four days.

The squire soldiers in charge of the night vigil on the city wall looked tired, even though they had rested in batches, they still couldn't hide their exhaustion.

The Manders infantry, on the other hand, slept all night and were in good spirits, and many of the lightly wounded soldiers were able to go to the battlefield again, while the seriously wounded soldiers, because of the severe cold, did not cause the wounds to suppurate, but there was some hope for recovery.

Viscount Lausas summoned his army and began to assemble below the castle, and by this time they had little light infantry in their hands, so they had to launch a general attack today, and if that was not possible, they would have to wait for the Earl of Surveysville to arrive.

William and Baron Bair put on their armor early in the morning and walked up to the city walls.

William's face became solemn as he looked at the enemy below, because in addition to light infantry, armed infantry, and mercenaries, knights wearing chainmail robes and holding long swords and shields also appeared in the attack sequence.

These knights have been trained since childhood, and even in foot combat, they are estimated to be on par with the heavy infantry, while the enemy has more than 60 knights, and the heavy infantry has only 30 people, and now there are only about 20 people left.

Even if the knights of the barons may not be as effective as the knights of Viscount Lausus, they are not much worse than the heavy infantry.

So in this regard, his side is not dominant, he knows very clearly, fortunately, there are more than thirty knights on his side, and the number of combat power of this level between the two sides is not much different.

"What I said yesterday is still valid, let the light infantry be consumed first, and then send everyone out to me, and I must capture Fort Sutton today!" Viscount Lausas said sternly to the three barons.

The enemy began to charge the walls again, carrying ladders and desperately trying to erect them.

The archers, after a day's rest, were already able to fire their bows again, and there were also more than a hundred squire armies deployed on the walls to be consumed as cannon fodder.

William's move was risky, but under his orders, the squires were not allowed to appear on the walls, and it was now one of William's knights who was in charge of commanding the soldiers.

Standing next to the queue of archers, he raised his right hand high: "Ready!" ”

"Put!" As soon as he gave the order, his hand fell heavily, and the archers let go of their fingers, and the arrows flew towards the enemy with a sharp sound of the bowstring clattering.

The light infantry in the front row lacked protection and could not resist the power of the arrows, and suddenly fell thirty or forty people.

Viscount Lausas frowned and watched the battle situation, he had noticed this kind of long-range and powerful bow and arrow yesterday, at first he thought it was a crossbow, but then he carefully observed the arrow, but found that it was a crossbow arrow, and it was clearly a bow arrow.

Amid the screams of the light infantry, the archers drew their bowstrings again and fired a second round of arrows, as they approached, and the accuracy of the archers increased considerably, with more than forty arrows hit.

After three rounds of fire, the enemy's light infantry lost more than 100 men, but they managed to put the ladder on top of the wall.