Li Tianhao's final selection of sorties was limited to 2,500 people. It was not because of the loading limit of the ships, but because Li Tianhao believed that if the suddenness of the sneak attack was achieved, then the floating of 500 people would not be enough to determine the success or failure of the war; On the other hand, it is easier to achieve the suddenness of the action if the ships that are not fast enough are discarded because of the reduction of five hundred places, and the sudden disappearance of all the ships in the port of Arisenda is also easy to arouse the alarm of others.

The operation of the fleet was entirely entrusted to Elda, and although Li Tianhao himself was an excellent fleet commander, Elda was clearly even better. In the face of the unfamiliar waters of the Diqil Sea, Elda still showed excellent command ability. He divided the fleet into four sub-fleets, led by himself, Baian, Misheva, and Congill, according to the performance of the ships, and sailed to Baroud on four different routes. With four fleets able to avoid the routes frequented by other ships, and to have four fleets reach the fortress of Barud at the same time, it has to be said that Elda has the ability to surpass ordinary people.

Coincidentally, Elda's fleet arrived at the fortress of Baroud at a time when the garrisoned Arubanian fleet had not yet returned to its post, and since the fleet had not received orders until it had arrived at other ports, there was a time lag between it and its return again, which created a good opportunity for the landing of Parci troops.

When dozens of Palci fleets suddenly appeared above sea level, Zelda was impressed by Adlem's foresight - she didn't know what to use against the enemy if it weren't for the five hundred soldiers who had been ordered to turn back and disguise themselves into the fortress. No matter how brave and good the dead soldiers under his command were, it was impossible to rely on dozens of people to defend this fortress.

Even so, the first thing Zelda did was to get Brudasmo to rush to Baslaris immediately for help. With the forces at hand, it is barely possible to hold on, but it is impossible to repel the enemy army.

It was very close to Zelda's mood, and when Li Tianhao looked at this fortress from afar on the ship, he immediately frowned: Baroud Fortress is stronger than rumored, this fortress built by the mountains and the sea is both high and dangerous, the size and configuration are reasonable, and each firepower point covers and cooperates with each other, even if only a few hundred people are used, it can become a hard bone.

Li Tianhao patted the shoulder of Alam, who was standing in front of him, and said, "Have you seen that tower?" After you disembark, you and Agobar sneak over with two hundred men, and I'll start the siege first, and your mission is to take this tower, understand? ”

"Don't worry, boss." Alam replied confidently.

When the Palchi army began to land, Zelda didn't make any moves, not because he didn't want to stop it, but because he simply didn't have the strength to do it.

As soon as Li Tianhao set foot on the land of Arubania, he immediately organized his forces and began to attack. Nubian mercenaries attacked the gates with battering rams, and the soldiers on the towers began to shoot arrows and throw stones.

Judging from the scale of resistance in the city, Li Tianhao's heart couldn't help but freak: although the other party did not have many manpower, he was very well prepared. Even if the fortress wasn't short of defensive weapons, it didn't look like it was under a surprise attack. Could it be that his own raid was discovered by the other party? So why didn't the Arubanian Navy intercept itself at sea? Or is it just the Yaki side that sees through this?

Thinking of this, Li Tianhao glanced at Mueller, and Mueller immediately understood, and led three hundred death squads to set up a ladder.

Li Tianhao asked Muller to launch a fierce assault not to take the city gate, but to test how much strength the other side really has. Armed with a shield in hand, Müller climbed the tower in the rain of arrows, and then drew a blood-colored spiral on the tower with his twin blades.

At the same time, the commandos of Alam and Agobar also touched the tower. There was no garrison here, but the passage to the city gate was met with strong resistance. Agobar's great axe opened a whirlwind of killing like an open gate to hell, and Alam's sword blinded like the light of the scorching sun, each gleaming with the disappearance of a life. Although Zelda's men were brave enough not to be left behind, they were powerless to stop such a fierce attack and were forced to retreat again and again.

However, just as they had advanced to the city gates, they also fell into a trap carefully prepared by Zelda.

The tower pointed out by Li Tianhao was indeed a shortcut to break through the fortress gate from the inside, but how could Zelda, who occupied a convenient location, not know this? Since Li Tianhao will sneak attack at this time, it means that he must have learned the news of the emptiness of the Baroud Fortress, and it is easy for the enemy to fall into the trap by creating an illusion that the fortress is fiercely resisting but is very empty. So Zelda deliberately left the tower empty in order to lure the enemy into her ambush circle.

"Be careful!" Agobar blocked the first arrow at Alam with his axe, but then a rain of arrows came at them.

"I've been tricked, get out of here!" Alam immediately ordered.

But at this moment, the path they had come from was blocked by stones and logs falling from above.

"It's over, there's no way back!" Alam said softly, but then he perked up and shouted: "Brothers! Now there is only one way to live! That is to open the gates and let our team in! When the time comes, we'll be able to cut these bastards to pieces with one knife and one knife with our own hands! Come with me! ”

Inspired by him, two hundred soldiers regrouped and began to storm the city gates.

"What a correct judgment." Zelda, who saw this scene from a distance, couldn't help but mutter. Although he deployed the most troops in the direction of the city gate, he still couldn't rest his mind in the face of brave men like Alam and Agobar. He immediately sent reinforcements of fifty men to strengthen the defenses at the city gates.

Due to Zelda's timely reinforcement, Alam's offensive speed was slowed down a lot. The 200 people who were surrounded by the enemy on all sides continued to suffer casualties in the encirclement and interception of the opponent, and soon less than half were left.

At this moment, Muller arrived in time with more than a dozen of his subordinates, and his joining successfully changed the situation, and the Yaki army at the city gate was attacked from the front and back and suddenly became chaotic, and Alam saw that he could not miss the opportunity, launched a full-scale assault, and finally succeeded in opening the city gate. Nubian mercenaries from outside the city immediately poured in.

Seeing this, Zelda immediately gave the order to retreat, and instead retreated to the main fort inside the fortress.

As a result, the Palci army managed to capture the outer walls on the first day of landing, but at the same time faced more serious problems. The first thing that can be confirmed is that the opponent is prepared for this attack, the second is that the opponent's strength is at least a few hundred men, and the third is that the main fortress of the Baroud Fortress is much stronger than the city walls, and it is more difficult to deploy troops to attack. And although the walls were captured on the first day of fighting, the Palchi side suffered more than 180 casualties, and Agobar, due to his large size, was hit by two stray arrows, and although he did not hurt the vital points, he was deeply wounded.

On the other side, Zelda's situation is also not optimistic, the casualties on the first day are as high as nearly 100, which is a heavy casualty for Zelda, and it is indeed safer to retreat to the main fort at present, but it also means that it is almost impossible to take the initiative to attack. If you want to repel the enemy army, you can only rely on reinforcements from Arubania. (To be continued.) )