Chapter 262: Habitual Tricks
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Terry Hawking led 500 mercenaries to march in the direction of the Barony of Rivensay after leaving the large force of the King's coalition. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info He took the mercenaries around and plundered along the way. The few Ravense soldiers guarding the villages that Trirech passed through were no match for the elite of the Kolo mercenary group, and fled before they could exchange fire, giving up the village to the rest of their hands.
In less than three days, the mercenary force led by Terry Reich had already arrived in Ravensai on the evening of the second day.
The marauding mercenaries immediately launched a private attack on the tent under the tower of Rivensay, Trerech did not stop this from happening, he knew his current situation, he wanted the mercenaries to raid the defenders of Rivensay with anger and fear in their hearts at the same time.
These enthusiastic mercenaries held torches and broke into one tent dwelling after another with weapons, like locusts wantonly looting the property of the civilians living around the Ravensai Tower, and the cries of grabbing the sky and the earth resounded under the Ravensai Tower, and the Ravensai soldiers stationed on the Ravensai Towers watched all this happen.
Even if they wanted to rush down the watchtower wall to give these unscrupulous intruders a head-on blow, Baron Edward Spears, who was inside the watchtower wall, had already made it forbidden to go out of the watchtower to meet the intruders.
The soldiers on the watchtower love wall felt extremely guilty, and they looked from time to time at the baron built inside the watchtower, the sturdy rammed earth watchtower door was still closed, and the baron's guard in front of the door stood straight, and did not seem to show the slightest active concern because the tents of the houses under the watchtower had been plundered.
In the rammed earth watchtower, the candlelight is faint. The Ravensai nobleman kneeling on the straw seat was fully armed, surrounded by a young baron wearing a brass ring and feathers, this young baron's face was pale, his chapped lips were twitching slightly, he knelt on the straw seat and straightened his waist, and pressed the long knife with bent teeth on his waist with one hand but was silent, his eyes did not look at the Ravensai nobleman in front of him, but avoided the gap in the nobles' shoulders and looked at the twilight sky outside the shooting hole of the rammed earth watchtower.
The sun was setting, and the stars in the sky were dim on the eve under the cloud curtain. Baron Edward turned the hourglass in front of him upside down.
The Ravensai tent houses that were being burned were on fire, and in the light of the flames were the black shadows of the mercenaries running, and the night wind came with wild laughter and wailing.
"Why don't you rush out, and the three hundred soldiers in our watchtower will watch as our Rivensay's relatives are looted and slaughtered? We are more than capable of fighting these mercenaries! Baron, do you hear that? Baron! Give the order! The cries of the soldiers came from the stone wall of the watchtower.
The mood of the soldiers was filled with anger.
"Your Excellency the Baron has an order that anyone who leaves the watchtower without permission will be summarily executed for the crime of disobeying military orders!" Listening to the voice, it was a warning from the baron's guards guarding the main gate of the stone wall of the watchtower, "All soldiers return to their posts!" ”
"What if you don't go back!" The sound of the knife drawn is especially crisp at night. It sounds like quite a few soldiers and guards are involved in the stalemate.
"How dare you!" The emotions of the soldiers seemed to be getting more and more agitated. It was as if a civil strife was being set off.
Baron Edward Spears kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, even though the spring night in Ravenson was not warm, on the contrary, it was perfect to describe the temperature as cold.
"Gotta hold your breath. Baron. Wait. This is an inevitable casualty. We are now at a complete disadvantage by rushing out. I know you're in a hurry! I'm going to appease the anger of these soldiers. Among the nobles surrounding Baron Edward, a middle-aged nobleman with a broad face and thin eyes, but a face like sweet potato and red date skin, squeezed his eyes at Baron Edward, and after receiving a nod from the baron, he stood up from his straw seat, and ordered the guards to open the door of the rammed earth watchtower, and the creaking sound of the door immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers in the dispute.
"Chief Khalid Guard, let us rush out and fight these evil mercenaries to the death, and Arcana will bless us!" Echo the sound of harmony one after another.
"Oh, since you want to do something for your own people, then I ask you to pack your weapons and check your equipment at once. And, of course, to veil you! Obey my orders. Noble Khalid nodded to the soldiers.
"We're almost all set." The soldiers replied in unison.
"But I see a lot of people who really don't do a good job of protection. Many of you have torn off your veils and wanted to be smoked to death by the flames outside? Khalid pointed to the soldiers who had ripped off the veils under their helmets.
"When to go! My family is still outside! Can't wait for a moment! The soldiers shouted, raising their crescent-shaped shields, and the backs of their long knives kept slapping against the surface of the crescent shields.
"Just a moment later, His Excellency the Baron is putting on his armor, and he will join you in destroying the invading enemy." Khalid responded to the soldiers' shouts in a loud voice, "All of them line up for me!" Running outside in such a scattered formation will only add to the casualties, and add a fresh corpse to the outside of the watchtower wall. ”
The sound of footsteps replaced the previous noise, and Khalid looked at the sky where the wanderers and guides could not be seen, and after shaking his head, he ordered the baron's guards guarding the gate of the rammed earth watchtower to bring bows and arrows and fire to the top of the tower, and walked straight to the tower.
"Khalid, well done. But the angry soldier won't let me delay any longer, it's still coming. What should be faced is still to be faced. Let's hope we're ready. Baron Edward stood up from his straw seat, looked at the fine sand that had not yet run out of the glass ball, and sighed.
"I recommend waiting. Lord Baron. Khalid remained motionless, but Baron Edward had already drawn his long-toothed knife from his waist and stepped over the hourglass on the ground, and the nobles who had been kneeling on the straw mat then stood up and followed Baron Edward, striding towards the gate of the rammed earth watchtower.
"My gentlemen, the time of departure has come early. Beyond the stone walls of our watchtowers, there are also our relatives and people. Baron Edward and the nobles of Rivensay stepped out of the gate of Ravensay's rammed earth watchtower, and Khalid had no choice but to follow. As they appeared, the soldiers let out a cheer, and they had already brought the majestic Ravensai horses for Baron Edward and the nobles, and lined up their ranks, and in the light of the torches, the soldiers' eyes flashed with angry flames.
There were far fewer Ravensey soldiers on the tower, and Terry Reich kept his eyes up to see it all, knowing that the planes had arrived, just waiting for the gate on the low wall of the towers to open.
"Young people are young people. Lack of prestige and calmness. The corners of Trirech's mouth turned up in smugness, and he even laughed out loud. He knew that Edward, the Baron of Rivensay, would not be able to sit still any longer under pressure from the soldiers. For Trirech, who has been leading troops for many years, he has long tried and tested arson, looting, and slaughtering such tricks to lure the enemy, and he naturally knows what this situation represents.
"Why is the general laughing?" The captain of the mercenary of the Marauder Cavalry Company, who was riding a war horse beside him, was surprised by Terryrich's sudden laughter.
"I'm really sorry for you Marauder Cavalry Company. The mountain boar company must have reaped a lot of money from the plunder, but I will let you reap the heads of the enemy and the honor of the warriors. Terry Rich pointed to the gate of the low stone wall of the watchtower, "Although you mercenaries are brave, you must not be good at climbing walls, even low stone walls. But if the defenders can't sit still and rush out of the watchtower to rescue the grass mustard in the tent, our chances are more than good, all the troops here are only 300 people, they give up their horses and become light infantry, there is no iron ore here, and there is certainly a lack of heavy armor, so what will happen if such a group of guys fights with your marauder cavalry? ”
"We won't let you down. General, what arson 'mountain boars' need to be recalled? The mercenary captain nodded with a smile, and the marauder cavalry had already begun to stare at the front hooves angrily.
"The mountain boars scattered all around the area have harvested their bounty and will have to pay some sacrifices, but they can provide guerrilla forces to harass the enemy who is about to step out of the gates of the low wall. Give them free rein to fight the enemy who can't sit still longer than their lives. Before Terry Reich could finish speaking, a rocket had been fired from the top of the rammed earth tower, and hundreds of torches were held high inside the door of the low stone wall that slowly opened, and under the light of the torches were the soldiers who rushed out of the low stone wall to break through the Ravensay, "Look, here they are." ”
"General, what is our tactic?" The mercenary captain spoke very quickly.
"Of course, I am the one who will face my old enemy, and the mercenaries of the Whiteblade Company will charge with me, and you will divide the light cavalry into two groups and detour from the flank, so that my frontal attacking Whiteblade Company will cause confusion in the rear of the enemy who has broken through. Remember not to get too close to the stone wall, otherwise a cold arrow will fly over, and your head will grow in vain for so many years, understand? Dressed in heavy plate armor, Trerech took on a heavy bird's helmet and pulled out from the scabbard at his waist the sharpest sword he had scavenged, Wallace, and was even more enchanted by the beautiful inscription engraved on the sword, "Victory is indispensable!" The White Blade Company of the Kolo Mercenary Regiment marches forward! ”
"White Blade Company! Advance! Under the shaking white-bladed banner, facing the brilliance reflected on Terry Rich's sword Wallace, a strong mercenary carried a tower shield made of thick wood, and stepped forward with a broad-bladed sword in his hand, the dense formation was like a wall of tower shields in advance.