Mosala? The gloom on Earl Bilgard's face became more and more solemn when he learned the news of the failure of the siege and the heavy losses of his troops.

The actual battle situation was completely different from the plan, forcing the other side to retreat to no avail, and several forced sieges failed one after another. Although the strength of the enemy is still several times that of the opponent, the strength of the enemy is far beyond their expectations.

At this time, the Earl of Bilgard was in a dilemma, if he continued to attack, even if he could capture the troops under the command of Hump Fort, he would suffer heavy losses, and the gains would outweigh the losses. But if he retreats like this, then the losses in the previous battle will undoubtedly be in vain, which really can't make him reconcile.

Just as the Earl of Bilgard weighed the pros and cons and decided whether to fight again or retreat, a scout suddenly reported that a force of about three hundred men had appeared ten miles southeast of Hump Fort, and was rapidly approaching the battlefield.

When the Earl of Bilgard was about to send men to continue the investigation, another scout came to report that the banner of that force had been found out, and that it was reinforcements from the Prairly army.

At the same time, the scouts who were monitoring the movements of Hump Fort also reported that the main entrance to the northeast of Hump Fort was opened, and a team was lined up outside the castle, and in the military formation, the flag representing the Count of Prairly was prominently displayed.

"Damn!" Earl Bilgard thought hatefully, "Do you want to take the initiative to fight me in a decisive battle?" It's arrogant. ”

You must know that although the Prairly army won the victory in the defense of the city, its own battle losses were also very large, according to the information brought back by the withdrawn siege troops, the defenders in the Hump Fort also lost nearly half of their strength at this time. Before the war, Count Bilgard had already discovered that the number of troops of the Prairly army in Humpback Fort did not exceed two hundred, and at this moment there should be only about a hundred people still in combat. Although the Manchado army was defeated in the siege battle, suffering heavy losses and demoralization, it still had nearly 500 troops. With such a huge disparity in the strength of the two warring sides, it can indeed be said that the side with fewer troops dares to take the initiative to attack.

After a second thought, Earl Bilgard thought that this was a great opportunity to turn the tables around. If Kasha held the fort, then his side would not be able to continue to attack the city with all its strength because he was afraid of the opponent's reinforcements, and finally had to retreat. However, Kasha abandoned the defense of the city and instead sent troops to prepare for an attack on his side. In this way, as long as the Manchado army of Count Bilgard can take Kasha in battle? Leopold captures or kills, then he will naturally turn defeat into victory. As for the winning rate of the battle, according to Earl Bilgard's deduction of the combat power of both sides, the probability of winning in a head-to-head battle is still very high. Not to mention that the number of soldiers on several sides is still more than three times that of the opponent, in terms of the number of knight-level combat power alone, the number of knights who can fight on the Kasha side is only twenty at most, while there are more than forty knights under the command of Count Bilgard who participated in this siege battle. With two enemies and one enemy, you won't be defeated, right?

Thinking of this, Earl Bilgard made a decision in his heart, and immediately ordered his troops to line up and prepare to meet the enemy.

At the same time, at the foot of the walls of the Hump Fort.

It was some time earlier than Bilgard when Kashya learned that his reinforcements were about to arrive, and after learning that the reinforcements led by Flavi were about to arrive, Kashya knew that his side had won the battle for the Hump Fort. Then as long as she held out until reinforcements arrived, the Earl of Bilgard had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

But when she gave her defenders an order to stand by for help, some people objected.

The one who objected was Li Xiang, the leader of the Xuanyuan Adventure Troupe who assisted in the battle.

"If you just force the enemy back, then defending the city is naturally the best way, but the blow to the enemy is also limited. I would like to ask the Earl. When Li Xiang said this, he looked at Kashya with a solemn expression: "Don't you want to destroy this old enemy of yours once and for all?" ”

Kashya was stunned. Li Xiang continued: "In the current situation, as long as Count Kasha and you hold out until reinforcements arrive, Count Biergard can only retreat. However, in this case, you will win in terms of the result, but in reality it will only be a draw. But if you choose to take the initiative at this time, then Earl Bilgard will have a fluke mentality that he will be able to turn defeat into victory in the next battle, in which case he will not retreat, but will take the initiative to meet it. And that's a good time for us to beat him. ”

"But there's a problem." Kashya asked her question: "Although Earl Birgard's forces have lost for a while, his current strength is still far superior to ours. Can we beat him head-to-head? ”

"Trust me. Lord Earl. Li Xiang had a confident smile on his face when he heard this.

"We can." -

Outside the Hump Fort, the two armies lined up.

The army of Manchado was composed of four phalanxes arranged in a diamond shape, with the spearmen at the beginning, followed by the sword and shield soldiers on the left and right, and finally the main formation of Count Bilgard. The first three phalanxes were used for combat, each of which was the standard hundred-man size, while the main array was used for escort and the final moment of the fatal blow, so the number was the largest, reaching more than one hundred and seventy people. Among the more than forty Serpent Knights who participated in the battle, except for six who were used to guard the main array, the remaining three phalanxes each sent twelve Serpent Knights to take charge.

Compared to the Manchado Army, the Prairly Army's lineup is much shabby. There are only three phalanxes with the word "pin" inverted, and the number of people in the three phalanxes is less than 100. Among them, the left wing of the Prairly military array led by Kashya has more than 90 people (20 Rogge knights + more than 70 soldiers), and the right wing led by the Xuanyuan family is composed of more than 20 traversers (among them, Bai Yang and Guo Qi stayed at the head of the city because their injuries have not healed, and Song Fei, whose magic power has been greatly reduced due to excessive loss of magic power, left behind to take care of the two) and more than 40 alchemy swordsmen. In the back row was a long-range attack phalanx of more than forty alchemy archers - this was the only advantage that the Prairly army had over the Manchado army (the archers phalanx of the Manchado army had been wiped out by the combined attack of Fu Bin and Poplar).

There was no declaration and war between the two forces before the head-on war, after all, the Leopold family and the Earl of Bilgard were a pair of old enemies who had been hostile to each other for decades, and any means of communication between the two sides other than fighting each other seemed superfluous and unnecessary. So when the two armies finished arraying, the battle began.