Act 14: The Battle for the Lumberyard (1)
While the three Grand Masters had gathered their men, Brando sent a guide from the slums.
When the ragged man was brought in from his shack south of Fir City, he was apprehensive about the trouble he might get into working for the strange lord—he had inquired about the events in the inner city before he came. The movement that night was so great that it was unlikely that Antitina would have tried to conceal the means - but she could not resist the temptation of money and the persuasion of her own woman, and the man hesitated and agreed to join the team. Because the generous young nobleman had promised him a gold coin, he might not have earned such a large sum of money in a year's work—and with this money he could send his children to the workshops of the inner city as apprentices, and perhaps the fate of the family would be changed by this.
Therefore, when Brando asked, he cautiously told the other party: The forest located south of Fir City has always been called the Bearman Forest, not that there is a level 65 customs in the forest that makes Brando's scalp tingle when he thinks about it, but there are many wild bears in the forest. Four sawmills were located in the forest, three in the center of the forest were occupied by cavemen, and the remaining one was destroyed by the workers. Grudin's private army then sent his own army into the forest to clear the inhabitants from the underground, but after suffering two heavy losses, the baron never spoke of it again.
Brando nodded, as he expected.
And at this moment, it has been more than an hour since he left Fir City.
The farther south you go, more trees gradually appear in the wilderness. The forest coiled from east to west was like a huge shadow in front of the mercenaries - the young man sat on horseback, one hand holding the reins tightly, watching the mercenaries in front of him pull a loose line into the woodland where black pine and red pine trees were distributed, and the figure was longing, and soon disappeared into the shadows between the trees.
"Huh," interrupted the guide in a slightly raised girl's voice, behind Brando, "Are cavemen that powerful?" ”
Brando's brows couldn't help but subconsciously raised, he didn't know how Roman appeared, anyway, not long after the team left the city, the merchant lady didn't invite herself to wander around his field of vision. "Then again, isn't this guy counting supplies and checking the accounts left by previous generations of lords?"
The corners of his mouth twitched, "So, who told her that she was going out of the city to trouble those cavemen—"
"Really, miss," the man said in a loud voice, "I have heard from the guards in the city that they look a little like rats. Although they have no eyes, they can distinguish their direction by smell and sound, and they are so powerful and quick that they are not their opponents, even the Baron's men need two or three men to besiege them before they can deal with a caveman. ”
Roman tapped his chin with his white fingers, raised his head and constructed the other party's appearance in his mind, "In this way, wouldn't they be very advantageous at night?" She asked to herself.
"Yes," Antitina looked at Roman in embarrassment, a little embarrassed to tell Sù Brando, in fact, that she had been fooled by the businessman's eldest lady to let her know what they were doing. She still didn't know if the 'lord's fiancée' was crooked, or if she was calculating herself from the beginning. It's just that either one makes her a little unacceptable: "Not only at night, but also in this kind of forest where visibility is not high, and their advantage is far greater than that of us humans." Unless it's a Black Iron Tier 1 soldier, it's hard to spot the other party before they even notice us. ”
She turned back to Brando and said, "My lord, we're already in the forest, shouldn't we send scouts?" ”
Brando shook his head. He knew very well that the caveman warriors had 15 strength and 10 dexterity, and their strength and dexterity were all located in the middle and upper reaches of the Black Iron, and the average Black Iron mercenary was no match for them at all. "In order to maintain the defense of Fir City, there are only about four regiments of mercenaries who will go out of the city with me this time, and I don't plan to split them further," the young man replied as he stared in the direction of the forest, "Besides, who do you think is more familiar with this forest than these cavemen?" ”
Brando unconsciously put on the Amber Sword habit when he spoke, in the past there were eighty players in a regiment, so he actually wanted to say more than three hundred. It's just that the noblewoman's daughter didn't notice his slip of the tongue at the moment, on the contrary, she was taken aback, "Of course it's a caveman," Antitina was stunned: "My lord, what do you mean...... Don't need scouts? But this ...... "She has not heard of the two armies fighting, and one side has completely abandoned battlefield reconnaissance." The aristocratic girl's dark eyes flashed: "Magic? ”
She asked tentatively.
"Almost." Brando glanced left and right, and as his thoughts moved slightly, the wind spirit spiders had crawled out of the ground one by one - the mercenaries were taken aback when they saw these cyan whirlwind lords suddenly appear around them, but they had seen these little things when they were with the army of the undead of Madara, and knew that they were at the behest of the young lord in their center - and therefore allies. So after a brief commotion, the crowd quickly calmed down, but the men still glanced at the center of the line with awe.
In this era, Eruin, the nobles have a gold-level wizard under them, which can definitely be called a symbol of status at the time, such as the Grand Duke of Anlek and the Grand Duke of Karasu, who are entrenched on one side, and there are only two or three gold-level disregard as staff members. But as a descendant of a family, Brando not only has a gold-level mentor-level wizard accompanying him - Charles has now become the natural leader of the spellcasters commanded by Brando in Fir City, and the head of the wizarding group is naturally known to everyone among the young followers - and in addition, it is rumored that he is also a gold-level swordsman, and his command is accompanied by Medisa and Akane, who are also golden-order.
Even if it is Count Denel, the high-end strength around him is nothing more than that.
And you must know that the girl named Medisa is the legendary silver elf, the silver elf has not appeared on this land for centuries, and the shock caused by their sudden appearance in people's vision can be imagined. Not to mention the rumors of the intimate relationship between Brando and the Silver Elves among the ordinary mercenaries, even the three Grand Masters Juta, Fern and Clenthia felt more and more unable to see through this young man. And it is precisely because of this that they are determined to stay and fight with Brando against the Denel family, otherwise they would have preferred to fall headlong into the Black Forest just because of Viscount Brando.
At least there is a glimmer of life in choosing the latter path.
Of course, Brando had heard of these rumors, and he also knew that these news were actually released by Roman and Antitina, and the combination of the meticulousness of the nobleman's daughter and the novelty of the little Roman's belly of new ideas, there was always some kind of ghost idea. He wouldn't clarify, anyway, that's exactly what he wanted to achieve, that's what he used to do, but now he's just learned it by his two little staff.
Without saying a word, Brando took out the Holy Sword card from his bosom, and the next moment, the 'Dragoons' who had once shown their might in the battle against Madara's undead army appeared in front of the mercenaries again. This was the second time that Brando had cast this set of cards in front of people, and when they saw this qiē later, Yuta, Clensia, and Fern couldn't help but change their faces - the offensive power of the fifty silver-level - they originally thought that those wind spirit spiders were Brando's pets, but they didn't expect it to be a spell. And the strength of this spell is a bit difficult to measure, and if used properly, it seems that it is not impossible to defeat a golden median deposit.
And according to the ordinary division of spells, this spell also has at least more power than gold. But they all know that Brando is a swordsman.
A Golden Swordsman.
Now it seems that he is still a gold-tier summoner.
This is a bit unbelievable.
With a wave of his hand, Brando mentally gave an order to 'surround the maximum extent and kill a non-human creature', the caveman must have sentry posts on the outskirts of the forest, and he must pull them out. Although the cavemen did not realize that the human army had entered the forest until the end, it would take at least a little time to delay. Then he raised his head and silently watched as these wind spirit spiders spread out the whirlwind around him, and one by one they flew into the sky, flying towards the forest with blue light. Then he looked back and saw that the sparrow was also retracting its gaze from the direction of the forest.
"My lord, how are you going to fight this battle?" Tiger Sparrow turned around and asked, "If the news is correct, there are thousands of cavemen in the forest." There are several times more than us, and the individual combat power is still more than ours, to be honest, I can't think of how to fight this battle. ”
"Don't be cowardly before you fight," Akane replied from behind, "Captain Tiger Sparrow." ”
"Captain?" The tiger sparrow was slightly stunned, and then reacted. He smiled and looked at Brando: "Miss Akane has thought about it, is she going to join us?" ”
The red-haired girl nodded nonchalantly, and she glanced at Brando, "I've thought about it, I don't have anywhere to go-"
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Akane smiled nonchalantly: "Let's listen to the lord's thoughts, I'm also curious about how such a battle should be fought." In the past, when Captain Makaro led the Gray Wolf Mercenary Regiment, we only won against twice as many opponents as us, but that time the opponent was just a group of rabble bandits, and the current situation is different. ”
"That's right," said Roman, swaying restlessly on horseback, wondering if her tiny body was about to fall at any moment, "Brando, Brando, you said that cavemen have a keen sense of smell and hearing, and that it would certainly be against us if they fought at night." In that case, we need to be quick to solve the problem. ”
When she said this, the three mercenary captains on the left couldn't help but raise their attention and moved closer to the circle. Brando smiled when he noticed this, although he had never refused to allow these foreign forces to enter the core of his circle, but the three Grand Masters were still instinctively wary of the young nobleman, in fact, it was precisely because of this that Brando had never thought of reorganizing his mercenaries from the beginning, although this matter was imperative, but if he seemed too impatient, it might cause misunderstanding and resistance from the other party - so he simply did not say a word, and waited for the other party to come to him impatiently.
This battle with the cavemen was one of those opportunities.
"It's not that simple," the School of Management shook his head, looking at Brando's face, and deliberately replied, "Although I haven't dealt with cavemen, since I can make Grudin's deflated, it is obvious that it will not be a rabble." We are not afraid to be embarrassed to say it, although our mercenaries are stronger than Grudin's private soldiers, they are also limited, and the scale of this dispatch is far smaller than the scale of the baron's conquest of cavemen. ”
"So what to do?" Roman asked curiously, blinking his eyes wide.
"The lord is trying to pull out the other party's sentry post," Antitina watched as the last wind spirit spider disappeared in the direction of the forest, and then withdrew her gaze and fell on Brando, "Do you want to buy enough time before the other party reacts?" She thought for a moment, "My lord, do you want to take down one of the sawmills with a lightning raid and then lure the cavemen into attacking?" ”
Brando turned his head, a flash of appreciation in his brown eyes. Switching from offense to defense, that's really what he thinks.
"Good way," the same admiration flashed in Ferne's eyes, "but will it work?" The Grand Master of the Firego Warband asked.
"The cavemen know where they have an advantage over us, and if they lose during the day, they will definitely find a way to regain it at night." Brando replied, "In the night we are on the defensive, they have a day, we have a good position, and the two cancel each other out. The rest depends on morale, combat effectiveness, and the ability of the commanders on both sides. He said this with confidence, but knew that he didn't have any tactical talent - in fact, in Amber Sword, at the time of the battle in Cruz Jogandegang, countless Cruz players had already used the same trick.
Although he had never dealt with a snowman, he knew the trick.
"But," Akane asked, a little puzzled, "what if they don't attack?" ”
"That's not right," the tiger sparrow smiled, "and then we'll attack during the day." However, he retracted his head, "But the gap between strength and combat effectiveness is still a problem, Lord Lord." ”
Brando nodded, and asked the guide to lead the mercenaries around the abandoned lumber yard and head straight to the nearest lumber yard occupied by the Xu Jing people at the moment. At the same time, he raised his head again, and his eyes fell on the sun, which was slowly gliding towards the west, and replied, "This is indeed a problem, but I have already done it. ”