Barria is a small city ten kilometers north of Suero, it is a gateway to the northeast of Suero, and it is also a stop for some merchants from the north, the city was once a defensive fortress, with high walls and complete city defenses, blocking a major road and a waterway from the north. In the past, when the southern kingdom did not master the Black Wood Pass, it was one of the barriers against the invasion of the north.

It's just that the Iberian Kingdom has been in control of Heimu Pass for a long time, so the armament of this fortress is becoming more and more relaxed, and the troops stationed here are getting fewer and fewer, and it has gradually become a small city inhabited by people around it.

It was originally a direct territory of the kingdom and was ruled by a viscount, but after the battle of Kuroki fell into the hands of the Chinese, the viscount and his men fled back to their own territory.

The Chinese originally sent a platoon of troops to take over the city. However, after the fall of Heimu Pass, the escort army here increased to five and a half battalions, including not only the second and third battalions under the first regiment, and half an artillery battalion, but also the other three battalions of the new regiment, which were reorganized mainly by Suero and Heimu Pass soldiers, with a total of more than 20 artillery pieces and more than 1,500 people.

The atmosphere in Baria was tense these days, and the soldiers stationed here knew that the Imperials could move south at any time, and sent a large number of scouts to the surroundings every day, but the Imperials did not attack in a big way, but sent small forces to attack and plunder everywhere.

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On the way to Barya, a fierce battle has just come to an end. Wang Jiyuan and Chang Yujie's inspection team on their way to Baria ran into an imperial detachment composed of five black guards and a large number of beast warriors, this team led by high-ranking knights had more than 100 people, and it was obvious that they had come to spy on information near Suero.

When they discovered that Wang Ji's team was no more than fifty or sixty people, they took the initiative to attack. However, they didn't expect that there was Master Gabriel in this team, as well as many mid-level warriors and mages, and the others were also elite guardian warriors.

The leading high-ranking warrior recognized Wang Jiyuan as their leader, and he immediately led his four Blackguard mid-rank warriors and other beast warriors to launch a charge, hoping to carry out a decapitation operation. But he didn't expect that hiding behind Wang Jiyuan was a great magician and a great swordsman who cultivated both magic and martial arts. The surprise attack launched by the five masters was met with a powerful counterattack from Master Gabriel and the Guardians, and under the magical attacks of several Guardian Mages, their state was greatly weakened, and they were slain by Master Gabriel almost at the very beginning of the battle, and the orc warriors who followed were hit by a volley of mounted spears.

Although the beast warriors were temporarily faster and stronger than ordinary humans, they were far from being able to resist bullets, and the cavalry in Wang Jiyuan's team were equipped with two cavalry spears. By the time more than 50 cavalrymen ran out of bullets, nearly half of the soldiers had been knocked off their horses.

The remaining troops apparently did not expect that they would suffer such a severe blow in such a short time, and they were defeated in the face of the death of the main general and the death of their companions.

Wang Jiyuan inserted his pistol into his holster, and the soldiers around him rushed past him. In front of them were dozens of Imperial soldiers scattered on horseback, and dozens of corpses remained on the ground. Master Gabriel, who was beside Wang Jiyuan, unleashed a slowing magic, and the soldiers of the empire seemed to suddenly enter slow motion, and the movements of people and horses slowed down by more than half at the same time.

Chang Yujie's cavalry caught up from behind and fired with reloaded cavalry spears, and the Imperial people fell like wheat harvesting.

Wang Jiyuan watched this scene and said to Gabriel and Chang Yujie: "The imperial people actually extended their tentacles to the south of Baria, it seems that they are ready to move. We can run into such elite troops here on a single trip, and there must be other troops cruising nearby. ”

"Commander, although we don't have enough troops to take back Heimu Pass now, we can't let them make waves in our territory. We can't just be passive on the defensive, we should take the initiative to go out and cut off their outstretched hands one by one. Chang Yujie said.

Master Gabriel said, "An ordinary cavalry team can't deal with such an army. If I were not here today, you would face a very difficult battle. If you scatter the escort and encounter the Blackguard masters, the losses will be great, right?"

Wang Jiyuan said: "Even for the people of the empire, a team like today is not easy to make up, right?"

"It's true. Gabriel agreed, "According to the information brought back by Kuroki Pass, the enemy suffered particularly heavy losses in the last war. That Majesty can't be as lavish as he used to be. ”

Wang Jiyuan said: "If the team sent by the enemy is a finger, then the team we send should be a fist." He has ten fingers and we only have two fists, but we just have to discount their fingers every time we meet them. ”

"You mean to concentrate superior forces, right?" Chang Yujie said.

Wang Jiyuan pointed to the cavalry fighting in front of him, they were in groups of several people, constantly chasing and interspersing in the rear of the enemy, "We have prepared two or three teams, and the teams are all based on a cavalry company as the core, ensuring that the teams we send have more than two high-level masters, more than ten middle-level, and are equipped with mages who are good at spiritual magic and can deal with beasts." Then, with Baria as the center, search and strike the Imperial squad within a radius of ten kilometers around.

In this way, each of our teams will be able to defeat an enemy like today's. In fact, according to our intelligence, most of the other side's raiding teams do not have such strength. And many of them are not pure cavalry, and we are more mobile.

We can't attack the city yet, but we can fight steadily and wear off the opponent's living force little by little.

In about a quarter of an hour, the cavalry of the convoy had basically eliminated the remaining soldiers of this group.

The company commander of the cavalry company came to report and said, "Report to the regiment commander, in the end, twenty beast captives have surrendered, do you think it is more appropriate to deal with them?"

Chang Yujie just made a movement to wipe his neck, but was stopped by Wang Jiyuan, and he ordered: "Leave these people who surrendered, and we will take them away." ”