Volume 1 The Order of Chaos Chapter 82 Two Castles
For three days after the mysterious attack on the cavalry squadron, the mounted mercenaries were forbidden to enter the village to reconnoitre, and other squadrons sent men to patrol outside Disha Castle, but to no avail. As if the battle had completely ended, the Moon Shield Mercenary Group had also rested during these three days.
André stood in the hall of the lords, and he had Sir Monta show him the map, and made him dress himself in the garb of a maid, and the viscount stood respectfully with a jug of wine in his hand.
The other squadron leaders present felt that it was too wicked and too low-level for André to do so, and even if Sir Monta was a prisoner of the enemy country, he should not insult the viscount of a kingdom in such a way. On the contrary, Sir Monta grinned, and since hearing that André was not going to kill him, he was as happy as if he had picked up a piece of gold, and even now in the clothes of a maid, he was still smiling, and he did not care at all about his dignity being trampled on.
A large parchment map was laid on the floor of the lord's hall, this was a map of the kingdom of Kosse, which indicated the kingdom's large and small towns and fortresses, and the map marker of Disha Castle in the southwest was being trampled under Andre's feet. André pointed with his toes to the other two castles to the east of Disha Castle, Oga Castle and Pool Castle.
"These two castles are our next target!" Andre took out two red apples and pressed them against the two castles on the map, "What do you think?"
Sir Monta, dressed in a white maid's attire, spoke before all the captains, and he hurriedly said, "The captain will surely take the castle of Oga and the castle of the pools at once, I support you!" He nodded as he ran over and poured a full glass of wine, as if he were Andrew's most faithful servant, loyal and commendable.
Bisluvis looked at this viscount like a dog wagging his tail and begging for mercy, he frowned, and then looked carefully at the exact location of the two castles and said: "The scale of these two castles is not as large as Disha Castle, I believe that with the strength of our mercenary group, it will not be a problem to take them one by one." ”
What the Captain of the Sword and Shield Squadron said did make sense, but the Sir Monta also reacted immediately: "Report! my master!" He immediately put down the jug of wine on the spot and asked to speak, and André allowed him, "The castle of Oga is very small, it is estimated that it is not even the size of our inner city, the castle lord is a baron, I don't know him, but the castle is estimated to be only three hundred troops." ”
When Andrei heard this, he picked up the red apple that was pressed against the castle of Oga and ate it with great gusto. Then he pointed to the castle of the pool with his index finger and motioned for Monta to continue.
"The lord of the Pool Castle is my friend, Baron Godan, and he will not have more than six hundred troops under his command," he did not hesitate at all as he explained the details of his friend, as if he were saying something known to the whole world, "but there is a small lake outside the Pool Castle that protects the castle, and it is generally difficult to enter the castle without ships." When Sir Monta said this, he immediately took the apple that was pressing the castle of the pool, and tried to hand it to Andre, who had already eaten the first red apple, but André did not take the apple, but put the apple back on the castle of the pool.
Captain Alain said, "The Senate of the Republic should already know about our side, and they may have sent reinforcements," Alain lost about seventy archers in this siege, which is the largest loss of each squadron, "or we can wait for reinforcements to attack these two castles." ”
Eddie also said, "Captain Alain has a good point, you see that these two castles are so close together, if we concentrate our forces on attacking one," he crouched down and pointed to Oga Castle, "then another baron may bring troops to the rescue, and then we will be caught on both sides." ”
Everyone nodded when they heard this, and even Greif, who didn't have much research on tactics and strategy, agreed with Eddie's analysis, after all, not everyone can wield a giant harpoon, and not everyone can attack and defend in all directions.
Julian voiced his objection: "I don't agree with this statement, the other side's forces are so weak, even if there are a few more, what's so terrible?" Julian's own spearmen have more than 1,300 men, more than the two castles combined, "If we can occupy as many castles as possible before Manle and their troops arrive, maybe they will give us the position of mayor in the future!" As he spoke, he used the hilt of his sword to draw a mark on the map in the direction of each of the two castles, meaning that the Moon Shield mercenary group soldiers would divide into two ways and attack Oga and Shuichi Castle at the same time.
André suddenly kicked away the red apple that was crushing against the castle of the pool, and he stared at Sir Monta and said, "How much information do you have in your hands? ”
Upon hearing this, Sir Monta's eyes flashed with some surprise, but he quickly bent down and bowed, and said in a loud voice, "I am willing to follow the captain!
Andrei did not let him continue.
"What else do you have, I ask?"
Sir Monta pretended to be thoughtful, then looked up and said, "There is a sizable fortress outside these two castles, and there are three towns surrounding the fortress, which is quite wealthy. "The fortress that the viscount is talking about is one of the three major fortresses in the south of the Kingdom of Kosai - the Rhino Fortress.
The Rhino Fortress is geographically located to the east of the Citadel of the Pools, a two-day walk away, and the Great Fortress is a meeting point between the Duchy of Magini, the Duchy of Noo and the Kingdom of Cose.
"Now that the Duchy of Mageni has sent troops to the territory of the Winter Kingdom, the Rhino Fortress will definitely be targeted. Eddie took a glass and placed it on the map where the Rhino Fortress was located.
"I don't want to run into those Mageni guys, it's better to avoid them. Julian said.
Fei De didn't speak, he looked at this map of the Kosai Kingdom, and kept thinking about a question: every castle in the territory of the Winter Kingdom is interlocking and not far from each other, and each huge fortress is one or two castles away from the other fortresses, logically speaking, the two castles and one fortress in the east must have known about the fall of Disha Castle, but why has there been no movement after three days, is it really a bitter battle with the Majni Principality?
And there was another thing that Fed cared about, and that was this humble Sir Monta. As the viscount of a country, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so shameless and wagging his tail and begging for mercy, isn't he just trying to save his life, but what else is he hiding behind his back?
Just as Fed was thinking, Cherry walked in briskly from outside the lord's hall, gasping for breath and saying, "Just received a bad news and a good news! Which one do you want to hear first?"