Section 79
At noon the next day, Wren rushed back with five squadrons of cavalry seconded from Thor, who must have set out before dawn, and they were galloping all the way. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Rena first let the five hundred cavalry rest for a few hours, and then, with Gray's warrant, ordered five squadrons of soldiers in the barracks, and before it was dark, she led the thousand officers and soldiers out of the town and marched towards the southwest of the territory.
Gray was on the walls of the town, personally seeing Rena off, and only then did Gray withdraw his gaze when the troops disappeared from his view.
In this war, Gray became the first battle of the lord, and it was also the most critical battle, and his future achievements depend on how far this battle can be fought.
The plan has been drawn up, the chances of winning this war are still very good, it is not a blind battle, even if it fails at that time, Gray has a way out, and the Earl of Lockton will not let Gersenburg fall into the hands of others.
"Let's go, two!"
Behind Grey are Rucan and Sir Rand.
Hamp stayed aside as Gray's squire, and he already knew what it took to be a good squire.
Gray liked his current squire, though it wasn't always easy to use.
Hamp is different from his father, in Hamp's heart, knights are honored, so he has an almost paranoid pursuit of honor.
Sometimes, Gray even thinks that Hamp is an aristocrat who has been influenced by knightly culture since childhood, and that his words and deeds faithfully fulfill the dogma of knighthood, even though he is not a knight yet.
Actually, this is all related to Ruken's teachings, because when Hamp was very young, he told his son all the legends about the knights, and when Hamp became Gray's squire, he imitated the way the knights behaved in these stories.
Turning over on his horse, Gray grabbed the reins and glanced at Gersenburg behind him, and then shouted, "Go!"
Of the remaining 500 troops and 200 guards in the town, Gray secretly handed over their command to Wren, just in case, after all, the current town of Gesen is not so peaceful.
As for Baron Mura's reception, Gray deliberately avoided them, although they were invited by Gray himself, but Gray thought about it afterwards and avoided them now The best way to deal with them is to deal with them.
A few days ago in the town of Maida, Gray had already negotiated the general direction with Baron Mura, and they had come this time to try to fight for some other interests.
If Gray is not there, Sir Wright can go to Gray when he encounters something more tricky.
Moreover, Gray now has a very good reason, the situation on the front line has changed, and he is urgently needed to preside, and Baron Mura cannot find a single excuse to blame.
August 27, 1211 in the continental calendar.
Gray ordered the withdrawal of two brigades of soldiers who were fifty miles southeast of Harrence City.
Less than an hour after the withdrawal of the two thousand soldiers, Viscount Keith, who had been cowering in Harrens City for nearly a month, summoned his group of newly appointed generals for an emergency military meeting.
The military council had just begun, and the new captain of the Case's guard, Sir Sven, led a vanguard army, a cavalry brigade, to attack the front guard tower of the Viscount of Marne from the south gate.
At the same time that Gray ordered the withdrawal of the army, he sent a messenger to the military camp of the Viscount of Marne, and at the same time warned the Viscount of Marne to be careful of the troops in Harrens City.
However, Viscount Marne only cared about whether Gray was really going to withdraw his troops and leave, and did not pay attention to their warnings at all.
This is not because Viscount Marne is arrogant, because according to intelligence, the city of Harrens is now an isolated city, and the young lord himself has deprived the support of the northern nobles of their territory.
A lonely city, what is there to worry about, Viscount Marne was even speculating whether this was Gray's conspiracy, until his scouts reported that the two thousand troops had indeed been withdrawn, and he did not believe it.
Nearly five hundred soldiers in the six watchtower camps on the front line of Viscount Marne were all uprooted in less than an hour in front of a thousand cavalry led by Sir Sven.
The combat effectiveness of Sir Marnzi's soldiers was actually quite good, but the fighting nerves of the soldiers were relaxed after nearly a month of calm situation! In addition, Sir Sven was a sneak attack, and when their cavalry charged to the front, many soldiers in the guard tower camp did not react.
Sir Sven was also full of joy, he didn't expect that the enemy's front-line guard tower was so vulnerable, this thousand cavalry, it can be said that all of them were newly recruited, although he had military service before, but he had not experienced the battle formation for a long time, he had already been rusty, Sir Sven was ready to fight a tough battle, but he didn't want it to be so simple.
The brilliant victory moved Sir Sven's heart, and he immediately ordered the herald to return to inform him of the outcome of the battle, while he himself led the cavalry of this brigade to continue the advance.
Sir Sven wanted to expand the results of the battle a little more before Viscount Marne could react, his idea was very bold, and his decision was very bold.
In the main camp base of Viscount Marne, the soldiers in charge of guarding were not as serious as they were on the battlefield, and the soldiers on their guard towers even ran down to chat with other soldiers to relieve their boredom.
Suddenly, the tremor of the ground shook the hearts of the soldiers who were chatting together, this feeling of shaking was so familiar to them, the sentry did not care about anything else, and immediately climbed the watchtower, and when he saw the large group of cavalry in front of the camp, a chill suddenly spread all over his body.
"Beep!"
Fear crept through the sentinels' hearts, but they dutifully blew the magic whistle.
But by the time the magic whistle was blown, the cavalrymen had already entered the camp, and rows of horses had been left in the corners by the troublesome officers for many days.
The magic post made the soldiers near the camp gate react, and the officer stepped out of his tent.
"Hurry!" shouted a middle-aged man in knight's armor as he opened his throat and the experienced veterans were already preparing.
"Quick! Array! Array! Don't let them rush in!" The soldiers who rushed over formed a thin defensive line under the reprimand of the officers, and these soldiers were very fast, and they were able to form a line of defense in such a short time, which was not only possible with good training.
Because, this line of defense is destined to be ruthlessly trampled by the enemy.
Sir Sven grinned, he smiled fiercely, and the few arrows nailed to his knight's armor were of no use.
The cavalry was fast, and as they swept past, the fragile line of defense collapsed in less than five minutes, but Sir Sven also paid for the lives of dozens of soldiers, much to his displeasure.
This line of defense seems to be extremely fragile, but it is necessary for its existence, and their sacrifice provides precious time for the deployment of troops behind.
Sir Sven knew that he could not charge any further, and that he would have to give an account of this, and he had already seen that the enemy line in front of him had formed a tight defensive line, and that the enemy's heavy crossbows had been moved.
Sir Sven made a quick decision and made a gesture to the leading knight next to him, and the cavalry brigade immediately split into two ways, spared a circle to the side, and then quickly withdrew from the main camp base of Viscount Marne.
Viscount Marne had a gloomy face in his main camp tent, Gray's withdrawal had not made him happy for long, his main camp was actually attacked, this was a resounding slap in the face, there was no time to think superfluously, Viscount Marne hurriedly ordered to the herald next to him: "Quick, let the troops be gathered, and other people's families will be broken!"
In order to blockade the city of Harrens more completely, Viscount Marne's forces advanced very high, and he divided his troops into several parts and guarded many of the main thoroughfares.
This is also due to the fact that Sir Sven led a group of newly recruited soldiers, otherwise, the line of defense just now would have been solved in less than a minute, in that case, Viscount Marne would have suffered more than that, maybe he would have been forced to withdraw his troops by now!