After the troops were gathered, it was probably because Viscount Marne was scared by Harrens before, and after thinking about it, he ordered the troops to retreat to a place called the Black Mountain Pass!

Black Mountain Pass This place is the location of a mountain pass, because the mountain rocks are black, so it is called Black Mountain Pass. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is an official road here, which can be said to be the main road of life in the territory of Harness, as long as Viscount Keith opens this passage, the blockade of Harrence City can be broken.

Viscount Marne knew the crux of this place, and he had set up a camp here in advance, just in case.

His camp is built on a mountain, and it is interlocking, and such a camp can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack with such a terrain.

Moreover, from the official road of the Black Mountain Pass, you can go directly to Viscount Marne's own territory, so that the supplies of his troops can be continuously delivered.

This is the battlefield chosen by Viscount Marne.

Attacking the camp established at the Black Mountain Pass was tantamount to attacking a city, and the ancestors of the Donna family, the rulers of the Harrens Lord, even thought about building a city here, but finally gave up because the terrain was too narrow.

Viscount Keith was not at all surprised by Viscount Marne's movements, he had been prepared for a long time, and he even built nearly fifty catapults and countless siege machines.

The situation of the battle, the rapid change of attack and defense, people can't react, from Gray's order to withdraw the troops, to the sneak attack of Viscount Keys's forward army, and now the retreat of Viscount Marne, they have changed from attackers to defenders in an instant.

When Keith led his troops to the Black Mountain Pass, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and he looked at the camp built on the hill in front of him, and said to the captain of the guard, Sir Sven, "When we defeat Viscount Marne, we will build a fortress here." ”

This time, Keith dispatched an infantry regiment, an archery brigade and a cavalry brigade to attack 7,000 men, but all of them were new recruits, and the combat effectiveness remains to be determined.

"There was a fort here many years ago!" replied Sir Sven.

"Why is that gone?" said Keith.

"As you know, the maintenance cost of a fortress is very high, there was no charcoal business in the Red Rain Forest in the territory before, and the territory behind the Black Mountain Pass is also the territory of the Harrens Territory, so it will be more troublesome to build a fortress here!"

Keith was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he was relieved, if it was the former Harrence territory, it would indeed be redundant to build a fortress here!

"Alright, don't think about it so much, give the order to attack!" Keyes commanded the captain of his guard.

"Now?" said Sir Sven, visibly unresponsive.

Keith nodded: "Of course, you think we have a lot of time? What is Baron Cage next to us, we don't know, we're just gambling here now!"

"Then why don't we attack Baron Cage first?" Sir Sven felt that he should defeat the weak Gray in the shortest possible time, and then fight Viscount Marne in turn.

Keith glanced at his captain of the guard like an idiot, but didn't answer his question.

Sir Sven didn't know why, but he still said, "We should set up camp now, and then listen to the other knights, they may be able to quickly capture the camp in the Black Mountain Pass!"

"The camp can be built while attacking, do as I say, Sir Sven!" Keys was clearly running out of patience.

Sir Sven glanced at Keith's face and could only nod, "Yes, Lord Viscount!"

The military order was quickly communicated.

Since the soldiers on the side of Harrence City were all new recruits, and most of them had not even trained in battle formations, as soon as the chaotic military orders were delivered, there was a mess under the Black Mountain Pass.

The officers were anxious to swear a lot, but nothing could be changed.

Sir Sven cautiously looked at Keith next to him, then observed the enemy camp on the Black Mountain Pass, gritted his teeth, and shouted to the herald beside him: "No need to line up, just rush like this, go to the order, the first infantry brigade and the second infantry brigade can charge, and the archers brigade will cover behind." ”

It is true that he could not wait, and the Viscount of Marne on the Black Mountain Pass had noticed the chaos below, and he was already hesitating to let the cavalry make a charge.

With the advantage of going downhill, this charge will be hugely rewarding.

"Whew, whew!"

However, a burst of "whirring" interrupted his thoughts, and Viscount Marne looked up to see that stones the size of buckets were smashing into his camp.

"Quick, spread out, take cover!" The veterans were very experienced in dodging trebuchet attacks, and this stone without tung oil was easy to dodge.

The trebuchet's attack effectively covered the soldiers of the two charging brigades, and the dense rain of stones allowed them to reduce the harassment of enemy archers while charging.

The advantage of not charging in array is that they are fast enough, they are getting closer and closer to the gate of Viscount Marne's camp, and the threat of the opponent's heavy crossbows and catapults makes Viscount Marne have to give up the plan to use cavalry to charge.

Soon, the soldiers of the two camps were fighting together.

The troops on the side of Harrens City were obviously inexperienced, they rushed to the gate of the opponent's camp, and clumsily began to build escalators, and the archers behind did not follow up to cover at this time, which made the soldiers of the two brigades in front lose hundreds of people in an instant.

The recruits naturally had no morale at all, and after the casualties, they began to fear, and the officers were also very afraid, but they were even more afraid of Viscount Keys, a knight was now covered in blood, and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Lord Viscount said, kill one enemy and reward one gold coin!"

This was emphasized by the officers long before they set out on the expedition.

However, as the battle continued, the surviving soldiers began to become more agile and did not charge blindly, they learned to form a group, and a large group of archers had arrived behind, and the cover of the archers effectively contained the attacks from the enemy watchtowers and attics.

However, Viscount Marne did not want his soldiers to suffer too many casualties, and he quickly moved out the heavy crossbow, and in the face of such a big killing weapon, the recruits who had just entered the battlefield suddenly suffered heavy losses.

Keith looked at the battlefield ahead, then glanced at the 3rd and 4th Infantry Brigades, which had been fully formed.

"Alright, Sir Sven, let them rip it off!"

Sir Sven was stunned for a moment, looked at Viscount Keith, who had already left, and immediately ordered the 3rd Infantry Brigade and the 4th Infantry Brigade to advance to cover the retreat of the two brigades fighting on the front line.

In such a short battle, the troops on the side of Harrence City lost nearly five hundred, and Viscount Marne's troops lost less than a hundred men due to their geographical advantage.

However, because of this short encounter, the troops of Harrence City stabilized their footing, and the soldiers came down from the battlefield, and they who were still enthusiastic a moment ago were suddenly much quieter, and the orders of the commanders were well carried out, and they stayed quietly in the camp, and did not even eat dinner.

As night fell, the attack on the side of Harrens City did not stop, and the soldiers continued to attack the defensive line of Viscount Marne's camp in the light of fire, but the battle at night was not as fierce as during the day.

Early the next morning, Viscount Keith arrived at the camp of the soldiers who had just been withdrawn from the front, and behind him several of his own soldiers dragged a heavy box.

The soldiers were surprised by Keith's arrival, and they all stood up and saluted, Keith raised his hand and said, "Soldiers, you were very heroic yesterday!

With that, Keith motioned for the soldiers behind him to open the box.

The box slowly opened, the box full of gold coins shining, the soldiers looked stunned, Keith turned to the quartermaster who came with him and said, "According to the standard of one gold coin per person, reward the soldiers!"

The quartermaster's eyes lit up, and a cold light flashed in Keith's eyes: "If you dare to embezzle a copper coin in this, I will let you know what life is better than death!"

Keys's inhuman gaze sent shivers down the shoulders of the quartermaster.