Chapter 278: Changing the Strategic Deployment

Josk and Yuri were back the next morning, both embarrassed. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info No matter who is chased by the three great swordsmen all night and finally escapes, they will look like this.

Lorist gave them an order to block the main road between Port Nubit and the King of Hamidas, so that news of the attack on Port Nubit would not reach the King of Hamidas. The day before yesterday afternoon, they led the scout camp to the target, that is, the hilly area on the map, and after choosing the camping site, they began to set up a cordon, and also captured a few messengers to the royal city of Hamidas, and everything was normal.

But after a day, Josk and Yuri found that there were many more carriages and cavalry on the road, and at first they could intercept them, but the enemy became more and more, and by the afternoon they had gathered nearly 10,000 men, and organized men to attack the improvised defensive line of the scout battalion.

Josk and Yuri thought that these enemies must have escaped from the port of Nubit, and they were very angry and prepared to stop them all and not let a single one escape. He let the scout battalion occupy the high ground on both sides, blocking the avenue in the middle.

The intercepted enemy rushed twice without rushing through, suffering heavy casualties, and corpses were strewn all over the ground. In the end, the enemy gathered all his forces and attacked the high ground on both sides in two directions, and let the fleeing wagons concentrate and rush across the middle avenue. This time the scout battalion inevitably lost sight of one or the other, and soon fell into a scuffle.

Josk and Yuri were targeted by the three great swordsmen, and Joske's magic arrows may be very threatening to the first-level great swordsman, but there is no room for the second-level great swordsman. One of the three Great Swordsmen is a second-level Great Swordsman, chasing Josk to the death, and if it weren't for Yuri's desperate rescue, Josk might have been in danger. The two of them were forced to break away from the brigade, and they circled around the three great sword masters in that hilly area all night, and the three great sword masters did not retreat until dawn.

When Josk and Yuri gathered the scout camp, they found that they had suffered nearly a thousand casualties. This is still the enemy's only care about taking the road, and driving away the soldiers of the scout battalion on the high ground on both sides, and not entangled in the end. Seeing that they were both exhausted like the soldiers in the scout battalion, Joske and Yuri stopped chasing and brought their troops back.

Lorist said that Joske had made the same mistake as himself, treating the enemy as wild dogs who had fled into the wilderness, believing that one more stick would kill them, so they made the decision to intercept them. If they let go of the middle avenue and only follow the pursuit on the sides and rear, and use the crossbow and bow of the scout battalion's light cavalry to shoot from a distance and the agility and speed of the cavalry to effectively kill the enemy, the result of the battle would definitely be much greater than the current 8,000 corpses......

After waving his hand to let Joske and Yuri retreat to rest, Lorist's face became serious, this expedition to the Kingdom of Haneyabada was not as smooth as he imagined, and the battle to destroy the country was not so easy to fight. The enemy in Nubit Harbor is indeed vulnerable, but accidents have occurred one after another.

Those fleeing enemies left behind nearly 8,000 corpses when they broke through the interception of the scout camp, but at least more than 15,000 escaped back to the royal city of Hamidas, and there was no shortage of high-end combat forces such as the Golden Swordsman and the Great Swordsman. There is also a 28,000-strong army of royal guards in the royal city of Hamidas, and if you recruit those slave hunters who have fled back and the young men of the royal city, you can form a legion of 30,000 or 40,000 people, so that you will be overwhelmed by your own side in terms of troops.

Lorist calculated the strength at hand, two heavy armor regiments and a one-wheeled steel crossbow regiment were fully equipped with five battalions of 15,000 men. But he left two heavily armored barracks and a one-wheeled steel crossbow barracks on the island of Hilowas. There were 36,000 men who went with him. Together with a scout battalion and a Thunderbolt battalion, there were fourteen battalions of 42,000 men. Together with his two guard brigades of 1,000 men and Sambarwood's Sea Legion of 3,000 men, the total strength was about 46,000 men.

However, Sambarwood's Maritime Legion didn't have to land unless he didn't want to return to his family's territory. After the landing, there were nearly 5,000 casualties, and the number of troops available now is about 38,000. Sambarwood was given a heavy battalion and a one-wheeled steel crossbow battalion to sweep the islands around the islands, six thousand men were gone, and a squadron of 100 heavy armoured men was to be left on each of the twenty-seven islands to defend, so that there was one less battalion. In addition, two heavily armored barracks and a one-wheeled steel crossbow barracks had to be left in the inner city of Nubit, so that there were only more than 20,000 people who could go to the city of Hamidas......

Lorist wants to cry without tears, and when the soldiers are used, they hate less, and these 20,000 people go to the city of Hamidas to attack the city, not to mention the siege, it is not bad. If he is the king of the kingdom of Haneyabada, if he is ruthless and gathers the young and strong slaves around the royal city, he can coerce them to storm his camp of 20,000 people, and after consuming the long-range attack weapons such as crossbow arrows he carries, he will be able to rush up and fight against, so that even if he does not win, he can defeat both sides, and not only can he relieve the crisis of the royal city, but also counterattack the port of Nubit.

No, we have to readjust our forces, and when we go out to the Kingdom of Haneabada, we must have at least a complete heavy armor corps and three one-wheeled steel crossbow battalions as the main force, plus our own 1,000 guards, 2,000 scout light cavalry, and a thunderbolt slinging battalion, so that there are 29,000 men and nearly 30,000 troops, and when we go out, we must bring five newly formed slave garrison battalions, and then there will be more than 40,000 troops.

Alas, Lorist let out a long sigh, war is not child's play, and troop strength is not simply addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. But in any case, the enemy should be lenient, and the more elite family weapons in their hands, the better, so that when facing the enemy, they can not only win but also reduce the casualties of the troops. As for those newly formed slave garrison camps, Lorist didn't want to bring them, letting untrained slaves go to the battlefield was a double-edged sword, although it could strengthen the momentum of his own side, but when a big war broke out, maybe it would be these slaves who would collapse first, and they would bring chaos and even impact the array of family forces in turn.

For the kingdom of Haneyabada, coercing the slaves is a very simple matter, if they are disobedient, they will be punished with knives and guns, and if they kill too much, they will naturally obediently obey the order. But Lorist can't do that, the Norton family claims to be here to free the slaves, and they can't force the slaves to even fight each other.

A single strategic mistake can have such serious consequences. If the enemies of the inner city of Nubit are wiped out and there is no fish that escapes the net, then their own family forces can appear under the Hamidas King City by surprise, even if they can't sneak attack, they can catch the enemy off guard and block the enemy in the city, and then the plains around the royal city will become the territory of their own family forces, and those slaves can be mobilized to reinforce the family forces, besiege the Hamidas King City and slowly clean it up.

Now you have to prepare for a field battle, the king of the Haneyabada Kingdom will definitely send troops, and if you can let so many people run out of the inner city of Nubit, it means that the attacking Norton family has not many troops to land, and no one is a fool who will sit idly by, and then the Haneyabada Kingdom will recruit soldiers to form a legion to send troops to come to the test, and will also try to drive the Norton family forces into the sea.

Summoning the guards, Lorist ordered the order to send several family golden knights and the great sword master of Injerek to the city lord's mansion in the inner city in the evening to hold a meeting to discuss the new strategic and tactical plan.

At night, the hall of the inner city lord's mansion is lit with candles.

Lorist pointed to a map of the Haneyabada archipelago and described the current situation.

Bodfinger asked, "My lord, do you mean that we are no longer able to directly attack the city of Hamidas?"

"Borg, what would you do if you were the king of the kingdom of Haneyabada and get the news of those who had fled back from Port Nubit?" Lorist asked rhetorically.

Bodfinger pondered for a moment: "I will immediately send troops, first occupy the hilly area in the middle, set up camps and defensive positions, prevent the enemy from entering the plain where the royal city is located, and then on the one hand send scouts to find out the enemy's strength and arrangement, on the other hand, recruit soldiers to form troops, if the enemy is insufficient, directly send troops to recover the port of Nubit, and drive the enemy into the sea." ”

"Yes, Borg, you've reacted perfectly. We don't know if the enemy will do the same as you, but we have to think smarter about the enemy and not be careless. Tomorrow morning, the three heavily armored barracks and the two single-wheeled steel crossbow battalions that have been reorganized must leave for this hilly area, where they will first set up a defensive front and seize the main road to the Wangcheng Plain.

The force was led by Tiger Ross and Marek as the deputy commander. Borg was injured and sat in the port of Nubit. Josk, Yuri, and now there are more than 2,000 light horsemen in the scout camp, in addition to guarding and detecting the enemy's movements, they also have to guard the rear road of Rosmarek and prevent the enemy from sending a small scout team to spy on and sabotage our rear. In addition, you have to send troops to sweep the slave farms on the plains of the royal city, free the slaves, and try your best to make a mess of the enemy's rear, so that the enemy will not easily gather the grain and grass materials in the royal city and prepare for a protracted war with us, understand?"

Lorist slammed his fist on the map.

"Understood, sir. Josk and Yuri replied in unison.

"Be careful, save your living strength, and don't fight to the death with the enemy. Our advantage is that we are light cavalry, and we can easily shake off the enemy's tracking. The kingdom of Haneyabada does not produce horses, and it is said that the king has a cavalry army of 1,800 men, and compared to the cavalry of our family, they are still infants, and if they have the opportunity, they will eat them.

On the other hand, if you disturb the plains of the royal city, then the enemy will definitely hate you to the core, maybe there are many enemies sent to pursue you, and there are also great swordsmen, you can let the tiger Ross and Malek set a trap in advance, bring the enemy in, and use a steel crossbow to deal with them. Stop having a hot brain and fight the enemy with scout hussars like you did yesterday. Lorist admonished.

"Yes, my lord, we will take notice. Both Josk and Yuri's faces flushed.

"Borg, you have a very heavy task in the port of Nubit, the family has a total of eight heavy armored battalions, but now there are almost one battalion of casualties, as well as a thousand scout light cavalry and two single-wheeled steel crossbow brigades, adding up to five thousand people. Now I have ordered Sambarwood to temporarily halt the raids on the islands around him, and to concentrate his forces first. When he returns with his men, you can assemble two more heavily armored barracks and one one-wheeler steel crossbow barracks and send them to Tiger Ross on the front line, and order the Thunderbolt Catapult battalion of Ovikis to go with you, which will be the main force of our expedition to the royal city of Hamidas.

All the wounded were concentrated in the inner city, which was temporarily defended by a heavy battalion and a brigade of one-wheeled steel crossbows, and I left a brigade of five hundred guards for you, and another brigade of guards to be sent to the front. In this way, there is still a heavy armored barracks, and I am going to disband it, and all the soldiers will serve as junior non-commissioned officers in the newly formed ten slave garrison battalions, so that the garrison battalions formed by these ten slaves will have preliminary combat capability.

I'll give you five days, and after you've formed these ten slave garrison battalions, you can send five slave garrison battalions to the front line to assist in the defense of the main force and conduct field training, so that they can have combat effectiveness as soon as possible. You can match Sambarwood with two of the remaining five garrison battalions, plus the remaining one-wheeler steel crossbow brigade to continue sweeping the islands, and three garrison battalions to deliver logistical supplies to the front line and guard the rear.

We have occupied the port of Nubit, where the supplies, grain, grass, and equipment reserves are sufficient, and there is no need to worry about the lack of logistical baggage supplies at present. All the equipment needed for the formation of these ten slave garrisons could be allocated from the captured equipment, and they would be the reserve force of the clan armed forces on our expedition, and they would no longer have anything to do with the slave camps.

Therefore we must be careful in the selection of our soldiers, who will be treated in the same way as our regular family armies, whose families will be allowed to live in the inner city, take care of our wounded and do our chores, all for a reward. Do you understand?"

Bodfinger nodded: "My lord, I understand, I will let them return to their hearts as soon as possible, and make them proud to be a soldier of the Norton family." But, my lord, who will maintain order in these ten slave garrisons after they have been recruited from the slave camps? There are nearly 230,000 slaves to this day. ”

"I have ordered Hicke and Kelmen, who are in charge of the affairs of the slave camp, to fully cooperate with your actions, after the recruitment of these ten slave garrison camps, they will continue to select suitable people to form a garrison, and each island that has been swept will be defended by a garrison of 100 to 300 people, and two garrison camps will also be formed in the slave camp, and the remaining slaves will set up fishing fleets, harvesting teams, transport teams, etc., so that all the slaves can have something to do, instead of staying in the camp with nothing to do......

By the way, Joske, Yuri, you will go out to the slave camp tomorrow, and Keymen has arranged for you a team of slaves, who are very familiar with the plains of the royal city, know all the slave farms where they are, and know many slaves there, and it will be easier for them to be your guide to convince the slaves there that we are there to rescue them. ”

"Yes, sir. Josk replied.

"Injerek, you also set off with the Tiger Ross and they are on the front line. That's basically it, do you have any other opinions?" asked Lorlist.

Injerek stood up: "My lord, we have delayed the date of the expedition to the royal city of Hamidas, according to your arrangement, this war may continue for a while, the Kingdom of Haneyabada should know the reason why we are here, then will they take revenge on those family knights and soldiers who fell into their hands?"

Well, the old man is still worried about the safety of his precious grandson-in-law, Shi Fatzi, but this is also inevitable, human nature.

Lorist replied with a smile: "I received good news this afternoon, the guards who went to clean up the battlefield and check the results of the scout camp reported to me that the old man who had seen me had died on the road. So tonight I will set out with Tagger overnight to the royal city of Hamidas and try to rescue the knights and soldiers of the family in the gladiatorial arena.

If the Kingdom of Haneyabada sends troops, the greater the blow you will give them in the hilly terrain, and the longer the confrontation will last, the safer my operation will be. In addition, you also have to be leisurely, you can't beat the other party too hard, let them retreat back to a cage city to defend themselves, and trap us in the royal city. It would be best if you once in a while show that you can't hold out, abandon some inconsequential defensive positions in front of you, and make the enemy think that you can win by pushing harder. ”

Everyone laughed, and Josk said, "My lord, why don't I go to the royal city with you?"

Lorist smiled: "You can't do it, maybe those three great swordsmen still remember you, and they will be discovered as soon as you show up." Don't talk about it, no one wants to go with me, the sudden appearance of a strange gold-level swordsman will make people suspicious. The enemy isn't really a fool, just go with Tagger and I. That's it, tomorrow you're still busy, just don't let me down. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

...... (To be continued.) )