Chapter 376: Bobiriqi Mountain

Lorist thought that the Grand Duke of Fisabrun had no other way but to withdraw his troops back to the Eastern Wilderness Province, and anyway, he could advance to the border of the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province by following the road behind the burned camp, so he was not in a hurry at all, and first sent scouts to find out where the troops of the Fisabrun family had retreated, and here he was ready to let the soldiers pack up and prepare to leave the camp in two days. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Maybe this time he can lead the army directly to the Eastern Wilderness Province, the old nest of the Fisabrun family is under the Tiger Castle, if the Tiger Castle is smashed, I don't know if the old guy of Fisabrun will fight hard with himself or bow his arrogant head to himself to show submission? Just as Lorist was thinking about it, he received a return from the scout light horseman: "Your Royal Highness, the forces of the Fisabrun family have not withdrawn to the Eastern Wilderness Province, they have set up camp in the southeast of the Southern Province in the Pobiriqi Mountain......

"Huh?" came as a surprise to Lorlist, and the name of Pobiriki Mountain, which seemed a bit impressive: "Map." ”

Schward quickly spread out the map of the southern province on the table, and when Lorist saw it, it was no wonder that he had an impression of the name of the place of Bobiriqi, and in the original plan for the southern province, after driving the Fisabrun family out of the southern province, he was preparing to build an impregnable blockade along the border of the southern province and the eastern wilderness province, of which the southeastern border of the southern province was to use the topography of the Bobiriqi mountain to build a fortress castle to block the entire southeastern border as a defensive center.

From the map. The border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province is not only long but also very flat, so for hundreds of years, the grassland barbarian tribes in the Northeast Prairie have basically entered the interior from the Southern Province. For example, the old territory of Count Philim's family was in the Southern Province, and his ancestors learned and absorbed the advantages of the Barbarian Cavalry in the war against the Barbarian tribe, and formed the famous Light Horse Legion.

In fact, the border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province is the dividing line between the hilly and steppe areas. Although the terrain is flat, there is no shortage of lakes, ravines, hills and small mounds, Lorist originally wanted to use these natural advantages to build five castle fortresses, as a defense center, supplemented by watchtowers, watchtowers, beacons, and then dig trenches to connect them, like spider webs to create a tight blockade at the junction of the two provinces, completely seal off the external communication lines of the Fisabrun family's territory, and defend against the raids and guerrillas of the border rangers in the southern provinces.

But now that old fellow of Fisabrun is directing the family forces to retreat to Pobiriqi Mountain, what does that mean? Why don't you just retreat to the Eastern Wilderness Province? That is his family territory, and it is also the home field, and the terrain is open and suitable for the guerrilla tactics of the border rangers, and it is like a fish in water for the rangers of the Fisabrun family. But the Grand Duke of Fisabrun seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and let go of the avenue leading to the castle of the tiger, the family domain, and garrisoned his army at the hill of Pobiriqi, what did he want to do?

After staring at the map, Lorist pondered for a long time, and couldn't guess what the Grand Duke of Fisabrun meant? However, judging from the map, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun did not retreat back to the family territory, but instead guarded the mountain of Bobiriqi, which seemed to be a bit angry, and if you couldn't beat you, it would disgust you. Nearly 80,000 troops are huddled around you, ignore him, and worry that he will toss and flank you in the back and flanks. Ignore him, and send a large number of troops to guard against him. Looking at the extent of Mount Bobirichi, Lorist found that in order to suppress the forces of the Fisabrun family, he had to control at least three points around Mount Bobirich, and these three points required the construction of a castle fortress and the arrangement of guards of at least 60,000 people......

The old man made it clear that he wanted to contain his troops, and Lorist cursed in his heart. Now he somewhat understood what Archduke Fisabrun meant by doing this. Let go of the avenue and garrison the troops on Pobiriqi Mountain, then Lorist cannot ignore these enemies who occupy Pobiriqi Mountain. If you want to go out to the Eastern Wilderness Province to attack the Tiger Castle, you have to see if these 80,000 Fisabrun family forces will make trouble for themselves, cut off the way back, and disrupt the entire Southern Province at the worst.

There are only two ways to keep them safe, one is to send troops to defeat them and drive them out of Pobiriqi. The second is to divide troops to guard several traffic arteries and build castle fortresses, which is time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, arranging 20,000 people in one place can only hold on instead of attacking, after all, the armed forces of the Saburun family are 80,000 people, which is like a fist, which can be shot out at any time. But the defense was in three places, one with 20,000 horses and 60,000 horses at the foot of Bobiriqi, and they could not take the initiative to attack, because the enemy was four times as large as theirs......

Although only a small area in the southeastern part of the Southern Province, Mount Pobirichi is not a mountain, but a general term for a mountainous area. From the map, there are several forks in the Pobiriqi Mountains leading to the Eastern Wilderness Province and the Southern Province, which can be said to be a place that extends in all directions. Occupying the Pobiriqi Mountains, the Fisabrun family's Frontier Rangers can attack the Southern Province at any time, or retreat back to the Eastern Wilderness Province at any time. This is a place where you can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat.

It is necessary to take the Pobiriqi mountain and drive the Fisabrun family out of the southern province once and for all. Lorist made up her mind, and then decided to see Popiritch Mountain for herself. Archduke Fisabrun knew that his family's catapults and chariots were invincible, but he still chose to occupy Bobiriqi Mountain, where did he get so much confidence?

Despite the opposition of his many knights, Lorist took El, Reddy, Schward, and a thousand guards to the hill of Pobiriqi, guided by the scout light horsemen. At the first sight of Mount Bobirichi, Lorist understood why the Grand Duke of Fisabrun occupied the place.

Unlike other mountains, the outer edge of Bobiriki Mountain is full of cliffs forty or fifty meters high. The forks in the road that lead to the depths of the Pobirichi Mountains either go around the bottom of the cliffs or in the valleys. The scout rode and caught an old bandit, who said that the places where these cliffs go uphill are inside the mountain, and the hills in other places are gentle on the outside, but Pobiriqi Mountain is uphill from the inside of the mountain, which is simply a natural boulder castle fortress.

The old bandit said that in the past, there were five or six groups of bandits in Pobiriqi Mountain, and each of them built a cottage in a dangerous place in the mountain, and there were several thousand people. But last year, the Third Frontier Ranger Regiment under the Grand Duke of Fisabrun said that it was ordered by the Grand Duke to come to ask the leaders of the cottages to surrender to the Fisabrun family......

The old bandit was too old, and he was lame again, so he was let go by those rangers, and now he built a small shed at the foot of the mountain and opened two acres of fields to live, but he also fell at ease. Just now, I went to see the next trap and didn't catch the rabbit, but I was caught by the scout light rider.

The old bandit has lived in the mountainous area of Pobirige Mountain for most of his life, and is very familiar with the terrain of this area. He told Lorist that the outer edge of Pobiriki Mountain was full of cliffs, but beyond the outer passes, there were gentle slopes, valleys, woodlands, and streams. The place is open and the scenery is beautiful. Except for the three forks in the mountain, there is no other path that leads inside.

"My lord, don't look at the many paths under these cliffs, some of them are impassable, and after walking for a long time to the end, you find that there is no road ahead. Basically, the grassy paths are dead ends, and the rest of the trails are connected, and they end up with a fork in the road that leads to the mountains. There are also two forks in the road, one more than five miles away from here, and a little more south. The other is further west, three or four miles from here. "The old thief doesn't know who Lorist is, and he is always called an adult.

"Is that what the mountains around those two forks look like?" Lorist pointed to the cliff in front of him.

"It's all the same, my lord, this is the weirdness of Pobiriqi Mountain, and the outer part of it is like this, whether it is the Southern Province or the Eastern Wilderness Province, it is such a rocky cliff. It is said that Mt. Bobirichi is said to be a giant cottage, and it really looks like a giant cottage. The old thief replied in the affirmative, and explained the origin of the name Lower Bobiri Mountain.

The problem now is that the Grand Duke of Fissabulun has taken possession of this giant fortress with 80,000 troops, and if you want to take this mountain, you have to follow the three forks in the road to the mountain to attack the mountain. Lorist didn't think the Grand Guild of Fisabrun would give him this opportunity. According to the old bandits, these three forks in the road must be detoured around for half a day under these cliffs before they can reach the mountain. The Fisabrun clan only had to throw a few stones on these cliffs, and that would be a great tragedy for the troops below who were marching and preparing to attack......

Lorist raised his monocular and looked at the top of the Bobirichi Mountains, where the banner of the Fisabrun family had been planted on the cliffs above the fork in the road leading to the mountain, and it was clear that attacking through the fork in the road was no longer possible. Seeing the soldiers of the Fisabrun family building walls and hoarding stones and wood on the hill, Lorist felt a lot of pressure.

The old guy really chose a good place, and occupying Bobiriqi Mountain is equivalent to abandoning two of the Norton family's sharpest offensive weapons. Lorist believed that it was impossible for his Thunderbolt Catapult to throw stones onto a cliff forty or fifty meters high, and that the chariot steel crossbow could not achieve effective results and objectives by firing crossbow arrows from the angle of upward attack, and the enemy could ignore the threat posed to them by the catapult and the steel crossbow by hiding on the cliff......

If you can't attack, then you have to think about how to defend it, and Lorist thought for a long time, or it is more reliable to build a castle fortress at three forks. But he was not reconciled, and the construction of three castle fortresses to hold the Pobiriqi Hill by the Fisabrun family forces launched an attack on the southern province through three forks in the road, which was equivalent to giving up the initiative on the battlefield. Moreover, the construction of three castle fortresses and the surrounding supporting defense facilities not only cost a lot of additional expenses, but also the arrangement of 20,000 horses to garrison a castle fortress is equivalent to being dragged by the enemy of Bobiriqi Mountain with 60,000 troops. And if Bobiriqi Mountain were in his own hands, it would only take 20,000 men to block this border.

Lorist took the telescope to scan the top of the hill by mountain, hey, what are those soldiers doing? After looking at it for a long time, I realized that it was the soldiers of the Fisabrun family who had built a rope bridge on the top of two separate cliffs to facilitate the rapid transfer of defensive forces. And then...... Then Lorist saw the Grand Duke of Fisabrun.

It is indeed the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, the round frame of the telescope has a very clear face of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, the old man seems to be a little older, and he no longer has the original high-spirited, awe-inspiring arrogance, he should be supervising the soldiers to build the rope bridge on it, the reason why Lorist can see so clearly is because the Fairness of Visabrun is facing himself, and he should have also found Lorist and his party peeping under the mountain, and he was frowning and looking carefully.

Lorist and Archduke Fisabrun looked at each other five or six hundred meters apart. It's just that Lorist has a telescope in his hand and can see more clearly, while the Grand Duke of Fisabrun found out after a while that it was Lorist at the bottom of the mountain, and said something with an excited expression, Lorist thought that this might not be a good thing, he should be cursing himself.

But soon, a low horn sounded. Lorist was stunned: "The old man actually sent troops?"

Then I saw countless barbarian cavalry rushing out of the fork in the road at the foot of Bobiriqi.

"Oh my god! This old fellow is so shameless that he sent barbarian cavalry to arrest me. Lorist scolded, feeling that he had been greatly insulted, he chased the old guy, a third-level great swordsman, and fled, and now the old guy himself didn't come forward to send these barbarian cavalry to arrest him, didn't he look down on himself?

"Your Highness, let's go first. El next to him didn't think so. At present, the 80,000 troops of the Fisabrun family, except for 50,000 soldiers of the third and fifth two frontier ranger regiments, the remaining 30,000 are grass barbarian cavalry. This time, Lorist came to check on Pobiriqi, and he only brought a thousand guards, and he didn't dare to be careless because the ants bit the elephant to death.

"Okay, let's withdraw first, and take the old bandit with us, this old man is a living map, and it will be useful in the future. Lorist turned his horse's head and said yes, but he still told El.

I don't know if these barbarian cavalry are tired of staying in the Bobiriqi Mountain or if the Grand Duke of Fisabrun pointed to Loris and gave up a sky-high reward, nearly 10,000 grass barbarian cavalry chased Lorist reluctantly, and finally Lorist was angry, and ordered Schwart to bring a few guards to go back to report the news first, and he took the guards to a small hill to guard, and nearly 10,000 grass barbarian cavalry attacked the small hill for more than two hours except for leaving two thousand corpses and got nothing.

Lorist was a man who couldn't open it, and he occupied the path to the post alone and killed the barbarian cavalry, and the whole body was bloody, and he finally got out of the sulk in his chest. Soon the Pegasus Corps arrived, killed the barbarian cavalry surrounding the hill, and took Lorist back to the camp.

Lorlist, who had freshened up a little, changed his clothes and returned to the big tent, and said to the soldiers full of tents with a gloomy face: "Tomorrow, the troops will send out to the mountains of Bobiriqi, and everyone will think of a way to capture the enemy's camp. “

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