Chapter 427: Hot Spring Valley

A map of animal skins was spread out on the table, and this map depicted the terrain of the hills and mountains of Pedrona. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe border between the Duchy of Forendo and the Duchy of Fakel stretches for hundreds of miles in the Pedrona hills. It is full of dense pine forests and steep hills, as well as numerous streams, valleys and cliffs.

After being blocked by the defensive positions set up by the Duchy of Forrendo, the Second Highness also had the idea of fighting the hills and mountains of Pedrona. As long as they can break through the hills and mountains of Pedrona, they can pose a threat to both Pedro City, the capital of the Duchy of Forendo, and Faremeh, the capital of the Duchy of Fakel. But a regiment of white lions was sent out and shrank back after a little temptation, without him, the mountain road was rugged and long, and it was not suitable for a large army to pass through.

The main difficulty is that the Duchy of Forrendo has placed a mountain legion here, and the soldiers of this legion are mostly composed of mountain people living in this mountain area, they move quickly up and down the mountain, they are familiar with the mountain environment and are good at setting traps, and they are aggressive by nature, and they are brave and not afraid of death. An advance brigade of 1,000 men of the White Lion Regiment was ambushed by more than 400 soldiers of this mountain legion, and engaged in a skirmish, which almost made His Highness and Lorist almost drop their jaws in shock.

In less than half an hour of fierce fighting, the thousand-man team of the White Lion Legion suffered nearly 700 casualties, while the casualties of the more than 400 soldiers of this mountain legion were less than half. Although the number of people was more than doubled, the battle took place in the woods on a hillside, and the soldiers of the White Lion Legion in heavy armor could not do much to these soldiers of the Mountain Legion, who were dressed in tattered leather armor and armed with short weapons, flying through the woods and making strange screams as they fought.

They are so good at taking advantage of the terrain that it is like a wounded centurion who is rescued and reports: "You never know where they will appear, maybe they jump from a tree, or they may come out of the bushes and catch you off guard." They won't fight you face-to-face unless there's no escape. But it's hard to happen......

Several times we chased them and saw that they were cornered, but they would still run up the tree or jump underneath as fast as they could. And we were too slow to catch up with them. When you spot them, either they are behind you or they have completed the attack on the target, and you can only watch the backs of these enemies who have hurt your comrades and quickly leave......"

His Royal Highness had no choice but to cancel the decision to break through from the hills and mountains of Pedrona, and such casualties were more unbearable than no one. The White Lion Legion has a total of five corps plus a logistics baggage battalion, with an establishment of 56,000 people. Each legion is 10,000 men and 10,000 troops. In addition, the attack on the trench defensive position some time ago had almost damaged a corps, and with such casualties, I was afraid that the entire White Lion Legion would not be able to break through the hills and mountains of Pedrona even if I threw the entire White Lion Legion into it. It doesn't matter if the White Lion Army unites in the flat land to attack the five mountain legions, but the mountains really can't help this mountain legion, and this matter can only end here.

After capturing the capital of the Duchy of Volendo, the city of Pedro, His Royal Highness heard that the mountain legion was still entrenched in the hills and mountains of Pedrona, and did not retreat with the Grand Duke of Volendor to the Duchy of Handla. But His Royal Highness didn't have the heart to send troops to the expedition, so let them stay in the mountains, if they dared to go down the mountain, would they really think that their cavalry was vegetarian?

Since His Royal Highness didn't care about this mountain legion, then Lorist didn't bother to find trouble with this mountain legion. Besides, they stayed in the hills and mountains of Pedrona, and let the Flying Tiger Legion, a cavalry legion, go to the mountains to fight, it would be really sick in the brain. But just as Lorist was preparing the well water to avoid the river water, the Flying Tiger Legion, which went to clean the noble territory, was frequently attacked by this mountain legion. The casualties were not large, but the constant buzzing in the ears like a fly was really annoying, and it was not until late December when the wind and snow became heavier and the Flying Tiger Legion had cleared the noble territory of Fabusia Province and moved to Samora Province that the mountain legion stopped its harassing attacks.

Lorist was really angry, I was lucky that I didn't trouble you, but instead of glad that you were not glad to be at the point, you went down the mountain to harass us, which is really too deceitful. If it weren't for the busy relocation of refugees, Lorist would have been eager to go straight up the mountain. So a secret order was issued to let Bodfinger and Malek, who had nothing to do on the border of the southern province, lead three corps to use the returning refugee sleigh to secretly come to Fabusia Province and secretly stationed in the empty refugee camp.

"During this time, under the cover of wind and snow, I asked Reddy and his guards to have reconnoitred the entire Pedrona hills and mountains, and thanks to winter, otherwise it would be easy for this mountain legion to find out their whereabouts. Although the enemy also has some measures to protect against the cold, it is also possible to send small troops to carry out harassing attacks on us during the winter. But they are not very vigilant, and they are not very happy to go down the mountain in winter......"

"We deliberately stopped at the edge of the Pedrona hills every time we pursued them down the hill after a harassing attack, giving them the impression that we didn't want to go into the mountains," Lorist said, pointing to a circle drawn with a red pen on the map. Secretly, Reddy has led people to track their whereabouts, and has already figured out the camp where they live, right here in my circle.

This is the hot spring valley, and it is also the largest valley in the Pedrona hills, and it is said that there are many hot springs in the valley, and the valley is warm like spring, and it is the settlement of the whole Pedrona hills and mountains. According to the information obtained by the secret agents of the Duchy of Volundo, there are nearly 70,000 or 80,000 mountain people who nest in this place every winter, plus the 35,000 mountain legions of the Duchy of Forlando, it is estimated that the total number of our target this time is more than 100,000. This is also the main reason why I transferred the three corps of your Rock Legion over.

This time, the two corps left behind by the Flying Tiger Legion will also act together, and they will dismount and go into the mountains to block all the colleagues on the periphery to prevent the enemy from escaping, while Borg, you will lead three corps and me to launch an attack on the Hot Springs Valley, in order to wipe out the enemy. You have already seen the specific arrangements and steps in your heart, but this time what we need is not to destroy them, but to take more prisoners, these sturdy mountain people are all the best laborers, and there are still a lot of development projects in our family territory that need them to work and build. “

The knights of the clan in the big tent all let out a heartfelt laugh, knowing that their highness had hit the idea of these mountain people again.

Lorist also laughed a few times, and made Genorio spread out a map again: "This is a detailed topographic map of the Hot Springs Valley, according to Reddy's reconnaissance, the eleven mountains around the Hot Springs Valley have been set up by the Mountain Legion to set up guard posts and wolf smoke warning fires. If we want to attack the Hot Spring Valley, we must first eliminate these eleven warning points, otherwise once they warn the people in the valley to be on guard, they will block the three passages of the valley, and if we want to attack the valley, there will be more trouble and casualties. However, these eleven guard points are in charge of me and Reddy and the guard battalion, and you are in charge of attacking the three passages in the Hot Springs Valley, Borg.

In addition to the high cliff slope on the north side, there is a passage to the outside on the south, east, and west sides. The valley is not flat, there are more than a dozen small hills, and the location of the hot springs is basically on these small hills, so most of the mountain people who live in this place have built simple dwellings on these small hills. And the mountain legion of the Duchy of Forendor has a well-established camp in the east of the valley, and the Duchy of Forrendo mainly relies on this mountain legion and the camp in the valley to exercise effective rule over the mountain people of the entire Pedrona Hill and Mountain, so if we want to fight, we must uproot everything here and leave no trouble, understand?"

"Understood, Your Highness. The knights of the family and the high-ranking commanders in the big tent replied in unison.

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"Close the door, it's cold. Old Check shouted dissatisfiedly, perhaps because of his age, Old Check became more and more afraid of the cold, and every time the weather became cold and wet, his joints in his hands and feet would always ache violently. This should be a very serious joint cold disease, according to the apothecary of the Mountain Legion, this disease is mainly caused by old Check's drunkenness and cold when he was young, and the treatment is very simple, as long as you spend ten goldfords, you can buy a bottle of medicine specifically for this disease, and three bottles to ensure the recovery of the body.

"What a profiteer!" Old Check muttered, is Kingford so easy to earn, he has worked hard in the Mountain Legion and sold most of his life, and he is over forty years old, but the money he saved is less than twenty-three Goldford, if it weren't for the fact that he went down the mountain last month and ambushed and killed a cavalry scout of the Norton family, he captured three Goldford on that scout, and was rewarded with one by the Legion Commander Noori, and finally got closer to the goal of thirty Goldford.

It's just that old Check is now faced with a difficult choice, once he has accumulated thirty gold coins, should he buy a potion to cure his joint coldness, or use this money as a dowry to marry Serina's quiet widow? She is also old, more than forty years old, and there are not many days to eat military pay in the mountain army, Serina said to herself last time that with thirty gold fords, she can buy twenty acres of fine mountain fields to build a home, and then hunt and dig herbs in this hilly and mountainous area It will be very beautiful, and she should have a family and have a few children to live a good life......

"Alas, old Check, it's so cold in the mountains, and my hands and feet are almost frozen after just walking around like this. I really miss the hot springs in the valley, what a wonderful treat it is to soak in the hot springs and have a pot of steaming ale in such a weather......" It was Masoclay who entered the house, and he and Old Check were in charge of a guard point on the outermost hill.

"Do you think I don't want to?" Old Cheek gave him a blank look, "But don't think about enjoying it if you want to Gimford, if you hadn't lost so many gambling debts, would you be willing to come here with me for a winter?"

This is true, so Captain Noori gave two Kingford bonuses. Old Check and Masoclay were greedy for a reward before leaving the warm Thermal Valley and coming to the top of the mountain to blow the wind and freeze. As long as you survive this winter, two goldfords will be in hand.

"Is there any movement outside?" said the elder Check.

Masoclay shook his head: "It's not the same, it's white at a glance, and my eyes hurt after looking at it for a long time." I walked around the top of the mountain, and the surrounding mountains were quiet, but there was a mountain muntjac looking for food under our cliff. It's a pity that we can't go down, otherwise we would have had fresh broth to drink in the evening. Every day I drink this salted broth and nibble on black bread, I get tired of it. “

The cliff they are on is the outermost point of the hot spring valley, and it is also the highest and most rugged, especially in winter, when the snow does not want to go up and down, basically the path that can only be walked sideways is blocked. The two of them could only survive the winter in a simple wooden shed built on the top of the cliff, and the transportation of supplies was pulled up by ropes lowered from the cliff.

"It's good to stay up in winter, the snow and the rainy season are the most uncomfortable, and when the snow melts, we will know if there is a leak in this broken shed, and if there is, we must repair it immediately, otherwise we don't want to sleep peacefully when the rainy season comes." Old Chek said with experience.

"Well...... Masoklay suddenly pricked up his ears: "Old Cheek, have you heard any movement?

"Impossible, who can get up to such a high cliff......" Old Cheek heard a knock at the door before he could finish speaking, and then the broken door of the wooden shed was opened, and a figure stood in the doorway, and the cold wind poured from behind the figure into the wooden shed......

"Surrender, give you a chance. The figure with a white scarf and a white cloak said lightly.

Old Chek's teeth were trembling, and he didn't know whether he was afraid or cold: "You, you, how are you, up, up, ...... coming?"

"How did you come up?" the figure seemed to be curious, and asked, "Isn't there a way, and it just came up." “

Old Cheek had already calmed down this time, secretly pulled the clothes of Masoclay beside him, and said in a very low voice: "You block him, I will light the wolf smoke and deal with him with you." “

The wolf smoke at the top of the cliff is placed at the back of the wooden shed, but there is a vent in the wooden shed that leads to the campfire that warns of wolf smoke. Old Check had already figured out that as long as Masolek blocked the enemy at the door for a short while, he could bend down and draw a burning firewood from the brazier on the ground, and then push open the wooden window of the vent behind him, and throw the firewood on the bonfire that warned the wolf, and the bonfire that had been poured with fire oil would immediately burn, and the people in the hot spring valley behind would know that the enemy was coming......

If the action is fast, it can be done in just a few blinks of an eye, and the enemy will definitely be angry and want to kill the two of them because of the failure of the attempt, or they will want to flee in a panic, anyway, as a vigilant, Old Cheek has quickly completed his mission. As for the hands-on, Lao Cheke is not afraid, he has mixed the battlefield for most of his life, and naturally has a strong confidence in his skills, and the opponent is just a little white face, there is nothing to be afraid of......

"Do it!" said Old Cheek, who stooped down and picked up a burning piece of wood from the brazier, and turned to the wooden window behind him. Before he turned around, he saw Masoclay draw his sword and rush towards the figure in the doorway.

"It's become a ......," the old Chek was overjoyed, and was about to push open the wooden window, but suddenly he felt a chill in his heart, and his whole body lost his strength, and he couldn't stand still and fell straight to the wooden wall. Old Chek looked down, only to find a shiny blade protruding from his chest.

"En......" Old Chek turned around with difficulty, only to see that Masolek, who was still standing just now, was lying on the ground, and the white figure was standing behind him, drawing his sword and scolding: "I don't know what to do......"

It was dark in front of him, and his whole body seemed to have been broken, and a breath was leaking out, and old Cheek fell to the ground, and he died.

On February 3, 1782, the Norton family's armed attack on the Pedrona Hills and Mountain Hot Springs Valley was wiped out. More than 10,000 young and strong mountain people persisted in resisting and suffered a bloody massacre, and the remaining more than 50,000 mountain people were forced to lay down their arms and surrender, becoming prisoners of the Norton family......

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