Chapter 9: Surprise Attack
On this day, Marven returned to the forward base. When he received the structural drawings of Baron Fosa's castle from him, Richard was surprised. This young man had little accomplishment in the field of pastorhood, but he was not without merit in his own right. At least, when it comes to communication and negotiation, he is far above average for his age. After thinking about it for a while, Richard decided to ask him to go to Baron Fontaine with a letter of introduction from Sir Cocart, to try to get in touch with the Duke of Wolves and seek further contact.
Richard himself led all his troops to a grove outside the Barony of Fosa.
Barony is a bustling port city with more than 10,000 people living here. Even if it is put in Norland, it can be regarded as a small and large-scale city.
Judging from the information at hand, there are still 500 ordinary soldiers and 500 city guards in the current baronial city.
The strength of five hundred ordinary warriors is not strong, but it is also very threatening in street fighting. As for the city guards, it was just a group of militias, and their combat effectiveness was negligible most of the time.
"Three of the knights were in the baron's castle, one in the camp of the city guard, and five in the barracks outside the city. Gore said lightly. With her excellent stealth ability, she has already circled the Barony's Territory.
Richard thought for a moment and said, "Inform everyone, rest for an hour, we will start our action at ten o'clock in the evening!"
The knights of the infantry passed the order, and the warriors sat down one after another, nibbling on dry rations and checking their equipment in the woods. At Reilly's suggestion, the soldiers infiltrated the barony, and then found the rendezvous point through the dragonflies he sent, and in the end, no one was left behind. The reason why Richard was able to quietly penetrate into the hinterland of the baron and appear outside the city was because he was led by troops who were familiar with the terrain.
Soon, the scheduled time for the offensive came. At ten o'clock in the evening, most of the people in the city were asleep, and the men in the bar were almost drunk. There will be no more than fifty city guards patrolling at night, and the rest should rest in the camp.
With a wave of his hand, Richard's elite sneaked towards the Baron's Territory. Since the baron's troops were wiped out in the mountains, the outside world had no idea what was going on there, which led to the city's defenses being as lax as usual. After all, no one can ask a barony that has been peaceful for more than a decade to be as vigilant as the border area.
In a hidden location, the Minotaur sent Erin, Minnie, and ten knights of foot to the five-meter-high wall. For the three-meter-tall ogres and minotaurs, this is truly a gesture. Gore, Splash, and Gonder jumped up, put their hands on the edge of the wall, and went up to the top of the city. Richard and Reilly blessed themselves with levitation and jumped onto the wall.
At this time, a group of city guards came listlessly. Richard pointed forward, and the splash immediately rushed away with his long knife. The city guards' attention was focused on the streets of the city, and almost no one turned their heads to look at the walls around them.
A girl dressed in white scurried through the night, flashing a distance of dozens of meters like a flying ghost. The moment the city guards saw her, the splash had already passed by them. The long knife slashed, and five heads flew high.
Seeing the splattered blood, Richard's pupils shrank slightly, and the murderous aura on his body became a little stronger, and the splash had already rushed into the tower next to the city gate to kill him. Gonder and the knights of the foot walked down the walls, removed the barricades, and opened the gates.
The ogre drove the horses into the city gates, and the soldiers rushed in.
Upon entering the city gates, Richard saw a magnificent temple at the top, with a torch tower at the top of the temple that was taller than the lighthouse. The burning flames form a special pattern, which is the emblem of the god of courage.
This building was Richard's goal tonight.
Now was the weakest moment for the Barony of Fossa, when the three knights, who were skilled in force, were killed, most of the elite troops were lost, and the remaining five hundred warriors were still outside the city, but Richard's troops had already captured the walls. Once the war began, he left behind three hundred soldiers and five knights to keep those men out. For the sake of his own safety, Baron Fosa would probably not send the three knights in the castle to support the temple.
Therefore, in Richard's prediction, this time he might face a priest, two priests of about rank eight, thirty Templar knights and nearly a hundred servants, plus hundreds of city guards and the knight who led them. In terms of troops, Richard was at a disadvantage, but he did not intend to give up the fighter in front of him.
Looking at the temple in the distance, Richard pulled out the nameless long knife that Gordon had given him, only to feel that there was a cloud of magma tumbling in his chest! This was the first time he had launched a surprise attack on a powerful enemy in the true sense!
"Attention all, our target is that temple, now start attacking!"
Richard took the lead in mobilizing his horse and launched a charge towards the temple a thousand kilometers away. Behind him was a team of nearly a hundred people.
In addition to the fifty horses that Sir Mintai had placed in the small town of Osfa, Richard also received forty fine horses from Sir Goyo's estate. He singled out all the soldiers who could ride horses, and formed a squadron with the knights of infantry and knights. Now, it's time for this cavalry to come into play.
The Minotaur, Trinity, and Tiramisu strode forward with the cavalry, no slower than the galloping horses.
With five hundred meters to go, Richard kicked his horse and increased his speed once again. The sound of hooves became more intense, like thunder before a rainstorm. Out of a tavern on the side of the road came two drunken men, poking their heads out and looking out into the street.
At the sight of the galloping cavalry, one of the drunks immediately opened his mouth wide and muttered, "Oh my God, what is this!?"
The other big man was more sober, and when he saw the terrifying figure of the ogre from a distance, he exclaimed on the spot: "It's the devil from the other plane! Oh my God, how can they be here? Go and ring the alarm! Hurry up and ......."
A bolt flew from the darkness and pierced his throat accurately, muffling out all the sounds below. The other drunk swayed, still not figuring out what was going on. A knight of foot galloped through like a wind, and his battle axe was raised high, and the drunkard's head and neck were separated.
The cavalry rumbled through the tavern, followed by a minotaur and two ogres. The people in the tavern were discouraged from going out, and the door was slammed shut, and even the lights were extinguished.
The gates of the temple were already in sight, and knights in golden armor stood on the long staircase, like two statues. In fact, they are only subordinates, and they can only wear the full-body armor issued to the regular knights when they are standing guard.
Richard hung his long knife on the side of the saddle and rushed straight to the stairs to the temple!
The temple guards had spotted the attacking enemy, one of them raising his two-handed greatsword, and the other shouting loudly.
Another crossbow bolt flew past Richard, and the warning guard was shot in the face and fell to the ground. The infantry knights on either side crossed Richard and rushed up the stairs to the temple gates. With the momentum of his horse, the Foot Knight slashed the temple guard upside down.
It was only then that the alarm bells began to ring, and the majestic and rapid sound of the bell echoed through the city, not only waking up the people who had fallen asleep, but also causing Fossa, who had just fallen into bed, to sit up suddenly!
Since the death of Mintae and Huber, Fosa hadn't slept well, and two dark blue bags under his eyes had long since hung on his fleshy loose face. Hearing the alarm bells, he rushed to the window and looked out.
At night, the lighthouse of the port and the temple next to the square are the most striking buildings. After receiving the oracle, the torch tower on the temple was lit, and the brilliant fire was clearly visible dozens of kilometers away. The baron looked in time to see a troop of horsemen rushing into the temple gates.
"It's ...... The invaders are attacking the temple?!" Fosa could hardly believe his eyes! Didn't the invaders still fight with Goyo in the mountains? Why are they here?
The doors of the temple are ornate and elegant, but the defense is not very good. Under the impact of the minotaur and the ogre, they quickly fell to the dust. Reilly, Richard, Erin, and Minnie Mouse climbed the steps and chanted the incantation almost at the same time. In less than three seconds, six fireballs flew into the temple in a line, provoking a panicked exclamation.
The flying dust blocked people's view, and no one could see the inside of the temple. It's not wrong to throw the fireball out first, though. According to the information received, if the fireballs were not blocked, they would have landed in front of the altar, and the power of the explosion would cover the entire hall. In this semi-enclosed space, the destructive power of the fireball technique should not be underestimated.
"Minotaur, medium-cooked, tiramisu!and you, go over there!" Richard pointed to the right side of the temple, and the few people who were pointed out bypassed the temple through the passage on that side, and rushed to the Templar Knights' station dozens of meters away.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the water splashed silently against the wall and slipped into the temple. Gonder strode into the main entrance with his great axe in hand, shouting, "Tremble, reptiles, my great axe is hungry and thirsty!" A foot knight walked at his side with a shield in hand, ready to help, a habit he had formed in many battles.
The casters then walked into the temple and saw six heavily armed Templar Knights rushing out from behind the pillars on both sides! Richard's pupils shrank slightly: "How can there be so many Templars!"
It stands to reason that it was already the time when most people were asleep, and there would be at most three or four knights on the night watch in the temple. And the appearance of six neatly cloaked knights at the same time is very unusual. However, when Richard saw the scene in front of the altar, he understood what was going on.
The bodies of seven or eight clergymen fell to the ground, the idol of the god of courage was tilted, and the altar was littered with magical flames that had not yet been extinguished.
It seemed that some ceremony was going on in secret in the temple, but it was interrupted by Richard's raid. Moreover, from the time the door was slammed open, to the time when six fireballs flew in, there were only a few seconds in between. Both Richard and Reilly's first fireballs had a delay effect attached, causing four fireballs to explode in the same second. So, the people who performed the rituals in the temple turned into charred corpses.