Chapter 411: Soldiers Approaching Fort Bain
"No problem, Viscount Daniel, you can arrange it yourself, I am only responsible for the action, and you can notify me in advance when the time comes."
Dude replied indifferently.
The little bronze knight of Gervais really didn't take it seriously in his eyes, if it wasn't for the direct order of Count Nemio, he would have felt that this was an insult to his status as a knight at the peak of silver.
"Okay, Grand Commander Dude, I expect to move in four days, and I will send someone to secretly monitor their movements in the next two days!"
Viscount Daniel smiled slightly, and he had made a plan to deal with Gervais.
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The next morning, Gervais woke up early and started breakfast.
Because they are now separated from the large army, Gervais and the others sleep at night with armor and swords.
However, it is obvious that these small nobles of the Duchy of Albanne have been frightened by the Duchy of Jean, and no small nobles dare to take the initiative to attack them.
After breakfast, Gervais and his party continued to move forward, and then in the cool breeze of the autumn morning, Gervais and the others walked more than thirty miles in the sound of horse's hooves tapping.
"My lord! Ten miles ahead, there's a town and castle! ”
Just around noon, Gervais's squad of Laurie, who had been sent out by Gervais to make a temporary cameo as a ranger, galloped back from the front and brought back the situation ahead.
"This should be the Baron of Bane as marked on the map!"
Hearing Laurie's report, Gervais took out a simple map from the saddle and looked up the name of the castle.
"Laurie, is there anyone else in that town?"
"Back to my lord, we saw from a distance that there was no one walking on the streets of the town, so we looked closer, and found no people, only a lot of people on the walls of the castle."
Laurie quickly replied to Gervais.
"Hmm!"
"Ike! Tell someone to eat dry food in the wagon, and the procession moves on, and we try to take the Baronial Castle before it gets dark. ”
"Laurie, you continue to lead people to reconnoiter ahead."
Gervais thought for a moment, and immediately began to order.
"Yes! My lord! ”
"Yes, sir!"
Ike and Laurie responded separately, and then quickly executed Gervais's orders.
In this way, Gervais and his party hastily settled the lunch on the horses or wagons, and after an hour, Gervais finally saw the town and castle that Laurie had reported from a distance.
This town is much more prosperous than Marina Town, and the number of houses alone shows that there are at least two or three thousand permanent inhabitants in this town.
And the town's houses aren't as desolate as those of Marina, with stone buildings lining both sides of the main street.
But at the moment, the town was empty, and the streets seemed empty.
At this time, some of the rooms had been opened, and several of Gervais's subordinates were searching inside.
Behind the town's main street, there are also soldiers on horseback.
"My lord, there are no personnel!"
"My lord, there are no personnel in the rear!"
"Very well, let's go straight to the castle!"
Gervais nodded, and looked at the majestic Baron's Castle two miles away.
The townspeople, like Barony Karen, should have been dismissed and hid in the woods.
However, Gervais had his own plans, and his men were too small to take care of these civilians.
Anyway, they won't be able to run far, so they will simply leave it for the Jones family's large army to arrest when the time comes.
All Gervais needed to do now was to take the castles and make a quick detour to the Grand Prince's front of them to carry out his own plans.
By the time Gervais's party reached the castle two arrows away, the defenders on the walls were clearly visible.
The Baronial Fort has the same appearance as the Kalundborg, and the terrain is also backed by the river, with a moat tens of meters wide at the foot of the city walls.
"Babette, do you know the owner of this castle?"
Babette's upper body was tied sturdy, and he was riding alone on a horse, and at this moment he had been pulled by the guards to Gervais's side.
"Yes, this is Baron Bane's castle!"
Babette looked at the castle in the distance, his face a little ugly, but at the same time mixed with a hint of schadenfreude.
"In that case, you and I will go up and shout to persuade them to surrender, it is best to make them surrender obediently, if not, it will only take some effort!"
Gervais is not surprised, the two territories are adjacent to each other, and they also belong to the same earl family, so there must be a relationship, but the hint of schadenfreude in Babette's eyes makes Gervais not very clear.
"Ike, unload the trebuchet on the wagon and put it together, and send someone to start digging and preparing to fill the river!"
Of course, persuasion to surrender is persuasion, and Gervais did not expect the other party to really surrender, so the siege progress still has to continue.
After instructing Ike and the others, Gervais took Babette and walked slowly in the direction of the castle.
But Gervais found that this Babette was quite squirming, and he did not want to step forward.
However, because the reins of his horse were in Gervais's hands, he could only step forward obediently.
"Do you know the name of the man in the castle?"
As he got closer, Gervais saw a young man in full armor in the castle in front of him, who was obviously the highest person in the castle at the moment, so he asked Babette.
"His name is Phoenix, and he is the eldest son of Baron Bane!"
Babette glanced upwards and then answered Gervais's question with his head down.
"Oh!"
Gervais nodded, and shouted at the people in the castle at the top of his voice: "Phoenix, our Jones family from the Duchy of Jean is here to officially warn you, you have been surrounded!" You must open the castle gate and surrender within ten minutes, or you will bear the consequences! ”
Gervais didn't know how the other little nobles persuaded him to surrender in this situation, but fortunately, he had watched a lot of TV series in his previous life, and he immediately relied on the gourd to draw a scoop and play freely.
"Humph! Don't talk nonsense, if you have the ability, you will attack it, and if you want us to surrender, you are dreaming! Bah! ”
"It's crazy! Sure enough, it is worthy of the second generation of nobles! ”
Gervais muttered happily.
Obviously, the people in the castle looked down on Gervais's two hundred or so people, and if the other vassals of the Jones family were still there, they would still be afraid, but now they were not afraid at all.
However, this kind of siege battle has been experienced before, so it is also novel.
It's a pity that no one on top leaked his ass to him, otherwise, like Benny last time, Gervais would definitely make him chrysanthemum crippled and bruised all over the ground!
"Phoenix, please don't make a mistake about yourself, this is your last chance, or you'll end up exactly like Babette!"
Gervais pointed to Babette beside him and continued to persuade.
Babette next to him was pointed out by Gervais in public as an example, his face was even more ugly, and he felt embarrassed.
"Hmph, don't compare me to Babette's shit!"
Phoenix on the castle snorted coldly.
"Don't talk nonsense, if you have the ability, you can attack it! I'll give you a taste of the power of my Baynesburg longbow sword! ”
"Ahh You don't have to laugh at me, you'll find out later! ”
Babette finally couldn't bear it anymore, and was scolded by Phoenix like this, and immediately blushed, and raised his head to the castle and scolded back.
Gervais can see that Babette just hesitated and didn't want to step forward, it turned out that there was a conflict between the two in the city, so Babette knew that if he was captured like this, he would definitely be laughed at by his opponent.
"Babette, you're not a waste, so why did you lose your father's Kalundbau?"
Phoenix's words left Barbett speechless in an instant.
"Haha! Don't worry, he'll come down to accompany you later! ”
Gervais laughed, the two still had time to scold each other at this time, it was really a strange pair, so he comforted Babette.
When Babette heard Gervais's comfort, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he looked like he wanted to cry without tears.
"Phoenix, since you don't heed the warning, then prepare to accept the righteous judgment of my Jones family army!"
With that, Gervais pulled Babette back to his team.
At this moment, Ike and the others had already moved the trebuchet off the carriage and began to assemble it quickly.
After about half an hour, Ike and the others finally assembled all the trebuchets and the stone bullets were loaded.
"Your Excellency, it's ready! Ready to launch! ”
"Well, let's launch! The old rule, the castle is not broken, the trebuchet does not stop! ”
"Laurie, you're in charge of covering those fifty pikemen to fill the river!"
Under a simple tent with only a roof, Gervais sat leisurely in a soft chair as he had done last time, a glass of wine in his hand, and gave orders to Ike and Laurie with a nonchalant expression.
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"