Chapter 20: Surprise Attack
When the three Richards returned to Baron Harden's castle, Ron handed the kobold's head to Judge Owen.
Although it cannot be traded after the registration of military exploits, there is still room for operation before registration.
Noble officers usually exchanged various resources such as gold coins and land for the heads of orc professionals to accumulate merits.
The approximate price is 100 gold coins for a small work.
Many professionals who want to retire and live a peaceful life often exchange orc heads for money, land, shops, women, and so on.
However, the vast majority of enterprising professionals, in order to break through the realm and become nobles, basically will not give up their merits.
For example, the Haaland family sometimes has to spend a lot of money to buy merits.
Richard told Squadron Leader Diarra about the information he had detected.
Hearing that the orcs blocking the passage were not strong enough, Diarra said with some excitement: "After you left, two squadrons of scouts were stationed in the Baron's Castle last night.
This cavalry was a reconnaissance brigade directly under the legion, and the officer leading the team was Marvin Tuttle, the captain of the legion's reconnaissance brigade.
Captain Marvin is a lieutenant colonel officer, a sixth-order professional, and is now the commander of the castle garrison. ”
Reinforcements arrived in advance, and Richard asked with some strange feelings, "Could it be that the orcs failed to block the road in the direction of Flame Castle, and the messenger we asked for help successfully reached the legion headquarters?" ”
"The orcs have successfully blocked the passage, and Haring and Milito have disappeared. It was the commander of the legion, General Lansen, who sensed the anomaly and sent Captain Marvin to our side to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Along the way, Captain Marven also hunted and killed a third-order harpy. ”
After listening to Diarra's story, Richard suddenly realized.
"Eliminate the kobold squadron and open the canyon pass, our strength is slightly insufficient. With Captain Marven as a scout, this battle is very easy. ”
Diarra nodded and said, "I think so too, we will immediately inform Captain Marven of the enemy situation, and then wait for the commander's decision." ”
The two went to Lieutenant Colonel Marvin's barracks together, and Richard recounted in great detail the enemy situation that had been detected this time.
Marven listened very carefully, asked some details from time to time, and every time he pointed to the point, at first glance, he was an experienced person who paid attention to details.
After hearing the information, Marven thought for a moment and said decisively: "The attack must be fast, if it is delayed for too long, the orc side may come to reinforcements." Once reinforcements arrive, the enemy situation will also change. ”
Lieutenant Colonel Marvin's analysis, Richard very much agreed.
"I think we can act immediately and use cavalry directly to storm the kobold barracks."
"Yes, how many people can be dispatched in your squadron."
Diarra said: "Our squadron has eleven horses, four carriages, and three iron wildebeest monsters, and some pack horses for the city defense army, and half of the squadron can be drawn to participate in the operation. ”
Captain Marven made up his mind very decisively.
"After breakfast, we set off immediately. If you win this battle, I will take credit for you. In particular, the officers who were responsible for reconnoitring the enemy's situation were the first to win the war. ”
Kobold Camp is located at the exit of the Canyon Pass, about seven kilometers from Harden Castle.
The seven-kilometer road is in the middle of the forest and can easily be ambushed by the enemy.
Generally speaking, the speed of passing through these seven kilometers of forest road will be very slow, and when you reach the entrance of the canyon, you will inevitably be discovered by the kobold early, and the suddenness of the attack will be lost.
Lieutenant Colonel Marvin was a decisive man, and he believed in the information from Richard's reconnaissance and did not send a large number of scouts to the forest. Instead, in a skirmisher formation, the team dragged the team for a long time, and in a very dangerous attitude, quickly passed through the forest road, and came to the vicinity of the kobold camp unexpectedly.
Upon discovering the arrival of the enemy army, the kobold camp immediately panicked, and the commander Oteus shouted loudly, erected his antlers, and defended the cavalry charge.
Marven quickly organized the cavalry formation, and took advantage of the panic in the kobold camp to personally lead the team to charge the kobold camp.
Richard rode on the back of an iron wildebeest, and heavy footsteps sounded in his ears.
The three of them rode a Warcraft, and compared to ordinary warhorses, the Warcraft mounts had great strength, wearing heavy armor, and their defensive power was very amazing.
Wearing heavy armor, the speed of the Monster mount was not slow at all, surpassing ordinary light cavalry.
The most important thing is that the Warcraft mount has bloodline spells, and its own combat effectiveness is not bad, which is equivalent to a professional, and its IQ is also relatively intelligent, and it is easy to communicate with humans.
Richard took the lead, gasping for breath in his mouth, and the fierce wind came to his face, cutting his cheeks a little.
Richard's pupils contracted suddenly, his right hand loosened, and the arrow was off the string!
The long arrow had a reddish glow attached to it, and it shot a running kobold with precision.
Otteus didn't care about scolding his men who were running around, and suddenly a red light flashed in his sight, and the arrow shot a kobold squad leader fiercely.
The kobold commander looked up and saw dozens of arrows coming in a flash of arrows, which were so accurate that they killed more than a dozen soldiers in an instant.
A round of feathered arrows will cost you one-tenth of your soldiers.
Sensing that the enemy had once again opened his bow and arrows, Orteus's eyes were almost bursting with flames, he drew his sword, roared wildly, and rushed out of the camp, intending to kill the enemy.
Richard sneered and aimed the arrow at the kobold commander, and as soon as he let go of his fingers, the arrow was as fast as lightning, and stabbed fiercely into the chest of Orteus.
Oteus stretched out his hand and raised a shield, his hand lit up with fighting energy, and the shield glowed white and blocked in front of him.
The arrow slammed into the shield, and the powerful momentum caused Orteus to take a step back.
Before it could react, Richard had already used the continuous arrow technique, constantly firing his bow.
Although it is not easy to ride on a horse, it is not possible to pull the enchanted bow and arrow to the fullest, and exert the strongest power and the longest range of this bow and arrow.
But the strength close to nine points, the fourth-order archery, and the powerful enchanted bow and arrow were enough to make the arrows shot by Richard powerful and lethal.
Four arrows in a row were fired at the same location, and there were already dents on the enchanted shield.
The four feathered arrows struck the shield, and the force immediately made Oteus unsteady and fell backwards involuntarily.
Seeing that this enchanted shield was about to be destroyed, Oteuus didn't have time to get hurt, he got up in a hurry, and before he could make a defensive gesture, Richard had already rushed over on an iron wildebeest.
Richard's riding skills are good, and he has been promoted to the third rank, surpassing the vast majority of scout cavalry, and can communicate with the Iron Wildebeest simply.
He gently slapped the horse's neck, and the horn above the iron wildebeest's head immediately glowed gray, and a white pillar of light slammed into the enemy.