Having repelled the first onslaught of the orcs, the defenders of Fort Vic breathed a sigh of relief.

Sophia's messenger for help succeeded in reaching the three baronies.

The Platos fortress group has been retreated, and Harden Castle has been reduced to the front line.

The Stopa territory still has a grudge with the Barony of Harden, and even if Harden Castle still has the strength to spare, he is not willing to risk the rescue.

The strength of the Dirham Baron's territory is relatively average, and two squadrons of private soldiers have been trained, which is slightly stronger than the Stopa territory.

After the orcs crossed the Eagle Mountains, Baron Dirham became a frightened bird and was reluctant to send troops to the rescue.

After the messenger returned from the Harden and Dirham, Sophia's face became very ugly.

Although the attack of the orcs was repulsed, the situation of the enemy being strong and we being weak has not changed.

If the orcs change their tactics and use the wolf-headed people to climb the cliffs on both sides to sneak attack, the minotaurs attack from the front to contain it, and then cooperate with the harpy to attack in the air, Vic Castle may not really be able to hold it.

Only one squadron of soldiers in the castle defenders had been trained, and the remaining two new squadrons were rabble.

The newly formed team does not have a complete backbone, so it can only fight a good fight.

In the event of a large casualty, panic spreads.

The new squadron caused chaos in the city, and it would also cause panic in the main squadron.

Under the chain reaction, the orcs can take advantage of the chaos to take the city.

Without the protection of the fortifications, the Orcs were able to defeat the defenders of Fort Vic with one main squadron.

After receiving a letter from Vicburg asking for help, Richard did not hesitate for long and decided to send reinforcements to help the Stopa family defend the city.

First, the Stopa family has a good relationship with the Haaland family.

The second two territories are very close to each other, and they can be called cold.

Once Vicburg fell, the territory of Stopa fell. The brick kiln factories and reclamation camps in the rear will be reduced to the front line.

At that time, the walls must be cleared, which will seriously affect the life and production of Haaland's territory.

The most crucial point is that Fort William is now fully armed.

There are four main squadrons stationed at Fort William, three squadrons of the city defense army, and the new squadron also has the backbone of mercenaries brought by Soros, and the combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the city defense army.

The two auxiliary squadrons mainly operate trebuchets and play a crucial role in defensive operations.

More than 1,600 soldiers were stationed in the castle.

Due to geographical conditions, it is difficult to deploy orc attack formations.

With four main squadrons, two auxiliary squadrons, and two city defense corps reserves, it was enough to hold Fort William.

Richard held a pre-war meeting to analyze the situation in the neighborhood.

In the end, it was decided to transfer the 7th Squadron of the 8th Brigade of the Wild Lion Legion and the 2nd Squadron of the Harland Territory to form a rescue detachment.

He personally commanded the rescue detachment, left Fort William overnight, and launched a surprise attack at dawn tomorrow to rescue the territory of Stoppa.

The defenders of Fort William were given command of Soros and Diarra.

After the reinforcements entered Fort William, Richard had been explicitly appointed commander of the defenders of Fort William.

Battles were frequent in northern Xinjiang, and the main army often needed to cooperate with the nobles' private soldiers.

It is also common for aristocratic officers to command the main legionnaires, such as in the last orc invasion war, Baron Harden was the supreme commander of the Platos Line.

The troops commanded by Baron Harden not only included the Knights of Barons, but also the Eighth Brigade of the Wild Lion Legion, Baron Stoppa's private army, and six squadrons of the City Defense Army, which looked quite chaotic.

The two squadrons of the Wild Lion Legion knew Richard's abilities very well and were willing to cooperate with Richard's command.

The main army had no opinion, and the city defense army, of course, did not dare to look for trouble.

It was now a wartime situation, and Richard could execute a squadron officer if he wanted to enforce battlefield discipline.

As long as he can win the war, no one will be held accountable for this kind of thing after the war.

Because everyone understands that command on the battlefield should be centralized, and only one voice can speak.

When necessary, each commander punished the first bird and warned the other officers.

Richard marched with two squadrons of soldiers all night until midnight, and vaguely noticed a camp ahead.

The moonlight is brighter today, especially in the second half of the night, when the moon hangs high in the night sky and the line of sight is relatively good.

Richard immediately gave the order to be on guard, and the sentry in the camp in front noticed the anomaly and immediately lit the torches, and there was some chaos in the camp.

The commander of the 7th squadron was Richard's old comrade-in-arms Dida.

Together, they killed Wald, a member of the orc brigade.

After this battle, Dida made a meritorious achievement, exchanged the breathing method, and successfully advanced to become a professional.

Today, three years later, Dida has grown into a second-order warrior, a squadron leader of the 7th Squadron, an officer with the rank of captain.

His talent is very good, although he has been delayed at the bottom for many years because of his low background, once he encounters an opportunity, he can seize it.

His position in the Legion of the Lions was a little ahead of Ron's.

Although Ron has also advanced to the second rank of professional, he is only the leader of the tenth squadron, commanding a new squadron, and only has the rank of lieutenant.

Dida's eyesight is outstanding, which is a key factor in his ability to become an archer.

Through the dim light, Dida said with great certainty: "It's a sheep's head camp, the scale is not very large, and at most two squadrons of sheep's heads are stationed. ”

"It's ten kilometers away from Vicburg, and if there is a fight here, the dawn attack will lose its suddenness."

drew a suggested map on the ground with a wooden stick, and said decisively: "Our whereabouts are exposed, and the raid on the main force of the orcs has failed, so it is better to beat the sheep-headed camp and cut off one of the orcs' fingers." ”

Richard analyzed the situation and said very resolutely: "The soldier is fast, so do it." ”

The two squadrons each split into three squads to harass the sheep-headed camp from both sides of the camp.

Dida and respectively commanded the partial division, and Richard led the main force and approached the sheep's head camp from the front.

The sheep-headed people are the weak brigade of orcs, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the kobolds, and the sheep-headed professionals who can use spells are also very average.

Richard led a dozen marksmen and quickly fired sharp arrows, killing the sentry accurately.

The sheep-headed man had no long-range projection ability, so he could only hide behind the fence and in the tent, trembling and waiting for the verdict of fate.

He took the lead, leading dozens of heavily armored soldiers, armed with heavy swords, and fiercely split the wooden fence of the camp.

Killed more than twenty snakes, pulled out a large number of snakes and scales, Fort William made dozens of low-level enchanted armors, and the armor of the two main squadron junior officers was replaced.

A piece of snake man enchanted scale armor is worth more than a hundred gold coins, and dozens of pieces of armor are worth several thousand gold coins.

The junior officers were equipped with enchanted armor, and the backbone soldiers were equipped with the iron armor that had been replaced by the junior officers.

The equipment of the two main squadrons in Haaland's territory is better than that of the main squadron of the Wild Lion Legion.

Richard led his soldiers into the sheep's head camp, chopping melons and vegetables, and opened the situation smoothly.