The forces were strengthened, and two options were placed in front of Gunderson.

The first option was to storm Fort William and open the passage from the front.

With the arrival of reinforcements, some of the components of the heavy trebuchets were brought with them, and now the orc army commanded by Gunderson has twelve heavy trebuchets.

The terrain of Fort William can't accommodate too many heavy trebuchets, and in terms of the number of heavy trebuchets, the orcs are not far from the defenders of Fort William.

With heavy trebuchets to suppress it, coupled with the superiority of troops, if there is no fear of casualties, there is hope to break through Fort William and break through this line from the front.

The second option bypassed Fort William and broke through from the direction of Castle Greyfordson.

Graveson Castle is the gateway to Black River Fort and is located on the northwest bank of the Black River.

The Black River is the most important river in the northern region of the Grant Kingdom, with a length of more than 1,000 kilometers, this river originates in the Duke of Edward, passes through the three northern provinces, passes through the Duke of Jonathan, enters the barren highland forests along the coast, and finally joins the sea.

Greyson Castle is located downstream of Fort Black, sixty kilometers northeast of Fort Black.

Richard's father, William, led the 6th Brigade of soldiers six years ago to defend Greyfordson Castle and successfully knighted him.

This orc invasion is still a multi-way attack.

In Geda Province, it is still the main force of one road, and the two roads are partial divisions.

The main force of one and a half regiments entered from Lahe Province, and broke through the vast area from Flying Eagle Fort to Heihe Fort, and had reached the provincial border, less than eighty kilometers away from Heihe Fort.

This orc army is next to it, and the northern legion is stationed in Heihe Fort, and they dare not leave Heihe Fort too far, so they can only carry out the clearing of the strong wall, so that the main force of the orcs cannot plunder.

According to the speed of the orc march, it will take about two days for this orc army to reach the vicinity of the Black River Fort.

The two partial divisions were the Gunderson Division, with five brigades stationed in the northern part of the Harland Valley, and were holding on to Fort William.

On the other hand, the Maluland Division, with three brigades, had entered the Platos Canyon to fight against Baron Harden and Baron Sharp.

Due to the pressure of the orcs in the east, the Northern Legion transferred a part of its troops from Graveson Castle, and the defenders of Grave Castle only had two main squadrons left, four squadrons of city defense troops, and less than 1,000 troops.

According to common sense, Greyfordson Castle has more defensive forces than Fort William, and it will be more difficult to attack Greyfordson.

In fact, this is not the case, and Fort William is more dangerous than Greyfordson.

Although Graveson Castle has a moat, the terrain is relatively flat.

This terrain is more suitable for exerting the power of heavy trebuchets.

The main city of Fort William was built in the middle of the valley, and the slopes on both sides of the hill also established two mountain towns, east and west.

The walls sealed the entire valley. Trebuchets stand on high ground on the hillsides on both sides, and the defending side has a range advantage, which is significantly more difficult to attack.

The most important factor is that there are still a lot of reinforcements in Haaland's territory, which can be easily supported.

However, Blackriver Fort was besieged by the main army of orcs, and the Northern Legion could not send reinforcements, and Graveson Castle became an outcast.

After analyzing the information from the reconnaissance, Gunderson decided to attack Graveson Castle with four main brigades, and the remaining one brigade was stationed at the northern fork of the Harland Gorge, expanding the camp into a large-scale military station.

Fortification can be fast or slow. If it is a brick-covered rammed earth city, it generally takes two or three years.

Fort William and Fort Sophia took two years to build.

If only rammed earth walls are built, the foundation requirements are not strict, and the speed is much faster, and it can be completed in one or two months.

If you use wood and mud to build the wall, the speed of construction will be faster, and if there are many people, you can build a city with good defense in a few days at the earliest.

The Eagle Mountains are full of huge trees, and there is no shortage of timber resources.

Since the orcs had the intention of holding on, it took a few days to strengthen the camp.

After Gunderson left some grain and grass, he saw that the main force of the orcs had surrounded the Black River Fort, so he immediately led his troops to the east and made a two-day detour to the edge of Graveson Castle.

With Blackriver Fort besieged by orcs, the defenders of Greyson Castle had no choice but to call for help from Fort William to the northwest.

Receiving a letter for help from Graveson's defenders, Richard fell into a long period of thought.

Once again, the situation has changed, new fighters have appeared.

Richard summoned the officers of the squadron to hear everyone's opinions.

Roland was the first to speak: "Now there are still two plans, the first one is decent, take reinforcements to Graveson Castle and fight a war of attrition with the orcs."

The second plan is a bit risky, concentrating the main force to raid the back of the orcs and burn down the orc grain depots. ”

Martin, seeing that Roland was inclined to the second option, immediately raised objections.

"Will there be a trap if you implement the second option? Some time ago, the orcs pretended to withdraw their troops and tempted us to fight in the field. ”

Because the scout was suppressed by the orcs, Richard didn't know if it was a trap set by the orcs?

The orc camp was not far from Fort William, and he decided to carry out a reconnaissance mission himself to determine the information of the orcs before making plans.

As for the messengers sent by Castle Greyfordson, Richard also decided to cheer them up, lying that tomorrow he would leave with the soldiers, and that reinforcements would arrive in three days.

In war, everything is used, and sometimes a little white lie, or outright deception, is needed.

Anyway, there could be no reinforcements at Graveson Castle, and Richard was already a lifesaver for them.

If the Graveson garrison could really hold back the orc army for a day or two, Richard would be able to seize the opportunity to break through the orc station.

If the battle situation develops to that point, the orcs will have a smaller advantage in strength.

"The cavalry squadron is ready to set off, and we will carry out a reconnaissance mission tonight to see if the main force of the orcs is at the three-way station?"

"I'll just go on the reconnaissance mission, you don't have to take risks."

Seeing that Richard was going to lead the team on a reconnaissance mission, Soros shook his head in opposition.

"I still have to go to the front line to take a look, the information is unclear, how can the commander decide?"

After the meeting, Richard asked Loss, a third-order knight, to command the Fort William army, and together with Soros, he led the cavalry to the orc camp to reconnoiter the enemy.

They had just left Fort William and were heading along the valley towards the orc station, when they saw two black dots in the sky in the distance.

These two black dots are none other than the third-order Harpy.

The snake man noticed the anomaly and was about to descend some to take a closer look.

Richard and Soros had already drawn their bows and released their bowstrings.

Both of them were rare archers among the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang, and they had enchanted bows and arrows in their hands, and the eagle man was unaware for a while, and was immediately hit by the arrow. Like a kite with a broken string, it fell from the sky.

The Harpy was still ready to struggle, and Richard Soros fired a second arrow.

"Kill a third-order Harpy and reward 2000 experience points."

Hearing the hint from the attribute panel, Richard put away his bow and arrows, and when he looked up, his uncle Soros had also successfully killed another Harpie.

Without the Harpy reconnaissance, the orcs would be blind.

(End of chapter)