With the capture of Bulsen Castle, the situation of the allied forces of the three provinces has changed greatly.

First of all, the problem of food shortage has been effectively alleviated, and of the more than 2,000 tons of grain captured, 300 tons were left for the captives to eat on the road, and the remaining grain was enough for the allied forces of the three provinces to eat for 40 days. In addition, the death of Baron Solawan in battle dealt a serious blow to the fighting courage of the nobles of the central border of Steanik.

Secondly, the strategic situation of the coalition forces of the three provinces has also improved greatly, and after entering Stanik, the coalition forces of the three provinces finally have a solid stronghold.

This war of intervention is a civil war between the Kingdom of Grant and the Grand Duchy of Starnik, and neither the Church of Dawn nor the Church of Monarchy will participate in the war.

When the clergy do not participate in the war, there is a great shortage of medical personnel to help them on the battlefield.

Fortunately, when the tri-province alliance was formed, Richard brought some medical personnel from the Haaland territory, and the territory mage group could provide healing power, so that this problem was not obvious in the three-province alliance.

Richard turned his head and asked the staff officer beside him, "What about our casualties, have they been counted?" ”

"Last night, we lost 86 officers and men, and about 200 were seriously wounded."

Hearing the casualty figures, Richard said: "Three hundred casualties during the night and four hundred during the day, and we have reduced the number of seven hundred soldiers to the storming of Bulsen Castle. Although the castle was conquered and the advance base was taken, the current situation of food shortage was alleviated.

In the next battle, we must divide our troops, and Bulsen Castle must be defended, leaving 2,000 soldiers to garrison. Our attacking strength is only 13,000, and compared with the coalition of nobles in central Starnik, there is still no numerical advantage to speak of. We attacked them and defended them, and we were still in a bad situation.

Therefore, we must not be proud of the victory in the battle, and today we will rest for a day at Bulsen Castle, and tomorrow we will continue our march westward, and take the initiative to find the main force of the noble coalition in central Stanik, and it is best to fight them in the field. ”

After giving the order, Richard drew a squadron of soldiers and escorted the captives back to Haraland's territory.

Since the start of the intervention war, the coalition forces of the three provinces have captured nearly 30,000 people, and this population can swallow at least half of Haaland's territory.

Early the next morning, Richard had the nobles of Gascoyne send 2,000 soldiers to garrison Bulsen Castle, and then march west with 13,000 soldiers.

The magic hot air balloon rose into the air, and the Warcraft Scout Cavalry also scattered in all directions, walking in front of the main force.

The construction of the Scout in the Harland Territory has far surpassed the nobles of the Stanic Frontier.

The Magic Hot Air Balloon Reconnaissance Team is not only equipped with telescopes, but can also detect enemy situations at high altitudes. Among the hot air balloons, there are also elite archers, who are capable of fighting even if they encounter harpies. In addition, the magic hot air balloon is also equipped with a high-level magic apprentice to control the magic flame.

A magic hot air balloon reconnaissance squadron with eight squads. In general, six teams carry out reconnaissance missions and two teams are on duty.

In addition to the magic hot air balloon, the Lion Cavalry Squad in Haaland's territory already has four Lion Knights who can take to the skies to fight, led by Richard's cousin Audrey.

Compared to the Magic Hot Air Balloon, the Griffin Cavalry is more agile and has a wider range of motion.

The magic hot air balloon also needs to rely on the wind direction to fly, and the lion does not need to be like this, and the flexibility when flying, the lion is also better than the magic hot air balloon. If there are enough Lion Knights, it is possible to eliminate the Magic Balloon Scout.

Flying in the air on a lion, Audrey can see every move of the enemy. Ten kilometres west of Bulsen Castle you will come across a mountain range that runs from north to south.

This mountain range is about 260 kilometers long and is called the Felaman Range.

In the eastern part of the mountains, the Grand Duchy of Starnik rewarded six baronies. These six baronies are the first line of defense for Starnik against the Kingdom of Grant.

If you go around the Felaman Mountains, you need to walk for ten more days.

Ten more days' journey would make the grain route very long, and if the enemy rushed down from this mountain range, it would be easy to cut off the grain route of the allied forces of the three provinces.

Unless Richard set up five or six grain stations on the road, leaving one or two thousand soldiers in each station, he could protect the safety of the grain road.

But in this way, only a few thousand troops are left capable of attacking.

According to aerial reconnaissance, the Felaman Mountains are not particularly high, ranging from a few hundred meters to a thousand meters above sea level.

There are five or six valleys in the mountains, and one of them has the best access conditions, which is considered the official road of the Grand Duchy of Stagnik.

The length of this valley is about twenty kilometers, and the mountains on both sides are not dangerous, two or three kilometers at the widest point of the valley, and several hundred meters at the narrowest point.

This kind of battleground for soldiers, the alliance of the nobles on the border of Starnik, of course, will set up camps and strongholds in the valley.

Because the castle fell too quickly, the defenders of the camp had not yet reacted, and the scouts of the allied forces of the three provinces had already appeared.

In the camp, there were less than 2,000 soldiers. The commander of the defenders was the Viscount of York.

A coalition of nobles would generally be very difficult to command without a commander with a high prestige.

In the central border region of Starnik, there is not a single big nobleman in front, and the three viscounts and sixteen barons go their own way, even in the face of external threats, it is more difficult to unify the command.

First of all, it is particularly difficult to concentrate troops, and the army in the hands of the small nobles is their lifeblood. You can't expect every hereditary nobleman to see the big picture.

In fact, most of the petty aristocrats are selfish and have little idea of the big picture.

Because Bulson Castle only lasted a few days, it did not buy too much time for Viscount Nero, the commander of the alliance forces of the three provinces.

According to Viscount Nero's plan, the nobles of the Starnik border arranged a total of two lines of defense, the first line of defense was with Bulsen Castle as the core, Solawan as the commander, and the number of troops was mainly six barons in the eastern part of the Felaman Mountains, with a number of 3,000.

The Viscount of York, with two thousand soldiers, established a second line of defense in the Valley of Ferraman.

Viscount Nero continued to concentrate his forces, recuperate and act as a backup.

In recent days, the Viscount of York has attended dozens of meetings, and it was with great difficulty that two thousand soldiers were assembled, half of whom were soldiers of the Viscount of York. The camp had been repaired a day earlier and was stationed in the middle of the valley.

For a short time, it was simply not enough for the Viscount of York to strengthen the fortifications.

The Viscount of York had wanted to use Bulsen Castle to drain the enemy's spirit.

In his vision, the Bulsen Castle was in a difficult terrain, and the Baron Solawan who defended the city was strong and experienced. If the enemy wants to capture the castle, he will inevitably have to pay a lot of casualties and delay for a long time.

When the army of the Kingdom of Grant is exhausted, Viscount Nero has gathered his soldiers, and he will be able to join forces with the defenders of Bulsen and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, the alliance of the three provinces relied on a powerful magical power to capture Bursen Castle in a surprise attack at night.

Seeing the Warcraft Scout appear near the camp, Viscount York suddenly felt desperate and pessimistic.

He knew in his heart that the strength of the defenders of the Ferraman Valley was not as strong as that of Bulsen Castle. Since Bulsen Castle couldn't hold it, he couldn't hold out here for long.

After discovering that the enemy had griffin cavalry, the Viscount of York hurriedly sent soldiers to inform the rear and ask for support, and then ordered the soldiers to dig trenches and fortify the camp, hoping to delay for a few days.

After receiving the information from the scouts, Richard immediately ordered the soldiers to speed up the march, not giving the enemy too much time to prepare, and to launch a battle before reinforcements arrived.

Among the allied forces of the three provinces, the soldiers in Haaland's territory were the most elite and marched faster at full speed.

In order to conquer the valley camp before the reinforcements arrived, Richard ordered the soldiers of Haaland's territory to act as the vanguard, with the coalition army of Lahe Province as the central army and the coalition army of Geda Province as the rear of the palace.

All units must travel lightly, and must rush to the battlefield tonight.

Richard and the coalition command will fight with the soldiers of Haaland's territory.

In the afternoon, the soldiers of Haaland's territory walked ten kilometers of flat roads and four kilometers of mountain roads through a forced march in the morning, and appeared near the camp in the Ferramane Valley

This time the intervention army was formed, and the Harland territory transferred the reconnaissance cavalry brigade, the hot air balloon squadron, the territory mage regiment, the third squadron of the Warcraft cavalry, the second infantry brigade, and the sixth infantry brigade, with a total strength of about 4,000.

In the battle to capture the city of Bursen, the army of the Haaland territory only had elite archers, and the regiment of territorial mages participated in the battle, and the losses were minimal.

With the army of Haaland's territory as the vanguard, 4,000 elite soldiers descended from the sky and suddenly rushed to the vicinity of the camp, which immediately made the defenders panic and make a noise.

At such a close distance, the defenders did not even have time to adjust their formation, and the Viscount of York could only barely organize a team and erect shields to defend the battle.

The arrows continued to fall, and they were densely shot into the camp, so that the enemy could not lift his head.

Under the protection of the soldiers, the magicians of Haaland's territory began to adjust their positions and released spells to assist the soldiers in battle.

Sophia and Wendy released several fireballs in succession, like a battlefield fort, and several fireballs fiercely hit the enemy's shield array, exploding in an instant, igniting raging flames.

Although the soldiers hid behind their shields and mobilized their fighting spirit to arrange a layer of defense, they were still powerless to stop it, and a blazing heat wave swept in, covering hundreds of soldiers within the magic range.

In an instant, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and more than a few dozen soldiers were killed and wounded. Viscount York's shield array also showed several gaps, exposing weaknesses.

Finding that there was a magician on the other side, Viscount York's face changed, and he didn't want to give an order immediately.

"Punk, you and I will lead the team separately and kill the enemy's magician."

Although the shield array can defend against ordinary bows and arrows, it can't withstand the bombardment of fireball magic for too long. There are more than two mid-level magicians among the enemy, if they are left alone, there will inevitably be a big gap in the shield array after the bombardment, and without the protection of the shield array, they will definitely be defeated at that time.

Viscount York raised his long sword, and another sixth-order warrior Punk jumped out of the shield array, each with a small group of elite soldiers, and killed Sophia and Wendy.

In just a minute or two, the two engaged the soldiers of Haaland's territory.

York is a Silver Knight of the Seventh Order, and Punk is also a Warrior of the Sixth Order. The destructive power of the two in hand-to-hand combat was extremely powerful, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight soldiers were killed and wounded in Haaland's territory, and a small gap appeared in the military formation.

Seeing this scene, the officers of Haaland's territory took the initiative to take responsibility, and the captain of the sixth brigade, Jennings, and the captain of the second brigade, Lost, respectively took their own soldiers and stopped the arrows of York and Punk.

Although Jennings is young, he is already a fourth-order warrior, and there are several professional officers by his side, although his combat effectiveness is much worse than that of Punk, but he has enough helpers around him, as soon as he strikes the punk squad, the casualties of the punk team are getting bigger and bigger, and in just a few breaths, there are only a few professional officers left around Punk.

Mid-level professionals like Jennings and Punk have the strength and physical strength of monsters, and they wield heavy weapons that ordinary soldiers can't stop at all.

Seeing Jennings barely blocking Punk's blow, Richard and Soros opened their bows at the same time and released the bowstring. At the same time, Sophia also fireballs at Punk.

In an instant, the fireball fell from the top of Punk's head, and Punk raised his arm shield and urged his fighting energy with all his might, and a fighting light bloomed on the arm shield, forming a magic shield to protect himself inside.

The magic fireball exploded, and the punk who was in the center of the explosion was suffering from waves of fire, and he desperately urged his fighting energy to resist the burning of the magic flames, and in just a dozen seconds, the consumption of fighting energy had exceeded half.

When the last wave of fire passed, and Cyberpunk, suffering from the scorching pain of the fire, was about to leap hard to break free from Jennings's entanglement, when he looked up to find two arrows shooting fiercely at him.

The two arrows had a sharp whistling sound, and the speed was extremely fast.

When he was dying, Punk's hair almost stood on end, he didn't have time to think about how many enemies there were in the shadows, and he almost instinctively responded to danger when he was on the battlefield.

The first arrow hit, and Punk couldn't avoid it, he roared, his hands burst out again, and he raised his sword and struck the arrow in a desperate moment.

This feather arrow is made of a mid-level enchanted arrow, which is made of an alloy made of blood steel and oralma, which is not only very hard, but also has a strong fighting power

In the entire Haaland territory, only warriors with an archery level of four or above are equipped with this special arrow.

Although the power of the punk is great, it cannot split this arrow. The arrow and the sword collided violently, and exploded.

The violent impact pushed Punk to the ground, and the vindictive light on the armor flickered in vain a few times, and finally died out completely.

Punk struggled to his feet, but before he could stand still, another feathered arrow came at him, this time Punk was powerless to stop it, and the arrow struck Punk's head fiercely, piercing the sturdy helmet.

Punk fell to the ground and closed his eyes in reluctance.

(End of chapter)