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"The number of this team is also the commander. After a long time, Bunares raised his gaze.

"Not an official Knights, General. Behind the general, a young and capable adjutant stepped forward: "It is the local private soldier of the Lancaster family, who has just been transferred here in the month of this year's debate, with a total number of more than 4,700 people, and the regimental commander is Tular Kazlo Lancaster, the third count of Tuminis." Sixty-four years old, with no battlefield record, and similar weaknesses. ”

General Bunares, by his habit, attaches great importance to intelligence, knowing that he is not a first-rate commander, but he firmly believes that "victory always belongs to those who are prepared." So as for the military power of Tuminis, he had already begun to investigate it ten years ago. Nowadays, although it cannot be said to be exhaustive, it is also detailed and comprehensive enough.

It's just that the so-called weakness in the intelligence is the same, which means that like those ordinary nobles, lustful, wealthy, cowardly, and incompetent...... And there is no battlefield record, which means that he has not really been on the battlefield...... Such guys are usually caught in the intelligence, most of them are hereditary nobles, relying on the power of the family to own a territory, and their abilities are mediocre or even have no detailed recorded value.

However, the qiē in front of you does not fit this account.

"Is there still a possible commander?" The general's brow twitched.

A collateral nobleman who has never been on the battlefield, and the title is not high, it is not impossible for such a person to make such a strategy, but obviously the probability is too small.

Then it is also possible that the other side has a good staff officer......

This time, however, the adjutant's answer disappointed him a little.

“...... There are too many possibilities. Generals, because the nobility was usually in the habit of promoting assistants among private soldiers. This private army was recently integrated, and its members of the middle and lower leaders were all newly canonized knights. The adjutant's voice was a little helpless. "Although most of them are nobles, there are also selected commoners, and there are also more than twenty Tumenes' usual national mages in this city, these people are trained for the battlefield, so no matter what category it is, there is a chance that some talents will appear. ”

"What about the mages? What do they say?"

"This fortress has a high spell defense. Metal ingots were buried in the walls, and ordinary prophecy probing spells were repelled, and some of the mages said that they didn't find any valuable information about people. The mage apprentice buried himself in his crystal ball, and only raised his head after half a ring, but it didn't bring any good news: "At present, I can only barely monitor the movements around me, for sure." Due to our high advance, the response from the Tumenes side was slow, and it would take at least three days for their reinforcements to arrive. The number is not very large. ”

"What about the lion?"

"The number of lions in the city is only twenty, but I can't tell if they will send reinforcements, for sure. Traditional teleportation methods were not feasible, and they might have flown from close range, but the mages believed that they would not take that risk, not to mention that the friendly forces on the other two routes would take most of their attention. ”

"Is that so?" The gaze of the old general. Once again, it landed on the fortress in the distance.

Although it is indeed a three-way rush, this fortress in front of you. But it is the most suitable relay point, the shortest and smoothest route, the cavalry tactics that the empire is good at, can be used to the maximum extent, and he doesn't know much about the idea of the other two roads, but in his judgment, this is a target that must be taken.

"General, general......"

A voice beside her brought the old man back to her senses a little, she lowered her head, and noticed the unlucky guy who was called for questioning-this young man in his twenties seemed to be quite clever, although he had finished his questioning, he had stayed by the side and did not leave, and at this time he finally found an opportunity, and said loudly: "The subordinates heard a news by chance, they seem to have changed to a new city lord, because of the attack of the Thunder Red Dragon...... The original city lord seems to have died yesterday, and it seems that all the decisions were made by this new city lord. ”

"It's fun. The words were interesting, but the general's expression was condensed: "Who is this new city lord?"

"It's a magician, I heard that he was sent directly from their spell academy. ”

"How capable is a mage?"

"I don't know. The soldier tried to remember, but finally only shook his head regretfully: "But, I heard, a very young fellow. Oh, by the way, there are still people on the enemy side who call him a little brat. Probably, not over twenty years old...... Right?"

The old man's furrowed brow loosened slightly.

If he was a young man, or if it didn't have much to do with it, at least he had heard a teaching, 'There are no shortcuts to the path of magic, and the so-called geniuses and mortals are just climbers, no matter how high or low, they can only crawl on this ladder.' What makes them different is how much sweat they can leave behind when they climb in exchange for that insignificant knowledge. ’

It's just that this sentence is a famous quote from the famous phonographer Edinson, Bunares doesn't think that he has many qualifications to be able to talk to a mage about power, but if he is a young man, then it is difficult for him to have enough experience in the world, lack of time to temper, just rely on knowledge to judge the battlefield, and in the end it is easy to be carried away by rigid knowledge.

Just play with him.

"However, this time the loss is not small, the eighteen knights seconded by the Thunder Red Dragon have not even returned to this day, if this news is true, then I am afraid they have ......" Seeing the general turn his horse's head, the young adjutant hesitated for a moment and asked: "Do you want to contact Tiberius, Marquis Gracchus, or Marquis Fawkes, and ask them to change the direction of the attack and give us the necessary assistance?"

"No, our goal is not to occupy quickly, so. Siege in the usual way will do, though. From now on, send three times as many scouts. All their movements were closely monitored, with the participation of the magicians, and all passages were sealed closely, and the ninth, tenth, and thirteenth regiments were ordered to approach here. Let their mage regiment be here as soon as possible. ”

The general ordered.

The enemy may be cunning. But the superiority in numbers and form cannot be compensated for by cunning...... Tactics can only be used when the strength is similar, and with such a small town, even the best mages cannot withstand the attack of ten times the strength of the army.

Isn't that a bit of a fuss?" But in this way, our advance will be greatly slowed down. Your Excellency, General. The pro-guard staff officer raised his eyebrows, although he was already familiar with the veteran's caution. However, in the face of 5,000 enemy troops in a city, it is necessary to use four divisions and regiments, or nearly one corps, which is inevitably too cautious.

"Without this relay point, how can the troops advancing forward ensure logistics? There is nothing wrong with prudence. What's more, you shouldn't expect us to capture Tumenis in one fell swoop, right? But I don't find it fun to be a decoy against those monsters. ”

The general turned his horse's head and turned back to his camp: "But, no matter what. You might as well try it out first and see how much skill this little guy has......"

When the general was far away, a knight behind him raised his horn. Whine.

......

When the trumpet sounded, Edward was standing at the head of the city.

Of course, he had no interest in admiring his masterpiece, even if the scale of 3,000 people running naked was far greater than any similar activity in his memory. However, if you can't manage to deal with the enemy in front of you, the next time you flee all over the mountains and wilderness, it may be these people in the city.

“...... Acting Lord of the Castle, this castle in the form of a martyr cannot be attacked by digging tunnels. When the moat was built, it was dug very deep, and the whole fortress was a whole block of gravel, and if the gophers tried to dig through the moat, the passage would be filled with water. Unless they have the ability to dig a hole in the water, it won't work. In addition, iron blocks are usually buried in the foundation of the city wall to interfere with the magic effect, and it is difficult to destroy the bottom of the city wall with earth magic......"

The young lieutenant named Heydon followed behind the new, younger boss, dutifully explaining the city's strengths and weaknesses, while Edward listened absentmindedly and was thinking about something else.

Judging from the strength of this fortress, the number of soldiers who can be spread out on the four walls will not exceed 300, and about 5,000 soldiers are in the best condition when they are full, and food and water sources do not seem to be a problem, even if they are besieged by several times the enemy, they can support it for a long time.

Although the enemy has the advantage of strength, it is very difficult to capture any fortress if it lacks siege equipment--during the march, it is impossible to bring large siege weapons such as ramming carts, stone tools, and trebuchets, and it takes a considerable amount of time to make siege equipment directly on the spot, even if it is to obtain wood on the spot. Like the advance party led by the hapless Earl before, it is extremely dangerous to attack rashly with magic, because it will expose all the mages to the enemy's vision, and unless it is certain that the opponent has no means to attack, that kind of surprise attack is simply a joke on the precious life of the mage.

But Edward was not optimistic about the future.

The more consoling part was actually some of the information he had dug up from the head of that Earl Xin - the main attack surface of the empire was not here. This time, this huge kingdom continued their usual style, sending more than 100,000 troops at a time...... Of course, in fact, if you are serious, these soldiers were simply recruited during the last attack, Rudolph's raid made them temporarily return to the territory of the empire, but they did not disband, they have been waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, and this attack has increased several Emperor Yang's legions......

It's a pity that it is not clear which legions are going out with the army, after all, this is all the information that the earl can know, and with a peripheral nobleman like him who follows to reap the merits of the war, it is naturally impossible to have access to a lot of core secrets.

The distant sound of trumpets resounded through the two armies for a while.

With the sound of the horn, the soldiers of a phalanx began to break away from the main formation that the other side was extending, and thousands of infantry in red and blue robes overflowed the dry wasteland like a torrent. Stride forward neatly, all the way to the city. until they were close to two thousand feet away. only to stop.

It's not a siege --

The south gate city wall originally had two stone ballistos and four ballistas, which had long been unable to wield their original performance, and only the ballistae could counterattack the enemy who was out of the range of the longbow. Faced with an opponent who was far superior in quality and ready for battle, it would be reckless to abandon the protection of the city walls and rush out to attack the stone machine position without being organized.

"We don't have enough mages, so we can only estimate that there are more than 20,000 enemies now, but. Judging by the camp they are starting to build now, it is about 50,000 people. The young officer replied.

The bowstrings trembled in no particular order, and everyone heard a 'whoosh' sound as if the air had been evacuated, and the sky darkened. The arrows suddenly rose into the air, and the roar of friction sounded like a swarm of bumblebees suddenly breaking out of their nests! The rain of arrows formed a pitch-black arrow column in the air, and the arrow pillar quickly turned into a heavy hammer after losing its momentum. The hammer seemed to stay in the air for a moment before slamming into the ground.

"Raise your shield!" came a shout from the curtain. The formation of the phalanx instantly became denser, and the broad shields were raised above the heads of the warriors, and the shields were tightly connected, and the phalanx fluttered slowly like a floating iron flying carpet.

The rain of arrows finally knocked on the warrior's shield, at first as a sparse three drops and two dots, and then immediately overwhelmingly followed! The warriors on the front finally lost their patience. Their hands holding up the shields had begun to tremble. The arrows burrowed into the gaps, and the warriors who were hit by the arrows let out a miserable grunt as they advanced.

The ballista was already blazing with a thud, and with a squeak, the hardwood crossbow shattered, and half of the bow arm whizzed past the head of a soldier. The red, white, and white liquid suddenly raised a cruel arc in the air. The minced meat rained up, but it was inexhaustible in the murder weapon. The flicked string swept like a blade, and the other soldier's head was sliced away! The headless corpse flew backwards, a fountain of blood that struck Miss Elf.

The minced meat was contaminated all over the body, and the pungent bloody gas rushed into the nostrils, and the young lady suddenly couldn't help but fall to her knees and vomit in a big gulp!

Oops, what a mistake.

This is the real battlefield, life and death are clear at every turn, and petty fights between a few or even dozens of people are different......

The fireball technique, strong and simple, extremely ferocious, can be called one of the most cost-effective spells. Once exploding, most of the living creatures within a radius of forty feet will be roasted at once by the fierce explosion. And the more skilled the lion, the more terrifying the magic will be, and even cause unimaginable deadly damage, such as in front of you, with a high temperature that can melt stones.

"Can't you fight back?"

"It was the Tour de France...... Lord Castle, those Imperial Mages should be specially trained, and we can't match them in terms of range. "However, they can't do this many times, it's just to test our hypocrisy, and our best thing to do is not to fight back." ”

Fireball is favored by Arcane Lions not only because of its large explosion area and high damage, but also because of its range of any attack spell. A high-level lion, if he mastered some special magic skills, could even increase the range of the fireball technique to more than two thousand feet - less than seven hundred meters, which was not a safe range in Edward's memory, but for this world, it was already a safe distance.

But that's the limit of this spell...... The next few fireballs smashed straight into the walls and gates, but the heat was not much damage to the thick walls, and as the lava slowly flowed, there was no damage to the walls except for a few inconspicuous dents.

The effective range of spells in this world is not as far-reaching as described in Edward's memory, those strange novels or movies, thousands of miles away to take people and the like, spell energy is also energy, and it will naturally be naturally consumed, so the usual mages will only choose to fight within a thousand feet, and if it is more than two thousand feet away, it is usually called line-of-sight, because the warning of spell countermeasures or prophecy usually has a certain range, so this kind of attack has enough suddenness to give all defenders a headache, ( To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation, monthly pass,