Rise In Calradia

"The whole army is ready to cut off their communications, kill all the messengers, install the siege equipment immediately, and start the offensive tomorrow morning!"

Byron's order quickly spread to the army, and Yatiman immediately commanded the engineers to assemble the siege equipment and cut down suitable trees to make those large pieces that were inconvenient to transport. The exhausted soldiers and horses finally had some time to rest. They rushed to set up camps and requisitioned the houses and barns of the villages under the fortress as their residences. The blacksmiths who accompanied the army were also very busy. Some of them had to polish their weapons and maintain their armors. . The quartermaster carefully checked the amount of rations they brought and estimated their daily consumption so that they knew whether they needed to "borrow food" from the locals.

For this battle, Byron concentrated all the available troops, and started an intelligence war with Earl Leyland’s spies and scouts two weeks ago. It took a lot of effort to successfully deceive those experienced scouts, secretly He transferred his main force, and left a militia reinforcements sent to Veluga, as well as patrol troops that were enough to support the opponent to misjudge the military strength, and planned an extremely cumbersome route to avoid the opponent's eyeliner. After spending so much time and energy, Byron finally succeeded in leading 1,270 infantry and 355 cavalry to the destination, the Rhodok fortress in the east.

Of course, Byron’s actual number of cavalry is more than this, but considering that the role of cavalry in a siege in the mountains at this time cannot be fully realized, Byron left one-third of the cavalry. De Herim, Manid continues to maintain the operation of the caravan, ensuring that his capital chain will not be broken.

The soldiers in the Amila Fort were too lack of precautionary awareness before. In addition, it was a trade gate with a lot of business travels, which allowed Byron to take advantage of a lot of loopholes. Their spies had already determined the size of the defenders in the current fortress and the defense of the city. The level, food storage and general deployment have all been found out. Byron’s military strength is three times that of the opponent, and the defenders in the city are only a secondary unit of Count Tazias. According to Byron’s understanding, they are a mix of skilled spearmen, skilled crossbowmen, and crossbowmen. Quite limited. No matter how you look at it, the advantage lies with Byron.

After so long of training, Byron already has a strong force of infantry and crossbowmen who lack actual combat experience. This time, they can practice their hands. As for the losses in the process of training... the war is always deadly, and for Byron, if the loss of a thousand people can exchange him for a fort, it is worth it.

Byron sometimes wondered if his behavior is no different from those nobles who rush to life, but so what? The world is inherently unfair. Even though he has done so much and possesses the ability to hang out, he is still weak compared to those noble families with deep roots, and still suffers from their discrimination. If you want to change something, you have to fight for it. He is so, so are the people under his men. Big John is a good example, although every time he thinks of his name, Byron's heartaches. Besides, he feels that he has done a good job. The survivors enjoy the spoils that are not available in other noble armies. The deceased can still get enough comfort for his family, which is already a stream of nobles. .

Byron comforted himself in this way and asked him to pay more attention to the overall situation in the subsequent cruel siege instead of the loss of pawns.

The construction of the camp was completed in a short time, and the parts of the siege equipment were removed from the carriage and assembled. They would cut down as much wood as possible for processing before dark, and ensure these when the battle begins tomorrow morning. The facility can be completed.

Many soldiers lay down and began to rest, recharging their energy to eliminate the fatigue caused by the journey. Only the engineers and scouts were still active. Needless to say, the importance of the work of the former is not to mention, while the latter is quietly lurking into this pass. Among the nearby hills and mountains, intercept and kill the messengers who are sending messages out of the city, and cut off the connection between them and their lord.

For the siege army, the day is so short, the night has passed without doing anything well. For the defensive army, the day is such a long time. They strictly guard the front line and wait for the enemy's attack, but they don't know when the opponent will be ready for the attack. The fortress is not small in scale, and their family members live in it. And many people still have businessmen who have not left. They prayed for reinforcements and victory. They did not know how long they waited to see the daylight appearing.

The dew in the morning had not evaporated, and the horn outside the city had already sounded. Under the gradually bright sunlight, the soldiers guarding the city were horrified to see the enemy force under the city wall, which was far larger than theirs, and the construction of three sets was completed. The trebuchet, and two large-scale siege machines that are still under construction. They doubted whether the wooden fortress they were in could withstand the opponent's offensive, but at this point, they could only bite the bullet and face the enemy.

"How wide is their trench?"

Under the city wall, Byron was inquiring about the fortress in detail.

"About fifteen feet wide and six feet deep, with wooden spikes buried underneath, my lord." The spies who had been in the fortress reported to Byron. "The river is next to the village below the fortress. There is no water in this trench, but there is only a suspension bridge at the main entrance to enter and exit."

"It's a bit troublesome, but it can't stop our army." Eleon was obviously dismissive of the enemy's defense. In his opinion, the defense of the strong fortresses of Vicia was many times better than here. "Our long bridge has been assembled. It is longer than their trench. We can cross their trench directly from the long bridge~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and..."

"Then they can shoot our advancing soldiers from three sides of the city walls and towers." Fattis interrupted: "My lord, the pressure to attack us from one direction is too great, we have to contain them in other directions, otherwise The loss may be beyond our imagination."

"Well, I have sent two teams of crossbowmen to attack the fortress on the hillsides on the left and right, but the terrain in those places is too steep, the siege equipment cannot be installed, and if there are too many people on it, it will not hold water. How much can it be contained? I don’t know the Rhodoc."

"It's better to have it than nothing." Fattis sighed, and Eleon was also a little unhappy. Obviously Fattis robbed him and refuted him and made him very upset.

"Bandak, you bring the crossbow forward, let the engineers prepare, we will attack now."

After Byron finished speaking, he took Fatis and Eleon back to a safe place, and an infantry formation of more than five hundred men and two hundred crossbowmen also began to advance, preparing to launch the first round of offensive.

"go ahead!"

Under the orders of the sergeants, the infantry team raised their shields to form a solid shield wall, and raised the wide and long scary long bridge ladder (that is, the modified ladder) and steadily walked towards the Amira Fort amid the sound of horns. Of the city walls.