Lord Harland.

The force was increased, and two options were presented to Gunderson.

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

With the arrival of reinforcements, they brought some components of the heavy trebuchet. Now the orc army commanded by Gunderson has twelve heavy trebuchets.

The terrain of Fort William also couldn't accommodate too many heavy trebuchets. Judging from the number of heavy trebuchets, the orcs were not far from the defenders of Fort William.

With the suppression of heavy trebuchets and the superior force, if you are not afraid of casualties, there is hope to break through Fort William and break through this line of defense from the front.

The second option is to bypass Fort William and break through from the direction of Graveson Castle.

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

The Black River is the most important river in the northern part of the Grant Kingdom, with a length of more than a thousand kilometers. This river originates from the Dukedom of Edward, passes through the three northern provinces, passes through the Dukedom of Jonathan, enters the barren highland forest along the coast, and finally converges Entered the sea.

Gravessen Castle is located downstream of Black River Castle, kilometers northeast of Black River Castle.

Richard's father, William, led the Sixth Battalion of soldiers to defend Graveson Castle six years ago, and was knighted for his military exploits.

This time the orcs invaded, it was still a multi-way attack.

In Gerda Province, it is still the main force of one line, and the two lines are partial.

The main force, one and a half legions, entered from the Lach Province and broke into the vast area from Flying Eagle Fort to Heihe Fort. It has reached the provincial border and is less than 80 kilometers away from Heihe Fort.

With this orc army next to it, the Northern Legion was stationed at Black River Fort. They did not dare to leave Black River Fort too far, so they could only implement strong walls and clear the field so that the main force of orcs could not plunder.

According to the marching speed of the orcs, the orc army would arrive near Black River Fort in about two days.

The two divisions and the one is Gunderson's department, with five brigades of troops, stationed in the northern part of the Harland Valley, and is in a stalemate with Fort William.

The other route is Marurand's troops, with three brigades, which have entered the Pratos Canyon and are fighting Baron Harden and Baron Sharp.

Due to the heavy pressure from the Orcs in the east, the Northern Army transferred some troops from Graveson Castle. The defenders of Graveson Castle were left with only two main squadrons and four city defense squadrons, with a strength of less than 1,000 troops.

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

In fact, this is not the case. The terrain of Fort William is more difficult than that of Graveson.

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

This kind of 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 two mountain cities, east and west, were built on the hillsides on both sides.

The city wall sealed off the entire valley. The trebuchets stand on the hillside highlands on both sides. The defending side's trebuchets have a range advantage and are obviously more difficult to attack.

The most core factor is that there are many reinforcements in Harland's territory, which can be easily supported.

But Black River Fort was besieged by the main force of the orcs, and the Northern Legion could not send any reinforcements, so Graveson Castle became a deserted army.

After Gunderson analyzed the intelligence from the investigation, he decided to take the main four brigades to attack Gravessen Castle, and the remaining brigade was stationed at the northern fork in the Harland Canyon, expanding the camp into a large-scale military depot.

Building a city can actually be fast or slow. If it were to build a city made of bricks and rammed earth, it would generally take two to three years.

It took two years to build Fort William and Fort Sophia.

If only the rammed earth city wall is built, the foundation requirements are not strict, and the speed is much faster, and it can be completed in a month or two.

If the wall is made of wood and mud, the speed of construction will be faster. If there are many people, a city with good defense can be built in a few days at the fastest.

There are huge trees everywhere in the Eagle Mountain Range, and there is no shortage of wood resources.

Since the orcs had plans to hold on, they spent a few days reinforcing the camp.

After Gunderson left some food and fodder, he saw that the main force of orcs had surrounded Black River Castle, and immediately led his troops eastward, detouring for two days to arrive at Graveson Castle.

Because Black River Fort was besieged by orcs, the defenders of Graveson Castle could only seek help from Fort William in the northwest.

After receiving a request for help from Graveson's defenders, Li Cha fell into long-term thinking.

The situation has changed again, and new fighters have emerged.

Li Cha summoned the officers of each squadron and wanted to hear everyone's opinions first.

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

The second plan is a bit risky, concentrate the main force to raid the rear of the orcs, and burn down the orcs' food storage points. "

Seeing that Roland was leaning toward the second plan, Martin immediately raised objections.

"Will we encounter a trap if we implement the second plan? Some time ago, the orcs pretended to withdraw their troops and tempted us to fight in the field."

Because the scouts were suppressed by the orcs, Richard didn't know whether it was a trap set by the orcs?

The orc camp was not far from Fort William, and he decided to personally conduct a reconnaissance mission to determine the orc intelligence before making plans.

As for the messengers sent by Graveson Castle, Richard also decided to cheer them up, falsely claiming that he would set off with soldiers tomorrow and that reinforcements would arrive in three days.

Everything is used in war, and sometimes a little white lie, or just deception is needed.

Anyway, it is impossible for Graveson Castle to have reinforcements, and Richard is already their life-saving straw.

If the Graveson defenders can really contain the orc army for a day or two, Richard can seize the opportunity to break through the orc military station.

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

"The cavalry squadron is ready to go. We will carry out a reconnaissance mission tonight to see if the main force of the orcs is at the Sanchakou depot?"

"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 an investigation mission, Soros shook his head and objected.

"I still want to go to the front line to take a look. The information is not clear, how does the commander make a decision?"

The style of the army is vigorous and resolute. After the meeting, Richard asked the third-order knight Lost to command the Fort William army. Together with Soros, he led the cavalry to the orc camp to investigate the enemy's situation.

They had just left Fort William and were heading towards the Orc Station along the river valley when they saw two black spots in the sky in the distance.

These two black spots are the third-order harpies.

The snake-shaped man discovered something unusual and was about to come down to take a closer look.

Richard and Soros had already unhooked their bows and loosened their bowstrings.

Both of them were rare archers among the northern border soldiers, and they had enchanted bows and arrows in their hands. The harpies were not aware of it for a while, and immediately hit the arrows.Like a broken kite, it fell from the sky.

The harpy was still preparing to struggle, and Richard Thoros shot a second arrow.

"Killing the third-tier harpies will reward you with 2000 experience points."

Hearing the prompt from the attribute panel, Richard put away his bow and arrow, and looked up to see that his uncle Thoros had also successfully killed another harpy.

Without the harpies to scout, the orcs seemed blind.