Lord Harland.

Bursen Castle is built on the hillside without a moat. Although trenches were dug and antlers were installed, because the trebuchets of the three provincial coalition forces had a long range and suppressed the long-range attack force at the city head, the antlers were moved and cut off on the first day, and the trenches were filled. Gascoigne's march The coalition of provincial nobles even boarded the city and caused some casualties to the enemy.

According to the normal siege progress, it is not too slow.

The siege lasted from morning to evening. The coalition of Gascoyne nobles organized four battles. The casualties on the first day exceeded 400 people. Under Richard's strict order, it can be said that they tried their best.

In the evening, the spirit of this army was already tense to the extreme, and the casualties exceeded one-tenth. If there were not a large number of supervising teams blocking behind, I am afraid that it might collapse today.

After all, it was a war of aggression, not resisting orcs or protecting their families. The ability of soldiers to withstand casualties was not high. In just one day, morale had dropped to the extreme.

In the evening, Li Cha personally inspected the wounded barracks, dispatched doctors from the territory of Harland to treat the wounded, and distributed liquor and meat to condolences to the Gascoigne Provincial Noble Alliance Army, which helped the morale of the officers and soldiers recover a little.

After the tour, Richard returned to the Chinese army's tent and summoned the senior officers of the coalition forces.

The decoration of Richard's big tent is very simple, similar to that of ordinary soldiers' military tents. It's just that there are more than a dozen people living in the ordinary soldiers' tents, and there is only one person in Richard's tent, which looks slightly more spacious.

Two thick candles were lit in the big tent, illuminating the interior furnishings particularly brightly.On the east side is a simple map of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and on the west side are three rows of chairs, a total of twenty or so, and the layout is a bit messy.

When the time came to about nine o'clock in the evening, the main officers had settled their camp affairs and came to the main tent of the Chinese Army.

Because the place is relatively small, some officers with lower ranks can only stay outside.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Richard got straight to the point and said: "Everyone knows the situation well. Among the three armies, our middle coalition army is the slowest to assemble, and the food in hand is the shortest. In addition, Captain Morgan has collected the most in recent days. Food, our food reserves are only for forty-five days.

Although the grain road is relatively smooth, the food shortage is serious in the area responsible for supplying the Central Route Army. Only 1,200 tons of grain can be transported in forty-five days. Now that the enemy has carried out the order to strengthen the walls and clear the country, we only have one and a half months left.

If there is no progress in a month and a half, we can only turn south, join the South Route Army, and go to the south to beg for food.

When the war situation develops to this point, the coalition of Stanik border nobles can assemble and go north to join the Linus family coalition. By then, the army led by Duke Jonathan is in danger of defeat.

Can our Central Route Army open up the situation? It is very critical to the success or failure of this intervention war.

Everyone has seen the siege battle today, let me tell you what you think! "

"Your Excellency, the coalition forces in Gascoigne Province suffered heavy casualties today and performed very bravely, but they are still very far away from conquering the castle. Due to the terrain restrictions, it is difficult for us to invest too many troops. Such a strong city can only be attacked by surprise. There are two methods with siege.

We don't have much food, so we can't besieged for too long, or we can try a surprise attack. "

Sharp stood up and pointed at the map. During the reorganization of the coalition forces, Richard appointed Sharp as the commander of the coalition forces in Geda Province.

Thirteen years have passed, and Sharp has been promoted from a fifth-level warrior to a seventh-level warrior. He has served as captain of the main army and is a hereditary baron, so he has enough qualifications to hold this position. In order to let Sharp participate in the war in person, Richard specifically talked to him. The four hundred soldiers brought by Baron Sharp were also carefully selected elite soldiers. Many of them followed him for twenty years.

"Judging from today's battle situation, the defenders are not weak, and the officers are also experienced. Commander Sharp, please give us your views in detail. We cannot let the soldiers continue to take risks."

The speaker was Calani, Commander of the Gascoigne Provincial Coalition Forces. He is the younger brother of Baron Burnham and a fifth-rank knight. He brought elite soldiers with him this time. The backbone of the Nam family.

The reason why Baron Burnham sent elite soldiers to fight, in fact, there is no other way.The younger brother Kalani's prestige is too high, which has seriously threatened his status.If the external threat was not too great, the two brothers would have fallen out long ago.

This time, Baron Burnham consulted with Kalani to organize the formation of the Intervention Army, and decided to send elite soldiers from the territory to let him command. If Kalani makes military exploits, everyone will be happy if he is knighted. If Kalani fails to be knighted, he will leave Territory, join the Wild Lion Legion.

Compared with Gerda Province, Gascoigne Province has been in a very bad situation in recent years.

Viscount Anthony, the two nobles in the province, led the rebellion, and Viscount Cisse was also involved. He was punished by King Roger and demoted, and his strength plummeted.

The nobles in the province lost two pillars and soldiers. Facing the orc invasion, it became very difficult to defend.

Several wars did not go well. Many noble territories were captured by the orcs, and the losses were very heavy and miserable.

Among the coalition of nobles from the three provinces, the coalition of nobles from Gascoigne Province only has 3,000 soldiers, and the quality of the soldiers is the lowest. Kalani's men are already the highest quality among the coalition. Although Kalani did not have a title, he was appointed by Richard as the commander of the provincial coalition forces.

"Your Excellency, how many members of the Mage Association of Harland Territory participated in this war. My plan requires the participation of magicians to have a chance of winning."

Faced with Kalani's question, Sharp did not answer directly, but turned his attention to Richard.

The military tents are all middle and senior officers of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces, and it is almost impossible to have internal traitors.

Besides, Sharp's question was not considered confidential, so Richard immediately replied: "There are sixty-seven people from the Harland Territory Mage Association, all in the camp, including my wife Sophia. There are also ten official magicians in the Mage Group. Six people. However, there are twenty-nine magic apprentices who know relatively few spells and can only undertake treatment tasks. Seventeen mage apprentices participated in today's rescue mission, and most of their magic power has been consumed."

"If we launch a surprise attack at dawn tonight, how many mages can be mobilized to join the battle?"

"Twenty mages can be mobilized to participate in the battle. Basically, they are all formal magicians, and a few are also high-level magic apprentices."

After hearing Li Cha's answer, Sharp thought for a moment and said, "Enough is enough. My plan is to deploy two thousand elite soldiers, divide them into three echelons, and launch a surprise attack at dawn tonight. The mage group will follow the first echelon. The echelon carried earth bags and poured the soil under the city wall, and then the magician used spells to create a stone step for the first echelon. As long as we can successfully create the stone step, we have a chance of winning this battle."

After listening to Sharp's plan, Richard thought for a moment and felt that if he elaborated on it, he should have a good chance of winning.

"What's your opinion?"

Kalani said: "You can give it a try. The casualties in the storm are too high, so we can only use a surprise attack."

Seeing that the others had no objection, Richard weighed it for a while and quickly made up his mind to launch a surprise attack at dawn tonight.

Richard mobilized 1,800 elite soldiers from the coalition forces of the three provinces, and then mobilized 200 archers from the Harland territory army, 20 Harland territory magicians, and 120 Warcraft cavalry all participated. Surprise battle.

Before setting off, Richard conducted another brief pre-war mobilization.

"When we set out, Duke Jonathan promised a heavy reward. If the intervention war is successful, the territories of sixteen barons and three viscounts on the border will be granted to meritorious officials.

This area is fertile and 300 kilometers away from Stanik's northern border, so it will not face orc invasion. After the intervention war is won, there will be a first-class fertile territory.

Whether you are the second sons of nobles, or members of the branch, if you can fight bravely and make military exploits, I will report the truth to Duke Jonathan.Gentlemen, whether you can change your destiny and become a respected hereditary noble depends on your battle today? "

After the mobilization was completed, Richard immediately led the team and set off. At 3:30 in the night, the first echelon was already lurking 150 meters away from the city wall.

The defenders of Bursen Castle have been in battle for a long time and have relatively rich experience in defending the city. Preparations were made in advance for the enemy's surprise attack. Not only soldiers were arranged on duty on the city wall, but also open and hidden sentries were arranged. There were even mobile sentries constantly patrolling, and even in the latter part of the night, the enemy did not slack off.

Through the dim light of the fire, Richard secretly counted more than 400 soldiers on duty on the city. The soldiers on duty were very alert and did not fall asleep until almost four o'clock in the morning.

Seeing that the enemy has not revealed any flaws, if you continue to approach the city wall, you will be exposed to a great risk, and you will be easily attacked by the enemy. Richard thought for a while and decided to let the archers of Harland Territory suppress the defenders. Baron Sharp led the first echelon to launch a surprise attack.

With a little firelight, two hundred archers from the Harland Territory drew their bowstrings and fired the first round of feather arrows at the city head.

These two hundred archers are carefully selected, and many of them have reached the third level of archery.

The third-level archery technique is almost full of arrows. Two hundred feathered arrows hit the top of the city, and each arrow was aimed at the vital point, causing serious casualties to the defenders in an instant.

This round of feather arrows directly killed more than twenty soldiers and injured more than thirty soldiers.

If it was during the day, if one wanted to cause such damage to the enemy, at least three hundred soldiers would be required to do so.

It was night after all, and the sentinels on the watchtower could not see far.With the help of the cover of night, the archers can approach the city wall. The torches lit on the city wall expose the defenders to the sight of the archers, as if shooting a target, causing a large number of casualties to the enemy.

"The enemy is attacking, please extinguish the torches and tell everyone to be careful of arrows."

In the dark night, the grassroots officers defending the city reacted quickly, and immediately ordered the soldiers to blow the horn to call for reinforcements, then extinguished the torches, and hid their bodies behind the bunkers.

After the archers fired their arrows, the first echelon of soldiers immediately raised their shields, protecting the magicians in the middle, and quickly rushed to the foot of the city wall.

The grenadier stretched out his body, waved his arms and threw the alchemy bomb. In an instant, hundreds of alchemy bombs exploded on the top of the city. Shrapnel scattered on the top of the city, killing and injuring more than a hundred soldiers.

Continuously attacked by archers and grenadiers, the defenders on the top of the city suffered heavy casualties, lost their organizational system in an instant, and became extremely chaotic.

Richard fought with the first echelon.

When the first echelon arrived at the foot of the city wall, Li Cha immediately used the flying technique to fly over the head of Bolsen city in the dark, then opened the bottle of starlight, and poured the soil that had been packed in the bottle of starlight under the city wall .

With the powerful magic equipment of the Star Bottle, there is no need for the first echelon soldiers to carry earth bags and create mountains of earth.

The bottle of starlight has a large space, with a volume of 450 cubic meters. It is enough to create a slope of 15 meters high, 15 meters long and 2 meters wide.

This sudden scene stunned the defenders. Several officers suppressed their inner panic and immediately ordered the soldiers to aim their arrows at Richard, hoping to solve the trouble.

When the arrow hit, Li Cha immediately released the second-ring magic defense arrow.An energy vortex suddenly appeared around him, stirring up the arrows.

Using gravity, 450 cubic meters of soil fell under the city wall, immediately forming a slope.

Seeing that the guards were about to fire a second round of arrows, he would be surrounded by the defenders at any time. After dumping the soil, Richard immediately released the four-ring magic and flew through the air, landing from the top of Burson City.

When Li Cha fell to the top of the wall, the soldiers of the first echelon raised their large shields to protect the commander in the middle.

The magicians who fought with the first echelon released spells one after another to help the soldiers fight.

Sophia quickly released a powerful spell to turn mud into stone. She devoted almost all her mental energy and basically drained her magic power.

Sophia is wearing a star necklace, although her mental strength is not as good as Richard's, it is more than forty points.With so much magic put into it, the spell of turning mud into stone is as powerful as a legendary spell.

Just after this powerful magic was released, a large amount of soil suddenly turned into a hard stone.The sloping passage under the city wall is like an indestructible stone ladder built on the top of the city.

After Sophia's magic power was exhausted, Richard immediately arranged for four Harland Territory soldiers to send her back to the rear camp.

The stone slope appeared out of nowhere, and the soldiers of the first echelon reacted quickly. Baron Sharp took the lead and led a few professionals to climb the stone slope to fight against the city.

Under the leadership of Baron Sharp, a dozen soldiers climbed to the top of the city in the blink of an eye, occupying a foothold.

With the power of magic, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces moved back a little geographical disadvantage.Relying on the rocky soil slope, soldiers continued to climb to the top of the city, and fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out on the top of the city.

In order to defend their homeland, Bursen's defenders were also said to be brave and good at fighting, trying their best to stop the enemy.

However, the strength of the defenders was not as good as that of the elite soldiers of the first echelon, and they were soon at a disadvantage. Relying on the stone slope, more and more soldiers climbed the city wall.

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