Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Today is still a rare sunny day, adding a bit of warmth to the cold northern lands.

When Fojero issued the order for the entire army to march and launch the final decisive battle against the Wilderness Allied Forces.

Apart from the logistics cooks, wounded soldiers, and garrison troops, a total of more than six thousand soldiers of the Thorns Legion marched mightily towards the camp of the Wilderness natives.

The Thorns Legion has a total of more than eight thousand people, and apart from the cooks and auxiliary soldiers, there are about six thousand real soldiers, which is also the standard configuration of a large legion in the Northern Territory.

Frilina took away the thousand-man cavalry regiment, plus the deaths and injuries in the past few days, there are still more than four thousand people in total.

Adding the three thousand soldiers supported from Bai Liu City last night, the number jumped to more than seven thousand, even if more than one thousand were left to guard the garrison.

In terms of numbers alone, it has exceeded the Wilderness Allied Forces, which suffered even greater losses.

They left as many as several thousand corpses in these battles, which means that the real combat power is probably less than six thousand now.

"Everyone, there is a discovery ahead."

Skye, wearing sophisticated cavalry armor, rode in from a distance, and then dismounted and jogged over when approaching the team.

The reconnaissance mission had always been completed by the cavalry squad of the Thorns Legion, but since Frilina took all the cavalry squad away.

Skye, who is proficient in scout experience, was unanimously approved to be responsible for the scout mission of this vanguard army.

From the time they set off until now, the horizon, which originally only had a trace of fish-belly white, is now already high in the scorching sun.

They have been walking for several hours. According to previous information, they will probably reach a position 500 steps away from the Wilderness Allied Forces camp around twelve o'clock.

"Skye, what did you find?" The lord pulled the reins, and the tall horse under his butt immediately stopped, and then he got off the horse.

Although Highcliff Fort only has Jackalman cavalry, the lord naturally has a horse in order to maintain his aristocratic demeanor, and even Mir, this kid, is riding a white horse behind him.

"Ahead, there is a defensive fortification built by a group of Wilderness people. It is roughly estimated that there are more than a thousand people defending it. It is a group of bear goblins and lizardmen."

Fojero took out a map and spread it on a small pony, and Skye pointed to one of the small dots.

A group of sesame-sized officials squatted their butts in the open air, surrounding a small pony with a map spread on it, and launched a military meeting.

"One thousand people are defending, just earth goblins and lizardmen..." Fojero pondered for a moment: "Do these Wilderness people have any other plans?"

According to the previous stereotype of the Wilderness group of grass platforms, with this thousand-odd garrison, the Thorns Legion can send out a five-hundred-man commando team to solve this group of small *瘪三*.

Not to mention that they now have nearly seven thousand people, so they can just push it flat.

But after suffering two losses, Fojero never dared to underestimate these Wilderness Allied Forces again. Perhaps the fruits of the final victory are still theirs, but it is difficult to guarantee that a large piece of meat will not be bitten off.

It's just that he really can't figure out, what is the use of deploying a garrison in this position? And there are only so few people.

Moreover, this stronghold was obviously built in the past two days.

It's hard not to guess whether there is a deeper meaning hidden in it.

"Is this place an important military stronghold?" The lord looked at the position pointed out by Skye and asked.

He looked left and right, but he couldn't see that this position was naturally defensive, or some important * vital passage*.

As a result, he began to suspect that the military knowledge he had learned was too low-end, and he couldn't see the profound arrangement of these Wilderness * bumpkins*.

"No." Skye shook his head, and it could be seen that he was also full of doubts about this before: "This is just a hillside with only dozens of steps of gentle slope."

"And the other party has discovered the figure of the scout. Whether it is attacking or detouring, we have to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Is there a city wall?"

Now it is winter, and it only needs to pour water on the piled stones or grass piles to form a natural city wall, which will save time and effort.

If this group of Wilderness Allied Forces has deployed a high enough city wall, then a thousand garrisons, even if they are a group of small *瘪三*, are enough to resist the attack of thousands of people.

The trebuchet is still behind the main force. They are the vanguard army, and it will take some time to pull the trebuchet here, but it is obviously too late.

"Only three * Ren. A unit of measurement* high, it is made of dry wood and grass piles and then watered."

"Three * Ren. A unit of measurement*? Panda is more than three * Ren. A unit of measurement*!" The lord sneered three times.

This kind of wall is probably able to be kicked down with one foot, and psychological comfort is greater than practical significance.

"Maybe it's a bait set up by the enemy? The purpose is to make us arrogant, or to attract our attention?" Fojero frowned, and his heart was still inclined to be cautious: "Through the previous two encounters, it can be seen that the other party definitely has a commander who knows military knowledge, and there is no problem in organizing some basic tactical implementation."

"Fojero, I have to say that I did have some preconceived ideas about you before. I thought you were eager to gain military merit and be promoted to the nobility, so you would be very radical in strategy, but the reality is - you are too cautious!"

The lord criticized mercilessly.

In his opinion, no matter from a tactical or strategic point of view, it is meaningless to deploy a stronghold here for defense.

No, the only role is to remind the Wilderness Allied Forces in the rear and give them time to prepare.

But this kind of thing can be done by sending out scouts to guard, and it is necessary to build a stronghold that is thankless. It is really elusive.

As for Fojero's guess, the lord thought about it comprehensively, and this group of Wilderness * aborigines* only has those two hands.

They dare not confront head-on, and they must carry out sneak attacks.

So the so-called attracting attention is likely to be sending people to sneak attack from the back or side, but now the Thorns Legion is completely crushing in terms of equipment and all aspects.

Coming to sneak attack is just courting death.

So the lord felt that no matter what tactical arrangement it has, he should send a commando team to take down this stronghold first to know what the arrangement is.

After all, if you keep guessing, don't you still have to fight? It's a waste of time in vain.

"To put it bluntly, it's just a group of Wilderness small *瘪三*. At worst, it's another old trick of sneak attack. Wouldn't you know what's arranged if you just send someone to do it?" The lord finally gave his own idea.

If the opponent was a human legion, the lord would definitely not do this, and no amount of caution would be too much.

But this is just a group of Wilderness * aborigines*, and through the previous two encounters, the lord has already seen it.

This group of * aborigines* is completely strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Whether it is a night attack or something, it proves that their strength is absolutely unable to resist the Thorns Legion, and they will try to use these tricks to close the gap.

If these tricks are carried out by disciplined soldiers, they can definitely have unexpected effects, but these temporarily pieced together Wilderness * aborigines* are far from reaching the level of discipline.

To be honest, if it weren't for the support of the Drow elves with weapons and equipment, these * aborigines* would have been defeated in the first battle with the Thorns Legion.

"It can be tried." Fojero himself was wavering.

He really wanted to send someone to attack, but he was afraid that his command error would lead to mistakes and ruin his chances of being promoted to the nobility. Now he feels that he is too indecisive.

You don't even need the lord to deal with this kind of small role.

Fojero sent an infantry squad to tentatively attack.

The burly old people pushed forward step by step with steel shields, resisting the sparse stones, throwing spears and some arrows thrown from the ice wall. The archers of the Thorns Legion were throwing arrows from a distance, suppressing the * aborigines* on this small hillside so they didn't dare to show their heads at all.

Finally, Panda couldn't bear this dragging offensive, and directly led the heavily armored Panta warriors, rushed up the hillside, kicked out a gap, and rushed in to start a massacre with no suspense.

When the lord came up, except for the corpses of * aborigines* all over the ground, there were the earth goblins and lizardmen who surrendered and were driven together to squat.

They looked at the Panta warriors, who were glaring around like iron towers, with fear.

This group of Panda strong men, only a hundred of them, beat them so they had no power to fight back. It was simply too brutal.

They trembled, as cowardly as the sheep on the grassland.

"Very weak, they almost collapsed on their own after kicking open the city wall."

Panda said so, lifting his helmet.

"As expected, after two war defeats, how high morale can you expect from a group of Wilderness * bumpkins*?"

The lord smiled, not surprised by this.

After two encounters, the Thorns Legion soldiers lost less than 10%, and this Wilderness Allied Forces lost at least about 30%.

The fact that it can be maintained until now without direct collapse can only be attributed to the fact that this Allied Forces is united by various tribes.

And the tribes are led by the leaders of each race, and the morale will naturally be higher in the face of the leadership of their own race leaders.

This can be regarded as an advantage of the Wilderness tribe.

After all, the people around you are all brothers of the same race, and the leader has been living together for more than ten years, so it is normal for the morale to be very high.

Otherwise, if it is a legion, and the damage reaches 30%, I am afraid that even the Thorns Legion can't bear this casualty ratio, and the morale will collapse.

"Who will explain to me, what did your bosses send you here for?"

Li Wei supported the holy sword and came to these prisoners, looking down from a high position.

The expected sneak attack did not come, and they easily took down this stronghold.

It always feels a little unreal to be so smooth.

"The first one to stand up, I am generous, exempt from beheading, and go to Highcliff Fort to be a slave with free food and accommodation."

Li Wei said so.

"Master, those earth goblins only told us to defend here well, and they will regularly transport food to us."

A bear goblin mustered up his courage and raised his hand to answer.

He spoke awkward common language. Fortunately, he lived in the Wilderness for a while, and Li Wei could barely understand it.

"I'm confused to expect to get news from a group of small soldiers."

Li Wei helplessly supported his forehead.

Generally speaking, only senior officers know about this kind of strategic deployment.

Where do the small soldiers know these.

Waving his hand, the bear goblin ran out of the prisoner team happily and was taken away by two orc guards.

Li Wei turned around and left here. Not long after, accompanied by the sound of chopping meat, a burst of wailing and begging for mercy sounded behind him.

These Wilderness * aborigines* are basically beheaded. Not to mention that they are against the Duke of the North, they will definitely be killed to warn others.

In the face of these alien races, humans basically have the idea of ​​cutting grass and roots to avoid them continuing to plunder southward next year.

Li Wei kept his promise. He said he would spare his life, so he spared one of them, but his second half of his life can only be for the construction of Highcliff Fort, adding bricks and tiles.

After this episode, the army set off again.

An easy victory also greatly boosted the morale of the Thorns Legion soldiers. After all, taking down this nearly thousand-man stronghold with almost no injuries is enough to prove that this group of * aborigines* is actually very easy to deal with. The previous two times were just accidents.

When it was close to twelve o'clock at noon, the army finally came to a position 500 steps away from the Wilderness Allied Forces camp.

The lord stood on a high place, wiped the foggy lens of the telescope, and put it in front of his eyes, but the scene that came from inside in the next second made him stunned.

"Damn it, where are the people?"

He looked horrified to see the undead.