Warlord: King of All Clans

After dinner, Arnold Fangqi, who had settled the affairs of the legion, came to Leo's military tent to discuss matters with a hint of fatigue.

The Isenbol Legion this time was no different from the last time. The only difference was that the camp flag was changed from the original flag of the Frelov family to the flag of unity of the River Bay.

Moreover, his title as the original legion commander was changed to deputy legion commander, but his functions did not change at all.

Leo didn't want to manage the trivialities of the entire legion, so he put the three thousand people of Isenbol under his charge.

Without his old friend Rudolph to help him, he became busier than ever.

Arnold also wanted to retire, but now Isenbol is in the period of transition between the old and new knights. There are not many independent generals in the younger generation, and it seems that there is a lack of successors, so he can only continue to work hard.

His eldest son Owen, Rudolf's eldest son Hood, Rigolav's eldest son Roman, and Ulian's son-in-law Leo, the heirs of the four major banners of Isenbol, are all in this legion, but the knights of the banners are still worried and have to ask him to keep an eye on them.

In a violent organization like this, reputation and seniority are very important. He can solve trivial disputes that give many young people headaches with just one sentence.

Leo still respected these square flag knights very much. After all, being able to arrange thousands of bandits in an orderly manner and advance and retreat in a measured manner made them very qualified generals and high-end talents in the North.

Seeing Arnold coming over, Leo quickly stood up and said, "Knight Arnold, Knight Hood, Knight Owen, hello everyone."

Behind Arnold are several senior corner flag officers, forming the command system of the Isenbol Legion.

Sitting down in the military tent, Arnold was the first to speak, "Sir Mondo, the Bavanaqi Castle in front is the territory of the Bavana family. The lord is Knight Hughes of the Bavana family, and he is one of the banners of Ilanrado."

"After learning that we were heading north, Hughes Bavana gathered the knights from the surrounding knight territories and planned to defend the castle. However, the majority of Ilanrado's troops followed Victor, and there are not many elite troops left. Now the number of troops in Bavanach Castle is less than 2,000, and only half of them are armored. Their strength is not to be feared."

Leo nodded. This was information he had known for a long time. "That means one thousand armored infantry and one thousand unarmored militia. For a small town with a population of less than two thousand, it is already quite good to be able to attract so many troops."

Although Bawanachi Fort is called a castle by the locals, it is actually just a small town, not even as big as Linhai Town, and has a permanent population of only more than a thousand people.

It was originally the legion camp of the imperial standing army. After the imperial standing army was abolished, it became the territory of a square flag family.

As the population gathered, further expansion was carried out on this basis. Inside was the lord's stone fortress, and outside was only a four-meter-high stone wall.

In a small town like this, there are only one or two hundred permanent soldiers, and the rest are temporary lords' armed forces and young militiamen urgently recruited from nearby areas.

The reason why Arnold came to discuss the matter was because he was afraid that Leo would underestimate the enemy.

Although Leo showed outstanding military talent, he was still very young after all.

The mature and steady Arnold was afraid that he would act impulsively and lead the Isenbol Legion to attack the city unarmed.

The Isenbol Legion had twice the strength of the defenders and was one level more elite, but this time, they did not bring any siege equipment or craftsmen.

Siege and field battle are not the same thing. A third-level regular armored soldier standing under a four-meter-high city wall cannot do anything to the first-level unarmored militia on the wall.

After hearing Leo's comments, Arnold quickly responded, "That's true. I originally expected that the other side would be able to gather a thousand people at most. Now the situation has changed, and it's a bit difficult to deal with."

Leo nodded, "You make sense."

Arnold breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Our legion lacks siege weapons. We don't even have a small crossbow, and we don't have any craftsmen to make one. I'm afraid we can't take this castle."

Leo nodded, "You make sense."

Arnold added: "So we are besieging but not attacking? Besieging a point and attacking the reinforcements? In this war, Count Hermann is the protagonist. We are only responsible for helping him to contain his forces. There is no need to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers."

Leo nodded, "You make sense."

Arnold was pleased to see that he was willing to learn, so he asked, "What should we do tomorrow? Should I notify the logistics department to bring in some food and grass, and reinforce this camp to prepare for a long-term confrontation?"

Leo shook his head and said, "No need, we will attack the city tomorrow morning."

Arnold was stunned for a long while, then stood up angrily and said, "Did I say all this in vain? Why are you so persistent in attacking the city? Losing troops for a small square flag earthen fort is not worth it!"

Leo said stubbornly: "Because I want to live in the castle!"

The next morning, before breakfast, the emergency assembly horn sounded throughout the legion camp.

At the urging of their respective knight lords, the soldiers of the Isenbol Legion reluctantly walked out of the camp and gathered in the open space outside Fort Bavanachi.

By the time they managed to line up and form a military formation, the Hewan Army had already assembled.

Compared to the noisy and slack infantry troops who were resisting, the musketeers and artillery regiments at the river bend were like a group of statues.

Their ranks were neat and orderly, and the soldiers were silent and serious, not at all affected by the messy friendly forces next to them.

This new army has not yet received the baptism of actual combat, but on the Hewan playground, it has already experienced the fierceness of the Hewan instructors.

Hewan has no shortage of manpower now. Those disobedient troublemakers will be expelled from the army without hesitation, no matter how strong their personal abilities are.

Arnold rode on his warhorse and found Leo, his face looking a little gloomy.

Not to mention the preliminary preparations for the siege, he even summoned the soldiers to go to the battlefield without even having breakfast. This was the first time he had ever seen such an experience in his entire life of fighting.

Although he tried his best to appease and suppress the protests, there were still many voices of opposition.

However, Arnold was no longer at the age of being prominent, and he was well aware of Leo's abilities, so he just waited quietly for what would happen next.

Bawanachi Fort is not an ordinary square flag earthen fort. In addition to the outer city wall, the lord's stone fort inside is a real small castle with a complete moat, drawbridge and high walls.

Even if it costs blood to take down the outer city wall, the lord can easily hold out for ten days or half a month with his elite troops guarding the castle.

Leo's decision was really willful.

Leo didn't care what others thought. When he saw the whole army was in formation, he said to little Noyes next to him, "Artillery regiment, get ready."

Little Noyce lowered his head and said, "Got it."

Then, carrying Leo's banner, he rushed to the artillery regiment and said to the commander of the artillery regiment, Marvin, "The artillery regiment is ready!"

"Received! Artillery regiment, get ready!"

The artillerymen who had been quietly guarding in front of the gun carriage moved according to the order. Two porters were responsible for carrying the gunpowder and iron bullets, two loaders were responsible for loading them, and the observer and the shooter adjusted the muzzle angle while looking at the gun table.

Their busyness aroused the curiosity of friendly forces.

All the soldiers on the battlefield were looking at this group of new Hewan troops who were not wearing armor, were dressed strangely, and were operating lumps of steel.

The defenders of the Bawanachi Fort opposite also stretched their necks to watch the artillerymen fighting six hundred meters away.