Tang Qi Tan

With the Second (Field) Corps, which was the first to complete replenishment and preparation, continue to march towards the southeast; the last province in the southeast adjacent to the Principality of Savoy, the Lower Alps Province/border area, including the provincial city of Nice Most of the area has also fallen into the control of its own army.

But when they marched into Aulong, the last county town in the Alps Province, and the neighboring Fortress of Ilaso, there was an accident.The Alemanni Mountain Regiment, one of the local ad hoc garrison regiments; attacked a team that was going to negotiate, and hung all their bodies on trees;

This garrison regiment of the Lower Alps Province/Frontier Region, which refused to surrender and resisted to the end, was stationed at the mountain pass fortress near the mountains.And secretly asked for reinforcements from the Principality of Savoy on the other side of the hill; the reason was the liquidation of the Free Army against the Royalist/White Army.

Lieutenant Yossel, who was the chief of the militia, was the illegitimate son of Earl Angkian who was forced to commit suicide.In order to avenge and fight against the Freedom Legion, he even purged the Compromisers and wavering members of the Mountain Regiment, and detained the relatives and family members of others in the city as hostages.

Then, they robbed and plundered Oulong City, and transported a large amount of food supplies to the Yilaso Fortress on the side of the ridge.Relying on the condescending and narrow terrain, they repelled the Second Corps that tried to attack along the Panshan Highway in Oulong City many times, causing two to three hundred casualties.

This is mainly because the road that climbs the Alps is really narrow and dangerous. Only half a company can be sent up each time to form an attack surface; and it is difficult for artillery and other firearms to push up and form a sufficient elevation angle. boundary; instead it becomes a blockage in the way.

At the same time, the second, fourth, and fifth companies of the Alemanni Mountain Regiment gathered in the fortress; together with the remnants of the royalists who fled to defect, and other places suppressed and wiped out by the free army The armed remnants have almost reached the guard force of more than 1000 people;

And after they withdrew from the small town of Oulong, they took at least the same number of young men as their slaves and helpers.But fortunately, not everyone was determined to fight to the end. The first and third companies whose company commanders were killed and disarmed continued to escape.

It also brought the situation and basic layout of the relevant fortress to the Free Army.This is a semi-circular fortress that was rebuilt and expanded from the former site of the camp in the mountains left behind by the conquest of Gaul in the classical Roman era; so it has not been in disrepair for a long time, but it is very dangerously built with stones.

There are usually more than two companies of guards stationed; under the coercion of the chief of the militia, Lieutenant Yoser, the fortress is now filled with at least 3000 people, and there are enough supplies for everyone to use for more than half a year; The top ramp is packed with obstacles.

Therefore, when Jiang Tian looked at the fortress that was almost integrated with the black mountain top but only had a small protrusion; Duval, the deputy captain of the cavalry regiment standing beside him like an iron can, but He scratched his head with embarrassment and muttered:

"Is this the target you want us to attack? To be honest, it is still difficult to attack by force. Because there is no cover on the mountain road, our plate armor can withstand most of the arrows, but it can block No stones and logs from the mountains;"

"Once a forceful attack is launched, we can only charge upwards with all our strength, regardless of casualties; especially at the top section where the trees are sparse and full of obstacles. If we let our bloodline power explode with all our strength, we may be able to cover some people with shields and rush to the fortress Down."

"But next, if we don't have enough attacking equipment, it will be difficult for us to open the gate of the fortress that is blocked from the inside. Instead, it will be trapped in a dead corner under the city wall by thrown stones and logs; then... "

"Actually, it doesn't matter," Jiang Tian said slowly after listening to him babbling a lot, "I will never give you a desperate task that you can't complete; let alone waste the expensive inheritance knight On this pointless sacrifice..."

After all, in order to raise these captured inheritance knights well and restore them to the point where they can be used; but expensive ingredients, medicines, and special ointments are consumed; and in order to raise these inheritance knights and use them to inspire future generations A special material for bloodline inheritance.

The Toulon navy, which has just recovered some of its operational capabilities, has already pulled out its anchor and headed to the edge of the Mediterranean Sea to try to hunt some large marine life.Although, only the brain and internal organs need to be extracted; the remaining by-products such as flesh, fat, and bones are also very useful.

For example, the daily food intake of a heritage knight whose blood has been awakened is several times that of a normal human; and once the ability is used, the consumption of food will increase dramatically.As the food with the highest energy and nutritional efficiency, it is whale meat and whale oil.

On the other hand, in order to maximize the probability of blood inheritance and the number of offspring, these inheritance knights often have multiple lovers, or simply do not marry wives; instead, they seize every opportunity to give birth to their own offspring; , Bring potential children back to the home.

Not to mention one or several sets of tailor-made armor and various weapons; horses specially selected to match their belly; several or dozens of knight vassals.Therefore, a large amount of income and income is also required to ensure these daily expenses.

Therefore, after awakening, these inheritance knights will become vassals of some wealthy high-ranking nobles through the introduction and recommendation of related people, in order to sponsor subsequent training and training.However, the continuous turmoil in the kingdom has further caused the family of blood inheritance to gradually decline and disappear;
Therefore, as their provider, the Free Army, in addition to the salary of 80-100 Ecu per person per month, and the wartime allowance calculated according to the number of sorties; it also consumes the same value of food and medicine, which is not counted for them. The cost of reequipping horses, crafting armor and weapons.

In fact, due to the loss of most of their mounts, most of them still belong to the state of riding infantry with pack horses.Therefore, as the appointed team leader and representative, Duval also attaches great importance to this first performance opportunity that may determine their treatment and prospects.

He licked his lips and said, "Actually, sir, I think we can give it a try, but change the battle to a relatively dark night; even in the absence of lighting, our eyesight is better than most people's." Farther away; it can also minimize some losses."

"No, I have my own arrangements." Jiang Tian smiled and shook his head and said: "You should take a good rest first, prepare your equipment and maintain your condition; wait for my order. The Merchant Alliance in Marseille Port has sent what you need Most of the materials and medicines, let’s wait for the time.”

Then the next day, Duvall understood what he meant by biding his time.Because he couldn't sleep all night, he got up early to exercise, but he heard the roar of sporadic cannon test firing; then it became intensive and continued, as if he had encountered a real battle.

Not long after, the inheritance knights who got up one after another to prepare for the battle and looked at the mountain were stunned to see a strange scene; on the winding mountain road that had been cleared of trees and had no shelter, the turning point suddenly became flat, and many Take out the forts that have been piled up with soil bags and rattan baskets.

And amidst the roaring noises one after another, the heavy projectiles fired by some nearby artillery fortresses have come closer and landed on the edge of the fortress; it also made them neighing, running and screaming, and began to drop large and small stones And truncated stumps, however one after another strayed to nothing.

Because the obstacles that were placed on the mountain road before became the culprit that affected the direction of the roll.There were only a few smaller stones that rolled and accidentally hit the fortress; but they failed to knock down or overturn the fortress made of earth bags and rattan baskets; they just scared the gunners behind.

Seeing that the bombardment was becoming more and more concentrated, Duval, who was watching the battle, also heard the continuous sound of the bugle, his expression changed, his muscles tensed up, and he suddenly turned around and shouted: "Pick up the shield and weapon, Check the armor, it's our turn to fight...".

After a while, I saw a bullet fired from an elevation angle, which had already hit a corner of the stone-built fortress; a gap was opened between the earth and rock splashes, and at the same time, there was an obvious human body falling down.This seemed to be some kind of signal, and the plate armor knights gathered on the gentle part of the mountainside also moved.

All of a sudden, hundreds of knights in blue robes and silver plate armor went up against the current like scattered mercury pouring down the ground, covering each other with shields in groups of three and four, and quickly crossed the winding uphill road; In the middle, he showed his prowess and cleared the obstacles on the last section of the road.

Under their encouragement, the soldiers of the Freedom Army who followed were like blue tides and currents, quickly filling and filling every corner of the winding mountain road; The fortress that stopped firing went straight to the fortress on the top of the mountain.

At this time, the fortress, which was disturbed by the shelling, was able to react, and hurriedly started throwing rocks and firing arrows; but there was no way to stop their advancing momentum.In a blink of an eye, these inheritance knights rushed to the bottom of the city and began to fight on their own.

Some people leaned against the wall, shooting with their crossbows and sticking their heads out at the defenders; some stepped on and grabbed the bumps in the corner of the wall, and began to try to climb up; others rushed to the gate of the fortress Inside: Dig a shallow pit three times, five times and two times, and put down a wooden barrel.

Then, in the fine smoke after the fuse was ignited, he hugged his head and covered his ears and retreated to the side; only after waiting for a while, he suddenly heard a bang, and a large piece of earth, rocks and wooden fragments splashed out from the gate of the city; More than a dozen people who leaned out from the city fell down.

Then where the original gate was, there was only the upper half of the remaining door panel, and the bottom of the broken gate exposed the defenders lying on the ground in disarray; at this moment, they were no longer there. Ability to block, the follow-up attacks of these knights.

Therefore, after the clamor that lasted for most of the day in the city, all the buildings and commanding heights also raised the smiling golden sun flag of the Free Army one after another; and there were only a small number of inheritance knights, so the bloodline ability was activated , and the number of injured is even a few single digits.

In the end, Duval, whose whole body was covered in blood plasma and minced meat, lifted a captive with some pride, the leader of the resisters this time, Lieutenant Yossell; he hid in the last tower to resist, and was punched by Duval again One killed the subordinate and captured him alive himself.

Then, he tried his best to turn his neck to look around and search around, but he still didn't see the person he was looking for.At this time, the siren sounded again from behind the newly captured fortress; it was the foreign aid brought in by the defenders of the fortress, and the flag of the Principality of Savoy appeared in the sky.

However, Duval and others, who were waiting in full force, waited and waited on the rear wall, but they did not see the flag of the Principality of Savoy approaching; instead, they heard a few roars that were suspected of landslides.Then the principality's flag gathered at the mountain pass disappeared in the smoke and dust above.

After a while, Jiang Tian, ​​who hadn't appeared on the battlefield to check and accept the results, appeared on the mountain road in the distance, and walked back slowly alone; while inside and outside the fortress became completely silent; Falling to the ground, the sound of armor and weapons colliding.