Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 372 The War is Coming

Alas, Lorester was also sighing in the big tent. The war in the southern province is now getting more and more momentum towards a decisive battle, which no one expected. What Lorist regretted most was that after the Rock Legion arrived at the front line, he did not decisively attacked the defensive line arranged by the Archduke Fesabrunn, so that even if the casualties were greater, the border ranger regiment of the Fesabrunn family could still be given. Driving out of the Southern Province, instead of confronting the two armies as they do now, the enemy’s reinforcements are increasing, forcing him to take a defensive position.

The sentry tower tactics were originally set up only on a whim of Lorist's thoughts of the popular tower defense game in the past. It was originally designed to cover the territory controlled by the enemy and not be easily detected by the enemy's scouts, but the light cavalry did not expect the effect to be extremely effective. Good, it has such a good effect on the light cavalry, so Lorester vigorously promoted it, using the establishment of the tower to connect his own site into a net, and the angry bear knights and the three transferred by him The Flying Tiger Corps is the spider that occupies this web, and once the enemy falls into the web, it rushes to take a bite.

The construction of sentry towers is also extremely convenient. Excavate the foundation, bury the rocks, pour the green vine glue to solidify, and then use ashlar or long stones to build the towers. The northwestern part of the southern province is mostly hilly. The stone is convenient. The silver knights and silver-level swordsmen of the Rock Legion are accustomed to these labors in the family territory. It is already a very skilled job to use the sword light to quarry the stone. Ten silver knights can cut in a day. The stones needed to build a sentry tower are the best of both worlds.

Then use rattan cement as a bonding agent and repair. After the construction of the sentry tower is completed, several trenches will be excavated within 100 meters of the circumference for protection, which can be completed in only ten days. Nowadays, several outposts are built every day, and the controlled territory is getting bigger and bigger. From the map, one-third of the territory in Southern Province has fallen under the control of the four alliances in the North.

It was only after building more and more sentry towers that Lorist discovered something was wrong. This is not a tower defense game. Building a sentry tower requires guards. A total of more than 170 sentry towers have been built so far, but the Rock Legion has more than one regiment assigned to guard the sentry towers, which is more than 17,000 people.

When Lorist led the Rock Legion to the front line a month ago, he faced the two legions of the Fesabrunn family with more than 70,000 men, plus more than 30,000 cavalry who came to the battle, and one well-guarded and well-arranged. Defensive positions. If it’s a field battle, Lorester is not afraid of the 100,000 horses of Grand Duke Fesabrun, but he should lead the 60,000 horses of the Rock Legion and the more than 10,000 people of the Raging Bear Knights to fight against the 100,000 enemies. The position is still respectful. So he ordered the three regiments of the Flying Tiger Corps to be transferred to increase their attack power. As a result, the three Flying Tiger regiments arrived at the Reserve Corps of the Fesabrunn family, still surpassing 30,000 or forty thousand men in Lorist.

And the Pegasus Legion of the Philim family is destroying the bandits and horse bandits in the northwestern region of Southern Province. The unrest in the rear is a big taboo on the front line. Originally, Lorist wanted to wait for the last month to wait for the Pegasus to clear the place. It was also drawn to the front line, but I didn't expect that the number of people who participated in the battle conscripted from the grass barbarian tribe by the Fesabrunn family would be so large, almost close to sixty to seventy thousand. So Lorester started to play with the watch tower, only to find out that he had dispersed the strength of the Rock Legion when he played too much with the watch tower. On the other hand, Duke Feishabrun added reinforcements, and Duke Sabagi personally led 20,000 elite infantry to come for reinforcements.

Seeing that there were more and more enemies in front of him, they almost surpassed twice the number of the Norton family armed. Lorester is also helpless, and now he has to devote himself to playing the sentry tactics to the end. If the troops are not enough, he has to send messengers to the Duke of Kenmes and the Earl of Shaheen, asking them to send a corps and two corps to guard them. The Rock Legion soldiers in the guard tower were replaced to maintain the integrity of the combat force to cope with the enemy's attack.

Headache, I should have been on the offensive side. This time I have become a defense. I originally wanted to separate the troops sent by the Four Central Duchys and the Fisabrun family’s armed forces to defeat each other, but now I let them join forces. It grew stronger, and the evolution of the war allowed all the original plans to be thrown into the bonfire. I really don't know how this war will go on. This time, Lorist can only see what he can do.

The curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Bodfinger walked in: "His Royal Highness, Count Felim sent an urgent letter. According to the messenger, the Bonawar Knight was seriously injured."

"What are you talking about?" Lorist raised his head in amazement: "Knight Bonawar was seriously injured? How could it be that he is the commander of the Pegasus legion, how can a legion protect him be injured? Was it attacked by troops or assassinated? ?"

Bodhfinger shook his head: "I don't know, and the messenger doesn't know how the Bonavar Knight was injured. He also listened to others. Please read the letter first."

After tearing up the letter that Bodfinger had handed over, Lorist hurriedly scanned it and understood: "It turned out to be about the iron ore. It seems that I have to go and solve this problem myself."

"Iron ore, what iron ore?" Bodfinger asked.

"Oh, take a look at the letter." Lorist pointed to the letter on the table and said, "Andrek Hills, at the junction of Southern Province and Winston Province, has two iron mines, one large and one small. They are all located in the old territory of the Philim family. The second prince signed an agreement with the Vasia Chamber of Commerce of the Ford Business Alliance to sell two iron ore mines to the Vasia Chamber of Commerce for 30 years of mining rights. Now the Kingdom of Iberia No, the second prince is also dead. Naturally, the agreement they signed cannot be counted as the head of our four Northland alliances. Count Philim sent someone to recover these two iron ore, but he did not expect to lead the team. The Bonawar knight was seriously injured by a great sword master who was stationed in the iron mine. The great sword master also uttered kazmatism, saying that he had to ask the sword in his hand to agree or disagree if he wanted to take back the iron ore. I will never hand over the iron ore or something..."

"Then Earl Felim didn't let the Pegasus army attack the iron ore?" Bodfinger asked without reading.

"We have attacked, but the iron ore is on the hillside. The terrain is dangerous. There is no way to besieged. Dozens of people go up to deliver food. So I have to go and help Earl Felim. His future income from the family territory is basically It depends on the output of these two iron ore."

Lorist had to go. The four alliances are now facing the enemy together. The Earl of Philim's family was bullied and the family golden knight was seriously injured. As the boss, Lorist had to vent his anger for the little brother. It took only five or six days to go back and forth, and the matter was resolved quickly. The Great Sword Master of the Wissia Chamber of Commerce had not gone through three moves under Lorist's hand before he was headed by a sword lord. The remaining managers and technicians of the Vysia Chamber of Commerce were all captured, and then those who clamored that Vysia Chamber of Commerce would never let you go were hung on the gallows and survived very honestly. Questions must be answered, and Earl Lorist and Felim quickly clarified the situation of the two iron mines.

Unexpectedly, the Visayas Chamber of Commerce has really invested a lot of money in these two iron ore mines. It not only updated the mining equipment, but also set up an iron ore refinery and forging yard in the valley between the two iron ore mines. There are also nearly 10,000 sets of forged standard plate armor. According to the manager's confession, these standard plate armors were customized by Prince Fesabrunn, a total of 50,000 sets, ready to be shipped to Windbury King City to equip the newly formed garrison. But because the king's city fell too quickly and the newly formed garrison was gone, all of these standard plate armors that had been completed were stacked in the warehouse.

In addition to these ten thousand standard plate armors, Earl Felim’s biggest gain is the hundreds of technicians and blacksmiths in the refinery and forging yards. With these personnel, the refinery and forging yards can continue to manufacture weapons, equipment and iron. Making farm tools will smoothly and speed up the development of the old territory of the Felim family. In addition, more than 13,000 looted miners were rescued from two iron mines.

Earl Felim also wanted to let these miners continue to mine, but Lorester stopped him: "You are stupid, these miners are kind to their injuries and their bodies are the loyal loyalists of the Felim family. Haven't you been complaining? Local conscription? These miners are good conscripts. You can set up a small garrison by recruiting some, and now you are not short of weapons and equipment. With the iron ore refinery and forging yard, you can use your own equipment if you need equipment. Produced."

"But who will mine?" Lorester's suggestion made Earl Philim very excited, but he frowned again at the thought that no one was mining.

"Mining? This doesn't require technology. Aren't there many captives of the bandits and horse bandits that the Pegasus Legion destroyed, and the grass-barbarian captives we caught on the front line. These are strong people and are thrown into the mines for mining. It's fine. In addition, there is a good rule on how many mines to dig every day. Only when this condition is met can we have food. If we don't meet this condition, we deserve to starve to death." Lorister said viciously.

"Yes, but there are not enough prisoners now, and the total amount is less than two thousand at most."

"Don't worry, not much now does not mean that there will not be much in the future. Didn't you see the enemy's camp? One hundred thousand troops plus sixty to seventy thousand cavalry, you will be a prisoner of mining after this battle is over Too much." Lorist answered Earl Felim's question confidently.

Only a few days after returning to the front line camp, Lorester was messed up by the situation of scout Qingqi’s return. The reinforcements from the four central states have arrived. It is estimated that there are more than 60,000 men and horses, and there are countless four vehicles full of supplies. Wheel truck.

There are 10,000 people, boundless, not to mention more than 60,000 people. Mixed with countless four-wheeled freight carriages, it is like a huge long dragon that gathers along the avenue to the large camp armed by the Feisabrun family. For three consecutive days, the men and horses and motorcades of the four principalities in central China finished their march. The Raging Bear Knights and the three Flying Tiger regiments watched from one side for three days, and they couldn't find a chance to attack. The old treacherous Grand Duke Fesabrunn sent almost all the border ranger regiments and tens of thousands of cavalry on hand to build a tight line of defense to prevent the reinforcements and material convoys of the four central states from being attacked.

Lorist looked at the cavalry roaring and whistling by the road in the distance, and stopped Terman's request to lead the Raging Bear Knights to attack the convoy: "It's useless, you go to the middle of the old fellow Fissabrun. In his arms, he can grind you to death with tens of thousands of cavalry. Even if your armor is strong and defensive, your horses are not resistant to long-term raids. As long as your horses are exhausted, then you will be heavy. Pretending to be a knight is a fish that landed on the shore. I want to clean up what you have. Go back, and then the old guy will have a strong army. It is very likely that he will turn from defense to offense. We need to be more prepared."

The Fiesabrun family’s third frontier ranger regiment was more than 32,000, the fifth frontier ranger regiment was 45,000, the reserve regiment was 18,000, and there were about 70,000 cavalry. Eighty thousand elite infantrymen of the four principalities in the upper and central regions. The number of enemies facing Lorester has reached two-four to fifty thousand. And now confronting them are the 60,000 people of the Rock Legion, the three regiments of the Flying Tigers, 45,000 people, and the Raging Bear Knights of 15,000 people, but there are 3,000 regular heavy knights and 6,000 knight attendants. People are the main force in combat, and the remaining six thousand are horsemen and servants, who are responsible for the logistics of the Knights and have little combat effectiveness.

However, Earl Felim also brought the two regiments of the Pegasus regiment with a total of 20,000 light cavalry to the front line. The two regiments sent by Earl Shaheen with 24,000 men and horses will take more than ten days to arrive. Whether the Duke’s 15,000 people can arrive next month is still unknown, after all, the journey is a bit long. Now it is the four Northland alliances, with the Norton family armed as the main force, with 140,000 horses confronting the Fisabrun family armed with 2,450,000 troops from the central four principalities, which is almost a difference of 100,000 horses.

Lorist frantically carried out the sentry tower tactics to the end. Some broad areas in the front even built a character-shaped sentry tower group. The soldiers of the Rock Legion dug the trenches around the sentry tower day and night to connect them. Become an insurmountable gully.

Just ten days later, the horn of the opposite camp blew, and countless infantry and cavalry rushed out of the camp, and the first offensive and defensive battle in the southern province started.

In fact, the first offensive and defensive battle in the southern province lasted only one day. The four central principalities dispatched 20,000 elite infantry. The Fiesabrun family armed forces dispatched the third border ranger and 30,000 cavalry. They were in Los Angeles. A wide area ten miles away from the left of the large camp arranged by Lister besieged more than a dozen outposts. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Lorist dispatched a Flying Tiger Corps and three tank steel crossbow battalions to respond. .

It’s just that this attack on the sentry tower is just an exploratory battle between the Four Central Duchys and Grand Duke Fesabrun, trying to discover the weaknesses of the sentry tactics arranged by Lorist in this battle, and the 20,000 elite who launched the attack The infantry suffered little damage, with only about two or three thousand casualties, but the grass-barbarian cavalry who cooperated with the battle lost about ten thousand. The main reason was that they did not obey the command and did not know how to advance or retreat. In the end, they were taken by the Flying Tiger Corps. .

Lorester’s garrison was on the hill watching the enemy’s orderly gathering of troops back to the camp. Although the loss on his side was slight in the battle on this day, there were still three separate towers that were set on fire by the attacking enemy and lost. Nearly two hundred soldiers guarding the guard tower. As long as the attacking enemy is willing to pay one or two hundred soldiers casualties, he can still attack under the sentry tower, and then use the firewood and kerosene to set fire or smoke into the sentry tower. The outside of the sentry tower is made of stone, but the inner compartment is made of wood and wooden floor, still afraid of being burned.

Although the enemy retreats this time, it will come back soon next time. With the experience of this attack, the enemy will have more ways to target the guard tower next time. More severe battles are still waiting for him. Lorist thought so.

……(To be continued.)