Lord Harland.

Chapter 127 Rebel Siege
When Richard came to Osma City, it was already late August.

After the military meeting was held, a large cloud appeared in the sky early the next morning.

The autumn rain fell, and the temperature dropped even more.

Richard had just had breakfast, and smoke and dust had already appeared outside Osmar Castle.

Li Cha hurried to the city wall, looked up, and found that the rebel army had appeared ten miles away.

The ranks of the rebels were chaotic, and many of them were refugees.

The refugees carried ladders, farm tools, drove pigs and sheep, and carried chickens and ducks, crying loudly along the way, and slowly approached Osmar Castle.

After waiting for about an hour, the vagrant striker was within range of the archers.

These refugees are all natives of Brenner County, and many of them are relatives of the guards on the city wall.

Hearing the cries of their relatives in their hometown, the Brenner City Defense Force suddenly felt a little bit helpless, and was reluctant to shoot their relatives in their hometown for a long time.

The cultists are the main force of the rebel army. They are already well equipped, and their armor rate exceeds [-]%.

These people hid in the rear and kept driving the refugees away.

"Fire arrows!"

With a loud shout, Li Cha commanded the Heihe County Noble Alliance Army to shoot arrows first. Driven by the soldiers of Heihe County, the soldiers of Brenner County also shot arrows one after another.

In an instant, arrows rained down, killing many refugees who were rushing forward.

These trapped refugees have no weapons or armor, no experience in war, and poor organization.

When encountering a slight casualty, they panicked and yelled.Lots of people running around, dodging arrows.

Such a refugee army, even if there are 10 people, still poses no threat to Osmar Castle.

The defenders easily repelled the rebels' first attack because the cultist army did not go into battle.

In the rebel camp, Cardinal Gaulvin stared at the city wall of Osma, observed the density of the arrow rain, and said with certainty: "Reinforcements have arrived in the city of Osma."

"Since the reinforcements are here, can we still fight Osma City?"

"We still have a lot of blood-boiling potions left. Even if reinforcements come, we are sure to conquer Osma City. First use the refugees to consume the defenders' arrows and spirits. In the afternoon, we will distribute [-] blood-boiling potions in one fell swoop." Conquer the city of Osma."

The rebels suddenly besieged the city, and after repelling the first tentative attack, Li Cha immediately called a meeting with the officers.

This time, the nobles from Brenner County basically came, including a few people who were late last time.Among them was Baron Franklin.

Baron Franklin had a business conflict with the Harland family.

Because of the large-scale sales of steel in the Harland Territory, the price of steel has been reduced by one-third.

The price of iron has dropped, and Baron Franklin also has a mine in his family. He also sells iron products, and his income has naturally dropped a lot.

Harland Territory relies on [-] orcs to mine mines, and the output of blast furnaces far exceeds that of Franklin Territory. Although the price of iron has dropped, the output has continued to climb, and the income from selling steel has also increased steadily.

By June of this year, the steel production in Harland's territory was close to [-] tons.

The demand for the territory is only eight tons, and the steel sold abroad has reached more than 20 tons per month.

Even though the price of steel had dropped to twelve copper coins per kilogram, the territory's monthly net income was already 700 gold coins by selling steel.

But at this level, unless slaves are added and new blast furnaces are built, steel production capacity is basically at its peak.

Because of the competition for the steel trade market, the two families of Harland and Franklin already had a lot of conflicts.

Yesterday, when Richard called a meeting for the military officers, Baron Franklin didn't show face and didn't come.

Today, the rebel army besieged the city, and it was already a state of war. Baron Franklin did not dare to easily violate the military order. Even if he was not happy in his heart, he still came to Li Cha's tent.

"I looked at the list of soldiers sent by everyone yesterday. Counting the coalition forces of Heihe County, there are only 83 professionals in Osmar Castle. The cultists have blood boiling potions, as long as they are used by one or two hundred soldiers, our defense The pressure will increase dramatically.

The most important thing is that the rebel army still has an elite soldier. If the fanatics use the blood-boiling potion to attack us and open the gap, the elite soldiers will follow and expand the gap, and the city defense fortifications will be difficult to defend.

Therefore, it is not enough to rely on solid defense in this battle. We must take the initiative to disrupt the position of the rebels, and we must not let the fanatics be wasted in offensive and defensive battles.

According to everyone's information, I found that after using the blood boiling potion, the cultists will become violent and impulsive, as if they are not afraid of pain like wild animals.IQ will also drop a lot temporarily.

We can take advantage of this weakness and rely on the beast cavalry to attract and restrain the enemies who use the blood boiling potion.

Then seize the opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

I now command eight squadrons of men under the command of Lord Franklin for the centre, six squadrons of Lord Praney for the left flank, and Lord Sharpe for the right flank of the Black River infantry.I personally led the Warcraft cavalry, looking for fighter planes to raid the fanatics who used the blood-boiling potion.

The remaining four squadrons stayed to defend the city together with the city defense army commanded by the mayor Adeles. "

On the surface, Li Cha's order is not a problem, but in fact it has hidden selfish intentions.

In the morning, through observation, he found that the army in the rebel camp was the most elite, and there were basically no elite soldiers on the left and right wings.

Letting Baron Franklin command the central army is actually letting Baron Franklin use his own strength to fight recklessly with the rebels.

Franklin's face turned livid when he heard Li Cha's military order.

But military orders must be enforced.

Every time there is a war, there are always people who want to gnaw hard bones, who always eat meat, and who always sacrifice for the dead.

Li Cha is the commander of the aristocratic coalition forces, so naturally he doesn't need to let his direct line gnaw hard bones.

Therefore, the tasks shared by the coalition forces in Heihe County are lighter.

Besides, Li Cha had to command the monster cavalry to deal with the most dangerous fanatics.Li Cha, a foreign nobleman, put himself in danger. How can you, a local nobleman in Brenner County, not work hard?
After the military order was issued, the gates of Osmar Castle were opened, and groups of soldiers lined up at the foot of the city walls.

And the monster cavalry commanded by Li Cha temporarily hid in the barracks in the city, and made a final decision at a critical moment.

Incorporated into the retinue of Baron Rice and others, the number of Warcraft horses has exceeded forty.

The soldiers fighting with the Warcraft Knights all rode tall northern Xinjiang horses.

Northern Xinjiang horse is a common horse breed in the northern part of the Chenxi Continent.

This kind of horse is very suitable as a war horse. It is tall and powerful. It can easily carry a knight weighing three or four hundred catties and run wildly.

Northern Xinjiang horses are expensive, and a horse costs fifteen gold coins, which is almost comparable to a mature slave.He was fed refined grains on weekdays, and he was physically strong in wartime, so he could keep up with the beast cavalry.

Although the soldiers riding the northern Xinjiang horses were the attendants of the monster cavalry, their combat effectiveness was not weak at all, and they were well equipped. They had practiced breathing techniques for many years, and their qualities surpassed those of the infantry.

(End of this chapter)