Lord Harland.

Chapter 161 Fighter Appears
The force was increased, and two options were presented to Gunderson.

The first option was to storm Fort William and open the passage from the front.

With the arrival of the reinforcements, some of the components of the heavy trebuchets were brought. Today, the orc army under the command of Gunderson already has twelve heavy trebuchets.

The terrain of Fort William also couldn't accommodate too many heavy trebuchets. Judging from the number of heavy trebuchets, the orcs were not far from the defenders of Fort William.

With the suppression of heavy trebuchets and the superior force, if you are not afraid of casualties, there is hope to break through Fort William and break through this line of defense from the front.

The second option is to bypass Fort William and break through from the direction of Gravesson Castle.

Gravesson Castle is the gateway to Black River Castle, located on the northwestern bank of the Black River.

The Black River is the most important river in the northern border of the Grant Kingdom, with a length of more than 1000 kilometers. This river originates from the Duke of Edward, passes through the three northern provinces, passes through the Duke of Jonathan, enters the barren coastal highland forest, and finally flows into the the sea.

Gravessen Castle is located downstream of Black River Castle, [-] kilometers northeast of Black River Castle.

Richard's father, William, led the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion six years ago, defending Graveson Castle, and made a military exploit and was successfully conferred a title.

This time the orcs invaded, it was still a multi-way attack.

In Gerda Province, it is still the main force of one line, and the two lines are partial.

One and a half legions of the main force entered from Lahe Province, broke in from the vast area from Feiying Fort to Heihe Fort, and had reached the provincial border, less than [-] kilometers away from Heihe Fort.

This army of orcs was nearby, and the Northern Legion was stationed at Heihe Fort. They didn't dare to leave Heihe Fort too far, so they could only carry out fortified walls to clear the field, so that the main force of orcs could not plunder.

According to the marching speed of the orcs, the orc army would arrive near Black River Fort in about two days.

The two divisions and the one is Gunderson's department, with five brigades of troops, stationed in the northern part of the Harland Valley, and is in a stalemate with Fort William.

The other route is Marurand's troops, with three brigades, which have entered the Pratos Canyon and are fighting Baron Harden and Baron Sharp.

Due to the greater pressure from the orcs in the east, the Northern Legion transferred some troops from Gravessen Castle. The defenders of Graveston Castle had only two main squadrons and four city defense squadrons, with less than a thousand troops.

According to common sense, Graveson Castle has more defensive forces than Fort William, and it will be more difficult to attack Graveson.

In fact, this is not the case. The terrain of Fort William is more difficult than that of Graveson.

Although Gravesson Castle has a moat, the terrain is relatively flat.

This kind of terrain is more suitable for exerting the power of heavy trebuchets.

The main city of Fort William was built in the middle of the valley, and two mountain cities, east and west, were built on the hillsides on both sides.

The city wall sealed off the entire valley.The trebuchets stood on the high ground on both sides of the hillside. The defensive trebuchets had a range advantage, and it was obviously more difficult to attack.

The core factor is that there are still many reinforcements in Harland's territory, which can be easily supported.

But Black River Fort was besieged by the main force of the orcs, and the Northern Legion could not send any reinforcements, so Graveson Castle became a deserted army.

After Gunderson analyzed the intelligence from the investigation, he decided to take the main four brigades to attack Gravessen Castle, and the remaining brigade was stationed at the northern fork in the Harland Canyon, expanding the camp into a large-scale military depot.

Fortification can be fast or slow.Generally speaking, it would take two or three years to build a city covered with bricks and rammed earth.

It took two years to build Fort William and Fort Sophia.

If only the rammed earth city wall is built, the foundation requirements are not strict, and the speed is much faster, and it can be completed in a month or two.

If the wall is made of wood and mud, the speed of construction will be faster. If there are many people, a city with good defense can be built in a few days at the fastest.

There are huge trees everywhere in the Eagle Mountain Range, and there is no shortage of wood resources.

Now that the orcs had plans to stick to it, it took a few days to reinforce the camp.

After Gunderson left some food and grass, seeing that the main force of the orcs had surrounded Black River Fort, he immediately led his troops eastward, and after a two-day detour, they came to Graveson Castle.

Because Black River Fort was besieged by orcs, the defenders of Graveson Castle could only seek help from Fort William in the northwest.

After receiving a request for help from Graveson's defenders, Li Cha fell into long-term thinking.

The situation has changed again, and new fighters have emerged.

Li Cha summoned the officers of each squadron and wanted to hear everyone's opinions first.

Roland was the first to speak: "There are still two plans now, the first one is quite satisfactory, take reinforcements to Graveson Castle, and fight a war of attrition with the orcs.

The second plan is a bit risky, concentrate the main force to raid the rear of the orcs, and burn down the orcs' food storage points. "

Seeing that Roland was leaning toward the second plan, Martin immediately raised objections.

"Is there any trap in the implementation of the second plan? Some time ago, the orcs pretended to withdraw their troops and tempted us to fight in the field."

Because the scouts were suppressed by the orcs, Li Cha didn't know if it was a trap set by the orcs?
The orc camp was not far from Fort William, so he decided to carry out the reconnaissance mission himself, and make plans after confirming the orc's information.

As for the messengers sent by Graveson Castle, Richard also decided to cheer them up, falsely claiming that he would set off with soldiers tomorrow and that reinforcements would arrive in three days.

Everything is used in war, and sometimes a little white lie, or just deception is needed.

Anyway, it is impossible for Graveson Castle to have reinforcements, and Richard is already their life-saving straw.

If Graveson's garrison can really contain the orc army for a day or two, Richard can seize the opportunity to break through the orc depot.

If the battle situation develops to that point, the orcs will have a smaller force advantage.

"The cavalry squadron is ready to go. We will carry out a reconnaissance mission tonight to see if the main force of the orcs is at the Sanchakou depot?"

"I'll do the scouting mission, you don't have to take risks."

Seeing that Li Cha was going to lead a team to perform a reconnaissance mission, Soros shook his head and objected.

"I still want to go to the front line to take a look. The information is not clear, how does the commander make a decision?"

The style of the army is vigorous and resolute. After the meeting, Richard asked the third-order knight Lost to command the Fort William army. Together with Soros, he led the cavalry to the orc camp to investigate the enemy's situation.

They had just left Fort William and headed towards the orc barracks along the river valley, and saw two black spots in the sky from a distance.

These two black dots are the third-order Harpy.

The snake-body man discovered something unusual, and was just about to descend to take a closer look.

Richard and Soros have already drawn their bows and arrows, and let go of the bowstring.

Both of them were rare archers among the northern border soldiers, and they had enchanted bows and arrows in their hands. The harpies were not aware of it for a while, and immediately hit the arrows.Like a broken kite, it fell from the sky.

The harpy was still about to struggle, and Richard Soros shot the second arrow one after another.

"Killing the third-tier harpies will reward you with 2000 experience points."

Hearing the prompt from the attribute panel, Li Cha put away his bow and arrow, and looked up, his uncle Soros also successfully killed another Harpy.

Without the harpies to scout, the orcs seemed blind.

(End of this chapter)