Lord Harland.

Chapter 265 Jungle Encounter

The situation of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces has changed a lot after the Bursen Castle was broken.

First of all, the problem of food shortage has been effectively alleviated. Of the more than 2000 tons of food seized, [-] tons were left for the captives to eat on the road, and the remaining food was enough for the coalition forces of the three provinces to feed for [-] days.In addition, Baron Solawan died in battle, which severely damaged the fighting courage of the border nobles in central Stanik.

Secondly, the strategic situation of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces has also improved a lot. After entering Stanik, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces finally had a solid stronghold.

This intervention war is a civil war between the Kingdom of Grant and the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and neither the Church of Dawn nor the Church of King Power will participate in the war.

If the clergy do not participate in the war, there will be a shortage of medical personnel for battlefield rescue.

Fortunately, when the three-provincial coalition was formed, Li Cha brought some medical personnel from Harland's territory, and the territory mage group could provide healing power, so this problem was not obvious in the three-provincial coalition.

Li Cha turned his head and asked the staff officer beside him, "What about our casualties, have they been counted?"

"Last night, we killed 86 officers and soldiers and injured about [-] people."

Hearing the number of casualties, Li Cha said: "There are three hundred casualties at night, and four hundred casualties during the day. In order to break through Bursen Castle, we have already reduced the number of soldiers by seven hundred. Although we have conquered this castle and taken the advance stronghold, we are short of food." The situation has also eased.

We will have to divide our forces for the next battle. Bolsen Castle must be defended, and we need to leave [-] soldiers to garrison it.Our attacking force is only [-], and compared with the coalition forces of nobles in central Stanek, we still have no numerical advantage at all.We attack and they defend, but our situation is still relatively bad.

So we can't be proud just because we won the battle. Today, we will rest for a day at Burson Castle, and tomorrow we will continue to march westward, actively looking for the main force of the noble coalition forces in central Stanik, and it is best to fight with them in the field. "

After giving the order, Li Cha dispatched a squadron of soldiers to escort the captives back to Harland's territory.

After the war of intervention began, the coalition forces of the three provinces had captured nearly 3 people, and at least half of this population could be swallowed by Harland's territory.

In the early morning of the next day, Richard asked the Gascoigne Provincial Noble Alliance to deploy [-] soldiers to garrison Burson Castle, and then led [-] soldiers to the west.

The magic hot air balloon rose into the sky, and the Warcraft scouting cavalry also scattered, walking in front of the main force.

The construction of scouts in the territory of Harland has far surpassed that of the border nobles of Stanik.

The magic hot air balloon reconnaissance team is not only equipped with binoculars, it can detect the enemy's situation at high altitude.Among the hot air balloons, there are also elite archers who are capable of fighting even if they encounter harpies.In addition, the magic hot air balloon is equipped with advanced magic apprentices to control the magic flames.

A magic hot air balloon reconnaissance squadron, equipped with eight teams.Generally speaking, six teams perform reconnaissance tasks, and two teams are on duty.

In addition to the magic hot air balloon, the lion cavalry squad in Harland's territory already has four lion knights who can take off into the air to fight, and the leader is Richard's cousin Audrey.

Compared with the magic hot air balloon, the lion cavalry has higher flexibility and a larger range of activities.

The magic hot air balloon also needs the help of the wind direction to fly, but the lion does not need this. The flexibility of the flight, the lion is also better than the magic hot air balloon.If there are enough lion knights, the magic hot air balloon scout can be eliminated.

Flying in the air on a lion squirrel, Audrey has a panoramic view of the enemy's every move.Walking ten kilometers west from Bursen Castle, you will encounter a mountain range extending from north to south.

This mountain range is about 260 kilometers long and is called the Felaman Mountains.

In the east of the mountain range, the Grand Duchy of Stanik rewarded six baronies.These six baronies are Stanik's first line of defense against the Kingdom of Grant.

If you bypass the Feraman Mountains, you need to walk ten more days.

Ten days more journey, the food road will be very long. If the enemy rushes down from this mountain range, it will be easy to cut off the food road of the coalition forces of the three provinces.

Unless Li Cha builds five or six grain military stations on the road, leaving one or two thousand soldiers in each military station, can the safety of the grain road be protected.

But in this way, only a few thousand troops are left to attack.

Through aerial reconnaissance, the Felaman Mountains are not particularly high, with an altitude of between a few hundred meters and 1000 meters.

There are five or six valleys in the mountains that can be passed through, and one of them has the best passage conditions, which can be regarded as the official road of the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

This valley is about twenty kilometers long, and the mountains on both sides are not dangerous. The widest part of the valley is two or three kilometers long, and the narrowest part is several hundred meters.

This is a battleground for military strategists. Of course, the coalition forces of the Stanik border nobles will set up camps and strongholds in the valley.

Because Bolsen Castle fell too quickly, before the defenders of the camp could react, the scouts from the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces had already appeared.

In the camp, there were less than two thousand soldiers.The commander of the garrison was the Viscount York.

If the coalition formed by nobles does not have a commander with high prestige, it will generally be very difficult to command.

In the central border area of ​​Stanik, there is not a single noble in the front. The three viscounts and sixteen barons are doing their own thing. Even in the face of external threats, it is more difficult to command in unison.

First of all, it is very difficult to concentrate the troops. The army in the hands of the minor nobles is their lifeblood.You can't ask every hereditary nobleman to have an overall view.

In fact, most minor nobles are selfish and rarely have a sense of the overall situation.

Because Bolson Castle only lasted for a few days, it didn't give Viscount Nero, the coach of the three-provincial coalition army, much time to buy.

According to Viscount Nero's plan, the Stanik border nobles have deployed two lines of defense in total. The first line of defense is centered on Burson Castle, with Solawan as the commander, and the main force is the six barons in the eastern part of the Ferraman Mountains. , the number is three thousand.

The Viscount York led [-] soldiers to establish a second line of defense in the Ferraman Valley.

Viscount Nero continued to concentrate his troops, recharge his batteries and act as a backup.

In the past few days, the Viscount York had participated in dozens of meetings, and managed to gather [-] soldiers, half of whom were soldiers from the Viscount York.The camp was repaired a day ago, and it was stationed in the middle of the valley.

The short time was not enough for Viscount York to strengthen the fortifications.

The Viscount York wanted to use Burson Castle to consume the enemy's energy.

In his prediction, the terrain of Bolson Castle is dangerous, and Baron Solawan who defends the castle is powerful and experienced.If the enemy wants to conquer Bolsen Castle, he must pay a lot of casualties and delay for a long time.

When the veterans of the Grant Kingdom's army were exhausted, Viscount Nero gathered his soldiers, and he would be able to cooperate with Bulson's defenders and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces relied on powerful magic power to capture Burson Castle in a nighttime surprise attack.

Seeing the monster scouts appearing near the camp, Viscount York suddenly felt desperate and pessimistic.

He knew in his heart that the strength of the guards in Feraman Valley was not as good as that of Bursen Castle.Since Bolson Castle can't be defended, he can't hold out here for too long.

After discovering that the enemy had lion cavalry, Viscount York hurriedly dispatched soldiers to report the news to the rear, requesting support, and then ordered the soldiers to dig trenches and reinforce the camp, hoping to delay for a few days.

After receiving the information from the scouts, Li Cha made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers to march faster, not to give the enemy too long to prepare, and to launch a fortified battle before the reinforcements arrived.

Among the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces, the soldiers in Harland Territory were the most elite, and they marched faster at full speed.

In order to conquer the camp in the valley before the arrival of reinforcements, Li Cha ordered the soldiers of Harland's territory to act as the vanguard, the Rah provincial coalition army to be the central army, and the Gerda provincial coalition army to be the rear.

All ministries must pack lightly, and must rush to the battlefield tonight.

Richard and the coalition command will follow the soldiers in Harland's territory to fight.

In the afternoon, the soldiers of Harland's territory went through a morning's forced march, walked ten kilometers on a flat road, and four kilometers on a mountain road, and appeared near the camp in the Feraman Valley
To form the Intervention Army this time, the Harland Territory mobilized the Scouting Cavalry Brigade, the Hot Air Balloon Squadron, the Territory Mage Corps, the Third Squadron of the Warcraft Cavalry, the Second Brigade of the Infantry, and the Sixth Brigade of the Infantry, with a total strength of about [-] troops.

In the battle to conquer Burson City, Harland's territory army only had elite archers, and the territory's mage group participated in the battle, with minimal losses.

Taking Harland's territory army as the vanguard, [-] elite soldiers descended from the sky and rushed to the vicinity of the camp, causing the defenders to panic and make a lot of noise.

With such a short distance, the defenders didn't even have time to adjust their formation. The Viscount York could barely organize a team and put up their shields to defend.

The arrows kept falling, shooting densely into the camp, overwhelming the enemy so much that they couldn't lift their heads.

Under the protection of the soldiers, the magicians in the territory of Harland began to adjust their orientation and released a series of spells to assist the soldiers in combat.

Sophia and Wendy released several fireballs in a row, like a battlefield fortress. Several fireballs hit the enemy's shield fiercely, exploded instantly, and ignited raging flames.

Although the soldiers hid behind their shields and mobilized their grudges to deploy a layer of defense, they were still powerless to stop them. The scorching heat wave swept over, covering hundreds of soldiers within the magic range.

In an instant, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and more than dozens of soldiers were killed and injured.There were also several gaps in the Viscount York's shield formation, exposing weaknesses.

When he found that a magician appeared on the other side, Viscount York's face changed, and he didn't want to give an order immediately.

"Pangke, you and I will lead the team separately and kill the enemy magician."

Although the shield array can defend against ordinary bows and arrows, it cannot withstand the bombardment of fireball for too long.There are more than two mid-level magicians among the enemies. If they are left alone, there will inevitably be a big gap in the shield formation after the bombardment. Without the protection of the shield formation, one's own side will definitely be defeated by then.

Viscount York raised his long sword, jumped out of the shield formation with another sixth-rank warrior, Punk, and each led a small group of elite soldiers to attack Sophia and Wendy.

In just one or two minutes, the two engaged the soldiers in Harland's territory.

York is a seventh-tier silver knight, and Punk is also a sixth-tier fighter.The destructive power of the two in close combat was extremely strong. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight soldiers were killed or injured in Harland's territory, and a small gap appeared in the army formation.

Seeing this scene, the officers in the territory of Harland took the initiative to take responsibility. Captain Jennings of the Sixth Battalion and Lost, the captain of the Second Battalion, led their own soldiers to stop the two attacking arrows of York and Punk.

Although Jennings is young, he is already a Tier [-] fighter, and there are a few professional officers around him. Although his combat effectiveness is much worse than that of Punk, but with enough helpers around him, the casualties of the Punk team will increase as soon as he makes a move. Bigger, in just a few short breaths, there were only a few professional officers around Punk.

Mid-level professionals like Jennings and Punk are like monsters in strength and stamina. They wield heavy weapons, and ordinary soldiers can't stop them at all.

Seeing that Jennings tried his best to block Punk's blow, Li Cha and Soros drew their bows and arrows at the same time, and let go of the bowstring.At the same time, Sophia also fired a fireball at Punk.

In an instant, the fireball fell from the top of Punk's head. Punk raised his arm shield and vigorously stimulated his fighting spirit. A light of fighting spirit burst out from the arm shield, forming a magic shield to protect himself inside.

The magic fireball exploded, and Punk, who was in the center of the explosion, was suffering from waves of fire waves. He desperately urged his fighting spirit to resist the burning of the magic flame. In just ten seconds, the consumption of fighting spirit has exceeded half .

When the last wave of fire passed, Punk endured the burning pain of the fire and was about to jump hard to get rid of Jennings' entanglement. As soon as he looked up, he found two arrows shooting at him fiercely.

These two arrows had a sharp whistling sound, and their speed was extremely fast.

When he was dying, Punk's hair was almost standing on end in shock. He had no time to think about how many enemies there were in the dark. On the battlefield, he almost instinctively responded to danger.

When the first arrow came, Punk couldn't dodge it. With a roar, his hands burst out with fighting spirit again, and he raised his long sword and hit the arrow just in the nick of time.

This feather arrow uses a mid-level enchanted arrow. This arrow is made of an alloy made of blood steel and mountain copper. It is not only very hard, but also has a powerful fighting spirit.

In the entire territory of Harland, only warriors whose archery level is above the fourth level are equipped with this special arrow.

Although Punk's power is great, he can't break the arrow.The arrow and the long sword collided violently and exploded.

The violent impact pushed Punk to the ground, and the vindictive light on the armor flickered a few times in vain, and finally completely extinguished.

Punk struggled to get up, but before he could stand still, another feathered arrow shot towards him. This time Punk was powerless to stop him. The arrow shot fiercely at Punk's head, piercing through the solid helmet.

Punk fell heavily to the ground, and closed his eyes unwillingly.

(End of this chapter)