in the name of the queen.

Chapter 200: Pretending to be a businessman for a sneak attack? court death!
The northern border of the Hanseatic province, the town of Oro.

This is a military fortress and an important pass for solid defense against northern invasion.

After Roland took over the three overseas provinces, the garrison here changed twice, and is now served by the new garrison.

Currently stationed in the town of Oro is the 29th Infantry Battalion, whose personnel are mainly coal miners from the Hanseatic Province.

These miners received simple and strict military training and became qualified musketeers. Although their fighting skills were slightly poor, their discipline and morale were very high.

Compared to a coal mine that may be buried by landslides at any time, serving as a soldier under the governor not only provides good pay, but also has a high social status, not to mention that the military uniforms are particularly handsome.

Adhering to the design concept of a certain artist, Roland hired a professional costume designer to design the military uniform so handsome that young men couldn't bear to take it off when they put it on, and young girls' eyes lit up when they saw it.

Jay Bacchus, the commander of the 29th Battalion, was a former Silver Knight of the Order of the White Rose. While retaining the title of Silver Knight, he was promoted to the rank of Army Major.

Standing on the watchtower in Oro Town, Major Jay Bacchus raised his telescope and stared at the mountain pass in the north with his sharp hawk-like eyes.

The Suyige Hills are the natural dividing line between the Kingdom of Oden and the Hanseatic Province. Patrols from both sides often meet here, occasionally say hello, and even exchange some specialties.

Now that we know there is something wrong with this caravan, we can set up an ambush, just like the Governor's hunting operation.

After a moment of silence, a voice with insufficient confidence came from the city gate, "The reception capacity in the city is limited. Please enter the city in batches. Two hundred people can enter in the first batch."

Who else to be wary of in this Oro town is the Oden people.

But this caravan had none of that.

"Stay alert!"

Jay Bacchus took just two steps before he stopped alertly.

Hatred belongs to high-level people, what does it have to do with ordinary people.

This caravan has a large number of people and moves too slowly. It may be necessary to delay the closing of the city gate.

They didn't even know that Jay Bacchus had seen through the authenticity of this letter of introduction.

Jay Bacchus snapped his fingers and called the messenger to get his subordinates ready.

"The city gate has been closed. Everyone from the Rusong Chamber of Commerce, please come back tomorrow morning."

The opponent has no defense, and two hundred people can easily cooperate to capture the city.

Half an hour later, this "caravan", which moved significantly faster than ordinary caravans, approached Oro Town, which had closed its gates.

For example, now, another huge caravan is slowly approaching.

The leader of the caravan waved a small white flag to identify himself as an unarmed group, and loudly shouted to the soldiers at the top of the city, demanding entry into the city.

There was a sneer on Jay Bacchus's lips.

Although the senior officials of the Oden Kingdom are very hostile to the Sussex people who crushed the kingdom's navy a hundred years ago, there are frequent people-to-people exchanges between the two sides.

It was a very despicable act for the military to impersonate businessmen, but it was effective.

The Kingdom of Oden is small in area, and many industrial products need to be imported from the Hanseatic provinces. Caravans often sell goods through the Suig Pass.

The team leader at the top of the city was a little unsure, so he asked the caravan below the city gate to deliver the letter of introduction to the door.

Two hundred people are enough.

"Hey, man, this is the special gin wine ordered by the governor of your country for the celebration. It must be delivered as soon as possible. I have a letter of introduction from the governor's palace. Please forgive me."

But Jay Bacchus didn't dare to neglect.

He smiled and said: "Yes, sir!"

The people in the caravan didn't know that the "squad leader" was actually Jay Bacchus from the garrison camp.

There are at least seven or eight hundred people in the caravan, which is even more than the garrison in the town. Caravans of this size often undertake important commercial tasks and must be taken seriously.

This is a small piece of paper with no beginning or end. The handwriting is very sloppy. It seems that it was written casually with the left hand that is not very good at it.

Is this a fucking businessman? How can a caravan have a strong man per capita and not even a fat man?
As we all know, the living conditions of businessmen are very good, and wine, meat and women are their main form of entertainment, so many businessmen develop their bodies horizontally.

Every day there are caravans coming from the Kingdom of Oden.

However, after receiving the note, there was still no change in the past three days.

This was a lesson given by Governor Roland, who warned them to be vigilant at all times and to identify any doubts carefully.

Wait, the caravan that went to the Kingdom of Oden recently was about a hundred people. How could a caravan of this size suddenly appear here? Is the trade demand of the Kingdom of Oden so great?
A story suddenly flashed through his mind. It was said that there was a super strong man who had his home stolen by someone pretending to be a caravan, causing the battle to fail.

Jay Bacchus grabbed the telescope and continued to observe, suddenly taking a breath of cold air.

For a caravan of six to seven hundred people, no matter how low the ratio is, there will still be at least a dozen fat men.

Ru Song, the leader of the caravan under the city gate, couldn't help lowering the brim of his hat to hide his smile.

The paper of the small note is the office paper of the Knights. Although there are traces of cover-up, it is still obvious.

Jay Bacchus took a deep breath, put down the telescope, and planned to notify his men to prepare for the reception.

In this era before health science was popularized, at least three out of ten businessmen were fat.

However, just a few days ago, Jay Bacchus received a warning from the Hanseatic Province.

This warning note wanted him to be more vigilant, but he didn't want to expose anything.

A caravan, excluding the guards and people doing odd jobs, always has a group of serious businessmen, and the obesity rate among these people is very high.

He ordered two hundred people, concealed their weapons, and slowly entered through the open city gate.

Two hundred people entering the city were walking on the dark streets. There was no light around them, only the sound of footsteps coming from people walking on the streets.

The silence was a bit eerie.

The person in charge of the outpost looked around suspiciously, and suddenly felt a chill coming from behind.

Something's wrong! Although Oro Town is a border town, it is also an important trade node. How could there be no lights at night and an ambush!
He pulled out his pistol and was about to fire a warning shot into the sky when a flying knife flew over.

He screamed, his wrist was cut off, and the pistol and hand fell to the ground at the same time.

Along with his screams, neat gunshots rang out all around, followed by violent explosions.

The dull sound of the city gates closing pronounced the two hundred men to death.

Although they fought hard, it was useless under the defenders' superior firepower, favorable terrain and early ambush.

The ambush quickly turned into a massacre.

After several rounds of dense gunfire, only screams and begging for mercy came from the city.

Mr. Ru Song, the head of the Chamber of Commerce outside the city, had a pale face. He looked up at the head of Oro Town and shouted sternly: "We are transporting gin wine for the Governor, you..."

He was answered by violent gunfire.

Jay Bacchus looked at the furious Ru Song indifferently, with murderous intent.

If he hadn't been alert in time, if he hadn't been observing the mountain pass intensively every day, if there hadn't been that little piece of warning note, the situation would have been completely different.

The battle in the city was indeed one-sided, but the ambushed enemy had high fighting qualities and fought back despite a complete collapse, causing more than a dozen casualties among the defenders.

If they were allowed to sneak in, the 29th Battalion of the Guards would be massacred. Thinking of this, he felt scared.

When President Ru Song saw what had happened, he didn't dare to talk nonsense. He became so angry that he fired a shot at the city wall, turned around and fled.

He gritted his teeth and cursed the garrison commander for his shamelessness.

He must leave quickly and wait for the arrival of the main force.

As long as the artillery troops arrive, the small town of Oro can naturally be breached, but he must face the wrath of His Majesty the King.

Thinking of this, he felt his scalp numb and regretful.

He shouldn't have thought so wildly about this bad idea of ​​a sneak attack, which not only cost more than 200 people, but also seriously damaged the morale of the entire army, and put him in a dilemma.

Ru Song regretted it so much that he wanted to die, but he would regret it even more soon.

He had no eyes in the back of his head, and he didn't notice a rifle being raised and aimed at him.

Unlike the flintlock muskets of this era, which depended entirely on faith, Jay Bacchus held a handmade bolt-action rifle.

Roland provided the manufacturing drawings, Hansa's top blacksmiths hand-made the parts for assembly, and Norton corrected the shooting accuracy. It is a limited edition bolt-action rifle that looks like the M1841.

The loading speed and shooting accuracy of this rifle are far worse than those of regular bolt-action rifles. The effective range is only four hundred meters, and it cannot be mass-produced, but it is enough.

Jay Bacchus raised the corners of his mouth slightly, prayed silently in his heart, and pulled the trigger.

The bullet flew nearly two hundred meters away and accurately hit Ru Song in the back of the head.

In an era before bulletproof helmets were developed, even crude rifle bullets were lethal enough.

"boom!"

The last thing Ru Song felt was a sap on the back of his head, and then his vision went black and he fell off his horse.

He stared blankly at the sky, unconscious. He is proficient in physical skills, good at using muskets, and proficient in military command. He is a leader among the young officers of the Kingdom of Oden, and is known as the Bear Hunter.

But it's all over.

At the moment, people didn't realize what this bullet from two hundred meters away meant, they just felt that Ru Song was extremely unlucky.

Jay Bucks blew on the smoking muzzle and silently thanked Governor Roland for giving him the rifle.

He hugged the rifle like a lover and barked orders.

After repelling the enemy attack, the town of Oro lit a beacon fire to warn the rear. When the beacon was lit, two carrier pigeons and a messenger riding a horse reported to Hanseatic City at the same time.

After issuing all orders, Jay Bacchus summoned the officers to hold an emergency military meeting to study countermeasures.

Although he won the battle, he did not relax.

Obviously, the enemy who came to attack tonight is just the forward, and there must be a large force behind.

The Kingdom of Oden is indeed not a top power, but it is also a brave and capable little power with good combat power. Even if Oro Town is a city of steel, it cannot stop the enemy's large forces.

Enraged enemies may even massacre the city.

The ancestors of the Oden people were pirates. They often slaughtered the city after occupying it, and then chopped off their heads and placed them outside the next city to intimidate the defenders.

To hold on or to run away, that is the question
?
At the military meeting, almost all officers opposed abandoning the city and escaping.

The youngest lieutenant, a young boy who was a hunter half a year ago, stood up and shouted loudly:

"Our army has strict military discipline. Abandoning a position without orders from superiors is a death sentence, and all family property will be confiscated. Children are not allowed to receive compulsory education, and immediate family members are not allowed to hold public office. If we fight to the end, we will die in battle at most. If we escape, our family will be harmed. "

Jay Bucks motioned to the young officer to sit down expressionlessly.

The handsome young man sitting next to the young officer smiled and teased: "Tom, you don't even have a girlfriend, but you actually care about your family?"

The boy named Tom blushed and refuted loudly: "Even if I don't have a girlfriend, I have parents and a younger brother. Who says I don't have a family?"

Jay Bucks raised his hand to stop the officers from laughing, and said in a deep voice:
"Tom's opinion is to stay the course, what about the others?"

The young officer who had just mocked Tom stood up and saluted Jay Bucks first, and said loudly:
"Battal Commander, we should make two preparations. First, we must ensure that the town of Oro is defended before the enemy artillery troops appear. Oro Town is the gateway to the Hanseatic Plain. If it is lost, the Governor will attack the Hanseatic City. Defense battle."

After a pause, he continued: "Secondly, we need to evacuate the residents in the city in advance. The elderly and children will be evacuated into the territory. Young and middle-aged men will be urgently recruited into the army, and adult women will be responsible for logistics. This can not only supplement the city's defense forces, but also prepare for subsequent evacuation. ”

"Evacuate?"

"Jerry, what are you talking about? You are shaking the morale of the army. How can we escape without a fight!"

This sentence quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of the other officers. If Jay Bucks had not asked to continue, the others would have jumped up and beaten him.

"We have asked the Governor for reinforcements. The reinforcements should arrive within three days, so we must hold on for at least three days. If there is no trace of reinforcements after three days, it is time to break out."

Silence fell in the conference hall.

Jerry was right. If there were no reinforcements, they would not violate military regulations even if they abandoned the city and broke out. But when Oro Town is surrounded, will there still be a chance to break out?

There are only more than a hundred war horses in the city. Trying to break through without riding a horse would be a bit disrespectful to the enemy, so the number of people who can break through is basically equal to the number of war horses.

Jerry's implication is that he must hold on until casualties exceed 60% before he can break through.

No one asked who would be able to break out on horseback by then.

Guns will give the answer, who is alive and who is qualified to leave.

Jay Bacchus stood up and said coldly: "The old and weak children will be evacuated early tomorrow morning, and the war horses will be managed and mobilized uniformly. No one is allowed to use them without my order."

"I will fight side by side with you until the final victory. Dismissed! Tom, please stay for a while."

Everyone dispersed, leaving only the youngest officer.

Looking at the young man's hairy beard, Jay Bucks asked in a deep voice: "Tom, how old are you?"

"Battal Commander, I'm eighteen years old!"

"Fart!" Jay Bucks interrupted his lie angrily.

"Seventeen. After my birthday this year, I will be seventeen!"

Tom's eyes widened in dissatisfaction and he defended himself angrily, "Count Sif is only a few months older than me. She can contribute to the empire's campaign, why can't I?"

"Are you confident you can accomplish any task?" Jay Bucks used a clumsy provocation method.

"Of course!" Tom blushed, irritated by his success.

"You will ride on my horse and set out overnight to find reinforcements."

"Batalion Commander, you are looking down on me!" Tom was just young, not really stupid. He knew that Jay Bacchus wanted him to retreat safely.

Jay Bacchus raised his right hand and said in a cold voice, "Colonel Jesse's light cavalry is stationed in the north of the Hansa Plain, but they often change their location. You must find Colonel Jesse within one day and bring reinforcements to rescue us. You Can you guarantee the completion of the task?”

Tom hesitated for a second, then stood up straight and saluted Jay Bucks.

Looking at the young company commander's thin shoulders and young back, Jay Bacchus' lips had a hint of a smile.

Although the others are young, they are all married, but you are the only one who is not yet married.

(End of this chapter)