Chapter 133 The mountain camp
is about fifty kilometers from Osma Castle into Canyon County.
Although the distance is not very far, you need to climb the mountains on both sides of Dragon Canyon to enter Canyon County.
The mountains on both sides of the Dragon Canyon are no more than two thousand meters, and there are many mountain roads that can enter the canyon.
This canyon leads directly from the City of Victory at the mouth of the southern valley to near the Black River Castle in the north.
It is more than 200 kilometers long from north to south and 40 kilometers wide from east to west. The actual area of Julong Canyon is larger than that of Taiyuan Basin.
This area is actually more accurately called the Dragon Basin.
Dawn Continent is a fantasy world with a land area larger than the previous Earth. Because of the legend of the ancient dragon, this area has always been named after the Dragon Canyon.
Richard led the coalition of nobles from the two counties and entered Canyon County after walking for two days.
But the rebels were well prepared and set up garrison on the mountain road.
Richard had never fought an offensive or defensive battle in a mountain castle.
However, the opponent occupies a strategic position. If you want to enter the Dragon Canyon, you must first defeat the mountain defenders.
Attacking a mountain camp from behind will inevitably result in heavy casualties.
The private army in Harland's territory is the basis for Richard's foothold in the nobility and must not be wasted in siege battles.
Therefore, Richard handed over all the initial probing attacks to the Brenner County serf soldiers.
The serf soldiers moved cautiously, holding simple wooden shields, and slowly approached the rebel camp.
After entering the range of the archers, arrows were continuously shot from the mountain camp.
Richard stared at the density of arrows in the camp and estimated how much long-range projection power there was in the camp.
The arrows were overwhelming like locusts, constantly shooting the serf soldiers into a hornet's nest.
Casualties increased, and the serf soldiers were stimulated by the blood and immediately retreated. However, the way was blocked by the supervising team arranged by Richard.
Serving as the supervising team are soldiers from the 8th Squadron, a direct descendant of Richard.
They have not been organized for a long time and have not completed recruit training. The soldiers have only practiced breathing techniques for a short time and have little combat experience.
The last battle also involved rebel serf soldiers, with very few casualties. Although it seems that the equipment is good and the military is in great shape, its true combat effectiveness has not been tested by fire.
I saw the serf soldiers suffered so many casualties and the war was so cruel.
Many soldiers' legs suddenly became weak, their throats became dry, and they were a little confused when they saw the defeated soldiers.
Although there are many new recruits, the Eighth Squadron still has more than thirty veterans. These people have many years of experience in joining the army, and they are the core of this new force.
Squadron leader Claude gave an order, and the soldiers swarmed forward and captured more than a dozen defeated soldiers. A dozen veterans raised their knives and instantly killed the escaped soldiers.
Claude ordered the heads of deserters to be hung on long wooden poles to intimidate the serf soldiers.
If you rush forward, you will die, if you run back, you will die.
This cruel reality directly broke the will of the serf soldiers.
The casualties exceeded 10%. The two squadrons of serf soldiers who tried to attack immediately collapsed, and many people even took up arms. I want to fight for my life with the supervising team.
On the battlefield, fate favors those who are not afraid of death. The more afraid of death, the faster they die.
The serf soldiers had already approached the camp, but now they retreated and their backs were exposed to the enemy.
The arrows were densely packed, hitting like raindrops, hitting rows of enemies.
Like cutting wheat, the serf soldiers fell down in rows. More than 80% of them were shot in the back.
The value of these people’s lives is truly lighter than a feather.
There are only a dozen people who dare to fight with the supervising team. Unfortunately, the equipment and training are far from those of the regular army, and there is no unified organization.
In an instant, all the struggling deserters were killed by the Eighth Squadron. In just over an hour, more than 300 soldiers died on the mountain road. The casualties they caused to the rebels were less than ten.
Richard has participated in many wars, and the harsh flames of war have tempered his heart as hard as iron.
No matter how miserable the serf soldiers were, they could not arouse his sympathy.
Living in a precarious world, if compassion is too rampant, one's own people may be the ones affected.
Compassion does not control soldiers is an eternal truth.
If you want to command thousands of troops, the most basic quality is ruthlessness.
Sending countless soldiers to the battlefield turned into pages of casualty figures.
Even if relatives and friends die on the battlefield, their will and confidence in fighting will not be affected. Such a person can be called a qualified soldier.
In today's trial attack, if Richard lets the first squadron go into battle, he will suffer at most twenty or thirty casualties, and he will be able to find out the defensive strength of the mountain road camp.
Using serf soldiers would require 300 casualties.
The First Squadron is the backbone of Harland's territory. Many people have followed Richard through life and death many times. They have been in a relationship together for five years.
The serf soldiers consumed the strong men controlled by the hereditary nobles of Brenner.
As long as you can analyze the pros and cons, you will know who should be sent into battle?
After consuming two squadrons of serf soldiers, we roughly figured out the defensive strength of the mountain road camp.
There are about three hundred soldiers in this camp. These people are not refugee soldiers holding farm tools, but soldiers that Blood Horn has secretly cultivated for many years.
Their weapons and equipment are already very good, and 30% of the soldiers are equipped with iron armor.
The skills mastered by the soldiers are also very good, and many of them are already quite good at archery.
According to Richard's estimation, even if the Warcraft Squadron participated in the battle, if he wanted to capture this camp under normal conditions, he would have to suffer casualties of at least 200 regular troops.
After finally training eight squadrons of soldiers, Richard was not prepared to waste them on the battlefield.
At this point, you can only take out the hidden cards and use them.
To conquer this kind of mountain camp, the counterweight trebuchet is very useful.
However, the counterweight trebuchet is very heavy. Assembling a heavy trebuchet requires more than twenty carts of wood, and the accessories need to be transported from far away places.
It is estimated that it will take more than ten days for the heavy trebuchet to be assembled.
The military situation was urgent and there was not much time left for Richard.
If he wanted to capture this mountain camp with less casualties, Richard could only use the alchemy bombs he had saved.
Creating a magic bomb requires a magician to draw explosive runes.
Including magic apprentices, there are only four people in Harland Territory.
Adrian's talent is not good and he has not yet advanced to become a magician, so he cannot draw explosive runes for the time being.
The only people who can produce alchemy bombs are Richard, Sophia, and Wendy.
Richard's time was extremely tight and he drew the least explosive runes.
After Sophia became pregnant, Richard refused to let her draw explosive runes.
Most of the magic bombs in Harland's territory were made by Wendy, and there were only more than 500 of them in total.
Alchemy bombs are very dangerous. As long as they hit hard ground, they will explode immediately.
The one-kilogram alchemical bomb produced in Harland's territory requires 300 grams of black powder, and its lethality is no less than a standard fireball.
Professionals are in the center of the explosion and may lose their lives.
(End of chapter)