Thirty Take Refuge

"As expected of the most capable army in the north... Two salvos have been fired, but they have not surrendered." Looking at the collapsed city wall in the distance, Chris sighed on horseback.

Just as Des expected, the reinforcements from North County immediately retreated to their own territory after learning that the earth fort had been breached by Ailan Hill. A letter came, expressing his willingness to pay tribute.

However, Chris did not give him any chance, and directly led his troops to surround the North County Castle, which made the Lord completely stop the thought of continuing to mess around.

The subsequent matter became very simple. As soon as the cannon was fired, the North County announced its surrender and changed its flag. Let the officers urge their soldiers, but no one is willing to face the terrible "magic". Soon someone opened the city gate, and Lord Suifeng became Chris's prisoner.

Almost non-stop, Chris left Vagron to clean up the mess in North County to stabilize the people's hearts, and he took the 1st regiment to kill Han Hai.

This name is called the territory of the vast sea, which originally did not have any borders with Seris City. It was actually a cordon set in the north by the Arrant Empire to monitor and alert the nomadic steppe empire in the north.

Therefore, Hanhai is actually a military fortress, the combat readiness is the best among the northern territories, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is also the highest - of course, Chris is also the most difficult to fight.

After the other party heard that the earth fort and Beijun collapsed within a day, they did not make any fluke decision, but concentrated all their forces and retreated to their own castle.

"The Lord Wilkes in front of me... is the most capable lord I have ever seen... In the face of the artillery, he can actually persevere. He is really a tenacious commander." Looking at the tower in the distance The Hanhai soldiers who were rushing to repair the city wall while taking advantage of Chris's artillery fire, Chris said in admiration.

Along the way, most of the opponents either died under his fire, or the mediocre surrender did not have the ability to fight back. What left a deep impression on him was nothing more than Lawens of Ferry City and the Lord Wilkes in front of him.

Watching the other party methodically defend his castle under the attack of artillery, Chris even moved his love for talent. The generals he can use are too few, so when he encounters one that can be used, his first reaction is to recruit.

"Send an alert soldier to lean over and shout to the city to make them surrender!" Chris pointed to the castle in the distance with his whip, and commanded Walter, the commander of the 1st regiment.

The commander Walter in front of him was actually just a little-known character. He has always been a small captain in the Seris Castle infantry. The biggest task is to watch the city gates and other chores.

However, this Walter stood out in Chris's temporary officer training night school because he had read books and had a very strong learning ability. As a declining traditional middle class, Walter received a good education as a child, which is the capital of his current Chris's main 1st regiment.

He is also a sample that Chris has established, an unconventional conductor. As a sample, Walter also applied the knowledge he had learned to combat and became the world's first generation of technical commanders.

Of course, he and Valgeron's adjutant Coria were entrusted with important tasks, which also reflected from the side how the Duchy of Alan Hill was lacking in talent in the military command system.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" After hearing the order, Walter did not hesitate at all, and immediately issued various combat orders, everything seemed orderly: "Stop the artillery firing! Send someone to persuade surrender!"

After the chaos of the Battle of the Earth Fort, the commander Walter, who had a relatively strong learning ability, was no longer as panicked as he was when he first commanded the battle. Just like snipers are fed by bullets,

Famous generals are just monsters fed by battle.

The third round of shelling that was ready was ordered to stop, and a loud grenadier groped to the edge of the bow and arrow range on the castle, and began to loudly persuade the soldiers inside to put down their weapons and surrender: "Put down your weapons and surrender! It's not worth dying to fight!"

The answer to him was a round of bows and arrows fired from the Hanhai Castle, not dense, but firm. It seems that the reason for finally finding the opportunity to fire, the opponent's archer shot two rounds of feather arrows in one go.

It was a pity that no bows and arrows flew to where the grenadiers were hiding, not even arrows worthy of flying in front of him. In the face of the roar of the cannon, such a counterattack was not even breathing.

The grenadier stood up with contempt, slapped his uniform twice with disdain, turned and returned to his own sequence. After two victories, he already had the pride of being a grenadier of Alan Hill, and naturally he had contempt for those opponents who were on the verge of collapse.

Just when Chris failed to persuade the defenders in Hanhai Castle to surrender, at the edge of the distant battlefield, on a hillside, there was a pair of eyes looking at the attacking troops of Ailan Hill.

A middle-aged man with a neat beard was wearing a leather armor, carrying a long sword, and riding heroically on a group of black warhorses. He was alone, with a small luggage hanging from the back of the saddle.

He took off the water bladder from his waist, pulled out the cork and took a sip of the water inside, then wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand. Hanging the water bladder back on his waist, he lightly clamped the horse's belly, and then rode on the horse, rushing towards the army formation of Alan Hill.

At the same time, within the city walls of Vast Sea City, Lord Wilkes pressed his sword and looked worriedly through a crenel, looking at the terrifying white smoke-breathing weapons on the horizon.

Facing the nomadic peoples of the north, he has always been known for his defense. Hanhai's soldiers are also very good at defense, because what they do the most is to hold on to their city when the nomadic cavalry goes south.

As long as they stick to it for dozens of days, the flank cavalry will attack the nomads under the cover of the soldiers of North County. This tactic has been used for hundreds of years, and there has been no major flaw.

But who would have thought that in just ten days, a rising principality, Ailan Hill, would be able to break through the earthen fort and North County one after another?

"Ah..." Wilkes let out an untraceable sigh while stroking the hard crenel. This time he has no reinforcements, so how can those Alan Hill soldiers outside the city retreat? After thinking about it all morning, he still hasn't come up with the answer to this question.

"Sir!" His adjutant walked over with the sword, the armor on his body made a nice rattling sound, and there was some dust hanging on the adjutant's face, which made him look a little embarrassed: "The other party sent someone to persuade him to surrender, We were scared away."

"This time we have no reinforcements, Bourgeois." Wilkes shook his head and sighed to his adjutant: "The enemy outside the city will not retreat... We... we won't last long."

Every lord has some cronies and subordinates of his own. The most capable officer under Lord Wilkes is his deputy Bourgeois. The lieutenant general of the Vast Sea Territory is also famous, and he is also a powerful person who can fight tough battles.

However, no matter how powerful he was, facing the cannon he had never seen before, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and stick to the city wall, hoping to wait for a miracle.

"My lord, the enemy has this kind of weapon, and it's not surprising that the earth fort and North County have been defeated one after another..." Bourgeois pressed his sword and bowed his head and said to Wilkes, "But we can persist..."

But... what's the use of perseverance? Even if the opponent did not have such weapons as cannons, after losing his allies Tubao and North County, the isolated and helpless Vast Sea would not be able to make Ailan Hill retreat. Once this stalemate continues, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the smaller Hanhai.

Their only hope of victory is to be able to hold on until winter comes with a strong fortress. When the temperature drops, the troops stationed in the field will naturally suffer, and they will retreat without a fight.

What makes people desperate is...the other party has cannons that can demolish the city walls, let alone last until winter. If the other party has enough ammunition to attack with all their strength, Hanhai Castle may not be able to hold on even this afternoon.

"Wait a minute... Maybe, a miracle will happen." Wilkes frowned, and looked at the Alan Hill army formation that had been silent for a while in the distance. After a while, he squeezed out such a sentence. .

On the other side, Chris, who was preparing for a new round of offense, got an interesting report: someone wanted to see him.

This is really a new thing, because this is on the battlefield, his army was still shelling the enemy's castle just now, the sound of the cannon resounding through the sky, ordinary people have long escaped from the mountains and forests after hearing it, no one took the initiative. come up?

"The other party is wearing a saber...wearing leather armor...with a neat beard and looking very energetic." The soldier who came to report described the other party's image as much as possible, which made Chris even more interested.

"Let him come over!" Chris rode on the horse, tapping his fingers on the hilt of the sword, waiting for the arrival of the other party with great interest. Behind him was a dozen loyal Seris cavalrymen, and there were hundreds of rifles in front of him, so he was not afraid of what the other party would do.

So, he calmly watched the other party lead the horse and approach him step by step. This middle-aged man is not tall, but gives a very temperamental feeling. Holding the horse and holding the sword, he just stood in front of Chris, and said lightly, "My name is Mordelair, and I came to join the Archduke Alan Hill."