Chapter 110 Battle of Eagle City (Part 1)

Through the misty morning fog, Timothy Wimbledon could vaguely see the flag flying above the city. A novel ≦≦≦﹤﹤≦≦＜＜﹤﹤≤＜

He held up his binoculars, trying to make out the family crest on the banner. The sailboat and crown on a green background undoubtedly belonged to his sister, Garcia Wimbledon. This is also the most flag on the top of the city.

The second most is the white banner, the tall tower on the white cloth and the poisonous snake wrapped around the tower, which is the emblem of the Balya family. Heh, he sneered in his heart, he took refuge in the Queen of Clear Water, but still hung the flag with the pattern of a tower, it was really shameless. When I catch you, a traitor, I will have to feed you the flag, Lord Barya. he thought.

Finally, there is the towering lion with a red background, and the equally shameless Zita family. Timothy had no expression on his face, but in his heart he had already sentenced Ayrin Sita to death, just like Tomman Balya. Of course, the flag is also eaten.

"Ser Netmon, raise the flag of the Kingdom of Graycastle!" Timothy ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Howling Knight responded, and then rode his horse and ran towards the army behind him, "The king has ordered, raise the flag!"

The new king turned his head and saw flagpoles being lifted up one after another. The gray flag was unfolded with the wind. The black pattern looked solemn and solemn. The huge tower and the crossed spears that fell on both sides were the king of Graycastle. Signet. Any traitor will plead guilty under this banner.

Upon receiving the news of Garcia's independence, he immediately took countermeasures - mobilizing troops from the Eastern Territory and the Royal Capital to attack Eagle City. Although there was a shocking wave in his heart at that time, he remained calm on the surface, which gave a lot of confidence to the ministers who supported him.

It took nearly a month to gather the vassals and troops, a week to go to the east, and another half a month to get here. Timothy finally arrived in Eagle City at sunset yesterday. Fortunately, the king's capital was not greatly affected by the evil moon. The road to the south would not be impassable due to snow. Instead, the ground was frozen very hard due to the low temperature, and the horse-drawn carriages transporting grain moved faster than those of the free people.

His team is very large, mainly including his own personal guards, the King City Knights and the troops of Fran Cherritt, the Duke of the East. There are as many as 6,000 people in the three groups, among which there are as many as 1,000 well-trained and well-equipped knights. According to reliable information, Garcia's army has less than 3,000 people, and most of them are free citizens from Port Clearwater. It is okay to rob unarmed farmers and merchants at ordinary times, and it is impossible for them to be opponents of knights in a frontal battle.

Sir Gold, the Minister of Finance, once raised objections. He believed that after the end of the Demon Moon, farming would be carried out everywhere. At this time, recruiting a large army would have a negative impact on the harvest. Therefore, Timothy did not ask the vassals to send out serfs to fight, but called the free people in the territory, and they were responsible for the logistics. In this way, even if they fight in the southern border, they will not miss the spring plowing.

No matter what, Timothy Wimbledon must not allow Garcia to stay in the southern border any longer. Eagle City is not a strong city, its predecessor was a market, just located in the middle of the surrounding towns. Later, with the development of commerce and trade, it gradually evolved into a city in less than a hundred years. In addition, in order to promote its pro-business image, the previous lords did not build an insurmountable high wall. The 3,000-strong civilian army and the two earl's men are not a large army. The sooner countermeasures are taken, the greater the chances of winning. If you give her a chance to breathe and let her completely integrate the entire southern border, it will be very difficult for her to defeat her.

After a night's rest, his men and horses were full and ready to go. The sun gradually changed from orange red to bright golden, the fog began to dissipate, and the earthy brown city wall showed its real body—in the eyes of the new king, it was not a city wall in the true sense at all, it was nothing more than a dirt wall. Poe. From the bottom of the slope to the top of the slope is a slope, without any siege ladder, you can climb up directly with your hands and feet. At the top of the slope is a round wooden fence with a height of one person, which can block refugees and robbers, but cannot stop heavily armed soldiers.

The people at the top of the city stood sparsely, apparently not ready to defend the city.

"Your Majesty, the cavalry in charge of tracking the south gate reported that they observed the movement of a large group of people." Howling Knight ran back to the new king, Le Mahui reported.

Timothy handed the lookout to Duke Fran, and said in a relaxed tone, "It looks like she wants to escape."

The latter watched carefully for a while, then nodded, "It is a decisive choice to make up your mind so quickly. Eagle City is not suitable for defending to the death. She puts people in the city, and we will only catch them all." The Duke said Here laughed, "As you expected in the combat meeting last night, she didn't expect us to come so soon."

"We arrived just in time," Timothy said. "Even if she tried to escape, she couldn't do it at night."

"You are right, marching at night is a big taboo. If she really does that, the team will not fight and collapse without us taking the initiative to attack. And once the men and horses get separated at night, there is almost no possibility of gathering again. Come on, even if she escapes back to Bishui Port, she will only die."

"Therefore, my dear sister must wait until dawn before commanding the army to retreat." Timothy looked at Eagle City, which was at his fingertips, with satisfaction, thinking that what she had done had not exceeded his expectations. Garcia was too greedy for the symbolic status of Eagle City, so she stationed her troops here—it is indeed easier to conquer the hearts of the southern nobles by occupying the mansion of the guardians of the southern border, but the benefits are also accompanied by crises. He deliberately sent a fake army to slowly set off on the road, and he led the cavalry to the east first, without infantry, and all the dry food consumed was transported by horse-drawn carts. After arriving in the eastern region, the Duke will make up the rest of the troops, and rush to Eagle City from the other side of the kingdom. The cavalry first blocks the road to reduce the possibility of spies passing on the news.

It is impossible for the army to leave immediately. Garcia should have received the ambiguous news two or three days ago, and the retreat began at dawn today, which can be regarded as a hasty move. It takes a day to walk from Eagle City to Qingquan Town, and two legs can't run with four legs anyway. As long as I gather a thousand knights to catch up with her team and chase after her, her ridiculous coalition army will naturally collapse.

It is a pity that Garcia may still escape from her hands. If she leaves 3,000 people alone and leaves with two riders, it will not be difficult to return to Clear Water Port alive.

After all, we must go to her lair to finally end this farce, he thought.

"Your Majesty, let's split up according to the previous plan." Duke Fran said, "Will you wait for me to enter the city and go through the city to pursue the south gate, or go around? If I go around, I have to go a little longer. road."

"It's better for me to go around from the southwest," Timothy thought for a while, "It's inconvenient for knights to move in the narrow streets, and Garcia may also block the streets with debris, hindering the passage of troops. Even if you go around at night An hour will not hinder the follow-up pursuit."

"Then I'm out, Your Majesty."

"Be careful," Timothy reminded, "Garcia will not leave any troops in the city, there are probably a lot of traps. In addition, beware of places with narrow streets and many houses. As long as a group of dead soldiers are ambushed, they can threaten to your safety."

"Hahaha," Duke Fran said with a hearty smile, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, when I went out with your father to fight, I personally beheaded hundreds of heads, and I have never been injured." He waved to the guards beside him. Waving his hand, "Sing the horn, attack!"

The army behind surged, and several streams of people walked out of the formation. Under the leadership of several knights, they marched towards Eagle City—they were the free folk who were the pioneer troops, and behind them were armored soldiers. Mercenaries are also the main force in this siege battle. And the knights brought by the duke have all been concentrated under his command.

When the large army began to attack the city wall, Timothy led the remaining knights and retinues to march southwest. (To be continued.)