Chapter 14 The Barbarian Offensive

In the world of ice and snow, the weather was very cold, the sun lost its rampant summer, leaving only a small white ball, weakly exuding pitiful heat, the sky became much darker under the shroud of winter, making the People feel gloomy after watching it.

Reiner was wearing a set of thick cotton coat, the outside was the thick linen armor originally lined inside the chain armor and a piece of leather armor. These were all things to keep warm, but he could still feel the warmth under such severe cold. The biting cold wind kept drilling into the body.

The tents brought over are still useful, but even so, the cold wind can still blow through the tents and hit everyone.

This is also one of the reasons why no one is willing to go out to fight every winter. According to Lehner's estimation, the temperature here should be around thirty or forty degrees below zero.

"Woo~" A brass horn sounded. This was the assembly call of the entire Fort Moreland before. Not only the troops directly under Leiner's subordinates, but also the soldiers under the knights could distinguish the brass horn.

Even as a soul born in the northeast of the Celestial Dynasty, it is difficult for him to bear the severe cold, let alone the colder climate in the frigid forest.

The soldiers also wore thick cotton coats and leather armor. Although half of them were equipped with chain armor, it was undoubtedly a kind of torture in this kind of weather.

Iron armor will become extremely cold in this kind of weather, so if there is no combat situation, no one wants to wear iron armor.

But it's obviously not going to work now. Under Leiner's more than three months of disciplinary training, they are now basically able to implement orders and prohibitions.

Although it is not as good as the army with strict military discipline in the later celestial dynasties, it is at least one of the best in this era.

They quickly put on their armors on each other, then picked up their spears, put their long swords on their waists, put on their helmets and rushed out of the tent to line up.

Their formation was very neat, and sixty infantrymen and twenty archers gathered together quickly.

The soldiers brought by the knights are different. Most of them are serfs and free people who have been summoned temporarily. They have all kinds of weapons. The better ones can be equipped with wooden maces and linen armed clothes. The others wore only ordinary cotton-padded clothes, and then carried wooden sticks and dung forks, and followed their masters onto the battlefield.

In addition to the retinues, each knight also brought about a dozen such omens. Apart from the omens composed of free citizens, their combat effectiveness was extremely low. The food they usually ate lacked nutrition, and their average height was only about 1.6 meters. Not to mention skinny, but definitely not strong, even the average level of the residents of the Celestial Dynasty is much worse.

Being ruled by the lord tremblingly all the year round also makes them extremely cowardly, and it is difficult to change without a certain period of training.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, they finally formed a messy formation, standing next to the army directly under Leiner, and the gap between the two sides was very obvious.

With the help of several followers, Leiner put on the chain armor, and then put the warm iron helmet with animal skin inside on his head. All the knights had assembled and waited outside Leiner's tent.

Leiner put on the armor and hung a high-quality long sword from his waist. A servant signed his horse, and then knelt on the ground with all four limbs, letting Leiner step on his back to get on the horse.

For this "feudal and decadent" behavior, Reiner accepted it without pressure. At first he felt a little uncomfortable, but after a long time, he also understood that in this era, we must abide by the rules of this era.

If Reiner hadn't stepped on the opponent's back, he might still feel panic because he felt that he had offended Lord Baron.

Leiner looked at the direction where the wolf smoke was ignited, and it was not far from him, only about two kilometers away.

"The enemy has arisen! We! Will defeat them here! Defend our home and domain,

Everyone will be honored! "Leiner shouted loudly on the horse, his voice was not so clear because of the wrapping of the thermal helmet.

But at least the people around him heard what he said. Indeed, even if this war is won, there is no benefit. At most, some prisoners of war can be sold. And the height is not high, and it is difficult to tame, so it is difficult to sell at a good price.

However, they also knew that if the enemy really broke through their defense line, their family and territory would have received a devastating blow.

The news of the fall of a baronie has already spread to most of the northern border, and that place has already been reduced to a hell on earth. If Fort Morland falls, it will undoubtedly end the same way as there.

Even if these people are not dead, they will be reduced to wandering knights without fiefs. Life will undoubtedly become very embarrassing, and they may even be reduced to rogue knights.

The miserable life that failure may lead to makes their will to fight extremely strong. In this way, Leiner leads them to the direction where the wolf smoke is burning.

In less than half an hour, they rushed to the vicinity of the wolf smoke, and the invading Klads could already be seen here.

In the thick snow, the Klades were shivering with bloated fur, but they still staggered forward with wooden sticks or bone weapons in their hands.

The opponent's "array" is very neatly staffed, all of them are young men. Although the hard life makes them look older, it can be seen that they are still very young.

This is not because the Klad people respect the old and love the young and don't need the old to fight, but because life in the cold forest is difficult, most people can't live beyond the age of forty, and many people died in that ice-bound forest in their thirties. place.

There was a burst of fine white smoke coming out of Reiner's helmet, which was the breath produced by the hot exhaled air being exposed to the cold air.

The Clades seem to have about eight or nine hundred people. The one at the front is a man who looks warmer and rides a reindeer. He may be the leader of the tribe. Besides him, there are some people wearing Not too far from him, with bone implements in hand or the very few who have iron implements.

Those are their warriors. Every tribe always needs some people with strong fighting power to protect the safety of their own tribe.

Reiner knew through the knights and his uncle, Sir Cod, that these tribal warriors are the most difficult to deal with when the other party plunders every year.

Although the weapons and equipment were extremely shabby, their physical fitness was comparable to that of the free folk or the standing army. Most of the casualties in Fort Moreland when the opponent attacked the city were caused by these people.

Reiner licked his lips slightly, but didn't dare to lick more, for fear that the corners of his lips would be cracked by the cold wind. He knew that the enemy's fighting will was very firm, but also very fragile.

If they could inflict huge casualties on the enemy in one fell swoop, then they would quickly retreat out of fear, after all, death is the greatest fear of creatures.

But if they don't kill them in the first place, then hunger will make them abandon the fear of death. Anyway, if they don't have food, they will die when they go back. It's better to fight here and maybe there is hope of surviving.