Chapter 171 Rainy Night Surprise Attack 1

Under Sophia's insistence, Richard finally agreed to her request and brought Sophia to his side.

This time, the two took all the remaining alchemical bombs in the territory and stationed troops with the Black River County noble coalition in Felix Castle in Baron Bazel's territory.

Felix Castle is only 35 kilometers away from Black River Fort.

If necessary, Richard only needs one day to rush to the outside of Black River Fort to participate in the main decisive battle.

Viscount Romen's garrison is in Baron Barton's Fantini Castle, which is also not far from the Black River County coalition.

Baron Barton's territory is next to Black River Fort, and Fantini Castle is only 15 kilometers away from Black River Fort. Felix Castle is slightly farther away, but no more than 25 kilometers.

A large number of troops are stationed in the three castles, forming a complete line of defense with each other as a corner.

After the harpy scouts discovered that a large number of soldiers were stationed in Felix Castle, in order to prevent the retreat from being cut off, they also drew out the strength of three battalions, strengthened the troops of the Gunderson Department, and fought against the army commanded by Richard.

Outside the Black River Fort, the riverside dock was crowded with a large number of carriages, and dozens of ships were docked at the dock Yan'an. The white masts looked like a dense forest.

Some dock workers used pulleys to unload boxes of goods. They shouted slogans and their movements were very skillful.

In the cabin, knights came out with war horses. This unit was well-equipped and in high morale. It was the cavalry regiment of the Knight Academy of the Kingdom of Grant.

They took a boat through the Starks River to the Black River Fort dock to reinforce the garrison of the Northern Border Corps.

The Starks River is a tributary of the Black River. This river runs from south to north across the entire Dragon Canyon. The source of the river is located in the high mountains west of the Dragon Canyon, not too far from the area where Richard blocked the plane channel.

This river passes through the Knight Academy, bypasses Lightburg, and merges into the Black River in Baron Baron's territory. It is 260 kilometers long.

This river is a very important lifeline for the Geda Province.

Relying on this river, it is easy to replenish the supplies in the rear to the front line of Black River Fort.

This fully armed cavalry appeared at the dock and was immediately noticed by the orcs.

The orcs launched an attack and were repelled by the catapults on the city wall.

The commander of the orc army, Derensi, rode on a giant earth bear, staring at the support soldiers with a serious expression, observing the number of reinforcements.

His face became more and more serious, and finally turned into a long sigh.

This year, the orcs went south. Although four main legions were added in the direction of the Grant Kingdom, they conquered the Martins Earldom and killed the Earl of the Grant Kingdom.

But the results of the battle were limited to this.

As the Grant Kingdom took a breath, reinforcements gradually began to appear.

The first batch to arrive was the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment.

This cavalry of several hundred people should not be underestimated. The combat effectiveness is equivalent to that of a half-orc brigade.

After a while, reinforcements from Sodamia and Gabriela will arrive.

Although the combat effectiveness of the legions in these two inland provinces is average, the huge number can still tie down a large part of the orcs' forces.

In addition, the Maruland tribe was completely annihilated. Derensi knew very well that as the war became clearer, the hope of conquering Black River Fort was getting smaller and smaller.

"It seems that we should stop while we are ahead and make plans to retreat."

With the idea of ​​retreat in mind, Derensi's use of troops became very stable.

He constantly sent troops to hoard the looted population, gold, silver, and property, and let the baggage soldiers transport them to the garrison points in the Eagle Mountains.

Since the orcs invaded in March, more than a month has passed. Derensi has captured more than 30,000 human slaves in the two provinces of Rah and Geda, and the harvest is already considerable.

Derensi wants to stop the war and take the baggage.

However, Zakli, the commander of the Northern Legion, does not want the orcs to get their wish.

It has been three years since Zakli was transferred to the Northern Legion. This is the first time he has fought against the orcs since he became the legion commander.

If he lets the orcs take the looted slaves home, he will have no prestige in the Northern Legion.

Many of the slaves captured by the orcs are the parents, wives, brothers, friends, and playmates of the soldiers of the Northern Legion.

The anger of the soldiers of the Northern Legion has been suppressed for a month. If they don't go to war again, I'm afraid the soldiers will rebel.

Zakli is also an officer who has led troops for many years. He can often detect any disturbance in the army in advance.

Especially for the morale of the army, Zakli has unique management experience.

It was found that the soldiers' fighting spirit was about to be suppressed. Today, the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment happened to come to reinforce.

Zakli decided to launch a night attack instead of waiting for a day.

Before the battle began, Zakli decided to make a pre-war mobilization.

Pre-war speeches are the most effective means of mobilization. Generals who are good at speeches can greatly boost morale during mobilization, just like chicken blood.

Zakli asked the soldiers to have dinner and gather in the training ground.

The sky was already dark, dark clouds gathered together, and occasionally a silver lightning flashed across the dark sky.

The lightning shone on Zakli's face, and there was a flickering feeling.

Seeing that the night was about to rain, Zakli's blood kept boiling. He waved his fists and shouted at the soldiers.

"Soldiers, I know that I have suppressed everyone during this period and prevented the soldiers from fighting. The brothers have complaints about me.

But I am the commander of the legion, and my intelligence sources are more extensive than yours. The reason why I suppressed everyone and prevented them from fighting was because the fighter plane did not appear.

Some time ago, Baron Richard led the Black River County noble coalition to annihilate three orc battalions and fought a beautiful annihilation battle. In order to protect the food route, the orcs drew three battalions of soldiers from the front of Black River Fort.

Today, the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment came to reinforce, and our strength is enough to fight the orcs head-on.

Now it is raining heavily, and the night has weakened the orcs' reconnaissance advantage. I decided to attack the whole army today and launch a night raid on the orcs.

Brothers, I fully understand your anger.

Today, I will also let you see whether I, Zakli, am a man and whether I have balls?

Let us tear the orcs apart, and victory belongs to the Northern Legion! "

After the pre-war mobilization, Zakli ordered the entire Northern Army to set off, with the Warcraft Cavalry Battalion, the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment, and the Scout Cavalry Battalion as the first echelon.

The First Infantry Battalion and the Third Infantry Battalion were the second echelon.

The Legion's direct battalion, the Legion's Mage Regiment, the Second Infantry Battalion, the Fourth Infantry Battalion, and the Sixth Infantry Battalion were the third echelon.

The remaining five infantry battalions were the fourth echelon.

In today's battle, the Northern Army had almost no tactics to speak of, and they just rushed up to fight a chaotic battle with the orcs.

The Geda Province in April was still a little cold.

The rain at night seemed like freezing, and marching in such weather was miserable.

Only a main force like the Northern Army could overcome such bad weather and have strong organizational capabilities to launch a surprise attack.