Chapter 264: Burson Siege III
The commander of Burson Castle is Baron Solawan, a seventh-rank silver knight whose family has the blood of Linus, and his combat power is much stronger than Baron Sharp.
After being awakened by the battle, Baron Solawan suppressed his irritability and immediately ordered his adjutant to organize a team, put on armor, and lead the soldiers to the top of the city for support.
The baron acted very quickly. In less than twenty minutes, the baron and the soldiers put on armor and rushed to the battlefield.
At this time, Baron Sharp was preparing to organize soldiers and open the city gate to meet the second echelon.
Baron Solawan saw this scene and immediately led the armored soldiers to kill up to protect the safety of the city gate.
There are 3,000 defenders in Burson Castle, which gather the elite soldiers of the six nearby barons. Although the combat effectiveness of the defenders is not as good as that of the Haaland territory army, it is more elite than the coalition forces of the three provinces.
After all, the Stanik nobles fought a defensive war of the nature of the Patriotic War. The nobles can be said to have tried their best and made a comprehensive mobilization.
The nobles in the three-province coalition army were almost all reserved. Although they also drew veterans, the number of noble professionals was small. When they fought with real swords and guns, they were better than the three-province coalition army in terms of the quality of officers and soldiers and the fighting morale.
The number of noble coalition professionals was not small, but their performance on the battlefield was far inferior to that of the main central corps. The fundamental reason was that the internal friction in command was relatively large.
Every time they encountered a break and sacrifice, the internal interest relationship of the noble coalition was complicated, and it was very difficult to integrate the forces. The speed of decision-making was often very slow. In the battlefield where every second counts, such a slow-reacting army would suffer greater losses.
When faced with a difficult task, such an army with large internal friction could not take responsibility.
Sorawan was very clear about the weaknesses of the noble coalition army. Drawing these 3,000 soldiers to Burson Castle had consumed a lot of Baron Sorawan's energy.
Gathering soldiers in Sorawan Castle, several nearby barons must execute the order of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields.
The losses of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields were very large. Wells had to be filled, houses had to be burned, and the population had to be relocated to the rear. For the nobles, carrying out a fortification and clearing the countryside is almost equivalent to rebuilding the territory.
Moreover, the migration of population to the rear may not be safe, and there is a high probability that it will be annexed by the nobles in the rear. It is also a mess to get the population back after the war, and it is very complicated and troublesome to deal with.
The interests of the nobles were damaged, and coordination was particularly difficult. Fortunately, Baron Solawan had some prestige, so he could make the nearby nobles hand over their soldiers and execute the order of fortification and clearing the countryside.
Because the internal structure is complex and they are not subordinate to each other. At the critical moment, Solawan could only rely on his own soldiers.
Baron Solawan has only five or six hundred people under his command, which is roughly the same as the number of the first echelon.
The visibility of night operations is low. When the first echelon discovered the abnormality, Solawan had already led his troops to the vicinity.
The two teams of soldiers immediately fought together, and a fierce hand-to-hand fight broke out.
Sharp and Solawan are both high-level professionals, wearing solid enchanted armor and using magic weapons in their hands. Ordinary soldiers could not stop them at all, and their lethality was very great.
The two of them were like a sharp arrow, easily penetrating the opponent's scattered formation.
Almost in sync, the two high-level professionals fought together, and the collision of weapons burst out with a thunderous sound.
Richard led a team of soldiers to cover the magician on the top of the city, and immediately realized that Baron Sharp was at a disadvantage.
Sharp was the soul of the first echelon and could not be easily lost. If he died on the top of the city, it would be a huge blow to morale. Realizing that Sharp was at risk of defeat, Richard had no time to think about it, and immediately pulled the enchanted longbow in his hand and aimed an arrow at the enemy.
Solawan fought with Baron Sharp, and just released a spell frost ball, injuring the opponent. Before Solawan could make further efforts to kill the enemy, a strong sense of crisis suddenly hit his heart. Before he could figure out what was going on, a gust of wind suddenly came to his ears.
Solawan glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw an arrow shot towards his eyes.
In an instant, Solawan could feel the sharp wind.
"No, it's an enchanted arrow."
Solawan was shocked and immediately gave up attacking Sharp, but released a powerful magic energy shield.
Because he invested a lot of magic power, the energy shield released by Solawan was very large, wrapping him from head to toe in the shield.
The arrow pierced the energy shield fiercely, and it seemed as if it was fixed in the air. The arrow shaft kept trembling and made a strong buzzing sound.
Solawan didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and the feather arrow attacked again.
Solawan looked up and found that Richard actually used the continuous arrow method. In just a few tens of seconds, he shot eight feather arrows.
The eight arrows pierced the energy shield fiercely, constantly consuming the power of the shield. In an instant, cracks appeared in the energy shield released by Solawan.
There were more than ten magicians who climbed the wall with Richard. They reacted very quickly. Under Wendy's command, they released spells to attack the enemy.
Heath released the second-ring magic weakening ray, and Annie released the second-ring magic fiery ball, hitting Sorawan at the same time.
After being attacked continuously, the energy shield finally couldn't hold on, and turned into a little bit of magic power, dissipating in the air.
Seeing the enemy mage group climbed the wall, Sorawan's face changed and he was shocked. He never expected that the attacking party would actually have a mage group to cooperate in the battle.
During the daytime siege, Solawan had seen clearly the true strength of the noble coalition forces of Gascoigne Province.
Although the coalition forces of Gascoigne Province were not serf soldiers, their quality was relatively average, a few points weaker than the second-line legions.
The siege army was close to 20,000 people. If their quality was the same as the soldiers who attacked during the day, Solawan would have enough determination to defend until the enemy ran out of food and retreated.
However, there were still many elite soldiers among the more than 15,000 coalition forces.
In particular, the power of magic played a key role today.
Solawan did not have any magicians under his command, so he was doomed to suffer today.
The magic power of the Grand Duchy of Stannic was far inferior to that of the Kingdom of Grant. This country had no natural magic wells, and there were very few magic inheritances, so it was difficult to train a magician.
The limited magician power was concentrated in the capital and the northern frontier. Although the southern duke family had magician inheritances, they would not send magicians to assist the city of Burson.
If Solawan had a magician group, Richard would not dare to build a stone slope to attack the city, because the magician can release the spell of turning fossils into mud, which can make Richard lose more than he gains.
After seeing the magician group of Harland Territory, Solawan knew that the situation was very dangerous. If he could not kill these magicians, he would have to accept the situation of losing the castle and failing in the battle today.
Baron Solawan shouted: "Follow me!"
His body was like a cheetah, he suddenly bounced up, constantly changing his running path, and rushed towards Richard and others.
At this moment, Solawan was very calm in his heart. He knew that only by killing the enemy's magician could he change the situation and win a complete victory.
Although the power of the magician is strong, the low-level magician does not master magic such as flying, teleportation, and planes, and is afraid of encountering close combat.
If the opponent's magician group can be slaughtered, today's battle can still turn the situation around.
Seeing Solawan charging forward, Baron Sharp wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood in front without thinking. Although he could not beat this man, he still had to fulfill his responsibilities on the battlefield and prevent Solawan from approaching the magician.
Solawan roared, raised the enchanted heavy sword with both hands, jumped high, and chopped at Sharp's head blocking in front.
Sharp's muscles tightened, raised the enchanted long sword, and faced the enemy.
The two swords collided, sparks flew, and a thunderous sound broke out. With the force of the collision, Solawan's body was as light as a monkey, passing over Baron Sharp's head. Sorafei backhanded a sword and stabbed Baron Sharp in the back.
Baron Sharp reacted quickly, almost instinctively took a step forward, and then backhanded the sword to block Solawan's attack.
But at this moment, Solawan had broken through Baron Sharp's obstruction and was very close to the magician.
Seeing Solawan rushing over, Annie immediately released the spider web spell to trap him.
A spider web appeared under his feet. Solawan's legs were tense, and his hands kept waving the enchanted arrows to cut the spider web, then he jumped hard and crossed a distance of five or six meters.
Just as Solawan landed, a sharp arrow pierced his forehead.
At the critical moment, Solawan used the last bit of magic power to release the seven-ring magic time delay.
In an instant, the passage of time around Solawan in three meters slowed down a bit. He hurriedly shook his head to dodge, and narrowly avoided the fatal arrow.
But his cheek was cut by the arrow, and he almost died.
Once again brushing against death, Solawan took a breath of cold air, wiped the blood on his cheek, turned his head to look at the attacker, and stared at Richard.
Solawan was very fast, and was no more than fifteen meters away from Richard. At such a close distance, Richard had no time to draw his bow and aim at an enemy like Solawan.
Seeing Solawan swinging his sword, Richard raised his enchanted long sword and fought with Solawan.
Richard had outstanding physical talent, his warrior level had been upgraded to level five, and his swordsmanship was also quite good. Solawan could not kill Richard for a while.
Solawan was just about to fight to the death, break through Richard's blockade, and kill other magicians, but Baron Sharp had caught up and did not give him this opportunity at all.
Sharp joined forces with Richard, and they were not at a disadvantage in close combat against Solawan.
Sharp waved his sword to force Solawan back, and Richard immediately released the three-ring magic immobilization technique.
Normally, according to Solawan's combat experience, it would be difficult for him to be hit by this magic.
But in the chaotic battlefield, facing the threats of Richard and Sharp, Solawan did not dare to be distracted at all.
Although his magic resistance was very high, the immobilization spell could only immobilize him for one or two seconds, but these one or two seconds could still be fatal on the battlefield.
Sorawan was hit by the immobilization spell, and Richard and Sharp stepped forward almost at the same time, stabbing Sorawan's neck with the enchanted swords in their hands. The powerful Silver Knight lost his life in an instant.
A reminder sounded in his mind, and Richard immediately knew that Sorawan had died.
Sharp stepped forward, cut off Sorawan's head, and shouted loudly: "The Silver Knight has died in battle, why don't you surrender?"
At this time, the second echelon also began to climb the top of the city. The reinforcements sent by Sorawan had just completed the reorganization and approached the city wall.
The battle was very chaotic in the dark night. Even if Sorawan died in battle, Baron Sharp shouted that he had killed the Silver Knight, but the defenders didn't believe it.
Seeing that the defenders had organized the team and rushed to the top of the city again, Wendy raised the lightning staff and released a chain lightning spell.
Before sending troops this time, although the soldiers in Harland territory did not go out in full force, they still mobilized elite soldiers and generals. Richard brought the bottle of starlight, Sophia brought the star necklace, and Wendy also brought the thunder and lightning. Staff.
The Harland Mage Association has mastered three pieces of legendary magic equipment, which is several points higher than the Grant Mage Association.
In an instant, more than a dozen bolts of lightning struck the Bursen garrison, and more than a hundred people were killed or injured in an instant.
With the bright light from the lightning, they could finally see clearly what was nearby. Seeing Baron Sharp holding Solawan's head, many soldiers suddenly lost their determination to resist.
The chain of lightning was like the last straw, crushing the fighting will of the Bursen defenders.
Many soldiers escaped from Bursen Castle in the dark and hid in the mountains and forests.
The third echelon of reinforcements came up and captured the Bursen gate with almost no fighting.
The surprise attack was successful, and the subsequent troops quickly took control of Bursen City.
In the afternoon of the next day, the battlefield had been cleaned, casualties were counted, and large pits were dug to bury the soldiers who died in the Bursen garrison.
As for the officers and soldiers killed in the battle by the coalition forces from the three provinces, if conditions permit, their bodies will be cremated, their ashes placed in jars, and sent to their families in the rear.
Richard summoned the main officers to the main palace of Bursen City. When everyone arrived, the staff officer began to report the results of the battle.
"According to our statistics, in last night's battle, 456 Burson defenders were killed, 1,683 were captured, about 200 to 300 people escaped from the city, and the remaining 500 to 600 soldiers were They are all mixed in with the citizens of the castle.”
Listening to the staff officer's report, Richard frowned and suddenly interrupted: "Has the census of Bursen City been calculated?"
"There are no detailed statistics yet, only a rough figure. Not counting the defenders, there are more than 8,000 people in the castle."
"What about the seizures? Especially the amount of grains seized, be sure to count them clearly."
"After capturing Bursen City, we captured 2,200 tons of grain, 1,400 pieces of armor, and more than 40,000 gold and silver coins."
"Take out all the captured coins and give one point to the soldiers. Then select some beautiful women from Burson Castle and let the officers and soldiers who have done meritorious service give priority to the selection. Many of our soldiers are still single. We must win this battle. Choose some beautiful women for the soldiers to marry."
Richard is a fair man. Although the soldiers of Harland Territory contributed the most in this battle, and the bottle of starlight that was able to break the city, the Territory Mage Group, and the elite archers all played a decisive role, he still decided to share the spoils with the coalition forces of the three provinces. . This batch of trophies was mainly distributed to the soldiers at the bottom. With gold coins and women, the morale of the soldiers finally recovered a little.