Chapter 70: Fort Vick Defense Battle VI

After annihilating the sheep-headed squadron, Richard once again divided his troops and asked four squads of soldiers to escort the prisoners and send back the wounded.

The rescued people were added to the Harland territory.

After making money from the war twice, the population of Harland territory increased by about 5,600 people.

Counting the original 4,800 people in the territory, the total population of Harland territory has exceeded 10,000.

After winning consecutive battles and annihilating two sheep-headed squadrons, the orc brigade was naturally alert.

Shamok was seriously injured and unconscious, and the deputy captain of the tauren, Bastruan, took over the command.

Compared with Shamok's recklessness, Bastruan was at the other extreme and was too cautious.

Unable to figure out the situation of the attackers, he did not dare to put the main force into the siege.

After the division of the Shamok brigade, the losses were not small.

Two sheep-headed squadrons were completely annihilated, and more than half of the two dog-headed squadrons were killed or wounded.

One third of the two wild boar squadrons were killed or wounded. Although the remaining squadrons were the main squadrons, half of the combatants had been reduced.

Heavy catapults were installed on Fort Vick. If you want to break through the castle, you must pay serious casualties. By then, the Shamok Brigade will be crippled.

The enemy appeared nearby. To prevent being attacked by the enemy, Bastruan sent out the only cavalry squadron to look for traces of Richard and others.

Richard was about to lead the team back after the division of troops, and found a wolf cavalry from a distance.

Richard was not in a hurry. He immediately drew his bow and shot the wolf cavalry off his horse.

A shrill howl was heard, and a cloud of dust rose in the distance. Their whereabouts had been discovered by the wolf cavalry.

Now four squads of soldiers are escorting prisoners, and they are accompanied by 4,000 unarmed civilians.

Their position is not far from Richard. In order to attract the enemy, Richard took the initiative to appear with his soldiers.

After two divisions, Richard's direct soldiers are less than a squadron.

After discovering Richard's trail, the Wolf Cavalry Squadron couldn't hold back and wanted to charge once to test the quality of human soldiers.

But the squadron leader Larmin was very sober and suppressed the impulse of the Wolf Cavalry, instead following Richard and his men from a distance.

The Wolf Cavalry Squadron was the only cavalry force of the Shamok Brigade.

If the losses in the battle were too great, the situation of the Shamok Brigade would become more passive.

After Duke Roger entered the battlefield with the Royal Cavalry Regiment, his erratic combat style caused heavy losses to the orcs.

In just half a month, four orc battalions were annihilated by Duke Roger.

In order to investigate the whereabouts of Duke Roger, a large number of harpies were transferred to the province of Rah.

Now there are only four harpies under Shamok, and a large number of reconnaissance tasks can only rely on the Wolf Cavalry.

The orcs are fighting without a rear base, and they can only rely on powerful reconnaissance forces to gain the initiative in the war. The harpies in the air are very critical.

Now that the reconnaissance force is insufficient, the wolf cavalry is unwilling to take risks in combat.

Seeing that the werewolf cavalry did not charge, Richard felt a little regretful.

He learned the magic grease technique, which was very restraining for the cavalry charge. After several consecutive grease techniques were released, the cavalry's impact force was reduced by more than half.

Cavalry without impact force can only become a living target.

The importance of magicians to war can be seen from this.

Finding that the wolf cavalry was too close, Richard drew his bow and shot an arrow, hitting the wolf cavalry.

The wolf cavalry fell off the horse and wailed. A brave soldier ran quickly, broke away from the formation and came to the side of the fallen wolf cavalry, chopped off the head of the wave man, and then led the horse away.

The remaining wolf cavalry were extremely angry and approached to throw stone bullets. Richard immediately commanded the archers to shoot at the wolf cavalry.

Slingshots and strong bows and crossbows are of course very disadvantageous.

Larmin found it uneconomical and immediately asked the wolf cavalry to retreat a little to avoid getting too close to Richard's squadron.

Facing the harassment of the wolf cavalry, Richard's squadron walked for two days and arrived at the designated location.

Hayden had completed the task of escorting prisoners and came to the rendezvous point with six squads of soldiers.

After discovering that Richard and others had entered the forest, the Wolf Cavalry Squadron did not dare to enter the jungle and could only return to the Vickburg camp and told Bastruan about the situation of Richard and others.

"So, there are actually two squadrons of soldiers hiding near Vickburg. They were not panicked during the harassment and dared to fight the Wolf Cavalry in the field. They must be the main legion soldiers of the human race.

Vickburg was originally difficult to conquer, and there were reinforcements outside. Even if we win this battle, our brigade will be crippled. I think it is better to attack the territory of Baron Diram and conquer the Castle of Malte, so that we can grab more spoils of war."

With such a plan, Bastruan naturally would not continue to attack Vickburg. With some wounded soldiers, he withdrew to the southeast and entered the territory of Baron Diram.

Baron Diram avoided the war, but the war still came to him.

Orcs are not fools, of course they like to pick on the weak. If the lords of the northern border expose their cowardice to the orcs, they will often usher in the orcs' active attack.

Baron Diram first rejected Sofia's request for help, and when the Sheep-Headed Squadron invaded the territory, he chose not to fight.

Richard despised his cowardice and determined that Baron Diram was not a partner who could support each other.

Sofia also complained about him not sending reinforcements.

Both neighbors decided not to send troops to rescue, and the fate of Diram's territory was doomed. It soon fell in the attack of the orcs.

A few days after the fall of Baron Diram's territory, Richard was also awarded for his military merits of annihilating two squadrons of orcs.

The war to rescue Stopa Territory rewards one medium merit, and the annihilation of two auxiliary squadrons of orcs rewards one medium merit. Killing two third-level goat-headed men, one second-level goat-headed man, and two first-level goat-headed men is combined into one medium merit.

Sophia won the defense of Vic Castle, but it was far less important than the defense of William Castle, and only two medium merits were awarded.

Although she killed many orc professionals with catapults.

But without gaining control of the battlefield and grabbing the heads of orc professionals, the merits she made could not be calculated.

Richard led his soldiers into Vic Castle to meet Sophia.

When the two met this time, Sophia suddenly felt like she had survived a disaster.

During the period when the orcs besieged the city, Sophia was under great pressure.

Baron Diram, who she had high hopes for, refused to send troops to rescue, which made Sophia very desperate for a time, and fear gnawed at her heart all the time.

She was still so young, and she hadn't even gotten married, and she was going to die in the hands of orcs. Every time Sophia thought of this ending, she would burst into tears.

But she was the Baron of Stopa Territory, and she could not let the soldiers see her weakness, so she could only hold on, hoping to hold on until the situation changed.

Sophia never expected that Richard, who was under great pressure, would actually send soldiers to rescue her, break the orcs' siege of Vick Castle, and save her from danger.

The moment Richard led his troops into the castle, Sophia suddenly felt moved, as if she had found someone she could rely on.