Heimarian Odyssey Chapter 105: Protracted war
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The battle belonging to the 2nd Corps of the Eagle Legion started on the second day of the siege.
The Second Corps, with a total of more than 10,000 people, was divided into two parts and attacked the West Gate and the North Gate of Otis City. It seems that neither the Marquis of Mammon nor the Prince Kensell intend to give the Charlois a respite.
The camp of Locke and the others was assigned to the team at the West Gate. There was no specific task, which was to harass and create chaos as much as possible.
The people in power in Faustan also know that the city of Otis, the city where the Charlois is stationed, has long been built into a fortress-like existence.
All they need to do now is to pierce a seam in the copper wall and iron wall.
To make it clear, Locke and the others who attacked after the third batch are all feint attacks. Yesterday, the Third Corps had paid enough, and I believe those Charloists who defended the city also knew a little bit formidable, and would not dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle.
So, this means that the initiative is in the hands of Faustin's army. Prince Kensell, who has led troops for more than five years, is obviously better at military movement than the Marquis Philip of Charlo and their king.
Locke, who still had what Grace had asked for, went to the battlefield of Otis City Siege.
"Ogon, Billy! Go up! Go up! Go up!" Locke shouted at a wall in Otis City, waving his arm against the soldier.
Their battalion has been fighting at the corner of the West Gate for nearly half a day. At least five assaults were launched against the Charloites on the city wall, but they were all blocked. The countless kerosene and wood made the Faustan soldiers who were attacking the city miserable.
The cavalry squadron is the trump card of Baron Kedozi. Of course, Baron Kedozi will not let the soldiers wear out in vain. Whether it is a powerful Will knight or a safer offensive position, the cavalry squadron has low losses in successive siege battles.
Locke, who has been promoted to a low-level attendant, didn't suffer any skin trauma. The rolling stones and woods that fell down, in the eyes of Locke, who was blessed by vindictiveness, can be slow and can easily escape. Locke needs to pay attention to the flood of arrows.
Although he couldn't pierce his armor, it was good enough for Locke to stick to the skin in the gap of the armor.
The boring siege has no tactics at all, it's just tough. Whether it's Faustin or Charlo, they are trading the lives of their own soldiers for the other's soldiers.
Because they no longer belong to the same squadron, it is difficult for Rock to take care of Kane and Hans. Fortunately, Hans said that he, who had just practiced fighting spirit, had already condensed the seeds of fighting spirit, and he had a trace of self-preservation.
Kane won't work anymore. Kane, who was originally a scout, is extremely unfavorable for this kind of head-on siege. I hope the two can take care of themselves, Locke sighed.
But there is no need for Locke to worry too much. According to Hans, he is also a squadron leader. Kane is also a squad leader. They all have a group of brothers of their own, and they are not attacking the most intense place, and the danger is not very high.
The resistance of Otis City did not surprise the senior officials of Faustine. If Otis City, as a king's capital, could be captured by them so easily, it could not be called the king's capital.
Prince Kensell is not in a hurry, the Marquis of Mammon is not in a hurry, and Faustin is not in a hurry. Facing the last battle of the trapped beasts of the Charlottes, Faustans are patient.
Are they really in a hurry? According to the grain report of the Kingdom of Faustin last month, the amount of winter wheat that was just planted in the winter was reduced by another 20% compared with last year due to factors such as manpower. If there is not enough imported food, Faustin will definitely break out a severe famine in the alternate spring and summer season. At least one-tenth of the population will die because of famine.
However, in fact, the Kingdom of Faustan has been using food for two consecutive years, mainly relying on imports from the Southern Niche Alliance.
If one day the niche alliance ceases to import food to Faustin, Faustin’s senior management can hardly imagine what unpredictable consequences will be produced.
But that's the case. For the city of Otis, which the Charlowes last insisted on, the Faustin executives used the method of boiling the frog in warm water after making a decision and slowly grind it away.
It wasn't until the evening that Locke and their Second Corps were transferred back by the Marquis of Mammon. On the way back, Locke found that the soldiers of the First Corps of the Eagle Corps were ready to go and began to approach the gate of Charlo.
The First Corps is the elite of the entire Eagle Legion, and it is the soul of the Eagle Legion. Compared with the other three corps, the difference in combat power is not a little bit. Locke believes that tonight’s battle will surely let that group The Charlotte guarding the city was taken aback.
After two days and one night of ‘Small Trouble’, the Marquis of Mammon finally wants to use his assassin on the second night.
Locke, who withdrew to the camp, bit the wheat cake that had just been delivered, and ate silently with a group of soldiers. The fighting for a whole day caused them to consume a lot of physical strength, and they also revealed warm wheat cakes, which came just right.
The sound of everyone eating is very quiet, and the soldiers who have just gone through a battle did not joking and joking. Today's battle was not too fierce for Kaidoqi Camp, and for their cavalry squadron, it was not thrilling, but everyone was relatively silent.
The cavalry squadron led by Will Cavaliers is not without casualties today. The cavalry with horses is still a bit less flexible than professional infantry. Rock and Will Cavaliers have tried their best to reduce casualties, but after all, it is a squadron of more than 100 people, and the two Cavaliers can't do everything.
Four soldiers left the battle after today. Two of them were hit by the wood from the top of the city and died on the spot. The other two were injured by arrows and burns from kerosene and needed to be trained in the rear. .
To sum up, today's results, Will Cavaliers and Locke as squadron captains are still acceptable. Compared to the other four squadrons, their losses are very small.
In addition to the low losses of the first and second squadrons led by Captain Mont and Uncle Yoshak, Hans and the others, a squadron composed of mostly recruits, demonstrated their deeds in today’s first battle. The immature of the recruits.
A full one-fifth of the soldiers suffered injuries of varying degrees and needed repairs, which seemed so abrupt in the other squadrons.
The fourth squadron composed of mercenaries left a deep impression on the soldiers of Camp Kedozi. Because they were the first to rush up, but their loss fell below everyone's eyes.
With zero casualties, the soldiers of Camp Kedozi realized the capabilities of this team of mercenaries that have had business in various countries around Faustan.
Leave aside the exclamation of the soldiers. The Baron Kedozi, who was watching the battle in the rear, knew the team most deeply, because he had been paying attention to the movement of the front from beginning to end.
The money was not spent in vain, this is what Baron Kedozi thought. In order to hire the mercenary team of nearly a hundred people, Baron Kedozi emptied half of the cart of gold coins seized from Français.
The result is also gratifying. For this very powerful mercenary team, Baron Kedozi is confident that he will earn enough compensation in the subsequent distribution of the spoils.
When Locke finished eating, he took the time to look at Hans and Kane.
Neither of them was okay. It was Hans' younger brother Hank, the bluffing kid who was shot in the right arm by a flow arrow. Fortunately, the wound was not deep and he could still swing normally after the bandage.
This kind of minor injury, the Baron would not allow him to go to the rear to repair, but because it was Hans's brother, everyone closed one eye and asked the doctor to take him away.
Hanke is also clever, knowing when and not to do what should not be done, and he did not act aggressively, and followed the wounded group of soldiers to the rear.
At night, outside of Otis, there was still screaming. Whether it was the first regiment of the Eagle Legion or the newly added regiment of the Lion Legion, it gave the Charloites who defended the city a great surprise.
Miller, with red eyes, was carrying a loin under the west gate of Otis City. Since last night, he was forcibly pulled out of his home by the soldiers who defended the city, he has been doing the work of carrying supplies for the city.
The huge log held by the two of them needs to be dragged by Miller to the wall. I couldn't stop in the middle. Miller had been carrying all day and night, only secretly gnawing a few bites of potatoes brought from home.
Fortunately, his wife was smart. Before he was taken away, she stuffed him with a potato.
Originally working on the city wall, Charlo’s garrison would give food, but because the Faustan’s offensive never stopped, the soldiers who defended the city haven’t had a bite to eat until now. Who pays There will be idle care about these coolies.
Dragging another log to the wall, Miller bent over and carefully descended the steps. The arrows shot down from time to time and the boulders smashed over made Miller feel insecure on the wall.
"Puff!" An arrow accurately hit the eye socket of a Charlo soldier next to Miller. The arrow shot in from the soldier's left eye, shot out behind the right brain, and brought out a piece of The brains, white and red.
Some of them splashed on Miller's face.
Forbearing not to throw up his throat, Miller quickened his pace. But God just doesn't let him get what he wants. "You! Come here! Yes, it's you!" A person who appeared to be Sergeant Charlotte, pointed at Miller and let him pass.
Miller, who was just a civilian, ran over with his waist. "Take it!" The sergeant stuffed Miller with a spear, "Go and guard the arrow!"
Miller, who was just an ordinary citizen two days ago, was so scared that he couldn't speak flexibly by this sudden encounter. "My lord... I, I just move supplies..."
"Don't talk nonsense! Go!" The sergeant interrupted Miller, turned around and ran to another place. The fighting on the city’s head was still fierce, and fighting took place everywhere.
Miller, holding the spear in his hand, shakes his leg and moves in the direction the non-commissioned officer is pointing. He didn't dare to sneak away, because there were many corpses of Charlotte soldiers on the surrounding city walls. They were not shot by the Faustans in the city, but executed by Colonel Lejia because they wanted to be deserters.
Miller, who had just walked two steps, suddenly turned around and walked away.
Not far away, an archer in an arrow pile has aimed his arrow at Miller. He has shot many deserters in the past two days.
But the arrow was not shot out after all, because he saw the ‘deserter’ stop.
Miller turned around and walked to the hapless ghost who had just died, and flexibly took off the dead soldier's armor and put it on himself, regardless of the uncomfortable blood stickiness. He also took away the long sword held by the soldier and a dozen copper coins hidden in his trouser pocket.
After finishing all this, Miller ran to Arrowstack.