Volume 2 The Iron Baron Chapter 141 The Battle of Nolandenburg (15)
Just when Pino was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn coming from the bottom of the mountain. This was the horn of retreat. When Pino heard it, he was overjoyed and quickly ordered everyone to retreat.
The attack started after noon. Until now, the sun has not set. The first day of the siege of the Tuba pirates has ended. When they retreated, they were in such a mess that they had no time to drag away the bodies of their companions.
Of course, it's not that they don't want to drag them away, but that the bows and arrows of the Nolandenburg defenders on the city top are too dense. After all, the soldiers of these militia groups each have a longbow. Now that they have the opportunity, they must not take advantage of it.
Use your usual shooting skills.
The dense rain of arrows made the pirates not only unable to drag down the corpses of their companions, but also added several more corpses under the walls of Fort Noland. Pino saw that this was not worth the gain and decisively ordered a retreat.
After the Toba pirates completely retreated to the foot of the mountain, cheers erupted from the city top. Many militia soldiers who were participating in a formal battle for the first time hugged each other with tears in their eyes. These farmers who had never killed anyone before could not help but cry.
I dare to believe that people like me have just repelled the Toba pirates, who are known to be fierce and good at fighting, and killed more than thirty of them. It is really unbelievable.
As the commanders of the city defense, Barrett and Gamlin were also very happy. Gamlin excitedly punched Barrett on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Well, you guys, just now you and that pirate leader
During the fight, my heart was in my throat. If you were killed by him, we would definitely lose the castle."
"Hahaha!" Barrett laughed, reaching out and punching Gamlin on the shoulder, "What are you afraid of! Brother Gamlin, I still have confidence in my martial arts, although it is not as good as the adults and Yi.
Oumo and Brother Bess are more than enough to deal with these bastards from Toba Island."
Although Gamlin continued to smile, his tone became much more serious. He said: "Brother Barrett, the pirates' attack should be over today, but in the battle tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we still have to try our best to prevent the pirates from attacking the city.
Boss, you might be able to handle one or two, but if three or five fierce pirates board the city, can you still stop them?"
Barrett nodded solemnly and said: "When we formulated the battle plan, you were not involved in part of it. Your Excellency has formulated a complete plan to defend the city, so don't worry.
In the first three days, we just let the pirates feel that although the defenders at the top of the city are somewhat capable, it is not impossible to capture them. Only in this way can we completely attract this group of pirates.
After letting them attack for a few days, the fighting pirates will be tired, but their wolf master will be anxious and will urge these exhausted pirates to attack for another two days. At this time, our soldiers are also tired, and we
Then we can take out the secret weapons used to defend the city and make these wild dogs from Toba Island suffer a big loss.
When they suffer a loss, hehe! We adults will..."
After hearing this, Gamlin said "Oh", and then looked like he suddenly realized it. He said in surprise: "So that's it. Why are you so unhurried? It turns out you have a planned plan."
, Hahaha! It seems that these bastards are going to be here at Fort Noland now!"
At the same time, on the rooftops of Green Hill Village, Balian, Bess and others used homemade simple telescopes to watch the whole process of the afternoon defense battle of Fort Noland.
These homemade telescopes are very simple. They are two convex lenses made by a mirror grinder using natural crystal. After determining the focal length, they are installed in a copper tube made by Hama himself. Although they are very rough and crude, they are not far away.
Under the circumstances, it can still play a role.
Since there is only one mirror grinder in Nordenburg, the production of this kind of telescope is not very fast. After all, it takes at least a week to grind two qualified lenses. So so far, only eight have been produced, including the Bahrain telescope.
The reconnaissance team took away three of them, which made the two leaders of the infantry regiment and the militia regiment very dissatisfied.
However, after they were dissatisfied, they also understood the meaning of Balian's allocation. After all, the reconnaissance team needed these things the most, and they could detect the enemy's situation and important information in advance, which would be more beneficial to them.
As for the mirror grinder, he was picked out from the immigrants by Hama. This mirror grinder with a family originally thought that he could only be a farmer renting land from the lord, but he did not expect that,
When the lord knew that he could grind lenses, he immediately asked him to grind convex lenses.
He spent three days grinding out a convex lens and handed it to Balian anxiously. The lord was so happy after holding the convex lens and igniting a piece of gray papyrus in the sun.
He was immediately rewarded with ten dinars and asked his butler Mark to allocate a house to him and his family.
This shocked the mirror grinder. Apart from grinding lenses for monks and nuns in monasteries and churches, his craft of mirror grinding didn't have much business at all. His life was very tight, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do it.
As for coming out to be a refugee.
However, in Fort Nolandenburg, the lord actually offered a super high monthly salary of eight dinars per month, plus one hundred pounds of grain per month. This made him overjoyed, and he was secretly happy that his family
It was right to go into exile.
Not to mention the mirror grinder and the telescope, Balian and Bess, as well as several company commanders, as well as the cavalry leaders Rothschild, Greenberg, and Gallomy, after watching today's defense of Fort Norland, Bess
Said: "Sir, although today is very thrilling, Barrett is still very good. If you can hold on today, there will be no problem tomorrow and the next two days."
"Yeah." Balian nodded slightly and said: "The order I gave them is to hold on for at least three days, at least five days, and it is best to attract the pirates for a week. Now it seems that Barrett and
Gamlin can last a week no problem."
"Hahaha!" Rohirr smiled, and then said: "Sir, if the pirates are casualtying forty or fifty people every day and can persist for a week, then these pirates either have a brain problem, or they are really crazy.
I want to come here and die."
"Yes, as far as today is concerned, the pirates left behind at least thirty corpses. Not to mention the injured, their attrition was still very severe. These guys let these pigs in on the first day.
We know it hurts, so they should be more cautious in their next attack." Balian said with emotion.
Bess nodded in approval and said softly: "Right now, these pirates are in the camp at Linjian Lake Pier, and there are nearly a hundred people guarding them. When their number drops to about thirty, we can close the net."
Upon hearing this, Balian and Bess looked at each other, and then laughed "hahaha". Others who knew the battle plan also laughed heartily.