Volume Two: The Iron-Blooded Baron Chapter 151: The Battle of Nolandenburg (25)
While Balian and the others were eating and drinking here and discussing tonight's war, in the original lord's mansion in Nolanden Castle, Arthedain was also preparing to discuss the next war with his leaders.
From last night to tonight, they have lost more than 70 people, and the number of troops has been reduced by nearly one-fifth. This is only the first battle. Asedan and the gang of little leaders under him can't help but feel a lot of pressure.
Frowning tightly, he sat there motionless.
Everyone sat quietly, and no one spoke. After a long time, Asedan glanced at everyone, and then said: "Don't lower your heads here. The defeat in the first battle has already happened. We can't change anything, but
How to defeat these cunning Brick dogs and avenge the dead brothers is the most critical thing next."
After finishing his words, Asedan saw that everyone no longer lowered their heads listlessly, so he continued: "Tonight, although we cannot completely eliminate the Brick people who harassed us, it has also dampened their spirit.
Next, they will definitely not dare to harass us again, which is a good thing.
Moreover, we did not expect that their cavalry would dare to send out late at night, so we were caught off guard. However, next time, they will definitely not dare to send cavalry to sneak attack us again. This kind of trick can only be used once.
Overall, tonight's ambush battle was quite good. For the three leaders who went out to fight the ambush tonight, I will record your achievements. After the Nolandenburg is breached, each of you will receive a reward of 500 silver coins.
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When the three leaders who went out to ambush the city tonight heard this, they quickly stood up to express their gratitude. The three of them had happy faces. They thought that they had not been able to wipe out all the enemies. They also lost some men because they were attacked by cavalry. They would be beaten by Ah.
Saidan was punished, but unexpectedly, he was rewarded. This is so happy.
In fact, it's not that Asedan doesn't want to punish them. After all, Asedan has arranged it well tonight. Even the two wolves have been discharged. One hundred of their fully armed warriors surround thirty cloths without shields.
The Ricks fought but failed to wipe out all the people. After the war, the casualties were counted and they found that eight or nine people were killed or injured. It was really cowardly.
However, Asedan also understands that after three consecutive defeats, morale has been extremely low. If he punishes the leaders who go out to fight tonight, I am afraid that this low morale may be completely gone.
Therefore, Asedan decided to count this ambush as a victory, and a tragic victory was also a victory. Moreover, winning this battle would ensure that the Briks would no longer dare to harass them in the next few nights.
It can be considered a significant result.
In addition to the consideration of using victory to boost morale, Asedan also has the selfish intention of maintaining his prestige. After all, he proposed and coordinated the ambush tonight, and he did not consider that he would be attacked by cavalry at all. Therefore,
He, the commander, also has a responsibility.
If Asedan only blamed the three leaders who went out to fight the ambush without punishing himself, then the leaders and soldiers below would definitely be unconvinced. After all, something went wrong. Leaders who pass the responsibility to their subordinates will definitely be punished by their subordinates.
It's scolding and betrayal. But if you punish yourself, the people below will feel that even the Wolf Lord can't handle these Brick people, and we will definitely not be able to win the next battle, and it will even damage morale.
Therefore, after much thought, Asedan regarded tonight's ambush as the first victory in this battle, and commended the three leaders by drawing a pie. This move not only boosted morale, but also affirmed his command.
, everyone is happy.
Sure enough, after Asedan finished his praise, the silent atmosphere in the room eased. Everyone finally had some smiles on their faces and no longer looked depressed, but they still felt a little uncomfortable. After all, these proud warriors had never
Since I officially joined the battle, I have never fought such a frustrating battle.
Seeing that everyone was no longer dejected, Asedan began to brainstorm and let the leaders take turns to express their opinions and let them talk about the strategies they thought of to break Fort Nolandenburg. Although several people's ideas were too nonsense to be used at all.
, but the idea of a few leaders is still a good one.
After Asedan asked these lords to talk about their ideas, everyone discussed it together. They jointly formulated several siege plans and came up with two plans that they thought were the most feasible.
Use it in the next two days of siege warfare.
In addition to discussing the siege plan, Asedan also followed everyone's suggestions and transferred 50 of the 100 pirates who stayed at the Linjian Lake dock camp to supplement the troops lost in the past two days.
After all, if you don't prepare sufficient troops for a war like siege, which involves a lot of casualties, not only may the city fail to be conquered, but the siege troops may also be attacked by the enemy from both inside and outside, and then be completely wiped out.
As for the dock camp, there is no need for manpower for the time being. The important supplies have been moved to the boats. The remaining people stationed there can only watch the boats in the lake.
The next day, the pirates' attack was still postponed after lunch, not because they were afraid of not being able to have lunch if the battle broke out, but because they worked hard until the early morning yesterday and if they didn't take a good rest today, they were afraid that the soldiers would be attacked during the attack.
Will doze off.
Although these pirates can cheer up and fight, the battles in the previous two days did not go well. Today is a battle to turn the tide of the battle, so we cannot risk the soldiers going into battle listlessly. Therefore, Asedan and his men have a good sleep.
After a quick sleep and a quick lunch, today's siege battle officially started.
Barrett stood on the top of the city, looking at the pirates at the bottom of the mountain, and frowned. Early this morning, he received a letter from Balian, knowing what happened to his brother Balin's reconnaissance team last night, and he
Leon also told him that he must be cautious when defending the city for these two days, especially fire prevention.
Because, Balian discovered that these pirates have a strong learning ability. If the soldiers of Fort Norland can ambush them, they can learn to ambush the soldiers of Fort Norland. Then the soldiers of Fort Norland have used it several times.
Fire attack, these pirates will most likely learn to use it. After all, in siege warfare, fire attack is a very effective method. Not only can it kill a large number of defenders, but the burning smoke can also block the defender's sight, making them
In the intense offensive and defensive battles, omission of defenses in some places gave the siege forces an opportunity to take advantage.
Therefore, after receiving the news, Barrett asked Gamlin to read the Lord's letter, and immediately organized his men to prepare buckets at the gate of the castle, in front of the houses in the castle, and on the city wall, as well as some bottles filled with water.
When there is a small fire, just puncture the leather bag and throw it over to extinguish it. In addition, they also demolished the only wooden shed in the castle, after all, it had caught fire once yesterday.