Volume Two: The Iron-Blooded Baron Chapter 173 A Great Victory (14)
The final battle to intercept the invading group of Toba pirates was basically an experiment of new weapons hosted by Balian. The effect was not bad. After two rounds of attacks, the last trace of fighting spirit of this group of pirates was gone. Now they only hate
My parents gave me two legs, so I couldn't run faster.
It is easiest to fight downwind. Although there are only Balian's personal guards and fifty militiamen here, it is still no problem to let them chase the defeated enemy of sixty or seventy people. This group of people can be scared to the point of weakness when they encounter pirates.
People are now like hungry wolves, chasing the pirates and killing them crazily.
After a while, the cavalry of Rohirrim also rushed over. After seeing the giant arrows and stone bullets on the ground, as well as the miserable appearance of the pirates killed by these large-scale murderers, they clapped their horses and stepped forward, smiling at Balian and
Hama said: "Sir, this new weapon of the Hama brothers is really powerful. I see that the giant arrows are like the short spears equipped by the militiamen. I am afraid that the heavy cavalry will not be able to withstand it."
Hama touched the bed crossbow next to her, as if touching her lover, and said deeply: "Of course, this cute baby is invincible!"
Looking at Hama's appearance, Balian and Rohirr smiled at each other, and then Rohirr asked: "Sir, do we, the cavalry, want to continue chasing?"
Balian shook his head and replied: "No, all the way to the pier of Linjian Lake, there are either forest grasslands or swamps near the lake. You will be in trouble if you fall into it. Wait, chase a group of scared people.
To defeat the enemy, the Guards and militia are enough."
Rohir nodded, then dismounted and came to the carriage, pulling Hama to explain to him how to operate this new weapon.
Soon, Bess and Eomer also rushed over, and then Gu Huiyang, Doc and the others who were responsible for blocking them all came after them. Balin also led the team and rushed over. Their reconnaissance team was responsible for attacking the forest.
Pirates on the lake in a boat.
After Balin came over, he reported the situation to Balian. The sailors who stayed on the pirate ship were very alert. Although his reconnaissance team had several good swimmers, it was still difficult to swim over and set fire to the ship in the middle of the night.
Bahrain and the others tried it, killing two people, and only set one ship on fire, which was quickly put out by the sailors on the ship. Bahrain felt that the gain was not worth the loss, so he withdrew.
Seeing Bahrain's disappointed look, Balian patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Brother Bahrain, don't be like this. Your reconnaissance team has already made great achievements. It doesn't matter if you can't burn their ship.
Besides, I told you at the time that it would be best to succeed, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t succeed. We lack sailors and people who are proficient in water skills. When you recruit some people in this field in the future, we will meet the Toba pirates next time.
There is a way to deal with it."
Hearing Balian say this in front of everyone and comforting himself so much, Balin was moved to tears. He choked and said: "I just regret that I could not help you realize the idea of annihilating the invading enemy. I feel very sorry for you.
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Hearing what Bahrain said, the other officers laughed. Barrett went over and hugged his brother's shoulders and said: "Brother, it's so boring for you to do this. Your reconnaissance team made the first contribution, and the entire battle
, you have annihilated one-tenth of the pirates, and you only have that few people in the reconnaissance team, and you are still here to say regrets, isn't it a slap in the face to us commanders with hundreds of people."
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Brother Bahrain, this is indeed too much!"
"That's right, Brother Bahrain, what does this mean? When we wait for the celebration banquet, we have to get him drunk and throw him into the stable for the night."
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Hearing other people's teasing, Balin burst into laughter, then puffed up his chest and said to them: "Hey, I'm not afraid of you, let's see who can knock whom down first!"
"Just try it!" Others replied in unison.
Seeing that they had arranged a drink with everyone, Balin took the opportunity to make a request of his own in front of Balian. He said: "Sir, I am asking for your help. As you know, more than half of my reconnaissance team was damaged in the battle and I urgently need to replenish manpower.
, there are only two groups of militiamen here now, and they are still on loan.
Can you allow me to select some good men from the infantry regiment and militia regiment to add to my reconnaissance team?"
As soon as Balin finished speaking, Bess was not happy. He said: "Brother Balin, you don't play like this. Of course we are sad that your men were lost in the battle. If you need weapons, equipment, etc., we can borrow them."
But we absolutely cannot let you come to our infantry regiment to pick people!
Our team has also suffered battle losses, and we don’t have enough manpower. No, no, absolutely not, I can’t agree to it.”
Barrett on the side touched his nose, and then said: "Brother, I will definitely not refuse you like Brother Bess. Let's do this. If you agree with the two teams of militiamen, I will give you one team. This way
, the number of people in the reconnaissance team has been restored.”
When Balian saw this, he felt that if they continued to talk about it, everyone would be angry. After all, their own interests were involved, and no one would let go easily. Bahrain also suffered too many casualties in the battle, so he was anxious, otherwise he would
I wouldn't make such a request in public.
"Okay, I will consider Bahrain's request. This battle has made us realize the importance of a powerful reconnaissance force. Without Bahrain's hard work and bloody fighting, we would not have won so smoothly.
However, whether it is a militia group or an infantry group, there is still some professionalism in the arms. I think the reconnaissance team still needs to recruit some talents suitable for being scouts, such as hunters. I will think about this and wait for some time.
Let's have a meeting to discuss." Balian praised Bahrain and affirmed the contribution of the reconnaissance team, but also hinted to Bahrain, don't worry, don't just think about poaching people from friendly forces, recruiting yourself is the most reliable.
After this episode was over, we saw that Tour and the others were back. Although they were still escorting the prisoners, they were not in a very high mood.
After they came closer, Tour muttered: "Master, it's not that we didn't try our best, it's that these pirates are too cunning. Most of them ran south, and Arthedan took the pirate leader and a small number of his direct descendants with him.
Run north, with their pirate ship to the north.
We were misled by them, so we failed to annihilate all these pirates, allowing this guy Asedan and more than 20 pirates to escape."
Balian smiled and patted his shoulder, and said: "Don't make a grimace, just run away, it's nothing. If Asedan and the others don't run away, who will publicize our great military exploits? You think so?"
no?"
Hearing Balian say this, Tuor looked confused, but his uncle Bes suddenly understood.