As the Second (Field) Corps, which was the first to complete its replenishment and preparations, continued to march toward the southeast; the last province in the southeast adjacent to the Principality of Savoin, the Lower Alps Province/Frontier Region, including the provincial capital Nice
Most of the areas have also fallen under the control of the independent army.
But when they marched into Auron, the last county in the Alpine province, and the adjacent Fortress of Ilasso, something unexpected happened. The Alemannic Mountain Regiment, one of the local special garrison groups, attacked a group of people who were going to negotiate.
A small team was formed and all their bodies were hung on the trees;
This Basin Alps/Frontier garrison, which refused to surrender and fought to the end, was stationed at the pass fortress near the mountains. It also secretly sought reinforcements from the Principality of Savoy on the other side of the mountain. The reason was that the Free Army was targeting
The Reckoning of the Royalist/White Legion.
Lieutenant Yossel, the leader of the militia, was the illegitimate son of Count Angkian who was forced to commit suicide. In order to take revenge and fight against the Free Corps, he even purged the compromisers and vacillating members of the mountain regiment, while expelling other relatives.
He Jiajuan was detained in the city as a hostage.
Then, they robbed and plundered Oulong City, and transported a large amount of food and supplies to the Yilasuo Fortress on the side of the mountain ridge. Relying on the dangerous and narrow terrain of the high altitude, they repelled the Oulong City many times, and tried to attack from above along the winding mountain road.
of the Second Corps, causing two to three hundred casualties.
This is mainly because the road that climbs the Alps is so narrow and dangerous that only half a company of troops can be sent up each time to form an attack surface; and it is difficult for artillery and other firearms to be pushed up and form a firing angle of sufficient elevation.
boundary; instead it becomes a blockage on the road.
At the same time, the 2nd, 4th, and 5th companies of the Alemannic Mountain Regiment gathered in the fortress; plus the remnants of the royalists who fled to seek refuge, and other places suppressed and wiped out by the Free Army
The armed remnants almost reached a guard strength of more than a thousand people;
After they withdrew from the small town of Oulong, they also took at least the same number of strong men with them to serve as their laborers and helpers. But fortunately, not everyone was dedicated to resisting to the end. The company commander was killed and disarmed.
People from the first and third companies kept escaping.
It also brought the situation and basic layout of the relevant fortress to the Free Army. This is a semi-circular fortress that was renovated and expanded from the old mountain camp site left behind during the classical Roman conquest of Gaul; so it is old but not at all.
It was in disrepair and was built with stones and was very solid.
There are usually more than two companies of guards stationed there; but under the coercion of Lieutenant Yossel, the commander of the militia, the city is now filled with at least 3,000 people, and there are enough supplies for everyone to use for more than half a year; and
The ramp at the top level is jam-packed with obstacles.
Therefore, when Jiang Tian looked at the city fort, which was almost integrated with the black mountain top and had only a small protruding part; the deputy captain of the cavalry regiment, Duval, who stood next to him and was fully dressed like an iron can, was surprised.
He scratched his head with a troubled expression and muttered:
"Is this the target you need us to attack? To be honest, it would be a bit difficult to attack forcefully. Because there is no cover on the mountain road, although our plate armor can withstand most of the arrows, it will not
No stones or logs from the mountains;"
"Once we launch a forceful attack, we can only go all out and charge upward with all our strength regardless of casualties; especially the top section is sparse with trees and full of obstacles. If we let our bloodline power explode with all our strength, we may be able to use shields to cover some people and rush to the fort.
Down."
"But next, if we don't have enough attack equipment, it will be difficult for us to open the fortress gate that is blocked from the inside. Instead, it will be trapped in the blind corner under the city wall by thrown stones and wood; then...
"
"Actually, it doesn't matter." After listening to him ramble on for a long time, Jiang Tian slowly said: "I will never give you a desperate mission that you can't complete; let alone waste the valuable inheritance knights.
On this meaningless sacrifice..."
After all, in order to raise these captured heritage knights and restore them to the point where they are useful, a lot of expensive ingredients, medicines, and special ointments are consumed; and in order to raise these heritage knights, they can be used to inspire future generations.
A special material inherited from the Chinese bloodline.
The Toulon Navy, which has just regained some of its mobility, has already pulled anchor and headed to the edge of the Mediterranean Sea to try to hunt some large marine creatures. Although it only needs to extract their brains and internal organs; the remaining by-products such as skin, oil, and bones are
It's also very useful.
For example, the daily food intake of a heritage knight who has awakened his bloodline is several times that of a normal human being; and once he uses his abilities, the amount of food he needs to eat increases dramatically. As the food with the highest energy and nutritional efficiency, it is whale.
Meat and whale oil and the like.
On the other hand, in order to maximize the probability of bloodline inheritance and the number of heirs, these inheritance knights often have multiple lovers, or simply do not marry; instead, they seize various opportunities to give birth to their own offspring; and then conduct tests before they are close.
, bring potential children back to the family.
Not to mention one or several sets of tailor-made armors and a variety of weapons; horses specially selected to match their belly; several or a dozen knights and vassals. Therefore, a large number of them are also needed.
income and input to ensure these daily expenses.
Therefore, after awakening, these inherited knights will become vassals of some wealthy high-ranking nobles through the introduction and recommendation of their relatives, in order to sponsor subsequent training and training. However, the kingdom continues to be in turmoil, which further causes the family of blood inheritance to gradually decline.
disappear;
Therefore, as their provider, the Free Army, in addition to a salary of 80-100 ECU per person per month and a wartime allowance based on the number of sorties, also consumes food and medicine of the same value, which is not included in the amount given to them.
The cost of re-equipping the horse, crafting armor and weapons.
In fact, due to the loss of most of their mounts, most of them are still in the status of mounted infantry using pack horses. Therefore, as the appointed leader and representative, Duval also attaches great importance to this first time, which may determine their
Compensation and prospects for performance opportunities.
He licked his lips and then took the initiative to speak: "Actually, sir, I think we can give it a try. We just change the battle to a relatively dark night. Even if there is a lack of lighting, our eyesight is still better than most people."
Farther away; it can also minimize some losses."
"No need, I have my own arrangements." Jiang Tian smiled and shook his head and said: "You should have a good rest first, prepare your equipment and maintain your condition; wait for my orders. The merchant alliance in Marseille Port has already sent what you need.
For most of the materials and medicines, let’s wait for the opportunity.”
Then the next day, Duval understood the meaning of waiting for the opportunity. Because he couldn't sleep all night, he got up early to exercise, but he heard the roar of sporadic cannon test firings; then it became intensive and continuous again,
It was like encountering a real battle.
Soon after, the heritage knights who got up to prepare for battle and looked at the mountain were stunned to see a strange scene; the winding mountain road that had been cleared of trees and had no obstructions suddenly became smooth at the turning point, and there were many
A cannon fort was built using earth bags and rattan baskets.
Amidst the roaring sounds, some heavy projectiles fired from the nearby artillery forts were getting closer and closer to the edge of the fort. They also made their men and horses run around and shout, neighing and shouting, and began to drop large and small stones.
and cut off tree stumps, but they all deviated and fell into pieces.
Because the obstacles previously placed on the mountain road became the culprits that affected the direction of the fall. Only a few smaller stones accidentally hit the artillery fort while rolling, but they failed to knock down the earth bags and vines.
A cannon fort made of baskets; it just startled the gunner behind it.
Seeing that the artillery hits were becoming more and more concentrated, Duval, who was watching the battle, also heard the continuous sound of bugles. His face changed involuntarily, and his muscles all tensed up. He suddenly turned around and shouted: "Pick up your shields and weapons.
Check the armor, it's our turn to go into battle...".
A moment later, a ball fired at an elevated angle was seen hitting a corner of the stone fortification; a gap opened up between the splashing earth and rocks, and at the same time, there was an obvious human body falling down. This was like some kind of signal.
, the plate-armored knights gathered on the gentle hillside also started to move.
For a moment, hundreds of knights in blue robes and silver plate armor rushed upstream like scattered mercury pouring down the ground. They were in small groups holding shields to protect each other, and quickly crossed the winding mountain road; the sound of tsunami roared in the mountains again.
In the middle, he showed his power and cleared the obstacles in the last section of the road.
Encouraged by them, the Free Army soldiers who followed were like blue waves and currents, quickly filling every corner of the winding mountain road; holding their flags high, they gradually crossed every corner.
The artillery base that stopped firing went straight towards the fortress on the top of the mountain.
At this time, the city fortress that was disrupted by the shelling was able to react and hurriedly began to throw rocks and fire arrows; but there was no way to stop their advance. In the blink of an eye, these heritage knights rushed to the bottom of the city fortress.
, began to fight on their own.
Some people clung to the wall, shooting with their crossbows, and exposed the defenders; some stepped on and clung to the concave and convex places in the corners of the wall, and began to try to climb up; others rushed to the gate of the fortress.
Inside: dig out a shallow pit three times, five times and two times, and put down a wooden barrel.
Then in the subtle smoke after the fuse was lit, he held his head and ears and stepped aside; after waiting for a moment, he suddenly heard a loud noise, and a large amount of earth, rocks and wooden board fragments splashed out from the gate of the city; it was also shaken.
More than a dozen people who leaned out of the city fell down.
Then, where the gate originally stood, only the upper half of the remaining door panel was left, as well as the bottom of the shattered gate, which exposed the defenders lying on the ground and groaning; at this moment, they were no longer there.
The ability blocked the follow-up attacks of these knights.
So; after the clamor that lasted for most of the day, all the buildings and commanding heights also raised the Smiling Golden Sun Flag of the Free Army one after another; and there were only a few inheritance knights, so their bloodline abilities were activated
, and the number of injured is very few in single digits.
In the end, Duval, whose whole body was stained with plasma and minced meat, proudly carried a prisoner, Lieutenant Yossel, the leader of the resisters this time. He hid in the last tower and resisted, but was punched several times by Duval.
One who killed his subordinates and captured them alive himself.
Then, he tried hard to turn his neck and look around for something, but he never saw the person he was looking for. At this time, the alarm sounded again from behind the newly captured fort; but it was the fort defenders who introduced
With foreign aid, the flag of the Principality of Savoy appeared on the horizon.
However, Duval and others, who were well prepared, waited and waited on the wall behind, but did not see the flag of the Principality of Savouin continue to approach; instead, they heard several roars that were suspected of landslides. Then the flags of the Principality gathered at the mountain pass.
, disappeared in the swirling smoke and dust.
After a while, Jiang Tian, who had not appeared on the battlefield to inspect and accept the results of the battle, appeared on the mountain road in the distance and walked back slowly alone; and everything inside and outside the city became silent; and then it turned into a scene of people kneeling one after another.
Falling to the ground, the sound of armor and weapons clashing.