Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 254 Night Attack

One afternoon, Markch directed the light infantry artillery to fire only three times, and the soldiers only shot three rounds, killing about eighty or ninety enemies in total, and the aristocrats from the territory of the Cannes No longer want to send someone to the corner to die.

This is mainly because the terrain is too unfavorable to the attacker, such a distance, just in the range of firearms and muskets. The corner of the corner is small, less than four meters, just allowing a carriage to turn. It is also feasible to walk in the queue for five or six people, and you can't do it with a few people. Next to it is a steep valley. If you accidentally fall, you will be finished.

According to the original marching plan, the aristocrats of the Cannes of the Cannes were preparing to leave in the morning, arrive at the Squirrel Village in the afternoon, and station here at night. However, I did not expect that the garrison troops of the Orvilas Kingdom, which was stationed in the Squirrel Village, did not retreat. Instead, they used the terrain to defend themselves, and gave the private army of the Cannes of the Kanas Principality a great deal.

"Don't you say that the squadron in Squirrel Village has retreated? We can go to the three southern counties in a big swing!" A madman of the maddening Cannes, holding the collar of another nobleman, roared angrily, he I didn't think of it, I turned a corner, and this squadron of my family did not have a large number of people.

I knew that killing him would not push the squadron of his family to the front as a pioneer. If everyone compliments him, the squadron of this family is composed of retired soldiers. It is an elite in the elite and should be ranked in the ranks. At the forefront, he showed his military power. He also agreed to this request with his fever. After all, this is also an honor, and the more opportunities for robbery in the front...

Of course, before he set off, he also suggested that scouts should be sent first to check the enemy's situation and determine whether there are enemies in the road ahead. But everyone thinks that the enemy should have been running out. The **** Baron Lynch Becker also vowed to say that he can’t be enemies with confidence. We are a group of troops, more than 4,000 people, and three enemies. The squadron is still less than two hundred people, not running and waiting to die. As for the three southern counties, the situation there has been very clear. The enemy lacks strength and it is impossible to send any large troops to ambush us.

Now he is crying, and a squadron of nearly three squads is gone. Fortunately, the remaining squadron has not turned the corner, otherwise his viscount will become a light pole commander. This will make him really want to fight with the baron of the hills of Lynch Bick, who is caught by himself. If he does not beat the bastard, he will do so. Everyone knows that the squadron’s family is armed with the force of their Pristite family. I didn’t expect a shot to be fired. The squadron that was raised at such a high price was smashed...

"The Viscount Prince, please let go of Baron Lynchbike." Another older aristocrat came over and persuaded: "The accident is something we don't want to see. Everyone did not expect the Kingdom of Ovilas. This squadron did not retreat, but also guarded the squirrel village, using terrain to block our arrival. Please mourn the change first, let's discuss how to break through the enemy's blockade and occupy the squirrel village..."

The aristocrat, known as the Viscount of Prist, could only let go of Baron Lynchbeck, who was caught by him, but he refused to participate in the next battle discussion: "Sorry, our family has been unable to participate in the offensive. My squadron has been disabled, and now I can only go to the end of the team for everyone. If you can reach the three southern counties, I only hope that everyone will leave some leftovers and let the family get some compensation."

The nobility of the aristocrats in the field was not willing to come out to stop the withdrawal of the Viscounts of Prist, they knew very well that the loss of the majority of the squadron, for the Priest family, is already hurt. Don't look at them all of a sudden, they can recruit more than 4,000 troops, but most of them are those who come to fill the head. Real family armed forces can rely on less than one-fourth of the combat power. A territory aristocrat, one or two teams full of soldiers as a family armor is already very rare, in the Cannes, the maintenance of soldiers has never been cheap.

After discussing for a long time, several aristocrats in the territories decided to send people to test the enemy firepower of the opposite defense. This time they will not send their own family to go to death, but they will catch the enlisted people in front of the queue, temporarily compile several teams, and then drive these unlucky people through the front corners all the way forward.

Soon, the defensive firepower of the squadron of the Orvilas Kingdom in the Squirrel Village was tested by them. A light infantry artillery, thirty or forty muskets. Not much looked at, none of the unlucky ones who could cross the corner of the road were still alive, all of them were on the mountain road.

An old aristocrat with rich experience in warfare believes that the light infantry artillery is not terrible. The terrible thing is that the defensive enemy's shooting of the musket is very precise. Just the last temptation, more than 20 unlucky people were forced to cross the corner, and only three were killed by artillery. The rest were killed by muskets. The fastest corner was only ten meters. This shows that the defensive enemy equipment is probably the kind of precise aiming shooting musket. The corner of the curve is far from the enemy's defensive position, but it is within the effective shooting range of the enemy musket...

There is no way to send someone to cross the corner now, and the rest of the staff of the temporary team are not willing to go forward. The unlucky ones who rushed to the past three times were dead, thinking that some members of the teams that were going to be their turn soon had already seen the fierce light, and looked at the nobles of the several territories with red eyes, and they have already grasped their own hands. arms. It seems that if you force them again, then a few of them will probably suffer immediately...

The aristocrats who can march in front of the territory are not stupid, they can only wait, waiting for the arrival of the people behind. Sure enough, not long after, as the highest commander of the Cannes Principality, the Earl of Leukade sent someone to check the situation. He already knew that the front was blocked and the road seemed to be on the mountain at night. Camped. This ghost place, not even an open space, sleeps on the mountain road at night and has to worry about whether he will roll to the valley next to it.

Waiting for the aristocrats in the previous several territories to say the situation, the aristocrats gathered behind are stupid. No one thought that this mountain road had such a sinister corner crossing, and everyone was blocked here. No matter how many people are useless, just a little bit wide, dozens of people rushing past is purely a tribute to the defensive enemy.

“Is there any other way to pass this corner?” asked the Earl of Leukade: “Can we go up the mountain and go around?”

So the territories of the Territory found a few dealers who were familiar with the terrain and the farmers who collected the medicines. As a result, they were greatly disappointed. Because these guys who often run on this mountain road say that there is no other way to go around, the mountain next to the mountain road can't climb up, because they are all over ten meters of rock wall, they have to climb down and climb up. road. Below is a valley, there is no road, but there is a stream at the bottom of the valley, you can take water from there...

An old trader pointed out that going back about 14 miles, there is a small road leading to the eastern part of the Eskilin Principality, where you can detour, but in the end it is still from the front of the squirrel village. The crossing passes. Because the mountain road over there is also the way to go from here, the biggest advantage is to circumvent the curve at the front.

Earl Leukade waved to let these people back down. He didn't want to go back from the path of the Principality of Eskilin to avoid the front corner. Because then his face will be lost. Originally, he negotiated with the aristocrats of the Principality of the Cypress, that the two sides met in the Squirrel Village, and the troops gathered together to advance to the three southern counties.

The default between the two sides is to reach the Squirrel Village along their respective mountain roads. Now the Squirrel Village is close at hand, but the team is blocked by the bend at the front. If you then withdraw and return, turn to the mountain road of the Eskilin Principality in a dozen or so miles to bypass the front corner, which makes the Earl of Loyked feel so embarrassed, where to face. Let the **** of the Principality of Eskilin know that they are not their jokes? More than 4,000 people were blocked by a small squadron of the enemy on the mountain road, which would become a shame for all the nobles of the Cannes Principality...

"Do we have a way to cross the front corner and occupy the squirrel village?" Earl Leukade sullenly asked the nobles in the territory.

Many territorial nobles put forward a whimsical suggestion, and one by one was rejected.

The last old aristocrat with rich experience in war stood out: "I think that although the enemy occupies the topographical advantage, their lack of strength is the biggest shortcoming. Dozens of muskets and a light infantry artillery have a great firepower. If we can ignore the casualties of the soldiers and rush directly to the defensive positions, then the enemy’s failure will be inevitable. After all, we have the advantage of strength, even if we pay one-tenth of the casualties. The rest of the staff can also easily destroy the enemy.

It was just that the width of the corner was too small, so that we could not let the soldiers rush to launch the charge. The squad's charge is to send to death, the enemy has sufficient preparation time to shoot our warriors. However, I noticed that this situation is during the day and the enemy sees it very clearly. If it is at night, this should have a big impact on their aim and the launch of the artillery. Maybe we can launch a night attack this evening, let the warriors climb over the corners of the front and then launch the charge, rushing to the enemy's defensive positions..."

"Night attack? Yes, we can launch a night attack..." Earl Leu Kaide rejoiced: "Under the cover of night, the enemy's firepower will lose a lot of effect. We have the advantage of strength, as long as it is close to the enemy. Defensive positions can completely eliminate all enemies. The baron of Quinna is not a veteran, or you have experience, just do what you say. Everyone chooses their own talented people, eats enough, prepares the guys. As long as we ran through the hundreds of meters of mountain roads and rushed to the enemy's defensive positions, we could fight hand-to-hand. I believe that no matter what kind of enemy, in front of our warriors' scimitars, they are vulnerable!"

The night of this evening is very beautiful, and the silver moon is often obscured by clouds. More than two hundred warriors who have recharged their batteries have prepared for the night attack. They will climb through the front of the mountain pass as planned, and then jump from the ground after hearing the sharp whistle, to the enemy. The defensive positions rushed away. All the warriors who attacked knew that the faster they ran, the closer they were to the enemy's position, the safer they were. In order to be lightly loaded, most of them only took a machete to prepare for a hand-to-hand combat.

They are the first batch, and there are a group of death squads behind them. They continue to rush out from the corners after they initiate the assault. One is to cover the front of the warriors so that they can quickly approach the enemy's defensive positions. The second is to attract the enemy's firepower, to avoid the enemy's defense firepower directed at the night attack warriors in the charge. Then again, the ammunition of a cannon can bring a lot of casualties to the 200 warriors who launched the night attack.

The sharp copper whistle finally sounded, and a large group of people jumped up from the mountain road and ran forward along the mountain road.

The enemies on the defensive position on the squirrel village screamed and the artillery rifle fired. Several figures who had just turned to the corner of the road fell to the ground and made a scream. However, the several aristocrats behind the corners still waved their weapons to direct their family members to force the teams of farmers and herders to rush through the corners of the front to attract the attention of the enemy.

All the shots of the artillery and the musket were still in the direction of the corner. The enemies on the squirrel’s defensive position did not seem to see the first batch of two hundred attacking warriors on the mountain. They did not see it or did not respond. ?

The two night warriors running in the front suddenly felt that the mountain road under their feet was shaking. How was the ground so soft? Before they even wanted to understand what was going on, the whole person slammed into the air, and the entire mountain road surface fell down, and a large pit appeared on the mountain road. The warriors who rushed too fast did not react at all. The whole team was like a long straight into the big pit on the road. Only the last dozen or so warriors stopped their feet and stayed on the side of the big pit.

The most desperate thing is that this big pit has no bottom. The bottom directly leads to the valley next to it. The people who fall in the pit will follow the passage in the pit to the valley, and the screams of screams will be one after another. There is no end to the sound...

No one can think of this squadron in the Ovilas Kingdom, which is stationed in the squirrel village. It will be so mad, and directly break the mountain road into a trap. A night attack directly reimbursed the more than two hundred warriors of the elites of the Cannes of the Cannes, so that many of the territories of the territories were so painful that they almost vomited blood. Because they think that this night attack will surely succeed, and sending these elites is to seize some of the spoils after destroying the enemy. For example, the muskets of the army of the Kingdom of Ovilas have always been famous...