The 3rd Infantry Battalion encountered a broken force.
"Commander, the orc army is approaching quickly, we must continue to retreat."
"But the order I received is to defend Silvermoon Castle."
"Silver Moon Castle? You are talking about that pile of rotten bricks that cannot be defended."
Joyce, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, was arguing with Sir Heinkel who had just met him. Ichiban.
He was originally a local lord in Blackstone Plains.
Logically speaking, Jazz should be the commander of this defeated army, but in fact not many of those soldiers who were in panic all day long would listen to his orders.
Only those who were brought from his own domain still followed the knight.
"Knights of the Royal Capital? Maybe they are still behind me, maybe... they have been destroyed, but they may have retreated to a safe area in the west. I don't know where they are, the orcs divided us up We have lost contact with each other."
"The orcs are following us. I refuse to fight them until Jingyao sends more powerful support."
After Heinkel poured out his pessimistic words, he mounted his horse and hurried away.
Joyce was very disappointed. He had thought that he could use Heinkel's identity to gather more defeated troops to assist in the subsequent battle.
But now he can only rely on himself.
The Third Infantry Battalion set up checkpoints at the intersection to collect the defeated troops. By the evening of that day, including the Kingdom's troops who were originally at Silver Moon Castle, the infantry battalion had collected nearly 2,000 people.
In order to keep these soldiers fed, Joyce "borrowed" a batch of rations from the surrounding villages and towns.
However, the quartermaster sent to borrow food issued an IOU to everyone who was borrowed, and after the war was over, he would repay it at a price that was 10% more than the market price.
This is a strategy decided before departure. In order to prepare for the situation where the supplies required greatly exceed expectations, the troops on the front line are authorized to prepare supplies in a flexible way.
Of course, if the battle is won, the Arda army will definitely repay the borrowed materials as promised.
On the other hand, in order to prevent the IOUs from becoming useless paper, creditors had better support the Arda army to win this battle.
The officers and soldiers of Arda's army spent their first day arriving at Silvermoon Castle in a tense and busy manner.
When the east dawned the next day, the scouts reported that a small group of cavalry rushed into the boundaries of Silver Moon Castle.
Judging from the physical characteristics, there is no doubt that it is an orc this time.
The size of the incoming army is about a thousand people, and outpost reconnaissance should be carried out.
Joyce immediately notified the entire army to prepare for battle.
After a day and night of hard work, the Arda army built a simple fortification on the ruins of Silvermoon Castle. They used stone bricks to build a four-foot-high parapet, and placed a horse-stealing point in front of it. Piles and other obstacles.
Silver Moon Castle is located on a high slope, with the road below it, and the enemy must pass through here.
Soldiers stood behind parapets, and once the opponent came into shooting range, they could suffer a heavy blow.
Eight six-pound cannons will provide powerful fire support. The black muzzles of the guns come out from the muzzles of the parapet and point pointedly at the road down the slope.
If the enemy breaks through the breastworks despite heavy firepower, Austrian soldiers equipped with bayonets and spears will fight them in hand-to-hand combat.
Everything was ready, Joyce set up a telescope on a tower that had not collapsed, and waited for the arrival of the orcs.
...
“What a pleasant trip.”
Captain Amul, who served as the forward, said to his deputy Bayar. "I thought I would experience fierce battles, but I didn't expect the human army to be so weak."
Bayal agreed very much with his boss's words, "The chief is too cautious. If we could have entered here earlier, perhaps the entire Aldor would have been under the iron heel of the orc cavalry.”
Captain Amul said with some regret: "Instead of continuing to "travel" like this, I hope to meet the guys from Jingyao. If I capture the princess of Aldo, it will definitely be the greatest achievement of this trip south." ”
Although the scale of one thousand cavalry is small, the order Amul received is to penetrate the territory behind the humans, creating the scene that the orc army has penetrated deeply, thus triggering large-scale panic and chaos .
The orcs' strategy was very successful. A large number of small lords were in a state of extreme panic after hearing about the failure of Sunset Valley. Once they found signs of orc cavalry activities, they would often abandon their leaders and flee, and those ordinary lords were in a state of extreme panic. The people are even more intimidated.
Bayar turned his sights to the west, "Perhaps you can be the first general to see the west coast of Aldo. This is also a great honor. I think it will be realized soon. The road ahead is so smooth that no lord can compete with our army. They will only run away..."
He stopped talking for a while, because On the high slope in front, Aldo's flag was flying high, and there was another flag besides it, which was a red flag with a flying dragon embroidered on it.
"Oh, Master Amul, it seems that we have encountered a tough problem."
"Let me see!"
Amul looked forward with the awning in hand.
"Every bone in my body is itching, and I can finally have a hearty battle again. Hey! Come here!"
Amul summoned his human guide.
"Sir, this is Silver Moon Castle!"
His human guide replied flatteringly, "But it is said that the local lord family has long moved to live in the town, and the castle used for defense has long been abandoned. "
"Really?" Amul raised his eyebrows, "Those cold and damp castles built by humans are indeed not good places for people to live."
He ordered: "Move forward. Take a look. "
As the orc cavalry continued to advance, they soon discovered that, as the guide said, the main part of the castle had collapsed and was now nothing more than a pile of rotten stones.
But as they continued to approach, the horses, pickets, and the low parapet appeared in the sight of the orcs.
"Hahaha, trying to stop me and us with these things will make you laugh out loud."
Amul and Bayar both laughed.
They have formulated a battle plan for a long time.
To say it was formulated is a bit too much, because the plan is almost ready-under the cover of arrows, the soldiers climbed up the wall and crushed the human soldiers hiding inside-using this trick along the way. It's almost impossible to deal with those little lords.
The castles of those small lords were very low, and there were not many soldiers stationed inside, making them very easy to conquer.
If you encounter a hard nut to crack, go around it and let the troops behind you solve it.
But the pile of rotten rocks in front of me is obviously not one of the hard bones to crack.
"Ah, my hands are itchy too. I will personally lead the soldiers to charge!"
Amul moved his wrist, eager to give it a try.
"Bayar, I will leave the archers under your command."
His deputy readily agreed.
The orcs quickly began to attack.