Chapter 135 The Latest Enemy Situation
The black velvet night is inlaid with a crescent moon, which together with the diamond-like stars, brings a little light to the ground.
In the dark woods, an owl shuttled silently, flapping its wings from time to time, looking for mice in the bushes with its big round eyes.
Suddenly, it saw a pair of bright eyes larger and rounder than itself appearing in the bushes not far away, watching every move down the mountain.
Count Roth's castle is located in the mountains more than 30 kilometers northeast of Weissenburg. The Swabian Rezat River from the Weissen Territory flows through the mountains to the Rhine River. Both sides are flat. Farmland, the castle is located on a hill surrounded by water on three sides. Many years ago, a moat was dug on the side connecting to the land. Now the castle and a large area around it are surrounded by water.
A temporary military camp was built by the river not far outside the castle. It was quiet at the moment, with only some braziers burning for lighting.
But the camp of merchants accompanying the army a hundred meters outside the military camp was brightly lit, with barbecue, alcohol, women, prostitutes... anesthetizing the souls who were about to embark on the battlefield.
The two black figures saw everything under the mountain in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts. After a long time, they slowly retreated and finally disappeared behind the mountain.
They are a special forces unit trained personally by Richard Nall at Heijia Fort. Because they chose a black cat as their logo, they are also called the "Black Cat Squad".
The current task of the Black Cat Team is to divide into several groups, carrying communication equipment as big as a computer case to conduct reconnaissance on the military camps in the surrounding territories, and then relay the information back to the Military Affairs Department.
Half an hour later, in the map room of the Military Affairs Department Building in the Northern Military Camp of Weissenburg City, Franz Jr. pointed at the location of Fort Roth on the map with a wooden pole and reported the enemy situation to Frederick: "Currently, the Roth Army has built the camp. Okay, the recruitment of farmers and soldiers will begin tomorrow. It is expected that they will all be in place in three days, and the number will be 2,000."
"There are currently about 500 soldiers from the city defense army led by Luo Te, and 300 are expected to be dispatched." br>
“There are currently two thousand mountain mercenaries here, and they are the core force.”
“Currently, Lot has nine knights, and there is news that five of them will go with Count Lot. Ansbach joined His Royal Highness the Prince and Ansbach, accompanied by 100 cavalry, which may take away half of the city defense army and about 500 peasant soldiers. The remaining people are commanded by Count Roth's son."
Little. Franz couldn't help laughing as he said the last part.
We are all neighbors, and they know everything about Earl Lott's family.
Frederick also smiled and said: "The horse has worked hard, dragging a pig to the battlefield."
The next moment, his expression became serious and he said seriously: "Then Although Pig is stupid and surprisingly lazy, he has an advantage. Because he is lazy, he leaves everything to others, so he will not put it off. "
"If he takes care of everything. Leave it to the mountain mercenaries, and we will take it seriously."
Little Franz also immediately became serious, and then pointed to a mountain more than 40 kilometers southeast of Weissenburg City. Basin continued to report: "The situation of Count Eichstadt is similar to that of Lott. They are expected to recruit 4,000 peasants and soldiers. Currently, there are 1,000 standing troops and 25 knights, including 7 magicians. Three thousand mountain mercenaries.”
"Reliable news, she will take all the knights and standing troops to the Ansbach territory, and will also take away some peasants and soldiers."
Frederick sighed helplessly, and then teased little Franz "It's a good thing you didn't get married that year, otherwise I would have beaten you up now." Old Franz burst out laughing. The old mercenary officers around him were supportive of the young countess from the beginning. I care, now my eyes light up instantly when I see the gossip.
During that war, the old Count Eichstadt was seriously injured when he was defeated and fled. He died in 1024 before he returned. The title was passed to his 20-year-old daughter at the time. inherit.
This lady seems to have concentrated her nutrition on those two white slimes, so that the parts above her neck are developing slowly both internally and externally. Not only does she look like a teenager on the outside, but her main organs internally Also like a teenager.
In fact, Miss Eichstadt is quite skillful. It can be seen from the fact that the area of Eichstadt Territory is only 20% larger than that of Wesson Territory, but there are more than twice as many knights. How many people were killed by her? Hanging.
At first, the old Count Eichstadt wanted to find a husband who could fight for his daughter. He searched around and found that little Franz was the most suitable one in terms of status, strength and appearance within a hundred miles. And he also got through the work of old Count Wesson.
The two earls agreed that if the two young men had a daughter, they would be Frederick's wife. If it was the eldest daughter, then the two territories would be merged.
It’s just that little Franz had already gone out for training at that time, and he didn’t expect to come back five years later.
Old Franz squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Miss Eichstadt is trying to trick His Highness the Crown Prince."
Frederick sneered and said: "If that were the case, the scene would be nice."
If it was normal, he would still gossip. Now that the two sides are enemies, after the fight, can the other side leave the whole body? Easy to say.
The guys at the Springfield Arsenal got new ammunition for the old catapult. The interlayer of the double-layered wooden barrel was filled with small pieces of scrap iron, and the inner barrel contained a full 20 kilograms of angina-deactivating drugs.
Little Franz continued to introduce the latest enemy situation, pointing the wooden pole at the Lys Territory in the south: "At present, the Earl of Lys is still in the same decadent state. There are only five new knights and a thousand peasants and soldiers, divided into three. Qianshandi mercenary."
"It's just that his temper is unpredictable. I don't know whether he will join the large army in Ansbach or act independently."
Frederick nodded. Lisland was the place he had penetrated the most. A lot of the children of high-level people were studying at Weisenberg University and affiliated schools, and there was no shortage of all kinds of information.
Little Franz finally pointed the wooden pole at Ansbach in the northwest, and said solemnly: "This is the enemy's main attack direction, and the enemy will have Count Ansbach as the actual commander. Officer, the prince is just showing up.”
“At present, the Ansbach Territory has merged with the army of the Fürth Territory. There are a total of forty knights, thirty magicians, four hundred cavalry, and three standing troops. Thousands of people, 12,000 mountain mercenaries, and more than 6,000 peasant soldiers."
"In addition, the prince will bring the Royal Knights, mainly fifty knights, and at the same time. There are about 600 cavalry and 1,000 servant infantry. "
"Theoretically, the knights will not participate in the battle, but their cavalry and servant infantry should join the battlefield to strive for military merit. These people are all from the royal capital. The army of the big family is well-equipped, and many of the cavalry are knights, so their strength cannot be underestimated.”
After hearing this, Frederick looked at the sand table and nodded. Judging from the number of people, the enemy had a huge advantage and could not lose.
(End of this chapter)