The Castle of Count Crelaus is a flat castle, so its walls are built relatively high, with a height of five or six meters, and are made of large rocks mined from the mountains. The entire castle is divided into three areas: front, middle and back.
The front area is the barracks, arsenal, stables and training grounds. The middle area is where the warehouse is located and where the lord's office is located. The former earl lord used to handle territory affairs, entertain guests, etc. here. The back area is the residential area for the original lord's family.
, it is strictly prohibited for others to enter, and there is also a small garden and small pond.
It is said that three generations of the ancestors of the original lord spent countless wealth, energy, and decades to build this castle as a basis for future generations to live and work in peace and contentment here. They never expected that their descendants would give up the family so easily.
The territory and this fortified castle made it a stronghold for the enemy, and then his descendants hired an army to attack the castle. This sounds really dramatic.
To be honest, if the original lord, Earl Leucade Barclaus, had not destroyed most of the family armed forces in his brigade in the fire when he attacked Squirrel Village, then he would never have given up his territory.
And this castle. The castle was still strong, but without the power of defense, it was useless no matter how strong it was. Count Leucade finally left.
Now Count Loycade is back again, because the Grand Duke of Karrnath told them, the nobles who had abandoned their territory, to regain their family territory themselves. The enemy only has one battalion of troops and is stationed in four castles. He can send a
The light cavalry of the regiment went to assist these territorial nobles, but they had to recruit their own troops to attack the castle. If the territory could not be recovered, the title and territory inheritance qualifications of these territorial nobles would be cancelled.
Although the Grand Duke of Karrnath did not agree to the request of these territorial nobles to send troops to help them regain their territory, he at least sent a regiment of light cavalry to assist. They are not responsible for the task of siege, but reconnaissance, cover, and sweeping the place are theirs.
From this point of view, with the assistance of this light cavalry regiment, the only remaining job for the territorial nobles is to attack the castle.
For these nobles who have given up their family territory, all they need to do now is to raise money and recruit an armed force to take back their family territory. According to the reports of the light cavalry who went to reconnoiter, not even a ghost can be seen in their family territory now.
, this made all the territorial nobles breathe a sigh of relief. At least after they regained their family territory, they no longer had to be responsible for the useless families of the territorial residents.
But there is still bad news, that is, the enemy has gathered forces and is trapped in the strongest castle of Earl Crelaus. All the lords here know the strength of this castle. Count Loikade has shown off before that their family's
As long as the family armed forces of my own group are present, the enemy cannot attack this castle even with ten times the force, unless the enemy uses siege artillery.
Although this is just bragging, the castle of Earl Crelaus is indeed difficult to conquer for the territorial nobles in this area. Decades ago, Earl Leucade's father had a territorial war with the surrounding territorial nobles.
, the seven or eight territorial nobles gathered more than ten times the number of troops and besieged Count Crelaus's castle for half a year. As a result, not only did they fail to capture it, but they suffered heavy casualties. In the end, they had to shake hands with the mediation of other territorial nobles.
Make peace.
Of course, the men and horses of those territorial nobles are very poor in combat effectiveness, and Earl Leucade's family's armed forces are not that strong. It's just that they have a strong castle to rely on, which is a great advantage. This is not a big deal. Now hold on
The castle is owned by the regular army of the Kingdom of Overas, which dominates the eastern part of the continent with its combat power. It has a battalion of troops. I don’t know how many troops these territorial nobles have to recruit to fill in to win...
Don't look at the fact that the anti-Austria alliance forces have just annihilated the three legions of the Overas Kingdom in one fell swoop on the prairie. Among them is the Blue Feather Legion, one of the four field aces of the Overas Kingdom, called Kan.
A great victory in Nass. However, these territorial nobles are well-informed people. The main forces in this battle were the two legions of the Kingdom of Nassiri and the seven light cavalry legions of the Principality of Karnas. Although they won a great victory, this
Bian is also suffering heavy casualties, his vitality is severely damaged, and he is no longer able to fight anymore. Now the Grand Duke of Karnas is sending two light cavalry regiments to show off their power on the border between the prairie and the former Eskiline Principality. It is actually a bluff. The private order is if
If the enemy has signs of counterattack, retreat immediately and never entangle with the enemy.
This is also the reason why the Grand Duke of Kannas only sent one regiment of light cavalry to assist these territorial nobles in regaining their lost lands. He could not send more troops. To ambush the three legions of the Kingdom of Ovelas on the prairie, Kannas
After the battle, the Principality of Nas discovered that it had lost almost four legions. Don't worry about the three temporarily formed legions. They were destined to die, but in the end the siege of the Blue Feather Legion lost a legion of elite light cavalry.
, is what makes Grand Duke Karrnath feel the most heartbroken.
The two legions of the Nasseri Kingdom also suffered heavy casualties. The second-line legion was beaten to half ashes, and the standing legion also lost one-third of its combat strength. Nine legions ambushed the enemy's three legions, and they were still on the boundless flat ground.
On the prairie, the enemy could not rely on the terrain to defend themselves. Although the enemy was annihilated, they found that the casualties on their side were greater than the enemy's. This great victory was a joke.
The territorial nobles who knew the inside story did not dare to recruit troops to regain the territory and attack Count Crelaus's castle. They had suffered great losses in Squirrel Village and knew very well that the rabble they recruited were not well-trained Olvera at all.
They are opponents of the regular army of the Kingdom of Sri Lanka. Even though the enemy may not have any conspiracy this time, they have occupied the strong castle of Count Crelaus, and they still have a battalion of troops. This is not a territorial war between territorial nobles. Everyone competes with each other.
Damn, all we need to deal with the regular army is the regular army.
So these territorial nobles changed their minds and turned their attention to the Eskiline Legion and the newly formed troops of Grand Duke Rimodra. After all, these were also the regular troops of the two previous principalities. Let them deal with the troops occupying the castle.
The army of the Kingdom of Ovilas is not only justified in name, but also relatively reliable in terms of combat effectiveness.
However, Archduke Rimodra asked for a very high price. This archduke who lost his principality gave people the impression that he was crazy poor and offered a sky-high price. He said that he could bring all the troops of the three regiments under his command, but
Their logistical supplies are the responsibility of these territorial nobles.
The faces of the nobles in the territory turned pale. If you calculate it like this, it will almost make them bankrupt. The number of troops to support three regiments is not a small amount. If the time drags on for a longer time, everyone will not be able to regain any territory.
You have to beg for food. It's obvious that the Grand Duke Limodra has bad intentions, and he just wants to shift the blame.
So everyone went to find the person in charge of the Eskiline Corps again, and this time he was more reliable. Speaking of which, the life of the Eskiline Corps was not easy, and the treatment was very poor. Although the Anti-Austrian Alliance agreed to pay
Half of the military expenditure, but still lacks interest in this exiled armed legion that cannot be controlled by itself.
Although the war has been going on for nearly four years now, and both the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas need troops, the nobles of the former Eskilin Principality are not fools. They know that this legion is already the loss of their country.
It was the only one to rely on, so it was unwilling to accept the tasks of serving as cannon fodder. As a result, the status of this legion in the eyes of the senior leaders of the anti-Austrian alliance was getting lower and lower, and the treatment given to it was getting worse and worse.
The two parties hit it off. The territorial nobles of the Principality of Karnas need a fighting force to regain their territory and attack Count Crelaus's castle. The nobles of the Principality of Eskilen need to find some allies for themselves.
, casually earn some extra money so that the legion under his command can obtain some additional support and supplies. So the two parties quickly reached a deal, and the Eskiline Legion dispatched an infantry regiment to help the territorial nobles regain their lost territory.
The noble commanders of the Eskiline Principality are very confident in the combat effectiveness of their own infantry regiment. After all, they are fighting with real swords and guns on the front line of the Rimodra Principality and the regular army of the Kingdom of Ovelas.
Killed. Although they were on defense at the time, they also caused heavy casualties to the offensive troops of the Kingdom of Ovelas. They can be regarded as veterans of hundreds of battles. Now the enemy only has one battalion of defensive troops. He dispatched an infantry regiment to attack. This is already considered a veteran.
I think highly of the enemy.
Therefore, the noble officers of the Eskiline Legion were very optimistic that they could capture the castle guarded by the enemy at the cost of at most two battalions of casualties. This was an overestimation of the fighting power of the defending enemy and the strength of the castle.
This was the second day after the enemy came to the city. Yesterday afternoon, after two regiments of enemies arrived at the castle of Count Crelaus, the light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars was divided into four battalions. Three battalions were stationed on three sides of the castle to monitor
The other three sides of the castle. Another battalion rushed to the entrance of the mountain road, obviously wanting to close the connection between the mountain road and the castle. They did not need to attack the defensive position deployed by Murield's squadron at the entrance of the mountain road, they only needed to prevent troops from being sent out on the other side of the mountain road.
Just reinforce or transport supplies to the castle.
The infantry regiment of the Eskiline Corps, after setting up camp, went to the abandoned villages to collect wood, went to the orchards to cut wood, and made city ladders and wooden carts. They were busy for half a night, and did not blow the trumpets until midnight.
Rest. Diaverde also volunteered and wanted to take people out to attack. However, Claude rejected the request after careful consideration. The enemy had just arrived, so there could not be such a big negligence. He was either secretly vigilant or setting up a trap.
Lay a trap to lure the defenders into attack...
Because they rested too late at night, the enemy did not launch an attack the next morning. It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that they launched a tentative attack. Their purpose should be to explore the firepower of the castle's defenses and dispatched a large group.
The troops pushed seven or eight wooden carts, using the cover of the broken walls in the village, to rush out of the streets, trying to push the wooden carts to the bottom of the castle, and then use the cover of the wooden carts to use precise
Aim and fire the musket to suppress the enemies on the city wall...
The idea was a good one, and the attack strategy was also sound. The only mistake was that they did not expect that the defenders in the castle would be the first battalion of rangers to use precise aim and fire muskets.
"Do we need to use artillery to destroy these platoon cars?" Major Skree asked.
Claude shook his head: "There is no need, so the enemy just dispatched a large group of troops. These seven or eight wooden carts just want to come over to test the firepower deployed at the top of our city. Let them get close, and we will shoot at them.
Select some soldiers with outstanding marksmanship, and the rest hide behind the city wall to help load the ammunition. The performance of the enemy's precise aiming and shooting muskets is not as good as our Obas III standard matchlock gun, and the effective accurate range is shorter. They can only get closer.
City walls, let us use them as targets."
The castle of Count Crelaus has only one gate facing the village. Although a trench has been dug in front, it is neither water nor deep. The other three walls only have a side door covered with iron on each side. However, the side door is not big, with only one side door.
It is about a mile wide and sandwiched between two protruding city walls. Therefore, from an efficiency point of view, the best choice for attackers is the front gate. As long as they cross the trench and smash the two gates, they can enter the castle.
The enemy attacking now neither held the planks laid on the trench nor held the ladder to climb the city. They just pushed seven or eight wooden carts close to the trench. It was obvious that they wanted to test the power of the artillery deployed by the defenders on the city wall. It was just that
Claude did not go as they expected, but selected twenty or thirty soldiers with accurate marksmanship to snipe at the enemies pushing the wooden carts.
Claude is also shooting. Even if the enemy is blocked by a wooden platoon car, he will always accidentally expose part of his body. Many smart soldiers will aim at the exposed body parts of the enemy and shoot, and then the enemy will fall down wailing.
On the ground, he was killed by another gunshot.
In the short distance of seventy or eighty meters from the village to the trench in front of the castle, the enemy dropped twenty or thirty corpses. And when the enemy parked these seven or eight wooden carts in front of the trench, they also raised their hands.
The muskets inside counterattacked the defenders on the city wall. For a moment, there was a fierce exchange of fire between the wooden carts on the city wall and under the castle. White gunpowder smoke filled the air above the city wall and below the castle.
Adding to the difficulty of aiming...
Five or six meters away from Claude, a soldier with half of his body exposed on the city wall was shot in the head by a gun fired from below, and fell to the ground like a torn sack.
Claude yelled: "Pay attention to concealment, don't expose your body, shoot in another place, don't always shoot behind a battlement!"
There are too many new recruits, and even if some of them are good at marksmanship, they have too little experience on the battlefield. They don’t know how to protect themselves, and they often forget about safety while shooting. The soldier just wanted to get a clearer view and turned his whole head
They all found their way out of the city wall, but were discovered by enemies on the side and shot in the head.
Claude had already found the place where the enemy was hiding. He squatted between the wooden raft and the wheel, put the fired musket on the ground and loaded it. Although his movements were very slow, the position he was hiding in was really hidden. In front of the city wall
It was difficult for the soldiers to spot him.
Claude took the loaded musket that McJack handed over, moved to a nearby battlement, set up the musket and aimed it at that position. The enemy could squat to load the musket, but they had to stand up straight when firing.
Sure enough, the enemy loaded the ammunition and leaned his musket on the big wheel. He knelt on the ground and straightened up, looking up for the target on the city wall...
"Bang" Claude pulled the trigger, and the lit match was pressed into the medicine box by the clamp handle. The gun body vibrated, and a cloud of white smoke came out of the muzzle. The enemy's left eye was caught in the sight.
A stream of blood spurted out. He also fell to the ground without saying a word, and the musket on the wheel slowly slid down...