In fact, Leon already had the intention of giving up on himself and defeating the enemy. He didn't want to continue to be tortured by pressure like this. It was either success or failure.
Over the past few years, the battle has been frustrated, the strength has been greatly reduced, and Leon has been forced to retreat to the east. After returning to the east, he has to face the denunciation and oppression of the nobles who have suffered losses. Those nobles have become rebellious, and Leon has lost his absolute strength.
Most of the support, if he didn't have an army in his hands, would have been used as puppets by the great nobles in the east.
The huge pressure severely oppressed his spirit, making him drink to drown his sorrows all day long. He was confused and on the verge of collapse. This was also the reason why Cavendi did not directly elect him as his successor.
His eldest son is brave, good at fighting, and has a high personality charm, but he is irritable, very high-spirited, very arrogant, cannot stand setbacks, does not know how to tolerate or deal with difficulties.
Sometimes he is very willful and will act arbitrarily when his emotions come to him. He will not even listen to Barbosa, who usually accepts his opinions.
"Knight Barbossa! Do you think His Highness's plan will succeed? Can we defeat Roderite?" After leaving Leon's tent, Barbossa was stopped when he was about to enter his own tent.
"Knight Phoebus, what do you think?"
Barbossa looked at the knight who held him back and said, that was his friend for many years.
"There have been a lot of bad rumors among the soldiers. They all feel that they are seeking death. Many knights also think so. They feel that His Highness does not take their lives seriously at all, and they think that His Highness has lost some control.
Wise!"
Holmes said with a sad look on his face.
"Forpus, I remember your second daughter was just born!"
Barbossa said with a wry smile.
"Yes, she is a very cute child. It's a pity that she was just born and I can't be with them."
Speaking of his second child, Holmes showed a slightly happy look.
"Leave! Leave here! Don't let that little angel lose his father as soon as he was born!
Roderite's troops shouldn't have surrounded this place yet. If you're more careful, you should be able to escape before they encircle you. If you encounter them, just surrender, they won't kill you!"
Barbossa patted Holmes's shoulder heavily and said in a heavy tone.
Fulps was silent. He understood what Barbossa meant. He was not optimistic about Leon's plan and believed that he would definitely die if he continued.
"What about you?"
Holmes asked back, his tone becoming serious.
"Since I have followed His Highness Leon, I naturally have to repay His Highness for his kindness. It was His Highness who made me reach where I am today. I can't leave him behind!
No matter what the outcome of the battle is the day after tomorrow, I will fight with him until the end!"
Barbossa looked a little sad, but his tone was firm.
"Take care of yourself!"
"Take care of yourself!"
The two finally parted ways, and after a deep look at Barbossa, Holmes turned and left.
That night, dozens of riders took advantage of the darkness to quietly leave the camp of the Leon Army and ran towards the distance.
Early the next morning, when he learned about this, Leon was furious:
"Damn it! If I catch them, I will chop them into hundreds of pieces, cook them and feed them to the dogs!"
Barbosa on the side could only look at Leon, who was already a little nervous under the pressure, with a complex expression.
"Is there any news from the scout team yet?"
After taking a few deep breaths and smashing a few things to relieve his emotions, Leon asked.
"It's already past the scheduled time, Your Highness, and the scout team still hasn't come back."
Barbossa said softly.
"Get the troops ready! If there is still no news after an hour, we will directly attack the troops of the black man named Meluses!"
Of course, it is impossible for those scouts to come back. The scouts from Jianmen Fort are very experienced. After all, they are good at conducting reconnaissance in the areas controlled by the Eagle Men. The defenders of Jianmen Fort rely on them to grasp the enemy's movements.
But from Jackson's bird's-eye view, they had no way to hide. They were discovered by Jackson on the first day they entered the radiation range of Ronan's army. Subsequently, these scouts either became the excrement of Eranikus or died.
Became the soul of Ye Sefa's sword.
"General, the scouts have detected that the Leon Army is approaching us!"
A black officer walked up to Meluseus and said.
"How long until the scheduled general attack time?"
Meluseus asked.
"There are still six hours left. The Leon Army is expected to arrive in four and a half hours!"
After hearing the officer's reply, Meluses nodded slightly and then said:
"Go down and tell the soldiers to prepare and set up defenses. We will stop them here for more than an hour and a half!"
Ronan took Meluseus, Jackson, and Magna outside the camp. At this time, the soldiers were setting up defenses in an orderly manner.
A temporary wooden wall was built here in advance. Three layers of wooden piles were connected together. It was very thick and nearly four meters high. The defense was acceptable. At this time, some baffles were placed on it to block local arrows.
, which provided some protective measures for the archers who would later shoot on the wooden wall.
The opening of the camp is a huge wooden door, made of fine solid wood. Although its defense is not as good as the iron door of the castle, it can still block it for a period of time.
Behind the wooden door are two rows of Juma, and behind the Juma is a crossbow team. After three rounds of shooting, the infantry team will be replaced on top.
There is a ten-meter-high watchtower in the center of the camp, which is used to detect the enemy's situation. Magna will be responsible for observing and commanding the battlefield from there. Yesefa protects him personally to prevent the enemy from knocking him down with siege equipment.
Magna cannot escape behind the watchtower.
Outside the city gate, soldiers were digging deep pits. These pits had been dug before and now only needed to be slightly modified.
Some large pits have sharp wooden stakes buried under them, and then they are covered with straw curtains and covered with some soil. Others are equipped with some mechanical structures, which will trigger the mechanism when you step on them. Although the cost is high,
But fortunately it can be triggered repeatedly.
There are also some portable spell traps made by Matthias, and explosive liquid mines made by alchemists. As long as you step on them, you will be blown away with a bang. Anyway, this is what the alchemists described at the time.
After Ronan's actual testing, although it is not particularly powerful, it can still break the legs of soldiers within a few meters.
After three hours of busy work, all the traps were finally set up. The soldiers carefully evacuated the trap area and then returned to their posts in the camp.
After mobilizing his soldiers, Meluses led his troops to Juma behind the gate and waited.