"I see, didn't we stabilize each other just now? Then why don't we keep holding on." Just as Lawrence arranged the defenses on the battlefield and returned to the command tent in the center, a pumpkin looked like he had grown arms and legs.
A chubby middle-aged man immediately came up to me and said.
"After all, you have just sent people to Sword Bay to report the news and call for reinforcements, so I think we can maintain the status quo. In this way, we don't need to-"
"The possibility you are talking about does not exist." Lawrence immediately recognized this man as a certain shipping tycoon from Eagle Castle, so he waved his hand to interrupt what he was saying.
"If possible, I would also like to wait for reinforcements, but the problem is that the ambushers around us will not give us a chance."
When arranging various plans before, Lawrence also guessed that this group of wealthy people would be the first to waver in the process.
After all, they have too much wealth that they are unwilling to give up, and at the same time, they lack various situations to face such battles. Fortunately, he has also made some preparations for such situations, so when the rich man now raises such questions
I also prepared some drafts in advance.
"You have to know that compared to us now, the surrounding ambushers are actually tighter on time." Lawrence explained in a quick tone after looking at several more people who were surrounding them one after another.
"On our way here, we noticed that there were many observation posts of the bandits around us. They were all staring at us with vigilance."
"What does this mean?" Another rich man wearing mink asked in confusion. "Now even if there are two thieves in the city, one person will be on guard. What does this have to do with us continuing to wait?
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"But those sentries are not only staring at our side, but also at the area outside the mountain." Lawrence said, "We even feel that there are more people staring outside than at the people inside, which shows that the other party is very worried about someone.
Outsiders are meddling here."
"Gentlemen, and ladies. Don't forget that this place is not far from the city. Therefore, the other party will never waste too much time here to give us a chance to ask for help." Looking at this group of people with fear written on their faces,
Rich man, Lawrence had to uncover this cruel truth.
"So instead of waiting for the bandits to be ready to launch an attack, we might as well directly disrupt their actions. This is at least much better than simply being passively beaten."
"More importantly, even if there are reinforcements now, it may not be a good thing for us." Viscount Surrey added at this time.
Although he had no previous experience in the military, as a hereditary nobleman, he at least had some understanding of this matter. Therefore, as long as Lawrence mentioned this matter a little bit, he would be able to react quickly.
"Don't forget, there are a lot of thieves around, monitoring all the surrounding situations." Viscount Surrey said to the group of businessmen who gathered around him with a serious face.
"If there are really a large number of reinforcements coming from the direction of Sword Bay, I think the other side will definitely send some people to block the reinforcements as soon as possible, and most of them will rush in and grab a few hostages and run away. In this case, you
Who do you think is more likely to be caught as a hostage among us?"
"I understand, I understand." After hearing what Viscount Surrey said, the shipping tycoon nervously took off his top hat from his head and began to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"Then what should we do next? Sir, no matter what you say now, we will cooperate with you as much as possible."
"You just need to hide in that temporary shelter." Lawrence said, looking at the chubby shipping tycoon in front of him.
Obviously, this group of people who had not received any combat training were not very suitable to face the upcoming conflict head-on. So after a while of fighting, Lawrence felt that it was enough for them to avoid causing trouble.
"Boom--" Just when this group of non-combatants entered the temporarily dug anti-gun holes in several tents nearby, the sound of an explosion suddenly came from a valley in the distance, followed by puffs of black smoke.
Like pillars reaching directly to the sky.
"Here we go." Lawrence immediately recognized that the explosion came from his own 82mm mortar.
"Next, we need to block the opponent's attack as much as possible, but I believe that as long as we can block the opponent's first wave of attack, everything that follows will be much easier to handle."
Just as Lawrence and the others entered their defensive positions, the troops under his command outside were already at war with the surrounding bandits.
Just now, when he saw the group of bandits starting to line up from their hiding spots and preparing to attack, Bach, as the commander, directly followed the previously agreed upon plan and ordered the artillery on hand to start firing at high speed at several points he had previously observed.
The reason for choosing this time point to fire is also very simple, because at this time, when the group of bandits learned that the group of rich people in the valley seemed to know their existence, they immediately rushed out of their previous hiding place in chaos to prepare for war.
Therefore, the bandits not only stood densely, but were also in chaos.
Therefore, after the first round of anti-personnel bombs filled with steel balls exploded, more than 70 people in the targeted core group of thieves fell immediately.
And in the ensuing bombardment, shrapnel flying in all directions completely destroyed one of the trump cards prepared by this thieves group, a hand-cranked machine gun.
After discovering that more than 1/3 of the core group of thieves had been lost, the artillerymen began to change new targets and continued shooting.
It is different from the core group of thieves who were suddenly bombarded and suffered serious casualties, but were still able to maintain a certain order of evacuation, evade the artillery fire, and launch a counterattack.
Although the thieves groups hiding in other areas said they had learned that an army had launched a surprise attack on their side before they were attacked, they were still in chaos when faced with the shelling directed towards them.
"What should we do now?" As the artillery fire gradually moved to other places, a middle-aged samurai wearing a dark blue windbreaker and a steel plate suit rushed into a mountain with his sword and pistol.
in the cave. Then he asked a man in red robe sitting in the cave.
"We can't launch the attack as planned." The man in red, who was obviously the mastermind behind the scenes, poured a bottle of emerald green gel liquid on the wound on his arm, then wrapped the wound with a piece of cloth and walked out.
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At the same time, he ordered several minions around him: "Now order everyone to directly attack the fat sheep surrounded by us, quickly!"
"But now someone is rushing up from our back." After watching the thief running errands go out to deliver orders, the thief leader, who was obviously a close associate of the man in red robe, asked in confusion.
"The group of troops attacking from behind us has cut off our retreat. If we attack now, I'm worried-"
"There is nothing to worry about. After all, that group of people came from the direction of our back road." The red-clothed leader interrupted his cronies, and then looked at the people coming up in search formation from the mountains behind.
the soldiers said.
"If we go according to the original plan, we will only be blocked by the opponent in this mountainous area and completely killed. After all, I don't believe that that group of rabble can stop the regular army, and we don't have the capital to engage in a frontal battle with that group of people."
"So now there is only one way for us to survive, and that is to mix with the group of people in the valley at all costs. This way we can stop the other party's damn artillery fire."
Having said this, the man in red showed an expression of gritted teeth.
He really didn't expect that the plan he had planned for at least two or three months would be discovered by others, and he didn't expect that the elite troops coming from the other side could actually kill more than 1/2 of his core men in the first round of shelling.
5, and also destroyed one of our most powerful weapons.
As a result, their next battle will obviously involve a lot of uncontrollable factors. Therefore, the robber leader can only hope that the next assault launched by his side can achieve his goal.