Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 177
"Our emperor really likes to point fingers indiscriminately. He had already discussed and defended the fortress before, but he suddenly proposed the idea of ​​fighting those Nords outside the fortress first."

"It's good to defend the city honestly. It's not a very wise thing to fight the Nords in the wild. What happened then?"

"After all, he is the emperor. No matter how stupid his order is, someone will definitely carry it out. The poor Earl Baldwin was pushed out to carry out this task. He was originally going to give him a thousand cavalry, but he was stopped by the Duke of Campbell. It was settled, because it was the emperor's decision, and he was given five hundred cavalry in the end."

"Even if it's five hundred cavalry, it should be able to cause a lot of damage to the Nords, right?"

"The Nords didn't suffer too much loss. The movement of the five hundred cavalry was not small. After being discovered by the Nord scouts, the Nord archers quickly formed a formation. On the unobstructed plain, those cavalry No one survived, and Lord Baldwin was shot through the sieve before he even had a chance to surrender."

"Why did the emperor propose such an idea? I originally thought that they would lie in ambush in the hilly area, and then rush down from the hillside when Nord's army passed by, relying on the cover of plants and the advantages of the terrain, so that all 500 people would fight Even death can kill nearly a thousand Nords."

"It is said that the emperor felt that these people could make the Nords retreat. Even if the Nords did not retreat, at least they could bring them a few days later. As for the location of the ambush, it is said that he felt that the plains were very suitable for cavalry. It is true that the plains are very suitable for cavalry, but the premise is that they can touch others. Nord's archers have such a long range that they can shoot through ordinary iron armor at a distance of several hundred meters. Thousands of archers face the charge of five hundred cavalry , those cavalry were all killed before they rushed within a hundred meters..."

While eating lunch, Rhodes listened to the two mercenaries discussing the battle that happened a few days ago. One of the mercenaries in tattered chain armor described the battle vividly, as if he had personally experienced it. fighting.

News spread in this world is very slow, even for this kind of important battle that happened a few days ago, the news was only sent back yesterday, and Rhodes happened to be out of the city yesterday.

"When will the Nord army arrive at the fortress?" Rhodes asked aloud.

The mercenary in tattered chain armor stopped dancing, turned to look at Rhodes and said, "If there is no accident, we will set up camp outside the fort the day after tomorrow to prepare siege equipment."

Rhode thought to himself, if he arrives the day after tomorrow, he can only go out to carry out assassination activities tonight, and rest well tomorrow night. Maybe the Nords brought siege weapons, and they will start attacking after a short rest outside the fortress. city.

There were still a few nobles with rich combat experience in Fortress Glory. All the trees on the north side of the fortress and beside it were cut down. After the Nords arrived, they had to go to the mountains a little far away from the fortress if they wanted to set up camp.

This will consume more time and energy for the Nords, and all the villages and small towns to the north of the fortress were abandoned. They brought the residents and all the supplies inside to the fortress, and set fire to all the houses. A pile of ruins.

Rhodes didn't return to the room after lunch, but asked the tavern maid for a glass of wine and continued to listen to the mercenary next to him talking about the current situation.

"Which nobleman in the fortress do you think is best at fighting?" Rhodes asked after listening for a while.

"Of course it's the Marquis of Dempsey." A dirty mercenary replied without even thinking about it. His hair was messy, and Rhodes also saw some small bugs in his hair. It's like I haven't washed my hair or showered in years.

"I think it's him too. Only the Duke of Elvis and a few people in the entire empire are better than him in this respect." The mercenary in tattered chain armor also echoed, "His only defeat was losing to the The king of Nord, otherwise no one can guarantee that he must be stronger than him."

"I also participated in the war last year." A young mercenary with scars all over his face said, "If it hadn't been for the bad luck of the Marquis and the heavy rain, his plan to attack the fire attack would have succeeded."

It can be seen from the young mercenary's words that he seems to have great respect for Marquis Dempsey.

"There is still a problem with his plan. The heavy rain has a great impact on the Nord archers. If he could have waited for a while, and when the heavy rain started, the Nords would retreat by themselves." Wearing a tattered chain A's mercenary said.

"At that time, who would have thought that it was almost winter, but there would be such weird weather. It was clear that the sky was clear before, but it rained suddenly. I remember that it was raining so hard that people couldn't open their eyes. , the horses were unable to speed up due to the heavy rain, and were eventually caught up by those butcher-like berserkers. Fortunately, I escaped by hiding under the horse's corpse, but I also changed from a mercenary cavalry to the most ordinary Mercenary soldiers." After the young mercenary finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank all the wine in it in one go, calming down his mood.

There is still a chain of contempt among mercenaries. Those proletarian knights who come to be mercenaries for a living have the highest status, followed by mercenary cavalry, followed by those with bows or crossbows, and finally those who can only use swords.

Those mercenaries who can only use swords will buy a horse after making money to improve their "status in the world".

As for those mercenaries who don't even have weapons, they can't enter the chain of contempt at all, because no one will take them seriously.

There is also a chain of contempt among the various "classes" of mercenaries. Knights with crossbows look down on those without crossbows, and those with good armor look down on those with poor armor...

"Although Marquis Dempsey suffered a defeat last year, he will still be in command when the Nords attack the city. He has the most experience in the entire fortress." The young mercenary put down his glass and continued to speak.

"Is he in the fort now?" Rhodes asked.

"It must be inside the fortress. If I'm not mistaken, Lord Marquis should live in the largest tower in the north as before. He usually stays with the soldiers." The young mercenary showed that he knew Deng very well. The Marquis of Purse.

Rhodes decided to go around the tower at night. He didn't know if he could get a title based on what he had done in the past few days. How could he prove that it was difficult for him to do it himself? He couldn't keep other people's heads.

He went back to the room, waiting for the night to come...

(End of this chapter)