Chapter 118: Pursuit (Part 2)

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Although Roland asked the First Army to train twice a week, he never tried to march at night.

It is dangerous to dispatch troops at night. You can't see the road clearly, you are easily attacked by wild animals and poisonous snakes, and you are easily disoriented. Raising a torch is simply a natural target.

Therefore, he had to wait until dawn the next day to let the team set off and follow the Duke coalition.

In order to ensure the smooth operation, the prince decided to follow the First Army to fight in person.Of course, he chose to take the town number to accompany him than the bumpy and hard-working horse riding.

After half a month of training, Hummingbird was able to control the lightweighting time of the twelve-pound cannon within a fixed range. Considering the long enchantment process, Roland arranged for her to convert the cannon at dawn, so that the first one lasted the longest, and the remaining few were reduced in turn to ensure that the failure time of the four lightweighting failed as much as possible.

Thanks to the Hummingbird's ability, the Town can now carry four artillery and members of the gun team at one time.

In addition to the artillery team and Roland, there were also Anna, Nightingale, Nanava, Leaf, Echo, Hummingbird and Tigu Pine on the town. Wendy was responsible for providing the power, and the steering was Brian.

It can be said that apart from the book, Soloya, Lily and Mysterious Moon who are not good at fighting, the witches in the border town are almost full.

Originally, Anna had no need to go to the battlefield, but her firm eyes made Roland unable to make up in the end.

The land troops were the Musketeers of the First Army, led by Chief Knight Carter and Iron Axe, and Lightning undertakes the full-time positioning and tracking mission.

A group of people followed the enemy quietly, and the distance was just outside the range of the reconnaissance cavalry patrol.

Once lightning discovers that there is a reconnaissance activity, the army will stop advancing.

Along the way, they also captured many separated mercenaries and free people, but they could not deal with these surrendered enemies at this moment. They had to disarm and take care of the team members who were not assigned to the muskets and take them together.

This was also the first time Roland was leading a large army to fight against the enemy. He stood at the bow of the township, feeling the morning breeze blowing towards him, and felt the heart full of confidence.

What are you laughing at?Anna suddenly appeared beside him and asked with a look up.

Uh... Roland instantly put away his smile, nothing.

Yeah?She handed a handkerchief and wiped her saliva.

... Roland suddenly felt the urge to jump into the water, thank you.

When lightning flashed to report to the other party to camp, it was already the time when the sun set.

Compared with the uninterrupted reconnaissance, it was obvious that after a big defeat, the morale of the coalition army had dropped to freezing point. As soon as dusk, the reconnaissance knights couldn't wait to rush back to the camp, fearing that they would miss the horse meat at night.

Roland's troops were stationed on the shore two kilometers away from the Duke's army.

It was not discovered along the way, and the annihilation plan was half successful.

Next, just wait until dawn and complete the siege before the enemy sets off.

This was also the first time Roland spent the night in the wild. He was more inclined to sleep on the boat than the camp where various reptiles were rampant.

The wooden shed where the cannon trucks were parked was cleared out, and the members of the cannon team removed the twelve-pound cannons and moved into the camp, and the town became the prince's temporary palace.

In addition to Roland, other witches also stayed on the boat for the night.

Everyone covered the shed with quilts and lay down shoulder to shoulder with their clothes.

Roland wanted to be reserved, but found that the witches were less concerned than him. Except for Anna, they were all people who suffered a lot. During their wandering days, sleeping in the wild was common.

After a while, everyone fell asleep, only Roland and Anna couldn't fall asleep.

The former was used to soft beds and was difficult to adapt to the hard deck beds for a while, while the latter didn't know what they were thinking and kept staring at Roland with his head tilted.

When the prince turned his head, Anna would always close her eyes quickly and pretend to be asleep, but under the reflection of the moonlight, she could still see her eyelashes shaking slightly.

If it weren't for the fear of disturbing others, Roland really wanted to pinch the other party's small nose and force her to open her eyes and then hug her into her arms.

In this way, the two of them almost didn't sleep all night.

Before the sky was dawn, Roland launched his plan to encircle the troops: 270 infantrymen with muskets should be divided into two groups, one of which was paired with two cannons and sent to the rear of the Duke's army by the town to complete the defense one kilometer away.

Lightning is responsible for monitoring the Duke's movements. When the artillery is set up around the back, the little girl will give an indication signal. At this moment, the left-behind troops led by Carter will start a head-on attack.

The unified transportation of cement ships avoids the possibility of marching and dispersing. The black and white vision of the nightingale after entering the fog can be used as a night vision device. She is responsible for the navigator, which can allow the town to have the ability to navigate during the day.

This process has been practiced repeatedly, and everyone knows what to do with their eyes closed.

Wendy expanded the wind power output, and the town almost rode the wind and waves, transporting the people and horses to the rear in batches. About an hour later, the interception unit led by Iron Axe was in place, and lightning flew above Carter's camp and an orange flag was lit.

It was just dawning.

The encirclement and annihilation plan officially began.

Since the echo is assigned to the rear combat, the musketeers responsible for the frontal attack do not need to operate. They only need to line up in a battle line and protect two artillery guns.

The twelve-pound cannon was quickly pushed to the position and opened fire at the enemy camp. Most of the Duke's army were still sleeping.

With the rumbling sound of artillery fire, solid shells roared toward the camp.

The knights and mercenaries who were awakened from the dream rushed out of the tent, but found that the First Army had lined up and were waiting quietly.

With the experience of a crushing defeat the day before yesterday, no one dared to challenge this seemingly thin line of defense and could only flock to the east.

The iron axe has been waiting behind it for a long time.

When the enemy appeared in sight, the encirclement and annihilation plan finally reached the moment to close the noose.

As the echo played the marching music, the first army 150 people lined up in two neat rows, stepping towards the enemy. In order to put pressure on the Duke's army, the iron axe responsible for interception must take the initiative to attack.

If you stick to your original position, the enemy who comes back to your senses will likely give up your mount and take a detour to escape from the woods.

Duke Ryan was already in despair, and he couldn't understand how the other party appeared behind them.

Acknowledge failure and surrender?

He didn't know how Roland Wimbledon would treat a duke who dared to show his blade to the royal family, perhaps imprisonment, exile, or even more likely to be sent directly to the guillotine.

No matter which one it is, Changge Fortress will definitely have nothing to do with him in the future.

Seeing the troops approaching step by step, and the terrifying weapons that roared and fired from time to time behind the opponent, he knew that if he didn't rush at this moment, there would be no possibility of rushing over again.

There were only more than thirty people left by his side, and this was his last chance.

These little people could not stop us at all, the Duke yelled, as long as they crossed this horizontal formation, they could not catch up with them with their legs alone.We are only half a day away from Changge Fortress!Knights, follow me to charge!

Then the duke began to urge the mount to accelerate, but unfortunately not everyone was fighting to the death. There were only ten people including the personal guards who followed him, but he no longer cared about so many.

The music ended abruptly.

The other party stopped in an orderly manner and stood in front of him like a wall.

Then he saw the men holding up the short wooden sticks in their hands.

When Duke Ryan was only a hundred steps away from the human wall, a ping-pong sound rang out one after another, and he felt a shock in his chest and abdomen, as if he was hit by a sledgehammer.

Then came the feeling of paralysis and powerlessness, and he leaned back and fell to the ground from the horse's back.

The Duke opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't make any sound. He coughed twice and only smelled a strong sweet smell, and the sticky liquid blocked his throat.Soon, darkness enveloped him.