Chapter 333 (2/2)
Standing at asaet ashore by toht It's hard to tell whether the desperate soldiers of Madras duchy will launch a surprise attack on us”
Hennard laughed and said, ”Don't worry, I've already prepared for this long ago I guarantee that nothing bad will happen”
Despite Lorist's worries, the forces of the Madras duchy were not as resilient as he thought By the tian to construct a sie for the catapults to be iuard At the saiment of troops were on the opposite bank, around 10 thousand soldiers of the Madras duchy appeared andtheir enemy back into the river
However, the eneht after Ovidis ordered for another volley of attacks to be launched It didn't take long until all of theht
”Locke, with such an a weapon like the catapults, why don't eep past the whole of the Madras duchy? There's no need to wait for spring next year for the decisive battle,” suggested Hennard confidently
Lorist shook his head and said, ”Let's just stick to our plan Hennard, what I want is not just the Madras duchy's territory Their population and resources are also very important to us If we push our attack across the duchy, Duke Madras will definitely rally all the citizens to fight it out with us Even if we ee victorious, ill be left with a shell of what the duchy used to be Not only would we have to spend money and resources to rebuild the area, ill also be hated by the surviving duchy citizens
”If ant to es incurred by the commoners What ant to deal with are the nobles of the duchy Let's just follow our original plan to set up a defense line near the shore We'll let the nobles of the Madras duchy take the offensive and let them have a taste of what our forces are capable of After that, we'll start negotiations with Duke Madras and dee on this side of the river for trading purposes We can uide him of our intentions this way, and that is also the reason I had Count Kenmays come over”
Hennard said disappointedly, ”I knoill secure the bank here as Keno all out on them”
”Did you forget about the second prince? Back then, he led his arainst the Madras duchy and still lost at the Battle of Kobo While it's definitely possible for us to wipe out the duchy forcefully with the combined forces of all four of our houses, ould also incur huge losses in the process and gain the en nations We must ensure that we as few casualties as possible to obtain our goal This is the same for the Madras duchy as well Not only would we be able to conserve our strength after our goal is achieved, ill have enough vitality left to stave off and deter any attack from other foes nearby Do you understand noarned Lorist
Hennard nodded a little begrudgingly
”Hennard, you are currently under a false impression You think that now that our side has catapults, we have won it all Actually, catapults aren't as aine them to be I already have more than ten methods ht cavalry troops are one of theets such as citadels or defensive fortifications and are not ofrate really low, the time the rock projectiles travel across the air is not short either Any unit with enough mobility will be able to evade the area the rocks will land in
”That's the reason why I think cavalry is an effectiveto sacrifice part of the cavalry unit's fighting force and have them hurl fuel jars in a suicidal manner at the catapults, one would be able to burn the catapults down The catapults can also be taken out by surprise attacks when one sets up caht The soldiers of the Madras duchy only appear so terrified because this is the first tis on, they'll no doubt gain more experience with each subsequent encounter and coy”
Thinking that what Lorist said hed and said, ”Ah, it'sit I'll follow your instructions, so don't worry Locke I won't act on my own”
When Lorist patted on Hennard's soldier and was about to say so horses could be heard The horses seemed completely drained by the tiers wearing the armor of the Norton house dismounted and ran towards Lorist
When they ithin a distance of ten steps, the ers stopped Els went forward to check on theuard brigade They rushed all over froent letter from Silowas”
”What? What happened?” After Lorist opened the letter and took a look, he gasped in shock The letter was jointly penned by Supervisor Hansk and Knight Freiyar One was an administrative official and the other an the same letter
When he read its contents, Lorist was cooing on? Did so happen? Would it be okay for me to know about it?”
Lorist handed over the letter and said, ”Just look”
Ken of the 24th day of the 10th hness and a few others snuck onto Silowas aboard an old fishi+ng boat disguised as fisheruards, with one gold rank and three silver ranks Supervisor Hansk received theht Freiyar hoped that they could rest for a period of time at Silohile they awaited word frohness and Glacia insisted to be transported to The Northlands immediately to er, they were ferried to The Northlands on the 25th day of the 10th month, the sah the Flying Fish of Dawn
”The second highness is still alive and is co to The Northlands?” said Ken the letter and stared at Lorist That truly was shocking news
”But you're no longer a noble of the Andinaq kingdo to The Northlands at all?” asked Hennard curiously
”Idiot! Even though he's no longer a noble of the Andinaq kingdohness is still the senior noble of the Norton house He must've come here to ask you to lend hidom,” said Kenmays assuredly
The current date was the 33rd day of the 10th hness iven that it took only seven days to travel fro Fish of Dawn to deliver the letter to The Northlands two days ahead of the second highness's arrival, the ers took three days to deliver it to Lorist at Metropoulos River Even if Lorist rushed back, it would already be too late
”I still have to make my way back there, so I'll have to count on the two of you over here Just proceed as planned I will definitely notify you if there are any changes to be made,” Lorist decided, ”Els, have the rest make preparations to leave in 30back to the dominion”
”Yes, Milord”