Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 230 The Abandoned Baron Regulo (5k)

Thus, a full 30,000 people began to march in a neat formation, and finally stopped 3,000 steps away from the wall of Kalia. This distance ensured that if the situation went wrong, they would have enough time to retreat to a safe position, and would not be threatened by the opponent's long-range weapons or magic.

Levi blew a breath at the lens, then wiped it with his sleeve before putting it in front of his eyes. Standing on the spacious head of the three-headed dog, he carefully observed the town in the distance.

The gigantic Beifeng frightened the soldiers of the vanguard army. After all, they had seen this monster before, but they did not expect that the three-headed dog, which was usually only three blades high, could grow as big as a giant dragon.

Fortunately, these soldiers all knew that this was the mount of their lion hunter knight, so the commotion subsided after a brief moment, but they were still discussing it excitedly.

After all, such a powerful monster in one's own camp can cause unimaginable damage to the other side.

I'm afraid that one slap would be enough to knock down a small city wall.

Looking at the soldiers' morale which had inexplicably risen, Count Andao was extremely impressed by Levi.

In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, the commanders racked their brains to write passionate speeches to start the war, but it turned out that the Lion Hunting Knight's words and actions alone were enough to boost the morale of the soldiers.

Kalia is a common agricultural town in Debe. Most of them are baron fiefs, and low-rise buildings with one or two floors are scattered in the town. The hard dirt road on the street has been trampled into mud by the melting snow, and there is also cow dung and sheep dung in it.

The only eye-catching building is the Baron's Castle that is guarded in the center.

The wall was even more shabby, made of loess and wheat straw, only three feet high.

Even though two arrow towers were built nearby for protection, this level of city wall could barely be used to defend against wild beasts or bandits, but it was simply a pipe dream to use it to defend against attacks by regular soldiers.

Although as the vanguard army, they did not have large-scale siege weapons, but Levi pulled out the crossbows from Gaoya Fort. With a few arrows, the enemy would not dare to show up.

Not to mention that he also has four drow priests. Back then, these little girls used a few rounds of magic bombardment to smash a big hole in the Whisperwind Tribe's ten-blade-high city wall, not to mention that this wall was completely a breastwork for Gus.

The town obviously noticed their arrival, and the soldiers hurriedly closed the gate. No matter how a group of farmers wearing black felt hats and carrying cabbages on their backs begged outside the gate, they could not shake their hearts.

Any normal commander here would never open the gate for a few farmers, but a noble would be the same.

The city walls were crowded with people and shadows, accompanied by shouts, and more soldiers climbed up the low city walls from afar to defend.

Levi carefully observed the equipment and spirit of these soldiers and came to the conclusion that this was a makeshift team of civilians temporarily recruited by a baron to serve as soldiers.

He was wearing a thick woolen sweater and a deerskin hat. The only weapon in his hand was a tattered spear that he had found from somewhere.

This is a pure rural militia. Not to mention the elite soldiers under the lord, even the dragon army in the wilderness would be enough to take down this town.

Levi did not exaggerate and told the two earls everything truthfully. After all, seeing is not always believing. Maybe the other party is playing dirty tricks, and the truly elite soldiers are hiding in the dark, and those in the open are just a bait.

However, after he finished speaking, he found that the two earls were staring at the telescope in his hand. Finally, the telescope passed around in the hands of several people before returning to the lord's hand.

"This thing is good. Make me one later." Count Andao was not polite and said it directly and clearly.

Count Tess also wanted it, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he could only put on a stern face.

"This thing isn't particularly precious. I'll get one for each of you when I have time."

Levi waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Levi, I admit that my impression of you is too bad." Count Tess was stunned. He didn't expect that he would have a share. He said it sincerely.

"Count Tess, in fact, I have to say that our conflict is just due to different factions. In the final analysis, we are all serving Duke Flinna." Levi's tone was meaningful: "And to be honest, you all subconsciously regard me as Flinna's vassal, but Miss Leah is my real lord."

He put his hands behind his back and looked backwards, as if he was looking at Miss Leah who was far away in the main force, looking like a loyal minister.

"This..." The two earls looked at each other and suddenly remembered this.

In an instant, most of Count Tess's hostility towards the Lion Hunting Knight disappeared.

Yes, this Lion Hunting Knight was only fighting with them temporarily in the same tent by chance. Once the southern border was conquered, the other side would leave.

Li Wei smiled indifferently. It was impossible to show loyalty in front of others than to show the truth behind their backs.

Look, Lord Li is the most loyal minister under Leah, and he still remembers her even though they are so far apart.

When he sits on the throne of Duke, it would be unreasonable not to make him an earl.

The main reason is that he and Tess do not have any deep hatred.

If things go wrong, it's inevitable that the other party will trip him up. Even though it's not a big deal for him, it's still disgusting.

Therefore, it is better to turn swords into jade brocade, so that you don’t have to worry about the other party playing tricks when fighting a war. In that case, you may not be deceived by the enemy but by your own people.

"I just saw the enemy's flag. It's a black dagger on a blue background."

After talking it out, he obviously felt much better. Count Tess took the initiative to gesture and talk about his recent discovery.

"I've never heard of any famous military noble in the South having this flag." Count Andao frowned and searched the flags he had specially memorized some time ago, but he couldn't find the corresponding one.

In this world, everyone, from a national legion to a single knight, has a flag as their symbol.

Therefore, judging the opponent's origin by flags is a very common method.

"I have a subordinate who has studied the nobles of the southern border. He might know them. I'll ask him to come and have a look."

Levi kicked Mil, who had been acting as a wooden man and guarding him, and he quickly ran to the back to call for help.

Not long after, a hobgoblin dressed in leather armor and holding a long sword, dressed like a military noble, trotted over. He took the telescope and looked carefully before saying with certainty, "This is a baron named Regulo. The black sword flag is the symbol of his family. Kalia is his fiefdom. According to the intelligence I have received, he only has one or two thousand regular soldiers under his command, not the more than four thousand he has now."

"It's obvious that the other side temporarily recruited a group of civilians to serve as soldiers in order to make their military force appear strong on the surface." Levi smiled and snapped his fingers.

This method is commonly used by the nobles. Normally, they only have two to three thousand full-time soldiers, but once a war breaks out, they can gather the civilians under their command and reach an army of tens of thousands.

Perhaps these civilians cannot fight against regular soldiers, but they can definitely consume their physical strength and make life much easier for the real soldiers.

The other side only had one or two thousand real soldiers, while they had a full thirty thousand. Although the real main force was only about ten thousand, they were still much stronger than the other side.

Not to mention that Count Tess also has a heavy armored infantry squad under his command, which is definitely the best choice for siege.

With the military strength of the two earls and the newly developed territory of Highcliff Castle, it can be said that it is a luxury for three nobles to deal with a small baron. If they cannot defeat him, none of them will escape the gallows.

"Sir, we have searched the area around 50 miles and found nothing."

Soon, Hogg returned riding on a wolf with its tongue lolling out, followed by a group of werewolf scouts who had been scattered out to explore.

"It's a waste of God's gift to not eat the cake that's right in front of you." Levi made a prompt decision and issued an order: "Zat, tell the brothers to dress up and advance with shields, and the archers to prepare for support. Leighton, just tell Gus and the others to find a place to stay."

As centaurs, Gus and his companions were destined to have no chance of taking part in the siege, so in this situation they could only act as spectators.

The logistics cooks and auxiliary soldiers were left behind to guard the supplies, while nearly 20,000 regular soldiers deployed their formations and advanced, eventually stopping 800 steps away from the city wall.

Levi had carefully observed the enemy's city defenses and found that there was not even a crossbow, which was extremely shabby.

Therefore, at this distance, there is no need to worry about the opponent suddenly making a sniper attack on the leader from a thousand steps away.

……

In the Baron's Castle of Kalia, Baron Regulo was drinking gulps of malt liquor brewed by the common people of Kalia to relieve his inner anxiety.

He had attended the banquet in Colen, but he was one of the people who supported Damon to inherit the title.

As for Cao Iseli, the son of the old duke's daughter, now nominally the new duke?

Haha, anyone with a discerning eye would know that this is just a fig leaf. I'm afraid the old duke himself knows that this is the offspring of his brother and daughter.

The only ones who truly decide matters in the South are Damon, the commander-in-chief who oversees all military affairs, and Penny.

But none of this matters.

Ever since the knight took Leah and ran away from the South Territory like a stray dog, all the nobles who supported Damon, the dissolute knight, didn't care at all. In their opinion, two people with nothing could only survive in the dark corners for the rest of their lives. If they dared to show up, they would definitely face the thundering measures of the new Duke of the South Territory.

But I didn't expect...

In just less than half a year, the enemy returned with a huge army.

As an outpost, Kalia became the enemy's first target.

"Damn northern bitch! Damn lion hunter knight! These northern barbarians all deserve to die!"

Regulo cursed wantonly.

It was clearly the South Territory's own business, but that bitch from the North Territory had to get involved, which really made him hate her so much.

But what he hated the most was the Lion Hunting Knight who had become extremely popular recently. If he had not taken Leah away from the Southern Territory in the beginning, what had happened now would never have happened.

A month ago, he received an order from Damon to guard his territory. He was mentally prepared and took his position quickly.

But after waiting for a long time, the large army and support he had imagined did not come. Just when he could no longer wait and wanted to ask, the arrival of three people reassured him.

Because this means that support is slowly coming.

Then he began to wait patiently, but until now, no one had arrived in Kalia, and these three people seemed to be the only support.

What’s even worse is that the enemy’s army has surrounded Kalia.

It’s not that he didn’t send out cavalry to gather information, but every time he sent one out, one would disappear. He knew in his heart that the level of the enemy’s cavalry must be extraordinary.

Most of his soldiers were infantry. If he insisted on withdrawing, the only outcome would be that he would be chased and killed by the enemy. The best outcome would be to escape successfully, but he would inevitably become a baron without any troops and might also be blamed by Damon.

So the best way is to hold on to Kalia and wait for Damon's support.

Now he was completely in the dark about any news from the outside world. He had no idea how many troops the enemy had, nor how far Damon's large force was from Kalia.

I don’t even know how long I can hold on.

"How's it going?" he asked irritably, taking a big gulp of his ale.

"The northern barbarians have begun preparing to attack the city."

Surrounding Regulo were his most elite trainee knights. Facing the upcoming battle, these cucumber eggs were all excited, looking forward to gaining merit in this battle, becoming real knights and owning their own manor.

"Let's go and take a look." After drinking the last bit of wine in the glass, he wiped the water droplets from his beard, hung up his sword, put on his helmet, and led a group of trainee knights in armor to the city wall.

Kalia is a very common agricultural town, and most of the surrounding area is farmland, so you can have a clear view from the top of the city.

The other side is still discussing who will attack, so they have only deployed the formation and have not launched the attack yet.

"Look, it's a centaur!"

"The centaur at the head must be the chief of the centaur tribe. It is so huge!"

"Oh my goodness! Its arms are as thick as my grandmother's body."

The knights kept exclaiming.

They were in the southern border, a location from which it was difficult to see these powerful races in person. Most of them could only be seen at the Colosseum in Cologne.

I originally thought it was all just for show, but until I saw it with my own eyes I realized that it was not the case.

Regulo had to admit that those mountains of soldiers and horses were indeed so terrifying that it was difficult to look directly at them, especially since they were wearing sophisticated cavalry armor.

If they charged in the wild, they would defeat all his soldiers in one round.

But fortunately, they were the ones defending the city, which meant that these four-legged creatures could hardly play their best role in the siege.

"Look, there are orcs on the other side."

"Aren't these orcs too big? The orcs in the Cologne Arena look like deformed children compared to them!"

The more they looked at it carefully, the less proud the knights felt, until now they were only filled with uneasiness.

Regulo felt a little heavy-hearted, but to say that he was so scared that he would open the door and surrender was completely absurd.

Even the knights around me, although they were amazed and lived up to my pride as the best in the world, were not so scared that they dared not fight.

All this naturally came from the only three reinforcements.

……

"Let's discuss how to fight."

Under the city of Kalia, Count Tes put on gloves and adjusted his armor.

"Does this need to be discussed? Why not just use logs to knock open the enemy's city gate, then advance with heavy armored infantry, support with archers, and finally launch cavalry pursuit to expand the victory, isn't that enough?" Levi looked puzzled.

"That's basically the procedure." Earl Tess glanced at Levi and said, "But Sir, have you ever fought in a siege?"

"This..." The lord was an honest man and shook his head.

There was no city in the wilderness, not to mention a city, not even a city wall could be found. How could he attack the city?
"Tess, just say whatever you want to say." Count Ando saw what the other party was thinking.

Tess smiled and looked at the city wall in the distance: "What I mean is, you might as well leave the siege to me. After all, I haven't made any contribution to Duke Flinna until now."

The lord did not expect that this middle-aged noble with thick eyebrows and big eyes would have such little thoughts.

The talk of making contributions to the Duke is just nice talk, but in fact the real purpose is to gain military merit for oneself.

However, the Lord was naturally happy that someone was willing to take the risk, and waved his hand with a smile: "Since Earl Tess has this idea, I'll leave it to you."

To be honest, although this town looks ordinary on the surface, it may be just an illusion.

So since Tess was willing to go to Lei, Levi naturally agreed with both hands.

Even if this town was indeed taken easily by a makeshift team, he didn't care. He was not a vassal of Florina, and this so-called military achievement meant little to him.

As long as he firmly supports Leah to become the Duke, he will reap all the benefits.

"Then you better be careful. If the situation is not right, withdraw immediately."

Andao had no intention of competing with the other side for military merit.

After all, the most elite soldiers under his command were cavalry, and siege was not something he could handle.

Tess nodded, put on his helmet, and swung his sword.

Five hundred infantrymen wearing a layer of iron armor and holding shields began to advance, followed by a group of archers wearing cotton jackets.

To be honest, the strength of both the attacking and defending sides was a bit shabby, but that did not stop the lord from watching with great interest. After all, this was the first time he saw with his own eyes how humans attacked a city.

As for asking Heather and the others to help blow down the city wall?

Levi had no such idea at all. He had just reluctantly reconciled with Tess, but that didn't mean he would take the initiative to help.

After all, they seem to be friendly forces now, but it is hard to say what will happen once the southern border is conquered.

Naturally, he was happy with this practice that could blatantly consume the enemy's military strength.

The defenders on the city wall began to shoot arrows, but they had no effect on the fully armed heavy infantry. They were easily bounced off by the iron shields, leaving only a dent on them.

(End of this chapter)