Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

To be honest, this was the first time that Laurie encountered Doug's army that dared to take the initiative to attack.

Unlike the Northern Army that Laurie had encountered before, this army had a measured pace of advance and retreat. It was obvious that they were well-trained, and the professionals and ordinary soldiers worked well together. It could be said that this was the ideal army during the time of Grand Duke Lars.

"It seems to be the defenders of Silver Wing City."

As a scout, Darcy observed the army's retreat route and reported to Lowry.

In addition to the Third Army, the First Army commanded by Lowry also gradually entered the battlefield. Now Lowry's main task is to work with White to clean up the towns that can assist Pétain's defense line.

With the Black Iron City, the Gray Collar Army's operations outside the west became much more convenient. When attacking other cities, Lowry didn't even have to rush. He could just set up camp in other villages and towns around the city.

In addition to waiting for supplies when food is scarce, people can also buy it directly. Lowry can even implement Lind's "Land Distribution Act" in these villages and towns, directly staging a wave of beating the local tyrants and dividing the land.

It was not known whether they were too confident in the Pétain Line or had no concept of it at all. Even though the gray-collar army had already attacked, these important cities had no intention of defending them, so now the First Army and the Third Army were running around freely among these cities.

Relying on good military discipline and the actual distribution of land, these villages and towns can be said to have welcomed the gray-collar army with food and drink.

This approach was fully affirmed by Lind, who even praised Lowry by name.

Originally, Laurie thought that the last Silver Wing City would be like the previous towns and could be taken down with just two artillery fire, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the territory of Silver Wing City, Laurie noticed something was wrong.

The towns surrounding Silver Wing City were all empty-handed and had no food. Doug's army actually implemented a policy of clearing the countryside, and it was probably done on their own initiative.

What Lowry didn't expect the most was that in addition to clearing the countryside, the other side also took the initiative to launch an attack, and even deployed the classic Lars Knight to charge with his followers.

Moreover, the enemy's followers also carried muskets to cover their charging knights. Some knights were followed by spellcasters responsible for output. It was simply a replica of the tactics that the gray-collar workers had used before, except that they lacked the bombing with artillery before the battle.

You can always trust the Lars Knight who is charging at the front. He is simple, efficient, easy to use, and most importantly, really durable.

Even with the generation gap in equipment, the knights charging in the front still relied on their own territory to absorb most of the damage and successfully attacked the vanguard of the First Army.

In the end the losses were not great, and the opponent's charge was not easy, sacrificing several elite professionals, so judging from the results, Lowry's side did not lose.

But Laurie still couldn't accept it. This was the first time such a situation had occurred since the declaration of war. It also made Laurie alert. Doug's army was not all trash. Just like the Northern Army in the past, even if nine out of ten officers and knights were trash, there was still one who was really good.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have been entangled with the demons at the border for so long.

Looking at these tied-up captives, Lowry smacked his lips. Surprisingly, most of them were professionals, most of them were Lars Knights.

This already shows some clues. Generally speaking, even if the other party knows that only professionals can successfully cover the retreat, in such a tense situation, very few professionals will actually come out to cover the retreat instead of letting their own followers go.

The military literacy of the other side's subordinates is very high.

Sitting in the camp, Lowry asked, "Who exactly is the general of your Silver Wing City's garrison?"

But the knights' answers were very consistent: "Northerners don't fight Northerners."

No matter how Laurie asked or who he asked, the answer was always this.

Hearing this answer, Lowry laughed out loud, nodded and said, "That's right, people from the North don't fight people from the North."

After a little thought, Lowry guessed that this was a countermeasure that the other party had discussed in advance. Don't you rebels like to hold high the banner of Northerners not fighting Northerners? My captives are also Northerners, what do you say?

If you dare to torture the prisoners, then I can completely tear down your banner and prove that it is false. There is no such thing as Northerners not fighting Northerners. Everyone should resist when they should resist, and fight when they should fight.

However, the other party might not have thought that the slogan of the gray-collar worker was true, and Lowry had never thought about what to do with the prisoners from the beginning.

The prisoners, who had already prepared themselves for torture, entered the prisoner camp with a lot of question marks on their heads. The soldiers in charge of guarding them repeatedly told the prisoners what they should not do. If they did that, the soldiers in charge of guarding would show no mercy - they would be shot.

After all, most of these captives are professionals. Although they are tied with chains, Lowry still dares not be careless.

But the question marks over the heads of these prisoners not only did not decrease, but increased. The environment in the prisoner camp was not much worse than that of ordinary soldiers. These people actually treated the prisoners well. Although there were many rules for the prisoners, the soldiers guarding the prisoners also had rules. The prisoners could even report the guards for abusing them.

"You are the only one who are from the North. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so kind to fight against the demons."

The soldier in charge of guarding them left, leaving the prisoners looking at each other in bewilderment.

At night, Hammond and his scouts observed the First Army's camp from a distance.

Unlike some generals who had never fought in a war, Hammond was not a veteran of many battles, but he was experienced and liked to go to the battlefield for reconnaissance in person.

Although the rebel camp in the distance was heavily guarded even at night, Hammond felt that there might be a chance. The tactic of raiding the camp at night would never go out of style, especially for the arrogant and isolated army of the other side that was deep in the enemy's territory.

Hammond understood that blindly defending would only result in the city gates being blasted open by cannons like other cities. If he wanted to truly stop these rebels, he had to take the initiative to attack.

Hammond also didn't want to fight a street fight, but his reason was different from Keith's. The people in the city were all civilians who were recruited by him after he cleared the city walls. Hammond didn't believe that Northerners wouldn't fight Northerners. This was just a verbal promise made by the rebellious governor to attract surrender.

War is no joke. If Hammond cannot keep the enemy out, he has already lost.

As for support - never trust your teammates. This is the experience Hammond has summed up from his long career fighting against demons.

Nodding to the scout beside him, Hammond returned to his position, put on his helmet, put on his armor, and selected the elite troops.

Although in the previous investigation, Hammond found that the deployment of the enemy scouts was impeccable, it was difficult to find a perfect angle to bypass the scouts' field of vision.

But the moonlight tonight is not bright, and even a little gloomy. It will be difficult to have such a good opportunity after tonight. Moreover, we can take advantage of tonight to rescue the brothers who were captured today. If it is later, Hammond is worried that the prisoners will either be tortured or transferred.

Those are all valuable professionals, and they have fought alongside Hammond for a long time. Hammond believes that as long as the noise he makes is big enough, those captured brothers might be able to support him.

By then, with the help of both inside and outside forces, these rebels will surely be turned upside down.

Opportunities are rare and will never come again. Unless there are scout-type professionals in the enemy camp, and they are fully powered at night, Hammond believes that no army can react so quickly to this night attack. No army! Even the demons in their heyday cannot do it.

In Hammond's eyes, the other side was just a group of child soldiers who could only rely on weapons and equipment to crush others and had never fought in a serious war. How could they be compared to his army that had fought against the demons before?

If it weren't for his straightforward personality that made him unpopular among the nobles, Hammond should have been the most important defender of Black Iron City based on his strength.

But Hammond was finally assigned to Silver Wing City, which was not a very important city, because there was not much money to be made in this city, otherwise Hammond might not even get a job in Silver Wing City.

But Hammond had no complaints. He did whatever the lord told him to do. It was like this during the time of Grand Duke Lars, and it is still the same now that the lord has changed. It is just a matter of loyalty to the king, nothing more.

"Prepare for a raid!"

Hammond covered himself with a visor, raised his spear in one hand, held the musket in the other, squeezed his legs together, and rode out first.