Chapter 142: Battle of Magaburg (2)

"Whew......... Mishal's army finally retreated, "After wiping the blood stains from the steel sword in his hand with a pure white wool cloth, so that the steel sword glowed in the darkness of the night with the weapons in the hands of the surrounding heavy swordsmen and orc warriors, the exhausted Bobby finally could not support the pain in his calf, and fell to sit on a stone stained red by the blood of the warriors on the battlements.

At this time, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening, and after several failed attempts to enter the city wall, the Michael army finally left countless corpses and more than a dozen siege towers and rushing carts, as well as countless iron siege ladders, and withdrew to the barracks, at this time, 2,000 Italian town militia as logistics troops were collecting arrows shot by Yoman's longbowmen, javelin heads shot by scorpion crossbows, and iron utensils next to the corpses of Michar's soldiers outside the city walls.

Steel arrowheads must be recycled, not because Sun Lin was afraid that the Mishals would use these ready-made products to figure out how to make steel, but because this small Maga Fort did not have the ability to store too many arrows, and now the number of arrows in the castle has been depleted. The number of steel arrows that these Italian militiamen were able to collect from outside the battlefield tonight and ship them back with new handles meant how many arrows the Yoman longbowmen would have to use tomorrow, as were the recovered javelin heads and polished gravel bullets.

As for those iron weapons or armor, they can be reforged and turned into nails and other things needed for territory construction. It can also be turned into a daily necessity for each family, such as iron pots and rice bowls.

Bobby, leaning on the edge of the stone, looked at the Mishaal camp in the distance as dense as the stars in the sky from time to time, while holding a torch in his hand to watch the post-war statistics that had just been sent in his hand, and muttered the data in his hand in a slightly disappointed tone: "More than 5,000 of our own personnel were killed, of which orc slave soldiers accounted for 6 floors, heavy swordsmen accounted for 2 floors, and Yoman longbowmen accounted for 2 floors. The total number of the remaining lightly and seriously injured is about 6,000 people, which means that after this battle, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers who cannot participate in the battle................... 9 scorpion crossbows are damaged, 3 medium trebuchets, and there are several defense weapons with potential failure factors, but the possibility of damage is very small, as for the heavy trebuchet and the only one in the castle to defend the city, there is no sign of damage because it did not join the battle............... After a rough count of the Mishaal's side, the number of casualties reached 15,000, the true number was between 14,000 and 16,000, the number of wounded is unknown, there were 22 damaged light torsion catapults, and other siege weapons ................ really as His Majesty said, wounding 1,000 enemies and losing 800! In just one day, nearly 10,000 or so soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness, and according to this comparison of losses, it will be difficult to hold Margafort! After lighting the battle report with a torch, Bobby muttered with a wry smile.

As Bobby said, if the record continues to be based on today's record, it is indeed impossible for Magagor to hold on. Although before the war, Bobby had calculated in his mind that Magaburg would be the first target of Mishaal's troops, and Bobby was proved right, but in contrast to saying that "victory is on the side of the sun." It is better to say that "victory will indeed be on the side of the sunset, but the reality is with Mishaal, and they have also made some relationships that go beyond friendship and things." ”

Maga Fort is a castle, so the number of people it can accommodate is definitely not too much, even when the Lancester Empire ruled this castle, in addition to the 2,000 Rand soldiers stationed and trained in the castle, there were only more than 3,000 residents living within the outer walls of the castle; In addition, although Bobby is 99% sure that Mishaal's attack direction is Magaburg, no one can guarantee whether Michar will choose other places as the attack point, or besiege Magaburg without attacking, and then take advantage of the sun to set when all the troops are in Magaburg, send troops to attack Fort Bilgar and lead several other peripheral cities and castles, and even the enemy generals are likely to be bold and bold to go directly to Fort Bigga, and finally for the sake of safety, Bobby had to allocate a part of his troops to garrison these cities, castles, fortress, etc. As a result, the Sunset army remained in Magaburg to less than 50,000 men, including 15,000 Yoman longbowmen, 5,000 hoplites, 10,000 orc slave soldiers, and 10,000 feudal knights.

Even if all the feudal knights are allowed to dismount and fight, there are only 40,000 people in Magaburg who can fight on the city wall (these 40,000 people are not counted in the militia units, although the knight attendants, Italian militia, etc. are the elite of the militia troops, but they can never get rid of the title of light infantry, they are completely abused against the soldiers of the Michael Empire, like the Snow Mountain Berserker, a head can single-handedly take on 5 well-equipped Italian militias without a trace of effort, so it is in vain, It's better not to count it directly). According to the ratio of 1:1.5 of today's battle losses, even if all 40,000 people were killed or lost their combat ability, Mishaal's army would still be able to retain 20,000 men and occupy Magaburg. This is something that Bobby does not allow.

Just as Bobby was estimating the losses for tomorrow's battle, a feudal knight hurriedly ran up to Bobby and said, "Your Excellency, 10,000 feudal knights and 15,000 knight squires have all been assembled, please instruct." ”

"So fast? Didn't I say they should meet again at 11:30 tonight? Bobby slowly stood up against the wall, and asked the feudal knight in front of him in a puzzled and surprised tone.

"This............ General, the brothers couldn't help but ............. when they heard that there was a battle to be fought, we haven't opened meat for half a year, so ............. please forgive the general, please give the order for a raid!" ”

"This, this is really .........." Listening to the answer of such a feudal knight in front of him, Bobby suddenly had a feeling of crying and laughing, but if it was Sun Lin, he wouldn't be able to, because Sun Lin knew that the feudal knight had the attribute of charging without authorization.

However, after thinking about it, Bobby found that in fact, the raid at this time is not necessarily without benefits. Now is the time for the Mishaal soldiers to rest and eat, and to relax physically and mentally, when the surprise attack may have an unexpected effect. So after a slight pause, Bobby decided, "Okay, what's your name?" ”

"Patton, my name is Patton, Your Excellency."

"Got it, then............ Captain Barton, do what you have to do. ”

"Yes!"