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

It is dangerous to send troops at night, you can't see the road clearly, you are easily attacked by wild beasts and poisonous snakes, you can easily get disoriented, and raising a torch is simply a natural target. Therefore, he had to wait until dawn the next day to let the party set out and follow the Duke's coalition army.

In order to ensure the success of this operation, the prince decided to follow the First Army on his own expedition. Of course, instead of riding a horse with a bumpy and grinding ass, he chose to ride the town number to accompany him.

After half a month of training, the Hummingbird has been able to control the lightweight time of the twelve-pounder cannon within a fixed range, considering the long enchantment process, Roland arranged for her to transform the cannon at dawn, so that the first one lasts the longest, and the remaining ones decrease in turn, so that the failure time of the four lightweight guns is as equal as possible.

Thanks to the Hummingbird's capabilities, the Town can now carry four guns and crew members at once. The large cement ship was full of people - in addition to the artillery team and Roland, Anna, Nightingale, Nanava, Leaf, Echo, Hummingbird, and Tiago Pine were on board the Town, with Wendy providing the power and Brian at the helm.

It can be said that with the exception of the uncombative Scroll, Zoroa, Lily, and Mystery, the witches of the Frontier Town have almost poured out of their nests. Originally, there was no need for Anna to go to the battlefield, but her determined eyes made Roland unable to be ruthless in the end.

The land unit is the musketeer corps of the First Army, led by the chief knight Carter and the iron axe, and the lightning undertakes the whole positioning and tracking mission. A group of men quietly followed the enemy, just outside the range of the scouts. As soon as lightning detects a scout, the army will stop advancing. Along the way, they captured a number of scattered mercenaries and freedmen, but they couldn't deal with the surrendered enemies at the moment, so they had to disarm and take them on the road under the supervision of the team members who had not been assigned muskets.

This is also the first time that Roland has led a "large army" to conquer the enemy, and he stands on the bow of the town, feeling the morning breeze blowing in his face, and his heart is quite full of ambition.

"What are you laughing at?" Anna asked, suddenly appearing beside him, looking up.

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

"Really?" she handed over a handkerchief, "wiping your saliva." ”

"......," Roland suddenly felt the urge to jump into the water, "Thank you." ”

By the time lightning reported that the other party had set camp, it was already time for the sun to set. Compared to the non-stop reconnaissance, it was obvious that after a major defeat, the morale of the coalition forces had dropped to freezing, and as soon as it was dusk, the knights of the reconnaissance could not wait to rush back to the camp, for fear of missing the horse meat in the evening.

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

Undetected along the way, the annihilation plan was already halfway through.

Next, just wait until dawn and complete the siege before the enemy has yet to set off.

It was also the first time Roland had spent the night in the wilderness, and he preferred to sleep on a boat rather than a camp infested with all kinds of reptiles. The wooden shed where the gun carriages were parked was emptied, the crew unloaded the twelve-pounder guns and moved into the camp, and the town became the prince's temporary residence. In addition to Roland, the other witches also stayed on the ship for the night. Everyone spread the quilt all over the shed and lay down side by side with their clothes.

Roland wanted to be reserved, but found that the witches didn't care more than him, except for Anna, they were all people who had suffered a lot, and it was common to sleep in the wild during the days of exile. After a while, everyone fell asleep, and only Roland and Anna could not sleep. The former was accustomed to the soft bed and had difficulty adapting to the hard deck bed, while the latter did not know what to think and kept his head sideways and looked at Roland. When the prince turned his head, Anna would quickly close her eyes and pretend to be asleep, but her eyelashes could still be seen fluttering in the moonlight. If it weren't for the fear of arguing with others, Roland really wanted to pinch the tip of the other party's small nose and force her to open her eyes before hugging her.

In this way, the two hardly slept all night.

Before dawn, Roland began his plan of dividing his forces: 270 infantry armed with muskets were to be divided into two groups, one of which was to be distributed by the town with two cannons to the rear of the Duke's army, and the defense was completed at a distance of one kilometer. Lightning is in charge of monitoring the Duke's movements, and when the cannon is set up around the back, the little girl will give an indication that the remaining troops led by Carter will begin to attack head-on.

The unified transportation of cement ships avoids the possibility of marching and scattering, and the black-and-white vision of the nightingale after entering the fog can be used as a night vision device, and she can make the town have the ability to sail during the day.

This process has been practiced over and over again, and everyone knows what to do with their eyes closed. Wendy amplified the wind output, and the Town carried the men and horses to the rear in batches, almost riding the wind and waves, and about an hour later, the interception led by the Iron Axe was in place, and lightning flew above Camp Carter, waving the orange flag.

It was just dawn.

The encirclement and annihilation plan officially began.

Since the Echo was assigned to the rear, the musketeers in charge of the frontal assault did not have to move, they only had to line up in a battle line and protect the two guns. The twelve-pounder was quickly pushed into position and opened fire on the enemy camp - by this time most of the Duke's army was still asleep.

With the rumbling sound of artillery fire, solid shells whizzed towards the camp. The knights and mercenaries who had just woken up from a big dream rushed out of the tent, only to find that the First Army had lined up and waited in place. With the experience of the crushing defeat the day before yesterday, no one dared to challenge this seemingly thin line of defense, and could only flee to the east in a swarm.

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

When the enemy appeared in view, the time finally came for the encirclement plan to close the noose.

With the sound of marching music, one hundred and fifty men of the First Army marched forward towards the enemy in two neat rows to the beat of drums—in order to put pressure on the Duke's army, the iron axes responsible for the volley had to take the initiative. If you stick to your place, the enemy who has recovered will most likely abandon their mounts and take a detour through the woods.

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

He wondered what Roland Wimbledon would do to a duke who dared to show his sword to the royal family, perhaps imprisoned, perhaps exiled, or more likely guillotined. Either way, the Long Song Fortress will definitely have nothing to do with him in the future.

Seeing the approaching troops step by step, as well as the terrifying weapons that emitted roars and fires 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 through. With more than thirty people left around him, this was his last chance.

"They can't stop us," roared the Duke, "and they will not be able to catch up with them on their two legs if they cross this line." We're only half a day's way from the Fortress of Changge!Knights, charge with me!"

Then the Duke began to urge his mount to speed up, but unfortunately not everyone had the spirit of fighting to the death, and there were only ten people who charged with him, including the guards, but he could not care about so many now.

The music came to an abrupt end.

The other man stopped in unison and stood in front of him like a wall.

Then he saw the men raise their short sticks.

When Duke Ryan was only a hundred steps away from the human wall, the sound of ping-pong rang out one after another, and he felt a thump in his chest and abdomen, as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer. A feeling of paralysis and powerlessness ensued, and he fell backwards and fell from his horse.

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 viscous liquid blocked his throat. Soon, darkness enveloped him. (To be continued.) )