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    Chapter 5 Siege of Milliesburg

    "ah!"

    Old Baron Trimoras looked at Lin Fenghan with a frown, and asked gloomily: "Is there no room for negotiation? I guarantee that no one in our family will rebel and will never oppose your rule. Isn't this okay?  You must know that our family itself is already in decline. This castle is the only one left."

    "Can't!"

    Lin Fenghan shook his head lightly and said softly: "From the moment Elante's army steps into your castle, this land and the buildings on this land all belong to Elante. This castle will be transformed into a nearby village.  to dominate the town, where the municipal government will be established.¡±

    Seeing the increasingly disappointed expressions of Baron Trimorath's family, Lin Fenghan smiled lightly and said: "However, due to your extraordinary performance, many innocent killings have been avoided, so this castle will still be open to your family. You  The family still has partial use rights and partial sovereignty over this castle. As long as the castle is not destroyed, you can live in it without restrictions. At the same time, in addition to the inner castle, the external castles and houses will belong to the Trimoras town government.  All. And 70% of the treasure and 70% of the food in this castle will be taken away by the Elantes army for supplies. Of course, if you can help me do some things and complete some tasks, I can leave you 70% of the wealth.  Only 30% of the funds will be used for military expenditure."

    "whats the matter?"

    Old Baron Trimoras asked doubtfully.

    "Go to other nearby castles, tell them my preferential terms, persuade them to surrender, and collect their specific information. I will send a large number of troops to follow you." Lin Fenghan said with a slight smile, picking up a mouthful of potato chips and chewing them.

    "ah!"

    Old Baron Trimoras' face changed wildly and said: "Okay, I've done it. Since you can break my castle in such a short period of time, you will naturally be able to break their fortress in the near future. I'll help."  It doesn¡¯t matter to you, but I hope that my son, grandson, and other male members of the nephew¡¯s family will join your army, and I hope you can cultivate them seriously.¡±

    "oh!"

    Lin Fenghan¡¯s mouth curled up, and he looked at the young man who was a little angry and said: "When they reach an age and have enough education, I will naturally train them. Old Baron, I hope we can have a happy cooperation."

    "I will be serious."

    Trimoras nodded with twitching corners of his mouth.

    July 9, 1921.  Under the lobbying of the old Baron Trimoras, Lin Fenghan, who had mastered the specific information, mobilized a large number of artillery units and when the rear troops arrived, he used the militia bought inside the castle to sneak in and was attacked by spies from inside and outside.  In three days, the surrounding fourteen large and small castles were broken by an army of thirty-five thousand people.  Leave a centurion at each castle.  After recruiting 3,000 strong men from the prisoners to form three temporary infantry regiments to take charge of logistics, escort and transportation, Lin Fenghan continued to advance with the huge army.

    The war horses passed several small towns and passed villages on the hills. Then the terrain dropped and the terrain was flat. The guide of the cavalry regiment shouted to Lin Fenghan: "Baron. That raised hill five kilometers ahead."  Up there is the town of Milis.¡±

    "What?"

    Panting, Lin Fenghan jumped off his horse, picked up his binoculars, stood on the rocks on the road and farmland, and glanced ahead. Sure enough, he saw a series of city walls and watchtowers built around the mountain. On the top of the hill, numerous pavilions stood on the hill.  It is lonely and cold against the surrounding pine trees.

    Kelande came from nearby on horseback and said to Lin Fenghan with a big smile: "Baron, there is a large lake with mountains and rivers to the north of the road. The brothers in front all went in to take a bath. It's so refreshing. You can go too.  Bar!"

    "Don't!"

    Lin Fenghan quickly stretched out his hand to stop and said: "Ke Langde, please quickly order your subordinates to block the upper reaches of the lake and the nearby clean waters. Don't let the war horses and muddy water dirty the lake. There are more than 30,000 brothers behind us? This must be  Keep clean water sources and campsites available, and if the cavalry brothers are very hot, go downstream. Queue up on the riverbank boats to wash your body, and don¡¯t affect others.¡±

    "ah!"

    "yes!"

    Kelande nodded, and then said: "Baron, this lake is artificially constructed. There are villages near and below the lake. If we go forward two kilometers, we will reach the opposite side of the river in Milis City. Below is  The sparkling water of Milis is the great river."

    ¡°I don¡¯t know how long this big river is. The width of the river bed is between 800 meters and 2,000 meters. The width of the river bed with water now is also about 800 meters. When we set up camp, we put our camp in the river.? next to it, so there is no threat of water shortage.  "

    "I understand what you mean." Lin Fenghan touched his forehead and explained seriously: "But I still think that well water, spring water, and lake water are much cleaner than the water of big rivers. I hope that our army should be in close contact with nearby rivers.  Villagers drink water from wells, springs and lakes instead of drinking water from rivers. This reduces the risk of illness and makes our army healthier. Everything you do must start with small things, and details are very important. I hope to come  You can understand these things correctly during the war."

    "ah!"

    "What the Baron said is absolutely true."

    Ke Langde nodded suddenly and said respectfully.

    "Walk!"

    Lin Fenghan pointed to the city ahead and said to Ke Langde and others: "Let's ride horses to the front first, survey the terrain around this small city, see where to cross the river, and set up camp."

    "Walk!"

    Hundreds of cavalrymen did not rest and continued to run forward following Lin Fenghan.

    Hundreds of cavalrymen ran along the Milis Bay River for four or five kilometers. Lin Fenghan figured out the general terrain of the surrounding area and returned to the Milis Bridge where they had just arrived.  At around four o'clock in the afternoon, nearly 40,000 troops all arrived in the city of Milis.

    In the town headquarters across the river from Milis City, Lin Fenghan held his cane, pointed at the simple sand table he had just made, and said: "Brothers, this is Milis Town, this river is Milis Bay River, where we are  The town is here. There are three bridges from the village to the city of Milis, one in the upstream, one in the middle, and five kilometers downstream. The middle bridge has been destroyed for more than 100 meters, and they have also damaged the other two wooden bridges.  Destroyed. But thanks to the efforts of the villagers and our engineering infantry, we have rebuilt these two bridges."

    "After personal testing by the light cavalry, the current flow of the Milis Bay river is not large. Three kilometers downstream of the central road, the draft of this place is very shallow, only more than one to two meters, and it can be passed by riding a horse and swimming.  With the pulley planks assumed by our engineers and the wooden boats of nearby villagers, our light infantry and heavy infantry can survive, but our crossbow unit is a bit more troublesome, so we probably have to wait until tomorrow's heavy crossbow and trebuchet artillery units.  The regiment arrived here. After arranging the gun positions, we were confident of attacking this small city."

    "Baron, I think the problem of crossing the river is very simple. It's just a matter of time. But the sand table you are pointing to is really incredible. I really didn't expect that there would be such a thing in this world that can help us understand map command more accurately.  Army." Rana said excitedly, pointing to the one square meter wooden plate.

    "Haha, I just stood on the hill and looked at the surrounding terrain, and I came up with it unconsciously. Please forgive me for doing it too crudely." Lin Fenghan sighed in shame.

    Ramsay also lowered his head and carefully looked at the sand table and said insightfully: "Baron, this is a priceless treasure that cannot be passed on to others. We must work hard to cultivate more outstanding talents who can draw maps, draw sand tables, and understand geography, so that they can assist us.  officers to help our generals gain victory more easily."

    "Um!"

    "Agree!"

    Kelande nodded wisely.

    "yes!"

    "It's so amazing."

    "Amazing!"

    ¡­¡­

    The commanders of numerous infantry regiments around him spoke in praise.

    Lin Fenghan nodded humbly and smiled slightly at the crowd: "The artillery unit moves slowly due to heavy equipment and our logistics unit is still behind. It is not expected to arrive until after 11 o'clock tonight. Now we all send the infantry to build the camp first.  , to collect and purchase fodder, vegetables and grain. Meanwhile other infantry regiments were idle to fell trees and build rafts, trebuchet frames, bridges, and trebuchets."

    "Ke Langde, Ma Youdun. You two are responsible for the affairs upstream. At the same time, send troops to explore the interior of the city."

    "Ramsay, Browner, you two are responsible for the downstream affairs, and try to harvest more wood. To prevent the trebuchet troops from arriving in time, we will build ladders to siege the city ourselves."

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    Milis Castle, Baron Milis and General Milis, the city general of Milis, stood on the three-meter-high outer wall of the eastern city and looked at the busy army on the opposite side.  Baron Milis, who was 1.75 meters tall, thin and wearing a purple robe and looked majestic in his twenties, said to the tall man in his fifties with a beard next to him: "General Milis, there are so many troops in Elantra."  Why don¡¯t we rush to attack our city after we reach it?¡±

    "They are not prepared. They are currently investigating the situation, preparing catapults and siege equipment, and waiting for them."?You will attack when you are ready.  General Milaris said with a calm expression, looking into the distance with his hands behind his hands.

    "ah!"

    Baron Milis touched his hair nervously and couldn't help but said: "Uncle, can our city really withstand the attack of the Elantes? You know, although there are 20,000 to 30,000 residents in our city, it takes so long to gather together a  There are only more than 6,000 combat troops."

    "Naturally, the outer city with poor defenses cannot bear it. I have no intention of wasting our strength here. As long as we finish shooting our bows and arrows and retreat after they arrive." General Miralis smiled lightly and patted his nephew on the shoulder.

    "Our inner city covers an area of ??less than one square kilometer. It is located on the top of a hill. We have a large amount of food reserves and bows and arrows transported from the city of Ramis. As long as we defend against the mountain and do not attack, then with the help of  With city walls and fortresses that are fifty or sixty meters above the ground, the Elante people have nothing to do with us. As long as we persist for half a year as agreed, when winter comes, the Elante people will naturally turn around and leave if they cannot conquer this area. Then we will be blessed.  Yes." General Milaris laughed.

    "What kind of blessing is it?"

    Young Baron Milis asked in confusion.

    General Miralis curled up his lips and whispered: "Many knights and soldiers who escaped from the east yesterday reported that many castles and villages in the east have been destroyed. As long as we survive this disaster, we will be able to wait for the Elantes army to leave."  Send troops to occupy these areas.¡±

    "ah!"

    Young Baron Milis frowned at his uncle in confusion and asked: "Isn't that the territory of other families? How do we have the right to occupy it?"

    "The laws of the kingdom stipulate that any lord who loses his territory has no power to seize it, and other nobles occupy these areas and have the right to manage these areas. My nephew, as long as we leave the family castle to them, those weak little nobles will be a threat to us.  There is no threat at all. So I hope you can listen to me in this war and preserve the strength of our family. Try to leave dangerous tasks to the officers from Ramis City and the nearby small noble troops. Good luck in the future  The surrounding nobles have a greater say."

    "ah!"

    "yes!"

    Baron Milis said with bright eyes: "I will obey my uncle in everything."

    "Um!"

    "Good nephew! I will never let down our family."

    Miraris nodded seriously and said quickly: "Quickly send our soldiers to control the four gates of the inner city castle and the four gates of the outer city castle, and issue orders to let the captains of each brigade take good care of themselves.  Soldiers in the army must not allow sneaky spies or rebellions. Isolate the soldiers and knights who have surrendered to us in recent days. Keep them away from the city gate and do not give them any chance to make mistakes. Take out the silver coins and let our city  People who are unemployed and anxious at home are working hard to make bread, dry biscuits, and stock up on our convenient food."

    "Um!"

    ¡­¡­

    It was around five o'clock in the afternoon, while Lin Fenghan, Lana and others were continuing to discuss improving the sand table.  Suddenly, a Guards cavalry ran in happily and said loudly: "Baron, the Southern Navy Fleet is here, and the supplies we need have arrived by ship."

    "What?"

    Lin Fenghan was suddenly surprised.

    "Why did you arrive so quickly? Didn't it mean that the river is shallow and cannot be pulled by boat?"

    Lin Fenghan, who was running out, looked at the river in the distance. Hundreds of people were shouting and struggling to pull the wooden boats floating on the water with ropes. He was speechless for a moment.  Kelande excitedly ran to Lin Fenghan and said, "Baron, they actually used such a primitive method. They relied on wood and manpower to pull the bronze cannon over step by step. This determination is so strong."

    "Walk!"

    "Come and see with me."

    Lin Fenghan quickly mounted his horse, calling for everyone to quickly run towards the south of the river dam.

    "Baron!"

    On the river bank, a swarthy man in black clothes, with a strong build and slim features, who was directing everyone to pull the reins, looked excitedly at Lin Fenghan who was running towards him. He waved loudly and said, "I heard that you are in urgent need of bronze cannons to attack the city. I specially sent them to attack the city."  Removed the naval guns from my Clipper. Along the way, with two-thirds of our battleship's men and horses, and under the cover of the Marine Corps and intelligence spies, we transported the treasures on my battleship. Are you satisfied?  ?"

    "satisfy!"

    "Very satisfied!"

    Lin Fenghan jumped off the horse excitedly, stretched out his hands and patted the shoulder of the 1.8-meter-tall man hard, and said excitedly: "Captain Haiter, you are worthy of being my father's best friend."Honest subordinate, the most loyal soldier of the Elant family, I can't thank you enough.  When you have achieved military exploits in the future, I will appoint you as a fleet commander or city mayor.  "

    "Ha ha!"

    "It's best to be in a wealthy coastal city with a navy commander with a deep-water port. I want both the mayor and the captain, so you can give it to me!" Haiter patted Lin Fenghan on the back.  Hug loudly.

    "good!"

    Lin Fenghan smiled excitedly and asked seriously: "Brother Haiter, how many cannons and how many pills did you bring?"

    "There is only one bronze cannon with a caliber of 300 mm, and more than 70 rounds of artillery shells. There are 105 in itself, but those clumsy idiots knocked our precious gunpowder over and soaked it in the river, making it unusable. Even  Our bronze cannon also overturned twice in shallow water and took in a lot of water. Fortunately, our cannons are made of copper and are specially used by the navy. Pure metal is not afraid of water ingress. As long as it is wiped carefully, it can continue to be used." Heitel touched  He raised his head, pointed at the busy sailors below and cursed.

    "70 rounds of artillery shells, great."

    Lin Fenghan rubbed his hands excitedly, looked at the sky and said: "It's past five o'clock now, and there are still more than two hours before the sunset is too far away. Although we only have one bronze cannon, the city wall of Milis is weak, and it only takes one shot to  If some of them are destroyed, the army will be able to invade the outer city within an hour."

    Thinking of this, Lin Fenghan suddenly became cold and said to Kelang Devilla with a serious face: "Order the entire army to prepare for combat. The troops on the lower road will cross the river now. Kelande, you lead the light cavalry through the river and board the mountain first.  The embankment found a suitable landing point for the artillery, protected the artillery, and the rest of the force prepared for the siege.¡±

    "ah!"

    "So fast!"

    Kelande was stunned, and Lin Feng gave a cold look and said: "The military situation is urgent, so hurry up and go. Heitel, let's swim over together. I will personally fire the cannon to destroy the city wall of Milis City."

    "Uh! Yes!"

    Looking at the serious Lin Fenghan, Haiter couldn't help but quickly stood at attention and saluted. He quickly ran down the river bank and shouted to the crew below. The transport fleet swam towards the opposite side through the shallow river water.

    Woohoo!

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    In the distance, Baron Millis and General Millis, who were identifying the soldiers of each unit and counting the officers, looked at Dongfang in confusion and ordered the guards to observe the situation.  After more than ten minutes, the guard soldier returned panting and told the two of them about the gathering Elantes army.

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