Iron Powder and Spellcasters Chapter 297

Chapter 297 Wind and Rain

Middle Tiefeng County, Xiaoshi Town.

On the mountain road, the messenger with the red flag galloped on the horse.

"Red Flag!" The sentry on the watchtower saw the red flag flying in from a distance, and shouted and sounded the alarm: "Red Flag!"

The sound of the alarm bells reached the center of the town before the sound of horses' hooves, and the seventh company commander [Li Wei] stationed in Little Rock rushed to the town square.

The three war horses sprayed with white foam stopped in the square, and the blue warhorse at the head suddenly fell on its back and fell down with its hind legs bent.

Amid the exclamations of others, the messenger rolled off the saddle and nearly broke his left leg on the spot.

"Military order?" Li Wei strode to the side of the messenger.

The messenger immediately went to get the saddlebag, but the saddlebag was already pressed by the warhorse, and the exhausted messenger could not pull it out anyway.

Li Wei pushed the messenger away, stood firm, his waist and legs suddenly exerted force, and he forcibly lifted the horse corpse that weighed several hundred kilograms.

The military police next to quickly removed the saddle bag.

Li Wei grabbed the saddlebag, took out the military order, and tore the lacquer seal. There were no letters on the letterhead, just a red cross smeared with blood.

Livy could not read or write, but he could not mistake the symbol.

Xiaoshi Town is not divided into townships and villages, and all those who can walk have been mobilized.

The roar of the explosion roared in the canyon, the dam blocking the Huiqing River was demolished layer by layer, and the river water with full potential energy roared and rushed downstream.

Central Tiefeng County, Revodan New Town.

The sun was setting in the west, and the former sergeant [Ivan] stood on the arrow tower, watching the movement on the horizon, the damp heat seeping from the palm of his hand.

He was waiting for news from Pangtuohe.

The main company of the Tiefeng County Infantry Regiment rushed to the Pangtuo River, and the city defense of Revodan was completely taken over by the city guards.

Whether Ivan liked it or not, as a former city guard and sergeant, he took up arms again.

Ordinary people who know nothing about the war can easily develop blind trust in the Montagne tribune.

But Ivan is different. He has experienced the most moody side of war, and he is deeply afraid of it.

And he knew very well that the victory or defeat of this battle was not in Gervodin, but in the fierce battle 100 kilometers away.

But Ivan didn't know how the battle at the Pontuo River was going - no one knew, the citizens of Gervoudan and the refugees were all eagerly waiting for the new issue of "War Newsletter".

Ivan looked at the square in the center of the new city from the corner of his eye. There, men and women who have finished their day's work are lining up to receive their pay -- food.

Richard Mason was also in the square. He and his assistants walked through the food distribution stalls one by one, and randomly took bread for inspection.

Originally, according to tradition, the people who participated in the project were paid in the form of food.

But the people who came to Revodan for refuge had neither grinding plates nor cooking utensils, and they had to take the food and exchange it for bread, and finally fatten the miller and the baker.

After much consideration, Mason decided to follow the method of the 2nd Company in preparing rations: uniformly produce bread, and then distribute "remuneration" in the form of bread.

One wave has not settled, and another wave has arisen.

The unified production model of bread seems to bring benefits to the people, but in fact it gives the worms the opportunity to cut corners and use their hands.

Someone else might be fooled, but Captain Richard Mason is better at statistics than artillery.

Merlin temporarily recruited students from the accounting school to implement a brand-new inspection method that requires a lot of computing power in the production of bread in Gervoudan—sampling inspection.

The scaling up was both an opportunity for the moth and an opportunity for Richard Mason to practice statistics. Because the larger the total and sample size, the smaller the error of statistical sampling.

The moths who knew nothing about mathematical tools were caught one after another. Although there may still be fish that slipped through the net, the corpses swaying under the gallows were enough to temporarily shock Xiaoxiao.

Another carriage drove over the wooden bridge with toasted bread. Mason saw the visitor and walked quickly to greet him.

Mason held the bridle of the horse and said apologetically, "If you have trouble, come over in person, and I will send a coachman to you."

The carriage was driven by two ladies, Scarlett dressed as a boy holding the reins, and Anna in a top hat sat beside Scarlett.

Anna nodded slightly, while Scarlett gave Captain Mason a slightly comical military salute

The war did not spread to Gervodan, the center of the storm, enjoying the last peace of Iron Peak.

Gevodan ultimately failed to implement the gender-separated system. However, with the help of the Catholic Church, Mason temporarily placed all the women and children among the refugees in the old city.

Baking bread requires a lot of manpower, and the women and children placed in the old city also undertake a considerable part of the baking work.

Mason knew what Ms. Navarre wanted to ask in person, and his apology was deeper: "Sorry, there is still no news from Winters."

Ana's eyes filled with a bit of disappointment, and then she cheered up and said with a candid smile: "I think, no news may be good news."

Scarlett was also a little disappointed, and Ms. Mitchell tried her best not to show it. She looked into the distance and asked, "Mr. Captain, is the city wall repaired?"

"A total of 128 construction sections, 113 of which have been completed." Mason answered rigorously.

"If the city wall is repaired, the Hurds didn't come in the end." Scarlett sat back in the driver's seat with a little regret: "That would be a pity."

Mason shook his head with a light smile: "Miss Mitchell. Keeping the Hurds from coming here is what it means to build this new city."

Upper Iron Peak County, Hammer Castle.

There are two hammer castles in Hammer Castle. The Old Hammer Castle is an old high tower wooden castle.

New Hammer was built by Captain Richard Mason to deal with the Vigne attack and was located further north.

The old and new Hammer Castles lie on the main road between [Vogne County and Iron Peak County] one after the other, firmly guarding the gate of Iron Peak County.

However, there is a design problem with the old and new Hammer Forts: due to the lack of a wall structure, the two Hammer Forts can only block the passage of the large army, and it is difficult to defend against small groups of enemies.

At this moment, the "Birthmark" company commander in charge of defending Hammer Fort squatted beside a mass of horse dung, with a deep knot between his eyebrows.

"There must have been a Heard barbarian." The old sergeant Dussack poked the horse dung: "It's all frozen, at least it was last night. Looking at the hoof prints, there are not many people and horses, maybe they were driven in from Vigne. We savages here."

"Light the beacon." The birthmark company commander gave an order coldly, he thought silently: "Shangtiefeng County is not peaceful anymore."

Xia Tiefeng County, Dajiao River.

Samukin's fleet not only captured the ferry, but also captured a large number of sheepskin rafts.

Relying on small boats and captured sheepskin rafts, Major Ronald led the militia, women and children across the Bighorn River and camped on the west bank.

The situation took a wonderful turn:

Mingming's family from Xiatiefeng County on the east bank went to the west bank to build a camp;

The Teltown people who came from the west bank stood on the east bank with big eyes and small eyes because there were no boats.

Left a part of the sheepskin raft, and Samukin took the fleet to the downstream battlefield.

Before leaving, Samukin told Major Ronald: "The total strength of the Tordon right flank army should be seven to eight thousand corps.

The fireboilers left at least two thousand troopers on the west bank to contain them. Although this part of the Terdun people had been repelled, they could make a comeback at any time.

The tribune of Montagne wants you to know that you need to be on guard not only for the crossing of the river by the enemy on the east bank, but also for the raiders of the Teltons on the west bank. "

The Great Wilderness, the wintering pasture of the Terdun people.

The fertile wintering pastures of the Teltown part have now become a fire ground for life and death.

On the wasteland, the wind direction is erratic in a small area, but the law of the monsoon in a large area cannot be defied.

The spring and summer monsoons flow from east to west, and the autumn and winter monsoons flow from west to east. This is an iron law that has not changed for thousands of years.

The cavalry, led by Andrea Cellini and Don Juan, scurried westward, slaughtering the cattle of the Teltons when they were hungry, milking the sheep of the Teltons when they were thirsty, and the war horses. If you're exhausted, go grab the Teltown people's horses.

Then he turned around and turned back, using the power of the monsoon to set fire to the grassland along the way.

Like a spark falling into a haystack, in a dry winter without rain, once the flame spreads, it can't be controlled.

Thick smoke shrouded the sky over the wintering pastures of the Teltown Department, and the Teltown people scattered everywhere drove cattle and sheep, and fled with their belongings.

But where can they escape?

Fire can't burn people to death, but smoke can choke people to death. Even if they were lucky enough to escape the fire, the overwintering grassland would have been burned to scorched earth.

Don Juan on the hillside looked at the **** scene he created with his own hands, and his expression was a little solemn: "Maybe we have gone too far and burned it down, and the Hurd people have neither eaten nor drank, and will come again next year."

"If they have food and drink, they will come again." Andre replied in a muffled voice: "Let's go, avoid the fire, let's go home."

Central Tiefeng County, Pangtuo River Shishechang.

The river in the field was stained red with blood again, and this battleground for the military changed hands again.

The Terdun people left nearly a hundred armoured soldiers to garrison the Xuchang camp, while Winters personally led four main companies and auxiliary militia troops to attack and annihilate it.

Compared with the previous fighting style of the Teltown people who ran if they won, or walked if they couldn't win, the Teltown people who defended the field showed amazing toughness.

This war is no longer a low-intensity conflict that quickly decides the outcome and leaves with one blow, but shows a more brutal side.

"Build a camp here." Winters changed his horse and called the second company commander Bart Shalling in front of him: "Give you two companies and four militia centurions. Don't let a Teltown man go. , and no one from Teltown is allowed in."

Bart Haring, who was injured in his right arm, raised his hand with his left arm to salute with difficulty.

"The water is rising!" Ciel rushed over and shouted excitedly: "The water is rising!"

Charle rushed to Winters and Bart Shilling, and said out of breath, "The water has already covered the second stone pillar!"

When the Pangtuo River was regulated twenty years ago, the masons laid five stone pillars in the lower reaches of Xiaoshi Town to mark the water level.

Once the water subsides the second stone pillar, it means that the canyon trail exposed by the dry water will be sealed by water again.

"Let Silian fix the horse-blocking wall in the canyon!" Winters ordered without hesitation: "Since you are in, don't let the Teltown people come out again."

Charle and Bart Shalling looked at each other, not knowing what form this military order should be issued in.

"Ciel, you go and pass my password." Winters put on his helmet again.

Ciel raised his hand to salute and rode away.

[Sorry, I haven't finished this battle yet]

[Pigeon for two days, so sorry, Orz]

[Change to a phrase from Napoleon's Great Legion in Poland. "Update? No! Big chapter? Immediately!"]

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