386: Chapter 41, Gold Bimon Luoyeiya_1 386: Chapter 41, Gold Bimon Luoyeiya_1 Upon receiving the message from the scout horse, Hudson immediately summoned the officers for a meeting.
Although he didn’t know who the Bimon cavalry were besieging, that didn’t stop him from joining in the fray.
He originally intended to lead the cavalry to assist, but after some hesitation, he decided against it.
There was no need for him to risk his neck for a bunch of strangers.
After all, the battle was still at a stalemate, and victory could not yet be determined.
The most crucial point was—the temptation of besieging a Bimon cavalry corps was too great.
Just leading the cavalry corps there would only help lift the siege at most.
It would be absolutely impossible to hold the enemy back.
Hudson had never heard of a Bimon cavalry corps being completely annihilated throughout the duration of the war.
When the forces were equal, his cavalry corps were definitely not a match for the Bimon cavalry corps in the open field.
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“The scout horse reports that there is a Bimon cavalry corps ahead, besieging a group of unidentified people.
Judging from their location, this group of the human race could very likely be survivors who escaped from the Bertelli Fortress.
We all heard the explosion just now.
That was the nobles of Bertelli City employing special tactics to obliterate both themselves and the Orcs.
They defended the dignity of our human race with their lives.
Now their descendants are being pursued by the Orcs, and we just happen to stumble upon them.
Can we simply stand by and watch?
Even if I have guessed wrong, those people being pursued are also members of our human race.
Rescuing them from the hands of the Orcs will certainly be the right thing to do.
According to the message from the scout horse, the fight between the two sides is very fierce, and there are approximately eight to nine hundred Bimon cavalry still alive now.
For a thousand-man Bimon cavalry corps, to annihilate them on the battlefield, the strength of our cavalry corps alone is far from enough.
So I have decided to select three thousand elites to join the cavalry corps in the expedition.
Baron Katelai, Baron Carvo, Baron Lino, Knight Sean, Knight Paul, Knight Fidd…
lead your elite guards and join me in the expedition.
Baron Bario, Guallent Knight, Knight Nelson, Knight Adrian…
you are responsible for the defense.
Viscount Rakel, if any noble from the newly formed Twenty-Third Army wishes to participate, they can also lead their elites to join.
“Swift action is the key in war; those whose names were mentioned, immediately prepare your troops,” Hudson said in an unquestionable tone.
The nobles he selected all had strong private armies and had their own cavalry troops.
Half of the cavalry corps in Layton County Legion actually came from these people.
It would be difficult to justify not involving them in such a chance to earn military merits.
The three thousand elites is just an approximate number, mainly based on the number of elite soldiers these people have, plus the number of elite veterans from the mountain domain.
More or fewer people would not have much impact on the final result.
The only regret was that there were not enough warhorses, and they would have to make do with inferior horses.
Fortunately, thanks to the selfless contribution of the bureaucrats in the Logistic Department, it would not be easy to gather three thousand inferior horses otherwise.
In his heart, Hudson had already decided to expand the cavalry.
This battle was the best opportunity.
As long as the Bimon cavalry corps was annihilated, he could simply report more casualties later.
This kind of thing would never be investigated thoroughly.
With eye-catching military merits, even if it is known that there are problems with the casualties, the Moxi people will still want him to continue to work, and they would pretend to be confused and replenish him.
Moreover, he had not kept everything for himself.
He had also left a share for the second-generation nobles in the newly formed Twenty-Third Army.
As long as they had the courage to participate, they would be rewarded.
The newly formed Twenty-Third Army broke down because the overall quality of the soldiers was not up to par, but the guards around the second-generation nobles were still very capable of fighting.
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The loud noise from Bertelli City not only alarmed the nearby Orc army but also alarmed the nearby human race defensive army.
The information from the high-altitude reconnaissance of the Gryphon Cavalry converged at the fastest speed in the hand of the chief commander of the front line, Marshal Hodge.
When he first received the battle report, he suspected that someone was playing a joke on him.
The Leibron Family was not just any small noble family.
Even if they had been declining in recent decades, they were still a major noble family that could rank in the top five in the duchy.
After more than a hundred years of operation by dozens of generations, the Bertelli Fortress could be said to be as solid as a rock, and its defensive capabilities could rank among the best in the entire Moxi Duchy.
For such a massive fortress, Marshal Hodge never considered the possibility of its fall.
Or at least not so early in the war, falling into the hands of the Orc army.
According to the experience of the Alpha Kingdom, as long as the major nobles don’t sabotage themselves, the Orcs cannot breach their stronghold without several months of blitz.
But disbelief was useless, similar battle reports were given by nearby armies, and the reconnaissance by the Gryphon Cavalry also confirmed the fact that the Bertelli Fortress had become ruins.
As for how the Orcs breached the Bertelli Fortress, no one could say for sure for the time being.
Some guessed that it was related to the earth-shattering explosion and suspected it to be the work of the Orcs.
Fortunately, the reconnaissance of the Gryphon Cavalry was effective.
It discovered that the Orc army had suffered heavy losses, which allowed Marshal Hodge to breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as it was not the work of the Orcs, it was fine.
If the Orcs possessed the power to easily destroy a giant fortress, the subsequent battles would be impossible to fight.
In fact, Marshal Hodge didn’t know how to continue the battle from now on.