From last One month Duke and His soldiers are
Bombarding the walls of fort. And they are Attacking the fort from all sides
Aside from that Riverland Army has faced Constant harassment From Wildwood Army
Even though the Duke and his generals became Cautious and Tried to fortify his camp better.
But the problem is that the camp is huge and It is Surrounded by forest from all the side.
The Enemy distract Riverland forces by attacking at One point but When Riverland cavalry is busy dealing with those soldiers
Suddenly Enemy appear at other side of
Unguarded camp and attack it. Constantly confusing Riverland soldiers.
"By tomorrow these fort will Fall "Evander calmly said
"Yes My lord after these fort falls I will kill every single soldier in that fort to make example out of it "Jack replied with dangerous glint in his eyes.
"Haaaa.." Meanwhile Gabriel Sighs. "Even though we will take the fort. our soldier are exhausted. We are Facing constant harassment our soldiers are facing supply issue as well."
"Yes that's right but once we take these fort we march Rapidly towards capital of Wildwood territory". Duke replied while eating a piece of bread.
"But My lord our scouts are reporting that there are many forts Just like these one are built at various points to stop our march and Our casualties rates From last 7 days our piling up"
"The total casualties from last week is 1469 and 600 wounded... "Gabriel can Be seen sad.
Evander Turned around and "Asked So what do you suggest Lord Gabriel . "
Gabriel replied after thinking for some time i think "My Lord we should retreat. to our territory raise new soldiers and Get better Siege equipments . And also to improve Our Supply issue. "
"Are you fool" Jack Retorted" We have Lost nearly 3000 soldiers and 1000 soldiers are wounded because of that enemy night raid and including these Siege and do you want give up right now. "
"And what will other nobles in kingdom think they will say The huge army of Riverland could not even take one fort they will think we are weak. And that will lead to increase in hostility."
Duke sighed he knew Jack was right he can't backout now." It's Alright once we take these Fort it will become our forward base for invasion of Wildwood territory and Also After you take that Fort do not burn the supplies No matter what restrain our soldiers."
"After we take the fort I have Plan" Duke looked determined .
Gabriel sighed and left The tent to look outside. But what greeted him was the horror the enemy was inflicting on there soldiers.
The fort is built of steep slope which is making it difficult for Riverland soldiers to Climh and assualt it. Thousands of soldiers can be seen Surrounding The fort and climbing like ants. Ballistas can be seen being fired
Whenever Ballistas made contact with wall Cracks appear on the wall And debris can seen falling everywhere.
Enemy can be seen firing Arrows and Boiling water, tar and stones as well but what caused most caused most casualties were traps laid out by Wildwood soldiers surrounding the fort
Abatis and also iron nails as well
It soon started to turn dark siege has been stopped all the soldiers are resting but in the fort soldiers can be seen packing everything they need to cary and leaving and leading these through these Forest is Swin.
And after knowing that by tomorrow The fort will fall beacause are already crumbling and And because of his low number of troops he can't defend for long so he and his soldiers left the fort using the cover of dark...
In the early morning Duke woke up Quickly because he have been reported that there are no soldiers in the enemy fort
When Duke and his generals entered the fort. Eveander Shouted angrily those bastards fooled us They knew the wall will fall so they left and Also burned all of the remaining supplies and Food they could not take with them.
Needless to say Duke was Also angry but he controlled himself in front of his subordinates and he ordered Our soldiers should rest today and gather the supplies and Sent scouting parties to gather information about enemy movement.
As for swiswin he has Retreated towards another fort which is only 10 km away From the previous fort. There he met the head of the fort. 'Duncan'
"So Swin you have retreated hahaha I knew it you weak little boy..."Duncan smiled
"Yeah Yeah holding the huge army of 35000 for atleast 1 month seems impressive to me.."
Swin replied nonchalantly
Duncan gave a mocking smile to swim.
Swin and duncan both knew soon the dukes army will start encircling them.
Duncan Then turned serious "Can we really defeat the Duke."
Swin replied "Definitely with the strategy proposed by Our young Lord Victor we will win."
"You know our Lord victor has changed a lot"dumcan replied.
"Hmmm but it's good if he can beome great leader I am willing to follow him ."Swin replied.
"Yes after all the previous leader were loved a lot by the people of Wildwood and they won't like an outsider trying to occupy these land.. "
"Yes". Duncan turned and looked at the tired soldiers that Swin led And Said "let soldiers rest we have lot to do and We should also send reports to Lord Louis...."Duncan said.
"What about Lord degmon". Duncan asked Swin.
"As far as I know he will also retreat and Start spreading his troops near these fort in the forest."
Duncan nodded. Meanwhile in Ebonwall Victor can be seen Reading all the documents and letters and working efficiently in past few days all the enemy spys , The corrupt ministers and official are being thrown into prison.
After 3 days He got report that Swin had retreated "Hmmmm"
Now the Duke will start getting desperate when he starts Realizing my plan and he will try to have a pitched battle with me and if my predictions are right he will spread out his troops and start marching towards Ebonwall.. Looks like I need to get prepared for the Battle