Black Iron Crown

Frant stood on the wall of Fort Angron and looked at the enemy below with a serious expression.

The siege has lasted for more than a month, and the enemy's attack frequency is getting higher and higher, and the intensity of the siege is also much stronger than at the beginning.

Although they don't have many armors, they are stronger than the defenders in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness.

The defenders in Fort Angron are said to be small or not, there are more than 10,000 people, but their combat effectiveness is not flattering.

More than 7,000 of them were militiamen from the northern border. Although they were in good physical condition and each wore simple armor, none of them had real experience in fighting on the battlefield.

The previous empire had experienced more than ten years of peace. Although the Ridka Kingdom started in the northern border, those veterans either served in the imperial capital or retired, and sent their swords and guns to Kuma and sent them to Nanshan.

Under the suppression of the royal family, there will be no war at all, and even private wars between nobles are rare.

If Earl Zhebo had not appeared in the northern border at that time, they might never have heard news of the war in their entire lives.

Without the real experience of fighting on the battlefield, no matter how serious and hard you practice on the training ground, there is always a certain gap between you and the veterans of hundreds of battles.

As for the upstart coalition forces, although their troops suffered a lot on the counter-insurgency battlefield before, they still retained a lot of veterans, while the royal lords lost their elite at that time, even if they recruited and trained a lot of soldiers , but still worse.

Just like now, several wells were erected in front of Fort Angron, and the enemy's archers took turns climbing up to shoot at the archers on the city wall.

The archers on the city wall were all re-recruited after the Southern Counter-Insurgency War, and they couldn't be compared with the opponent at all. Most of them were hunters who were recruited into the army, and they couldn't compare with the opponent in terms of equipment.

But even so, the morale of the defenders in the castle is still high. Although they are frowning, their courage and determination to fight are still firm.

Behind them is their own home, where their wives and children live.

Especially the northern militia led by Frante, each of them is a beneficiary of Leiner's policy. Countless good fields have been reclaimed and distributed by Leiner to them for cultivation.

Life is getting better and better, and occasionally I can make a new set of clothes for my wife, buy myself some wine for a drink, and eat meat for my still young son.

And if they are defeated, then they will lose everything, and everything they have now is based on Leiner's rule.

If Leiner loses his territory, they will become serfs who have become happy thanks to Leiner's benevolent rule. After all, except for the entire north, most of the residents in other regions have no personal freedom and dignity serf.

Although they are also serfs in name, they are actually no different from self-cultivating farmers. Apart from the annual tax, Reiner will never exploit anything more.

Therefore, he was not very supportive of Reiner's rule, and no one wanted to become a serf.

Leiner led the army to march quickly in the dense forest, and now he just wants to go back to the north as soon as possible to support.

One by one, the soldiers took off their armor and put them on the carriage behind them.

Hundreds of carriages transporting food have been emptied, just enough for some soldiers to sit on them.

But it's a pity that even so, the speed of the march cannot be increased, and Leiner is very clear about this.

Humans are actually mammals with the strongest endurance. Even the best draft horses can't keep up with humans' long-distance treks. If the speed is increased, the soldiers may be fine, but these draft horses may die.

In this way, after traveling for about ten days, he covered a distance of nearly 400 kilometers, and he had already reached the territory of the upstarts.

At this time, the territories of these upstarts were already defenseless, and there were not many soldiers stationed at all.

But Rainer is not in the mood to attack these castles or villages now, he just wants to go back to the north to rescue the crisis.

February 11th, Year 27 of the Empire.

Rainer bypassed the imperial capital and hurriedly arrived near Fort Angron.

At this time, the castle of Angron Castle was already in a mess.

Thousands of corpses were thrown in this icy and snowy place, because the corpses had been frozen, but they didn't emit any smell.

The upstart coalition forces that attacked the city had organized three large-scale sieges, losing seven to eight thousand people, and the defenders in the city also paid a price of nearly four thousand people to repel the enemy.

The upstart coalition army is different from previous wars. They have sufficient siege equipment and supplies.

The archers stood on the well fence and shot at the city wall, and the infantry also attacked the city wall along the ladder and the well fence.

The militiamen led by Frant suffered the heaviest losses. Nearly 2,000 people lost their lives in the battle.

However, he has also honed his fighting skills and courage in such battles, and his combat effectiveness has improved a lot compared to before.

Of the more than 20,000 upstart coalition forces, there are only more than 18,000 left at this time. Although there are many recruits among them, most of the survivors are veterans with combat effectiveness.

Moreover, their armor penetration rate is also quite impressive. After all, Reiner sold steel to them before they broke their faces. Now these upstart coalition forces can almost reach 30% armor penetration rate.

February 15th, Year 27 of the Empire.

The upstart coalition forces finally launched the most violent attack since the siege.

Almost all the soldiers participated in this siege. Hundreds of ladders and more than a dozen well rails were erected on the city wall. The soldiers held swords and spears, and raised their shields to move towards the city without fear of death. Climb on the wall.

Earl Redmara was riding on a horse, his crimson hair fluttering slowly with the cold wind in the north, his pupils were fixed on the city wall that was in the bloody battle, success or failure depended on it.

After the victory of this war, Earl Redmara could already imagine how comfortable the future would be. An emperor would appear in his family, an emperor who ruled over eight million Redcar people.

As long as he thinks about such a great cause, he will feel his blood surging. Of course, the premise of everything is to conquer the castle in front of him.

Looking at the stalemate in front of the battle, Earl Redmara looked at the more than 700 knights beside him. They were all real knights rather than trained heavy cavalry.

The battle ahead was stalemate, Red Mara was anxious, and directly said to the upstarts beside him: "Everyone, success or failure depends on one move, let's send all the knights to the city wall!"

Knights have to undergo rigorous training from a young age. From the age of seven to the age of eighteen, they have to undergo various rigorous training. After the age of eighteen, they also need to wait until they have made meritorious service before becoming a real knight.

Therefore, they are not only proficient in horse combat, but also good at foot combat. It is difficult for the most elite veterans to defeat a young knight.