Fortunately, nothing happened all night. Neither side dared to start a war in the dark night.
"How many of us died?"
Early the next morning, Viscount Walter, who hadn't slept much at all because of his nervousness, called his knight and asked.
"Sir Viscount, in yesterday's battle we lost one hundred and twenty slaves and seven soldiers, and more than thirty were injured and unable to continue fighting."
Hearing this number, Viscount Walter almost fainted.
Because Iron Mountain County's county is on the westernmost border, there is only one village in his own territory. The civilians and slaves in the village help him farm and mine Iron Ore. The number is less than one thousand. Adding the population of the castle itself, it is only about one thousand three or four hundred.
As a result, we lost 10% yesterday? This is still defense.
"This matter must not be revealed, especially to the slaves."
Viscount Walter still understands something. If this were a head-on fight, the number of deaths would be enough to cause those slaves to scatter on all sides.
Only in the castle, they couldn't see everything, and they didn't know exactly how many people died.
In fact, this loss ratio is not surprising. What are these slaves? It's Iron Mountain County who, after experiencing several wars, still couldn't be selected as a soldier's slave.
In other words, their quality is far worse than that of the slaves who were used as soldiers. They can almost be said to be the weakest group of people in the noble territory.
Comparing Viscount Hogg's army, even the slave soldiers cannon fodder are all young and strong men selected from the slaves, and they are also the victors of several wars. Both physically and mentally, they surpass the slaves in the castle.
If it weren't for the castle as a natural defense, a collision between the two sides on the battlefield would almost be a battle that could end with a charge.
"When will Baron of the Frozen Earth's army arrive? They can reach Baron Freeman's territory from here in one day. Why haven't they come back after a day?"
"Also, where are the reinforcements from other nobles?"
Viscount Walter roared angrily, he needed reinforcements, whether it was the army from the south Ryan or the reinforcements formed by Iron Mountain County other nobles after learning about the situation here.
He sent all Flying Wolf Cavalry out to ask for help.
"The Noble Army teams from the north, east and west are about to arrive. They will arrive at your castle this afternoon at most. However, we have not received a response from the Baron of the Frozen Earth army. Knight Luke has not returned yet."
Viscount Walter's palms were trembling slightly. How could he believe Iron Mountain County's defeated nobles? What he needed most now was Ryan's neatly marching army.
"Damn Ryan!"
In the end, he didn't have any good ideas, and he didn't have any extra Flying Wolf Cavalry to send out.
"Let me continue the attack. We must capture this castle today!"
Viscount Hogg's roar once again frightened the soldiers below. After Viscount Hogg killed several prisoners who escaped yesterday, an army of nearly five thousand people once again launched an attack on Walter Castle.
Unlike yesterday, today they had more improvised ladders. As time passed, an hour later, more than 300 soldiers even rushed into the castle. Fortunately, the two hundred soldiers from Viscount Walter rushed over, and under the leadership of several strong Great Knight, they blocked the gap.
But the price for this was that these two hundred soldiers once again suffered 22 casualties.
As for the other slaves, even more died. When the war lasted for two hours, some of the slaves fled deep into the castle out of fear of death and war. They were really not capable of fighting to the death.
In the second and a half hours of the war, reinforcements from several nobles finally entered the castle, withstanding the situation that was about to be completely defeated.
But... the castle gate was broken.
A group of warlocks appeared in the army of Viscount Hogg. They used Mages to corrupt the city gate of Walter Castle. Under the huge power of Golden Knight, this ancient city gate finally could not support itself. The huge hole was enough for the soldiers from both sides to look at each other.
"These damn warlocks, I shouldn't have spared those magic Mystic Runes Gold Coin in the first place."
Viscount Walter is a little annoyed. Now that there is no city gate, the top can directly engage in hand-to-hand combat. In case his knights cannot stop the enemy...
"Damn Ryan, why aren't you here yet?"
At this moment.
Ryan is leading an army of hundreds of people through the mountains.
"Viscount Hogg's army consists of thousands of people. It is impossible not to leave any traces. Since he can dig through the mine and is in South, there are not many options left."
Ryan looked at Knight Luke. Troops that can fly are really useful.
"Go and find out where the trees in this area have been cut down and where there are obvious signs."
Knight Luke rode the flying wolf into the sky, and he didn't know what Baron of the Frozen Earth wanted to do.
Looking down from the sky, Knight Luke quickly captured an obvious road. It was particularly conspicuous in the barren mountains and ridges. Not to mention that the trees had been cut down, and even the weeds had been trampled cleanly. Looking from the top down, it was a clear road.
"Found it."
Knight Luke returned to Ryan's team. Soon, Ryan saw the muddy road formed after thousands of people stepped on it.
At the end of the road, there was a bare and barren mountain wall, with no caves visible anywhere.
"The Archmage next to Viscount Hogg is very talented."
Ryan said, and Brandt beside him rushed out quickly towards the stone wall in front. The next moment, terrifying power attached to the shield, and the collision with the stone wall made a deafening sound.
The empty mountains screamed at this moment, and the next moment the stone wall in front of them was shattered as if it had been struck by a ferocious beast. The flying stones scattered in all directions, revealing a large dark hole, and some chaotic and frightening sounds came from the darkness.
"Who?"
"Heh, it seems that Viscount Hogg still knows the importance of this passage."
Ryan took a few steps back, waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward.
Soon, twenty or thirty soldiers who were tightly restrained were brought to Ryan.
"Are you the knights under Viscount Hogg?"
Ryan asked.
Although these knights were a little frightened when facing Ryan, they were still calm. The leader said:
"We are the viscount's attendants."
"You are here just to guard this passage?"
"Yes... yes."
"What's the point of guarding this?"
Ryan waved his hand, and the soldier controlling them led the group of people towards the middle of the team. With hundreds of people staring at them, it was impossible for them to escape.
However, when the last soldier walked past Ryan, Ryan suddenly took action and grabbed the opponent's shoulder with huge force.
When the soldier was still shocked that the noble in front of him had such great power, the voice of Ryan had already fallen on his ears.
"Besides you, is there anyone else here?"
His words made the soldier's expression change. Although he pretended to be calm the next moment, the changes in his body at that moment were still controlled by Ryan.
"Haha..."
Ryan waved his hand, and screams came from behind him.