"Damn this Deadman's Path, it should be half a meter wider," Daili Brand cursed bitterly in his mind, "And this slope, allowing cavalry to charge straight up? How did Major Montekucoli design it?"
Seeing the captain in a predicament, the sergeant following behind Brand quietly suggested, "Sir, perhaps... let the warrant officer rest in the trench first? We can collect the body after dawn."
Brand steeled his resolve, stood up straight, and shouted towards the main castle, "Sergeant Lundale! Lower the drawbridge!"
A commotion erupted behind the castle walls, and someone nervously peeped half a head out of a firing port.
"What are you looking at?" Daili Brand shouted angrily, "Light the fire basin! Lower the drawbridge!"
Knight's Castle was finally illuminated by firelight; previously, to avoid giving enemy artillery a target, the interior of the fortress had only minimal lighting.
After a while, a crude drawbridge wobbled down from the castle walls.
