"They rushed over like this, with bare hands, all old men and women, some old women and a dozen children aged seven or eight, shouting that I should pay back the lives of their sons, grandsons, husbands, and fathers. I really I couldn't do anything, so I had to come back..." Lorist returned to the big tent, and told everyone about the experience of going to the city this time.
Everyone in the big tent looked at each other, as if listening to Tianfang Yetan.
"It's shameless and despicable, my lord. I have been a mercenary for almost thirty years, and I have experienced more than a hundred siege and defense battles, but I have never seen such absurd things. This... this..." Haus Ki shook his head and didn't know what to say. His body was covered with bandages. This was the injury he suffered during the retreat during the night attack. The wounded mercenary he was leading at that time became his shield and was shot into an arrow target and died on the spot. And he was also hit by several arrows, if it wasn't for wearing iron armor and not penetrating deep into the flesh, he might not be able to come back.
"The old men in charge of the four major families in Beiye Town are all treacherous and cunning. I suspect that it might be because I spared the old man when I went to the city last time that they came up with this method to prevent me from killing those guards. Finally The ridiculous thing is that they regard Beiye Town as their territory, and we are vicious intruders, that's why they went forward and defended without fear of death. Even these old men and women want to rush over and die with me..." Lorist sighed Said angrily.
"No, my lord, didn't you say that they were all unarmed, how could they die with you?" Pat said.
Lorist pointed at Pat: "You're being stupid again, aren't you? Those old men and women rushed over to entangle me so that I couldn't move and dodge, and then those three siege carts were booming, boom boom, everyone finished the game together." … I went up and saw that the three crossbows were facing my direction but did not fire, and then saw those white-haired old men and old ladies trying to grab me, I knew what their intention was, so I came down so quickly gone."
"My lord, although those old men and women are rebellious relatives, it is not a pity to die, and their sons and grandchildren died when they rebelled against us, and they deserve it. But I still think your lord is right. If it is me, yes These unarmed old people, children, women and children are equally vulnerable," Pachko said.
"Then, how will we attack the city after that? If Beiye Town puts these old men and old ladies in front as a shield, shouldn't we just stare blankly?" Paul Binns said very distressedly, he is still only a small team leader , this time is the acting squadron leader, and has always hoped that his good performance in this siege battle will be appreciated by Lorist, so as to promote him to the family knight.
"On the way back, I came up with an idea. From now on, I will go to Beiye Town every two hours to make those guards and old men and women nervous. Then you will take them every two hours at night and night. A small group of family soldiers, louder. Go to Beiye Town to beat gongs and drums, shouting to attack the city or something, so that the guards and old men and women can't sleep well. It only takes two days, wait until I go again At the top of the city, make sure that those old men and old ladies are in a deep sleep, and they won't be able to wake up even if you knock a gong in their ears..." Lorist said.
"Haha, I knew that my lord must have a solution. It's a good idea. I will be the first to take people to scare them at night." Jim was happy and volunteered. This guy was very lucky. During the last night attack and evacuation, he slid down the long ladder and ran like a rabbit without any injuries.
"My lord, why do we have to attack the city from the front? Now the guards in Beiye Town are all paying attention to the front, and their forces are also piled up on the front wall. If we suddenly attack from the back gate of Beiye Town, it will definitely catch them by surprise. It is impossible to mobilize the front troops to defend in time, so that we can smoothly occupy a section of the city wall and meet the follow-up troops to ascend the city..." It was Reddy who said this, and he suggested attacking the city in another direction.
Pat smiled happily: "Reidy, are you stupid? If we attack the city in another place, don't we still have to fill the trench in front of the city wall? Then the guards in Beiye Town will know where we are going to attack. Wait for us They had already prepared for the siege. So there is no difference between changing the direction and the current attacking position, and it is superfluous... "
"Why do you want to fill the trench?" Reddy was unconvinced.
"How do you plan to cross the trench without filling it? It's more than three meters wide. Can you jump over it?" Pat thought Reddy was stupid.
"When we attacked, we just took a few long planks and spread them on top of the trench, wouldn't people be able to pass through?" Reddy said.
Pat was dumbfounded: "This, this..."
No one thought that there was such an easy way to cross the trench, and everyone in the big tent was stunned.
Lorist clapped his hands: "That's right, Reddy, you're a great guy, you came up with a good idea, which can really catch the guards in Beiye Town by surprise, and the direction the three siege crossbows are facing is For the front city wall, it will take a long time for them to turn around before they realize it. Let’s do this, next time we plan to attack the rear city wall, the whole army will be mobilized to win the first battle.”
"Well, are you going to frighten them that night?" Jim asked.
"Of course we will. We need to make the guards in Beiye Town think that we will still attack from the front, and focus our defense on the front section of the city wall. For the past two days, we have harassed the landfill every night to make them exhausted. Wait. Two days later, we quietly transferred our troops to the back gate. When it got dark, we left a small group of troops in front to scare as usual, restrain the guards on the front wall, and carry out a night attack from behind. I was the first to go, and I killed the guards Just go and attack the three crossbows on the high platform. What I want for this night attack is speed, and by the time the garrison team in Beiye Town reacts, we are already winning."
Combining his strategy of exhaustion and Reddy's attack, Lorist found a good way to break through Beiye Town. Everyone in the big tent was gearing up for the night attack in two days.
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On the twelfth day of the expedition, the dinner was very rich. Everyone knew that tonight would be a sleepless night. If they could not beat Beiye Town, they would have to watch the night attack.
For the past two days, the guards in Beiye Town have been exhausted by Lorist. Not to mention they couldn't rest at night, they were also taken aback by Lorist during the day. Lorist would occasionally use a long wooden pole to climb up the city wall, kill a few guards before the old men and women rushed over, and retreat back to the city, leaving the guards in Beiye Town helpless. Now that they knew how powerful Lorist was, it was impossible to drive the new lord off the city wall without heaps of people and the lives of a large number of guards. Several silver-rank masters who were brave enough to meet Lorist were finished as soon as they met each other. And looking at Lorist's ease, it's like killing a chicken.
If Lorist hadn't found out that Lorist couldn't bear to attack those old and young women and children, and used those old men and women who had lost their children and grandchildren to restrain Lorist, perhaps the guards would have been killed by Lorist long ago and surrendered. up. Today, the four major families in Beiye Town can only use the slogan of defending their homes and relatives to encourage the guards. On the one hand, they incite the relatives of the elders who died in the battle to go to the city to entangle Lorist, and on the other hand, they spend their days looking forward to Lu Jin Duke Si's troops came quickly to be the rescuers of Beiye Town.
Knowing that the noise every night is the enemy's harassment, but can't be careless, so as not to be attacked again. It's only been two days, and the guards have been exhausted and nearly collapsed. Seeing that this situation is not going to work, several leaders want to take turns going down to the city to rest, but they are worried that the city wall is not enough and Lorist forcibly captured the city wall. , can only make the defenders suffer bitterly.
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"Pachico, Paul Binns, you two will lead six teams and set off later. Make a big circle from the back of the camp to the back of the small mound at the back gate of Beiye Town. You must arrive before ten o'clock in the evening. In addition, strict military discipline, Don't make any noise to avoid being discovered by the guards in Beiye Town. Do you understand?" Lorist was laying out the action plan for the last time.
"Yes, my lord, we understand."
"Jim, is your mission clear?"
"I know, my lord, I will take the mercenaries to hide in the jungle over there with long planks and long ladders in advance, and set up the planks and long ladders after my lord ascends the city, so as to meet the family soldiers brought by Pachiko and the others." Climb to the city," replied Jim.
"Reddy, you lead those slightly injured family soldiers to harass as usual at night."
"Yes, my lord."
"Sedkamp, you stay at the camp. Hao Siji, the guards of the camp will be handed over to you at night. Be careful, I'm afraid those guys from Beiye Town will jump over the wall in a hurry and come to attack us."
"It's okay, sir, don't worry, don't look at me with bandages, but that injury doesn't hinder my movement. If the guys from Beiye Town really come, I won't let any one go."
"Very well, the town of Beiye is here tonight. We..." Before Lorist could finish speaking, he heard the hooves of galloping horses outside the big tent, the yelling of the rider reining in his horse, and the neighing of his mount being stopped. Come.
A guard rushed in. Covered in dust and gasping for breath, it took a long while to recover and salute and report: "Report, sir, more than two thousand armed soldiers of the Kenmes family arrived at the Rock Castle before noon today and launched a fierce attack on the castle. The defending family soldiers suffered a lot of casualties, Lord Alvekis ordered me to ask for help from the Lord."
Everyone in the big tent was in an uproar. Everyone knew that the Rock Castle was the gate and fortress that locked the family territory, and it was the future main city of the family that Lorist devoted all his efforts to build. It must not be lost.
Lorist, the guard who came to report the message, was very familiar. He had seen it several times around Ovekis, and it was definitely not a fake: "Take a breath, and speak slowly, Ovekis sent you alone to deliver the message?"
He handed over his own cup.
The guard who reported the letter took the cup gratefully, gulped it down, wiped his mouth and said, "Yes, there is really no one, the enemy launched two attacks, and we repelled them. We lost about a small team. , the manpower was tight, Lord Ovekis had to let me report the report alone. When we arrived at Fenglin Villa, the guard said that the Lord was still here, so I rushed over immediately."
"What's going on? The defense of the wall of Rock Castle is already complete, why are the guards still suffering so many casualties? How did Ovekis command it?" Lorist wondered, could it be that Ovekis went out of the city to fight? Impossible, he's not that stupid...
"No, my lord, the Kenmes family is armed with two small teams of regular longbowmen this time. These two hundred longbows are too powerful, and their range is farther than our defensive crossbows. We are not at all on the first city wall. We couldn't hold on, and most of the casualties of the guards were caused by these longbowmen. Lord Ovekis had no choice but to order us to retreat to the second city wall, so that their longbowmen would be useless. They climbed up the first city wall twice, but they were driven down by the siege crossbows we hid in the house on the second city wall, and their casualties are estimated to be at least twice as many as ours." The guard who reported the letter finally gave everyone a good news.
"Day!" Lorist slammed his fist on the table, knocking over the teacups. It's too unfortunate that the armed forces of the Kenmes family launched an attack on the Rock Castle at this juncture. Even if it was a day later, they would also take down Beiye Town. What should we do now
Lorist walked around in the big tent, and everyone looked at him, waiting for him to make a decision. Seeing that the victory of the siege was in sight, but an urgent messenger came to Rock Castle, everyone was very unwilling.
"I order..." Lorist finally made a choice: "End the operation tonight, and the whole army will return to Maplewood Villa overnight. Paul Bins, after you return to Maplewood Villa, you choose a squadron of family soldiers, Sedkan Pu, after returning to Maplewood Villa, you and Steward Speer will dispatch a batch of carriages, and after Paul Binns selects the family soldiers of the squadron, we will set off in carriages and head to Rock Castle, do you understand?"
"Yes, my lord." "Yes, my lord."
"Pachiko, let the wounded soldiers recuperate after returning to Fenglin Villa. The remaining soldiers must keep training. I will leave the defense of Maplewood Villa to you."
"Please rest assured, my lord, Fenglin Villa will be fine with me here." Pachico assured.
"Rady, you go to Junsai and ask Steward Kedan to take the laborers back to Fenglin Villa first, so as not to be retaliated by the Beiye Town garrison."
"Yes, my lord." Reddy's shoulders were still bandaged. This was because he had been shot by an arrow in order to rescue several family soldiers during the first siege.
"Halski, Jim, I want to entrust you mercenaries with one thing."
"My lord, please give me your orders," Husky said.
"Go back to Fenglin Villa to rest first, and at the same time send people to monitor the movement of Beiye Town. If you are sure, eliminate the scouts sent by Beiye Town, and try to make Beiye Town blind and deaf. The reward is the same as that of the mountain barbarians. You can do it ?"
"My lord, we will do our best."
"My lord, are we going to let Beiye Town go like this?" Jim said, he seemed a little unhappy.
"Beiye Town is here, he can't grow legs, and he can't run away. After we repel the attack of the Kenmes family, we will deal with them." Lorist said: "Pat, get ready, we will set off immediately Rock Castle."
"My lord, can I go with you?" Jim asked a little nervously.
Lorist smiled: "Of course. Jim, come with me."
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