Lorist didn't know that the second prince had made up his mind to use force against the Norton family. He even regarded the letter from the second prince last time as the second prince's madness, so he dared to impose such harsh three conditions on the Norton family. What did he take himself for? Want to scare yourself? Even a sick mind can't describe the symptoms of the second prince's madness.
If the family's energies were not concentrated on the development of the black mud swamp, Lorist really wanted to lead the family's armed forces to teach the second prince a lesson. But seeing that the second prince didn't have anything to say, Lorist didn't take it seriously, thinking that the big bah word he wrote in his reply letter should be regarded as a big slap to the second prince, enough to wake him up.
At this moment, Lorist was standing on top of a huge wooden tank. That's right, that's what Lorist called this latest steel crossbow chariot. In order to meet Lorist's request, Master Falin spent a lot of effort to manufacture a huge super steel crossbow, which is about three times larger than the standard steel crossbow for chariots. Among other things, the 3.6-meter-long broken crossbow alone The iron crossbow with a cone-shaped arrow is more than twice as heavy as the lance used by the Bittelmann Knights.
In order to install this huge super steel crossbow, Master Falin also gathered a skilled carpenter to build a huge flatbed truck for easy movement and transportation. When Lorist discovered that there were one, two, three, four, and five pairs of wooden wheels under this flatbed vehicle, he insisted on calling this seven-meter-long flatbed chariot a tank.
It's a pity that this tank doesn't have its own active power, so it moves slowly. It took fifteen days to use ten pack horses to pull it from the crossbow making workshop in the Blade's Edge Mountains to the black mud swamp, and then a big wooden wheel sank into a small pit. It took a long time for Rist to gather fifty family soldiers and ten pack horses to get the entire flatbed chariot up.
"I can't help it, because the vibration of this super steel crossbow is too strong, and the general car will fall apart due to the vibration. So this flatbed car is basically solid, and it is estimated to weigh more than five thousand catties..." Master Falin A bit embarrassing to explain.
"Master Falin, what you made is basically a road roller. Haven't you noticed that the road that this flat-bed chariot passes has been compacted and made it much smoother?" Lorist laughed, "Tell me about this super steel crossbow. It's amazing."
After this incident, Lorist felt that it would be better to call it a flat tank. Although it also had five pairs of road wheels, the difference was too big without the active power.
"The main problem now is the relationship between the iron crossbow. Such a long crossbow is too heavy to be made of iron, which affects the range, but the lethality is doubled. The direct shooting distance is about 500 meters, but we can guarantee that, let alone An iron-backed crocodile about ten meters long, even if it is twice as big, it is guaranteed to kill with one arrow." Mr. Falin is very confident in the steel crossbow he made.
"Iron-spine crocodile! Be careful, there are three iron-spine crocodiles in total! Front left, one big and two small! Pay attention to the steel crossbow of the chariot, ready to launch!"
The shouts of the guard sentries came from the front. This has been a common occurrence in the middle of the road for more than two months. Everyone is busy with their own affairs. Anyway, these iron-ridged crocodiles came from their own chariot battalion. Steel crossbow to deal with.
Lorist's three-way plan to develop the black mud swamp goes hand in hand. The left road is the construction of the trench and city wall from Wo Niugang to Guishan. At present, the iron-ridged crocodile has not been messed with, and nothing has happened. The right road is a drop of tens of meters from the Blade's Edge Mountains to the black mud swamp to the seaside highland hills. Warcraft has no interest in the sea at all, and has always been far away from the sea, so there is no need to consider the threat of the iron-backed crocodile along the way.
That is to say, the middle road. A road should be paved in the black mud swamp leading to the highland hills by the sea. From entering the black mud swamp, the road will be filled with soil and the iron ridge crocodile will attack from time to time. The iron ridge bay that was shot There are nearly two hundred crocodiles.
Lorist jumped off the flat-bed chariot and ran to the front to see that in the black mud swamp more than a hundred meters away, three ripples of muddy water were drawing towards this side. According to the muddy water ripples, Lorist estimated that the two small ones on the side should be small, only three to four meters long, and the middle one was slightly larger, about seven meters long. Just right, you can try the power of this super steel crossbow made by Master Falin.
"Stand back, drive the chariot to the side of the flat-panel chariot over there, and release the three iron-backed alligators. You are responsible for the two small ones, and the super steel crossbow will pick the big one." Luo Rist ordered.
Lorist had to do this. After all, it would take a long time to move the flat chariot to his current position, so it would be quicker to move the chariot in front and let the three iron-backed alligators come over.
The five chariot soldiers in front were also very happy. In order to enhance the power of the steel crossbow and prevent the corpses of the iron-backed crocodile from falling into the swamp and being submerged, they all put the iron-backed crocodile at fifty meters. Shooting started on the far embankment, so as to facilitate the harvest of spoils. In this way, some huge iron-backed crocodiles pose a threat to the chariot. The thick skin on these guys is too defensive, and the 1.2-meter-long iron crossbow is often inserted several times, but it still remains the same. He was so fierce that he had to be shot in the forehead to die.
At this moment, everyone wanted to see how powerful this super steel crossbow was, so they quickly retreated to the side of the flat chariot and waited for it.
The three iron-backed crocodiles got on the roadbed and their speed was greatly reduced among the rough soil and rocks. They lost the flexibility and agility that they can handle with ease in muddy water, which also brought convenience to the aiming of the steel crossbow.
There was a deafening bang of "boom", followed by a burst of "buzzing" and the disturbing sound of the rapid vibration of the steel wire crossbow string. Lorist intuited that a black shadow that could no longer be seen by the naked eye passed by quickly, and the iron-spine crocodile with a length of more than 7 meters in front was nailed to the ground more than 70 meters away. There was no movement.
"Okay!" Lorist roared excitedly. With such a super steel crossbow in his hand, are he still afraid of the iron-spine crocodile four or five meters high
Turning his head and trying to say a few words of praise, Lorist was dumbfounded by the scene in front of him.
But he saw that the shooter who was aiming and firing was shaking like a pendulum, and the two assistants beside him were patting his shoulders and massaging his arms and body parts.
"What happened to him?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, this is another shortcoming of this super steel crossbow. One person can only shoot once, because the vibration of the steel crossbow frame and steel wire crossbow string after shooting will make every shooter who touches this super steel crossbow become In this way, he has to rest for more than half an hour to recover, and he cannot be allowed to shoot again today to avoid physical problems. But it doesn't matter, we have equipped this super steel crossbow with ten shooters, and they can take turns one by one. "Master Falin explained.
Lorist carefully inspected this super steel crossbow, only to find that this huge steel crossbow is the same as the chariot steel crossbow, with only one support column underneath, but this support column is three times larger in diameter than the support column under the chariot steel crossbow. about times. There is a large steel ball on the support column, and a hole is dug in the wooden beam below the super steel crossbow, which is set on the steel ball. In this way, it is convenient for this super steel crossbow to move up and down, left and right when aiming, and the shooter has to hold the second half of the steel crossbow tightly with his shoulders, pull the crossbow trigger after aiming, and fire the crossbow bolts. The vibration after shooting was shaken like this.
Lorist sighed secretly, thinking that it was a big mistake to let Falin, a crossbow master, improve the longbow. He wanted the cavalry battalion to replace it with a cavalry bow that could shoot on horseback and was as powerful as a longbow. This matter was entrusted to Master Falin to be in charge but progress has been slow. The main reason seems to be that Master Falin has no innovative ability.
Lorist asked him to design a powerful steel crossbow. Master Falin just magnified the chariot steel crossbow by three times, regardless of the size of the support column or the steel crossbow. The triple magnification was perfect. Leaves people speechless.
Let's just shoot one arrow per person, anyway, the Chariot Battalion is already a corps, there are too many people, at worst they line up and take turns, one person and one arrow will always consume those iron-backed crocodiles.
"Master Falin, I am very satisfied with this super steel crossbow. I will trouble you to make two more. I think if there are three such super steel crossbows, then the iron ridge crocodile in the black mud swamp will not be enough threat to our family soldiers ” Lorist said.
"Obey, my lord, we will make another two super steel crossbows and send them to the Black Mud Swamp as soon as possible." With Lorist's approval, Master Falin smiled happily, and agreed to Lorist's request without hesitation.
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At the end of May, Ovekis, the commander of the 1st Guards Battalion of Rock Castle, sent Lorist an arrow book overnight.
The messenger who sent the arrow book said that this arrow book was a knight who came under the rock castle at noon yesterday, shot the arrow directly towards the tower and left. Lord Ovekis, the leader, found a letter wrapped around the arrow. He untied it and saw that it was written by Baron Norton. He hurriedly wrote this line, not daring to neglect it, so he sent him to set off with a small team and drove away. After one afternoon and one night, the arrow book was sent to Lorist.
There is also a badge with a Z-shaped pattern on the letter, which looks familiar. After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that this was Knight Henned, that is, the family crest of Baron Shaheen. After opening the letter, Lorist was furious. It's unreasonable. He hadn't gone to settle accounts with the second prince, but the second prince bullied him.
The letter written by Knight Henned is very simple, meaning that he went to Gildusk to participate in the Northland Noble Association, and then heard the second prince announce at the meeting that he would attack the Norton family. The disrespect of the Leah royal family violated the orders of the second prince many times, refused to hand in the annual confession, and even accepted the canonization of the earl of the Antinac royal family without authorization, which was tantamount to rebellion, so the second prince wanted to send troops to conquer.
Knight Henned said that he had been placed under house arrest by the second prince, who forced him to dispatch 10,000 troops to attack the Norton family. This letter was written by him secretly, and it was sent back to the Shaheen family together with the order to dispatch troops, and then sent to the Shaheen family. Rock Castle delivered the letter. Knight Henned said that he tried to delay, and coupled with the dilatory nature of other northern lords sending troops, he expected that the coalition forces of the two princes and the nobles of the Northland would approach Rock Castle before June 20 at most. Be prepared to deal with it. In addition, the Earl of Kenmes is also under house arrest like him, and it is estimated that his family will also have to send troops to help...
day! Can't I let myself farm quietly? I don't want to participate in the so-called war games of the ambitious nobles, I just want to develop the family territory, but why do people always have their ideas on me? Are soft persimmons so easy to pinch? It seems that the lesson of Duke Lukins, the Grand Duke of the Northland, is not impressive enough, so let’s use the chicken of the second prince to make an example to others, and see who dares to tease the Norton family, the angry bear of the Northland...
"The order is passed on. All the labor forces of the three roads that develop the black mud marsh will stop working and stand by in the camp. All the knights of the three roads will rush here today. I want to hold a meeting..."
Lorist gave an order to the guards, and the messengers who delivered the order rushed out of the camp in an instant, and rushed to the four directions at full speed.
In the evening, the small camp was crowded with dozens of family knights, many of whom were covered in dust. Everyone wondered why Lorist suddenly summoned the family knights for this meeting, and if something happened thing
Reddy lifted the curtain of the back tent, and Lorist walked in with a tense face.
"Salute to your lord!" Bodfinger shouted, and all the family knights in the camp stood at attention and gave a chest salute.
Lorist nodded: "Excuse me, sit down."
"I called everyone here today, and I have some bad news to inform you. The second prince lost his mind and wrote to me last time, asking me to go to see him, and asking our family to give him five hundred thousand gold blessings, and every year I gave him 10 million catties of snow salt as an annual offering, but I refused. Now he wants to call on the nobles of the North to send troops to conquer our family, and they will come to the city soon."
There was a loud "boom" in the big tent. To Lorist's surprise, almost everyone looked excited. I really don't understand, is it so happy to go to war
"Lock, your strategy is awesome. Last time we asked us to change the arrow marks on the monster's body into sword stab wounds, and now a group of fools are coming to beat you..." El said happily.
The black line on Lorist's face, the conscience of heaven and earth, the last time he told El to change the arrow marks on the monster's body to something else, the main reason was that Lorist didn't want outsiders to know that his family already had such a powerful chariot steel crossbow. Lorist still understood the reason for not revealing anything. Another reason was that Lorist wanted to use the scars on the corpses of the monsters to tell others about the strength of the Norton family's armed forces. Even such ferocious monsters were still killed by the swords and guns of the Norton family's armed forces.
It's a pity that Lorist didn't understand that the second prince interpreted the scars on the corpses of these monsters from another direction. Instead, he got the result that the Norton family had suffered heavy losses in defending against the tide of monsters, so he made up his mind to use force against the Norton family. If Lorist knew, he could only lament that his own cleverness brought about a war instead.
"My lord, please rest assured, with the strength of our family's armed forces, it is no problem to defeat the Second Prince's coalition of northern nobles. This time we will not only defeat the enemy, but also capture more prisoners..." Bodfinger expressed this on behalf of all the family knights The determination and will to win.
"Take more prisoners? We need to provide food for the prisoners. Are you raising them?" Lorist laughed and cursed, but didn't care. It's a good thing that everyone has the confidence to win, but it seems that they are too belligerent. It's strange that everyone is overjoyed to hear that the war is approaching. I don't usually think that so many people are militants
"It's a good thing to have the determination to win, but it can't be careless. Our family has a strong armed force. This time, we must teach the second prince and other nobles a profound lesson, so as to stop their wolves from coveting our family's territory and wealth. But the battlefield situation It's unpredictable, everyone should be more careful, so as not to be bitten by a mad dog before the victory comes, then even if the victory is not worth the loss, I hope everyone should pay attention." Lorist reminded.
"Since the enemy is about to attack the door soon, we have to prepare for the battle. Here is my order to suspend the development of the Black Mud Swamp. Within five days, the garrison teams in the family territory will return to their original places and be ready to be transferred at any time. Preparations. All the regular armed forces of the family gathered at the Rock Castle to rest their armaments. The reserve soldiers in the new barracks who have been trained for two months are immediately put into active duty, familiarize themselves with the new formation as soon as possible, and get ready for battle." Lorist issued an order Order.
"Yes, my lord!"
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