"Let go!" Ovekis, who had just been promoted to the Golden Knight, ordered vigorously. Ten thunderbolt catapults made a deafening "boom boom" sound, and ten round stone balls the size of washbasins flew into the sky. Smaller until it's gone. Two or three seconds later, a cloud of smoke and dust rose from a lonely city wall in the distance, covering the entire city wall. After the smoke and dust dissipated, the originally neat city wall had become dilapidated, and a big gap was even exposed.
Earl Kenmes, Baron Felim and Baron Shaheen stared wide-eyed, looking at the broken city wall on the hillside in surprise. Just now, they vowed to attack such a city wall. Only by relying on the tactics of crowds and rushing to the bottom regardless of casualties, and then building a ladder to attack the city, exhausting the strength of the defenders and paying heavy and high casualties can they capture this city wall .
Unexpectedly, Lorist ordered Ovikis to pull these ten so-called thunderbolt catapults, which were launched at a distance of 350 meters from the city wall, that is, outside the firing range of the crossbows on the city wall. With a single throw of stones, the seemingly solid city wall was smashed to pieces. This was a living slap in the face of their previous statement.
"The next target is the tower on the right side of the city wall, Fire Meteor is ready!" Ovikis ordered again.
A bolide is a round stone ball wrapped with hemp rope soaked in kerosene, first put into a concave iron launcher, and a soldier comes over with a torch and ignites one by one. Soon, all ten stone balls are blazing. of burning.
"Let it go!" The burning stone ball flew into the sky, aiming at a square tower on the hillside in the distance.
Perhaps because the target was relatively small, seven of the ten burning stone balls landed next to the tower this time. The fallen leaves and dead branches piled up on the ground soon billowed with thick smoke, and the flames ignited. The three stone balls that hit the tower left three big holes in the tower, and soon, fire and black smoke appeared in the tower...
"It's amazing..." Baron Felim said in admiration, "With such a weapon in hand, are you afraid that there will be an impenetrable castle and fortress in the world?"
Earl Kenmes grabbed Lorist's arm excitedly: "So this is what you said to be sure. Hahaha, the Grand Duke of Madras would never have dreamed that even if he hid in a tortoise shell, we would be able to kill him." Smash it out, push it all the way, nothing can stop our attack! Unless he fights with us in the wild, hehe, he will only lose faster in the wild."
"Locke, give me a few of these thunderbolt catapults, I'm going to smash all the arrow towers and walls by the river to pieces!" Baron Shaheen clenched his fists tightly. He hated the defensive facilities arranged on the lower reaches of the Mitobura River, and he never forgot his two fishing boats that were shot down in the river by arrow towers.
"Don't worry, after conquering the Principality of Madras, I can sell you this kind of thunderbolt catapult, as much as you want. But Henned, I can let the thunderbolt catapult of Ovikis cooperate with you to smash that The defensive facilities on the riverside forced the Principality of Madras to assemble heavy troops to defend against our surprise attack on the riverside. After you go back, gather manpower to make a large number of flat boats on the riverside. One is that the thunderbolt catapult can be used on the flat boat , Second, flat boats can also be used to make floating bridges in the future. We will also send shipbuilders and many carpenters to support you." Lorist said with a smile.
"Okay, after I go back, I will prepare the materials for making flat boats and gather people. But Locke, are you sure that we will not arouse the vigilance of the Grand Duke of Madras by building boats by the river with such a big fanfare?"
"It's okay, the bigger the trouble, the better. It would be best for the Principality of Madras to gather heavy troops to defend you. Then the defenses in other places will be weakened, which is suitable for our surprise attack."
Shaheen Henned is gearing up: "Hehe, I'm just talking. With the help of the Thunderbolt Slinging Battalion of Alvekis, I have the confidence to smash all the way to the seven castles in the Hindelson Mountain Range Go to the fortress and smash them all to the ground, so that you can express your anger."
Lorist shook his head: "I don't suggest you do this, Henned, don't forget that the area of the Hindelson Mountain Range is scheduled to be replaced by your family, and it will be even more detrimental to you if it is smashed. In fact, I One idea is to force-land the garrison army there, and let the seven castles and fortresses be completely delivered to you, so that you don't need to think about how to arrange your family's armed forces, which saves time and reduces costs, which is the best result."
"You mean to break through from the section of the Midobro River and drive directly to Vanades City, then conquer Sith Castle, and reach West Degrad Province. After taking down the Grand Duke of Madras, regardless of whether he is dead or alive, the defenders and nobles in those places we have never visited will surrender to us obediently, right?" Baron Felim asked beside him.
Lorist shook his head slightly: "The initial idea is indeed like this, but it cannot be ruled out that if there is another better way, we will make temporary changes. The only scruple if you go across the river is that you will encounter the Duke of Madras If we gather heavy troops, then we have to worry about whether the war will be protracted. Although we have a weapon of war like the thunderbolt catapult, we have to be careful of accidents.
Even if the Grand Duke Madras was an old tortoise, he was a battle-hardened old tortoise. We must not be careless. It is now August, and at the end of October, we will launch a tentative attack on the riverside to see if we can attract more garrison troops from the Principality of Madras to suffer from the cold and wind in the wild. If these troops of the Principality of Madras spend the whole winter in the wild in order to defend us, they will not have much combat effectiveness in the spring, and then our chance will come. "
After Earl Kenmax, Baron Felim and Baron Shaheen went back to prepare, Bodfinger found Lorist.
"My lord, I heard that you are going to sell the thunderbolt catapult to the three allies?"
"Yes what's the matter?"
Bodfinger stood at attention: "My lord, I object to this. Although the three of them are allies of our Norton family, the thunderbolt catapult is our family's weapon of war, the best choice for attacking cities or defending castle fortresses. Selling these Thunderbolt catapults to allies also poses a new threat to our family."
Lorist laughed: "A weapon that will be eliminated soon, it's not as serious as you said."
"Elimination? No way, how could the Thunderbolt Catapult be eliminated..."
"Have you forgotten the bronze artillery equipped by the Marine Corps? Master Sid and Professor Bob of the Gunpowder Laboratory have successfully trial-produced artillery chariots for use on land, which are much more powerful than thunderbolt catapults. Compared with these artillery chariots For example, Thunderbolt catapults can only become targets one by one. I have ordered Schwader to select a group of reliable manpower for training, and in time, these artillery chariots will be included in the official establishment of your army."
"Oh, my lord, I see. Excuse my presumption, I just don't know," said Baldfinger.
Lorist waved his hand: "Okay, I don't know you yet, you were instigated by others to ask me, right? In fact, you should understand in your heart when you see that even Shredder is silent about this. If I really If he sold the Thunderbolt Catapult regardless of the safety of his family, he would have already had a big fight with me."
"My lord, it's because I didn't think carefully..."
"Okay, are the leaders of the Sea Legion and your Rock Legion all here? If we arrive, we will have a meeting."
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Facing the crowded family knights, Lorist picked up a slender stick and pointed to the large map on the wall: "What I'm talking about now is the real attack plan, and even our three allies don't know. They I always thought that we would launch an attack from the riverside, relying on thunderbolt catapults to smash the enemy's defensive line and force the enemy to fight with us. In fact, this is just a plan to lure the enemy, allowing the Principality of Madras to gather heavy troops on the riverside, so that other places The defense force is reduced."
"The place we're really going to attack is here." The small wooden stick in Lorist's hand pointed to a place: "West Degrad Province, Silver Beach, the attack time is the end of December."
Except for Fatty Shi and a few people who knew it well, many family knights let out unbelievable exclamations.
"The Rock Legion is in charge of this attack, and the Sea Legion is assisting. Everyone can ask any questions." Lorist looked at the family knights who were whispering.
Bodfinger stood up: "My lord, landing from the sea in winter is very risky and dangerous. The North Sea is always windy and rough in winter. If you are not careful when landing, you may cause great casualties."
Lorist laughed: "Sembawood, you come to answer Borg's question."
Sambawood stood up: "Lord Bodfinger, in recent years, your lord has been ordering to record the climate changes in the North Sea. We found that every year from December 32 to 35, that is, a few days before the New Year comes , the North Sea will always be calm and calm. If you land at this time, there will be no surprises. In addition to the small boats used for landing, the adults also ordered us to prepare a lot of movable wooden box dock components, only ten pieces are needed Within hours, we were able to quickly set up two movable wooden docks leading to the shore to ensure that the brothers of the Rock Legion could land quickly and safely."
Malek got up and asked: "My lord, how can we prevent our landing from being discovered by the garrison of the Grand Duke of Madras? West Degrad is the home of the Grand Duke of Madras, if our actions are discovered by them If it is not, it will have a great impact on the surprise attack, after all, the enemy is in the city, occupying the defensive terrain advantage."
Lorist nodded: "Actually, for the past two years, from December 32 to 35 every year, I have sent people to land from Silver Beach to conduct reconnaissance in West Degrad Province. We found that West Degrad The defense of Gele Province is extremely lax, and it is impossible for the enemy to think that we will land from the sea to carry out a sneak attack. Here is the city of Alice, the capital city named after the daughter of the Grand Duke of Madras, and also the capital city of Madras. The family seat of the Grand Duke of Las.
Every winter, the Grand Duke of Madras would invite the nobles of the principality to gather here to hold a welcome banquet, which lasted for several days, and this period of time was also the time when the defenses of the city of Adrix were most relaxed. The reason why I decided to start the attack at the end of December and landed on Silver Beach was to capture Edris City by surprise and catch all these nobles, so that the entire Principality of Madras could be included in the bag without any effort.
Our plan is to land, surprise attack, and occupy the city of Alice, immediately use the seal of the Grand Duke of Madras to mobilize or sneak attack Sith Castle, Vanades City and Kebo City, this is a line, occupying this With three cities, the Principality of Madras can be said to have settled the situation. I will be the first to go ashore as the first landing crew for this surprise attack. "
Bodfinger stood up again: "My lord, you don't have to take any risks, just leave this attack to us, and we won't let you down."
Lorist shook his head: "The Grand Duke of Madras has a second-level great swordsman beside him, and my target is him. Next, the Rock Legion will move to a temporary camp under the Blade's Edge Mountains, ready to land and fight. During this period , Borg and Malek, you must do a good job in preparing the soldiers for the practice of disembarking and disembarking, so as to avoid any omissions."
"Yes, my lord."
"Fareya, after the Rock Legion left Hilovas Island, you brought a regiment of guards to take charge of the island's defense."
"Follow orders, my lord."
"As long as we capture Kebo City, the granary city rebuilt by the Grand Duke of Madras, whether it is the garrison army of the seven castle fortresses in the Hindelson Mountain Range or the heavy troops assembled by the river, they will soon face In a situation where there is no supply of food and supplies, the only thing to do is surrender. So I want to take down the Principality of Madras this winter, and I hope everyone can make new contributions to the family!"
"Yes, my lord."
"The meeting can be adjourned, Tiger Tiger, Dolles, Joe, and Yuri, you three stay here for a while."
Besides these four people, Fatty Shi also stayed.
"If all goes well, we will deal with the Feisabrun family after we take down the Principality of Madras." Lorist pondered for a while and said, "After Earl Kenmes replaced the family territory, the Flying Tigers will enter North Korea. The eastern part of the land. Maintain military pressure on Muyeyuan Province. But strictly speaking, the Flying Tiger Legion is also a heavy armored cavalry, and it has more than enough defense against the Ranger Legion of the Upper Feisabrunn family. Therefore, after discussing with Knight Schrader It is decided to re-establish a scout light cavalry regiment similar to the rangers, called the Chasseur Cavalry Legion, with Qiao as the regiment leader and Yuri as the deputy commander."
Josk was taken aback, and was about to raise his head to say something, but Lorist waved his hand at him: "Joe, I can't think of anyone else suitable except you, and Yuri is also willing to be your deputy. It's best to deal with rangers." The best way is to scout the light cavalry, otherwise we need to assemble a large army to compress the battlefield space to defeat them. But the prairie is the territory of the Feisabrun family, and we cannot occupy the geographical advantage, and it is impossible to gather all the family armed forces to seek a decisive battle. So I Pin your hopes on you, can you do it?"
Josk jumped up: "My lord, I will definitely live up to my trust."
Lorist patted Josk on the shoulder in satisfaction: "Time is tight. After we took down the Principality of Madras this winter, it will take about a year to stabilize the situation, and let the Kenmes family and the Shaheen family complete Migration work, but after next year, we have to deal with the Fisabrun family. Joe, Yuri, I have ordered all legions to release personnel restrictions on you, you can choose all personnel you think are suitable, but you We must leave seeds for the original army, but you only have one year to form this hunting cavalry army, can you do it?"
Josk and Yuri stood up and saluted Lorist as a knight: "My lord, please rest assured, we will not let you down."
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