King Federica is a majestic city in the southwestern region of the former Krissen Empire. Geographically speaking, the Yunduan Mountains are to the north, and the Sunset Mountains are to the south. King Federica is located in the valley of the Great Plain between these two mountains. This is a piece of land blessed by nature, fertile and rich in products, and rich in mineral resources. The province of Puerto Org, where the royal city is located, was the most important economic province in the pre-Christian Empire era.
The city of Federica was nearly ten li in radius, and the city wall was more than nine meters high, which was only about half a meter lower than the imperial capital. Every hundred meters was a tower. It was known as the most defensive city wall in the former Krissen Empire. However, when His Highness the Second Highness led his troops over the Yunduan Mountains and Daxue Mountains, he raided King Feidali's city on a snowy night, and captured the entire city in just one night. Tell people a very simple truth. The perfection of the facilities lies in whether the guarding soldiers are responsible.
There is no secret passage leading to the city, and there are no intruders cooperating with outsiders, and the city defense troops are not relaxed, no matter how heavy the snowstorm is, they are also patrolling the city walls. There is a tower every 100 meters, and there are three siege crossbows on each of the four floors of each tower, which means that there are 24 siege crossbows every 100 meters, which can form an effective long-range attack on the area 200 meters in front of the city wall. Cover shot. Perhaps the defensive combat power of the soldiers guarding the monument on the city wall can be underestimated, but the threat of the crossbow guarding the city in the tower cannot be ignored.
Assault! Three days later, Lorist made the same judgment as Bodfinger, Malek and the others. There was no way, the winter and heavy snowstorms did not make the garrison of King Frederica's city relax their vigilance and vigilance. They also have good winter clothing to keep warm and go out. It seems that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce has done a good job in terms of the treatment of the Chamber of Commerce's armed forces.
However, a strong attack does not mean rushing forward, it is a sign of giving away the head without thinking. Lorist didn't want to wait more than ten days for the catapult to be transported on the sleigh before attacking the city. It's already January 25th, and when the catapults arrive, it will be the time for the snow to melt in February. Launching a siege battle in that cold spring and muddy ground is a painful torture for both the attacker and the defender. It would be better to storm and capture King Federica earlier, maybe the casualties of the family armed forces would be smaller. .
Lorist was preparing to launch a surprise attack in the early hours of the morning, that time was the darkest and the time when the city defense forces were most relaxed. It would be even better if there was a snowstorm to cover it, one is to cover the attack line of sight of the defending crossbow firing team in the tower, and the other is to cover the approach of the attackers. As long as he can get close to the city wall, Lorist is sure to take down a section of the city wall and a few towers. And as long as the Norton family's armed forces invaded the city, the fall of King Federica's city would be a foregone conclusion.
The biggest difference between Lorist and other territorial nobles is that he likes to lead the way, and this time it is the same. He rejected the dissuasion of Bodfinger and others. The most secret way is to eliminate the enemies in the two towers on the left and right of the city gate, and capture the gate to enlarge the troops to enter the city. And if others are allowed to go up, I am afraid that the enemy will find out and form a tug-of-war offensive and defensive battle, which wastes time and increases casualties...
All the senior family members present bowed their heads in shame, but were speechless. This is a fact, except for a Hughes great swordsman and Reddy who can parry dozens of moves under Lorist's hands, no one else is Lorist's ten-fold enemy. And for a family knight, it would be a shame for him to let the head of the family take the lead in the charge. It's just that the skills are not as good as others, and everyone has no choice but to let Lorist go to take risks.
The first wave of four people, Lorist, Hughes Great Swordsman, Reddy and El. Lorist and Hughes Great Swordsman were in charge of taking the two towers on the left and right sides of the north city gate after going up the city wall, while Reddy and El were in charge of receiving the second wave of Jost and the guards to go up to the city. After the guards entered the city, El led people to open the city gate, Jost stood guard on the city wall, and Reddy led the guards to continue attacking along the city wall, trying to capture the west gate, south gate and east gate in turn.
The three regiments of the Rock Legion had already ambushed outside the other three city gates, so Tiger Ross of the Flying Tiger Legion won the honor of being the first to enter the city, for which he was triumphant. After El opened the north city gate, the Flying Tiger Legion entering the city will immediately attack the barracks in the west district, trying to make an emergency landing on the enemy. And a corps of the Rock Legion will first occupy the entire city wall under the leadership of Malek, and come to close the door and beat the dog.
Bodfinger was very unlucky. He was assigned to dispatch the regiments in the other three directions. After Malek occupied the city wall, he entered the city to maintain order or serve as follow-up reinforcements. Lorist is going to ignore the inner city, and first occupy the four surrounding areas before launching an attack on the inner city. Maybe the enemy will surrender when the situation is over...
On the evening of January 30th, there was light snow, the sky was drowsy, and the cold wind howled.
All the soldiers of the Norton family rested early to recharge their batteries, and they will launch a surprise attack on King Federica's city in the early morning of tomorrow. Lorist was woken up by Genorio at three o'clock in the middle of the night. He ate something to fill his stomach, and then began to put on his equipment. Soon, Hughes Great Swordsman, Reddy and El walked into the big tent, all of them were fully armed, with off-white one-piece leather jackets and fur hats, black gauze eye patches and white face masks. Also wearing a white cloak.
Walking out of the big tent, the sky was dark, the snowflakes danced a wild dance in mid-air, and the cold wind let out a mournful roar across the vast white field. Taking a light breath, a feeling of icy cold pierced the heart and lungs, and the whole body began to shiver involuntarily.
Lorist stomped his feet twice, took a few deep breaths, looked at the restless barracks and the dark figures around him, and asked softly, "Are you all ready?"
Lorist nodded after receiving an affirmative answer: "Then, let's go."
There was no need for passionate words to mobilize. The four figures stepped on the skis and waved the poles, passing across the snow field silently like ghosts, and headed straight for the city of Federica. It would take a long time to walk on such knee-deep snow for more than 20 miles, and it might not be possible to walk for more than half a day. But with the assistance of the skis, Frederikal King City appeared in front of the four of them in less than half an hour.
The biggest convenience of raids launched in winter is that the severe cold froze the wide moat, and the heavy snow connected it with the whole field. If it is summer and autumn, then the moat with a width of ten meters is a natural moat in front of the attackers. I don't know how many casualties the attackers will have to pay to touch the edge of the city wall.
With a light push, the skis brought four gray-white figures across the flat moat surface, and touched the bottom of the city wall in a blink of an eye. Lorist pricked up his ears to listen quietly, but there was no movement on the city wall, only the whistling wind remained. With a light gesture, the four of them lightly took off their skis and flexed their wrists. Lorist pulled out two black daggers from a wallet on his back, and was ready to go to the city.
In winter, a thin layer of ice is condensed on the surface of the city wall, which is extremely smooth. But the dagger infused with dark energy is like a broken leather, and it disappears with a slight touch, and the handle left outside becomes a small ladder that winds upward. The nine-meter-high city wall cannot be reached by twelve daggers. Lorist clung to the city wall like a gecko. Behind him, El took off the wallet he was carrying and handed it to Lorist.
When they were about to reach the top of the city wall, there was a sound of footsteps on the snow and flickering fire. Obviously, this was the patrol team guarding the city wall. Five o'clock in the morning, this is the darkest hour, none of the patrol soldiers is willing to stretch their heads to look at the city, they just shrink their heads and follow the front torches, and no one is even willing to talk...
After the patrol team passed by, Lorist emerged from under the city wall without a sound, landed lightly behind the last patrol member, and walked forward following his footsteps. The patrol member seemed to sense something, and turned his head to look back. As the last one in the team, what he should have seen was the city wall walkway covered with pale snow, which was faintly visible under the dark night, but he didn't expect to see a black figure almost sticking to his back, and he was startled. Big jump, just about to yell, I feel a chill in my heart, I can't make a sound anymore, I don't know anything in the spinning...
The four of Lorist went up to the city on the left side of the north gate. The patrol on the city wall passed by. Lorist followed behind the patrol. The patrol was only 40 meters away from the tower on the left, right in front of the patrol. When the soldier holding the torch and the captain next to him walked into the small door of the tower, Lorist almost took one step at a time, tidying up the more than 30 patrol members behind him. Lie on the ground.
This floor of the tower is divided into two halves, one half is the aisle, the small door leading to the other city wall, and the other half is a semi-circular staircase, half of which goes up and half goes down. Originally, there should have been two sentries on duty on this floor, but it was cold, and the two sentries didn't know where the cat was sleeping. The patrol member holding the torch and the captain next to him didn't take it seriously. After entering the small door, they walked to a burning brazier next to the aisle to warm up their lower bodies.
The captain turned around and said: "You guys also roast, rest here for a while and continue patrolling..."
The captain was stunned, because there was no group of patrol members behind him, only a figure in clothes obviously different from them stood.
"You..." The sword light flashed away, and the captain and the team member holding the torch fell to the ground. Lorist strode forward, holding the two corpses with both hands and gently placing them on the ground, so as not to wake up the enemies on the tower.
The figures of Reddy and El flashed through the small door behind him, and Lorist asked softly, "Where's the great swordsman Hughes?"
Reddy didn't make a sound, and pointed to the tower on the right side of the city gate, signaling that the great swordsman Hughes was going to seize that tower.
Lorist nodded: "According to the plan."
Reddy and Al nodded, picked up the torch on the ground, walked out with Al, raised the torch in their hands and made two circles, and after a while, made two more circles. Soon, there was some slight movement under the city, and figures emerged from the darkness and came under the city wall. El threw down the rope ladder that was brought up to the city, and the figures below the city began to go up to the city. Jost was the first to go up the city wall, and the two guards who came up after him also carried a large bundle of rope ladders on their backs. Soon, Three rope ladders were hung on the city wall, and more and more guards came up.
Lorist has already killed all the defenders on the upper and lower floors of the tower. Perhaps it has been a long time in peace. From the outside, the defense of the city wall is very tight, but when he went up to the city and entered the tower, he realized that it was purely sheep dung. Whether it's the patrol team or the guards on duty in the tower, their vigilance has long been lax. The twelve defenders on each of the three upper floors of the tower slept like dead pigs, and the shooting windows of the defensive crossbows were all blocked by thick wooden boards. Lorist suspected that even thunder outside would not be able to disturb them.
There were no guard sentries on the top of the tower, and fourteen guards were crowded in the lower floor of the tower. It seemed that the two sentries who were supposed to be on guard on the aisle floor of the city wall were also crowded here to sleep, and they happened to be taken by Lorist. up. Half a team of fifty defenders was sent to the kingdom of the God of War by Lorist in his sleep. This can't be blamed on Lorist's cruelty, but that there is no way to catch them alive. As long as one of them raises the alarm, it is likely to alarm the enemy. In order to avoid accidents, the best way to deal with them is to kill them, dead enemies are the best enemies.
Reddy is going to take the guards to capture the next tower, and El is going to take the guards to capture the city gate. Lorist appeared in front of them with the smell of blood and murderous intent all over his body: "Wait, let me come at the city gate, El, you and Reddy go to capture the towers on the city wall, you can echo up and down. And you can Go off as a patrol."
Reddy's eyes lit up, and he quickly ordered more than forty guards, lined up in two rows, holding torches, and Al swaggered towards the next tower. There were more than thirty guards on the city wall, and Lorist signaled them to enter the tower first to avoid being discovered by the enemy. The guards below the city are still climbing up. However, all the guards who went up to the city wall remained silent, went up to the city without a sound, and then flashed into the tower.
A figure appeared at the small gate of the tower on the right side of the city gate, and the torch in his hand drew two semicircles on his chest. Lorist heaved a sigh of relief, and Hughes Great Swordsman also took down the tower over there.
"Go to 30 people, defend that tower, and at the same time ask Hughes Great Swordsman, if he attacks the next tower, then we will continue to send people to support it." Lorist said.
Thirty guards ran quickly to the tower on the right side of the city gate. Lorist felt that relying on the three rope ladders was a little too slow to climb people up. He looked at the twenty or so guards around him, and said to Joost, "Joe, you stay on top. I'll go down and seize the city gate first. You are here." Let the guards go down to the city after watching me signal."
Although his bodyguards are more suitable for special operations than the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion and the Rock Legion, and have also received special training such as ambush, surprise, stealth and assassination, Lorist is still worried that taking them down the city will disturb the enemy's defense. That's why I prepared to go down and have a look first by myself.
Lorist walked down the stone ladder at the entrance of the city wall. The stone ladder to the upper city was not far from the gate of the city, less than fifty meters away. It's just that when Lorist went down the city, he found that there was no guard at the gate of the city, and there was only a huge fire burning there. The sky was about to brighten, and the fire had no more fire, only a pile of ashes and a few wisps of smoke curling upwards.
"Hey, what about you, what are you doing, come down from the city wall and look around?" There was a scolding sound from the opening of the city gate.
"Ah, it's nothing." Lorist hurriedly walked towards the gate of the city: "The captain asked me to come down and get him something to eat..."
"Oh, look in this fire, maybe there's some cassava left over from last night buried there," said the voice. It was obvious that he regarded Lorist as a defender on the city wall.
Lorist walked to the fire in front of the city gate, took a peek, and saw about twenty defenders sleeping soundly in the city gate, the outermost one should be the one who spoke, and was wearing a coat at the moment. Yangpi continued to lean against the city wall and doze with his eyes closed.
This idea is really good, a lot of fire is burned in front of the city gate, and the defense team hides in the city gate to enjoy the warmth of the fire, so that they can have a good sleep without delaying the defense. It really kills two birds with one stone.
"Don't take them all, leave some for me." The guard who was dozing against the wall closed his eyes and said.
"Okay." Lorist replied, approaching the city gate step by step, grasping the handle of the sword with his right hand.
At this moment, a sharp and hoarse horn sounded suddenly from the city wall, tearing up the tranquility before dawn, and then the sound of the horn was immediately interrupted, and a scream came from afar.
The guard leaning against the city wall jumped up and shouted loudly: "There are police, everyone, get up!"
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