Looking at the city wall that suddenly appeared in front of them, Sedkamp and Pat turned pale with fright.
"Three consecutive golden rings, this is the family crest of Viscount Kenmes. Could it be... our family..." Pat's face became extremely ugly.
"Huh? Sodkamp, why didn't you tell me that there is still a checkpoint city wall here?" Lorist urged his horse to catch up from behind.
"My lord, this is our family territory, but, but this checkpoint city wall was not built by our family... When we were ordered to find you, there was no such city wall here, and the family did not have the manpower and material resources to build a city wall here ’” Sedkamp murmured.
"Oh, you mean this city wall was built on our family territory, but it wasn't built by our family?" Lorist had an ominous premonition. He imagined many scenes that he would encounter when he returned to the family territory, but he didn't expect You will encounter a wall built by others in the family territory.
Generally, when such a situation occurs, it only means one thing, that is, the Norton family has become a loser in the territorial war, and the family territory has been occupied. Judging from the completeness of the city wall in front of us, this should have happened a few months ago. There are only two choices before Lorist, either to leave in despair, or to launch a territorial war to regain the family territory.
The guards on the city wall had already spotted the Norton convoy flying the Angry Bear flag, and a man in leather armor was pointing at the convoy and yelling loudly at the panicked guards to get ready to let go.
"One, two, three. Hehe, it's really a waste of money. It's really unexpected that there are three defensive crossbows in such a small city wall..." Lorist narrowed his eyes and stared at the city wall. The defensive facilities in the mouth are tsk-tsk.
"Whose badge are those three circles?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, that is the family crest of Viscount Kenmes, who has a territorial dispute with us. He fought with our family to rob the copper mine..." Sedkamp said.
"So our Norton family has already been defeated by this Viscount Kenmes, that's why he unscrupulously built city walls and set up checkpoints in our family territory." Lorist grinned grinningly, and it seemed that he was about to launch a territorial war.
"No, my lord, I don't think so." Pat seemed to think of something.
"What's the matter? What do you think?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, if our family fails in the territorial war and the family territory is occupied, then there is no need for Viscount Kenmes to build a city wall and set up checkpoints here, because that is his territory, which is connected with our family territory. I haven't heard of anyone building such a city wall in their own territory, isn't that asking for trouble for themselves?"
"And I have fought against the army of Viscount Kenmes under the leadership of the old master before. Most of his army is mercenaries hired from here and there, and they have little combat effectiveness. Even if we lose the family force, Viscount Kenmes The army is not strong enough to capture our family's manor castle. What's more, Beiye Town is not far from the family's manor castle. No matter how bastard the defense team is, they will not joke about the family's life and death, because it involves their own interests Well, if the family dies, their foothold will be gone, so they will not sit back and watch Viscount Kenmes' army capture the family's manor and castle."
"I think the main purpose of Viscount Kenmes building such a city wall here is to block the family's connection with the outside world, trap the family in the wilderness of the Northland, and finally force the family to bow to him." Pat said he judgment.
"What you said is very reasonable. After we capture the city, we will know the truth of the matter immediately." Lorist nodded.
"My lord, are you going to attack the city now?" Sedkamp was stunned: "But we haven't prepared anything, we haven't even made a siege ladder, how can we attack the city? And there are three crossbows defending the city on the wall... "
"Siege ladder? No need. You see, the city wall is only about four meters high, and there are twenty or thirty kittens and puppies on it. Making a siege ladder is too flattering for them, and the three siege carts are too heavy to handle. There is still a threat from a large group of siege troops. As long as I avoid the shooting angle, the siege crossbow is useless. Pat, you go and tell Ovikis to get his guard team ready when I go up The city wall controls the top of the city, let them follow immediately." Lorist said.
"Yes, my lord." Pat replied loudly, and then said with a little worry: "My lord, be careful, or I will go with you."
"Hehe..." Lorist laughed: "You should know my skills. This city wall is no problem for me, but you are full of heavy armor, so it is difficult to go up. Besides, I have a small target and dodge flexibly. Multiple goals are bigger. Don’t worry, those people above are just a piece of cake for me, it’s fine.”
Lorist rode alone, heading towards the city wall. Seeing that it was less than 70 meters away from the city wall, with a "bang", a defensive crossbow on the city wall was fired. Lorist steered his horse to the left, and the huge crossbow bolts passed by Lorist's mount, sinking more than a foot into the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Lorist had crossed the firing angle of the defensive crossbow, and was less than forty meters away from the city wall. He reached out and took out the throwing spear and threw it.
"噗噢噐" three spears were nailed to the city wall, half a meter away from the top of the city. Several guards on the city wall laughed, this aim, even the head of the city can't be thrown up, it's useless, there is no threat at all.
Unexpectedly, Lorist had already arrived under the city wall, and rode his horse past the city wall. The guards on the top of the city wall held longbows and wanted to shoot, but because of the angle, they couldn't lean out of the city wall to aim.
Lorist turned his horse's head around, trotted against the city wall again, took off the stirrups, and squatted on the horse's back. Seeing the place where he nailed the throwing spear on the city wall, he jumped lightly, swift as an ape, hooked a throwing spear with both hands, turned over with his strength, and the whole person had reached the top of the city wall.
This set of movements was like acrobatics, which stunned the guards on the city wall. Lorist was already standing at the top of the city wall when he realized it, and drew out the long sword on his back.
The leader of the guards in leather armor who was gesticulating and arranging the defense on the city wall just now shouted loudly and called a few people's names. Several guards around Lorist held guns and shields and went straight towards Lorist. He rushed forward, intending to bully the few with more, and took Lorist down.
As the sword light flickered, blood gushed from the throats of the five guards who rushed forward one after another, and fell to the ground. Lorist strolled over the twitching body on the ground and walked towards the leader of the guard wearing leather armor.
The guard leader stopped cursing abruptly. He looked at the five fallen guards in disbelief. Seeing Lorist walking towards him, he hurriedly drew out his long sword, and took another side from the side. Shield, while protecting his body and retreating, he opened his mouth and yelled for other guards to come up and attack Lorist together with him.
Two guards armed with spears secretly approached Lorist from behind, stabbing with their spears, attacking Lorist from left to right. Surprise flashed in the eyes of the leader of the guards, and the long sword in his hand flashed. He was about to step forward to assist in the attack, but he saw Lorist's figure froze, instead of advancing, he retreated, and turned into a whirlwind from the two guards who sneaked up from behind. Passing among the guards, the sword light flashed, and the two sneak attacking guards dropped their spears, clutching their bloody throats and making a "Hehe" sound, and fell straight down.
The guard leader was shocked, turned and ran. Did you run away? Lorist rushed forward quickly, and seeing that he was approaching behind the leader of the guard, the leader of the guard suddenly turned around sharply, protecting his body with the shield in his left hand, and slashing down with the long sword in his right hand...
What about people? There was no one behind the leader of the guards, the long sword cut through the air, and he took two steps diagonally with his body before stopping the castration. Just as he was about to find out where Lorist was, a cold sword appeared on his neck, and passed by his side. Come Lorist's voice: "Give up your sword and surrender, I will spare you."
The head of the guard froze, and with a "bang", the shield in his left hand fell to the ground, and he slowly turned around, facing Lorist.
Lorist pressed his sword on his neck, signaling him to throw away the long sword in his right hand. The leader of the guard raised his sword slowly, as if he was about to lose it. Seeing that Lorist focused his attention on the sword in his hand, the leader of the guard suddenly leaned back and got away from the weight that Lorist was pressing on his neck. The long sword, and then wanted to roll back and escape.
It's just that he was not as quick as Lorist's reaction, and the long sword pierced his throat as soon as he stretched out...
"Suicide." Lorist cursed.
He just wanted to find a leader to ask what happened during this period, but he didn't expect that the leader of the guards was restrained and wanted to resist. Since he was so reckless, he simply let it happen. Turning his head to look at the top of the city, except for the eight corpses on the ground and himself, there is no one to be found. The remaining dozen guards have already fled to the distance from the top of the city.
Standing at the top of the city and looking in the direction where the dozen or so guards were escaping, "Sun..." Lorist cursed, what the hell Viscount Kenmes is building here is not a city wall or a checkpoint, what he wants to build is a city wall. city. There is a taller and thicker city wall more than 300 meters away from the city wall I am standing on.
Outside the city, Ovekis and his guard team were yelling in a mess, when Lorist looked around, everyone who was supposed to come had arrived.
"Wait." Lorist said.
After going down the city wall and opening the gate, Josk came in first.
"My lord, you are too impulsive. At least wait for me to come over and destroy these siege crossbows on the city wall first." Josk complained, holding up the huge crossbow bolts pulled out from the ground outside.
"Aren't I fine? If you want to show off, you still have a chance. Look ahead, there is still a city wall." Lorist said, pointing to the city wall in the distance.
"No problem, leave it to me. Drive!" Josk rushed out as soon as he knocked on the horse's belly, and even the guard team of Ovekis rushed towards the city wall behind him.
"I'm dizzy, old Joe, I didn't ask you to attack the city! Day, you pretended not to hear, and you ran so fast..." Lorist stomped his feet anxiously.
The city wall in front was much higher than the one he had just captured, and it looked thicker, presumably the defense facilities were more complete than this one. Josk led the guard team to bump into it recklessly, fearing that his head would be broken.
Lorist ran outside the city gate to find the mount that brought him, but found that the mount ran back to the convoy by itself. At the moment, being led by Pat, Hedekamp and Reddy driving the carriage led the convoy slowly towards the city wall.
Lorist beckoned to Pat, telling him to bring the horse over quickly. As a result, Pat, Sederkamp, and Reddy misunderstood, thinking that Lorist was happy because he took down the city wall alone, and he was showing off his might in Dese. So he responded with a wave of hands, and bursts of cheers.
Lorist was half-dead from anger, and said to himself that usually one is smarter than the other, why are they all fools at the critical moment, waving for them to come earlier will be misled by them, what a genius.
After finally waiting for them to get closer, Lorist roared angrily, and the three of them realized that they had made a big oolong. Pat hurried over with the horse. Lorist glared at him bitterly, just as he got on his horse, the sound of hooves sounded, and an elated guard ran back in front: "My lord, my lord, we have taken down that city wall!"
"What?" Lorist trembled, and almost slipped off the horse without stepping on the stirrup.
"How many casualties?" Lorist asked nervously.
"Casualties? Uh, there are no casualties." The guard who sent the message thought for a while and said, "The enemy has no casualties either."
Lorist was stunned, what do you mean? We had no casualties, neither did the enemy, but the city wall was occupied by us. Is this a child pretending to be a housekeeper
Such a tall city wall, as long as the defenders shoot arrows down on it, the attackers can't eat it and walk around. Even if Josk is invincible with arrows, he will be at a disadvantage in the city compared with the guards who are condescending, and he only has one bow. As long as the guards pay some casualties, Josk will be forced to retreat.
Lorist was able to take down a city wall alone with a single sword because he took a risky path. First, he took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and could not attract the attention of the guards alone. The second is by accident, taking advantage of the low city wall and climbing up to the top of the city with juggling movements, the guards can't do anything about it. But he went up and killed eight guards before taking down the city wall.
"How did Josk Knight do it?" Lorist was curious.
"Well, my lord, Master Josk only shot three arrows. The first arrow broke the flagpole, the second arrow shot over a city crossbow, and the third arrow shot the two-handed giant ax of the guarding mercenary captain. They shot straight through. When those mercenary guards found out that Mr. Josk was a golden rank, they all gave up resistance and surrendered." The guard who sent the message said.
People are more angry than people, Lorist can imagine that when Josk shoots three arrows, those guarding mercenaries look at it, wow! golden order. The one with the bow is still holding the bow, and now he can’t escape even if he wants to escape. Looking at the entourage behind him with so many armors and armors, everyone should surrender as soon as possible to save this old life, so those silver and black iron ranks The mercenaries all knelt down.
And when Lorist went up the city wall, even if he killed five guards, the guards would still think of a sneak attack and resistance because there was no light on the sword. Even after the leader of the silver rank guard was restrained by Lorist, he thought it would be embarrassing for him to be restrained by Lorist of the black iron rank as a silver rank, so he desperately resisted.
After figuring out why the leader of the guards committed suicide, Lorist's expression was extremely exciting, with a smile on his face, but he was terribly aggrieved in his heart. Fortunately, I didn't run to attack the city wall behind, otherwise I would have to kill from one end to the other, and those guarding mercenaries would not surrender without killing a river of blood. It's not like Josk, who shot three arrows with ease, showing off the fighting spirit of the golden rank, the enemy saw it, and surrendered when he thought he was invincible.
Damn fighting spirit, damn fighting spirit of flames, damn fighting spirit of fierce flames passed down in the family. Lorist had a face full of resentment, thinking in his heart...
"By the way, my lord, Lord Josk invites you to go over. It seems that you have found something important." The guard who sent the message remembered the second thing he had sent him over, and hurriedly reported.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Lorist calmed down and said to Pat and Sudkamp. Lei Di gave three instructions: "Set up the convoy and set up camp here today. The city gate is closed, and people must be guarded on the city wall. Do you understand?"
"My lord, we know."