Benjamin quickly customized a battle plan.
Near the Crusad Gate, although the area is not very prosperous, there are several military towns and large granaries that are very important to the Kingdom of Hori. With the step-by-step development of the Black Nightmare Army, their strength is now enough to capture such a defensive stronghold.
However, to move in long tunnels, they will also need some mobility tools.
Fortunately he was prepared.
"Has the chariot been finished?"
With this in mind, Benjamin came to the armament camp and asked Morris who was stuck in the pile of drawings.
"It should be all completed tomorrow." Morris raised his head and said a little tiredly, "But... I have to remind you that these tanks were all rushed out, and I don't have that much time to design them carefully, so the quality is not good. How good. Once it suffers a violent impact, it is very likely to fall apart."
"But it can transport people, right?"
"Yes, not only can, but the speed is much faster than ordinary horses. One can carry many people." After saying this, Morris thought for a while and added, "But like what you asked for before... It’s lethal on the battlefield, I think it’s best not to count on it, that thing is too brittle.”
"I understand."
Benjamin patted the other party's shoulder, turned around and left the camp without saying anything else. Later, he came to the warehouse of the camp and saw the crude chariot that had just been manufactured.
It was a huge wooden vehicle. According to Benjamin's previous description, Morris designed it to be a bus-like structure, which looked a bit bulky. At the same time, rows of runes are engraved on the bottom of the vehicle, which serve as support for the chariot and are also the original driving force for this thing to operate.
Because it was designed in a hurry, if you want it to run, you still need the control of a mage.
Benjamin boarded the chariot, sat in the "driving seat", reached out to hold the steering wheel, and used his mental power to communicate with the entire chariot. The next second, the wheels of the chariot slowly turned, driving the entire vehicle forward slowly.
-The surrounding terrain was narrow, so he could only try it for a while, then parked the car and walked down from it.
"...it's OK."
He looked at the chariot and nodded with satisfaction.
This world does not have such complicated war equipment. It was only after the Black Nightmare Army gradually took shape that Benjamin put forward such a production requirement in order to facilitate running around with this large group of people. Of course, it would be great if it could create something like a rune tank, but at the current level, it is definitely not up to par.
But... since it was a chariot, even though Morris said it had no combat effectiveness, Benjamin still saw in it the possibility of bringing it to the battlefield, not just a means of transportation.
"Let me tell you, why don't you bring the Holy Light Cannon from the academy? That is the real weapon of war." The system popped up and complained.
"That thing is too bulky." Benjamin shrugged helplessly and replied in his mind, "We are still fighting guerrillas now, how can we drag such a heavy thing. Wait until we can really occupy a stronghold. Let’s use that thing to fight positional warfare again.”
"...Okay." Then the system went silent.
Benjamin also left the warehouse area and returned to his main camp.
A few days passed by in the intense preparations, and during this period, nothing seemed to change in the outside world. The church seemed to have suddenly become quiet again. I don't know what it was doing. There were still some rebel forces emerging in various parts of the kingdom, but compared with the initial enthusiasm, it had subsided a lot.
The information surrounding Havenright is tightly sealed and cannot be probed at all. There has been no news from the nobles, and Benjamin felt a little strange, but they were hiding here, and Duke Colin probably didn't know how to contact them, so he was not in a hurry.
About the afternoon of the third day, a large convoy consisting of hundreds of chariots crossed the entire underground passage from the bottom of Pearl Lake to the exit at the other end.
Then, at night, the Black Nightmare Army returned to the surface again.
Only this time, they launched attacks on several targets at the same time.
"Your team is responsible for the granary in the north, and you are responsible for the small town in the south. You follow Joanna to attack the military fortress three kilometers away. You follow me..." The combat arrangements have long been decided. Between Benjamin's command, on the wasteland, the black nightmare The army quickly divided into five teams and set off in different directions.
He is quite confident about this battle plan. The church would never have imagined that there was a long passage underground in the Kingdom of Hori, and that the Black Nightmare Army would use the passage to reappear in the east of the kingdom after disappearing for a few days.
The dark night will also become their best accomplice.
at the same time.
"...what happened to our kingdom?"
On the eastern border of Hori Kingdom, on the city wall of Salman City, the royal army guarding the city looked at the barren hills in the distance, couldn't help but sigh, and said this.
-As the kingdom's military center, although Salman City is not large, it has far more troops stationed in the city than in ordinary cities. A lot of ordnance is kept in warehouses in the city. Nearly a hundred priests live here and a bishop guards the church. Salman City is surrounded by hills on both sides, so the city has become an important pass to guard this area.
Just like tonight, even though it was late, nearly a hundred soldiers were still guarding the city.
"Who knows? The bishop said that it was all caused by those mages." Maybe it was the silence of the long night, or maybe it was the chaos in the kingdom that made them worried. Other soldiers soon echoed, "But , what do His Majesty the Pope think? It’s been so long, it’s time to take action!”
"Shh... keep your voice down, how dare you talk about His Majesty the Pope? You'd want to die if someone heard you!"
"But there have been a lot of bad rumors recently... "
"Shh, stop talking! Just go on duty!" The soldiers on the side were frightened and quickly advised, "Because of recent events, those bandits have begun to show up again. Who knows if they will come and attack? here?"
"This is Salman City. How could any bandit attack here without foresight?"
"You still said! Okay, okay, one day you will die from this mouth..."
In short, after some low-pitched discussion, everyone obediently sealed their mouths. They had heard a little bit about the rumors in the capital. No one could test the Pope's temper anymore, and they had to force the boy back no matter how stupid he was.
However, it was about this time...
"Kill!"
A sound coming from far and near suddenly came from behind them.
The soldiers were stunned at the time. They turned their heads in shock, only to see a large group of densely packed figures suddenly appear on the hills in the other direction of Salman City, like killer ants passing through the jungle, swarming towards them all over the mountains and plains.
"That, that's..."
The soldiers never expected this scene.
But what shocked them even more was that after a while, nearly a hundred small dots rose up from the charging crowd and floated into the air. As they got closer and closer, they finally became hundreds of mages in their sight.
The leader among them was surrounded by flying blue blades, and his young face looked very familiar.
The soldiers subconsciously took a step back.
"The enemy... the enemy is attacking!"
The next second, heartbreaking shouts rang out in the city of Salman, resounding through the dark cloud-covered night sky tonight.