Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 202 Capture of Maribo

Geralt felt relieved when he saw the light of the sun again.

This wave of bad things has finally come to an end, and his adventure experience has become richer.

When he meets Dandelion in the future, he must tell him about this. This experience is too ups and downs.

Then, Geralt's eyes turned to the Ofir people and the prince who was helped out by them.

To be honest, if it weren't for the existence of this prince, he might have been silenced by Radovid.

This incident made Radovid very humiliated. King Redania was very angry because of this, and he wanted to silence the insider.

His own guards and the Eternal Fire must not be moved, but Geralt is another matter. If Rhettia hadn't stopped Radovid on behalf of Prince Servat, Geralt might have to leave Redani next. Fighting his way through the demi-humans.

Later, Archbishop Chapei of Eternal Fire also appeared here and met with the King of Redania.

Geralt was very surprised that Chape was able to reach the position he was in today.

He never thought that the kind-hearted shapeshifter could actually fight his way through the Church of Eternal Fire, which was full of jackals, tigers, and leopards, and became the Archbishop of Eternal Fire.

But after hearing the news about the fierce fight between the archbishops and the Aedirnians, Geralt also had some thoughts about what was going on.

There was nothing he could do about this, and he didn't like to participate in these things. All he could do was silently wish him good luck.

Next, Radovid quickly left Novigrad. This assassination made the king very uneasy. He was now scared to see Novigrad and urgently needed to return to the protection of the army.

Then, Geralt and the others were able to leave. When they left, Geralt's eyes met Chapey's, and both sides gave each other a tacit smile.

Following the Ofir people, Geralt quickly returned to their settlement.

In the palace, Prince Servat received good care and he recovered quickly.

Regarding the prince being found, the warlock named Ahmed was much calmer than he expected.

Later Geralt learned that for Ahmed, it didn't matter who found the prince, what mattered was that he found it.

The prince expressed his sincere gratitude to Geralt and presented Geralt with a set of top-notch Ophiel equipment and a scimitar that had been infused by a top infusion master.

As for the reward, Geralt was able to see the generosity of the Ophir people. Instead of sending gold and silver, they gave Geralt a bag of spices from the Ophir royal family.

Spices, this is the greatest wealth brought by the Ofel people from afar. A bag of ordinary spices can be sold for a lot of money in the north, let alone the spices belonging to the royal family of Ofel.

This reward surpassed all the noble rewards Geralt had encountered before. After receiving such a large sum of money, he was naturally a lot more polite.

However, Geralt's mind was not on the reward. After bidding farewell to the prince, he found Rhetia.

"Now, you should tell me the news about Ciri."

Looking at the sorceress Ofel, Geralt said, this is what he came for from the beginning.

"Oh, Witcher, of course, of course I will tell you, but we can't be here."

Laetia approached the witcher, put her palms on his shoulders, and then swayed behind him.

"Besides, His Highness the Prince has given you a reward, but I haven't given it yet. This is my little... personal gift."

The breath of air touched the witcher's face. He was no stranger to this, but the thought of an exotic sorceress behind him made him a little tempted.

The wolf head badge on the witcher's chest kept vibrating, and Geralt glanced at it wordlessly.

"Okay, where are we going?"

.

After being frustrated for so long, this was Geralt's happiest night.

Ah, the waist of the Ofel woman is really too...

Even for a demon hunter who lacks emotions, he feels extremely comfortable physically and mentally after experiencing such a hearty night.

And more importantly, he also got news about Ciri.

"Ghost Face Gang, Hawthorne II..."

Muttering the name he had been given, Geralt thought about how to approach this person.

According to the sorceress Ofel, after arriving in Novigrad, Ciri had a conflict with Hawthorne II, seemingly to gain something.

But she didn't know exactly what was going on. As a member of the Ofel Expeditionary Force, she had to be busy with the war.

Geralt walked back to the tavern that Dandelion had inherited, intending to talk to Zoltan there about what had happened to him and see what the dwarf had to say.

But then, he saw a surprising figure at the door of the tavern.

"Dandelion? What's wrong with you?"

"Ah, Geralt, it's so good to see you. We haven't seen each other for a while."

Compared to Geralt's surprise, Dandelion looked like he was welcoming fans.

"You, where have you been?"

"Ha, I was arrested by that bastard Manji, but well, our Manji was also arrested yesterday, saying that he participated in the assassination of Radovid. I guess he will die next, and then we These people who were arrested by Manji were all released. Damn it, I still get angry when I think of what happened during that time. I must write a few poems to ridicule that bastard Manji, who ruined our beautiful city. It’s a mess.”

Dandelion was still chattering and boasting as always. Normally, Geralt would only find it annoying, but now, he only felt happy.

Dandelion really walked away from death, and it was really great to be alive.

"Oh, by the way, Ciri came to see me."

Dandelion suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I know you are looking for her, but she has probably left here now. I saw with my own eyes that she used her ability to leave during the siege."

Next, Dandelion explained the ins and outs of the matter to Geralt, and the White Wolf was able to learn about Ciri's series of actions after arriving in Novigrad.

"What is that thing that Xili found?"

Geralt extracted key information from it, which was the thing that Ciri wanted Hawthorne to repair.

"Then you can only ask Hawthorne. I don't know what's going on, but it's still difficult to find Hawthorne now. God knows where that guy is hiding. But you can go and look for him first. Our old friend Siggy Louwin, they should have an idea.”

"Ah, that fat man."

Of course Geralt knew this man, he was an "old friend" after all.

"Well, let me go see him."

.

"It's wonderful. It's so wonderful. It's worthy of Novigrad. I'm a little regretful that I didn't participate."

The news of Novigrad quickly reached the Lord Protector of Aedirn who was on the front line through Charon.

Then, Herme sighed like this. Compared with the military confrontation here, things in Novigrad are indeed wonderful.

What's even better is that this time Radovid suffered a small loss and lost so much face that his control over Novigrad had to be temporarily slowed down.

But just have fun and watch. For Hemei, what matters now is the current things.

The Protectorate is now under the fortress of Maribor.

Maribor, this important fortress delayed the Nilfgaardian army for a long time during the Second Northern War. After the end of the Second Northern War, it was naturally further strengthened.

Its location is so critical. It can be said that it is on the north-south main artery of Temerliad. Controlling this place is equivalent to cutting off an important logistics line for the Nilfgaardian army.

Now the northern army is bombarding the city day and night, but unfortunately the effect is not great.

The meaning of Maribo's existence is the key to Vizima. Once you conquer this place, you can go to Vizima.

Therefore, in order to defend the capital, Temeria devoted a lot of resources to the city, and even the city walls spent a lot of money to renovate.The current Maribo City Wall shows no fear in the face of artillery bombardment. It would take an exaggerated amount of time to blow it down.

However, with the Dwarves joining Aedirn, Herme now decided to use some traditional means to conquer the fortified city.

"Barclay, are you sure you've got things sorted?"

The Lord Protector looked at the solid walls of Maribor and asked the dwarves beside him.

"All I need is an order from you, my Lord Protector."

Barclay bowed to Herme very respectfully. Behind him was the passage dug by the dwarves on the ground, and dwarves were constantly busy inside.

The so-called traditional siege method is to dig tunnels outside the range of the defenders until they are hollowed out under the city wall, and then use wood to temporarily prop up the city wall.

Then when it was time to attack the city, just light the wood in the tunnel and the city wall would collapse.

Originally, the Protector did not like this method of siege, because it took a lot of time.

But now that there are dwarves, things are much easier.

For the dwarves, this kind of digging is not too simple. What they do in the mountains of Mahakam is mining. Compared with digging in the mine, now they just dig a tunnel, which is too simple. .

As a result, under the strong arms of the dwarves, a section of Maribor's city wall was quickly hollowed out.

All it takes is one command and the walls come crashing down.

And now, the Protector has given this order.

"let's start."

The dwarves blew their trumpets, and the melodious horns of Mahakam sounded in this land, and horns continued to echo.

The Nilfgaardian defenders on the city wall panicked after hearing the trumpet and rushed to the city wall. They thought the northerners were about to attack.

And they did see the northern army being prepared, but strangely, the northerners did not launch various siege equipment.

After about ten minutes, a large number of dwarves walked out of the tunnel entrance. As they walked out, in front of everyone, the solid city wall began to collapse.

Things happened very quickly. In that instant, the entire city wall and the Nilfgaardian soldiers on it crashed into the ground, and part of the city wall collapsed directly.

Such an exaggerated collapse naturally raised an exaggerated dust, and in this dust, the northern army moved.

The royal knights were the first wave to attack. These knights ran towards the gap in the city wall as fast as they could, hoping to win glory.

The Royal Knights' powerful assault force is suitable for battlefields where time is needed.

Following them was the heavy infantry phalanx of the dwarves, and the dwarves holding heavy spears quickly followed the cavalry.

This was their first time participating in a siege battle. The dwarves all wanted to achieve a feat to show off to humans and let humans see how powerful they were.

The Nilfgaardians also responded quickly. Although the Nilfgaardian army suffered a serious decline after experiencing two northern wars, there was still no shortage of officers who had experienced hundreds of battles.

They quickly set up a shield wall at the gap, but it was a pity that before their shield wall could be set up, the Aedirn cavalry rushed in.

The northerners ran directly over the Nilfgaardians, and the hastily formed shield wall failed to stop the galloping northern knights.

However, the Nilfgaardians guarding the important fortress of Maribor were not weaklings. Although they were constantly penetrated by the Aedirian Knights, they still held on to the battle line.

Many Aedirian knights who had hit the shield wall suddenly discovered that the Nilfgaardians not only did not collapse because the shield wall was broken, but also directly surrounded them and began to surround and kill them.

Although the knights were very experienced in entering the battle and drew their swords as soon as their lances broke, they were quickly dragged off their horses when faced with the swarming Nilfgaardians.

Only those knights who kept moving were in better condition, but once these knights slowed down, they would be dragged off their horses and killed during the siege.

"It's still not that simple."

Looking at this scene, Herme said, the Nilfgaardians are still very strong and should not be underestimated.

As for those casualties, Hemei didn't care at all, after all, this was not a war.

In short, after a fight, the knights found that they had hit a nail. Seeing this, the knights also decisively chose to retreat from the front line.

The systematic construction of the Adenian army over the years has been very successful, and each unit basically knows what to do when.

Now that a quick breakthrough seems impossible, we should retreat instead of incurring casualties here and leave the task of attacking the enemy to the infantry.

In this way, the cavalry came roaring and retreated. The Nilfgaardians did not cheer because the cavalry retreated, because they could see that a large number of dwarf heavy infantry were coming.

The battle between heavy infantry is extremely orderly, of course, it can also be said to be extremely boring.

The two sides formed a neat formation, and then used their weapons to stab the shields and armor of the opposite side. In extreme cases, they might not even be able to kill anyone for more than ten minutes, but they would be exhausted.

However, as soon as the dwarves came up, they put on a crazy attack posture. Teams of dwarf spearmen pushed forward resolutely, paying no attention to defense and relying on their helmets and armors to carry everything.

Spears and swords went back and forth like this, some people kept falling, and more people kept taking the place of the fallen.

Even in some extreme cases, it became impossible for soldiers who fell on the front line to even fall, and they were just stuck in the middle.

The Nilfgaardian shooters on the nearby wall also began to shoot at the dwarves continuously. Dwarves kept falling, but they still pushed forward firmly.

In some places, more and more corpses were piled up, and even formed roadblocks. The two sides had to poke each other with spears through the piles of corpses, until the commanders of both sides yelled for a cessation of war, and then went to drag the corpses away. The form is just a little better.

Under the determined advancement of the dwarves, the Nilfgaardians were pushed back step by step, and the shield wall was gradually divided during this battle.

At this point, the trumpet sound sounded again in the Aedian army, and the royal knights set out again. This time, they were followed by many Haklan riders.

Following the gap that was opened, the cavalry charged in, making it impossible for the Nilfgaardians to rebuild their battle line.

As more and more cavalry came in, it was natural that the Nilfgaardians could no longer maintain their formation.

Finally, the Nilfgaardians collapsed and fled the battlefield without looking back.

The northern army immediately attacked them. After these years of war, everyone has basically become veterans and knows that the war is not over yet.

As everyone expected, the battle continued for an entire afternoon.

The Nilfgaardians were very tenacious. They used the streets and various fortresses and fortresses to resist the advancement of the northerners, making every step forward extremely difficult.

However, the northerners had the advantage after all, and they won in the end.

"Maribo is won, then Brugge should be next."

"Emhyr won't watch us do this, and I heard that he has added many troops in this direction."

"Then let's fight. Anyway, we are constantly winning now, and victory must belong to us."

Behind the Protector, the generals of Aedirn were discussing the next battle, and most of them were optimistic about the future.

The Lord Protector was watching the flag of Aedirn being planted on the city of Maribor.

For him, what matters now is seeing victory take the city.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he is not that optimistic. It can be said that every battle makes him frightened.

Although he is winning continuously now, the more this happens, the more cautious he is. After all, if he loses one battle, he may lose everything.

"Send the news to the rear quickly. I want everyone in the north to know the news as soon as possible."

Herme said that Maribo was a famous fortress in the Northern War. If this fortress was recaptured, morale would definitely be boosted.

"Then, prepare to go south to Bruge and establish contact with the Livians who are besieging Amelia. Also, the Yaruga River Fleet can also move."

"Yes, Lord Protector."

The crowd answered neatly.

(End of this chapter)