industrial lord

Chapter 145
The city of Heim is located in the southwest of Wessenland, leading southwards to Lysland, surrounded by several hills, many small rivers and streams, and many small swamps.

This city, which has just been upgraded from a town, is not large in scale, with a permanent population of about 3000 and a city wall only 6 meters high.

On the morning of April 4th, Earl Rhys commanded an army composed of 20 mountain mercenaries, 45 peasant soldiers, [-] knights, and [-] gilded knights into Wessenland and went straight to the city of Heim.

According to the usual tactics, the mountain mercenaries first dispatched a hundred cavalry infantry on ordinary horses in groups of ten in the early morning, and entered Wessen to attack the village and drive the villagers into the city.

Compared with the day before yesterday, there are a few big trees randomly placed on the main road to block the road today, and the stumps are still on the side of the road. In the grass not far away, there are many slimes who are full of sawdust digesting their food there.

The group stopped on the road, and some dismounted and moved the tree away.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a large group of wasps flew out of the tree crown, the size of a thumb, and the surface of the body was like black crystal, showing a dangerous light in the sun.

"[Helvetia swears]! It's a Hessian bee!"

"Run, it's a monkey from the Black Forest!"

"what!!!"

These mountain mercenaries saw the old enemy's masterpiece at once, turned their horses and ran away, and those who came down to move the tree saw that they could not escape, so they used methods such as lying on the ground and burying their faces in the soil to avoid showing their skin .

The horses had no way to wrap their whole bodies. The angry Hessian bee stung them fiercely. The stung place was bruised and swollen in the blink of an eye, and the severe pain drove the horses crazy.

Some ran behind, the horse was stung and knocked people to the ground, and then attracted Hessian bees to smear their faces.

The faces or necks of those people swelled up quickly after being stung, squeezed the trachea, and were finally suffocated to death.

The mountain mercenaries ran for more than two kilometers before they dared to stop. They found various things to cover their heads and faces, lit torches, and turned back to find their place.

When they went back, they found that those people lying on the ground were all dead.

This caused them to lose fifteen people in one fell swoop, more than the loss of Wesson's leading army so far.

Several torches were thrown into the crown of the tree, and the fire quickly burned the hive hidden inside.

At this moment, several fist-sized objects fell into the crowd, and the blast wave and unqualified bearing steel balls swept all directions.

The fire brigade in Heim City is also equipped with cherry cannons, but today the cold melon bombs used to extinguish the fire were replaced with anti-personnel grenades.

Bullets came one after another, and at a distance of less than 30 meters, the leather armor and mail armor on the mercenary failed to provide much defense.

After a few rounds of shooting, there was no one standing on the road.

Suddenly, a group of grass-covered people appeared from the bushes in the forest on both sides. They ran away one by one, and disappeared without a trace after a while.

Otto, the commander of the "Whetstone" unit, is in charge of the defense of Heim City. He is very familiar with the combat methods of mountain mercenaries, and has also studied the weapons and operations of the new Wessen army. After training with new weapons, this time the troops and the eager firefighters were sent out to harass the enemy.

The members of this army are all veterans, and each of them is full of conspiracy and tricks.

More than half of the forwards led by Reese suffered casualties at once, and those who were able to survive were all dismounted and lay on the ground decisively when they saw the situation was not good.

Now that these people were furious, they were able to move around the uninjured horses, and rode up the mountain to bypass the burning roadblocks, planning to slaughter a village ahead to calm down.

They walked across the stone bridge, but they didn't find that a few people came from among the reeds on the roadside behind them. They installed a few things that said "this is facing the enemy", broke a few reeds and laid them on the side of the road, and connected them to the other end. fuse.

At this time, the mountain mercenaries came to the first village. The fence outside the village was burned to black charcoal, and a big tree could be seen on the way into the village.

Now they dare not enter the village, for fear that another swarm of Hessian bees will appear.

Near noon, Earl Reese's large army came to the place where the first battle took place, and learned about the battle from the wounded left behind.

"Just play smart." Earl Rees shook his head and let the army move on.

Behind him, the gilded knights were chattering and discussing where Bell Burke, who had been missing for two days, was working with the four suitors in the dark, without any tension.

The army soon came to the stone bridge, and the mountain mercenaries crossed the river in several rows like a normal march.

The reed pole lying on the ground was trampled on countless times, and someone kicked it as he walked by, trying to kick it away.

The next moment, huge explosions sounded one after another, balls of fire erupted from both sides of the stone bridge, and countless steel balls rushed towards the bridge deck like a tsunami.

At that moment, the bridge seemed to be shrouded in red mist, and after a few breaths, there was no longer a living person.

The mercenaries no longer dared to take half a step on the bridge, and they all asked for a diversion.

Earl Rhys's face was terribly dark, and he finally made a decision.

He first ordered the reeds on the opposite side to be lit, and after crossing the river, he divided the team into five groups, led by farmers and soldiers who were familiar with the terrain, while the main force chose to take a long detour, and none of the troops followed the original plan.

This was beyond the expectations of the harassing troops, and the traps laid along the way were useless.

Then they made a mistake and divided their forces themselves.

In this way, the damage caused by long-distance killing is greatly reduced, and the enemy can ignore them and continue on their way.

On the evening of April 4th, when the "Newscast" on the radio broadcast that Baron Wesson led the army to capture Rothenburg, the army led by Rees arrived one kilometer south of Heim and began to set up camp in the farmland.

The morale in the barracks was a little low. The mountain mercenaries counted the number of people. None of the 100 people sent out at the beginning did not come back. Nearly a hundred people disappeared on the stone bridge. There were dozens of casualties along the way, and almost [-]% of them were like this Gone.

At dinner in the evening, Earl Rhys asked the gilded knights: "Which of you can build a slope of earth with magic to reach the top of the wall?"

Immediately a few people answered that they could.

"Very good!" Earl Reese said, "Tomorrow we are here to attract the attention of the enemy. There are not many of them, and they will all gather in the south. You should quietly go around to the back, build a slope and charge directly up."

"When you reach the city wall, the enemies in the south will be in chaos. Then we can attack them from both sides!"

"When you take Heim City, you will be the greatest credit!"

Those young people immediately became excited, but there were also calm people among them. He said, "Earl Reese, you won't use us as bait, will you be finished if you don't attack us in time?"

Earl Rees immediately replied: "How dare I use you as bait, if you do that, can your family let me go?"

In the past, these people were used to relying on their family's dominance. When they heard that someone was afraid of their background, they took it for granted, so they all agreed to attack Beicheng tomorrow as a surprise soldier.

On the other side of Heim City, Otto stood on the city wall, watching those daring merchants who followed the army set up tents outside the enemy's camp to do business with a blank expression.

According to tradition, the place where the military merchants are located belongs to the neutral zone. They provide logistics services such as drinks and catering to the army, and at the same time purchase spoils of war. No one will attack them.

Otto called a few clever guys to sell some canned food and instant noodles there.

(End of this chapter)