Throne of the North.

Chapter 135: Flame is the best weapon
The war has reached this point, and both Tieshan County and Yinchuan County have found it difficult to withdraw smoothly.

They are just like those stock investors Ryan had seen who kept increasing their holdings. They have been firmly trapped by the war. The failure of the war will cause them unimaginable losses. Only victory in the war can allow them to make up for their losses.

Since both parties are like this, it is naturally difficult for them to withdraw at will.

Except for outsiders who have nothing to do with this war.

At least before the armies of the two counties appear in Lingdu County, it will not have much to do with Lingdu County.

In the end, Tieshan County had to agree to Ryan's conditions.

"So how can you win the war?"

……

Two more days passed, and the nobles on both sides were getting impatient. Viscount Hogg and Hector's armies were running out of food, especially food. If they failed to capture the castle, their losses would be huge.

This was especially true in Tieshan County, where every day's siege made them terrified.

"We must charge in tomorrow. I will send two hundred knights with us!"

Viscount Hogg gritted his teeth, but at the last moment he couldn't help but increase his strength, ordered his cavalry to dismount and fight, and threw them into the meat grinder.

"We will definitely win tomorrow."

Hector next to him also had a gloomy look in his eyes. His losses in just two or three days exceeded all previous wars.

As a new day arrived, the soldiers on both sides had lost their initial enthusiasm, and their eyes were filled with fear of death and war.

Only a small number of fanatical warriors who pursued the glory of knights were still passionate. The surging army once again rushed to the front of the Viscount's Castle. Without the city gate, the passage had already been stained with blood.

As the two sides had another bloody clash, Ryan had already stood on the top of the castle with a group of strong knights, each of whom was holding one or two black barrels.

"Ryan, this is all the oil in my castle."

"Besides, can you really guarantee that my farmland won't be burned?"

Viscount Walter looked at Ryan with a pale face. Even at this moment, he was constantly persuading himself, otherwise he was really afraid that he would stop Ryan in an instant.

"No, in fact, you might even thank me."

Ryan spoke calmly, then picked up the small oil barrel in his hand and threw it forward with all his strength.

"Throw them all to me!"

Ryan picked up another oil barrel and handed it to the Viscount of the Golden Knight next to him.

"My Lord Viscount, would you like to come as well?"

boom!
Viscount Hogg looked at the broken barrel that fell from the sky in front of him. The smell of the black liquid in it made him frown. The next moment, he saw Ryan on the castle in the distance with his peripheral vision. He drew his bow and arrow, and the arrow flew across the sky and fell to the ground with burning flames.

Outside of Viscount Walter's castle is a vast plain? No, it is a field that has just been harvested. Due to the haste, too much straw and some grain that was not harvested in time have collapsed in it.

boom! ! !
At this moment, the flames ignited the earth and illuminated the sky. At the same time, the hundreds of horses behind Viscount Hogg could be heard shouting in fear and uncontrollable voices.

The war horses kept retreating. No matter how well trained they were, they were still wild beasts and feared fire instinctively. Looking at the fire burning in front of them and the fire spreading because of the straw in the farmland, the war horses' eyes were filled with fear.

"Their cavalry is useless."

At the castle gate, the soldiers who were originally defending suddenly withdrew from a large open space. Ryan, who was wearing mithril armor, and the golden knight Viscount Walter held their knight swords in front of their left chests with both hands. Behind them, hundreds of powerful soldiers followed and launched a charge towards the city gate.

"Victory belongs to us!"

"Glory to the bloodline!"

Ryan and Viscount Walter shouted, and the knight's sword cut off the barbarian's giant axe. At the same time, flames and oil barrels fell from outside the castle, burning on the siege vehicle that was originally resisting the stone. The flames dripped with oil and water, causing the soldiers to retreat in fear. As they retreated, the soldiers led by the two nobles had completely occupied the position of the city gate.

Ryan still overestimated the flammability of cooking oil at this time. The outside world was not a sea of ​​fire as he imagined, but the flames and thick smoke burning in hundreds of places were enough to block Viscount Hogg's cavalry and disrupt the morale of the enemy army.

"kill!!!"

The huge army launched an attack on the enemy. After urging them several times, Viscount Hogg in the distance finally panicked when he saw that the horses under his knights were in a complete mess.

"Retreat, retreat quickly, where is the warlock? Put out the fire for me!"

"Damn Filiano!!!"

At this moment, Viscount Hogg finally thought of his priest who mastered the magic of the earth. If the other party was there, no matter how hot the flames burned, they could not stop his cavalry.

The huge battlefield became completely chaotic under the reflection of the raging fire. Those warlocks were still casting spells, but they were warlocks, not real wizards, and their means of putting out fires were even more scarce.

By the time most of the flames on the battlefield were extinguished, Viscount Hogg's army had been completely defeated. It was not known whether the cavalry would be victorious if they charged at this time, but this seed of his future extraordinary legion would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Just as Viscount Hogg said, there is no absolute life-and-death struggle in this war. Whoever's army cannot withstand the pressure of a large number of deaths first will fail. These armies composed of ordinary slaves have already reached their limits in the battles of several consecutive days. Today's fire has burned out all the courage in their bodies.

"Lord Hogg, surrender!"

Ryan shouted loudly.

"Your army does not belong to you alone. The nobles of Yinchuan County cannot afford such a loss. Similarly, you cannot afford it either."

Ryan's words finally brought Viscount Hogg back to reality.

Indeed, this was a war between two counties, and their mutual armies were all drawn from the serfs, which were originally the vast majority of the remaining young and strong men in the territory. The barons and viscounts contributed a little each, and gathered the serfs in everyone's territory to form an army.

They do not completely belong to an aristocracy, just like the complaints in Tieshan County today, the nobles in Yinchuan County are also unable to bear the huge losses.

Viscount Hogg looked at Ryan.

"Maybe we should talk."

(End of this chapter)