Otherworld Qin

Chapter 181 Chapter 198

After a few gray bottles passed, few soldiers could stand on the city wall. They were all lying on the ground and coughing violently. Some were even blinded and wailed in pain. Norman cursed fiercely, " These vile Calais bastards."

"Don't panic! Send people to pull these soldiers down quickly, reorganize the defense, and tell them to cover their faces with cloth." As soon as the arrangement was completed, someone on the side raised an objection, "General, where are you going to find so many cloths to cover your face?" Huh?" "If you don't have any cloth, you tear down the tent and tear your clothes, and you all watch me do it, why don't you go!"

Norman's mood was extremely bad. This was the first time since he took office that he felt the danger of the pass falling. If it really fell, then he would be a sinner of the principality and a sinner of the empire.

Wiping his face frozen by the cold wind vigorously, Norman tried to calm himself down. He is the main general here. If he panics first, how long can this battle last?
"The Principality will send someone here soon." He tried to comfort himself in his heart, and he calmed down a little. He was no longer as flustered as before. At this time, the Calais' gray bottles were still being thrown up, and the air There was a choking smell everywhere, so he hurriedly called someone to organize a group of mages to try to get rid of the nasty lime as soon as possible.

Walking to the crenel, Norman leaned against the wall and took a peek. A group of orc slaves in the city were busy like ants. They actually laid wooden stakes on the ground. What are they going to do?
Just as he was thinking of a gray bottle exploding beside him, the delicate white ash filled the air, causing him to run aside to dodge. "No matter what the other party is doing, it must be for the purpose of attacking the city." Norman thought to himself, and then shouted loudly Said, "The archers are ready, two rounds of salvo."

Immediately, the feather arrows poured down, but I saw those slaves suddenly raised huge shields to block the attack of the feather arrows. After two rounds, only a dozen orcs were hit by the arrows. It seems that the impact of these gray bottles is too great .

"Why hasn't the mage arrived yet?" Norman was very anxious. At this moment, a falling rain spell fell, which immediately relieved a lot of the white ash floating in the air, and the air became fresh again. Norman couldn't help but sucked hard. tone.

Then he saw a hurricane blow the thrown ash bottle under the city wall, and Norman's mood completely improved. But at this time, looking at the city, he saw that a huge bracket had been erected tens of meters away, and the slaves Climbing to hang up huge steel shields.

"Throw the kerosene bottle, the fire mage is ready, burn that shelf for me." As soon as the voice fell, hundreds of kerosene bottles flew out, some hit the shelf, but more fell to the ground, Two fire mages stepped forward and quickly cast a series of fireballs, and the city was immediately covered in flames.

"Yes, burn him to death." Just before Norman finished speaking, there was a sudden loud bang, and a thick feathered arrow pierced through the body of a mage, leading him to fall into the city wall, while the other man hurriedly lay on the ground. on the ground.

After the fire burned for a while, the powerful ice magic of the Calais mage group was extinguished, and the orc slaves started working again. Soon the shelf took a rough shape, like a city wall, with more than a dozen passages left on it.

With the cover of this shield wall, more orc slaves rushed up, constantly strengthening the shield wall, and then some orc warriors began to run out with shields in their hands.

He rushed straight to a place more than 20 meters below the city and suddenly threw a bag of sand, and then ran back quickly. As soon as the man turned around, he saw orc warriors holding shields pouring out of half of the passage, and kept throwing sand. Norman Immediately understood the opponent's intention, this is to use earthworks to attack the city. When the sand piled up into a slope to reduce the height of the city wall, I am afraid that Calais' ladder will appear.

Norman couldn't help stomping his feet anxiously, "These cunning Calais, let me shoot arrows, steel mills, mage groups, and large magic to smash the shield wall!" The orders were conveyed quickly, and the feather arrows immediately covered the sky and covered the sky. The tilt down.

The steel mill was released with a loud rumbling noise, but when it rolled to a place of more than 20 meters, it was caught by the connected steel cable. Norman covered his eyes and let out a long sigh when he saw it. It seemed that the Calais had already calculated all this.

However, the sand that had just been piled up was loosened by the smashing, and was dragged down by the steel mill. This made Norman feel a little better, "Keep hitting me hard."

At this time, the magic of the mage group has also been condensed. Flashes of light flash across the sky and hit the shield wall fiercely. Immediately, all kinds of magic burst on it, blooming colorful colors, but after the flashes, the shield The wall was not damaged at all, and it seemed that there must be a Calais mage behind the shield wall presiding over the magic circle, offsetting the magic attacks.

The sand is rapidly increasing, as if the bags of sand are filling Norman's heart quickly, what should I do?At this time, several lieutenants ran to the front, "General, let's attack the city. If we don't rush these Calais back, I'm afraid we really can't keep this pass."

Norman couldn't help thinking, "Keep an attack on the city?" It seemed like a good idea, he couldn't help but looked out, but soon he shook his head, "No, once the city is opened, if the Calais don't rush back, instead Wouldn’t it be faster to let them attack in?”

"General, let's open the city. We have [-] elite cavalry, and we are still diving from a high position. The people of Calais can't stop it." Norman's heart was moved by these words, and he couldn't help but glanced down the city. Where should the solid shield wall be? If the cavalry were to charge in Kaesong, wouldn't it be a living target for others?No, no, no, even if you die, you can't open the city.

"If you don't open the city, there will be no chance. General, you should make a decision early." Norman glanced at the several officers who suggested, and couldn't help feeling angry in his heart, "Okay, everyone returns to their positions and commands the army. There is a lot of noise here, this general has his own ideas."

"General, let's open the city. I am willing to lead [-] cavalry to resist the enemy. If I can't break the enemy's shield wall, I am willing to be punished by military law." Don't care, can't our [-] army still not be able to defend this grand pass? This city wall will become the burial place for those Calais people below the city. Not to mention that they haven't come up yet, even if they do come up, I won't let them Take it a step further."

Seeing that they couldn't persuade them, the lieutenants shook their heads and sighed and left one after another. At this time, various attacks were still being launched, but all had little effect. Seeing that the sand was slowly accumulating in the corner of the wall, Calais only killed or injured less than a hundred people. On the contrary, it was the opponent's strong crossbow that caused Norman's men to lose two more mages.

For the Principality, a mid-level mage is a fortune. Often, in order to protect the life of a mid-level mage, one can exchange the lives of a company or even a battalion, but in a blink of an eye, three mages lost their lives, and the result was ineffective. But he only injured dozens of enemies, and Norman felt that he was really guilty, so he hurriedly asked the mage group to withdraw.

Norman looked at the Calais below the city like an ant colony, constantly busy. He didn't know what it was like. He called a lieutenant, "How many magic crystals do we have? If we support the magic shield, how long can it last? "

Hearing this question, the deputy general couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Probably enough magic crystals to support the magic shield three times, but we don't have that many mages in the army, so I'm afraid it won't last long."

Norman's heart seemed to be cut off. How important are the three mages who just lost, why would he be so stupid as to let the mage group attack the shield wall?
The beacon fire had already been ignited high, and it seemed like a huge torch in the dark night, illuminating half of the sky. The roaring flame was telling the troops in the distance that this place was being violently attacked. The bright red flame was at this moment It looked more like blood gushing from a warrior.

Junzheng sat in the tent, looking very calm on the surface, but his heart was churning like waves. Underneath were generals at all levels of the military department, not whispering to each other. Finally, Junzheng hummed, and the whole big tent suddenly fell silent, "Everyone What do you think about this emergency?"

Jun Zheng glanced over, but saw that all the generals lowered their heads one after another, and no one spoke, "Why don't you speak?"

Still no one spoke, and the military and government could not help but glance over again, only to see that the heads of these generals were buried deeper, and Daru thought to himself, "Who doesn't know that your Lille County is in charge of the military department this time? What else do we need to say? There is no credit for being right, but responsibility for saying something wrong, whoever speaks is a fool.”

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Junzheng ask coldly, "General Dalu, you seem to have something to say." This sudden question surprised Dalu, and suddenly he felt sticky all over his body, as if he had something to say. Many ants crawled on the body, "Oh, I have nothing to say, the battle ahead is changing rapidly, this,,,,, the emergency of the war is naturally a big deal, this,,,,, General Norman has always been cautious,,,,,, I It means this,,,,, "

"Okay," Junzheng interrupted him coldly, "I already understand what you mean, you want to send troops for reinforcements right away?" Dalu peeked at Junzheng and said hastily, "I, actually, I That is to say, there is indeed a beacon fire ahead.”

"Well," Junzheng actually chuckled, "General Daru is worthy of being an official of our Principality, a confidant of the Grand Duke, the first thing that comes to mind at this critical moment is the safety of the Vanguard Battalion, we can congratulate you."

Hearing this, Dalu couldn't help but feel moved, is he praising himself?Still have ulterior motives?At this time, Junzheng said to everyone again, "Do you have any comments?"

Seeing that no one spoke after a while, Junzheng couldn't help laughing and said, "Everyone, don't have any worries. This army will always be the army of the Principality, and this military department is also your military department. A force, there is no high or low here, there is no you or me, only our common enemy, the Calais, everyone can speak freely and speak out what is in their hearts, this is also serving the principality."

As soon as the voice fell, someone stood up immediately, "Master Junzheng, the general has something to say." Seeing someone standing up, Junzheng couldn't help laughing, "Okay, we are not outsiders, so don't talk about those common etiquette, sit down and take your time." explain."

As soon as the man stood up, Dalu had already seen that this man was Liszt from Mordo County. This Mordo County is adjacent to Lille. I am afraid that the two families have already been in collusion. Let's listen to what he has to say. .

At this moment, Liszt had already sat down, and said in a serious voice, "Our vanguard battalion has an army of 15, and there are strong barriers to defend against danger. On its two wings, there are two strong fortresses forming horns, and the total force reaches [-]." , and General Norman, who is guarding this place, is loyal and dedicated to his duties. He is really a rare general, so I believe that General Norman's beacon at this time must be an emergency ahead, and we should prepare early."

Junzheng couldn't help but nodded in agreement, "Well, General Lister's words are very suitable for me." Liszt hurriedly continued, "However, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"Just say something. This is the military department. You are all capable ministers of the principality. What you say is for the benefit of the principality. What should you say?"

"Then let me just say it directly. If there is any inappropriateness, please refer to it. I have just said that I have an army of 15 in front of me, and I am guarding the Xiongguan pass. I believe that even if the Calais are invading, I am afraid that they will be attacked at any moment. It will not succeed either. As the saying goes, before the army moves, the food and grass go first, and our food and grass are in a hurry now, and the food and grass prepared by the counties will arrive in two days. I think we can call the army in advance, wait for the food and grass to go directly with the army, and so on It was just a pain for General Norman, I am afraid he will suffer heavy losses, but with the talent of General Norman, the Calais army will definitely pay a heavy price, and the Calais will be demoralized. Our army rushed to the right place. When the momentum is like a rainbow, and there are sufficient supplies as a backing, we can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and maybe we can take the opportunity to wipe out the Calais and end this war early."

"Well, well said, General Liszt is worthy of being a hero among the younger generation, your words are exactly what I am worried about, we are indeed high-level military rations now, we can't let the army go out hungry, but since General Norman Since Fenghuo is the highest level, I am afraid we can't wait for food and grass, and let Nantes County send another [-] troops to help in advance, I think it is safer to do so."

What the military and government said, even a fool can already understand what he means, which is to push all the troops who disagree with him into the fire pit. Nantes is most famous for its cavalry, but what defense needs most is a strong heavy army. A infantry, let Nantes rush to the rescue is obviously to throw money into the fire, and want to get rid of them quickly.

At this time, there was another murmur of discussion in the big tent. Daru looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and couldn't help but feel sad. The matter of the Fallen Leaf Mercenary Corps was already at odds with the military and government relations. If he doesn't express his attitude first, Maybe one day I will be pushed into the battlefield, "The military and political lords are wise, this plan can be said to be a perfect strategy, [-] cavalry rush to help, the speed is of course needless to say, the spirit of Nantes elite soldiers alone is unmatched With [-] cavalry, I believe that Norman will be able to hold the pass, and when my army arrives in the later period, I will be able to defeat the enemy with one effort."

Junzheng couldn't help looking at Dalu after hearing this, and nodded slightly, "Well, since that's the case, let's make a decision, everyone, hurry up and make some preparations, the army will be reinforced with food and grass in two days, and I need to trouble you all."

"My lord, is this too hasty? General Norman is known for his prudence, and he will definitely not send out the highest level of emergency unless it is absolutely necessary. Although the Nantes cavalry is brave, but after all, this is a pass attack, and the cavalry may defend half of the city." It can’t even exert its power, just in case,,,,” Before he finished speaking, Dalu hurriedly pulled his sleeve from behind, which meant to let him stop talking.

Junzheng looked at the speaker, and couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly, "Oh? What's your opinion on General Albert? Why don't you tell me about it." The generals who were about to leave the big tent came back one after another, "Naturally, I don't dare to have a good opinion, but my subordinates I believe that the most important thing to defend the city is the bows and arrows, as well as the supply of materials such as fire oil and magic crystals, and then there are shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers. The elite soldiers from the county will be transferred up, so that we can solve the urgent situation at the border."

Hearing this, Junzheng couldn't help but feel his heart move, narrowing his eyes even tighter, staring at that Albert, suddenly a smile appeared on Junzheng's face, "What General Albert said is so true, I almost ignored such an important matter Yes, thank you general for reminding me, let me see this, adjust 55 crossbows, [-] arrowheads, magic crystals,,, adjust [-]th-level magic crystals, Nantes cavalry remains unchanged, and I mobilize [-] spearmen from Lille County , [-] swords and shield soldiers, and [-] heavy armored infantry from Beilong County of General Albert, this kind of equipment should be enough."

Beilong was originally a small town, and this expedition only took out [-] heavy armored infantry, and now all of them were sent up. I am afraid that anyone can see the clues, but in this military department, the military and political affairs have the final say. The decision-making power can be said to be monopolized, and no one dares to say anything even if the opinions of all parties are not sought.

Hearing this, Albert couldn't help bowing his hands and saluting, "Thank you, General." Junzheng couldn't help but leave his seat with a smile, walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder meaningfully, "General Albert, you and I are both thinking about the Principality, although I Al County is said to have enough soldiers and food, but we also have our difficulties. You also know that the two neighboring principalities have always been eyeing my Principality of Julio. Although I have an army of 40, I dare not move a little bit. Where to prepare for unexpected events, such an arrangement today is really a last resort."

All the generals and many people hurriedly echoed the voice, and the military and government couldn't help but waved their hands, "Okay, everyone go to work, I will personally rush to the Grand Duke's Mansion to ask for credit for everyone after I win this battle."

(End of this chapter)