The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 273 They Surrendered Like This
Looking at the majestic and towering city walls in Fort Rendy, Zhang Qiang felt like crying.

Visually, the castle wall is about 15 meters high, and there are many arrow towers. The watchtowers are like lighthouse giraffes, stretching their necks and peeping around.

The catapult was on the catapult platform, like crouching tigers, looking at Zhang Qiang and the others outside the castle with disdain.

The city walls are arranged in a small rectangle, facing them is a rugged hilly highland, the city gate is at the end of a winding path, if you want to attack the city gate, you have to push a cart, stare at the enemy's bow and arrow, and rush to the city Under the gate, whether the enemy troops above the gate will allow you to easily attack the gate is still a matter of two yards.

There are no gates on the walls on both sides, but the terrain is a headache, because the walls on both sides are higher, about 30 meters high, and because the terrain on both sides is low, it is not suitable for a large army to climb up and attack the city with ants. Two ladders had to be built, one to climb the steep slope under the enemy's city wall, and the other to be erected on the 15-meter-high city wall below the city wall to attack the enemy on the city wall.

The surroundings of the castle are bare, all the mounds that affect the line of sight have been bulldozed, and the ground is rough, making it impossible for the attacking side to use a neat formation to attack the castle. Use soldiers to shoot with bows and arrows or crossbows to clear the enemy troops on the city wall.

All the trees within a radius of one mile were uprooted, and the surrounding weeds were no higher than knees, making it impossible for the enemy to approach the castle in concealment and attack suddenly.

Those tens of meters high watchtowers in the middle of the castle are not vegetarians either. It is estimated that on the tallest watchtower of this castle built on this hilly highland, when the weather is clear, you can see twenty miles away, or even dozens of miles away. distant peaks.

Zhang Qiang said to Lesarit: "How to fight?"

Lesarit shook his head, "We can't build such a large and strong military fortress with our strength. If I guess right, there are at least 1000 troops inside. It's fine if he doesn't come out to fight back against us."

Zhang Qiang said helplessly: "Well, anyway, our task is to attract the attention of the enemy's troops in this area, so that they don't go back to support Lunvadia Fort. Let's hang around outside!"

Lesarite said: "That's not okay, we have to pretend to be aggressive and let them send people to other places to ask for help. When we see the enemy's large army coming, we will withdraw."

Rolf said: "So, this siege machine has to be built in a hurry to make it look like we are going to attack Fort Rendy."

Zhang Qiang turned back to Yatiman and Francois and said, "When will you be able to build enough siege equipment?"

Yatiman glanced at Francois and said with disdain: "If you want me, give me a hundred people to help, and I will build enough siege towers, siege ladders, siege ladders, and city gates within four days." Rush car."

Francois didn't have the confidence, he thought for a long time before saying: "I can only build 100 siege ladders and 10 city gate rams in five days. As for siege ladders and siege towers, I don't know how to build them." .”

Thinking about the gap between the two of them, Zhang Qiang is not reluctant. After all, this kind of carpentry is technical work. One is a beginner and the other is an intermediate. There is no comparison between them.

He said to Francois: "You are responsible for the manufacture of the siege ladder and the gate ram."

He said to Yatiman: "You are responsible for the construction of the siege tower and the siege ladder, and the time must be quick."

Rolf reminded: "There are also bed crossbows and catapults. We have to suppress their catapults and bed crossbows and let them make them first."

Storyteller Ramosen said: "In this case, we will have to spend a longer time besieging the city, which is not good for us."

Zhang Qiang asked: "Then what do you say?"

Ramosen said: "Why don't you go and find out their reality and see who the guards in the city are."

Lesarit said: "You mean to persuade them to surrender?"

Ramosson shook his head and said: "It is impossible to persuade us to surrender. Everyone knows that we are at a disadvantage now. The attack of the Kujit is like a hard sledgehammer. The kingdom of Swadia is now dizzy. When we come to our senses, we just went up to talk to them, get to know the guards in the opponent's city, and see if we can see the truth and reality in the city from the opponent's dialogue and attitude."

Zhang Qiang said: "It is estimated that there are about a thousand defenders in the city. Is it necessary to explore the truth?"

Ramosen said: "The important thing is not the number of troops in the city, but their morale and confidence in defending the city, as well as the residents in the city, that is, the merchants accompanying the army and the slaves accompanying the camp. What do the slaves think? If we can shake their confidence, then we can let them disperse the strength of the defenders at the top of the city, and they have to leave some of them to prevent the original residents of the city from passing on news to us and disturbing their army's morale."

Zhang Qiang thought for a while, "We split up."

One day, Zhang Qiang and the others found out that the guard in the city was Nayan Amizha, the lord of Malaga Castle, who had fought against him before.

In two days the enemy lord's army returned from Dherim.

On the third day, Zhang Qiang ran away with his own people.

Dherim did not fall, the Kujit just sent two earls to lead the army, one of them was Sulu Nayan.

Facing the enemy Earl's army, Zhang Qiang could only run away.

However, when he was running, he still took the catapults and bed crossbows that had been made, and dismantled them and put them on the horse, or dragged them behind the horse. Anyway, there were two craftsmen, so he was not afraid that he would not be able to come up with a solution.

This kind of army is not fast, but they got the news of the enemy first and walked for an afternoon. When the enemy arrived at Fort Rendi, they were already approaching Fort Lunvadia.

Fort Lunvadia was in full swing, thinking that his territory was occupied by the enemy, Earl Plais collected mercenaries, farmers, militiamen, and strong men from Zhang Qiang Manor who fled from nearby merchants, and used them as cannon fodder, and A thousand enemy troops were fighting in the city, and the war had been fought for six days. From the arrival to the siege, the construction of siege equipment, and the siege of the ants, Count Plais was determined to take down Fort Lunvadia.

Zhang Qiang didn't dare to see Earl Plais with his men wandering around the periphery, and fought several battles with the enemy's lord knights who wanted to rescue Lunvadia Fort. Zhang Qiang's knights with several heroes are not the same as before. A knight who only runs when he sees an enemy.

More than 100 prisoners were captured.

Three days later, he wandered to the wreckage of his manor, looking at the manor that was full of casualties. The city wall was almost destroyed, and the town hall was knocked down. The enemy would not allow a manor to have the defense and functions of a castle.

In Uludana Village, Zhang Qiang collected the remaining villagers and marched towards Malaga Fort in mighty force.

His plan was to attract the attention of the enemy army. He thought that if he marched into Fort Mallaggio, the enemy would definitely send someone for help. This would be regarded as completing the task of Earl Plais.

However, when Zhang Qiang arrived at Malega Castle, he burst into laughter. After shouting, talking, investigating, and arresting villagers near Malega Castle to ask for information, there were 80 defenders and no lord.

Zhang Qiang looked at Fort Malaga, which is slightly smaller than Fort Reynde and built on the hillside, glanced at his subordinates, and said confidently, "Rolf, Dronton, lead people to patrol around , Cut off the message transmission, Lesarite, organize people, prepare to attack, within one day, I will take Fort Malaq."

There are three walls on the three walls of Malagburg, and the gate is on the front. There is an open area in front of the gate, which is suitable for a strong attack.

A day later, Zhang Qiang led his men to the front of the city gate, and set up a battle a mile away. He himself rode his horse to the place where the city gate was within a stone's throw, and shouted.

A Kujite iron cavalry wearing the golden light armor of the Ming Dynasty emerged from the city gate, and a black ponytail cherry blossom fluttered from the golden lightning rod-like spire above his head.

"Surrender, in front of our army of the Kingdom of Swadia, you will end badly if you resist." Zhang Qiang said proudly.

But that Kujit cavalry didn't cooperate, and was even more arrogant than Zhang Qiang, "Hahaha, I can guard this city wall until I die of old age!"

"Uh—" Zhang Qiang choked.

With a displeased expression on his face, he turned around and rode his horse back into his formation, waved his hand, "Siege the city."

Lesarite waved the command flag in his hand, and the soldiers pushed the assembled siege ladders, charged the city with chariots, and lined up to approach the enemy's city wall.

A part of the crossbowmen in the back held high the broad wooden shields of the soldiers to cover their teammates.

Zhang Qiang reined in his horse and stopped to watch.

The siege team stopped about 50 meters below the city wall. The enemy's bows and arrows hit the ladders and siege vehicles like locusts, but they were useless.

Looking at the tense defenders on the city wall, Zhang Qiang sneered, "Hmph, I want you to know what a wave is."

Since this distance from the enemy is covered, and at the maximum range of their Kujit bow, except for some stray arrows, it can hardly cause any damage to Zhang Qiang's Swadia Kingdom troops, so they have to stand on the crenel of the city wall and fight hard. Shooting arrows exposed most of his body outside the city wall.

So when the crossbowmen behind Zhang Qiang arrived, they were in distress.

Under the cover of the rushing car and the huge size of the ladder, half of the crossbowmen's shields, the remaining half of the manpower suddenly stood up, and the crossbow was aimed at the city wall without aiming.

There was only one wave of "buzzing buzzing". The enemy fell from the city wall like dumplings. It was built on the hillside. After being injured, he was also seriously injured.

The Kujit cavalry was already stunned.

A wave of attacks caused him to lose more than 30 soldiers, and a dozen soldiers were injured and fell to the ground.

The kinetic energy of the crossbow is greater than that of their Kujit bow, and it is more lethal. Apart from being slow, it has no other disadvantages.

Lesarite waved the command flag again, seeing Delangton and Francie in front, ordered the soldiers who resisted the shield and the soldiers who had shot the crossbow arrows to exchange weapons, and then shouted, "Free fire."

Next, after suffering a loss, the knowledgeable Kujit archers hid behind the battlements and shot outside.

But compared with crossbowmen, their bows and arrows can't hit people, but other people's crossbows can hit them.

Half an hour later, Kujit cavalry sadly found that few soldiers could stand up.

A white flag flutters above the city gate.

"They surrendered." Zhang Qiang shouted happily.

The storyteller said: "Yes, master, the soldiers have suffered heavy losses, and our troops have the upper hand. They have no hope of winning, and their morale has fallen to the point of collapse. What can we do if we don't surrender?"

Rolf said: "That's right, a castle without lords or knights guarding it is like this. Even if they are guarded by elite soldiers, their morale cannot be so high. As long as they are dealt a heavy blow, their morale will be low. Of course Low morale doesn't necessarily mean surrender, it's just that they don't have any soldiers to use now, they have so few soldiers. We just have to put ladders on the wall and they lose, so they have to surrender."

"Enter the city." Zhang Qiang waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)