At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

"I don't know, but I think, no matter what they want to do, we have to stop them." Old Lida suggested.

"Well, indeed." Harendan shouted to one of the squad leaders under his command, "Get some civilians and pour hot water and stones on them."

The villagers who had worked well before were suddenly knocked down by the falling hot water and stones. As for the catapults, they did not dare to fight back, for fear of knocking down their own people, so the flagmen had to lay the catapults horizontally, at least to block part of the counterattacks.

But fortunately, the cavalry also appeared immediately, and began to fight back with bows and arrows. In addition, the people below were all villagers, so such behavior was naturally much less.

It didn't take long for knee-deep pits to appear at the base of the city wall, and the flagmen finally pulled out their ultimate weapon—the pine tar can.

Cans of pine tar were thrown into the pit, charcoal for the fire was placed, and the bannermen even dug a small hole for ventilation, they were really too thin.

A spark was blown from the fire, and fell on a stick, and when the stick blazed, it carried the flame into the pine tar in the pit.

This method of attacking fire was not original to Feng Sen. In the defense of Paris 100 years later, the Vikings burned down a section of the city wall of the Paris bridgehead by digging holes underground and setting fire to it.

Feng Sen's is relatively more advanced, using pine tar, but it is also very painful to use, because with the expansion of Hamburg's shipbuilding industry, the price of pine tar has increased significantly, and each can is more expensive.

That is to attack the city quickly. If there is no time limit, Feng Sen will not take out the precious pine tar to do this.

A puff of thick black smoke entered Harendan's nose along the cracks in the wood. He coughed twice and continued to count his belongings calmly.

But as the black smoke got heavier, Harendan quickly realized that something was wrong. He walked out of the castle and ran to the city wall like flying.

"Damn it, is it Judgment Day?"

On the city wall, countless black smoke looked like terrifying devils, coming out of the gaps in the wood. The air became distorted by the heat. Many civilians who were deprived of oxygen shouted that they saw the devil, and others also roared and shouted in a group mentality.

"They're burning the city? They're burning the city! Old Lida, hurry up, organize people to fetch water and put out the fire."

"Ugh-"

A stone ball with the size of a human head fell heavily on the city wall, and two people were even sent flying like an animation. Then the second stone ball also hit the city wall heavily, shaking the entire wall.

Harendan shouted anxiously: "All civilians go down to the city wall to fetch water and put out the fire!"

Protected by two or three attendants, Harendan repeatedly shuttled through the chaotic crowd, trying to calm people's minds, but at this moment everyone panicked, and only a few were able to obey Harendan's orders and take the initiative to maintain order.

The sound of fire, crackling, horns, the chaotic crowd, the smell of blood, the arrows and stones flying around the head, no one noticed the crunching sound under their feet.

This section of the city wall is now the last straw.

"Ugh——"

The sound of breaking through the air came again, and the soldiers and civilians squatted down subconsciously to avoid it, but only Old Lida noticed that the sound seemed different from before, thicker and duller.

"Boom!"

There was a thunderous sound, and everyone could feel that the city wall under their feet was trembling, and it became more and more frequent.

Originally, to put out the fire, this section of the city wall was already crowded with people. When the stone ball the size of a washbasin hit the city wall, the slight creaking sound finally reached everyone's ears.

Burnt by pine tar, the wooden frame was finally unable to support it. Amidst countless cries, half of the city wall collapsed directly, and the soldiers were also caught in the scorched black smoke amidst the flying wood and dancing sparks.

Chapter 328 Don't Play Smart

Black smoke, rust-colored stone slabs, and a broken sword inlaid with amber stuck by the roadside.

The villagers and free militiamen who were mourning their wives were tied with ropes, and escorted by several government soldiers in black armor, they walked out of the city with help.

With his hands behind his back, Feng Sen walked in through the dark doorway and entered the fortress with the young Jewish guide at his side.

Today's Feng Sen is wearing a scarlet robe, and the golden-red brilliance of the setting sun complements Feng Sen's clothes.

On the stone road inside the castle, Feng Sen looked up and down the castle with great interest. On both sides of the garden, you can also see low guest rooms for guests and traveling merchants. They are basically wooden buildings. Layers of wood were stacked to form the frame of the house, and the gaps were filled with mud and mortar.

Under the eaves of the guest room, Feng Sen could even see hanging garlic and salted fish, and there was a strange smell in the air, making passers-by cover their mouths and noses.

Feng Sen looked relaxed, but the Jewish guide seemed like a lifetime away.

He followed Feng Sen almost unconsciously and moved forward. He never thought that such a thing would happen until Feng Sen and him came to the edge of the collapsed gap.

In any case, this thing has already happened, but when this huge gap appeared in front of him, the Jewish youth couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"This is really, this is really..." The Jewish youth wanted to make some comments, but he couldn't say anything. In three days, a full three days, a castle that seemed strong to him fell down?

Feng Sen walked to the edge of the broken city wall, pointed to the exposed inside of the city wall, and introduced to the Jewish youth: "This is indeed a fortified city. You see here, it does not fill the middle of the two rows of logs with soil, but first uses wood to make a grid of compartments, then pours soil and mortar into the compartments, and finally tamps them.

Today I took a coincidence. First, I used fire to burn the piles at the bottom of the city wall until they were brittle. In addition, there were too many people on the city wall. Finally, I cooperated with the boulder to smash the city. This was a coincidence. "

Only then did the Jewish youth wake up from his sleepwalking: "Your catapult is really powerful, but I remember that Roman catapults were very sophisticated and difficult to carry and march quickly. However, your catapult was actually made on site, which is really admirable."

Feng Sen laughed loudly: "Welcome to the new world, my friend. The days when you could defend against foreign enemies with a wooden fortress are gone forever."

"Your power is always impressive."

While Feng Sen was chatting with the Jewish youth, a government soldier walked over quickly. Before he approached, Feng Sen asked, "What's wrong?"

The soldiers bowed their heads and cupped their fists and said, "Jie Shuai, that Hadrad's illegitimate son has already explained the location of the family property."

"Oh? Take me there."

"Here."

Following behind the soldiers, they crossed the blackened garden, stepped over the mossy fence, stepped over the hard steps of the castle main building, and entered the main hall of the main building.

However, the soldiers did not continue to go deep, but instead led Feng Sen and others all the way into the dungeon through the side door.

The dungeon was empty, and the prisoners had been escorted outside. Only Harendan, who had broken his legs, sat on the damp ground of the dungeon with his eyes blank.

This kid was lucky, falling from the collapsed city wall actually only broke his legs and a rib was crushed, nothing else happened.

In the cellar next to the dungeon, a group of government soldiers were busy, sauerkraut, bacon, and grain were pushed aside, and some sundries and scattered instruments of torture were also sent out one by one.

There was a fishy and rancid smell in the air, mixed with the dank atmosphere of the dungeon, it was like throwing a herring bomb into the latrine.

Finally, before Feng Sen left the field early due to vomiting, a government soldier yanked off a large tarpaulin. After the sound of coughing and the smoke dissipated at the same time, seventy or eighty huge boxes and sacks appeared side by side.

One of the guards couldn't wait to cut off the lock, and kicked the box open. It is no exaggeration to say that a golden light rose from the cellar in an instant. There was a big box full of gold coins.

There are dinars, solidas, and ancient Roman gold coins such as the Nomis horse, which can be called cultural relics. In addition, there are precious luxury goods such as pearls, amber, gems, and fox fur.

Not to mention fine steel swords, exquisite pottery and silk, exquisite mechanisms from the Eastern Empire, and precious statues enshrined by Slavic tribes.

Feng Sen even saw a bag of pepper, which could be called a heavy pepper in his hand.

"Quick count, and let me know when you're done counting." Feng Sen gave instructions to the clerk accompanying the army, and then led the Jewish youth to the dungeon.

"Is your name Jacob?"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke." Jacob saluted Feng Sen respectfully, "You don't have to remember my humble name."

"Haha." Feng Sen chuckled, "I have to say, I have to thank you for helping us find this place, otherwise, we wouldn't have such a rich harvest."

"You are overrated." Jacob hurriedly said modestly, "I was just helping you guide the way, and it didn't play much role. Even without me, you can find this place with any guide."

Feng Sen shook his head solemnly and said, "No, no, of course you are responsible for this, and I must reward you."

"Actually, I didn't give you the castle design, the previous transaction..."

"No, my friend, you didn't understand what I meant. My reward is not such a vulgar thing as money." Feng Sen stepped aside and showed the weak Harendan in front of Jacob, "My reward is him."

There was silence in the dungeon, and Jacob raised his head with some difficulty: "Your Excellency, I may not have understood what you mean..."

"What I mean is very simple." Feng Sen said with a smile, "You Jews really have a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. One is to let me rob the knight's house so that there is no reason to owe money, otherwise they will report to His Highness Charlie. The other is to borrow my hand to help you avenge you, right?

If you sell me that blueprint again, it will kill three birds with one stone.

This is not the first time you have met Harendan. If I guessed correctly, the stonemason he killed ten years ago was your father. Your father was also named Jacob. He died in this hypocritical in the hands of the Knights of Harendan, am I right? "

Jacob shivered as if he had caught a cold. He swallowed, and said to Feng Sen: "I don't deny that we didn't try to take me with you during this innocent invitation to attack the castle. The intention of the individual's will, the intention..."

"Stop!" Feng Sen interrupted Jacob impatiently, "Why don't you play long and difficult sentences with me?

I know the tricks of your Jews, I just want to tell you and the people behind you, don't play such cleverness in front of me, you little cleverness.

Otherwise, if one day really angers me, you Jews will not be able to bear it, and then you will cry and complain that fate is unfair to the Jews. "

"I see."

Jacob shivered and was about to leave when Feng Sen stopped him again.

"Hey, haven't you received your reward yet?" Feng Sen pointed to the fearful Harendan knight in the dungeon.

Seeing Jacob's surprised expression, Feng Sen threw a dagger at him: "Although he is a believer of the Heavenly Father, and you are a Jew, I believe even more that the law of heaven will be repaid, and the hatred of nine generations can still be remedied, so If you are still a man, then go and end him yourself, revenge, you have to do it yourself."

Chapter 329 Feng Sen: I shed tears every day for my loyal behavior

Early the next morning after capturing the castle, without any further rest, Feng Sen sent cavalry to carry the huge wealth to the direction of Magdeburg.

In order to block the news, some of the servants and soldiers in the castle who knew about it were beheaded by Feng Sen, and their families and hundreds of local villagers were escorted back to their own territory by Feng Sen to prevent the news from leaking.

However, to be honest, in such a big battle, it is impossible not to leak the news, but as long as those servants and soldiers who knew about it died, no one would know exactly how much Feng Sen took.

Feng Sen will claim [-] solids in the future, and when Charlie asks, Feng Sen will say that it is [-] solids, but what he really got is [-] solids.

Hadrad knew this number, but even if he said it, as long as Feng Sen killed him and only had [-], other nobles would not be able to say anything.

As long as Feng Sen says that Hadrad is slandering him, others can't take him seriously. After all, one side is a traitor who rebelled, and the other side is a loyal minister who suppressed the rebellion. This is the rule of the nobles.

If it weren't for Feng Sen's bad reviews, he could even directly claim that he had taken [-] solididas, and Charlie would have no face to ask Feng Sen directly for it.

Eighty thousand solida, a full eighty thousand solida, Feng Sen has been a duke for several years, and his net income for three years does not add up to eighty thousand solida.

Of course, half of the [-] Solidars were made up of precious stones, pepper and other property, as well as those steel swords and armors, all of which were directly distributed by Feng Sen to the dental soldiers as trophies.

And the remaining [-] solididas are real gold coins, golden gold coins.

Standing at the intersection, Feng Sen led fifty cavalry guards around him, and waved goodbye to the escorting team. They could leave, but he couldn't.

He still needs to go to Charlie's office to prove that his focus is on fighting, not making money. No matter what the real purpose is, at least this attitude must be fulfilled.

After bidding farewell to the escorting government soldiers and tooth soldiers, Feng Sen galloped through the forest with his guards, and couldn't help laughing in his heart. The wealth of [-] solida was exactly what he needed.

The [-] Solidar, Feng Sen does not intend to continue to put into production, but to use it as a pile storage to prepare for the next war.

Regardless of whether it is to attack the Sorbs or the Villetti next, this is an important war start-up fund, because these two wars have to be fought without making money.

There is no doubt that Charlie has gradually become suspicious, so Feng Sen needs more soldiers and land to protect himself and His Royal Highness Charlie.

The road to the south has been blocked. There is no other way but to take it from the Sorbs and Veleti.

Whenever he thinks of this, Feng Sen feels that he is extremely wronged. His love for Frank is almost like Cao Cao's love for a big man. Such a loyal subject is placed in the Central Plains, and the emperor is rushing to win him over. You Charlie is better, doubt it first on.

I, a loyal minister, have been forced into such a situation. It is conceivable that there are treacherous ministers around His Royal Highness Charlie. In order to cut off the treacherous ministers, Feng Sen can only expand with tears in his eyes.

A traitor is a traitor, Feng Sen, as a loyal minister, must be even more treacherous than a traitor, even if he is slandered!

But, where should we expand first?That's a problem.

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In the stronghold of Blankenburg, the Queen herself washed a hot towel in a wooden tub, preparing to wipe the body of Charlie who had returned.

At this moment, Charlie also took off his coat, revealing a body of strong tendons. Queen Fastrada naturally knew Charlie's body well, and those scars and sword marks would naturally not be as surprising as when she saw it for the first time.

Charlie was lying on the bed, the candles lit by the table exuded the scent of honey, he propped his chin on the pillow, holding a clipboard in his hand, mumbling Latin.

The steaming towel brushed over Charlie's body, rubbing off a layer of black mud, and Charlie's muscles shivered and contracted suddenly as if they were stabbing the muscles of a tiger.

Charlie yawned, covered the clipboard, and asked in a low voice, "Has Anthony not come back yet?"

"Your Highness, Anthony will be fine." Fastelada helplessly rubbed Charlie's back, "He's only been chasing him for a day, how could something happen?"

"Hehe." Charlie didn't answer, but just chuckled, "I heard that he didn't stay with you in Blankenburg that day, but returned to Magdeburg?"

"Yes, without him personally coming forward, who would dare to send troops from the Eight Banners soldiers?" Fastelada seemed to say inadvertently, and lifted another hot towel out of the tub.

Charlie squinted and looked ahead.

One day ago, he finally returned to Blankenburg with his soldiers. He thought that Blankenburg was still besieged by the Thuringian army. A big slap in the face.

The day before their arrival, the Eight Banners of Saxony quickly assembled and sent a vanguard of a thousand people to Blankenburg at a speed that no one expected.

Those Thuringians obviously underestimated the enemy. They sent troops to try to launch a surprise attack when the Eight Banners Legion was not stable. However, the result of the surprise attack was that under the leadership of the incompetent Heidewin, the original 2000 infantry only ran out. Over [-] people were recruited.

Charlie was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately asked Feng Sen to come to see him. However, to Charlie's surprise, the Saxon soldiers told him that their coach, the cautious Anthony, actually went after the enemy, and he only brought a hundred cavalry.

He chased the time of the day, the time of the day.

While Charlie was worried, an indelible suspicion also arose in his heart.

After Charlie fell silent, the atmosphere in the whole room became more and more oppressive, especially when Charlie unconsciously knocked on the bed board, this weird atmosphere became more obvious.

However, as Charlie stopped tapping his fingers, his previously frowning brows gradually relaxed, and the maids who were serving at the side finally dared to take a big breath.