"King, the rain is getting heavier. Here, we will follow the arrangement of the Ni-sama, and let's return to the headquarters first. ”

At this time, a handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes stood beside Tianxiang and said. He was wearing the same Puren leather armor as Ni, and this was because the chain mail had already been supplied to the previous Praetorian Guards, so he could only wear standard equipment. He had a long sword at his waist and a huge shield on his horse. He was more of a shield guard by the king's side than a knight.

Tianxiang glanced back at the handsome man behind him, Ranfis, the leader of the first batch of immigrants to join the Pulen King City. Even among the first immigrants, he was quite popular, and more importantly, he was determined to become a knight like Ni.

"There's no need for that." Tianxiang shook his head and refused.

Lanfeth and Ni looked at each other helplessly, and they both knew that no one could change what the king had decided, so they had to say no more. However, the difference between Ni and Lanfis is that Ni knows Tianxiang's character very well, so he doesn't talk about it, while Lanfis mainly thinks out of fear and longing, so he doesn't dare to say more.

From this point of view, although Ranphys served by the king's side as a legion brigade (centurion) in terms of identity, Cheng Dù, who trusted and understood, was far less profound than Ni's understanding of Tianxiang.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of galloping horses' hooves on the opposite side of the grass.

The nearer and nearer sound alerted the Praetorian Knights, who tensed their muscles and clamped their legs on their horses' bellies, holding one hand on the hilt of their swords and tightening the reins of their horses. Each of the Praetorian Guard knights stared at the king's front with wide eyes, and as soon as there was any movement, dozens of sharp swords would be unsheathed at the same time! Tear your enemies to pieces on the spot!

At this moment a horseman rode out of the grass, dressed in the same garb as the Praetorian Guards, with a purple fluff stuck in his iron helmet. If you look closely, it turns out to be the outpost of the Praetorian Cavalry sent out before.

The janissary rushed directly to Tianxiang's side, jumped off the warhorse, galloped in front of him in two steps, and knelt down on one knee. He said in a hurried tone: "My king! A large number of enemy soldiers were found in the front, roughly the same number as our army, and carrying many family flags, which seemed to be a coalition of British nobles. ”

Tianxiang frowned slightly when he heard this.

Ni stepped forward and said, "King, the tentacles of the English are eager to reach into the Welsh's sphere of influence, and it seems that the recent victory has given them great confidence." ”

"The confidence of the English is based on the strength of force, and the control of Ronagunk, the largest maritime trading town connecting the British and Irish islands, is equivalent to grasping the trade choke point of St. George's Strait," Till said. Controlling this place is probably equivalent to us capturing London, with political influence and military deterrence capabilities at the same time, and we can also make a lot of money by the way. ”

"Then the English people must be very important here," he said. The English army had just defeated the combined Welsh and Irish forces, and they were at their peak in both morale and will. King, are we really going to declare war on the English during this time period? ”

"The conflict between the English and the Pulon is a matter of time, and it is not unpredictable that a war will break out between the two. However, the point is that we cannot go to war with the British unprepared, we must strike first. And it just so happened that the group of English below could be described as a real regular army, not only soldiers wearing armor, but even heavy cavalry. This is a golden opportunity to give our troops a glimpse of the fighting style and strength of the English. ”

At the foot of the hill, the town of Lonagonk was filled with English patrols, and each watchtower was patrolled by a dedicated archer. What's more, after the English occupied the town, they forcibly turned all the civilians in the town into laborers and enslaved them to transform the town.

Lonagok was originally a free port without walls, but after the construction of the walls these days, three-quarters of the town has been surrounded by walls, and it is a mixed earth structure that is very strong, and if you want to attack the city, you can only force a breakthrough with a ladder, and there is no other way.

However, even if you want to force a breakthrough, it will be very difficult, because the British army also has archers and various watchtowers in the army, and if you blindly send troops to attack the city, the casualties will be far beyond the capacity of the Pleen army.

This is really a tough nut to crack, Tianxiang and Ni thought at the same time in their hearts.

But even so, no matter what the cost is, you have to take it down! Because the current development of the Pulen King City is already the limit of that area, if you want to become stronger, it is no longer a matter of technological innovation, the key is still the expansion of the population.

Although Ronagonk is only a trading port, it is the largest trading hub in the whole of Wales and the largest trade export from the island of England to the island of Ireland, with an average monthly population of three times the population of the city of Pullen!

Therefore, Tianxiang very much wants to take this town with a very large population flow, and then rely on the attraction of the Pulun King City itself to increase the population by at least thousands, so that the Pulun King City can reach a population of more than 10,000 in half a year. In addition, Ronagunk is essentially a trading port, which can not only bring population benefits to the royal city, but also help the royal city establish a platform for commercial and external information exchange (intelligence), which is also urgently needed by the royal city of Puron.

Ni: "King, the information coming from the back is that our army has completed its stationing and is waiting for orders at any time. ”

Tianxiang: "Well, pass the order." The whole army is trimmed. After waiting for all the follow-up supplies to arrive, that is, two days later, we officially began the siege. ”

In addition to the legionnaires, Pullen also sent two new siege weapons from the Ministry of Iron. These two weapons are a new type of siege equipment that has been painstakingly crafted by the blacksmiths of the Iron Ministry, and the King of Pullen himself participated in the design, which belongs to one of the products of the "Sky Project" of King Pullen, and belongs to the same plan series as the "Death Giant Crossbow" that King Pullen originally planned to build.

However, the Death Giant Crossbow is a weapon of the opposing army, and it fires multiple iron spears two meters long at the same time with a sturdy steel body, and performs ultra-long-range strikes from a distance of 300 meters. The iron spear it uses is specially crafted, extremely sharp, and combined with the terrifying kinetic energy of the giant crossbow, it has a terrifying lethality that can easily shoot through the bodies of seven humans within a hundred meters. Of course, the lethality of 300 meters away is much lower, but it can still easily pierce the bodies of two or three people, and more importantly, it gives a huge psychological shock to the surrounding allies.

It's as if a shadow of death will loom over itself at any moment, which is why it was named the Death Ballist.

However, this weapon is different from the Death Ballist, as it is a large weapon used to fight against the city. When it comes to the lethality of a single soldier, it is indeed not as terrible as the death crossbow, and it is not as good as the psychological deterrence ability of others against the soldiers around them. However, it has epoch-making features such as the ability to strike at the destruction of castle walls and the ability to assemble and move.

And the biggest difference between it and other siege weapons is the difference in ammunition, in addition to other siege weapons can fire incendiary bombs, boulders, gravel and other ammunition, it can also fire a special "smoke bomb", this smoke bomb can play an extremely heavy role when the enemy and our armies are fighting, and can even turn the tide of a battle!

Therefore, the Puron people gave it a special nickname like the Death Ballist.

- Fallen Skies.