Chapter 13: The Final Battle of Boulder Fort
The boulder fort built against the boulder towers in the center of the Will family's territory, and the white walls of the boulder fort reflect sparkling light under the sunlight, which looks a little majestic.
However, everyone knows that the majesty of the Will family in this territory of the Boulder Fort is a thing of the past, and in the battle by the Xiaoling River, almost all the members of the Wei family from Viscount Will and below were killed, and only two quasi-knights of the side branch took a dozen or so personal soldiers to gather more than 100 defeated peasant soldiers and hid in the Boulder Fort.
Even if the Hunter family does not come to seize the Boulder Castle, the century-old inheritance of the Will family in the Boulder Fort will not be inherited, and there are no knights in their family to inherit the title, and they will either be taken back or transferred after the kingdom verifies.
"Pass on Lord Richard's order, go out of the city and surrender to avoid death."
A Hunter cavalryman was cautiously shouting under the Boulder Fort.
At this time, the silence in the boulder castle was terrible, everyone was anxious, and the anxiety was written on almost everyone's face, and the dull atmosphere made the sensitive young child cry and make people even more upset.
"Are we going to surrender?"
At this time, in the Boulder Castle, the only three would-be knights of the Will family gathered together to discuss things.
Two would-be knights who escaped back to Boulder Castle and one would-be knight who stayed behind.
"There are no men in the Will family who surrendered, don't say such spineless words as surrender again."
"Didn't you also flee from the battlefield?"
"Bang" There was a heavy slap on the table.
"Yes, I escaped from the battlefield, but I didn't think about surrendering, and I don't plan to run again this time!"
"I don't agree to surrender either, and there's no reason for the Hunters to let those of us surnamed Will go."
Another would-be knight, who had been silent, also spoke.
"Alas"
With a sigh, Boulder has made its final decision.
Soon, a sharp arrow was fired from the height of the Boulder Fortress at the shouting cavalry.
The arrow shot a little off, and the shouting cavalry quickly turned the horse's head and left, the attitude of the boulder fort was obvious, there was still a battle to be fought.
Richard arranged for the soldiers of the Hunter family to set up camp and wait for the production of siege equipment, and there was no shortage of wood in the Northland, and the whole camp began to get busy under the command of the craftsmen.
Excluding the soldiers who escorted the wounded back to Ironwood City for treatment, there were more than 1,500 Hunter soldiers gathered under the Boulder Fort at this time, and there were only 150 defenders in the Boulder Fort at this time, and they were all a group of demoralized routs.
Even the strict and cautious Richard did not think that there was any suspense in the battle at this time, and at this time, as long as he besieged the defenders of the Boulder Fortress to prevent them from sneaking up, he could wait until the siege equipment was made to clear the last of the recalcitrant resistance.
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"Knock, knock, knock"
After several days and nights of fighting, the siege equipment had been built, and with the sound of dull drums, three tall wells were pushed from three different directions by the peasants close to the high walls of the boulder fort.
The megalithic fort is 20 meters high, and it is built according to the terrain, after a hundred years of operation by the Will family, it is definitely a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It's a pity that even a strong fortress needs people to protect it, and if there was a knight or a dozen quasi-knights leading hundreds of peasant soldiers to garrison the megalithic fort at this time, Richard would never be willing to storm such a castle.
This is also one of the reasons why Richard led the Will family to take the initiative, Richard wanted to capture this megalithic fort, otherwise with the efficient mobilization speed of the Hunter family, he could completely attack the Will leader before the Weil family peasant soldiers were assembled, and the troops would come under the megalithic fort, and then look at the city and sigh.
The well is getting closer and closer to the walls of the Boulder Fort, and the Boulder Castle shoots flaming arrows to try to burn the well to the end, but unfortunately all the well blocks have been fireproofed, and not a little spark can ignite.
And the archers on the well also began to fire arrows at the defenders of the castle, and the Boulder Fort, which was obviously on the defensive side, was suppressed by the archers of the Hunter family.
In particular, the well with more than a dozen systematic archers, the archers produced by the system were even more terrifying under the enhancement of Richard's primary offensive technique, and the accurate and powerful arrows directly emptied a section of the city wall, no matter how the officers drove it, no soldier was willing to stand on the section of the wall close to the well wall.
After losing more than a dozen soldiers, the three wells approached the boulder fort one after another, and the peasants who carried the ladders and followed behind the wells rushed out from behind the wells with shouts, and set up the ladders on the city wall and began to climb.
And the top of the well was not idle, and the heavy wooden planks smashed directly from the well to the head of the city, building a path to the megalithic fortress for the elite in the belly of the well.
Ron was the first to rush out of the well, the previous injuries were no longer serious after a few days and nights of rest, Ron who rushed to the city directly ignited the fighting spirit on his body, and cut melons and vegetables to solve the enemy troops who came up to stop him, and the follow-up army continued to pour into the city.
And the other two wells also successfully attacked the city, because the two wells were also Viscount Sauter and Richard himself in charge.
Almost with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai, without giving the slightest chance, when the three knights jumped to the top of the city at the same time, no peasant soldier was willing to fight, except for the three would-be knights of the Will family and the loyal guards who put up a hopeless resistance.
"Choke"
With the last of the rebels dead at the hands of Richard's sword, there was no more obstacle to the way into Boulder Fort.
"Quiel"
"In"
"Check the identities of the people in the Boulder Fort, manage discipline, and dare to take advantage of the chaos to loot and rape women on the spot."
"Yes"
"One team, two teams, follow me."
Quill is one of the centurions of the city guard, and the only surviving centurion in the Battle of Xiaolinghe. Of course, those who are mixed with the yang and the yin under Richard have also had three feet of grass on the grave in recent years.
Richard knew very well that in this kind of moment after the killing, there will always be hot-headed people, and even some armies use looting and killing after breaking the city as a means to boost morale, Richard does not need and disdain to use this means to boost morale, and strict military discipline is absolutely the first priority.
"Let's go, let's go into the castle together."
Glancing back at the battlefield, Richard beckoned Viscount Sauter and the surrounding guards to walk towards the interior of the castle.
The intensity of the whole battle is very low, compared with the previous battle of Xiaolinghe, it is like child's play, and the more harvest is that Richard has just been systematically improved and has gained more than 500 points of experience, which is closer to the upgrade.
When Richard and the others walked through the short streets of Boulder Castle to the castle's living quarters, Quill had already restrained the soldiers, and the remaining wives, children, and maids of the Will family in the castle were also gathered in the hall.
Richard glanced over, mostly women and young children.
"Let's dismiss the maids first, and as for the people of the Will family, bring them back to Ironwood City first."
Richard commanded.
Richard continued to wander around the Boulder Castle, and Viscount Sauter followed Richard around with interest.
Destroying the old rival Will family in one fell swoop and turning the entire Boulder Castle into trophies, these things that could only appear in Sauter's dreams in the past are a little unreal now, and they always need to be looked at a few more times.
"Young Master."
Quill followed out of the hall at this point.
"Huh?"
"Do the women and children of the Will family want to ......?"
Richard was silent for a moment, he understood what Quill meant, cutting the grass without removing the roots, and the spring breeze blew and grew again.
Ron, who was on the side, opened his mouth, but finally did not speak, he was always a little unbearable.
"Dispose of the lineage, and take the other side branches back to watch first."
Richard thought for a moment and made a decision, Richard is not a virgin, he can make the decision to kill prisoners if necessary, but women and children, if it is not necessary, he really can't get a knife.
Forget it, it's still useful to keep it, if you can get a group of women and children to take revenge with leading management knowledge and golden fingers, then it's still dead.
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