Chapter 256: The Siege of the Cross
With another scream of "Ahh
"Get out!" Higg shouted at the crusaders all over the ground, and then moved out of the way of the courtyard door that he had sealed.
The nine crusaders lying on the ground stood up with each other in their arms and walked slowly out.
Higg sneered and said, "I think I still haven't made it clear, my name is to get out!" ”
All the crusaders looked at Higg in horror, and most of them fled out the door, but two of them, seemingly unable to bear the humiliation, picked up their swords from the ground and swiped them at their necks, much to Higg's surprise.
The Crusader leader, who was still in Owen's hands, turned pale at this time, and asked in a panic at Higg, who was walking towards him, "You...... What exactly do you want? ”
"Hmph, I said that everyone who enters the courtyard has to pay for themselves, and they have already paid it, what about you?" Higg asked dismissively.
"I, I'm willing to cut off my own arm!" The leader said.
"No, not enough!" Higg said, "You're the leader, and I get angry, I'm not interested in your arm, but you're the head, and I think I'm almost able to pay the debt!" ”
"You're going to kill me?" The leader turned pale and said, "No, you don't dare! Our papal crusaders are all over the province of Camillo, and you don't have the guts to kill me! ”
"And what are you afraid of?" Higg scoffed, "Since I can't kill you, hang him on a stake first, and I'll see how many Crusaders in York City dare to come to your rescue?" ”
Not only the crusader leader, but also Owen and Lufasi were taken aback, and Lufasi hurriedly said, "You really want to make a big deal out of it? ”
Higg said, "Mr. Lufasi, do you think this matter is too small? I told you to take care of it yourself, you don't care, and now you're questioning me again! ”
"Even if you can maintain Zhuangzi's thoughtfulness for the time being, do you want to stay here for a long time?" Lu Faxi said angrily, "Don't forget, we have more important things to do in Zhuangzi!" ”
"Nothing to worry about!" Beverly walked out of the inner courtyard and said to Lu Faxi, "Even if the jade is broken, the village will not compromise with those bandits!" Owen, you immediately contact the nearby villages overnight and tell the village chiefs about the situation here, and they will naturally send someone to guard the manor! ”
"Yes!" Owen responded, then handed over the crusader leader in his hand to the guards, and said to the other guards, "You guys prepare horses, come out with me!" ”
Higg was also surprised, what does the nearby village have to do with this manor, why do you want to help the manor join forces to protect it? But Higg's original plan was not to clash with the Crusaders, he really didn't want to make things so big that he couldn't control them, as Lu Fasi said, the owner of this village still has the secret of dark magic hidden in him, he must investigate it clearly, so he hurriedly said: "Madam, there is no need to mobilize the people, those villagers are not the opponents of those crusaders, there is no need to let them get involved, and they will lose their lives in vain!" ”
"Hmph, it's not necessarily their opponent!" Beverly said, "I can't let the things on the Zhuangzi affect the distinguished guests anymore, don't worry about the child!" ”
Higg was helpless, he didn't want to expose his identity, since Zhuangzi has the ability to protect himself, that is a matter of other people's Zhuangzi, he really doesn't need to be anti-guest-oriented, this is a big move!
After arranging for the dismissal of the people and leaving some servants to clean the courtyard, Beverly said to Higg and Lufasi: "The owner of the village has woken up, and I was afraid of disturbing the rest of the two, so I didn't inform the two!" ”
Higg was not much surprised, and asked, "It's too late today, I'm too dirty to go into the inner courtyard and disturb!" I think that with Mr. Peart to take care of it, the owner's health will not be in any big trouble! We're going to visit the owner tomorrow! ”
Beverly nodded, after a fight, Higg was already covered in blood, and it was indeed not appropriate to enter the inner courtyard again. Jesse hurriedly ran over and asked with concern, "Your injury?" ”
Higg smiled and shook his head: "I'm not hurt, just go back and take a shower and make up for it again!" ”
Jesse said, "I think I'd better go back and live with you!" ”
"What? Is it bad for you to live in the inner courtyard? Higg said with a headache, "Why do you have to live with us?" ”
"Hmph, if you sneak away from me one day, where will I look for you?" Jesse was so anxious that she was about to cry, "You don't want to leave me and run away!" With that, he turned and walked towards the suite where Higg and Lufasi were staying.
Higg and Lu Faxi were stunned, this kid, the sixth sense is too strong, they do have the intention of leaving Jesse on the village and sneaking away, after all, the road they are walking is too dangerous, and it is indeed too much trouble to take a girl who is not capable of self-protection with them.
Beverly smiled awkwardly: "Originally, I wanted to accept Miss Jesse as a righteous daughter, but this kid didn't want to!" In the past few days, I have seen that Gongzi is extraordinary, medical, martial arts, and magic are all proficient, and he is not an ordinary person, but now that I think about it, I am whimsical and climbing! ”
Higg said: "Actually, we and Miss Jesse also met in the water, but we have shared hardships and hardships, and our relationship is extraordinary! If Madame can take her in, it will be too late for us to be grateful, where will there be other dirty thoughts? ”
Beverly smiled: "It's a pity, Miss Jesse is not willing to stay, her heart is not with me, it seems that Childe wants to get rid of trouble, I'm afraid it's not easy, hehe!" ”
Early the next morning, thinking of getting up to visit Davis, Higg and Lu Faxi, they found that the whole Zhuangzi was full of heavily armed villagers, although the clothes were different, but the swords, bows and crossbows in their hands, and the armor wallets on their bodies were all well-made, and it was obvious that all of them were extraordinary, and they were all first-class good hands. Although these villagers may not be the opponents of the crusaders, they hold Zhuangzi according to their geographical advantages, and if the crusaders want to attack, it will be absolutely difficult to take them without paying a heavy price.
"Woo-" There was even a military horn, which blew an emergency assembly in the Zhuangzi, and this horn was the same as the assembly number of the Fifth Army.
Just in time to see Owen coming over, Higra stopped him and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Owen was obviously in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Early in the morning, Zhuangzi was surrounded by nearly a hundred crusaders, and I am arranging everyone to guard Zhuangzi, Mr. and Gongzi don't have to worry, last night's rush to meet the battle almost led to the thieves succeeding, I am asking them to pay for their blood debts today!" After saying that, he bowed and left.
Hig hurriedly climbed the courtyard wall, only to find that the whole Zhuangzi is simply a military fortress, other Zhuangzi are generally made of mud to build the village wall, even if it is a large family, at least half of the soil, half of the stone, and here, all stone masonry, and it is a double stone wall, the stone wall can accommodate two people walking side by side, and there are also arrow battlements that can be hidden, although there is a lot of difference with the city wall, it is enough to use crossbowmen to suppress the opponent on the city wall. Moreover, Higg actually found two dilapidated ballista carts, although they were bulky, but at least showed that there were still heavy weapons in the Zhuangzi.
This is simply incredible, who is the owner of this Zhuangzi, and why did he build the Zhuangzi into a military fortress?
Owen, dressed in military uniform, jerkily commanded all the villagers to enter their respective defensive positions, and more than 200 villagers were arranged in different battle positions, and those courtyard guards that Xige had seen last night did not appear here at all, it seems that those courtyard guards were originally just decorations for Zhuangzi's guards.
Higg and Lufasi wanted to see how the villagers fought back against the elite trained Crusaders, so they also stood on the courtyard wall and looked out.
More than 100 meters away, dozens of crusaders wearing golden armor, silver-white helmets, and broadswords in their hands were forming formations, preparing to forcibly attack Zhuangzi.
The leader should be a centurion, and he also saw the military strength of the entire Zhuangzi, and the strong attack will inevitably pay a heavy price, so he stopped at a distance of nearly 100 meters from the courtyard gate, and shouted loudly: "Hand over the murderer of last night, the owner of the village will stay, and other irrelevant people, evacuate immediately, I will definitely not harm your life." Otherwise, don't blame us for killing a chicken and a dog. ”
This kind of symbolic shouting would not have been listened to in the first place, but this kind of shouting before the general war is, first, to prove that he is famous, second, the attitude of saluting first and then soldiering, and third, this kind of threatening shouting can somewhat disintegrate the morale of the opponent's army.
A * roared away, diagonally in front of the centurion, this is the end of the shouting, if you want to fight, don't talk so much nonsense.
The other party was really furious, and immediately organized people and horses to rush towards Zhuangzi.
Although the Crusaders did not have shields, their heavy armor was sufficient to withstand the attacks of ordinary archers. Although they were heavily armoured, it didn't seem to affect their agility or attack speed at all. They did not come in formation, but scattered to Zhuangzi raid, seemingly unorganized, but in fact they cooperate closely with each other, in order to avoid the suppression of the crossbowmen, the running route is all "S" shaped line, the action is fast, so that the crossbowmen on the courtyard wall are difficult to hit the target, even if they hit, they are also bounced away by the heavy armor on the body, except for two dilapidated ballistas, the long-range attack on the courtyard wall did not cause any obstruction to the crusaders.
It was not until twenty or thirty meters away from the courtyard wall that the stones thrown from the high courtyard wall gradually slowed down the speed of the Crusaders' attack, and several of the Crusaders were hit and fell to the ground, but soon slowly stood up again.
These crusaders were not equipped with ladders to attack the courtyard wall, but left a part of the people at a position of twenty or thirty meters, took out light crossbows, and fired at the courtyard wall, although the effective range of these light crossbows was only thirty-four meters, and the number was less than that of the courtyard wall, but the rate of fire was very fast, but it was even equal to the bow and crossbow gestures on the courtyard wall.
The main purpose of the light crossbow is to suppress and cover the other part of the people to climb the courtyard wall, and the remaining part of the people, taking the rope from their waists, went to the courtyard wall, and threw them upwards one after another. These ropes are hung with hooks with five claws, which can easily get stuck on the courtyard wall, and then the soldiers below can quickly climb the courtyard wall five or six meters high by following the ropes.
The light crossbows of the Crusaders were very effective in suppressing the city walls, and the crossbowmen on the city walls were wounded or killed by arrows, but the light crossbowmen of the Crusaders also hit many of the falling stones on the city walls, and more than a dozen of them were immediately incapacitated.
Many of the ropes hanging on the wall were cut by the soldiers on the courtyard wall, but the Crusaders moved too fast, and before they could cut the ropes, the Crusaders climbed and jumped up the courtyard wall, and engaged the villagers on the courtyard wall in hand-to-hand combat, which they were best at. The crusaders, who had lost their ropes, quickly found the ropes left behind by their comrades who had gone up to the courtyard wall, and quickly climbed up......