Chapter 7: The Battle of Boer (1)
"Young master, the front line has reported that the orc army has reached the mountain pass." The guard hurried into the council chamber and said loudly.
"Yamaguchi? Looks like we'll be there early tomorrow morning. Qin Feng stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and sighed, "It should have arrived, wait any longer, I'm afraid that I won't be killed by the orcs, and I'm afraid that I'll be impatient and go crazy." "Since discovering the motive of the orcs, the entire town of Boer has been making preparations, but a few days have passed, and the orcs who should have arrived long ago are nowhere to be found, if it weren't for the scouts who have been replying with intelligence, Qin Feng would have thought that the previous guards were lying.
"It's the young master, you're too tired," the housekeeper shook his head, and said in a concerned tone: "Young master, you haven't slept well for two days, every time you either get up in the middle of the night, or you haven't slept all night, and your body will definitely not be able to stand it if you continue like this." ”
Qin Feng was also helpless, he didn't want to do this, but the lives of the whole town were all pinned on him, although Lowell, Will, and Hank could help, but with the system, he could better observe the orcs. He gets the information from the scouts, then observes it in the system's strategic map, and then draws the map to discuss with others. None of them could be separated from him, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to.
"I can't rest now, and I want to rest after this battle, but I can't do it now." Qin Feng took a sip of tea, pursed his lips, lowered his head and spit into the wooden basin at his feet, raised his head and wiped his mouth with a towel while saying casually: "How about what I asked you to do before?" Now there are results. ”
The housekeeper flipped through the account book in his hand and said, "Young master, the 2,000 javelins you want have been prepared, but we don't have so many soft irons, only half of them are soft iron tips, and the remaining half are using the methods you taught." ”
After learning that the orcs were coming, Qin Feng told the housekeeper to ask the craftsman to do his best to build javelins, and the javelins he asked him to make were of course Roman-style javelins. One is a javelin with a soft iron tip, and the other is a method of using wooden nails to fix the connecting part, and the wooden nails will fly apart to make the spear head fall off when it is hit. Although these two javelins may seem a bit troublesome, the advantage is that the javelins thrown will not be thrown back by the enemy as weapons, and of course the disadvantage is that these javelins are disposable.
"2,000? That's pretty much it, butler, you tell the craftsman to continue making javelins, and of course you ask the craftsmen to make more shields in addition to javelins. Those levies had no armor on them at all, and if they went to the city walls to defend the city, they would probably suffer a lot of damage. Qin Feng walked to the window, looked in the direction of the mountain pass in the distance, and said leisurely.
There are also 200 pairs of armor in the warehouse, and the Roman Youth Army has armor from the system after the training is completed, so there is no need, but Qin Feng didn't think of matching the conscripts with armor, because this would not be worth the loss at all.
"Yes, young master." The housekeeper wrote down the ledger and quietly closed the door and left.
Early the next morning, Qin Feng and everyone stood at the head of the city wearing armor, looking into the distance.
The sun shone brightly on the town of Bull, but the previously pleasant weather was now filled with a solemn atmosphere. On the tall city wall stood neatly soldiers, they were dressed in black and black armor, holding large shields and standing neatly and straight, and on the towering flagpole, a large flag fluttered with the wind.
This is the flag of the Rheinryth family, with the black background representing the family color of the Rheinryth, and in the center of the flag, a white eagle with wings flying high represents the courage of the family, like the courage of an eagle.
The town of Boer is located in a valley, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the only place to go in and out is on one side. This place is about a mile long, and Qin Feng's ancestors spent a lot of money to build a strong city wall here. The walls are about 5 meters high and are made entirely of huge stones, and they remain as strong as ever for more than 100 years.
"Hmm.........." Suddenly a distant horn sounded in the distance, and with the sound of dense footsteps, the gnoll like a black cloud pressed over from a distance, and with the excited and bloodthirsty screams of the gnoll, the air seemed to be filled with a bloody breath.
Qin Feng, who saw this kind of scene for the first time, didn't breathe closely, he had seen a lot of scenes with a large number of people, but although there were only more than 2,000 jackals, pressing over like a black cloud still made him feel endless, and the surging bloody aura also made him a little frightened.
The soldiers on the city wall were inevitably a little commotional, but they were much more stable under the movement of their respective centurions, and the most calm was Hank, the chief of the guard. He went out with the baron, and he fought head-on with the orc army, and this kind of scene could not affect his temperament.
The sound of whirring breathing and the characteristic screams of the gnolls echoed in the fields, and the orc troops had always been unorderly, and they were more accustomed to using their own savage and strength to hit the enemy, so the gnolls were in chaos after they stopped.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry... Send these things to the city wall," the steward behind the city wall wrote and drew on the ledger while directing the city's laborers to carry all kinds of supplies to the city wall.
"Lord Butler, the weapon has been transported, is it going to be sent to the city wall now?" A steward panted and asked.
Glancing up at the city wall, full of various materials piled up on it, the butler waved his hand and said, "You don't need to send them to the top first, you have people stack them all behind the city wall, and then send them up when they need it." ”
"Yes, sir. The steward turned and ran to get busy.
"I don't know if I can keep it, my old life is here." The butler sighed, and he also heard movement outside the city.
"Get ready," the centurions roared.
The Roman youth drew their javelins behind them at the centurion's voice, as did the levies.
"Young Master, it's time for you to go down too." Hank looked at Qin Feng and said. Orcs don't like persuasion and the like, and they don't camp to rest, and the attack is coming soon. And Qin Feng, as the sole heir of the territory, should never stay here, if Qin Feng has a mistake, then they will be to blame.
"What's the difference between me standing in the back and standing here, and I'm more like watching how we defeat these orc bastards." Qin Feng smiled, he didn't listen to Luo Wei's opinion, what attracted the excitement of his whole body after the initial shock was like blood, this was a game that belonged to men, he didn't want to miss it!
Persuasion was fruitless, and Luo Hanke also let go of this thought, or he also hoped that Qin Feng could stay here. He has been fighting with the baron, and he hopes that the baron's heirs can be like the baron, even if they die, they are on the battlefield. Qin Feng has changed a lot in the past period of time, or it can be said that the two of them are more suitable for the previous faction, but it was only at this time that he really identified with Qin Feng.
"Generals exist, morale +10." The corners of Qin Feng's mouth curled slightly, this may be an unexpected joy.
"Hmm~~~~" The loud horn sounded again, and the gnolls outside the city let out a piercing scream, and rushed towards the city wall in a chaotic manner, waving the weapons in their hands while running, and their mouths let out excited screams.
"Don't they need siege weapons?" Qin Feng was a little stunned, are these gnolls looking for death? Just like that, an army backed by a walled army?
"This is the case with the orc troops, except for the shaman's troops, who will fight like human troops, and the other orcs are like this." Hank said on the side, he was the captain of the guard, and his duty and that the other guards were to protect Qin Feng.
Qin Feng and the guards all drew their weapons, and like the guards, Qin Feng was holding a steel long sword in his hand.
As the gnolls rushed closer and closer, Qin Feng could clearly see their appearance for the first time.
As their name suggests, the Jackals look very similar to the Jackals, like standing jackals, with thick hair all over their bodies, about 1.8 meters tall, and long claws on their hands. Most of them use their own claws as weapons, but there are also many gnolls with human weapons.
"Javelin ready," the gnoll was fast, and soon approached the wall, and the centurion roared, counting the distance.
"Put... Put... "The gnolls had already run to a range of 80 meters outside the city walls, which was exactly within the range of the javelins, and the centurions roared.
"Huh... Shout... A black cloud was thrown from the top of the city, and it stabbed at the gnolls.