"I think Gru's suggestion is good." Lu Cheng said suddenly.

"Lord Lord, it's very dangerous to do this, there are more enemies than us, and we can still use the city wall for defensive operations, but if we take the initiative to attack, we will face an enemy several times our own, and we will fall into a bitter battle." Selina hurriedly persuaded.

"Yes, my lord, there are many outposts outside the bandits' assembly point, and it is difficult to sneak up on them without alerting the other party." Mike chimed in, saying that he was the one who knew the bandits' arrangements best.

Except for Gru, everyone else also persuaded Lu Cheng not to sneak attack the bandit assembly point.

"You may be misunderstood, but I didn't mean to attack the bandits' assembly point." Lu Cheng smiled mysteriously and asked, "You say, if the opponent hits you with a fist, where is his weakness?" ”

Mike and the others looked at each other, not understanding why Lu Cheng suddenly asked this question.

"The enemy's chest, of course!" Gru replied without even thinking about it.

"Gru is right." Lu Cheng nodded, but he didn't expect that Gru, who seemed to be straight-headed, could grasp the key better than others, "Do you think, when the robbers poured out the nest, where were they the weakest?" It must be their lair, and we will take advantage of their attack to send an elite army to take their hometown, as long as their hometown is gone, the robbers will soon be unable to hold on. ”

Others finally came to their senses.

Jona nodded, and then asked suspiciously, "Lord Lord, but we have to go to the other party's lair and pass under the noses of the robbers, will it be exposed?" ”

Lu Cheng said confidently: "Don't worry, we will pass without knowing it, because this time it is from the sea!" ”

"Oh, I see, no wonder the lord arranged for a large number of people to build ships as soon as the shipyard was built!" Putt nodded frequently, she had been to the shipyards in the north, and at that time Haskey was busy directing the construction of a 100-ton offshore transport ship. Haschi told her that the lord had arranged for them to start building ships as soon as the shipyard had been built, and that the first was the largest ship that could be built at this stage, and that the shipyards in the south had also begun to build one at the same time.

The 100-ton offshore transport ship is not small, 20 meters long and 4 meters wide, with a single mast and a single sail, because there is only one deck except for the bilge, and the troops that can be transported are only about 100 people, which is enough for this operation. The speed of the offshore transport ship is about 6 knots, if it is going around the peninsula, it will not take more than 12 hours to go around, according to the situation detected by Mike, most of the bandit camps are not far from the coastline, it is more convenient to attack from the sea, and the ship can also carry a lot of supplies, and the support is also relatively convenient.

Each ship needs to consume 100 sets of planks, 100 sets of logs, 20 sets of solid logs, 20 groups of copper plates, 20 groups of iron nails, 20 groups of iron sheets, 20 groups of wires, 20 groups of bolts, 20 groups of tung oil, 30 sets of tools, 10 groups of canvas, 10 groups of cables, 10 groups of fabrics, and some fragmentary parts, even according to the cost price, the cost of this ship is more than 100 gold, Lu Cheng also replaced some of these materials with more advanced materials, such as oak wood, It is more than 10 times more expensive than ordinary wooden planks, and the iron products are also replaced with steel products as much as possible, so the cost of each ship is more than 300 gold, which is not a price that ordinary players can afford. If it's a more advanced ship, the cost will be even more terrifying.

Even after the frenzied expansion of the army, Lu Cheng still held a huge amount of more than 2,000 gold coins, and could fully afford the manufacturing cost of offshore transport ships, so the construction of the two shipyards in the north and south started as soon as they were completed. The speed of shipbuilding in the shipbuilding workshop depends on the advanced equipment of the shipbuilding workshop, the number and skill level of the shipbuilders, the complexity of the shipbuilding, the number and quality of the citizens involved in the shipbuilding, and other factors.

"For the task of sneaking up on the bandit camp this time, I plan to hire 2 high-level adventurers, 10 intermediate adventurers and 40 junior adventurers, each senior adventurer will be rewarded with 10 gold coins, intermediate 5 gold coins, and 2 junior gold coins, and each level 1 bandit camp will be rewarded with 10 gold coins, level 2 will be rewarded with 20 gold coins, level 3 will be rewarded with 30 gold coins, and so on, and all the item consumption in this battle will be paid by me, and I will also send 50 militiamen to participate in your operation. But there is one thing, after the capture of the bandit camp, all the loot must go to me, what do you think? Lu Cheng asked.

The adventurer is not a subordinate of the lord, and it is not possible to let them do things without money, so Lu Cheng did not talk much nonsense and directly took out the employment plan.

"No problem, I'm applying!" Gru was the first to sign up.

"I'll participate too!" Mike and Selina also followed.

"Then I'll give the chance to Arthur and Gru." Arthur pursed his lips, and despised these guys who saw the money.

"Okay, then Mike, Gru, and Selina go and pick the people to participate in the raid on the bandit camp, and I'll pay half of the hire fee upfront, and then pay the rest of the hire fee and rewards when it's done." Lu Cheng nodded, and then said to Arthur, "Arthur, you and the rest of the people will help me defend the territory, and I will give you corresponding rewards when it is over." ”

"Thank you, Lord Lord." Arthur said respectfully.

After arranging the task, Mike, Gru and Selina immediately went to select personnel, after hearing such a generous employment fee, most of the adventurers enthusiastically signed up, and ten minutes later Mike reported the list of candidates to Lu Cheng, and Lu Cheng also happily paid the employment fee of 170 gold coins.

During this time, several junior instructors have been brushed out of the territory, and Lu Cheng is ready to arrange for citizens to conduct seafarer training, and the people who drive the ship will be fully equipped in time, and the next step can be started after the ship is launched.

Half a day later, the adventurer in charge of the reconnaissance mission brought back the bad news that thousands of bandits had left the assembly place and were coming to the territory of Lu Cheng, which was expected to arrive in 5 hours. Lu Cheng was not idle during this time, because the current gravel wall has limited defense, in order to ensure safety, another circle of walls has been added to the east of the territory, and now it has become a double-layer city wall, and the number of watchtowers has also more than doubled, Lu Cheng bought more than 50 different bows and arrows at an average price of around 15 gold each, and formed the first 50-person long-range attack team.

"Here they are." Arthur, who was standing side by side with Lu Cheng, said on the watchtower.

The archer's eyes were relatively good, and Lu Cheng observed it for a while before he could barely distinguish the bandit team in the distance.

The bandits' procession emerged unhurriedly from the edge of the woods, and the black bandits were scattered like a flock of sheep that no one cared for, and at first glance they had not really practiced in normal times, and they smelled of a rabble.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Get ready for battle! The bandits' whereabouts were also spotted in the watchtowers of the territory, and the militiamen and adventurers, who were in a state of recuperation, immediately picked up their spirits and ran to their respective positions to stand by.

After all, the robbers are not an army, and the ranks of more than 2,000 people are scattered and spread out everywhere. The robbers prepared a lot of ladders for the siege team, and they didn't see large siege weapons such as catapults, Lu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, the thing he was most worried about didn't happen, but if it was a ladder, it was still easier to deal with.

After walking for more than 2 kilometers, the robbers walked for half an hour, and Lu Cheng found that there was a giant man in the bandit team who was about the same size as Andrew, who was killed by him, and around the giant man was a group of well-equipped robbers, Lu Cheng guessed that it might be the leader of this group of robbers.

The new bandit leader Otis walked in the middle of the team, he squinted his triangular eyes and carefully looked at Lu Cheng's territory, although the city wall is not very tall and strong, but behind the city wall that stretches for 2 kilometers is a dense watchtower, but from a distance, there are not many people standing on the city wall more than 5 meters high, and there is only 1 person standing on average more than 5 meters.

Otis pointed to a wall to the north and said, "Pass my order and send 300 men to attack that side!" ”

With the order given, the 300 robbers who had been selected left the main force somewhat reluctantly and attacked a wall to the north.

The robbers are basically close to the battle, the long-range attack ability is almost zero, when the bandit team rushed over, Lu Cheng's several places arranged archers' watchtowers took the lead, a bow and arrow was thrown into the sky and fell into the bandits' team, a few robbers who were too unlucky were killed by the arrows directly, and the other robbers successfully rushed to the bottom of the city wall, avoiding the attack of most of the arrows.

The robbers with the ladder immediately arranged to set up a ladder, and after a while, these robbers began to climb along the ladder, and Lu Cheng's side had just gathered dozens of militiamen and less than ten adventurers, and the militia and adventurers who rushed to support did not hesitate to attack the robbers who were climbing, and the robbers in the climbing state could only engage with one hand, and they were in an extremely disadvantageous state.

The sound of sword handing was incessant, and the defenders, who were superior in equipment and terrain, quickly suppressed the robbers' onslaught, and the occasional few fish that slipped through the net and climbed the city wall were quickly cleared, and after leaving dozens of corpses, the remaining robbers fled back with a steady stream of arrows.

"You bunch of shit! What use do you want to use if you fail to even go up the city wall? "Otis slashed to death one by one the three defeated captains of the centennial.

The other dozen or so captains who were lucky enough not to participate in the first round of attacks all lowered their heads tremblingly, not daring to look at Otis in a rage, after all, the knife in the opponent's hand was still dripping blood.

"Immediately organize 500 people to attack from the position just now! Others are attacking the southern wall, and if anyone retreats without a fight this time, don't blame me for being ruthless! Otis shouted with angry eyes.