Act 16: The Battle for the Lumberyard (Part 1)

The cavemen in the lumberyard soon noticed that there was a group of adventurers on the other side of the river beach - a combination of warriors, two crossbowmen and wizards, a common configuration in both the Eruin and Cruz regions - the appearance of this group of humans was undoubtedly an irritation to the territorially minded creatures of Jogandigen, so the camp soon sounded a sharp whistle and the sound of the wooden gate creaking open, and the underground creatures poured out, and about two teams of more than thirty troglodytes waded towards the side of the river.

They split into two lanes and tried to encircle. The adventurer apparently noticed the commotion as well, and the crossbowman fired two arrows, missing one, and the other shot but to no avail, the bolt struck a caveman in the chest, causing it to take a step back in the river and make a splash - but that was all. The caveman shook his head, then raised his spear and followed the group.

"The skin is really thick," Clensia, who was hiding in the bushes, frowned: "The rumors are true, this kind of thing is not a thousand, even a hundred, we will be difficult to deal with." ”

"It's fast, it's almost three hundred feet from the other side of the river to this side, and it only takes a few seconds for them." Juta replied, "It's terrifying, faster than the best cavalry."

"Faster than the best cavalry?" The tall leader of the Firego Warband smiled absently, "That's because you haven't seen a good cavalryman, Miss Yuta." ”

The red-haired mercenary leader was stunned and immediately turned her head to stare at this guy.

But Brando nodded, the troglodyte was about as fast as the second-tier cavalry. It's a little slower than the best quality warhorses. But most of Vaynd's truly good cavalry did not use horses as mounts, such as the strongest air cavalry patrol cavalry in Eruin, a name that describes the manner in which these knights crossed the battlefield with calm and indifference - in fact, referring to the Wyvern Cavalry Regiment, which was composed in all the legions of Eruin, and was often the elite of the air cavalry.

"Don't argue," Chrenshia interrupted between Fern and the female leader, "look at the lumberyard with at least two hundred troglodytes. With such a huge number, our mercenaries alone can't afford it—" The middle-aged man shook his head as he spoke, his silver hair shining in the sunlight between the woodlands, "Your lord, do you have any countermeasures?" ”

His gaze was on Brando, consciously or unconsciously.

Antitina snorted softly from the side, she could see what the guy was going to do. Indeed, relying on the strength of Brando and Akane, even a head-on breakthrough will not seem difficult, and there is basically no problem for two gold to deal with a hundred black iron. With the help of many mercenaries and the three Grand Masters, it will take two hours at most to storm the lumberyard.

But if these guys are leading the way by the nose, then what prestige does the lord have? What's more, she looked at Brando's calm and confident face, and knew that this young man she had been following must have already succeeded.

Therefore, the nobleman's daughter replied coldly: "Cavemen are not good at sieges, and Sir Ron of Basol once went deep to deal with these creatures, and his habits are clearly described in his book. The troglodytes' abilities are most limited in this kind of riverbank area, and even their best means of digging tunnels have been lost, no matter how thick their skin is and how fast they run, if we take the lumberyard and turn to defense, they will have nothing to do. ”

Fern glanced back at Brando and replied with some surprise, "Is there such a thing?" The lord chose this place as the offensive attack, and he also considered this, right? ”

Although Brando listened to it and was silent on the surface, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but cramp, and he secretly said in his heart that this was really not the case.

It's not uncommon for lumberyards to be located near rivers, both to facilitate transportation downstream, and to build waterwheels to allow the sawmill to be powered by water – after all, magic power is still a rarity in these remote areas.

But he didn't have much research on places like Tonigal, and he knew that there were four lumberyards on the edge of Fir City, and as for the state of these lumberyards, only the devil really knew.

"There's a solution," Brando nodded, "and it depends on how many forces our decoy can lure the other side into." The young man looked back at these nominal men and smiled, "But you can relax, this battle is not as difficult as you think, just use it as a warm-up for the mercenaries to run in with each other." ”

Warm up?

Not only the three Grand Masters present, but also the leaders of many small mercenary groups were stunned. More than 300 mercenaries faced more than 200 cavemen, what kind of warm-up is this, no matter how you look at it, it is a bitter battle that is evenly matched.

"We'll see." Brando's heart sank, and his eyes fell on the riverbank. The battle on the river beach was just beginning at the moment, when the 'adventurers' began to retreat to the side of the forest after sensing the caveman's intentions, their speed was fast, but still not as good as the caveman's natural advantage, and they were caught up at the edge of the forest in a short time.

But the wizards in the ranks immediately struck the ground with their staffs, and recited a spell aloud, and with a 'bang' the pebbles and dirt under their feet rose from the ground and lifted the four of them upward, and the earth rose to form a castle almost two meters high and three meters square—with all the breastwork and battlements, and the city made of hard earth and stone—to protect the four men in the center.

Fortification.

Everyone was taken aback, the three-ring spell on the protective phrase in the law magic can almost have such an effect - although it is still far from the realm of the legendary magician who sculpted the city out of thin air, but at least it can prove that the law wizard on the field at least has the strength of the peak of black iron.

Who is so extravagant.

The others turned back to see who was willing to send one of their Three-Ring Law wizards to the front line as bait. But only Clenthia caught the hint of an uncaring smile on Ferne's face beside her.

"Fern, that's your guy?" He asked in a low voice.

The Grand Master of the Firego Warband nodded nonchalantly. "Marfeli, the best wizard in my regiment." He replied.

"You're so willing." Clenthia did not feel relieved after confirming the thoughts in her heart, but instead developed a sense of crisis. The silver-haired middle-aged man looked at the tall and silent Fern, and then at Brando, who was speechless, and suddenly felt his position shaken.

At first, he had fought alongside the young lord for the longest time in that night's battle, thinking that he would have no problem making a first impression in front of Brando with his watch. Unexpectedly, this seemingly taciturn and honest veteran had unknowingly reached a tacit understanding with the young man.

Maybe something else has been agreed.

Clenthia cursed in her heart and gritted her teeth. But immediately his eyes were subconsciously drawn to the battle at the edge of the forest - when Ma Feili had retreated behind the warriors and crossbowmen to rest after casting the fortification technique, the middle-aged mage leaned his whole body against the cane and gasped for breath, the previous three-ring spell had obviously consumed a great deal of his body and energy.

But the effect is also obvious.

As Antitina said, cavemen are not good at sieges, these creatures from the earth have strong hind limbs, but short and thin forelimbs; They often do not rely on the strength of their upper limbs when attacking, as their forelimbs are only used to use tools and hold spears, and cavemen use the strength of their hind limbs to sprint when attacking, and rely on the transformation of potential energy to attack the enemy.

However, a wall of two meters was not very high, but when the cavemen found that they were about to attack the humans, they were greeted by a cold sword blade - and there was no way they could dodge it in mid-air.

After only one face, the caveman was split back by two faces. The dwarf corpses flew back and landed on the river beach and rolled around several times before stopping, their companions moving out of the way, and then slowing down somewhat bewildered.

With a sonic feedback, they found themselves in front of them with a towering earth-and-stone castle.

The cavemen looked at each other, but the 'Muru' troglodytes who caught up from behind immediately let out a whistle-like sharp sound, causing them to disperse and besiege from all sides.

"It's too reluctant...... the red-haired mercenary leader frowned, she knew that the four mercenaries who acted as bait were all good players selected by Brando from their subordinates, and all of them were elites with the strength of the upper reaches of the Black Iron and even the peak. Even on flat ground, it can still support for a while and a half under the siege of thirty cavemen, let alone under the situation of taking advantage of the geographical advantage.

But in any case, it was still too reluctant to hold out under the siege of thirty troglodytes to induce the other party to send more reinforcements.

But what she didn't expect was that after the purple-red troglodyte warrior forced his companions to launch two rounds of attacks, he decisively used a sharp whistle to make all the cavemen retreat and wait around the earth-stone castle.

What's going on?

The four mercenaries were waiting on the side of the breastwork, the previous battle had already cost them a lot of their bodies, as long as the cavemen increased their strength, they might be able to capture this temporary fortress in one fell swoop, but they did not expect that it was at this time that they retreated.

You must know that the wizard Marfeli has recovered his breath, and he will be able to enter the battle again in a few moments.

"Cavemen are unwilling to pay the price, although the strong attack can be carried out in one fell swoop at this time, but it is impossible to attack without paying a large number of casualties when the geographical advantage and personal strength are not in favor of their own side." Brando felt the surprise of the many mercenary captains around him and explained.

Although these people are old in all kinds of battles, they don't necessarily have to deal with these underground creatures of Qiaogangdigen. In the fierce competition underground, population and military strength are very valuable resources that cannot be wasted at will.

This is also the reason why the average individual strength of the Underworld is generally high.

"I see," Clenthia glanced at Brando, as mercenaries on the battlefield they may not be able to afford noble nobles and scholars, but being able to apply this secret knowledge on the battlefield can't help but make people look high. "But I didn't expect the cavemen to be so weak in attacking fortifications, don't those underground creatures have the habit of building cities?"

Brando almost choked on the question, thinking to himself that the guys in Jorgandegon were much more capable of building cities than human cattle. Because the underground castle was first born to protect against the invasion of demons, those walls are so thick and strong that they can even make a human fortress city like Pragues embarrassed, and the art of fortification comes from the dwarves in the mountains, such as the city of fir city is not enough to see compared to one another.

"Cavemen are not without siege abilities," he replied, "they are the first tier of the Jogandigan, and they usually act in conjunction with another tier of the bear goblins. ”

"Bear goblins?" Fern asked.

(P.S. has been painfully in the Kavin, seeking understanding. But it's gradually recovering.

Nobody wants to break the update, you just can't see the update, and I lose more.)